“My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.” – Clarence Budington Kelland I heard the sound of the engine first. Looking…
Category: Flying & Flight Experiences
Hard Landings – When Speed Tape Is Not Enough
“If you can walk away from a landing, it is a good landing. If you can use the airplane again, it is a great landing!” – Old Aviation Saying No…
Eyes On The Target… Defined Minimum Maneuvering Speed (DMMS)
“Keep the dirty side down. Airspeed is life. Rudder in the turn.” – Captain Blackcloud Aviation tends toward pithy, easily remembered sayings for complex subjects. The quote above is a…
Prospects & Opportunities
by Dean Zakos “Get in, and pay attention,” Obie gruffly told me.” – from the short story “Threading the Needle” If you think back, you likely had many mentors over…
UNSELECTING RISKS
by Dean Zakos © Copyright Dean Zakos 2024. All Rights Reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2024 Digital Issue! “Learn from the mistakes of others. You won’t live long…
NOTKOSH
by Dean Zakos © Copyright 2020, 2024. All rights reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2024 Digital Issue To paraphrase: “When once you have tasted AirVenture, you will forever…
Sunset Flight
by Dean Zakos © Copyright 2024. All Rights Reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue “Enjoy the little things in life because one day you’ll look back…
Quitting While You Are Ahead
by Dean Zakos © Copyright 2023. All Rights Reserved! (Excerpted from Laughing with the Wind) Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine December 2023 Digital Issue “It is time I stepped aside…
Figure It Out
by Diane Earhart © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2023 Digital Issue Checklists are good. You should use them. But what do you do…
Pattern Practice
by Dean Zakos S.J.A. © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine October/November 2023 Digital Issue The man stood next to the flagpole and felt the autumn…
Deference and Dodging A Bullet
by Dean Zakos (An Excerpt from Laughing with the Wind) Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue “Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most…
Threading the Needle
by Dean Zakos © Dean Zakos. 2023 All Rights Reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2023 Digital Issue I loved being in the air. I was 26 years old,…
South Dakota Wing of the Civil Air Patrol Uses Missing Horse Search For Advanced Training
by Dave Weiman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2023 Digital Issue The South Dakota Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) was part…
Who is the Teacher?
by Dean Zakos © Dean Zakos 2023. All Rights Reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2023 Digital Issue “When one teaches, two learn.” – Robert Heinlein I am sitting,…
Flying the Line
by Dean Zakos © Dean Zakos. 2023 All Rights Reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue I was startled awake. The buzzing alarm clock did its job…