The Mn/DOT Aeronautics Technical Bulletin is published in the interest of aviation safety and to actively promote aeronautical progress in the state and nation. It is our continuing goal to…
Category: MN Aeronautics Bulletin
A Quiet Genius Ferdinand Rohe Ohnsorg
Few aviators are likely to know the name of Ferdinand Rohe Ohnsorg; but fewer still have not used a piece of aviation electronics equipment that wasn’t based on the invention…
Charting Your Course
Map reading can be defined as the action of a person matching man made or natural features with their corresponding symbols on a chart. Successful use of a map is…
Summer At Last!
With summer here, what better time is there to learn about flying, aircraft maintenance, airport operations and the vast array of aviation industry career fields? What better time is there…
Summer ACE Camp
The Minnesota Aviation Career Education (ACE) Camp is specifically designed to introduce high school students to a variety of careers in aviation via a full immersion, seven-day camp. The Federal…
Interesting Facts About T-Storms
Spring will arrive (hopefully) in just a few weeks. That arrival brings with it thoughts about the returning birds, the first sweet scents of early spring flowers and new grass,…
Funding Airports & Aeronautics In Minnesota
by Christopher Roy – Director In my column in the last issue, I spoke about various airport projects in Minnesota and how the funding comes about, but it is equally…
Getting Checked Out To Rent A Seaplane
by Jeffrey Flynn Aviation Representative Mn/DOT, Office of Aeronautics Most of my time flying seaplanes has been spent at latitudes north of Lake Superior. Sure there has been the occasional…
2050, WAAS Approaches & Airport Security Topics At Minnesota Airports Conference
GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. – The Minnesota Council of Airports and the Minnesota DOT Office of Aeronautics will hold their annual Airports Conference, April 13-15, at the Sugar Lake Lodge in…
Airport Projects & How They Are Funded
by Christopher Roy, Director Though winter still has a grip on the upper Midwest, the days continue to get longer and that fact alone makes many of us dream of…