As many of you already know, on December 4, 2024, the FAA announced two major changes to the medical certification process. Having attended many Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) conferences this…
Landings
“Takeoffs are optional, landings are mandatory.” Author Unknown. “Landings are simply a transition from flying to taxiing.” Scott Capener. A student pilot spends the bulk of their private pilot training…
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…
What to Expect When Piloting an Electric Aircraft
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Office of Aeronautics is exploring how Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft can support the Minnesota Aviation System and the potential benefits of operating these…
MnDOT Aero Outreach: PFAS white paper now available!
PFAS, or “forever” chemicals, have been attracting attention as their health and environmental risks are becoming better known. Regulatory agencies are instituting policies to mitigate PFAS and require accountability from…
Minnesota Aviation Businesses of the Month
The board of directors of the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association (MATA) would like to recognize the following members: B2W – Winair, Max Conrad Field, Winona, Minnesota, Dr. George Bolon, 507-452-3347:…
Minnesota Business Aviation Association Names New Executive Director
The Minnesota Business Aviation Association (MBAA) has named Jessica Belcher its new Executive Director. Belcher is the marketing manager for Exclusive Aircraft Sales and a longtime member and volunteer of…
Aviation Industry Coalition Encourages President Trump To Find Common Ground To Keep America’s ATC System The World’s Safest
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A unified coalition representing virtually every sector of the nation’s aviation and aerospace industry and workforce wrote a letter to President Donald J. Trump urging his incoming…
Michigan’s Mackinac Island
Pick a hotel or bed and breakfast, downtown or on the outskirts of town, and you will enjoy your stay on Mackinac Island. Since shortly after we started publishing the…
Kelch Aviation Museum
Join Ami Eckard-Lee of the Kelch Aviation Museum on an in-depth, hands-on adventure with the 1929 Brunner-Winkle Bird Biplane that Anne Morrow Lindbergh learned to fly in. The Bird was…