Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – EAA AeroEducate, a bold new program that opens a wide spectrum of possibilities for young people interested in…
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Are you Ready for Takeoff?
by Levi Eastlick WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue Do you treat takeoff and departure as seriously as an approach and landing? Many…
Splashing In Northern Idaho
by Yasmina Platt Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue Although Priest River (a small town) and Priest Lake in northern Idaho are both great places to fly…
GAMI Receives Unleaded Avgas STC
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue The decades long effort to find a suitable replacement for 100-octane leaded avgas, moved one step closer to a solution July…
Onward & Upward For aviation professionals, the future is looking good.
by Mark Baker AOPA President and CEO Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue Still grappling with the effects of the pandemic, the U.S. economy and job market…
Born In Ohio… Aerial Application Turns 100
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue August 3, 2021, was the 100th anniversary of an important event backing up Ohio’s claim as the “Birthplace of Aviation.” In…
Off-Airport Landings… Cornfields Not Recommended!
by Pete Schoeninger © 2021 October. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue Q: What is a thumb compression check? I note that it is…
Avoiding Runway Incursions… Make Your Taxi Decisions Part of Your Cross-Country Planning
by Richard Morey © 2021 October. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue Runway incursions are on the rise. Much of this increase is associated…
Human Factors & Instrument Flight A Decade Ago
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © 2021 October. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue I have been quite active during the summer months doing accelerated…
Anyone Giving or Receiving Instruction In A Limited, Primary or Experimental Category Aircraft, Is At Risk of Violating New FAA Directive
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2021 online issue The FAA issued a new directive effective July 12, 2021 that “provides notification on flight training for compensation in certain aircraft,”…
LSA Certification Within Your Reach!
by Tom Briden Copyright 2021. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2021 online issue Fellow Birdmen and future “Erks” (ref. WWII mechanics), I just returned from a…
LSA Maintenance Training – A Rare Opportunity
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2021 online issue After training more than 7,000 students from nearly every state in the U.S., and more than 20 different countries, the owners…
Jet It & JetClub Move Forward With Electric Airplanes
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2021 online issue DENVER, COLO. – North Carolina-based Jet It and JetClub have announce that they have entered into an agreement to become the…
Declared Distances and Displaced Thresholds… When the runway is shorter than published.
by Rick Braunig Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September online issue There aren’t a lot of runways with displaced thresholds in Minnesota, but they are common enough that pilots should…
Check that box and fly it to the ground!
by Chris Kruse Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2021 online issue Sometimes life comes at you in small drips. At other times, like a fire hose stream. And still…