by Herb & Mary Zimmers We are not sure how Churchill, Manitoba on the Hudson Bay, got on our bucket list; maybe we have been reading too many National Geographic…
The 2015 #FlyKansas Air Tour
News & Information You’ll Want To Know In Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska & Iowa by Yasmina Platt Manager, AOPA Central Southwest Region What does 530, 145, 172, 9.8, 10, 10, 4,…
Deluge of Drones
News & Information You’ll Want To Know In Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota & South Dakota by Bryan Budds Manager, AOPA Great Lakes Region After meeting with…
Unsung Heroes
by Mark R. Baker, President & CEO Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association Being a flight instructor is not a glamorous job. You’ll never get rich as a CFI. And, once…
B-29 “Doc” Exceeds Kickstarter Goal To Fund Flight Testing
WICHITA, KAN. – Following a 30-day Kickstarter campaign, “Doc,” the historic warbird that will soon become the second operational B-29 Superfortress, has achieved the additional funding needed to support its…
In The Zone At Oshkosh
by Dr. John Beasley, MD I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry We’ve all been “in the…
Emery Air Celebrates 55 Years of Beechcraft Support
ROCKFORD, ILL. – President Kennedy hadn’t taken office yet, and the Beatles were still a small band in Liverpool when Hartzog Aviation (now Emery Air) inked its first deal with…
Traffic Patterns & Rube Goldberg
by Harold Green Some of us remember when the name Rube Goldberg conjured up visions of unduly complex contraptions designed to accomplish some simple task with a level of complexity…
Mexico Extends 406 MHz ELT Requirement
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – The deadline for the installation of fixed 406 Mhz ELTs on piston-powered private aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of less than 12,566 lbs has been…
IMC Programs Now Available To EAA Members
OSHKOSH, WIS. – A newly formed Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) subsidiary and IMC Club International, Inc., have entered into a license agreement that will provide IMC flight proficiency programming to…
Utilizing Technology & Basic Pilot Skills Together
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman In the last issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine, I wrote about the heading indicator and magnetic compass. In this issue, I am going to write…
When Is A Touch-And-Go Landing, Not A Landing?
by Gregory J. Reigel Attorney At Law © 2015 All rights reserved. As pilots, we all know that with every takeoff we perform, at some point after that takeoff, a…
Paulisms by Paul Poberezny
(September 14, 1921 – August 22, 2013) Paul H. Poberezny founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in 1953 and spent a significant part of his life promoting aviation and fighting…
Ask Pete!
by Pete Schoeninger Q: How deep of snow can I safely land my Bonanza in? A: That depends on snow conditions. Snow can be powder, or wet heavy slop, or…
EAA Volunteer, Raymond S. Scholler
April 14, 1918 – September 20, 2015 RANDOM LAKE, WIS. – Longtime member of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), Ray Scholler, 97, passed away, September 20, 2015. Camp Scholler on…