FREDERICK, MD – The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has launched “Pro Pilot,” a new level of membership available exclusively to professional pilots. For $21.99 per month, Pro Pilot…
AOPA Announces 2015 Flight Training Award Recipients
FREDERICK, MD – The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has selected its fourth annual Flight Training Excellence Award recipients including top flight schools and flight instructors ranked by more…
Canadian Fishing Fly-Out Attracts Top Gun Pilot
by Dave Weiman What pilot can honestly say that as they push in the throttle of their Cessna, Piper, Beechcraft or Cirrus, and roll down the runway, that they have…
Beluga Whales, White Fox & Polar Bears…. Destination Churchill, Manitoba
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…