Airport Development Engineer WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics MADISON, WIS. – Matt Messina joined the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Aeronautics in January 2015. As an airport development engineer, Matt…
Preventing Vehicle and Pedestrian Incidents at Airports
Hal Davis WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics You would think everyone has enough common sense not to sunbathe on a runway, and yet, I’ve heard it’s happened. There’s also no denying…
Pilot Report: Chicago Skyline Tour
by Ryan Dembroski The alarm sounded. It was 5:00 am. Still in bed, I groggily opened up ForeFlight on my iPhone and pulled up the weather for Milwaukee Timmerman Field…
Pilot To Host Breakfast On His Farm
MONROE, WIS. – On Saturday, May 30, 2015, pilot/farmer, Dan Wegmueller, will host the 2015 “Green County Breakfast On The Farm” on his dairy farm, 3 miles southeast of Monroe…
Price County Airport & Harbor View Annual Fly-In & Airshow
PHILLIPS, WIS. – Price County Airport and Harbor View Pub & Eatery will host a fly-in and airshow, Friday, July 3, 2015, beginning at 7:00 p.m., and Saturday, July 4,…
Niagara Falls & Hudson River Flyovers
by Woody Minar Paul Durand and I were wheels up at 7 am, August 26, 2014, from Osceola, Wisconsin (KOEO) to Mansfield, Massachusetts (1B9) in Paul’s Cirrus SR22 – the…
Canadian Fishing Fly-Outs… Fast-Paced For Some – Relaxing For Others
by Dave Weiman Last year, participants in the “Canadian Fishing Fly-Outs” promoted by Midwest Flyer Magazine, had their choice of two fishing lodges, or they could opt to visit both…
Boeing 747 That Made The Longest Commercial Flight In History Makes Its Shortest & Final Flight
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Qantas airlines’ first Boeing 747-400, celebrated for having flown the longest commercial flight in history from London to Sydney, made its shortest and final journey on March…
Doolittles Woodfire Grill… A Midwest Restaurant About Pilots, Owned By A Pilot
by Dave Weiman In recent years, I have dined at Doolittles Woodfire Grill in Alexandria, Minnesota – a restaurant that uses the excitement of aviation as its theme. I have…
Terrence G. Slaybaugh, Airport Director Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International & Timmerman Airports
Terrence (Terry) G. Slaybaugh leads the Airport Division of the Milwaukee County Department of Public Works as Airport Director of General Mitchell International and Lawrence J. Timmerman Airports. Mitchell International,…