In September 2, 2014 letters, 11 U.S. senators, all co-sponsors of a bill to reform the third-class medical process, asked U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and U.S. Office…
GA House Caucus Seeks Speedy Medical Reform
In an August 22, 2014 letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, 32 members of the U.S. House of Representatives General Aviation Caucus urged the department to speed up the…
GA Industry Urges Transportation Secretary To Take Swift Action On Medical Reform
WASHINGTON , D.C. – In a letter written August 15, 2014, seven influential general aviation organizations urged U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to complete his department’s review of…
Flying Physicians Urge Swift Medical Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Flying Physicians Association (FPA) has become the latest group to lend support to third-class medical reform and is urging government officials to speed up their review…
Driver’s License For Class III or Not?
by Dr. John Beasley, M.D. Aviation Medical Examiner Professor Emeritus and Clinical Professor Department of Family Medicine University of Wisconsin – Madison Driving up to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year,…
Last Events of 2014…. & Preparing For 2015 To Preserve & Promote GA
News & Information You’ll Want To Know In Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska & Iowa by Yasmina Platt Regional Manager, AOPA Central Southwest Region What a fun and active (although hot down…
Airport Funding: What Came First, The Pilot or The Runway?
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 Over the past…
My First Year
by Mark R. Baker President & CEO Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association I’ve just finished my first year as AOPA president. And what a year it’s been. I arrived with…
Minimizing The Cost Of Instrument Training – Part II
by Harold Green This is the second of two articles intended to assist aspiring instrument pilots shorten their training time and hence safely reduce costs. The first article discussed pilot…
X, Y, Z Approaches Part II, ATC Communications & How To Amend A Reroute Clearance On The 430/530
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman In this issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine, I would like to add more insight into one of the topics I covered in the last issue…