EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Tanis Aircraft Products now has an engine preheat system specifically designed for the Cessna 162 Skycatcher and the Light Sport Aircraft market. This system has been…
Electric Tugs – For The Environment, For Your Health
Besides being one of the greatest pilots who ever lived, Charles Lindbergh was an environmentalist, so without doubt, he would have been proud to know that one of the most…
Extending Your iPad’s Battery Life
One of the main questions pilots have when they convert from paper aeronautical charts to digital, is will their battery last the whole flight? The argument for staying with paper…
Airport Engineering Workshop
The next WisDOT- Bureau of Aeronautics Engineering Workshop is scheduled for February 12, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Madison, Wis. The workshop is intended for professional airport engineers, technicians…
Wisconsin Aviation Maintenance Technician Refresher & IA Renewal Seminar
The next AMT training seminar will be held February 23, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Milwaukee, Wis. WisDOT holds the refresher course annually for AMTs with Inspection Authorization who…
Flight Instructor Refresher Course (FIRC)
The next WisDOT FIRC is scheduled for March 2 and 3, 2013 at the Gateway Technical College Bio-Science Building in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The course is open to certified flight instructors…
Justin Hetland… Airspace Safety Program Manager WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics MADISON, WIS. – The Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Aeronautics appointed Justin Hetland Wisconsin’s airspace safety program manager in…
A Mark of Safety
by Jeffery Taylor Aviation Consultant WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics They are extremely important, yet get very little attention. “They” are airport runway markings. The Wisconsin Bureau of Aeronautics ensures the…
Tailwind Flight Center Gains FAA Part 141 Private Pilot Training Approval
APPLETON, WIS. – Tailwind Flight Center has completed the challenging application and approval process, and is now certified to offer an FAA-approved Part 141 Private Pilot Training Program. The FAA-approved…
Airport Improvements On Door County Peninsula
DOOR COUNTY, WIS. – The spirit is strong on the Door County Peninsula in Wisconsin with a new commission chairman of Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport (3D2), support from the Village of Ephraim…