by Michael Kaufman, CFII If you have not had the chance to read the article on autopilots in the June/July 2011 issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine, please do so as…
The Lighter Side of Depression
by Dr. John Beasley, M.D. Aviation Medical Examiner Professor Emeritus and Clinical Professor Department of Family Medicine University of Wisconsin – Madison Well, the days are longer, the weather is…
DOT Fines Air Ambulance Operator For Calling Someone Else’s Helicopter Its Own
by Gregory J. Reigel – Attorney At Law A recent article in Airport Business discloses that a non-profit air ambulance operator was recently fined $30,000.00 by the Department of Transportation (DOT)…
Working together: More important than ever!
by Rod Hightower – President/CEO Experimental Aircraft Association One item that has been a priority in my first year as President and CEO of EAA is continuing and expanding the…
A Gathering Of Aviators
by Craig Fuller – President & CEO Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association There are few things more rewarding than trading stories and sharing experiences with people who really understand. So…
Michigan Governor Appoints GA Pilots To Aeronautics Commission
by Bill Blake, AOPA Great Lakes Regional Representative Peter Kamaranien of Grand Ledge, Michigan, owner of GrandAir Aviation, Inc. at Abrams Municipal Airport, and J. David VanderVeen of Clarkston, Michigan,…
Mead & Hunt Awarded AAAE’s Corporate Cup of Excellence!
ATLANTA, GA. – The airport engineering firm of Mead & Hunt, Inc., has been awarded the 2011 American Association of Airport Executives’ (AAAE) Corporate Cup of Excellence at the association’s…
J.A. Air Center Voted #1
AURORA, ILL. – In a recent survey of Aviation International News subscribers, J.A. Air Center, located at Chicago Aurora Municipal Airport, placed first among all operations in North, Central and…
Aviation Artist, Michelle Rouch
by Esta-Ann Elliott Seven years and one month after the Wright Brothers made their first flight, Eugene B. Ely, racecar driver, chauffeur, car salesman and self-taught pilot, made naval aviation…
Astronaut Inducted Into Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame
GREENFIELD, IOWA – Beaconsfield, Iowa native and astronaut, Peggy Whitson, took her place beside other notable Iowans as a member of the Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame on Saturday, June…