by Dave Weiman Have you noticed an increase in the number of customer surveys in recent years? If you call your cell phone provider, for instance, a recorded message will…
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Sharing The Experience!
by Dave Weiman For all of us who attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, we came away with a lot of memorable experiences in the people we met, the aircraft we…
Why Should You Care?
by Dave Weiman As members of the aviation community, we share a common bond, regardless of our specific interests. For instance, if an issue comes up and it affects instrument…
Wisconsin Governor Signs Bill That Expands Liability Protection To Include Private Airport Owners
MADISON, WIS. – Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 321, April 16, 2014, to expand the existing Recreational Use Statute (RUS 895.52) to include liability protection for non-commercial aviation…
Ice Leaves Gull Lake In The Nick of Time For Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Seminar & Fly-In
by Dave Weiman When the ice left Gull Lake in Brainerd, Minnesota, organizers of the “Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Seminar & Fly-In,” May 2-4, at Madden’s Resort, breathed a sigh…
24/7 – Pilots Need Phone Numbers!
With more and more municipalities assuming the role of manager and fuel supplier at our airports, the contact person and telephone number for the airport is oftentimes that of a…
Wisconsin Governor Signs Bill That Expands Liability Protection For Private Airport Owners
MADISON, WIS. – Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 321, April 16, 2014, to expand the existing Recreational Use Statute (RUS 895.52) to include liability protection for non-commercial aviation…
Conferences, Floatplanes & Good People!
by Dave Weiman This issue of Midwest Flyer Magazine is dedicated to state aviation conferences in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa, and “floatplane flying!” While the conferences by in large…
Not Snowbound For Long… Preparations Underway For 2014 Canada Fishing Fly-Out & You Are Welcome To Join Us!
by Dave Weiman Feeling a bit snowbound? Who isn’t. It has been a bitterly cold winter and many of us have been getting more hours shoveling out our hangars, than…
The Ways & Will of Don Winkler
by Dave Weiman Don Winkler is a familiar name and face in Wisconsin aviation and he has chosen at age 82 not to come into work anymore and who can…
State Aeronautics Offices Remained Strong, Despite Shutdown By Federal Government
by Dave Weiman SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – State aeronautics directors and members of their executive staffs gather each year to discuss issues of common concern, including the pending shutdown of…
Fixed Base Operations Combine Forces To Meet Immediate & Future Aviation Needs of North Dakota
by Dave Weiman WILLISTON, N.D. – Aviation has not seen such a surge in activity in the Midwest since the “oil boom” in North Dakota started over the past decade,…
Cross-Country To AOPA’s Final Summit
by Dave Weiman Whenever the AOPA Aviation Summit is held east of the Rockies, I like to fly our 1976 Cessna 182 Skylane there myself, rather than go on the…
Coming Together, Right Now, For You!
by Dave Weiman Listening to the Beatles’ hit song of the ‘60s, “Come Together,” made me think of what is happening in the aviation community right now. But instead of…
Minnesota Aviation Trades Association Board Sets Goals For 2013 & 2014
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – The entire nine-member board of directors of the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association (MATA) met August 22, 2013 at Thunderbird Aviation at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden…