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Big 70-foot Hydraulic Door Opens Tennessee Jet Hangar

Posted on January 25, 2024January 24, 2024 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue FAIRFAX, MINN. – With nine locations in Tennessee and Mississippi, Dr. Ron Bingham, 57, has an interesting business model requiring aircraft…

Aircraft Hangar Lease: What Can A Tenant Expect?

Posted on May 27, 2022May 23, 2022 by mwflyer

by Gregory J. Reigel, Esq. © Copyright 2022. All rights reserved! Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2022 Digital Issue If you own an airplane, you probably keep it in…

The Genesis For Schweiss Doors Began On A Dance Floor Four Decades Ago!

Posted on May 27, 2022May 25, 2022 by mwflyer

by Pat Schmidt Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2022 Digital Issue Everybody seems to ask me how Schweiss Doors got started. It was 1980 at a wedding dance,” said…

Airplanes & Cars Make Good Companions

Posted on December 1, 2016 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer – Dec 2016/Jan 2017 When you are an independent systems engineer working on one of the largest, most sophisticated airplanes in the world, you deserve –…

Illinois Natives Settle In Ontario With Cessna 185 Floatplane

Posted on August 3, 2016 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – Aug/Sept 2016 Lured by a love of fishing and hunting, Illinois natives Steve and Ellen Riggins purchased a cottage north of Dryden, Ontario, in…

Schweiss Sells Doors To Owner of Multiple Hangars

Posted on June 2, 2016 by mwflyer

HECTOR, MINN. – Schweiss Doors has supplied 13 bifold doors already with 22 more on the way to hangar owners of the growing Pegasus Airpark project in Arizona. “We went…

Still Two Weeks to Comment on FAA Hangar-Use Policy

Posted on September 20, 2014 by mwflyer

September 18, 2014 – The public comment period on the FAA’s proposed hangar-use policy remains open until October 6, and EAA members are encouraged to add their comments to the…

New Schweiss Liftstrap Conversion Kit For Tired, Old Hangar Doors

Posted on December 3, 2013December 3, 2013 by mwflyer

HECTOR, MINN. – A frequent request Schweiss Doors receives is from hangar owners who want to upgrade their doors with a Schweiss Bifold liftstrap retrofit conversion to replace their outdated…

Wind, Waves or Weather . . . Schweiss Doors Work!

Posted on September 28, 2013 by mwflyer

Imagine having a fun family day on the water in your favorite fishing or speedboat, or better yet, you’re flying your floatplane! As the sun is setting or a sudden…

Ankeny Regional Airport & The Polk County Aviation Authority

Posted on April 6, 2012 by mwflyer

One of the host airports of the annual Iowa Aviation Conference to be held April 25-26, 2012 at the West Des Moines Sheraton Inn, is Ankeny Regional Airport, established in…

What’s Happening In Your Hangar?

Posted on June 12, 2011 by mwflyer

by Megan Stritchko WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics Oftentimes, a hangar can feel like a second home with endless possibilities – a storage unit, an office, a side business, you name…

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