Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue CAHOKIA HEIGHTS & SAUGET, ILL. – More than 100 young women from a dozen bi-state area high schools and Girl Scout…
Tag: Pilots
How Is Your Instrument Scan?
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue We have become so dependent on autopilots in the aircraft…
What is the value of your plane? Is it insured for that amount?
by Bob Worthington www.BobWorthingtonWriter.com © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue Over the past year or two, the market for used aircraft…
Meet Max Platts Aeronautical and Technical Services Section Chief
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue Max Platts joined the Wisconsin Bureau of Aeronautics (BOA) as Aeronautical and Technical Services (ATS) Section Chief in October 2022, following…
Flying the Line
by Dean Zakos © Dean Zakos. 2023 All Rights Reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue I was startled awake. The buzzing alarm clock did its job…
2022 Girls In Aviation Day Ignites Passion For Flight & More
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue CAHOKIA HEIGHTS & SAUGET, ILL. – More than 100 young women from a dozen bi-state area high schools and Girl Scout…
Fly Wisconsin Airport Passport Program
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue In 2017, the Wisconsin Airport Management Association (WAMA) and Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WISDOT) teamed up to launch the “Fly Wisconsin…
Smokeout 2021
by Patrick J. McDonald, ATP, CFI-I Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue The time is late summer of 2021, and for months, my only living brother and…
Check Your Comms!
by Kyle Lewis Regional Manager For Airports and State Advocacy • Great Lakes Region Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue As pilots,…
Homebuilt Aircraft Fatal Accidents Remain Under Historic Average
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – Fatal amateur-built aircraft accidents remained under the historic average over the 12-month period ending in September 2022, but…
P.A.P.I. Maintenance – Q & A
by Casey Carlson MnDOT Aeronautics, Airport Electrical Administrator Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) lights at an airport are a very important…
North Dakota Aviation Association Hosts 3rd Annual FLY-ND Career Expo
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue Bismarck, N.D. – The North Dakota Aviation Association (NDAA) has awarded its 2022 scholarships to a group of high school juniors,…
AOPA & Others Call For 5G Mitigation Through 2023
Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Experimental Aircraft Association and General Aviation Manufacturers Association are among signatories of an open letter…
Arguments That Won’t Win A Drug Testing Refusal Case
by Gregory J. Reigel, Esq © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue If you are a safety sensitive employee (pilots, mechanics, flight…
Could The FAA Be Putting Us At Risk By Changing The Definitions of Long-Accepted Acronyms & Terminology?
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue The recent fiasco on January 11, 2023, involving the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its lack of a…