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Twin Cities Airports Pull Off Another Super Bowl-Like Win With Final Four
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2019 issue MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. – Not since Super Bowl LII, February 4, 2018, have the airports in the Twin Cities metropolitan…
SkyWest Airlines Teams Up With Academy College To Recruit New Pilots
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2019 BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – The only four-year accredited aviation college in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area – Academy College – has…
AOPA Holds Congressional Meet & Greet At Thunderbird Aviation
Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2018 issue EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Longtime GA ally and supporter, Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.), a member of the House General Aviation Caucus, and…
NATA Town Hall Meeting
NATA Town Hall Meeting for aviation businesses, sponsored by the National Air Transportation Association, Thursday, May 10, 2018, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm CDT, Thunderbird Aviation (FCM), Flying Cloud Airport, 14091…
Thunderbird Aviation Named Cirrus Flight Training Center
Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2017 issue EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Thunderbird Aviation has entered into an agreement with Cirrus Aircraft to be an authorized Cirrus Aircraft Flight Training…
Thunderbird Aviation’s Young Flyers Summer Camp
Published in Midwest Flyer – Dec 2016/Jan 2017 EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Thunderbird Aviation, located at Flying Cloud Airport and Crystal Airport in the Twin Cities, has been hosting its…
Thunderbird Aviation Hosts Minnesota Trades Annual Membership Meeting
Published in Midwest Flyer – Oct/Nov 2016 EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – Thunderbird Aviation at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minn., hosted the annual meeting of the Minnesota Aviation Trades…
Academy College Announces $40,000 Scholarship In Honor of World of Aviation Founder, Sherm Booen
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – Academy College, serving the Twin Cities since 1936, hosted an open house, April 20, 2016 to celebrate its 80th anniversary and to announce the creation of a…
Thunderbird Aviation Removes Original Terminal Building To Make Room For Expanded Ramp
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – In 2012 – 50 years since the company was founded in 1962 – Thunderbird Aviation invested $2 million in building a new 8,000 square foot facility…
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…
Thunderbird Aviation In The Twin Cities Metro – Minnesota’s Newest FBO
by Dave Weiman When you invest $2 million in a business during an economic downturn, you have to know your market, know your business, and believe in yourself and your…
MATA Conference Focused On Fuel, Flight & Future of GA
BROOKLYN CENTER, MINN. – Concerned with rising fuel prices, fuel fees and taxes, fuel supplies, and the future of general aviation, business owners and their employees came together for a…
Joint MATA & Maintenance Conferences A Success!
BROOKLYN CENTER, MINN. – The annual conference and meeting of the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association (MATA) was held March 28 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center, with…
Interesting Facts About T-Storms
Spring will arrive (hopefully) in just a few weeks. That arrival brings with it thoughts about the returning birds, the first sweet scents of early spring flowers and new grass,…