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Fill ‘er up!

Posted on March 24, 2024 by mwflyer

Keeping aviation fuel accessible while finding its alternative by Mark Baker AOPA President & CEO Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue Flying season is about to heat up. While much of the South basks in a bit … Continue reading →

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Island Hopping In The San Juan Islands, Washington State

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Yasmina Platt © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue I have talked about island hopping in the Bahamas and Michigan before but, this time, we’re traveling to Washington State. It is easy … Continue reading →

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Communicate with farmers about safe agricultural operations around airports

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Jared Wedel MnDOT Aeronautics Airport Coordinator – North Region Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue One of the hardest things to tell farmers is that they can’t plant crops on perfectly good tillable land. Yet, that … Continue reading →

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Pilots: Leave The Gummies At Home!

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Gregory J. Reigel, Esq © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue With the legalization of marihuana and/or cannabis in many states, products containing THC or CBD are now readily available for … Continue reading →

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Maintaining Minnesota’s AWOS Stations

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Nick Kremer Navigation Systems Radio Engineer, MnDOT Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue As a pilot or member of a flight crew, you listen in to a weather briefing at the start of every flight … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Fuelish!

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Pete Schoeninger © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue  Q) A friend swears he once saw a B-17 (World War II bomber with four piston-engines) takeoff with one of four engines … Continue reading →

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Protect Yourself From The Sun

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue “Melanoma” is a form of skin cancer. When it spreads to other places in the body, it’s called “Metastatic Melanoma,” or advanced skin cancer, sometimes referred to as … Continue reading →

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Sunset Flight

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Dean Zakos © Copyright 2024. All Rights Reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue “Enjoy the little things in life because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things.” – Kurt Vonnegut … Continue reading →

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The Aging Pilot

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mwflyer

by Dr. Bill Blank, MD Senior Aviation Medical Examiner© Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2024 Digital Issue When I learned to fly a long time ago (56 years ago), I never thought about how … Continue reading →

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Airports, Horses & The CAP

Posted on January 25, 2024 by mwflyer

by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue Before you start reading this issue, I want to clarify that we are NOT Horse&Rider magazine https://horseandrider.com/, although I have a daughter who would probably wish we were. … Continue reading →

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