Archives: Columns
Hot Spots At Wisconsin Airports
by Jeffery Taylor Aviation Consultant WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics A “hot spot” at an airport is not just a great place to get a $100 hamburger, but rather a location on the airport where there is an increased risk of collision … Continue reading
Posted in Airports, April/May 2012, Columns, Wisconsin Aeronautics Report
Tagged Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (EAU), FAA Runway Safety Program, General Mitchell International Airport (MKE), Jeffery Taylor, La Crosse Municipal Airport (LSE), Outagamie County Regional Airport (ATW), Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport (JVL), WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics
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It’s About Spring!
by Chris Roy, Director Mn/DOT Office of Aeronautics Well, spring is on the horizon and I know that pilots who haven’t flown since the beginning of winter are getting excited to get back in the air. Though this passing winter … Continue reading
FAA Reauthorization – Finally!
by David Mann, President Wisconsin Aviation Trades Association I sometimes am amazed or maybe I should say shocked at the inability of our legislative branch to work together for the good of the United States of America. The entire group of … Continue reading
Posted in April/May 2012, Columns, Columns, WATA Difference
Tagged David Mann, FAA, John Mica, NextGen, TSA
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More New FAA Legal Interpretations Roil S-LSA Community
by Ed Leineweber Sometimes revolutionary innovation takes awhile to take hold, and then only after a series of fits and starts. So it might be with the system envisioned in the Light Sport Aircraft ASTM industry consensus standards. Interpretations of … Continue reading
At Work Outside D.C.
by Craig L. Fuller President & CEO Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association Everyone I meet all across the country seems to know that AOPA is hard at work representing general aviation before federal agencies, members of Congress, and other decision … Continue reading
Posted in AOPA, April/May 2012, Columns, Columns, From AOPA Headquarters
Tagged Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association, Airports, AOPA, aviation, Craig Fuller, FBOs, GA, General Aviation
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News & Information You’ll Want To Know In Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska & Iowa
by Yasmina Platt, Manager AOPA Central Southwest Region As you may have already read in previous editions of Midwest Flyer Magazine and AOPA Pilot magazine, AOPA has started a new regional manager program to increase its ability to address the … Continue reading
Strengthening The Aviation Community
by Bryan Budds, Manager AOPA Great Lakes Region We all know some of the realities facing general aviation today. Unfortunately, we hear with relative frequency discussions of looming user fees, the declining pilot population, the increasing cost of general aviation, … Continue reading
Posted in AOPA, AOPA Great Lakes Report, April/May 2012, Columns, Columns
Tagged AOPA, aviation, Bill Blake, Bryan Budds, Great Lakes Region, Michigan Aeronautics Office
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A Surfeit of Data
by Harold Green These days we suffer from a surfeit of data. There seems to be two sources. Pilots themselves and the advent of more advanced electronics. The even more advanced electronics of the glass cockpit is a subject for … Continue reading
Posted in April/May 2012, Columns, Columns, Flight Safety, Flight Training
Tagged aviation, cockpit, Flight Safety, Flight Training, GPS, Harold Green, IFR, iPad, NOTAMS, VFR
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GPS Is The Future of Navigation
by Michael Kaufman After concentrating my column for the last four issues on autopilots, my efforts will now turn to Global Positioning System, better known as “GPS.” When asked what the invention of the decade was, many people say, the … Continue reading
Posted in April/May 2012, Columns, Columns, Instrument Flight
Tagged Avidyne, Bonanza, Garmin, Global Positioning System, GPS, Michael Kaufman, Midwest Flyer Magazine, NAVAID, Super Cub
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