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IDWEST FLYER M AGAZINE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021 Published For & By The Midwest Aviation Community Since 1978 midwestflyer.com AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE 3 Vol. 42. No. 5 ContentsContents ISSN: 0194-5068 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021 ON THE COVER: Seaplane activity at Harbor View Pub & Eatery on Long Lake in Phillips, Wisconsin. The restaurant and lake are located across the highway on the west end of Price County Airport (KPBH). Dave Weiman Photo HEADLINES Wisconsin Aviation Celebrates Four Decades of Service ......................................... 12 AOPA, COPA Urge Canada To Allow Pilots With Basic Med To Fly In Canada ....... 14 Breezy Point Aviation Days 2021 Was A Go! ............................................................ 30 Carver Aero Acquires Janesville Jet Center .............................................................. 39 First In-Flight Livestream Brings Spaceflight Experience To Audiences Around The World ......................................................................42-43 Jet It & JetClub Move Forward With Electric Airplanes ........................................44-45 LSA Maintenance Training – A Rare Opportunity ................................................46-48 Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame (OAS) Forms Inaugural Board of Trustees, Announces Name Change As Plans To Renovate Historic 1929 Port Columbus Air Terminal Move Forward .............................................54-55 Anyone Giving or Receiving Instruction In A Limited, Primary or Experimental Category Aircraft, Is At Risk of Violating New FAA Directive ........... 58 COLUMNS AOPA Great Lakes Regional Report: Airport Authorities, Commissions, Advisory Councils & You! - by Kyle Lewis ............................................................ .21 Ask Pete! A Prepurchase Inspection Can Be An Annual Inspection, But It’s Usually Not That Thorough - by Pete Schoeninger ..............................15-16 Aviation Law – On Your Side: Does The “As-Is” Language In An Aircraft Purchase Agreement Make A Difference? - by Gregory J. Reigel ......................... 8 Destinations: Experience Moab 360 - by Yasmina Platt .......................................23-25 Dialogue: Sharing What We Know Benefits All of Us! - by Dave Weiman ................ 5 20 Flight Safety: Declared Distances and Displaced Thresholds… When the runway is shorter than published - by Rick Braunig .........................40-41 From AOPA Headquarters: The Show Goes On - by Mark Baker ............................ 20 High On Health: Do You Have A Valid Medical - by Dr. Bill Blank ............................ 13 Instrument Flight: The Human Factors In Instrument Flying - by Michael J. (Mick) Kaufman ................................................................................ 10 Minnesota Aeronautics Bulletin: MnDOT Air Mobility Strategic Plan Looks To The Future - by Michael Johnson….34 Improved Internet Services Coming To Many Minnesota Airports - 36 by Kris Christenson ............................................................................................ 35 The Left Seat: Flying Cross-Country A Lot? A Timeshare May Work For You! - by Bob and Anita Worthington ..........................................................................17-19 Wisconsin Aeronautics Report: New Publications For Wisconsin Aviators - by Hal Davis .................................32-33 Meet Greg Stern, Airport Development Engineer .................................................. 33 FEATURES Eagle River, Wisconsin… A Vacation Paradise Year-Around - 42 by Dave Weiman ...............................................................................................26-30 Check that box and fly it to the ground - by Chris Kruse ......................................36-39 LSA Certification Within Your Reach - by Tom Briden .............................................. 49 Fighting Lock-Down With A Flight Simulator - by Sean G. Dwyer ........................50-53 SECTIONS Awards & Recognition ......................61 Grassroots, Recreational Flying ............46 Calendar ...........................................60 Midwest Seaplane Pilot .........................56 Classifieds .........................................62 People In The News ..............................55 Destinations ......................................23 Rules & Regulations ..............................58 46 Flight Experiences ............................36 4 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE Dialogue Sharing What We Know Benefits All of Us! by Dave Weiman so she understands that if I became incapacitated, the plane would continue to fly in a straight and level manner to our hen Peggy and I were dating destination with the auto pilot on. Knowing how to operate back in 1973 – shortly the radios and make coordinated turns is essential, but just after I got my Private Pilot knowing how to turn on and off the auto pilot, reduce power, WCertificate – we would go flying in a lower flaps, and maintain minimum airspeed, would help her rented flying club airplane – a Cessna greatly to land the airplane, absent any auto-land system. 150 or Cessna 177 Cardinal – with basic At some point, I would like Peggy to take some formal avionics – at which time I would convey flying lessons (she has attended AOPA’s “Pinch-Hitter to her my great, newfound knowledge. Course,” which has helped), but for now, she is getting a lot Now 48 years later and more experienced, I am trying to get out of just going flying with me and reviewing the basics. her familiar with our much-more technologically advanced And while she is learning, so am I. Verbally explaining what Cessna 182 Skylane. While I sometimes think we should I am doing helps me to reinforce what I know, while Peggy is have continued flying a very basic aircraft which Peggy was building confidence and getting more and more familiar with confident in handling, modern avionics was inevitable. the airplane. q Peggy was raised on a farm, and is mechanically inclined, Gee, has it really been 48 years? AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE 5 Index To Advertisers Academy College .................................. 21 & 57 Milwaukee County’s Timmerman Airport ....... 2 Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA) . 3 Miminiska Lodge, Ontario, Canada ...... 62 & 65 Aircraft Window Repairs ................................22 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport .....11 Airlake Airport .................................................11 Minnesota Aviation Trades Ass'n (MATA) .....59 AIR-PROS.com ..............................................62 Minnesota DOT Office of Aeronautics ..... 34-35 Anoka County – Blaine Airport .......................11 Minnesota Petroleum Service ........................14 Aspen Avionics ..............................................17 Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Seminar .....56 Avfuel Corporation .........................................63 Morey Airplane Company ..............................62 Aviation Insurance Resources .......................62 NewView Technologies, Inc. ................. 17 & 58 Avidyne ..........................................................17 PS Engineering Incorporated .........................17 Beaver Aviation, Inc. ............................. 16 & 58 Racine Commercial Airport ............................58 Bolduc Aviation Specialized Services ..... 5 & 58 Red Wing Aviation (RWA)..............................21 Bolton & Menk, Inc. ........................................39 St. Louis Downtown Airport............................31 Brackett Aircraft Co., Inc. ...............................66 St. Paul Downtown Airport .............................11 Cape Air .........................................................21 Schweiss Doors .............................................10 Commut Air ....................................................21 Sheboygan County Memorial Airport .............45 Cooper Engineering .......................................62 Shell ...............................................................66 Crystal Airport ................................................11 Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH) .............. 9 Eagle Fuel Cells .............................................28 SkyWest Airlines ...........................................21 Fond du Lac Skyport ......................................58 Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport ............62 Four Years Above the Earth – Spring City Aviation ........................................62 A Memoir by Field Morey .............................25 Stratus by Appareo ........................................17 Garmin ................................................. .17 & 63 SwitcheOn ......................................................29 Go Jet Airlines ................................................21 Tanis Aircraft Products ...................................29 Flying Cloud Airport .......................................11 The Green Earth Deicer Company, Inc. ........19 Hangars For Rent (Janesville, WI) .................62 Thunderbird Aviation ....................... 21, 57 & 66 Horizon Aircraft Engine Services, Inc. .... 5 & 58 Tricor Insurance .............................................15 IFR Adventure Training Flights ......................25 Trig .................................................................17 Jet Air Group ..................................................58 Trimcraft Aviation ...........................................58 Jet Room Restaurant ..................................... 8 Tuned Up Custom