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Air Center Voted #1 ............................................................................. 19 Mead & Hunt Awarded AAAE’s Corporate Cup of Excellence! .................. 20 Altaire Comes To Chicago .......................................................................... 37 Fourth of July Weekend Sacred In Phillips ................................................. 40 Published For & By The Midwest Aviation Community Since 1978 Southern Illinois University Takes Home A Win midwestflyer.com At National Championships .................................................................... 41 Blake, Lung, Rieser & Timmons Inducted Into Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame! ........................................................... 45 FEATURES From Single-Engine Turboprop To Jet In 14 Days! - by Guilherme Schmidt ...............10 COLUMNS What’s A Sikorsky Weekend? - by Jim Bildilli ....14 AOPA Great Lakes Regional Report - by Bill Blake Honda Aircraft Company – Michigan Governor Appoints GA Pilots To Aeronautics Commission .... 22 Poised For Production, Aviation Law - by Gregory J. Reigel Poised For Success! - by Dave Weiman ........34 DOT Fines Air Ambulance Operator For Calling Someone Blue Waters & Sunshine Greet Seaplane Pilots Else’s Helicopter Its Own .................................................................... 25 In Brainerd - by Dave Weiman ........................38 Dialogue - by Dave Weiman In The Land of Lincoln… Jets, Floatplanes, Destinations & Timely Topics ..................................... 5 Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Flight Tips - by Harold Green Springfield, Illinois ...........................................44 VFR Navigational Situational Awareness Or, Duluth Sky Harbor Airport… You Are The Center of Your Own Universe ....................................... 29 Serving A Specific Need For GA ....................46 Flight Training - by Gustav Ryberg Greatness Finds Company… The iPad & ForeFlight, Powerful Tools Inflight & In The Office .............. 32 Richard I. Bong Airport From AOPA Headquarters - by Craig Fuller & The William Amorde Terminal .....................49 A Gathering of Aviators ........................................................................... 23 From EAA Headquarters - by Rod Hightower Working together: More important than ever! ......................................... 24 SECTIONS Aircraft ................................................................34 Guest Editorial - by Jim Hanson Part III – What Can We Do Nationally To Recruit & Retain Pilots? ........ 42 Airports ...............................................................44 High On Health - by Dr. John Beasley, M.D. At Our Airports ....................................................20 The Lighter Side of Depression .............................................................. 26 Calendar .............................................................58 Instrument Flight - by Michael Kaufman Classifieds ..........................................................60 Autopilots Part II… My Favorite Autopilots! ............................................ 27 Destinations ........................................................14 Minnesota Aeronautics Bulletin - by Christopher Roy Education ............................................................41 Why Not Adopt Your Airport?? ............................................................... 52 Fly-Ins, Air Shows & Special Events ..................38 Sport Pilot – Light Sport Aircraft - by Ed Leineweber Let’s Fly & Dine...................................................50 Rotax 912 Series Engine Operation & Maintenance Concerns: Letters ................................................................. 8 An Interview With Brian Meyerhofer of Leading Edge Air Foils .......... 56 MATA’s Minnesota Aviation Industry News ........46 Wisconsin Aeronautics Report - by Jeffery Taylor People In The News ...........................................17 This Just In: The New Wisconsin Airport Directory & Pilot’s Guide ........ 54 WATA Difference ................................................48 4 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE Dialogue Columns in this issue cover the gamut! Bill Blake in Jets, Floatplanes & Destinations his “AOPA Great Lakes Regional Report” announces that by Dave Weiman Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has appointed GA pilots to the Michigan Aeronautics Commission… Attorney Greg Reigel eatured in this issue of Midwest discusses why an air ambulance operator was fined by the Flyer Magazine are three jet aircraft U.S. Department of Transportation for calling someone else’s – the Embraer “Phenom 300” as helicopter its own in “Aviation Law”… CFII Harold Green Ffeatured on the cover; the “HondaJet,” discusses VFR navigational situational awareness in “Flight which recently reached a speed of 425 Tips”... CFII Gustav Ryberg discusses the iPad computer and KTAS and a maximum operating altitude ForeFlight program as powerful tools inflight and in the office of 43,000 feet; and Piper Aircraft’s new in “Flight Training”... AOPA President Craig Fuller discusses single-engine “Altaire.” All three jets are why you should be at AOPA’s Aviation Summit in “From AOPA being well received. Headquarters”… EAA President Rod Hightower discusses Once again, “floatplanes” are in the news. Featured is the why working together in the aviation community is more Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Safety Seminar & Fly-In held at important than ever in “From EAA Headquarters”… CFII Jim Madden’s Resort in Brainerd, Minnesota, in May; the Price Hanson shares with us his view on what we can do nationally County, Wisconsin fly-in, float-in and air show held each to recruit and retain pilots in his “Guest Editorial”… Dr. John year on the Fourth of July weekend; “Bradford Camps” on Beasley discusses the lighter side of depression in “High On Munsungan Lake in northern Maine; and Duluth-Sky Harbor Health”… CFII Michael Kaufman shares his knowledge and Airport in Duluth, Minnesota. If you are looking for destinations experience operating a number of autopilots and tells us which to fly to, there’s four right there, but there are still more are his favorites and why in “Instrument Flight”… MNDOT destinations featured in this issue. Office of Aeronautics Director Christopher Roy discusses why Richard I. Bong Airport in Superior, Wisconsin, is where adopting your airport is in your best interest in the “Minnesota you need to fly to visit the “Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Aeronautics Bulletin”… Ed Leineweber reports on the operation Center” located nearby, and to dine at the “Upper Deck and maintenance concerns of the Rotax 912 Series Engine Restaurant & Lounge,” located at the airport. in “Sport Pilot – Light Sport Aircraft”… and Jeffery Taylor Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois, is your announces that the new Wisconsin Airport Directory & Pilot’s gateway to visiting a number of historical sites associated with Guide is hot off the presses in the “Wisconsin Aeronautics our 16th President. And when you arrive at the airport, dine at Report.” the “Subway Restaurant” located in the main terminal building. 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