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IDWEST FLYER M AGAZINE DECEMBER 2011//JANUARY 2012 Published For & By The Midwest Aviation Community Since 1978 midwestflyer.com EA-SA_Ad Committed_MFM F.indd 1 9/30/11 1:12 PM Vol. 34. No. 1 ContentsContents ISSN: 0194-5068 IDWEST FLYER AGAZINE DECEMBER 2011//JANUARY 2012 ON THE COVER: Air show performer, Matt Younkin, is at the top of his game, M performing the only Twin Beech 18 routine in North America. Read what sets his act apart from all the others, beginning on page 22. MGN Photo by Mike Nightengale. HEADLINES Memphis Belle Undergoes Restoration At USAF Museum ........................ 43 Chicago Airports To Go Greener ................................................................ 44 Published For & By The Midwest Aviation Community Since 1978 midwestflyer.com Coalition Seeks To Strengthen Local Economies With Environmental-Friendly Industry At Airports ................................... 45 NATA President To Give Keynote Address At Minnesota Technician & Trades Joint Conferences ............................... 50 FEATURES Matt Younkin’s Twin Beech Routine… Minnesota Aviation Groups To Head For State Capitol In February .......... 51 An Air Show Act You Can Hear & See! ..........22 Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Expands… Pilots Beware! ................... 53 10 Planes To Miminiska .....................................24 Blackhawk Tech A&P Program Suspended ............................................... 56 406 ELTs – Taking The ‘Search’ Out of Search General Aviation Industry Prepares For An Unleaded Future .................... 62 & Rescue ........................................................33 Piper Aircraft Indefinitely Suspends Light Jet Development ....................... 62 Park Rapids Avionics… Two Brothers, One Team In Lake Country .....36 J.B. Van Hollen – Wisconsin Attorney General & GA Pilot .......................................................39 OKCITY’s Emergency & Post-Crash Survival COLUMNS Training For GA Pilots - by Pete Aarsvold ......16 AOPA Great Lakes Regional Report - by Bill Blake Aviation Conferences In The Midwest .................................................... 20 Aviation Law - by Gregory J. Reigel SECTIONS Shared Expenses & The Private Pilot..................................................... 14 Aircraft ................................................................62 At Our Airports ....................................................44 Dialogue - by Dave Weiman Aviation Business Profile ....................................36 Access To Electronic Charts May Not Be Free For Long ....................... 8 Aviation Museums ..............................................43 Education - by Dr. Patrick Mattson & Dr. Jeffrey Johnson Awards & Recognition ........................................48 The Future of Collegiate Aviation ........................................................... 56 Calendar .............................................................59 Classifieds ..........................................................60 From AOPA Headquarters - by Craig Fuller Destinations ........................................................24 Appreciating What We’ve Got ................................................................. 21 Flight Safety ........................................................16 Minnesota Aeronautics Bulletin - by Christopher Roy GA Pilot ...............................................................39 You Are The Key! ................................................................................... 52 Letters .................................................................10 MATA’s Minnesota Aviation Industry News ........50 WATA Difference - by David Mann New Products .....................................................32 Excise Fuel Taxes .................................................................................. 46 People In The News .................................. 49 & 58 Wisconsin Aeronautics Report - by Jeffery Taylor Pilot Safety ..........................................................51 Fuel Conserving Techniques .................................................................. 54 Technology .........................................................33 4 DECEMBER 2011/JANUARY 2012 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE MidwestFlyerAd_Forget Fees OLT.indd 1 11/2/11 3:47 PM Index To Advertisers DECEMBERMIDWEST 2011/JANUARY 2012 FLYERMAGAZINE Serving The Midwest Aviation Community Since 1978 Academy College ...........................................10 Midwest Flyer Magazine ...................46, 59 & 64 Aero Fabricators, Inc. .....................................18 Miminiska Lodge ................................... 17 & 57 EDITOR/PUBLISHER Aero Insurance, Inc. .............................. 38 & 46 Dave Weiman Minn. 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