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IDWEST FLYEROCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2010 HEADLINES AGAZINE Mmidwestflyer.com Midwest Flyer Magazine Receives National Journalism Award For Superior News Coverage of Aviation Issues ...................................................... 22 Piper Regrouping At The Top ....................................................................................... 24 Wipaire Celebrates 50th Anniversary ........................................................................... 45 Poberezny Introduces Hightower As New EAA President ........................................... 47 Aviation Explorers & Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Celebrate Aviation Education At Oshkosh ................................................................ 50 COLUMNS AOPA Great Lakes Regional Report - by Bill Blake Flight Schools Beware! ............................................................................................. 18 Aviation Law - by Greg Reigel Understanding The FAA’s New Aircraft Re-Registration & Renewal Requirements ........................................................................................... 8 Dialogue - by Dave Weiman Associations… Why We Belong! ................................................................................ 5 Flight Safety - by Michael Kaufman As Realistic As They Come… Tomahawk’s Redbird Flight Simulator ..................... 20 SECTIONS Aircraft ...............................................24 Guest Editorial - by Craig Fuller A Night For Flight ...................................................................................................... 19 At Our Airports ...................................35 High On Health - by Dr. John Beasley Awards & Recognition .......................22 Drug Half-Life Article Correction ................................................................................. 9 Calendar ............................................62 Instrument Flight - by Richard Morey Classifieds .........................................60 Partial Panel.............................................................................................................. 10 Destinations .......................................26 Minnesota Aeronautics Bulletin - by Christopher Roy Fly-Ins, Air Shows Check It Out .............................................................................................................. 42 & Special Coverage ......................47 Sport Pilot – Light Sport Aircraft - by Ed Leineweber Minnesota Aeronautics Bulletin .........42 Piper’s Special Light Sport Aircraft Entry Arrives In The Midwest… Minnesota Aviation Industry News ....45 North Iowa Air Service Named Piper Sport Distributor ......................................... 56 WATA Difference ...............................46 Wisconsin Aeronautics Report - by Jeffery Taylor Wisconsin Aeronautics Report ..........40 Operating Safely On The Airport .............................................................................. 40 FEATURES Adventure Canada! 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