IDWEST FLYER M AGAZINE APRIL/MAY 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 EA-SA_Ad Committed_MFM F.indd 1 9/30/11 1:12 PM Vol. 34. No. 3 ISSN: 0194-5068 IDWEST FLYER ContentsContents M AGAZINE APRIL/MAY 2012 ON THE COVER: A Wipaire “Boss Beaver” with Wipline 6100 floats. The aircraft is a DHC-2 MKI turbine conversion. The 2012 Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Safety Seminar & Fly-In will be held May 4-6 at Madden’s Resort in Brainerd, Minnesota (www.mnseaplanes.org). HEADLINES Published For & By The Midwest Aviation Community Since 1978 Illinois Bill Would Raise Aviation Fees........................................................ 23 midwestflyer.com Outagamie County Regional Airport Retires Bonds… MFM AprilMay2012 Issue.indd 1 3/28/12 10:32 AM Terminal Is Now Debt Free ..................................................................... 25 NATA Launches State Advocacy Network ................................................. 25 FEATURES Lone Rock – Where A VOR & Airport Restaurant Live On .......................... 26 Ankeny Regional Airport COLUMNS & The Polk County Aviation Authority ............. 28 Rochester International Airport AOPA Regional Reports – Fit For A King or Queen ............................... 29 Strengthening The Aviation Community - by Bryan Budds .................... 22 Fillmore County Airport – “In Bluff Country” ........ 30 News & Information You’ll Want To Know Aurora Municipal Airport – Meeting The Air In Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska & Iowa - by Yasmina Platt ................ 22 Transportation Needs of Greater Chicago ...... 31 Aviation Law - by Gregory J. Reigel Safer Skies Through Continuing Education Purchasing An Aircraft Hangar: Buyer Beware ...................................... 12 - by Lynnwood “Woody” Minar ........................ 33 Fourth of July Seaplane Adventure Dialogue - by Dave Weiman To The Sub Arctic - by Philip Mattison............38 An Aviation Day At Your State Capitol..................................................... 8 Miracle On The Lake - by Curt Drumm ...............43 Flight Training You didn’t really like those sunglasses, A Surfeit of Data - by Harold Green ....................................................... 18 did you? - by Rachel Obermoller ....................45 Earning The Instrument Rating In A Perfect World Destination Bayfield, Wisconsin - - by Karen Workman .......................................................................... 20 by Dave Weiman ............................................53 From AOPA Headquarters - by Craig L. Fuller Door County, Wisconsin & Washington Island… At Work Outside D.C. ............................................................................. 23 The Cape Cod of The Midwest - by Dave Weiman ..........................................56 Instrument Flight - by Michael Kaufman GPS Is The Future of Navigation ............................................................ 15 Minnesota Aeronautics Bulletin - by Christopher Roy SECTIONS It’s About Spring ..................................................................................... 52 Calendar .............................................................58 Classifieds ..........................................................60 Sport Pilot – Light Sport Aircraft - by Ed Leineweber Destinations ..........................................42, 53 & 56 More New FAA Legal Interpretations Roil S-LSA Community................ 34 Illinois Aviation Conference & Airports ...............31 WATA Difference - by David Mann Iowa Aviation Conference & Airports ..................28 FAA Reauthorization – Finally! ............................................................... 50 MATA’s Minnesota Aviation Industry News ........48 Wisconsin Aeronautics Report - by Jeffery Taylor Minnesota Airports Conference & Airports .........29 Hot Spots At Wisconsin Airports ............................................................. 54 People In The News .............................................9 Products & Services ...........................................37 Seaplane Adventures .........................................38 Seaplane Education ...........................................45 Seaplane Training ..............................................43 Wisconsin Aviation Conference & Airports ........24 4 APRIL/MAY 2012 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE What’s on OUR AirVenture bucketY list? Camp under the wing of my airplane Visit AirVenture.org/bucketlist4 Call 1-800-564-6322 Share your bucket list ideas at Facebook.com/EAAHQ July 23-29, 2012 Copyright © 2012 EAA The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration Index To Advertisers APRIL/MMIDWESTAY 2012 FLYERMAGAZINE Serving The Midwest Aviation Community Since 1978 Academy College ...........................................11 Midwest Flyer Magazine ...................50, 62 & 64 Accelerated Flight & Instrument Training LLC 18 Miminiska Lodge ............................................62 EDITOR/PUBLISHER Dave Weiman Aero Insurance, Inc. .............................. 16 & 50 Minnesota Air Spectacular - Mankato ............59 Aero Legal Services .......................................21 Minnesota Aviation Trades Association ........ 48 PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Aeronautical Adventures, LLC .......................60 Minnesota DOT Office of Aeronautics ...........52 Peggy Weiman Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA) .13 Minnesota Petroleum Services ......................42 PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Aircraft Propeller Service, Inc. .......................37 Morey Airplane Company ..................... 18 & 60 Jenifer Weiman & Stacy Wilk AircraftInsurance.com ....................................60 NationAir Aviation Insurance ................ 27 & 50 PHOTO JOURNALISTS airpac.com .....................................................47 National Air Transportation Ass’n ..................50 Don Winkler, Geoff Sobering & Max Haynes AirVenture Oshkosh ....................................... 5 NewView Technologies, Inc. ..........................50 CONTRIBUTING EDITORS & PHOTOGRAPHERS American Barnstormers Tour .........................58 OMNNI Associates .........................................60 Randy Arneson Philip Mattison Approach Fast Stack ......................................17 Orr, Minn. Regional Airport (Hangar Sites) ......60 Alan Barbor Dr. Patrick Mattson ARMA Research, Inc. ....................................60 Outagamie County Regional Airport ............. 7 Dr. John Beasley Dan McDowell Avfuel Corporation ................................ 39 & 61 Park Rapids Avionics .....................................17 Jim Bildilli Lynnwood Minar Basler Turbo Conversions, LLC .....................50 Pat O’Malley’s "Jet Room" Restaurant ..........46 Bill Blake Richard Morey Bay Shore Inn ................................................56 Phillips 66 .................................. 33, 40, 43 & 47 Bryan Budds Larry E. 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