IDWEST FLYER M AGAZINE APRIL/MAY 2013 Published For & By The Midwest Aviation Community Since 1978 midwestflyer.com pplalatitninuummflfilgighhtctceennteter.rc.coomm WWeeaarreerreeaaddyyffoorrttaakkee--ooffffaattPPllaattiinnuummFFlliigghhttCCeenntteer.r. ••FuFullllSSeervrviciceeFFBBOO ••PPrereccisisioionnMMaainintetennaannccee ••CCoommpplimlimeenntataryryCCoonnccieiergrgeeSSeervrvicicee ••FFliglighhttSScchhooool l ••SStatatete-o-of-ft-hthee-a-artrtSSimimuulalatotorr ••CCeesssnnaaCCeertritfiifeiedd PPleleaasseevvisisitituussfoforraallllooffyyoouurrGGeenneeraral lAAvviaiatitoionnnneeeeddss!! Get us on-the-go...download our free App to any smart phone or call us at 920-738-3034. Get us on-the-go...download our free App to any smart phone or call us at 920-738-3034. pplalatitninuummflfilgighhtctceennteter.rc.coomm WWeeaarreerreeaaddyyffoorrttaakkee--ooffffaattPPllaattiinnuummFFlliigghhttCCeenntteer.r. ••FuFullllSSeervrviciceeFFBBOO ••PPrereccisisioionnMMaainintetennaannccee ••CCoommpplimlimeenntataryryCCoonnccieiergrgeeSSeervrvicicee ••FFliglighhttSScchhooool l ••SStatatete-o-of-ft-hthee-a-artrtSSimimuulalatotorr ••CCeesssnnaaCCeertritfiifeiedd PPleleaasseevvisisitituussfoforraallllooffyyoouurrGGeenneeraral lAAvviaiatitoionnnneeeeddss!! Get us on-the-go...download our free App to any smart phone or call us at 920-738-3034. Get us on-the-go...download our free App to any smart phone or call us at 920-738-3034. Vol. 35. No. 3 ContentsContents ISSN: 0194-5068 APRIL/MAY 2013 Put it on “the Dot” ON THE COVER: A Piper Super Cub being flown by Brian Addis of West St. Paul, Minnesota, over Madden's Resort on Gull Lake, Brainerd, Minnesota. Addis is the senior flight instructor at Lake & Air Training and Pilot Shop at South St. Paul Municipal Airport - Fleming IDWEST FLYER Camp with 40,000 of Field, South St. Paul, Minnesota. Photo by Brad Thornberg M AGAZINE APRIL/MAY 2013 your closest friends HEADLINES Attend a forum Wausau Airport To Host First Annual Spot Landing Contest For Charity .. 15 Fuller To Leave AOPA ................................................................................ 17 Watch the daily air show Winter Flying Fun! – Fly-In Held On Mille Lacs Lake ................................. 32 Poberezny Named Living Legend of Aviation ............................................ 44 Rock out at the Published For & By The Midwest Aviation Community Since 1978 midwestflyer.com Opening Day Concert MFM AprilMay2013 Issue.indd 1 3/10/13 2:35 PM COLUMNS AOPA Regional Reports Reignite your passion Legislative Sessions In Full Force - by Bryan Budds ............................. 16 Tightening The Belt - by Yasmina Platt .................................................. 16 All in one day Ask Pete - by Pete Schoeninger Rule of Thumb For Power Settings ......................................................... 50 SECTIONS Aviation Law – On Your Side - by Gregory J. Reigel At Our Airports ................................................... 20 FAA Defines “In Furtherance of Business” Restriction On Operations Aviation Days At State Capitols North Dakota .................................................. 31 By A Sport Pilot .............................................................................. 11 Minnesota ...................................................... 46 Dialogue - by Dave Weiman Book Review (Atlantic Fever) ............................ 45 When Two Organizations Are Better Than One! ...................................... 7 Calendar ............................................................ 58 Flight Training - by Harold Green Classifieds ......................................................... 60 Complacency & Accident Statistics ........................................................ 18 Fly & Dine From AOPA Headquarters - by Craig L. Fuller Landings For Lunches, Wausau, Wisconsin . 15 Making Rational Choices ........................................................................ 17 Charlie’s Restaurant, Bolingbrook, Illinois ..... 44 Grassroots, Recreational Flying - by Ed Leineweber Letters ................................................................ 8 Flight Testing & Transition Training ........................................................ 54 Minnesota Aviation Industry News .................... 46 People In The News .......................................... 44 Instrument Flight - by Michael Kaufman Point/Counter Point ........................................... 9 The Ins & Outs of ADS-B & The Stratus-ForeFlight System .............. 12 Products & Services .......................................... 51 Minnesota Aeronautics Bulletin - by Jay Hietpas & Rachel Obermoller ..... 48 Seaplane Flying ................................................. 34 Wisconsin Aeronautics Report - by Thomas DeWinter .............................. 52 State Aviation Conferences Wisconsin....................................................... 22 July 29-August 4 | AirVenture.org/tickets Illinois ............................................................. 26 Iowa ............................................................... 29 FEATURES Minnesota ...................................................... 30 The Day I Lost My Engine! - by Dan Wegmueller ...................................... 53 WATA Difference ............................................... 50 Madden’s On Gull Lake .............................................................................. 34 Confronting Weather When Flying A Seaplane - by Mick Kaufman ........... 35 Canada’s North Haven Resort .................................................................... 38 Across America In A Seaplane - by Woody Minar ..................................... 40 Invasive Species Prevention - by Rachel Obermoller ................................ 48 4 APRIL/MAY 2013 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE Advance ticketing made possible by Copyright © 2013 EAA EAA_Midwest1304/05_8.375x10.875.indd 1 3/7/13 12:14 PM Put it on “the Dot” Camp with 40,000 of your closest friends Attend a forum Watch the daily air show Rock out at the Opening Day Concert Reignite your passion All in one day July 29-August 4 | AirVenture.org/tickets Advance ticketing made possible by Copyright © 2013 EAA EAA_Midwest1304/05_8.375x10.875.indd 1 3/7/13 12:14 PM Index To Advertisers APRIL/MAYMIDWEST 2013 FLYERMAGAZINE Serving The Midwest Aviation Community Since 1978 Academy College ........................................... 8 Mead & Hunt ..................................................29 Aero Insurance, Inc. .......................................24 Metropolitan Airports Commission .................13 EDITOR/PUBLISHER Aero Legal Services .......................................46 Mid-Continent Aircraft Corp. 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