MINNESOTA
FLYER
  
The Minnesota Flyer originally
was the newsletter of the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association.
First published in January 1960, the Flyer was edited by Sherm
Booen, who was well-known to Minnesota aviators through his television
program, "World of Aviation," which ran for nearly
26 years on WCCO-TV in Minneapolis. The publication was purchased
in 1988 by Richard A. Coffey, an aviation writer and editor living
in east-central Minnesota. In October 2002, it was purchased
by Tim Franklin, a native of Austin, Minn., who attended the
University of Minnesota-Duluth and worked in the newspaper business
in Duluth, Cloquet, Grand Marais in Minnesota along with newspaper
jobs in Kansas, Louisiana and South Dakota.
Today the magazine is supported
by the advertising of regional aviation businesses. For the past 42 years, the Minnesota Flyer has
been the voice of the aviation community throughout the Upper
Midwest. The monthly magazine features an extensive calendar
of fly-in breakfasts and events, aviation news, aeromedical issues,
columns by aviation personalities and profiles of people and
the airplanes that they fly. The popular Mystery Airplane Contest
lets readers test their knowledge of aviation history each month,
and the Minnesota Office of Aeronautics contributes technical
articles on a regular basis. The publication is also a great
source to find out more about aviation businesses throughout
the Midwest.
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