Serving Midwest Aviation Since 1960
Serving Midwest Aviation Since 1960
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When he was in sixth grade in Willmar Elementary School, Brian Bollig knew what he wanted to be when he grew up. "I was building dams when the snow was melting in the gutters, pushing the water different ways," said Bollig. "That's when I knew I wanted to do try to do something with water. That's where my engineering path started." The dream never left him. In time he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Natural Sciences from St. John's University, a Civil Engineering Degree and a Masters Degree in Env...
There has been a multitude of challenges to face in the changing airline industry over the past 39 years. Such times of testing either bring one to one's knees, or build one's ability to run the gauntlet with courage and grace. Jeff Hamiel, Executive Director and CEO of the Metropolitan Airport Commission (MAC) chose the latter path in his leadership of that organization. A partial list of Hamiel's stellar accomplishments include guiding MAC through deregulation of the airline industry in 1978,...
How long has 17-year-old Mitchell Lindsey wanted to be a pilot? "Since forever," said Lindsey who soloed on his sixteenth birthday and passed his private pilot check ride on his seventeenth birthday. "I've always wanted to be a pilot." Currently a junior at Blaine High School, Lindsey's next goal is an instrument rating, though he doesn't intend to stop there. One day he envisions himself as a commercial pilot for a major air line. His dream is very close to home. Norm Lindsey, his father, is a...
Wings of the North started the New Year off right with their Annual Kickoff Party and Holiday Gathering at Flying Cloud Airport in January. Planning begins now for Air Expo 2016 which will be held in July. However, the first week in May Wings of the North will have a Grand Opening for their official new air museum, something that's been in the works for years. "It really just sort of came together," said museum curator Judy Jasperson. "We have wonderful benefactors who have beautiful airplanes...
In the past, readers have met four of the most important Minnesota aviation persons, Clarence Hinck, Shorty De Ponti, Speed Holman and Ray Miller. Walter Bullock is another of those most important - virtually the Father of Aviation in Minnesota. To put him in perspective – he was the youngest person in the country to obtain a pilot's license (17 years old in 1916, at the Glen Curtiss School in Newport News, Virginia); gave Speed Holman his first flight, became one of the first Northwest A...
The next day, I met Haire at Century Circle, a collection of Century Series aircraft located just outside Edward's West Gate. Haire is a retired Army Aviator, who flew Huey's, Cobras, and Chinooks. He paired us up with the Dutch photojournalists, and he asked what I wanted to see. I explained that I wanted to do an article about Edwards, then and now, the Right Stuff era, and what was happening today. He asked if I had visited Edwards before. I replied, "Sort of." Back in 1981, I was living in...
