Serving Midwest Aviation Since 1960
Serving Midwest Aviation Since 1960
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As an infertility specialist I have a keen understanding of adoption. What a gift it is for a couple to be blessed with the opportunity to expand their family by accepting a child into their home. This gift goes both ways, to be sure. A couple who may have no other way to have children is given the privilege of nurturing a life, and a child is given the privilege of the nurture that they are lacking. It occurred to me that this paradigm can be applied to aviation, as well. There are many...
New Richmond Regional Airport has 268 based aircraft housed in 119 hangars making it number one in Wisconsin for both categories. For perspective, 210 aircraft are based at the airport in second place. Nine of New Richmond’s aircraft are jets that make good use of the 5500-foot-long primary runway. It has a full parallel taxiway for better ground operations. The secondary runway is turf, there’s a helipad and seaplane base. Aviation gas and jet fuel are available as self-service or del...
The ski-plane and wheels fly-in hosted by EAA Chapter 965 in Aitkin on March 8, had a nice turn out according to Robert Heavirland. Three kinds of chili, hot dogs, cornbread and fixin's were enjoyed by many who filled the tables in the hangar and the pilot's lounge....
High blood pressure or hypertension is common. The CDC reports that nearly half of all adults have hypertension. That’s defined as a peak (systolic) pressure greater than 130 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury, the unit used to measure and report blood pressure) or a minimum (diastolic) pressure greater than 80 mm Hg. Blood pressure is the pressure of the blood that is pumped by your heart into the arteries of your body. As you might guess too high a pressure is bad for your arteries, which means it’s bad for you. Sustained, untreated high blo...
I have a way to increase your proficiency, it only takes 10 minutes per session, and its free! Interested? To set it up, you’ll need to get a piece of paper and write down different items. Write down emergencies – engine fire during start, engine failure on downwind, smoke in the cockpit, etc. Then tear those pieces of paper into small sections and put them in a bowl. Place your checklist next to it if you can. Try to commit to grabbing one emergency or situation every few days. Visualize it happening to you. Then see how much of your che...
Allen H. Meyers (1908-1976) started in aviation as a sheet-metal man and worked for Vought in Long Island, Martin in Baltimore, and Stinson in Wayne, Michigan. He'd learned to fly at Curtiss Field in an OX-5 powered Jenny, and later spent time as a barnstormer. By 1936, he'd set up his own Meyers Aircraft Company in Tecumseh, Michigan. His first successful design was the Meyers OTW ("Out to Win") that was manufactured for the Civilian Pilot Training Program established under the Civil...
Closed course air racing in the 1920s and 1930s was dominated by airplanes built specifically as racers. Charles Willis (Speed) Holman won the 1930 Thompson Trophy flying the Laird Solution, so called because it was the "solution" to the Travel Air Mystery Ship that won the 1929 race. Travel Air supposedly built the Mystery Ship in complete secrecy. In 1932, Jimmy Doolittle won the Thompson Trophy flying the notorious Bee Gee R-1. Doolittle later set a speed record for a land plane, 296 mph....
If you know of any upcoming aviation events, please send an email with details to editor@mnflyer.com so your event can be listed here. EVENTS April 12, 2025 Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame Banquet. Mystic Lake Banquet Center. April 26, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Hosted by Elbow Lake Airport, Sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary Unit 357, Wheels, Tracks and Wings, celebrating the month of the Military Child. Family friendly, free event, Military vehicles and aircraft displays, fly over at 11a.m. Contact Joe 218-685-6594, joe@prairie-air.net, w...
Nicholas B. Mamer January 29, 1898 – January 10, 1938 Nicholas Bernard Mamer was born in Hastings, MN, on January 29, 1898. Mechanically Inclined, Nicholas became interested in all aspects of gas-powered engines. At 15 he was the chauffeur for a local doctor. On June 30, 1916, Nicholas enlisted in the Aviation Branch of the US Army Signal Corps, forerunner of today's Air Force. Pvt. Mamer was sent to the Signal Corps' new aviation training school at North Island, San Diego, to become an aircraft...
Well, it was night and overcast clouds made it dark. There was some rain around and widely scattered thunderstorms, but it was a good night for flying. Our airplane was equipped with weather radar and a strike finder taking the unknown out of the situation. If you don't remember the days before the miracle of satellite weather, a strike finder detected lightning and could do that all around the aircraft, unlike radar which could only see ahead. My colleague and I had been to a meeting at an airp...
