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1 For & By The MIDWEST Aviation Community Since 1978 Published For & By The MIDWEST Aviation Community Since 1978 MMIDWEST FLYERIDWEST FLYERAGAZINEAGAZINEFEBRUARY/MARCH 2022 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2022 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2022 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE 34 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2022 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE ContentsContentsVol. 43. No. 2 ISSN: 0194-5068 February/March 2022ON THE COVER:ON THE COVER: A Bearhawk aircraft owned by Heath Sneller of Annandale, Minnesota. For additional information, visit Brad Thornberg Photo(To read more about the Bearhawk go to page 7)19213240 At Our Airports.

2 32 Calendar ..52 Classifieds ..54 Letters To The Editor ..27 People In The Latest IDOT Study Reveals St. Louis Downtown Airport Contributes $422 Million In Economic Impact To The Bi-State St. Louis Region ..37 MidAmerica St. Louis Airport Celebrates New Milestone ..39 Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, Atchison, Kansas, Now Open! ..40 Volunteer Pilots Are A Lifeline In Times of Need ..46 Mustang Aviation: Where The MIDWEST Meets The Wild West ..49 COLUMNSCOLUMNS AOPA Great Lakes Regional Report: AOPA s Airport Support Network Program Celebrates 25 Years of Advocacy - by Kyle Lewis.

3 26 Ask Pete: Here One Day, Gone The Next! - by Pete Schoeninger ..19 Aviation Law On Your Side: My Policy Says What?!: Understanding An Aircraft Insurance Policy - by Gregory J. Reigel, Esq .. 8 Destinations: The Crescent City - New Orleans, LA - by Yasmina Platt ..21 A Good Place To Stretch Your Legs - by Jim Bildilli ..23 Dialogue: Family & Friends of the Right Seat - by Dave Weiman .. 5 From AOPA Headquarters: Giving of our Wishing a happy birthday to the Airport Support Network - by Mark Baker ..25 High On Health: MONOVISION - by Dr.

4 Bill Blank, MD ..18 Instrument Flight: Making That Flight Safe As A Superior Pilot! - by Michael J. (Mick) Kaufman ..11 Minnesota Aeronautics Bulletin: Phase Two of the Minnesota State Aviation System Plan Update Is Underway - by Junior Lindsay ..30 AWOS: THE WIND OF CHANGE - by John B. Dalton ..31 Pilot Proficiency: Crosswind Landings, Theory & Practice - by Richard Morey ..13 The Left Seat: Can you carry a gun in your airplane? - by Bob Worthington ..15 Wisconsin Aeronautics Report: Wisconsin Airport Changes - by Hal Davis.

5 28-29 FEATURESFEATURES Economic Impact Analysis For Airports: A Primer On Measuring The Economic Contributions of Airports - by Aaron Gruen, Debra Jeans, and Andrew Ratchford ..32 He Flew For Elvis & Now They Fly With You! - by Dave Weiman ..44 SECTIONSSECTIONSFEBRUARY/MARCH 2022 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE 5by Dave WeimanWhen I recall my flights over the past 50 years, I think of the people who have flown with me in the right seat who are no longer with us. My brother, Ken, for one. I will never forget his smile as we took off from Minneapolis Crystal Airport and flew east over the St.

6 Croix River which borders Minnesota and Wisconsin. Ken loved to fly, whether with me in our Cessna 182, or with the airlines, where he worked for several years between serving in the military and going to college. It was Ken 4 years my senior who bought my ticket to fly from O Hare to Minneapolis following his wedding. That was the first time I had ever flown, and I will never forget it, nor my brother. My friend, Walt, joined me on a fishing trip to Canada once, a trip of a lifetime, he said, and it was for him due to a lingering illness. I remember he sang Bobby McFerrin s song, Don t Worry, Be Happy as we flew home with a good tailwind, and yes, I joined Walt in singing the song.

7 Harold, a much beloved neighbor, farmer, and town official who was a medic with the Flying Tigers during World War II, once accompanied me on a cross-country flight from Madison, Wisconsin to Appleton, Minnesota. Unfortunately, we encountered fog en route over the Mankato, Minnesota airport and had to turn back, but Harold never forgot that flight, as the fog amazingly only covered half of the runway. Another neighbor, Jim, owned a trucking company and loved to go flying with me, whether on a mission or just for fun! Once on a flight from Madison, Wisconsin to Muscatine, Iowa to check out some heavy equipment Jim wanted to buy, we arrived back in Madison at sunset, and seeing the city lights from the right seat of the cockpit was breathtaking for him.

8 Another time, we flew up towards the Wisconsin Dells and I taught him how to make coordinated turns about a point which he did flawlessly! But after what seemed like a dozen 360s, I suggested we head for home, so Jim leveled off and I assumed control of the airplane. Sadly, Jim was killed in a tractor rollover accident before I had a chance to get him signed up to take flying lessons. He would have made a great pilot!DialogueDialogueFamily & Friends of the Right SeatFamily & Friends of the Right Seat6 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2022 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE Academy College.

9 41 Aero Fabricators, Inc..56 Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA) . 3 Aircraft Window Repairs ..44 Airlake Airport .. 7 ..54 Anoka County Blaine Airport .. 7 Aspen Avionics ..43 Avfuel Corporation ..55 Aviation Insurance Resources ..54 Avidyne ..43 Beaver Aviation, Inc..38 & 42 Becher-Hoppe ..50 Bolduc Aviation Specialized Services ..5 & 42 Bolton & Menk, Inc..11 Brackett Aircraft Co., Inc..56 Cape Air ..41 Commut Air ..41 Cooper Engineering ..54 Crystal Airport .. 7 Eagle Fuel Cells ..46 Flying Cloud Airport .. 7 Fond du Lac Skyport.

10 42 Four Years Above the Earth A Memoir by Field Morey ..13 Garmin ..43 & 55 Go Jet Airlines ..41 Hangars For Rent (Janesville, WI) ..54 Horizon Aircraft Engine Services, Inc..5 & 42 IFR Adventure Training Flights ..13 Jet Air Group ..42 Jet Room Restaurant ..20 Instruments (JPI) ..43 Lake Elmo Airport .. 7 Lynx ..43 Mark s Emporium ..54 Maxwell Aircraft Mead & Hunt ..47 Metropolitan Airports Commission .. 7 Mid-Continent Aircraft Corp..54 MIDWEST FLYER Magazine ..10, 42, 51 & 56 Miminiska Lodge, Ontario, Canada ..2 & 54 Minneapolis-St.