MPA Partner Articles
Wings Quarterly – February 2024
Wings of the North
VOLUNTEERS/VOLUNTEERS/VOLUNTEERS! It’s simple. Wings of the North needs more active volunteers. Our ability to set up displays at other aviation events while simultaneously running the museum, restoration, and sweepstakes activities […]
Read More60th Anniversary of Dyke Delta
Minnesota Flyer
The 2022 EAA AirVenture had several highlights for me as a photographer and writer. There were fast planes with massive engines, small planes with tiny engines. Pilots who flew big […]
Read MoreConfessions of an Air Show Announcer; From Tankers to Warbirds
Minnesota Flyer
The alarm interrupted the smoke jumper presentation "Ladies and gentlemen, please move to the side of the room, we have an alert." Obediently, we tourists moved to the side as […]
Read MoreMystery Airplane Contest
Minnesota Flyer
The iconic Learjet is one of the most well-known and best-selling business aircraft in history. Bill Lear's design was inspired by the Swiss FAA P-16 combat aircraft of 1955. Proposed […]
Read MoreThe Blues in the Wild Blue: Minor Depression
Minnesota Flyer
Everybody gets “down in the dumps” now and then. Marital or financial problems, a death in the family, job stress, change of location…you name it. Life can be darn hard […]
Read MoreMinnesota Aviation Hall of Fame 2023 Inductee BARBARA MACK
Minnesota Flyer
1943 – Barbara Mack was born in Minnesota. In 1964 she experienced her first airplane ride at the St. Cloud airport in a Cessna 172. She earned her Private Pilot […]
Read MoreMN DNR honored to have first woman helicopter pilot
Minnesota Flyer
About 6% of the world's professional pilots are women. Surprisingly India is the country leading the way where slightly over 14% of the pilots are female. Among helicopter pilots the […]
Read MoreBerlin Express B25 Mitchell Tour
Minnesota Flyer
Being invited to take a free flight on any airplane is always exciting especially when that plane is a historical military aircraft. The flight on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, out […]
Read MoreMNPilots Hangar Flying
Minnesota Flyer
The leaves have fallen off the trees, we have already had a few snow- flakes grace our lawns and the temperatures are becoming a bit “brisk,” shall we say. We […]
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