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EVENTS

March 1, Iceport 2025, Da Boathouse/Mac’s Twin Bay, Mille Lacs Lake GPS 46.17N/93.48W, Fly-in brunch, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Look for the orange safety cones depicting the landing zone. Skis and wheels welcome. Updates at Facebook.com/CreateLift

March 4, Discover Flying Cloud airport, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., Hennepin Technical College – Eden Prarie Campus, 13100 College View Drive, Eden Prairie. The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) has opened a 45-day public comment period for its draft 2040 long-term plan for Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) in Eden Prairie. The plan is intended to provide a high-level framework for planned development at the airport for the next two decades.

March 8, 2025 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Ski Plane and Wheels Fly-in hosted by EAA Chapter 965, Aitkin Airport (KAIT) Chili and Hot Dogs. Questions? trudiamundson@yahoo.com

April 12, 2025 Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame Banquet. Mystic Lake Banquet Center.

May 8, Aviation Day at the Capitol, Holman’s Table, 644 Bayfield Street, St. Paul. Hear from Minnesota Legislators.

May 16-17, GMAG Great Minnesota Aviation Gathering, Buffalo Municipal Airport

June 3, 5-7 p.m. Fly-in, Drive-in Hamburger social, Red Wing Regional Airport RGK, Hangar A21. Contact Dan Johnson 715-441-1790

June 6-8, COPA University three day safety event. Waukesha, Wisconsin. Noon Friday to noon Sunday. For more information and to register go to cirruspilots.org/Events/cppp-3-day-waukesha-wi

June 14, Wings over Alexandria sponsoring; Alexandria Fly-in and Fagan Fighter Air Show, 8 a.m. – noon Fly-In, breakfast, exhibits, 1 – 3 p.m. Air Show, exhibits, food trucks. This event has been moved to Alexandria KAXN from Granite Falls. Contact Kreg Anderson, airport manager kanderson@alexandriamn.city

June 25, Wings and Wheels Fly in Drive in, Thief River Falls, MN 4 - 9 p.m., Rain date July 2, Check 132.59 Flying Club Facebook page for more details.

June 28, Rusk County Fly-in, Pancake brunch, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. KRCX Rusk County Airport, Ladysmith, Wisconsin contact askmarella@gmail.com.

July 5-6, 2025 Duluth Airshow celebrates 2025 with “Red, White and Blues”

July 18-19 National STOL competition, Hartford, Wisconsin nationalstol.com

July 21-27 EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Sept. 7, 8 a.m. – noon, Aitkin Wild Rice Pancake Breakfast and Fly-in. EAA Chapter 965, Contact Brian Miller 612-310-3920. 1190 Air Park Drive, Aitkin Airport, KAIT

Sept. 19-20 Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association annual Safety Seminar, Maddens resort, Brainerd

WEBINARS

Free EAA webinars can be found at EAA.org>news & media>EAA webinars;

These live, informative, and interactive webinars, allow you to easily attend a session from anywhere, anytime, using a compatible computer or mobile device! Registration is required, and space is limited.

March 5, 7 p.m. with Mike Busch

Engine Temps Gone Wild? Qualifies for FAA WINGS and AMT credit

In this webinar, Mike describes an incident involving a Cessna 182 whose sophisticated engine monitor started reporting pretty scary CHTs and EGTs, and how this was identified as an indication error that was easily cured by the aircraft owner himself.

March 11, 7 p.m. with Chris Henry and Amelia Anderson

Ernest Gann Collection | EAA Museum SeriesErnest Gann was an author of many classic novels that involve aviation. Join us as we discuss the EAA Aviation Museum’s exhibit that honors this great author.

March 12, 7 p.m. Start your own Flight School with Prof. H. Paul Shuch

Some pilots become flight instructors as a way of building hours toward an airline career. Others do so in order to devote their lives to teaching and learning. In this webinar, Prof. H. Paul Shuch details lessons learned and mistakes made along the path of founding a flight school.

March 13, 7 p.m. with David Leiting

Grow your Chapter and the aviation community – Host a flying Start Event

May 17, 2025 is EAA International Learn to Fly Day, and your chapter is invited to participate by hosting a Flying Start event! Join this live webinar, and we review how to plan the perfect Flying Start event. Topics covered will include event planning, event best practices, and what resources EAA provides to simplify the hosting process for chapters.

March 26, 7 p.m. with Bill Ross

Aircraft Engine Compression Testing, Qualifies for FAA WINGS and AMT credit

We will debunk many of the myths and misunderstandings surrounding aircraft engine compression testing. Bill Ross from Superior Air Parts will discuss compression testing techniques, borescope inspections, and how to determine cylinder airworthiness.

NEWS

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration

Despite the efforts of a lot of people at SuperCub.org, ShortWingPipers.org, AOPA, EAA and the Short Wing Piper Club the FAA decided to issue an Airworthiness Directive against all Piper aircraft's rudders.

14 CFR Part 39, [Docket No. FAA-2023-1893; Project Identifier AD-2023-00389-A; Amendment 39-22944; AD 2025-02-11] RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; FS 2001 Corp, FS 2002 Corporation, FS 2003 Corporation,

Piper, and Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain FS 2001

Corp, FS 2002 Corporation, FS 2003 Corporation, Piper, and Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper)

airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of broken rudders. This AD requires replacing any rudder equipped with a rudder post made from a certain carbon steel with a rudder equipped with a rudder post made from a certain low-alloy steel. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Minnesota Military Museum. As promised, construction of the new Minnesota Military Museum at Little Falls/Camp Ripley, MN is underway despite the snow and cold. The public relations people at the MMM expect progress to continue through 2025 and it is due to open in summer 2026. The 40,000 square foot building will tell the stories of veterans from all branches of the service. We have learned from the latest edition of the MN Air Guard Museum newsletter that the MMM will be borrowing five of the Guard Museum’s aircraft, the F-16, an F-4, the C-47, C-130 and P-51. All will be displayed outside except the P-51 which needs to be displayed under cover; presumably that means inside.