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As a member of the North Dakota Pilots Association, I am pretty excited to direct you the new website. You may recognize the airplane in the logo. Yep. It’s my old Chip graphic. Chip is going to be famous. Anyway, if you’re from North Dakota and you’re a pilot or aviation enthusiast, you should definitely …

There are 89 airports in North Dakota, 81 being general aviation facilities, and eight with air carrier services. My friend and I are going to attempt to visit all of them. This means the U.S. dependence upon foreign oil may have a slight increase in the coming year(s), inversely related to a dip in my checkbook …

The opening social event at the Fargo Air Museum for the Aviation Symposium.

This is what happens when a cat attempts to fly an airplane, which is always a mistake. They are too short to adequately maintain visual contact with the exterior as well as the interior of the plane, and are prone to curling up and falling asleep. The lack of opposable thumbs does not help. Whatever …

At this week’s meeting, the safety briefing included some of the information provided in the monthly safety newsletter. These incidents, and others, were part of a section entitled “Mishaps”, which made me realize that if I ever do anything stupid at an official event, it’s going to end up, quite possibly, in the safety briefing of …