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Published: 16 April 2025

By Paul Wiley   This article is intended for pilots flying under both Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).  It is intended to provide and to summarize some best practices for flying within Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) airspace as recommended by air traffic controllers I have spoken with (from Phoenix and SoCal approach

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Published: 15 April 2025

  By Howard Deevers   In 1960 there was a Movie called THE CROWDED SKY, packed with well-known actors of that time. The film had very few flying scenes, and it was mostly a “soap opera” about the characters the actors portrayed. Being interested in aviation, though, I did see the film. Even though I had no ratings or training at the time, I knew enough to

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Published: 14 April 2025

  We had another great turnout for the 2024 scholarship cycle with sixty-three applications being submitted. Through your donations we were fortunate to be able to award twelve scholarships to some deserving and well-qualified applicants. In this month’s Scholarship Corner, we’ll introduce some of our 2025 scholarship recipients. 2025 Scholarship Recipients Matreiya

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Published: 15 March 2025

  By Howard Deevers   Motion Sickness is hard to deal with. It is also a hard subject to write about, but here goes.... First of all, there are pilots who never get air sick, and sailors that never get seasick. I envy them, because I am not one of them. I thought that I would never learn to fly, because I got air sick on every lesson at the beginning. I also

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Published: 15 February 2025

  By Howard Deevers   If you have been flying for more than two weeks, you have already heard the expression that most aviation accidents are caused by “PILOT ERROR.” If you already have your Private Pilots Certificate, you have probably read an NTSB report about an aviation accident, that concluded that the cause of the accident was “Pilot Error.” Yes, we are

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Published: 14 February 2025

  We had another great turnout for the 2024 scholarship cycle with sixty-three applications being submitted. Through your donations we were fortunate to be able to award twelve scholarships to some deserving and well-qualified applicants. In this month’s Scholarship Corner, we’ll introduce some of our 2025 scholarship recipients. 2025 Scholarship Recipients Matreiya

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Published: 15 January 2025

  By Howard Deevers   This has nothing to do with “The Wizzard of Oz” but you have to love the name. At local airports all over the country you will likely find a small group of aviators that have come together to have breakfast, lunch, or sometimes even more formal gatherings. There are flying clubs, the 99's, EAA Chapters, Flight schools, and many other groups

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Published: 14 January 2025

We had another great turnout for the 2024 scholarship cycle with sixty applications received – a new record for our program. The overall quality of the scholarship applications has always been impressive, and the 2024 submissions were no exception. In past years the career objectives for the majority of the applicants focused on becoming professional aviators. However, we’re

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Published: 15 December 2024

  By Howard Deevers                           a parody and humor, not intended to offend anyone.   A flight inspector from the FAA in Nome, Alaska calls the North Pole: North Pole:  Hello, North Pole here, head Elf speaking Inspector

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Published: 15 November 2024

  By Howard Deevers   When we hear the term “saturation” many images may come to mind, such as “my clothes were saturated in the rain, or the ground was saturated and runoff caused flash flooding.” At work we can think of saturation as being given too much to do, without the tools to do the job. The most extreme example of task saturation I can think of is during