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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

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Published: 19 October 2024

  By Lee La Follette Webmaster and Interpreter This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   The Phoenix chapter of the Flying Samaritans is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit, healthcare-focused organization serving remote communities in Baja California. The organization operates two different clinics on the Pacific coast of Mexico. The larger, general medical clinic is in the

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Published: 15 October 2024

  By Howard Deevers   Weather is such an important subject in aviation that you will be quizzed on it during any check ride for any rating. It is also one of the most difficult subjects to teach to new students. Remember that I am a CFII, not a trained meteorologist. Naturally, I had to learn a lot about weather getting my Instrument Rating, and then my CFII

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Published: 15 September 2024

  By Howard Deevers   We all learn the “Alphabet Soup” of airspace when we are becoming pilots: Class A (18000 to 60000), Class B (Big, Blue, Busy), Class C (not so busy or big, but has rules), Class E (has rules, but not so restrictive), and Class G (uncontrolled and easy). Did I forget the Class D Airspace? Easily found on your sectional, they are inside a

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Published: 19 August 2024

  By Rebecca Burghy   In the May issue of our newsletter, Paul Wiley provided an excellent article titled “Why Get an Instrument Rating in Arizona?” He lists the many advantages to earning an Instrument Rating, all of which are true and lead to the key point: This rating really will make you a better, safer, more capable pilot. Taking on the challenge to improve

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Published: 15 August 2024

  By Howard Deevers   Two Boeing airliners have lost a wheel over the last few months. A Boeing 767 departing from San Francisco lost a wheel right after take-off. The wheel hit a car in the employee parking lot. A few months later, a Boeing 777 departing Los Angeles lost its wheel, which was subsequently found in a residential neighborhood. In both cases, the