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Published: 15 January 2024

  By Howard Deevers   When we hear the phrase “Day Care Center,” we immediately have an image of some place, such as a children's Day Care Center, or even a Day Care Center for elderly adults. Many of us have experienced these with our kids, or even our elderly parents. Don't equate a Day Care Center with a Nursing Home or even and Assisted Living Facility. And

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Published: 14 January 2024

Greetings, We had another great turnout for the 2023 APA Scholarship cycle with forty-one applications submitted. While most of the applicants are seeking careers as professional pilots, we are now consistently seeing applications from students pursuing careers in aviation maintenance and air traffic control. This is encouraging, but from what I read we have a lot of ground

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Published: 15 December 2023

  By Howard Deevers   Our introduction to aviation can come from many different sources. Some of us grew up in aviation families, where a parent, grandparent, or other relative was already involved in aviation in some manner as a private pilot, airline pilot, mechanic, or even military-related flying. Others gain an interest in aviation by simply looking at

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Published: 16 November 2023

By Paul Wiley   Hypoxia is a state of oxygen deficiency in the body sufficient to impair functions of the brain and other organs, e.g., your eyes, and especially the part of your eyes responsible for night vision acuity. Since the concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere remains constant at about 21% from the ground out to space, the effects of hypoxia are due

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Published: 14 November 2023

Greetings, This is always an exciting and busy time of year for the APA Scholarship Committee! We closed the 2023 APA scholarship cycle at the end of October and had another great turnout with 42 applications being submitted. This is about the same number submitted in 2022 (43 applications) but we have seen steady growth in the number of applications since 2020. Although we

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Published: 19 October 2023

  From the Deer Valley Pilots Association: Many of us flying out of Phoenix-Deer Valley have benefited from the expertise and aviation parts provided by Karen Cassels at her store, Aerozona Parts and Service.  It is with great sadness that we have learned Karen passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 20th.  Since she took over the business in 1996

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Published: 15 October 2023

  By Howard Deevers   We have all heard that term: A Line in the Sand. In old Westerns or other movies, a “line in the sand” (or dirt) was used to signify a territory or area where crossing that “line” would be cause for a conflict or a fight. I can even remember two boys in a grade school class drawing a line in the dirt on the playground to settle some dispute

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Published: 18 September 2023

  By Howard Deevers   A pilot at Ryan Airport, just west of Tucson, decided to retire from flying and sold his airplane. That resulted in cleaning out the hangar. It took a while, but eventually he was giving away some of his collectable items. One of the most interesting items was a copy of FLYING MAGAZINE from June 1946. I had subscriptions to FLYING off and on

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Published: 20 August 2023

  By Howard Deevers   A “newly minted” pilot called me for some information recently. The pilot had purchased an RV6A in Florida after passing his checkride in Florida. He had flown the plane and was proficient in it. He flew it from Florida to Tucson, with appropriate stops. I flew with the pilot in that plane and was pleased with his performance being so new a

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Published: 15 August 2023

By Chris Nugent   It’s hard to believe that 2023 has gone so quickly, but we’re quickly approaching another APA scholarship application cycle. The deadline for applications is 31 October 2023 and we encourage all students pursuing aviation careers to apply. The Scholarship Committee will be starting our communication and outreach sessions in the late August