Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. It always seems that the new year comes quickly and 2025 was no exception.
It’s going to be a busy start to the year, so I thought I’d mention few important items for your calendar:
Grapevine Fly-In – January 17 - 19 - Our next Grapevine Fly-In and camping weekend is scheduled for the
I hope everyone has had a very joyous Christmas, and have started on a most prosperous New Year. Unfortunately, as for me, I got involved in the Christmas and New Year celebrations and personal items that have gotten me behind the proverbial 8 ball, and as a result this January Executive Director’s Report will be a bit shorter than usual.
Because the weather
Another year has flown by and 2025 will be here before we know it. The winter flying weather is finally with us after the long, hot summer and I hope everyone is getting out to enjoy it.
November is typically a busy month for the APA team and this past month has been no exception. APA and the Arizona Aviation Safety Advisory Group (ASAG) had the opportunity to
The temperatures have been good now that it’s decided to cool down a bit. The weather has been great for flying, and it also seems that the bugs have been in hiding, because I haven’t been having to clean them off the windshield or airplane very often. So, let’s go flying and take advantage of the great weather, and I hope to see you out there!
The APA is
The cooler weather finally arrived, just in time for the October Grapevine Camping weekend. We had a great turnout with eight planes and twenty folks staying over for dinner and camping. Thanks to Mike Andresen for hosting our first event of the season. We still have camping weekend host slots open. If you are interested, take a look at the APA Volunteer
As I’m writing this, it’s still a bit warm out by midday, but the early mornings are great. They are promising that by November we should be enjoying “cool” normal middays. We shall see. I still have a hard time getting my head around the fact that as we are starting to enjoy good flying weather, our cousins in the northern part of the country are now starting
September was a busy month for the APA team and we have a lot to talk about in this month’s President’s Report, so let’s get right to it.
As I reported last month, the Air Force issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) covering a broad expansion of the Special Use Airspace (SUA) that encompasses the fifteen MOAs and Restricted areas in Arizona. To
I would like to think that summer is now in the rear-view mirror, and we can begin to look for days that are a bit cooler, the flying is a little bit more comfortable, and a bit smoother. Something I’ve noticed is that I didn’t pick up a lot of bugs. Are they still in hibernation from the heat, or maybe I am flying a bit higher lately. Anyway, it’s getting
September is upon us and it’s still hot here in Arizona, but I’m optimistic that we will start to see some cooler weather soon. I know everyone is looking forward to the fall flying season and the return of the APA Grapevine (88AZ) Fly-Ins that will start up in October and run through next April on the third Saturday of the month (with a couple of exceptions
It’s getting to be a long and hot summer, and it’s a bit tiring. The early mornings are becoming tolerable, hinting of cooler times to come, but I can’t wait. When you get back from a Saturday morning breakfast, it’s still getting warm enough that you don’t want to get involved with anything that will keep you in the hangar or around the airplane for very long