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Published: 16 September 2024

    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

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Published: 15 September 2024

    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

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Published: 16 August 2024

    The Arizona summer has certainly lived up to its reputation this year with some especially hot and uncomfortable weather. However, I managed to get a brief reprieve during my trip to Oshkosh where the temperatures were substantially cooler. Overall, it was a great show as always, and I was pleased to see several fellow APA members during the week. In addition

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Published: 15 August 2024

    I guess summer is really in full swing because in order to go flying in some sort of comfort you need to get up before dawn and get prepared to takeoff at the first light of dawn. Even then, by the time you get back home it’s beginning to get a bit warm. It may not be very bumpy yet, but it is getting hot. At altitude it may not be too bad, but when you get on

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Published: 16 July 2024

    As you may recall, we completed the election for the APA Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting in May. All BOD positions are filled by volunteers for three year terms which are staggered to ensure board continuity. Here’s a summary of the APA elected officers, directors, and committee members for 2024 – 2025. Officers President - Chris Nugent Vice

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Published: 15 July 2024

    Summer is certainly here, and it appears the monsoon season has also started. It would appear that most of the bugs have also gone into hiding. The breakfast flight on Saturday seemed to be rather bug free. Good thing, because it was too darn hot to spend much time scrubbing them off. Getting up for a dawn takeoff doesn’t seem to help a whole lot to beat the

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Published: 16 June 2024

    As Jim Timm notes in his Executive Director’s report, summer is upon us with temperatures already in the triple digits. Although the warm weather doesn’t bring flying to a halt, it does shift our perspective in terms of when and where we fly with very early morning departures being the norm. It should also bring the issues associated with high temperatures and

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Published: 15 June 2024

    Well, summer seems to be coming rapidly upon us, and the outdoor fly in breakfasts have come to an end. Now is the time to concentrate on the higher elevation venues along with the usual airports that have a restaurant on them. No matter where we go now, there are always a bunch of bugs to clean off after the flight. Thats just part of the summer season, so no

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Published: 16 May 2024

    Thanks to all of you that attended our Annual Meeting on May 11th in Scottsdale. We had a great turnout and it was great to get together with our members to share all the work APA is doing to ensure you are represented at the legislative level, preserving our backcountry strips, and supporting the next generation of Arizona aviation professionals.  In

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Published: 15 May 2024

    Unfortunately, things seem to have run totally amuck this month, and I’m totally behind the power curve. The weather, while not being the best, has generally been good enough on Saturdays, and the usual Saturday breakfast flights have been able to happen. The spring bug collection on the airplane can easily attest to that. There are a few things that I would