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Published: 14 January 2023

  By Rick Bosshardt    Looking for a fun and interesting place to fly to and explore in Arizona?  One of the hidden gems that we are fortunate enough to have is the fabled Grand Gulch Copper and Silver mine on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. Situated in the northwest corner of the Grand Canyon National Park, the location actually sits on BLM land

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Published: 09 January 2023

~  Arizona Airport Passport Program  ~ AZAPP   By Trent Heidtke Welcome to the January edition of AZAPP Corner where we update you on the latest and greatest happenings regarding the Arizona Passport Program. As we head into January, the program continues to see more and more users with each passing day.  We are sneaking up on 80 total users

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Published: 09 December 2022

~  Arizona Airport Passport Program  ~ AZAPP   By Trent Heidtke Welcome to the December edition of AZAPP Corner where we update you on the latest and greatest happenings regarding the Arizona Passport Program. The month of November continues to see an uptick in the number of people beginning the program.  Phase 1 of the program (placards at

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Published: 09 November 2022

~  Arizona Airport Passport Program  ~ AZAPP   By Trent Heidtke Welcome to the November edition of AZAPP Corner where we update you on the latest and greatest happenings regarding the Arizona Passport Program. The month of October has seen an uptick in the number of people beginning the program.  Now that we have 50 signs up at airports

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Published: 09 October 2022

~  Arizona Airport Passport Program  ~ AZAPP   By Trent Heidtke Inquiring minds probably want to know what the status of the Arizona Airport Passport Program (AZAPP) heading into October is.  Well, in short, we made good progress in the month of September.  The great news is that as we write this column, there are 44 signs in the hands of

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Published: 10 September 2022

   By Paul Wiley   This article is for General Aviation pilots flying under FAR Part 91.  It is intended to cover important highlights and to summarize the basic operations and common procedures recommended by the FAA (and others) when using Electronic Flight Bags (EFB).  The goal of this article is to promote the safe and efficient use of EFBs

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Published: 09 September 2022

~  Arizona Airport Passport Program  ~ AZAPP   By Trent Heidtke In last month’s APA newsletter we introduced our Arizona Passport program. We hope it will incentivize pilots to fly to all of Arizona’s 56 public use airports, aviation themed museums, and on-site airport restaurants. So, where are we heading into September you ask? Well, a couple

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Published: 08 September 2022

  Photos by Vern Lassiter    There was a mini fly-in up at Young to assess the situation and plan for the new wind sock installation. Looks like the project is coming together nicely and we should have a new wind sock soon! There was a mini fly-in up at Young to assess the situation and plan for the new wind sock installation. Looks like the project is

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Published: 09 August 2022

~  Arizona Airport Passport Program  ~ Almost Ready To Go Live!   By Trent Heidtke After more than a year of planning, preparation, app development, and hard work, we are close to launching an Arizona Passport program that will incentivize pilots to fly to all of Arizona’s 56 public use airports, visit aviation themed museums, and dine at on-site

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Published: 08 June 2022

   By Paul Wiley   This article discusses the concept of Accelerate Stop (and briefly the associated Accelerate Go) for pilots flying single engine land airplanes under FAR part 91 General and Operating Flight Rules. The concept of Accelerate Stop/Accelerate Go is usually thought of as applicable only to multi-engine airplanes; normally, a pilot is