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Published: 20 March 2025

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-January through February. We hope to use the following detailed accident/incident information to develop safety programs, briefings, and posters/flyers that would help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and be able to take the

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Published: 16 March 2025

    Greetings, Thanks to everyone that stopped by the APA and RAF booth at the AOPA Buckeye Air Fair. We had a great time, and it was great to be able to spend some time with our members and make some new friends. A special thanks to the RAF volunteers that helped man the booth over the weekend. We’re fortunate to have a great partnership with the RAF to help

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Published: 15 March 2025

    The flying weather has been great for the usual fly out for breakfast. It’s been cool and the airplane performance has been good, even if the flying skills have not been what we would prefer. Perhaps we should just go out a time or two, and do some sharpening up. In any event, let’s go flying!  The temperature has been going up, and we have been above the

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Published: 15 March 2025

  By Howard Deevers   Motion Sickness is hard to deal with. It is also a hard subject to write about, but here goes.... First of all, there are pilots who never get air sick, and sailors that never get seasick. I envy them, because I am not one of them. I thought that I would never learn to fly, because I got air sick on every lesson at the beginning. I also

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Published: 14 March 2025

   by Jim Timm   These pilot deviations need to be examined to determine if a common thread exists that we should address to help reduce the number of deviations that continue to occur and thus enhance aviation safety. In the reporting period from January 11, 2025, through February 13, 2025, there were thirty-two pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL

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Published: 20 February 2025

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from December through January. We hope to use the following detailed accident/incident information to develop safety programs, briefings, and posters/flyers that would help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others, and be able to take the

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Published: 18 February 2025

  By Mike McCann APA Day Trip Coordinator   Tombstone (P29) Arrival time: 8:30 – 9:00am   RSVP Hotlink link for website https://forms.gle/icqb2ioJhyq7wyzy9 Greetings everyone! For our second day trip in 2025, we’ll be doing something very different. Last month we headed west to Lake Havasu. This month, we’ll be heading south to Tombstone, AZ. Not many

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Published: 18 February 2025

  By Mike McCann  APA Day Trip Coordinator   January’s APA Day trip to Lake Havasu was a great success. 37 pilots and passengers made the flight and enjoyed great weather (both perfect temperatures and CALM winds!). APA members came from all parts of Arizona to meet up for a great lunch at the Hanger 24 restaurant. We also had several pilots from the Phoenix

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Published: 16 February 2025

    Greetings, The start of the new year is a busy time for APA and this year has been no exception. We recently attended the Arizona Aviation Safety Advisory Group’s (ASAG) 51st Annual Awards Banquet and were honored to present the Ruth Reinhold Award for Aviation Safety to Belinda Burnett, Director of Aviation Programs at Cochise College in Douglas, Arizona

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Published: 15 February 2025

    I hope all is going well for you so far this year. The days have been cool and the aircraft performance has been excellent in this nice cool air, and most certainly, the pilot performance should also be much improved. Except for a bit of wind at times, the flying weather has been generally great. I still can’t believe the length of this last hot summer. It