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Published: 14 January 2025

We had another great turnout for the 2024 scholarship cycle with sixty applications received – a new record for our program. The overall quality of the scholarship applications has always been impressive, and the 2024 submissions were no exception. In past years the career objectives for the majority of the applicants focused on becoming professional aviators. However, we’re

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Published: 17 December 2024

   by Jim Timm   We had three Near Mid Air Collision incidents reported during the period from October 10 through November 14, 2024. The details the incidents are as follows:   Date:          10/3 Location: Near Phoenix/Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA) A NMAC was filed by Gateway airport (IWA) when a Blackhawk

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Published: 16 December 2024

    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

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Published: 15 December 2024

    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

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Published: 15 December 2024

  By Howard Deevers                           a parody and humor, not intended to offend anyone.   A flight inspector from the FAA in Nome, Alaska calls the North Pole: North Pole:  Hello, North Pole here, head Elf speaking Inspector

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Published: 15 December 2024

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents, and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-October thrugh mid-November. 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

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Published: 14 December 2024

   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 October 10 through November 14, 2024, there were twenty-three pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO

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Published: 18 November 2024

  By Mike McCann   Luck was on our side for last Saturday’s flight to the Grand Canyon Airport.  Weather at KGCN airport can often be windy and cold during late October, but the winds were calm and the outdoor temperatures perfect under clear and sunny skies as eleven aircraft, with twenty pilots and passengers, arrived as planned. One aircraft had a

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Published: 16 November 2024

    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

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Published: 15 November 2024

    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