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Published: 16 April 2023

  Greetings, Our annual membership meeting is about a month away. Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 13. The meeting will be held at a private hangar at the Scottsdale Airport. The hangar is located at 7350 E Evans Rd. We have some exciting topics to share with the membership and we look forward to meeting you in person. As an added bonus, we have some

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Published: 15 April 2023

By Chris Nugent   As you probably saw in last month’s newsletter, the APA team had a great time talking with our members at the recent AOPA Fly-In/Buckeye Air Fair and the Cactus Fly-In. I also had the pleasure of meeting with some of our recent scholarship recipients to get an update on their journey towards their aviation careers. I’m happy to report that they

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Published: 14 April 2023

  It looks like spring has to be just around the corner. I flew out to breakfast the other day, and when I got home my airplane was almost over gross weight with all the bugs that I had encountered on my flight. I certainly don’t think I flew that low to do it. With that many bugs, spring certainly must be just about here. I’ll have to get used to giving the airplane a

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Published: 12 April 2023

  By Fred Gibbs   Just to be clear, the opinions and statements made within my articles are strictly mine and may not necessarily reflect any policy or position of the Arizona Pilots Association.   You have heard me say this at many a safety program: “I have never met a pilot who got up in the morning and decided to go out and crash his airplane. No pilot

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Published: 09 April 2023

~  Arizona Airport Passport Program  ~ AZAPP   By Trent Heidtke As we head into April the Arizona Airport Passport Program (AZAPP) program has surpassed the 150 participants mark, and, we have our first person to achieve platinum level in the program. The big news this month is that back in March, Mike Haubrich was our first participant to have

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Published: 21 March 2023

  By Fred Gibbs   I am pleased to say that, as I write this during the last week of February, there are no fatal accidents to report. The new year – CY-2023 – is off to a good start. Irony of ironies, while doing a safety seminar down at Ryan Airport on January 21st, there was an accident at the airport during the program. Fortunately, no one was hurt, except for

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Published: 20 March 2023

  By Howard Deevers   Many years ago there was a TV series called SKY KING. “Skyler King” was an Arizona rancher in this series. Before TV it was also a radio drama once a week. Those of us old enough to remember SKY KING also remember the airplane he flew and the adventures that he got into every week. Kirby Grant played the part of Sky King. To many of us

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Published: 19 March 2023

By Rod Kunkel   Willcox, AZ Wine Tasting + Hiking May 26 - 29, 2023   Our first weekend getaway of 2023 to Page, AZ, sold out in record time!  So, I’ve started planning a second one.  The game plan is to spend Friday 5/26 - Monday 5/29 (Memorial Day weekend) in Willcox, AZ.    Rough itinerary: Friday 5/26 ·Everyone arrives at Cochise

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Published: 18 March 2023

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from January through February. We hope to use the following detailed accident 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 necessary

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Published: 17 March 2023

   by Jim Timm   These pilot deviations need to be examined to determine if a common threat exists that we should address to help reduce the number of deviations that occur, and thus enhance aviation safety. In the time period from January 14 through February 9 there were twenty-seven pilot deviations recorded by the FAA SDL FSDO. These deviations were