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Published: 15 December 2021

    Winter weather is here, and the days are really becoming shorter. The Saturday morning fly outs for breakfast are having to start out at dawn to get to breakfast on time. It won’t be long before we will have to start at official sunrise and probably still be a bit late, unless you are authorized to fly at night, and take off before sunrise. Anyway, it sure is

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Published: 15 December 2021

  By Howard Deevers Anyone with a pilot’s license in the U. S. knows that English is the established language for aviation. Since 2008, all pilots’ licenses issued have a statement on them: “English Proficient.” English, as the official language of aviation, was established in 1944 at a Convention in Chicago, in an effort to standardize aviation in many ways. Why

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Published: 15 December 2021

~  Scholarship Corner  ~   By Chris Nugent As I reported last month, we received a record number of forty applications for this year’s scholarship cycle. That is up from twenty-nine last year which is really encouraging based on the general upheaval we have experienced in our lives over the last two years. The scholarship committee has been hard at work

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Published: 14 December 2021

  2021 TO DATE: Happy upcoming holidays to everyone; I hope Santa Claus is good to you, your family, and your airplane!   Below please find the latest NTSB data on fatal crashes here in Arizona.  So far, up thru the end of November of this year, the record still stands at 7 fatal accidents, with 8 fatalities (6 pilots and 2 passengers), with 2 accidents

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Published: 09 December 2021

    By Mark Weiss Since its first event in 1973, Copperstate Fly-In has been bringing together aviation enthusiasts not only from the Valley of the Sun and the state of Arizona but also from across the United States. A few have even attended from overseas. Everyone in the aviation community has heard of EAA Airventure. Many pilots and enthusiasts make the

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Published: 08 December 2021

    By Paul Wiley This article discusses FAA minimums for airplane pilots flying under FAR part 91 General and Operating Flight Rules.  It also provides a general discussion of some of these minimums as well as recommendations for developing a personal minimums checklist.  The purpose of having a personal minimums checklist is to facilitate good

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Published: 18 November 2021

    by Jim Timm The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from late September through October. APA will be using this detailed information to develop safety programs, briefings, and posters/flyers that would help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and take the action necessary to prevent them

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Published: 18 November 2021

    by Jim Timm In the time period from September 10 through October 14, 2021, there were twelve general aviation pilot deviations recorded by the FAA SDL FSDO. These deviations were committed by Military, private, commercial, CFIs, and ATPs. Of the twelve deviations made, there was a need to issue four Brashers. Note: a Brasher is a notice that is issued when

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Published: 17 November 2021

  By Mark Spencer September’s Grapevine monthly fly in event also turned into an ad hoc volunteer maintenance weekend. Over 20 aircraft and multiple ground vehicles showed up for much needed maintenance at Arizona’s most utilized backcountry airstrip, located off the shores of Roosevelt Lake on the Tonto National Forest. This was the first of the monthly fly in events

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Published: 17 November 2021

  By Mark Spencer Thanks to the Recreational Aviation Foundation’s efforts in working with Congress and the US Forest Service in Washington, $750,000 was directed by congress to be invested in backcountry airstrips around the country. Each region receives its portion of this money based on total number of feet of existing airstrips. Region 4, that’s AZ and NM, received