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Published: 16 June 2019

  By Howard Deevers   (This article was inspired by my mechanic, Pete Stogsdill, who owns, maintains, and flies a 1975 Cessna 172 that he has had for 18 years.) We have all heard of the “Roaring 20’s,” that period of time about 100 years ago before the great depression. Life was good and there was not a care in the world. Then the Great Depression came. General

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Published: 14 June 2019

By Connor Barrett & Armon Haghighat   The AZ Pilot Life Crew completed a personal trip to KPGA over a year ago! This personal trip was so much fun, that we decided that we needed to share the airport and area with other pilots! The KPGA fly-in consisted of two major tours. Pilots and guests visited Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend, two of the natural wonders of

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Published: 14 June 2019

~  Scholarship Corner  ~ Scholarship Winner: Matthew Tlapanco   By Andrew Vogeney    Hopefully you had a chance to attend our Annual Meeting, a favorite time of year when Arizona aviators gather to share stories and hear what’s new. We love to highlight the work being done to promote general aviation in Arizona, and none of that work would be

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Published: 09 June 2019

  This spring weather has certainly been strange. Generally, it’s been relatively cool for the early morning flights for breakfast. I hope everyone has been enjoying it. It really makes me wonder what the summer and monsoon time is going to be like. We shall see, but for now, let’s go flying and enjoy it. Last month we had the APA annual meeting at Casino Arizona, and

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Published: 09 June 2019

Greetings, I sincerely hope you’ve been able to take advantage of our extended Spring weather by smashing bugs, camping with your plane, or simply enjoying a fly in pancake breakfast with friends. We’ve been blessed with a wonderful flying season. May brings about our Annual Meeting, and this year we held it at Casino Arizona. Our meeting room was packed to capacity as we

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Published: 09 June 2019

  The following are the NTSB reports of the aviation accidents that have occurred in Arizona from late April, through late May. APA will use this detailed accident 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 from having similar

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Published: 16 May 2019

  As of May 1st, our fatal accident count now stands at two, with 3 fatalities. On April 16th, a Bell 206 experimental helicopter crashed about a mile south of Fort McDowell while on the last test flight of the main rotor blades before beginning the certification process. The following is the NTSB official report: On April 16, 2019, at 0706 mountain standard time, a

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Published: 16 May 2019

  Flying back to Tucson from San Diego a couple of years ago, I got a weather briefing, filed an IFR flight plan, and headed east on a nice Sunday afternoon. With full fuel tanks in the Piper Arrow, I could easily make it to Marana (KAVQ), but decided to make a fuel stop in Casa Grande (KCGZ). The weather had been very good all the way across Southern California, and

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Published: 15 May 2019

  For all you backcountry adventurers, we’ve lined up a few weekend fly ins this fall where we can catch up with each other and enjoy the backcountry! We made such great strides over the last few years re-opening our backcountry to aviation, and had lots of fun and friendship in the process! Each of these airstrips also needs a little TLC to keep them in safe condition

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Published: 14 May 2019

~  Scholarship Corner  ~ Scholarship Winner: Theresa Olivares   By Andrew Vogeney  I’m writing this one from Chicago. The fog is so thick I can’t see the apartment building across the street. Easter was beautiful – we had brunch outside on our patio. The following Saturday – snow! Rain, snow, and some other meteorological phenomenon that could have been