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Published: 16 March 2024

    Thanks to all of you that stopped by the APA and Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) booth at the AOPA Fly-In and Buckeye Air Fair. It’s always great to partner with the RAF to connect directly with our members and learn about their interests and concerns. It also gives us the opportunity to do some missionary work to bring in new members and I’m happy to

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Published: 15 March 2024

    The Saturday morning flights to breakfast have been great. The weather has been ideal with hardly a bump in the sky. Just what we have been waiting for. With the warmer weather we have been encountering, I think it may have gotten some of the bugs out of hibernation, because the last time I flew I did encounter a few of the pests, and I did have to spend a

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Published: 15 March 2024

  By Howard Deevers   We all know that we must take an FAA “Written” test for just about any rating that we seek. It is part of the regulations.  On your first day of learning to fly, your instructor will let you know that you will have to pass a “Written” at some time before the check ride. There are books, test prep online courses, and ground school

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Published: 15 March 2024

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

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Published: 14 March 2024

Greetings, In this month’s Scholarship Corner article, we will continue to provide some more information on our 2024 scholarship recipients. It’s important that you hear from them directly, so I have asked each of them to provide a brief overview of themselves and their aviation career goals in their own words. Max Chinnah As an active member of the Army National

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Published: 14 March 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 January 13, 2024, through February 15, 2024, there were sixteen pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO

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Published: 16 February 2024

Greetings, Our Executive Director, Jim Timm, and I had the pleasure of representing APA at the recent Chandler Municipal Airport Day. It was the airport’s 75th anniversary and there was a great turnout from the pilot community and community at large. We had the opportunity to connect with a lot of our members and talk to prospective new members about the benefits of belonging

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Published: 15 February 2024

    Flying out for the proverbial hundred-dollar breakfast has been working out fairly well, except for a couple of cases it had to be moved to I-hop because of the weather. Generally, it’s been great, and this is what we have been impatiently waiting for during this past hot summer. It’s been good to see and visit with some of the winter visitors that have joined

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Published: 15 February 2024

  By Howard Deevers   Sure, we see it every day. Not so much in our airplanes, but definitely in our cars; drivers going well over the speed limit, cutting from lane to lane, trying to “beat the light,” and many other ways that drivers push the limits. With over 40,000 traffic deaths per year in this country, you have to wonder if trying to save those few minutes

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Published: 15 February 2024

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