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Published: 16 April 2026

  Welcome to the April 2026 edition of the APA Approach! Thanks to everyone who joined us for our first combined Day Trip and Camping Weekend at Grapevine Airstrip. Although the weather was unseasonably warm, even for Arizona, we had a great turnout. Leanne Tawoda and Mike McCann served a great breakfast for the Day Trip crew, and we enjoyed our usual potluck dinner and

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Published: 15 April 2026

  The breakfast fights on Saturday morning have been excellent with relatively good weather for flying. In general, the temperatures has been a bit warmer than normal, and let’s hope it doesn’t get much warmer too soon. We all know what’s to come as the months move closer to summer. Anyway, while the weather is still good, let’s get out and go flying. I suspect that

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Published: 16 March 2026

  Welcome to the March 2026 edition of the APA Approach! Thanks to everyone that stopped by the APA and RAF booth at the AOPA Buckeye Air Fair. It was great to be able to spend some time with our members and make some new friends. I wanted to pass on a special thank you to the RAF volunteers that helped man the booth over the weekend. It was especially encouraging to

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Published: 15 March 2026

  The breakfast fights on Saturday morning are good to have an excuse to go flying. These morning flights have been a bit cool at the start or at civil dawn, but in general the temperatures have been a bit warmer than normal. Let’s hope this isn’t a harbinger of what’s to come as the months move closer to summer. Anyway, in any event, let’s go flying. I strongly suspect

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Published: 16 February 2026

  Welcome to the February 2026 edition of the APA Approach! I wanted to start this month’s President’s Report with an update on the Falcon Field landing fee proposal. As you know, the city pushed out the original February 9, 2026, date for the city council vote by 45 – 60 days to “allow sufficient time to process and potentially incorporate public feedback into staff

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Published: 15 February 2026

    The breakfast fights on Saturday morning have been rather good, except that some of those flights have been a bit cool at the start or at civil dawn, but in general, the temperature has been good for the entire day. We can revel in that we can enjoy being outside all day, so let’s take advantage of it and go flying. I’m certain you know that APA is spending

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Published: 16 January 2026

  Welcome to the January 2026 edition of the APA Approach! Happy New Year and I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. It’s been a busy start to the New Year, and I wanted to provide you with a brief update on the proposal to implement landing fees at Falcon Field in Mesa. APA, AOPA and the Aviation Safety Advisory Group of Arizona (ASAG) will be asking the

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Published: 15 January 2026

    The Saturday morning breakfast fights have been great with the cooler temperatures prevailing. In fact, generally it has been good for the entire day. At least it hasn’t gotten too cold in the early morning to be uncomfortable, and we are finally into that enjoyable part of the year when we can comfortably be outside all day, so let’s go flying. Well, it

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Published: 16 December 2025

  Welcome to the December 2025 APA Newsletter! You'll notice on this month's cover page that we have rebranded the newsletter as the "APA Approach". Our Executive Director, Jim Timm, suggested this change to recognize the long history of the APA and revert back to the original 1978 title of our monthly newsletter. As Jim tells the story, the newsletter was put

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Published: 15 December 2025

    The Saturday morning fights have been great with the cooler temperatures prevailing. In fact, generally it has been good for the entire day. Also, I’ve noticed there haven’t been as many bugs on the windshield or wings. I guess I’ve been a bit lucky. Finally, we are into the enjoyable part of the year when we can be outside without getting overheated. So, let’s