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Published: 20 August 2025

by Will Worthington (APA Member)   As a follow up to last month’s article regarding LightHawk Conservation Flying, Will Worthington put together some information with examples of the projects LightHawk volunteers have supported here in Arizona.   Border Wall Construction Plans are quickly moving forward to build 27 miles of new border wall in the San Rafael

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Published: 17 August 2025

  By Leanne Tawoda   Hi AZ Pilots, Hope you are having a great summer.  It is August, and soon we will be starting Grapevine fly ins in October.  I am looking forward to a great season of flying, camping, and Arizona night skies. This year, I will continue with Saturday night movies.  Please send me an email if you have any suggestions for a movie

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Published: 17 August 2025

  by Mike McCann   Mark your calendar & RSVP today:       Combined Day Trip/Weekend Getaway Monument Valley Airport/Goulding’s Lodge – UT25 Day Trip participants – Saturday Oct 4, 2025 Weekend Getaway participants – Fri/Sun Oct 3-5, 2025 Greetings fellow APA members…. this month I’m very excited to share our plans for the upcoming combined

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Published: 17 July 2025

    by Mike McCann   Seligman, AZ - June 14, 2025 - Daytrip Recap For our June Daytrip, APA headed to Seligman, AZ (airport P23).   Last year, when we scheduled our first Daytrip to Seligman, the temperatures were so high that we had to postpone the trip due to the excessive density altitude.  This time, when we landed in Seligman, we were

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Published: 20 June 2025

by Will Worthington (APA Member)   Editor’s Note: Will Worthington is an APA member that does volunteer flying for LightHawk, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing aviation support to conservation efforts across the United States. He reached out and asked APA to help recruit volunteer pilots to support projects in Arizona and the Southwest. LightHawk

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Published: 19 June 2025

By Rod Kunkel              Monument Valley, UT Weekend Getaway: Friday, October 3 to Sunday, October 5, 2025 Day Trip: Saturday, October 4, 2025   Our next weekend getaway for 2025 will be to Monument Valley, UT, from Friday, October 3 - Sunday, October 5. Mike McCann and I are organizing this as a joint event for Day

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Published: 17 June 2025

  by Mike McCann           Date: Saturday, June 14, 2025   Arrival time at P23: 8:00 - 8:15am Hi everyone, for our June Day Trip we’ll be returning to a favorite high country destination enjoyed by so many pilots….Seligman, AZ.  If you haven’t been to Seligman, it is truly like visiting the old days in Arizona as

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Published: 17 June 2025

    by Mike McCann   Cochise County (Willcox) – P33 May 17, 2025   Our May 17 Day Trip to Willcox was a big success thanks to sunny skies, cool temperatures, a fantastic host FBO and an over-subscribed number of APA pilots and passengers (we had budgeted for 24 and 32 ultimately attended).  Willcox Aviation (FBO), owned by Mike and Katelin

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Published: 21 April 2025

By Andy Durbin   Most Arizona pilots will have heard that the floors of some MOAs will be, or have been, lowered to the surface.  Did you know that fast jets are also operating down to the surface outside of charted MOAs?  I didn't until I was walking around at Buzzard Roost after landing there earlier this year. For those that don't know Buzzard Roost, it's a

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Published: 17 April 2025

  by Mike McCann APA Day Trip Coordinator    Our APA Day trip to Yuma International Airport and the Yuma Landing restaurant was a great success.  Sunny weather (with cool temperatures in Yuma) made for an enjoyable flight. Interestingly, everyone who participated came from the various Phoenix metro airports (FFZ, DVT, 18AZ) with a nice variety of