Nancy Benscoter, APA President The month of March brings us more beautiful weather to get out and fly! I hope to see you at the Cactus Fly-In in Casa Grande on March 3rd and 4th. We will be hosting a backcountry forum on Saturday, the 4th at 9am. Be sure to also join us for the GAARMS event on March 14th and 15th. See detailed information contained in this newsletter. Don’t
  Arizona Pilots Join Hands with USFS in Preserving the Grapevine AirstripGrapevine Mark Spencer, Recreational Aviation Foundation, Arizona Liaison In the words of one volunteer, “Do you realize we made history this weekend?” I honestly had not thought about it that way. Grapevine was officially closed by USFS Special Order 12-157 on June 27th, 1997, and not only did Arizona
General Aviation Accident Reduction & Mitigation Symposium SpeakersGaarms Fred L. Gibbs, 2nd V-P APA, GAARMS Program Director An Arizona Pilots Association Safety Initiative The Arizona Pilots Association (APA) is pleased to announce the 1st Annual General Aviation Accident Reduction and Mitigation Symposium – GAARMS - planned for March 14th and 15th, 2012 at the Mesa Public
The Arizona Pilots Association GAARMSHowardDeevers Howard Deevers General Aviation Accident Reduction & Mitigation Symposium What is a "Symposium?" My Webster's said: A conference at which a particular topic is discussed by various speakers. Probably most of us have been to some kind of "Symposium" at least once in our business life, or even aviation training. We also go to
Jim Timm Jim Timm, Executive Director The flying weather is great and I hope everyone has been able to take advantage of it and go to one of the fly-in breakfasts or fly off to your favorite airport restaurant The Phoenix TRACON has issued a Letter To Airmen outlining recommendations to minimize flight conflicts between transiting general aviation aircraft and air carrier aircraft
President's ReportNancyBenscoter Nancy Benscoter, APA President January has been a busy but a rewarding start to the New Year. After more than a year of APA’s coordinated backcountry efforts, fly-ins and collaborative team approach with the RAF (Recreational Aviation Foundation), we got the approval to renovate the over-growth on the Restricted Grapevine Airstrip. The APA extended this