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Published: 18 January 2025

  By Mike McCann APA Day Trip Coordinator   January 18 Day Trip: Lake Havasu, Arizona (KHII) KHII Arrival time:  10:45am RSVP:  https://forms.gle/7VeQ3AYAH9iuQwnv7   Greetings everyone!  For our first day trip in 2025, we’ll be heading to Lake Havasu.  Some of you may recall that our planned trip to KHII during mid-2024 was scrubbed

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Published: 16 January 2025

    Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. It always seems that the new year comes quickly and 2025 was no exception.  It’s going to be a busy start to the year, so I thought I’d mention few important items for your calendar: Grapevine Fly-In – January 17 - 19 - Our next Grapevine Fly-In and camping weekend is scheduled for the

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Published: 15 January 2025

    I hope everyone has had a very joyous Christmas, and have started on a most prosperous New Year. Unfortunately, as for me, I got involved in the Christmas and New Year celebrations and personal items that have gotten me behind the proverbial 8 ball, and as a result this January Executive Director’s Report will be a bit shorter than usual. Because the weather

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Published: 15 January 2025

  By Howard Deevers   This has nothing to do with “The Wizzard of Oz” but you have to love the name. At local airports all over the country you will likely find a small group of aviators that have come together to have breakfast, lunch, or sometimes even more formal gatherings. There are flying clubs, the 99's, EAA Chapters, Flight schools, and many other groups

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Published: 14 January 2025

We had another great turnout for the 2024 scholarship cycle with sixty applications received – a new record for our program. The overall quality of the scholarship applications has always been impressive, and the 2024 submissions were no exception. In past years the career objectives for the majority of the applicants focused on becoming professional aviators. However, we’re

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Published: 17 December 2024

   by Jim Timm   We had three Near Mid Air Collision incidents reported during the period from October 10 through November 14, 2024. The details the incidents are as follows:   Date:          10/3 Location: Near Phoenix/Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA) A NMAC was filed by Gateway airport (IWA) when a Blackhawk

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Published: 16 December 2024

    Another year has flown by and 2025 will be here before we know it. The winter flying weather is finally with us after the long, hot summer and I hope everyone is getting out to enjoy it. November is typically a busy month for the APA team and this past month has been no exception. APA and the Arizona Aviation Safety Advisory Group (ASAG) had the opportunity to

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Published: 15 December 2024

    The temperatures have been good now that it’s decided to cool down a bit. The weather has been great for flying, and it also seems that the bugs have been in hiding, because I haven’t been having to clean them off the windshield or airplane very often. So, let’s go flying and take advantage of the great weather, and I hope to see you out there! The APA is

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Published: 15 December 2024

  By Howard Deevers                           a parody and humor, not intended to offend anyone.   A flight inspector from the FAA in Nome, Alaska calls the North Pole: North Pole:  Hello, North Pole here, head Elf speaking Inspector

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Published: 15 December 2024

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents, and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-October thrugh mid-November. We hope to use the following detailed accident/incident information to develop safety programs, briefings, and posters/flyers that would help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and be able to take