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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

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Published: 14 February 2024

Greetings, As I mentioned in last month’s update, we had another great turnout for the 2023 scholarship cycle with 41 applications submitted. Through your donations we were fortunate to be able to award ten scholarships to some deserving and well-qualified applicants. In this month’s Scholarship Corner, we’ll introduce some of our 2024 scholarship recipients. 2024

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Published: 14 February 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 December 16, 2023 through January 12, 2024 there were twenty pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO

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Published: 12 February 2024

by Brad Lawrence I would like to give you (APA newsletter) some feedback on the Jan 16 trip to Alamos, Sonora, Mexico and the stay at the Hacienda de los Santos. This trip of pilots to Alamos coincided with the Alamos music festival. There were several venues in Alamos hosting world class musicians during the 9 day extravaganza. Alberto Morales of Monterey, Chihuahua (Mexico

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Published: 19 January 2024

By Rod Kunkel     Laughlin, NV Riverside Resort Hotel, Comedy Show, Oatman, River Boat Dinner Cruise March 1 - 3, 2024                     Grand Canyon, AZ Maswik Lodge, May 24 - 26, 2024       2023 Recap Thanks to everyone who attended one of the 4 weekend getaways in 2023! We

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Published: 16 January 2024

Happy New Year! I know that each year has its own personality, so to speak, and 2023 was no exception. While 2023 certainly had its challenges, I’m looking forward to building on some of the positives in 2024. As far as APA goes, we ended the year with a solid base of volunteers committed to continuing our important work of maintaining and improving our backcountry airstrips

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Published: 15 January 2024

    I hope all of you had a Very Merry Christmas and look forward to having a prosperous New Year. This report was written at the very end of December, and looking over the past year it has been an interesting time. Looking at it from my point-of-view, I don’t remember anything happening from an aviation standpoint that was really earth shaking. This past year I’ve