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Published: 16 July 2023

  Greetings, I'd like to take a moment to thank you for being part of our wonderful membership. Your participation is more than just an annual set of dues or a necessary evil. The association does some amazing things at a local level for you as a pilot, and for those aspiring to be one. Over the past several years that I've been president, I've seen a steady increase in

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Published: 14 July 2023

  Well it’s summer, and like it or not, it’s hot. Yes, summer is here, and you have to get up really early to go flying to beat the heat. At least one of the small benefits is that the bugs don’t seem to be much of a problem tike they were a few months back. When I fly out for breakfast with friends in the morning, I’ve found that I don’t want to waste any time getting

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Published: 12 July 2023

  By Fred Gibbs   Just to be clear, the opinions and statements made within my articles are strictly mine and may not necessarily reflect any policy or position of the Arizona Pilots Association.   A short discussion on wind regarding operating up here in Flagstaff. This year there have been numerous high wind events — several Haboobs in Arizona, a Derecho

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Published: 10 July 2023

  by Mike McCann   Greeting fellow APA members.  My name is Mike McCann.  My wife, Kim and I own an RV-9A and a Pulsar (both based at DVT).  Much of our flying consists of morning or day trips throughout AZ and the Southwest so I was happy to volunteer to coordinate APA’s “day trip” activities.  My intent is to offer fun destinations mainly

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Published: 21 June 2023

  By Fred Gibbs   The outstanding safety beat here in Arizona goes on!!! As of my last query, May 27th, into the NTSB database, there have still been NO fatal accidents in Arizona since January 1st of this year. That is a great statistic, finishing out the 1st five months of 2023 with no fatal accidents. Can we actually end the 2nd quarter, the next 30 days, still

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Published: 20 June 2023

  By Howard Deevers   Houston, Texas seemed to be an odd place for the location of the main control center for the US Space Program. But it had, and still has, all of the things that NASA was looking for in the early days of the US Space Program: Over 1000 acres of affordable land, close to a major sea port, mostly a mild climate, good air transport airports, and

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Published: 19 June 2023

By Rod Kunkel   May 26 to 29, Memorial Day Weekend   Our second weekend getaway of 2023 is behind us! Six of us spent Memorial Day weekend in Willcox. The weather was beautiful, with sunny skies. Temperatures reached about 90F each afternoon and dropped to about 60F each evening. Everyone arrived at Cochise County Airport Friday morning. We then headed to nearby

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Published: 18 June 2023

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-April through May. We hope to use the following detailed accident information to develop safety programs and briefings to help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and take the necessary action to prevent them from having similar

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Published: 17 June 2023

   by Jim Timm   These pilot deviations need to be examined to determine if a common threat exists that should be addressed to help reduce the number of deviations that occur, and thus enhance aviation safety. In the reporting period from April 13 through May 11 there were seventeen pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO office. These deviations were

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Published: 16 June 2023

  Greetings, We enjoyed meeting many of our members at the annual meeting on May 13th in Scottsdale. We met several scholarship winners and we got to hear what your APA is doing at the legislative level, for backcountry strips, recreation, and preparing for the future. While the acoustics weren't fantastic, we appreciate the opportunity to share and to hear from