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Published: 14 July 2025

  As you know, the Scholarship program is an important part of APA’s mission and it’s always exciting to get updates from our scholarship recipients on their progress toward their career goals. I recently received some updates from some of our 2024 recipients that I’d like to share with you.    Shanley Olson Shanley was recipient of the SkyQueenKing

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Published: 14 July 2025

   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 May 17, 2025 thru June 12, 2025 there were twenty-one pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO. These

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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: 20 June 2025

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents, and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from April through May. 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 the necessary

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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: 17 June 2025

   by Jim Timm   We had two Near Mid Air Collision incidents reported during the period from April 11, 2025, through May 16, 2025.   DATE: April 13, 2025 LOCATION: Scottsdale Airport (SDL) A NMAC was reported when an unidentified VFR aircraft was descending and converging with a Cirrus. When the aircraft were 2.3 nm apart ATC issued the Cirrus a

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Published: 16 June 2025

    Thanks to all of you who attended our Annual Meeting on May 10th in Scottsdale. We had a great turnout, and it was great to get together with our members to share all the work APA is doing to ensure you are represented at the legislative level, preserving our backcountry strips, and supporting the next generation of Arizona aviation professionals.  In

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Published: 15 June 2025

    The Saturday morning ritual of flying someplace for breakfast has gone pretty well recently, and the weather has been relatively cooperative. Something has been bothering me though, where have the bugs gone? I did take a short break from the breakfasts a while back, and that may have been when the bugs were out, but lately my flying has been rather bug free. I