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Published: 20 April 2025

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-February through mid-March. 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

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Published: 17 April 2025

  by Mike McCann APA Day Trip Coordinator    Our APA Day trip to Yuma International Airport and the Yuma Landing restaurant was a great success.  Sunny weather (with cool temperatures in Yuma) made for an enjoyable flight. Interestingly, everyone who participated came from the various Phoenix metro airports (FFZ, DVT, 18AZ) with a nice variety of

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Published: 17 April 2025

   by Jim Timm   We had two Near Mid Air Collision incidents reported during the period from February 14, 2025 through March 13, 2025.   DATE: February 16, 2025 LOCATION: Mesa Falcon Field (FFZ) A NMAC was reported when a Pilatus was on a final for RWY 4R at FFZ, and a Cessna was on base to land on the parallel RWY 4L, but flew through the final

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Published: 16 April 2025

By Paul Wiley   This article is intended for pilots flying under both Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).  It is intended to provide and to summarize some best practices for flying within Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) airspace as recommended by air traffic controllers I have spoken with (from Phoenix and SoCal approach

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Published: 16 April 2025

    Greetings, The Arizona spring weather has been a little unsettled and unfortunately, we were forced to cancel the March Grapevine Camping weekend that was due to be hosted by our friends John and Trish McKenna from The Recreational Aviation Foundation. This was certainly disappointing, but we’ve already planned to reschedule them for the October Grapevine

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Published: 15 April 2025

    We have had pretty good weather for the normal breakfast flights lately. To get there early, at least in most cases, we no longer have to get to the airport in the dark. So, let’s get up and go flying. We have been complaining about landing fees being accessed as a result of information that is being taken from our ADS-B data that is being transmitted

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Published: 15 April 2025

  By Howard Deevers   In 1960 there was a Movie called THE CROWDED SKY, packed with well-known actors of that time. The film had very few flying scenes, and it was mostly a “soap opera” about the characters the actors portrayed. Being interested in aviation, though, I did see the film. Even though I had no ratings or training at the time, I knew enough to

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Published: 14 April 2025

  We had another great turnout for the 2024 scholarship cycle with sixty-three applications being submitted. Through your donations we were fortunate to be able to award twelve scholarships to some deserving and well-qualified applicants. In this month’s Scholarship Corner, we’ll introduce some of our 2025 scholarship recipients. 2025 Scholarship Recipients Matreiya

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Published: 14 April 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 February 14, 2025, through March 13, 2025, there were twenty-one pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO

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Published: 20 March 2025

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-January through February. 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