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Fred Gibbs
GAARMS V, the fifth General Aviation Accident Reduction and Mitigation Symposium, is planned to be held on a Saturday morning in March from 9:00AM to Noon, at the ASU campus on the Williams-Gateway airport. As you probably already know, GAARMS is a major joint safety initiative by the Arizona Pilots Association (APA), The Arizona
Read more: GAARMS Report: February 2016
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BACK TO BASICS
ABORT BRIEFS AND LOSS OF CONTROL CONSIDERATIONS
By David Dunteman
Arizona Pilots Association and Recreational Aviation Foundation
Issue 2, February 3, 2016
Why do an Abort Brief?
Immediately prior to takeoff, pilots can improve the chance of a successful emergency procedure by reviewing the actions that they will take in the
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Looking Back in Time
Howard Deevers
At the end of the year I usually have some extra time to clean out my office spaces. 2015 was no different. I pitch out books or catalogs that I have not even looked at for a year, or longer. Dust off the shelves and try, one more time, to organize my life.
Before actually throwing things away, I do look at them to see if it is
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GAARMS V, the fifth General Aviation Accident Reduction and Mitigation Symposium, is scheduled for Saturday morning, March 19th , from 9:00AM to Noon, in the large auditorium -ARAVA 110 - on the ASU campus at the Williams-Gateway airport.
GAARMS is a major joint safety initiative by the Arizona Pilots Association (APA), The Arizona Safety Advisory Group
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Join the APA at the 58th Annual
Cactus Fly In
Casa Grande Airport
Fly in or Drive in - We look forward to seeing you there!
2016 Forums
Presented by the Arizona Pilots Association
Friday, March 4, 2016
Dave Dunteman - Back to Basics
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Tommy Thomason - AZ Backcountry Flying
Contact Tommy
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Come enjoy breakfast at the Wayside Inn on Alamo Lake
Saturday, February 13, 2016
9:30am
The Wayside Inn is a small trailer park with a great little restaurant in the desert
about 5 miles east of Alamo Lake.
Alamo Lake airstrip is not on the sectional chart. GPS coordinates are 34°14'49.2"N 113°29'13.2"W
Here is a link to SkyVectorHere is a link to Google
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Winter and Spring 2016
By Mark Spencer
The temps will be warming up soon and we have a full lineup planned for the 2016 spring backcountry season! Of course, with spring starting in January, in the desert anyway, we’ll kick off with a couple of training events hosted by some of the best in the country. Dave Dunteman will be
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January 2016
The following are the NTSB reports of aviation accidents that have occurred in Arizona from late November thru late December. As all detailed accident information becomes available, APA will attempt to use it to develop safety programs and briefings that should help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and prevent similar
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January 2016
I hope all of you had a merry Christmas and a safe time welcoming in the New Year. So far this winter the weather has produced some great opportunities to get in some quality flying time. I hope many of you have been able to take advantage of it. Thanks to all of you for flying safely, and as a result, we ended the year with a very good safety
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We already have over a dozen airplanes signed up for the fly-in to Guaymas and more are coming. This should be a very smooth operation and a lot of fun especially for the first timers experiencing Mexico. As you read in the Dec 2015 APA Newsletter, the long term items for preparation were the
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