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Published: 17 November 2023

  By Leanne Tawoda   Thank you to all pilots and APA members that joined Young residents at Pleasant Valley, 24AZ, September 29th through October 1st, 2023. Young, Arizona has much to do that you may not know about. A museum, open on Saturday. ATV/4X4 rentals. Hiking. Rock Climbing. Are you aware that Young has a vineyard? Bruzzi Vineyard is located about 4 miles

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Published: 16 November 2023

By Paul Wiley   Hypoxia is a state of oxygen deficiency in the body sufficient to impair functions of the brain and other organs, e.g., your eyes, and especially the part of your eyes responsible for night vision acuity. Since the concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere remains constant at about 21% from the ground out to space, the effects of hypoxia are due

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Published: 16 November 2023

Greetings, I know many of you are probably as surprised as I am at the number of pilot deviations that Jim Timm summarizes in his monthly Executive Directors Report. They can cover the whole range of deviations from failure to follow ATC instructions, to runway and airspace incursions to TFR violations. While I’m sure they represent a relatively small percentage of the total

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Published: 15 November 2023

    With the hot weather behind us, the mornings have been great, and the aircraft performance has greatly improved, and I suspect the pilot performance has also improved to a certain degree. At least I hope so. With this changing season, and the shorter days, those of us that can’t, or don’t want to fly in the dark, it means a later takeoff time in the

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Published: 15 November 2023

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that occurred in Arizona from mid-September through October. We hope to use the following detailed accident 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: 14 November 2023

Greetings, This is always an exciting and busy time of year for the APA Scholarship Committee! We closed the 2023 APA scholarship cycle at the end of October and had another great turnout with 42 applications being submitted. This is about the same number submitted in 2022 (43 applications) but we have seen steady growth in the number of applications since 2020. Although we

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Published: 14 November 2023

   by Jim Timm   These pilot deviations need to be examined to determine if a common threat exists that we should address to help reduce the number of deviations that occur, and thus enhance aviation safety. In the reporting period from September 15 through October 12 there were 24 pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO

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Published: 13 November 2023

  By Fred Gibbs   I am saddened to report there was a fatal aircraft accident in October out in Williams, Arizona, but not involving any Arizona-based pilots. A Piper Cherokee PA 28, according to a witness, apparently lost power on climb out and attempted to turn around and return to the airport – the impossible turn scenario – and crashed into a field

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Published: 12 November 2023

  By Fred Gibbs   WOW! I got my first ride in a beautiful Cirris Vision Jet, ever! What an amazing airplane and an absolute pleasure to fly – if you have all the training and experience! I was invited to fly along on an Angel Flight to pick up and deliver some critical blood samples. Now I am quite used to the automation in the Cirrus SR22T’s as well as other

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Published: 19 October 2023

  From the Deer Valley Pilots Association: Many of us flying out of Phoenix-Deer Valley have benefited from the expertise and aviation parts provided by Karen Cassels at her store, Aerozona Parts and Service.  It is with great sadness that we have learned Karen passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 20th.  Since she took over the business in 1996