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Published: 08 January 2016

BACK TO BASICS GET TO KNOW YOUR AIRPLANE By David Dunteman Arizona Pilots Association and Recreational Aviation Foundation Issue 1, January 23, 2016 Can I get Airborne? “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a

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Published: 08 January 2016

Twas the Night Before Christmas Howard Deevers Well, of course not. Everyone knows that Santa is the only one flying on Christmas Eve, well almost the only one. Some scheduled airlines do fly, but they are way up there and no problem to Santa. Very few General Aviation airplanes are flying. Several years ago we decided to make a flight from Pittsburgh, PA, to Moline, IL

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Published: 05 December 2015

Castle Well Airpark (0AZ5) Morristown, AZ. Steve and Jackie Andros, originally from Cave Creek, searched out an area years ago near Morristown to build a runway and settle down.  They purchased this 55 acre parcel now divided into smaller parcels for home sites.  The micro area where the airpark sits is unique in that it contains beautiful views with an

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Published: 30 November 2015

New Year’s APA Getaway Flight Guaymas, Mexico  Feb 6-7, 2016  By Brad Lawrence  The next getaway flight will be a little different regarding the direction of flight: due south. For most of you, a trip to Mexico is not new, but for those of you never testing the waters, so to speak, this trip could serve you well with experience and reduce your anxiety. Traveling

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Published: 28 November 2015

By Jim Timm  December 2015  The following are the NTSB reports of aviation accidents that have occurred in Arizona from late October thru late November. 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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Published: 10 November 2015

November GAARMS Report  by Fred Gibbs  I am beginning to sound like an old recording stuck on playback! “LADY LUCK” still continues to smile on the GA community here in Arizona! We are still at “ONLY ONE FATAL ACCIDENT” so far state-wide for 2015, and only two out-of-state fatal accidents involving an Arizona-based pilot. Whatever you are doing, keep doing it! You

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Published: 04 November 2015

By Jim Timm  November 2015  Fall is finally here, I think, and if we can keep hurricanes and their remnants out of here, maybe we can finally look forward to enjoying some great flying weather. We kicked off the flying season with the annual Copperstate Fly-in at Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ). After a bit of intimidating weather days before the event, the

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Published: 04 November 2015

By Jim Timm  December 2015  Fall is finally here, I think, and if we can keep hurricanes and their remnants out of here, maybe we can finally look forward to enjoying some great flying weather. We kicked off the flying season with the annual Copperstate Fly-in at Casa Grande Municipal Airport (CGZ). After a bit of intimidating weather days before the event, the

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Published: 03 November 2015

Double Circle Ranch is now AZ66!  By Mark Spencer  If you would have asked any of the backcountry team 4 years ago about the Double Circle Ranch, we would have shared our hopes and dreams for this incredible site, its history and its preservation, but would we have ever thought it would become a formally identified public airstrip? No, probably not, but thanks to

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Published: 03 November 2015

Moreton Airpark (23AZ) Wickenburg, AZ. Moreton is one of the oldest in the family of private Arizona airparks. Originating on the Moreton Ranch, at an elevation of elevation 2455’, the airfield was first surveyed and graded back in the fifties. In 1958 it was recognized by the federal government and designated by the FAA as 23AZ. The airfield property originally