Read more: Fatal Accident Review Jun 2023
  By Fred Gibbs   The outstanding safety beat here in Arizona goes on!!! As of my last query, May 27th, into the NTSB database, there have still been NO fatal accidents in Arizona since January 1st of this year. That is a great statistic, finishing out the 1st five months of 2023 with no fatal accidents. Can we actually end the 2nd quarter, the next 30 days, still
Read more: Hello from NASA, Johnson Space Center
  By Howard Deevers   Houston, Texas seemed to be an odd place for the location of the main control center for the US Space Program. But it had, and still has, all of the things that NASA was looking for in the early days of the US Space Program: Over 1000 acres of affordable land, close to a major sea port, mostly a mild climate, good air transport airports, and
Read more: Willcox Wine Country Getaway
By Rod Kunkel   May 26 to 29, Memorial Day Weekend   Our second weekend getaway of 2023 is behind us! Six of us spent Memorial Day weekend in Willcox. The weather was beautiful, with sunny skies. Temperatures reached about 90F each afternoon and dropped to about 60F each evening. Everyone arrived at Cochise County Airport Friday morning. We then headed to nearby
Read more: May Aviation Accident & Incident Summary
  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-April through May. We hope to use the following detailed accident information to develop safety programs and briefings to help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and take the necessary action to prevent them from having similar
Read more: Arizona April-May Pilot Deviations
   by Jim Timm   These pilot deviations need to be examined to determine if a common threat exists that should be addressed to help reduce the number of deviations that occur, and thus enhance aviation safety. In the reporting period from April 13 through May 11 there were seventeen pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO office. These deviations were
Read more: June 2023 President’s Report
  Greetings, We enjoyed meeting many of our members at the annual meeting on May 13th in Scottsdale. We met several scholarship winners and we got to hear what your APA is doing at the legislative level, for backcountry strips, recreation, and preparing for the future. While the acoustics weren't fantastic, we appreciate the opportunity to share and to hear from
By Chris Nugent   In this month’s Scholarship Corner article, we will wrap up our introduction of the 2023 scholarship recipients. It’s hard to believe that it’s June already and we’re fast approaching another APA Scholarship cycle!   Read more: June 2023 APA Scholarship Program Benjamin O’Hara Hayworth Eventually, I hope to become a Wildlife Manager with Arizona Game and Fish. I feel that Arizona
Read more: June 2023 Executive Director's Report
  Well, the full swing of spring is here, and it’s almost summer with its really high temps. So far, flying out for the Saturday morning breakfast has been great with cool smooth flights going. However, coming home, if we are a bit slow getting under way, the return flight can get a bit bumpy, even if the temps aren’t too bad. It seems that most aviation activities have
Read more: New Glider Operations at Superior Municipal
By Chris Nugent   Some of you may have noticed a NOTAM for Superior Municipal Airport (E81) indicating that the airport was closed for glider training operations. It turns out that Fairfax O’Riley and the team at Aerial Engagement in Scottsdale have formed a sister company, Superior Soaring, to bring glider operations to E81. While the objective is to bring a
Read more: Avoiding EFT False Alerts (GAARMS)
  By Fred Gibbs   Just to be clear, the opinions and statements made within my articles are strictly mine and may not necessarily reflect any policy or position of the Arizona Pilots Association.   AVOIDING ELT FALSE ALERTS Did you know that Emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) cause over 8,000 false alerts each year in the United States? Yup, that is