August Safety Topic: Maneuvering Flight

More than 25 percent of general-aviation fatal crashes happen during maneuvering flight, and half of those involve stall/spin scenarios. Learn how to avoid these deadly situations.

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New ForeFlight GPS Overlays Of The AFTW Practice Area Reporting Points

Download your GPS overlay of the practice areas today and start using it in Foreflight!

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AFTW Releases First Draft of Procedures for The Stack

A new training resource is available online to help pilots more safely and efficiently practice Instrument Approach procedures at Stanfield and Casa Grande Municipal Airport.

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Routes overlay on Terminal Area Chart for PHX

CAE Oxford Academy using arrival and departure routes at FFZ

Commercial jet and flight-training airspace in the Southeast Valley remains congested.

A reminder that CAE Oxford Academy uses arrival and departure routes for FFZ.

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More from AFTW

New Video Highlights Wrong Surface Landings

by Ben Winton | Aug 6, 2018 | Safety

Wrong surface landings are serious events that occur at an alarming rate of roughly one every other day! When pilots approach an airport for landing, there are opportunities for miscommunication and visual mistakes that can lead to the aircraft arriving on the wrong surface.

Lots of summer runway closures: AFTW meeting minutes

by Ben Winton | Jul 16, 2018 | Meeting Minutes

If not runways, taxiways also are being impacted from Falcon Field to Prescott. Learn more about airport operations issues that could affect your summer flight-training activities. Download the AFTW meeting minutes from July...

ForeFlight GPS Overlay Of The AFTW Reporting Points Now Available!

by Jon Micetic | Apr 23, 2018 | Casa Grande Instrument Approach Procedures, Practice Areas, Safety, Training

AFTW has some very exciting news! We have released our beta version of the AFTW reporting points in a ForeFlight GPS overlay format. Come check it out and download it today! Download the GPS overlay, instructions, and charts for all Arizona practice areas...

Low Flying Issues In The Northeast Practice Area

by Jon Micetic | Mar 21, 2018 | Practice Areas, Safety, Teaching Tips, Training

AFTW has released a letter addressing concerns about low-flying aircraft in the Northeast Practice Area. Please take some time to read this letter and do your part to be a good neighbor to those living around us. AFTW Low Flying Aircraft...

AFTW Poster Available for Download

by Ben Winton | Mar 19, 2018 | Links, Training

The Arizona Flight Training Workgroup has a new poster available for download, and is encouraging all flight schools and FBOs to post it in their workplaces to help promote aftw.org as a resource for safety and training topics.

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