by Ben Winton | Feb 8, 2012 | Teaching Tips
Ever wonder why neither True North nor Magnetic North seem to match up with your VOR, despite your best flight planning calculations? That VOR could be off as much as 6 degrees. Here’s an explanation from the AeroNav division of the FAA: “When a navaid is...
by Ben Winton | Feb 6, 2012 | Discussion Topics
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association reports today: “The Senate, following up on House action last week, has passed a four-year, $63.4 billion FAA reauthorization bill with no user fees or fuel-tax increases. The bill, now headed to the desk of President...
by Ben Winton | Jan 20, 2012 | Discussion Topics, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Arrival & Departure Procedures LOA, Practice Areas, Safety
The ad-hoc Phoenix Airspace Users Working Group recently issued some stunning graphics showing just how congested the airspace in and around IWA in the southeastern Phoenix metropolitan area is becoming. “Pilots operating in the airspace near IWA should be...
by Ben Winton | Jan 3, 2012 | Meeting Minutes
An unpublished NDB approach at Coolidge airport conflicts with other traffic in the area. The AFTW, at its Dec. 14, 2011, monthly meeting, urged local flight instructors to cease using it. The approach plate has been removed from the AFTW website. AFTW Meeting Minutes...
by Ben Winton | Nov 15, 2011 | Discussion Topics, Practice Areas, Training
In a legal opinion, Luke Air Force Base’s top lawyer says that civilian use of the practice ILS approach at AUX-1 airfield northwest of Phoenix is “unauthorized” and measures should be taken to prevent its use by anyone other than military pilots....
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