by Ben Winton | Aug 6, 2018 | Safety
From the FAA: 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...
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...
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 Letter
by Jon Micetic | Oct 2, 2017 | Safety
Tucson International tower is contacting flight schools in Arizona to update them on an upcoming construction project. Here are the details from the tower (PDFs of the airport are available for download at the bottom of this post): Construction at Tucson...
by Ben Winton | Sep 2, 2016 | Practice Areas, Safety
New ways to visualize information in the newly renamed Chart Supplements — formerly the Airport Facility Directories — comes to light with the ability to find parachute areas in any given region. AFTW’s Terry Brandt recently did that by drawing out...
by Ben Winton | May 12, 2016 | Safety
NTSB accident data suggest that spatial disorientation may be a precursor to many general aviation accidents – particularly in night or limited visibility weather conditions. Instrument and VFR pilots are subject to spatial disorientation and optical illusions that...
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