by Ben Winton | Feb 26, 2016 | Training
AC 61-65F is now available at www.faa.gov for pilots, flight and ground instructors. The latest version of the advisory circular was released on Feb. 25. It provides guidance for pilot applicants, pilots, flight instructors, ground instructors and examiners on the...
by Ben Winton | Feb 19, 2016 | Training
Commercial jet and flight-training airspace in the Southeast Valley remains congested. A reminder that CAE Oxford Academy, under a Letter of Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration, uses arrival and departure routes for FFZ. You can download a PDF of those...
by Ben Winton | Jul 9, 2015 | Meeting Minutes, Training
Check out the latest meeting minutes from the Arizona Flight Training Workgroup. Highlights include: SDL, IWA, GYR, CGZ and Sky Ranch and Carefree all are undergoing important changes that will affect flight training. Check out the NOTAMS! UAVs are becoming an...
by Ben Winton | Nov 15, 2014 | Discussion Topics, Flight Scenarios, Training
Members of the AFTW, at its November meeting, raised the following discussion topic: Consider the following as flight instructors and students share the National Airspace System: An instructional flight files an IFR flight plan (in VMC) and after departing in...
by Ben Winton | Aug 19, 2014 | Training
The following is an excerpt from a recent Letter to Airmen from PHX TRACON. Please download the PDF, which includes invaluable diagrams that will help pilots, instructors and their students reduce collision risks in the East Valley near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway (IWA)...
by Ben Winton | Jul 28, 2014 | Safety, Skydiving Near Casa Grande Airport, Training
City of Casa Grande officials are opposing a Michigan company’s proposal to offer skydiving over the airport that would include landing directly onto the airport. The company, known as Skydive Coastal California, owned by AivCon Inc., and also known as...
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