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...
by Ben Winton | May 15, 2014 | Safety, Training
Effective May 15, 2014, the operating hours of Falcon Field ATCT will change. The tower will be in operation from 5:30 AM local time (1230 UTC) until 9:00PM local time (0500 UTC), annually from May 15 through August 15. Concurrent with this change, the effective hours...
by Ben Winton | Mar 13, 2014 | Training
From AFTW’s Terry Brandt: An item that may be of interest to instructors and flight schools is the progress on the Airman Testing Standards Recommendations. The Committee Recommendation Report was issued late last year and is moving to NPRM status. A link is...
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