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Long-term FAA bill clears Congress, heads to president
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 Barack...
Training flights and commercial jets at odds for airspace east of IWA
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 aware of...
AFTW Meeting Minutes: Makeshift NDB Approach at Coolidge Hazardous
An unpublished NDB approach at Coolidge airport conflicts with other traffic in the area.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...
Air Force cracks down on practice ILS at Aux-1 west of Phoenix
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. "The Air Force does...
Minutes from Oct. 12, 2011, AFTW meeting
Here are the minutes from the most recent meeting of the Arizona Flight Training Workgroup. You will need Adobe Reader to open the PDF. Topics covered include an upcoming Letter to Airmen regarding transitions from Falcon Field to the South Practice Area, and runway...
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