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No great surprise ... 2021 COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Expo Canceled We are sorry to announce that the 2021 COPPERSTATE Fly-In & Expo has been canceled due to current COVID-19 restrictions in place. COPPERSTATE plans to have a limited Fly-In on Saturday, February 13th for those wanting to...

A bunch of POA'ers are planning to meet up at Sedona for breakfast/brunch/lunch/whatever on Saturday 10/10/20, around 10:30-ish. The more the merrier! Just sayin'! :D

I'd like to make a trip up to Marble Canyon next week. The airport lies within the Grand Canyon SFRA, and all else being equal, I'd kinda like to stay legal. :cool: FAR 93.309 says in relevant part, Except in an emergency, no person may operate an aircraft in the Special Flight Rules Area...

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VCRs weren't a thing in 1969, so I had to make do with the technology available: a 35 mm camera pointed at the round Zenith TV screen ... 829A64A8-8F2C-458A-8A5D-905B30DA0105.png BB303464-DA8A-450A-AA40-09D38DF6F02A.png

No secret that the system for dissemination of NOTAMs is flawed. Sure, some NOTAMs are hopelessly obtuse; but others are pretty clear, and readily available. Yesterday I used Foreflight to brief a VFR trip from El Monte CA to Goodyear AZ. (Weather was absolutely perfect, C, A, V & U all the...

Despite Del Smith's assurances, Evergreen Museum appears to be in serious trouble. Creditors are after the Spruce Goose, and the restored TBM and the Ford Tri-Motor, collateral on a loan that went bad, are on the block as well...

The first transpolar flight landed 75 years ago today at my home field, Pearson Field in Vancouver WA. The huge single-engine Ant-25 with its three man Soviet crew took off from Moscow 63 hours earlier, and was greeted here by the Commanding Officer of Vancouver Barracks, General George C...