KDVT Piper Crash into Yard

[MikeD]

Yeppp. I’ve got a friend who lives off Cave Creek and Deer Valley that is absolutely losing their mind over this incident and wants the airport shutdown,has been texting me asking “do you know what just flew over my house it was way too loud and didn’t sound right” and told me I don’t understand because I’m not in the flight path of the airport…I’m like I live 2 miles from Luke

City of Mesa voting this month on a $20 fee per landing at FFZ

 

[N826AW]

Yeppp. I’ve got a friend who lives off Cave Creek and Deer Valley that is absolutely losing their mind over this incident and wants the airport shutdown,has been texting me asking “do you know what just flew over my house it was way too loud and didn’t sound right” and told me I don’t understand because I’m not in the flight path of the airport…I’m like I live 2 miles from Luke

Had the same thing happen a few weeks back in my neck of the woods. I was like, ‘oh this ole thang?’

 

[DropTank]

Had the same thing happen a few weeks back in my neck of the woods. I was like, ‘oh this ole thang?’

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It's not THAT ol-
(53 years)

 

[ahw01]

City of Mesa voting this month on a $20 fee per landing at FFZ

AllATPs won’t like that

 

[Richman]

AllATPs won’t like that

We had a situation at our local field that the local airport group tried to manage, and it was impossible. The schools they were trying to work with weren't uncooperative, they were downright hostile from the word go. Feds tossed their hands up and said "it's a non-towered field, so as long as they fly left traffic, we can't do anything".

Both schools flamed out, and left students in the lurch, soooo....Karma, but bad for the students.

 

[Karnage]

AllATPs won’t like that

Unless things have changed they don’t make it to FFZ much. They will just keep buzzing my house down by IWA instead.

CAE on the other hand has their base at FFZ..

 

[BobDDuck]

Unless things have changed they don’t make it to FFZ much. They will just keep buzzing my house down by IWA instead.

CAE on the other hand has their base at FFZ..

Long, long ago, but in the almost 2 years I instructed for ATP out of Willie, I only landed 1 at FFZ with a student. We were coming back from an XC to Winslow and Zuni (or maybe ABQ?) and I decided to drop in for some night pattern work since tower was closed and it was quiet. On the first touch and go we almost ran into a Sherriff's department helicopter that was doing NVG hover work and not talking (or listening) on CTAF. Bailed out of there and beat up the pattern at home instead.

 

[Karnage]

Long, long ago, but in the almost 2 years I instructed for ATP out of Willie, I only landed 1 at FFZ with a student. We were coming back from an XC to Winslow and Zuni (or maybe ABQ?) and I decided to drop in for some night pattern work since tower was closed and it was quiet. On the first touch and go we almost ran into a Sherriff's department helicopter that was doing NVG hover work and not talking (or listening) on CTAF. Bailed out of there and beat up the pattern at home instead.

Same. Did my training at IWA with ATP and only went to FFZ in my night time Valley Rally, otherwise ATP just never went there. Then I instructed at CAE and learned how chaotic Falcon could be!