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07Mar2012

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Cactus Fly-In 2012

Last Friday and Saturday the Cactus Fly-In was held in Casa Grande (CGZ). One of two fly-ins in the area that that, the other being the monthlt Coolidge Fly-In, it was packed with fun and lots of airplanes. I was able to squeeze those two events and a visit to Sky Harbor all the same day (as well as the drive to and from Prescott), mainly to see how much I could handle and also for the variety. Now, those that know me well probably have heard

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Felipe Garcia

Pleasant Valley (P48) Backcountry Fly-In [Feb 11, 2012]

When I heard of this event earlier last week, I knew I had to make space for it in the calendar. I couldn't really pass up an opportunity to go to a small fly-in not too far away from me, especially after missing several Coolidge fly-ins. As I started digging through, I realized this was a pretty cool opportunity. As I found out once I got there, Pleasant Valley makes Coolidge look like Schipol. The pavement ends at the access

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Felipe Garcia

Coolidge Fly-In October 11

Well, this last Saturday was the first fly-in of the season. Even with the threat of bad weather, heat haze and low attendance I made the 3 hour drive just to see how it was. Yes, there was less traffic than usual, but still quite a few planes that weren't there before, including a nice looking Cessna 310R that I had seen two weeks before in Sedona. Also, fellow spotter Kyle Boyd flew a C172 from Deer Valley. And it seems like N138FF, the

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