This state is known for is blue skies and dry climate. Ideal conditions for flying the year round.
For this reason Arizona is very popular with flying schools. The city of Phoenix was already the preffered location for pilot training
in WW2, with US, Russian, British and Chinese pilots all being thaught to fly on various fields around the city.
A number of these fields are still in operation, for the entusiast they have a nice mix of old and new planes of all kinds.
Doing a clockwise tour, the most northerly field is Deervalley. This field claims to be the General aviation field with
the most movements in th US. This is certainly helped by the presence of all the flying academies in the area, with many training
aircraft doing approaches and touch and go's
To the south of Deervalley, but still in the northern part of Phoenix is Scottsdale. The part of the city is home to many a "well to be" citizens.
As a result you'll find most bizz jets at this airport but there is much more to be seen.
ex French Airforce
A bit to the east is Falcon Field, this field has a lot of General aviation but is also home to a museum of the commemorative airforce,
We were kindly driven around the airport by the PR representative of the airport.
There are 7 more airfields around the (direct) city, Mesa gateway, Chandler regional, Gila river (former Chandler Memorial), Goodyear, Glenndale, Luke AFB and Buckeye.
Please let me know if you are interested to see pictures from these airports/fields.
Kind regards
EC
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