Hangar Inspection Survey Returns are in. The Hangar Inspection Committee will meet to review and organize the survey feedback and then determine a course of action based on the results. The final results will be communicated to DVPA members and to Deer Valley Airport Aviation Department management as soon as possible.

DVPA formed a Committee to investigate and develop improvements to the yearly inspection process. Goals were to reduce the uncertainties and anxiety tenants experience each spring. This survey was a means to collect feedback from tenants on the hangar inspection process

The Committee appreciates the time and effort tenants put in responding to the survey.

B-17 "Sentimental Journey" will fly in to Prescott Airport (Legend Aviation Ramp) and be on display and offering War bird rides and tours, May 1 through May 3.

For info regarding this event, contact the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) at 602-448-9415 or visit their website at http://www.caf.org

Deer Valley has an ongoing problem with runway incursions and a task group has been put together to work on the problem. All pilots need to be aware of this problem and pay particular attention to all tower radio communication. This is a runway incursion from last week as reported by Toby Jones, FAA DVT Tower Manager.

• A/C "X" called ground control and requested taxi from south side of the airport to the north side of the airport.
• A/C "X" was instructed by ground control to hold short of runway 25L at C11.
  • A/C "X" read backs the hold short instructions.
• A/C "X" was instructed to monitor tower on 118.4.
  • A/C "X" read back to monitor tower on 118.4
• A/C "X" did not hold short of runway 25L at C11 and crossed runway 25L without a clearance.
• A PA28 had been issued takeoff clearance from the hold short line.
• As soon as the PA28 crossed the hold short line onto runway 25L for departure, local control noticed A/C "X" crossing the runway downfield.
• Local control cancelled the PA28’s takeoff clearance and issued position and hold.
  • Local control also sent around another aircraft, a PA44.
• The distance from the approach end of runway 25L and intersection C11 is 1,550 feet.
• A/C ";X" also crossed runway 25R without a clearance.
  • Local north sent around 2 arrivals.

An Arizona mechanic has been charged with falsifying FAA Credentials. If you've had any work done by "The Plane Man" (Glen Forsyth, 43) in Casa Grande, AZ., you might want to have it checked by an A&P before your next flight. A federal grand jury has indicted Forsyth with five felony offenses resulting from a 100-hour inspection on an Alon Ercoupe in July of 2008.

A week after the annual, the engine failed and the aircraft was written off in the off-airport landing that followed. LawFuel.com reported the post-accident inspection "caused FAA aircraft safety inspectors to believe that the fuel pump had not been properly inspected."

It was discovered Forsyth was signing off airplanes with a number issued to another man in 1968. Although somewhat trained, Forsyth failed the FAA exams three times and the agency is alleging he didn't take the hint and find another line of work.