A Training Flight Turns Tragic A flight lesson near Toledo, Argentina, ended in tragedy when 42-year-old instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo left a two-seat Cessna C-150 in mid-flight, according to local reporting. Bertazzo was flying with a 22-year-old student identified as Rosario, who held a private pilot’s license but had limited flight hours. Before leaving the aircraft, he reportedly told her, “You know what you have to do, carry on.” He then removed his headset, unbuckled his seatbelt, arranged his belongings, opened the cabin door, and jumped. His body was later found in a nearby field. The Student Pilot Stayed Calm Rosario was left alone in the cockpit during an emergency no student pilot could reasonably expect. Despite the shock and danger, she contacted air traffic control and her flight school, then guided the aircraft back to Coronel Olmedo Airport. The landing was successful, and the plane was not damaged. Colleagues who spoke with her afterward described her actions as clear, mature, decisive, and professional. In a moment that could have ended with another loss of life, her training and composure appear to have made the difference. Flight School Director Says There Were No Warning Signs Eduardo Álvarez, director of the…

Arizona’s High Court Steps Into Maricopa’s Election Turf War The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated a June stay from the Court of Appeals and reinstated modified superior court injunctions in a dispute between Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. In plain English, the court put key election-administration duties back under the Recorder’s authority, at least for now, while the appeal moves forward. The fight centers on duties Arizona law assigns to “the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections.” Heap argued those jobs belong to the Recorder or someone the Recorder designates. The Board argued its budget and administrative powers allowed it to hand those duties to a Board-appointed elections director. The justices said Heap is likely to win on that statutory argument, which is a polite judicial way of telling county bureaucracy to stop rearranging the furniture and calling it law. The Board’s Budget Power Hit a Legal Wall The court leaned on Arizona precedent and said a county board of supervisors cannot use funding control to take over or reassign duties given by law to an independently elected county officer. That point matters because budgets are where many government…