December 2025

8 Featured Plane
Reflections on a Cessna 172B
By Michelle Adserias

18 Avionics
Annual Time
Five Items to Check
By Bob Hart

24 Sky Talk
No More Moth Balls
Winter Storage Suggestions
By Scott "Sky" Smith

26 Invasive Maintenance Procedures
No Place for the Term "Invasive" in Aerospace Maintenance
By Carl Ziegler, A&P/IA

30 The Calculated Risk
By Joel A. Turpin, ATP CFII FAA Master Pilot

36 Lessons From the Logbook
From Hero to Burn - Almost
Your Can Learn From Your mistakes - If You Can Just Survive Them
By Bill Cox

38 Protect Your Propeller
Simple Planning and Maintenance Can Postpone Prop Replacement
By Irven F. Palmer, Jr.