Pipers Magazine May 2026

8 Featured Plane Confident and Capable The 1969 Piper Arrow By Diana Jones

18 Evolution of an Avionics Writer Bob's Big Aviation Adventure By Bob Hart

24 Sky Talk What's In Your Flight Bag By Scott "Sky" Smith

26 10 Flight Techniques From Great Aviatiors By Bill Cox

30 When Best Procedures and Common Sense Fail A Primer on EASA Maintenance Procedures By Carl Ziegler, A&P/IA

34 Avionics Why Wiring Matters By Gene Velazquez, One Mile Up

39 Check Rides...Gone Wrong! Examiner in Absentia By Joel A. Turpin, ATP CFII FAA Master Pilot

46 Hangar Tip Repair or Overhaul? By Steve Thomas, President Poplar Grove Airmotive