From Hero to Bum – Almost
Cold weather incidents prevented proper landing gear deployment, highlighting the challenges extreme temperatures pose to aircraft systems.
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Author: Piper Owner Society
Protect Your Propeller: Simple Planning and Maintenance Can Postpone Prop Replacement
Have you looked at your propeller lately? I mean, have you really examined it and run your fingers along the edge during your preflight?
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Invasive Maintenance Procedures
“Routine” is a basic safety building block for all of the complex operations we do every day. Stay smart, stay safe—routinely!
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Newly-Restored Piper Warrior
Four generations of John Dunnings. Four generations of pilots. This family is passionate about flying.
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New uAvionix Upgrade Advances AV-30 Capabilities
A new upgrade to the uAvionix AV-30 software (version 3.2.0) adds a new level of capability that will give pilots a streamlined Foreflight-to panel experience.
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Pipers Magazine January 2026
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55 New Towers to Receive uAvionix Flightline SAI
55 new air traffic control towers will have uAvionix Flightline surface awareness tools installed, tested, and operational within the next 12 months.
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Hartzell PowerUP S-1200 Magnetos Receive FAA Approval
The PowerUP S-1200 series was developed as a direct replacement for both 4- and 6-cylinder general aviation aircraft engines.
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Can You Have it BOTH Ways: A Tale of Electric Aileron Trim
Just minutes after settling into a perfectly trimmed, hands-off cruise, you discover your aircraft slowly rolling left as uneven fuel and lateral loading quietly undo that early-morning perfection.
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Piper JetProp DLX: More Power
Joe Casey, founder of Casey Aviation Inc., once said the Piper JetProp DLX is “a mechanically-minded pilot’s machine.”
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SOS: Seasonal Oil Syndrome
Back in the later years of the 1970s, specifically, around 1977, I was just coming out of my disco phase and was learning the ropes as a fledgling aircraft mechanic.
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Pipers Magazine December 2025
8 Featured Plane The Piper Cherokee Six
Sky-High Hauler
18 Avionics
Annual Time: Five Items to Check
24 Sky Talk
No More Moth Balls
Winter Storage Suggestions
26 Lavatory Blue Water: A Novel G-Meter
The Day Mats Carenback Saved My Flying Career
28 Can You Have it BOTH Ways?
A Tale of Electric Aileron Trim
30 Protect Your Propeller
Simple Planning and Maintenance Can Postpone Prop Replacement
34 Lessons From The Logbook
From Hero to Bum – Almost
You can learn from your mistakes — if you can just survive them.
36 Unlocking Engine Insights 101
Back to the Basics
46 Piper Owner Society Member Survey
The Calculated Risk
Joel Turpin recounts a ferry flight that became a one-engine emergency, highlighting the critical role of experience and risk management.
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AOPA Challenges FAA’s General Aviation Flight Ban
AOPA is criticizing the FAA’s decision to suspend most general aviation flights at 12 major airports starting Monday.
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New MOSAIC Rules Now in Effect
You may recall that the FAA released the finalized MOSAIC (Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification) rule in July of this year.
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Flying the Dream with a Piper Comanche 260B
After a challenging search for a qualified Piper Comanche instructor, Cody trained with Matthew McKeen and earned his PPC on October 22, 2024, at Lockhart Municipal Airport in Texas.
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The Inspector Is In: A Maintenance Paradigm Shift
In this article, we’re going to look at several defining accidents that occurred during the first half of the year.
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Pipers Magazine November 2025
8 Featured Plane
Piper JetProp DLX
18 Avionics
The Dollars and Sense of Equipping for the Weather
24 Sky Talk
Flying with Skis
26 Invasive Maintenance Procedures
Now Place for the Term “Invasive” in Aerospace Maintenance
30 The Calculated Risk
36 Member Restoration
Newly-Restored Piper Warrior
Piper Saratoga: Broadening Horizons
Connor Byer’s mother had been encouraging him to become a pilot since he was a young child. It’s not surprising, then, that she coaxed him into taking his first flight when the opportunity came.
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How to Fill Your Own Oxygen Cylinder
In aviation, supplemental oxygen is a crucial safety requirement for pilots and passengers flying at high altitudes, as well as a great way to avoid feeling tired and sluggish after a flight.
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