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Protecting Pilots from Invisible Threats: Guardian Avionics

by Diana Jones | Sep 11, 2026 | Avionics, General Feature, News, Safety | 0

Trusted avionics provider Guardian Avionics protects pilots from invisible threat of Carbon Monoxide (CO) and offers cockpit connectivity solutions.

What’s In Your Flight Bag

by Scott "Sky" Smith | Aug 13, 2026 | Aviation Insurance & Finance, Safety | 0

Are you familiar with the four W’s of planning: Who is going, Where are you going, When are you going, and What are you flying? This helps decide what equipment to take, the number of headsets, and if there are requirements for camping, tie downs, and even sick sacks.

Reliability Centered Maintenance: What It Is and What It Isn’t in General Aviation

by Piper Owner Staff | Jul 31, 2026 | General Feature, Maintenance, Safety | 0

A simple overview of RCM (reliability centered maintenance). What it is, and in particular, what it is not.

A Supply-Chain Interruption Creates an Even Better Carbon Monoxide Detector

by Piper Owner Staff | Jul 17, 2026 | General Feature, New Products & Services, News, Safety | 0

When a critical LED used in RADIANT Technology’s original carbon monoxide detectors became unavailable, the easy answer would have been to find the closest substitute, restart the old design, and move on. We chose not to do that. The New CO-USB-A and CO-USB-C.

SKY TALK: If You Build It, They Will Come

by Scott "Sky" Smith | Jul 10, 2026 | Aviation Insurance & Finance, General Feature, Safety | 0

As a pilot, you are responsible for taking the right steps even when the unfortunate happens like an animal or animals visit the runway. Examples and tips from Scott “Sky” Smith.

Thunderstorms: Myth vs Reality

by Bill Cox | Jul 2, 2026 | General Feature, Safety | 0

High altitude cuts both ways. The myth is that flying high positions you above the weather and insulates you from the instability of bouncing along in turbulence.

Trouble is, some of the most severe weather may be hiding in (and out of) the clouds above 15,000 feet. Thunderstorms are among the most feared weather phenomena above, spawning furious winds, tornadoes, violent hailstorms, and torrential rain.

Split-Second Bird Strike Avoidance

by Piper Owner Society | Jun 26, 2026 | General Feature, New Products & Services, News, Safety | 0

AV Guardian exists for those moments you don’t see coming:
the bird you never spot until it’s too late, the impact you never expected
at cruise altitude, the risk you didn’t think applied to your kind of flying.

As the Beacon Turns

by Piper Owner Society | Mar 12, 2026 | General Feature, Maintenance, Safety | 0

When an accident report hits the wires, most people see a headline. Mechanics see something different. Reflections on the MD-11 Accident.

SOS: Seasonal Oil Syndrome

by Piper Owner Society | Nov 24, 2025 | Maintenance, Safety | 0

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.