July 2021
What’s inside…

8 Featured Plane
Cessna 172
Simplicity Redefined
By Bill Cox

18 Avionics
Guardian’s New smartPlane System
By Bob Hart

22 Restoration
172 Gets Special Makeover for Photography
By Elizabeth Gibbs

30 Sky Talk
Flying and Insuring Tailwheels
By Scott “Sky” Smith

36 ‘Don’t Trust Your Fuel Gauge’
Why so many pilots learn to monitor fuel in the wrong way
By CiES

42 PIREP: Landing Height System
Veteran pilot reviews laser-based product

By Marty Reedy