Pipers Magazine February 2026

8 Featured Plane Light Twin, Big Personality The Piper Twin Comanche By John Bielamowicz and Jake Ellzey

22 Avionics Time Flies When You're Having Fun By Bob Hart

28 Sky Talk Claims Settlement The Basics By Scott "Sky" Smith

30 As the Beacon Turns Reflections on the MD-11 Accident By Carl Ziegler, A&P/IA

34 A Lesson on Being the Pilot in Command
By Joel A. Turpin, ATP CFII FAA Master Pilot

36 Record-Setting Mooney Author holds speed records that have stood for decades. By Bill Cox

46 Hangar Tip AeroCreeper By Jim Curns