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April 2026

8 Featured Plane
The Family Skylane
Cessna 182Q
By Diana Jones

18 Avionics
Evolution of an Avionics Writer
By Bob Hart

26 Sky Talk
If You Build It, They Will Come
By Scott “Sky” Smith

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

34 All I’ve Got To Do Is …
By Joel A. Turpin, ATP CFII FAA Master Pilot

38 10 Flight Techniques
From Great Aviators By Bill Cox

46 Hangar Tip
The Power of Vortex Generators
How to Lower Stall Speed and Improve Control at a Higher Angle of Attack
By Chandler White, Micro Aerodynamics, Inc.

Member Activity
42 Member Q&A

Departments
6 From the Publisher
45 Advertiser Index & Website Directory

On the Cover: Jason Tomlinson’s1979 Cessna 182Q Skylane II. Photos courtesy
of Jack Fleetwood (www.jackfleetwood.com)