Piper Magazine - 03/2018 - Digital
March 2018
What’s inside …
COLUMNS
10 Avionics
Evolution of the Autopilot
By Bob Hart
18 Tips & Tales from the Left Seat
The Night I Almost Died in a Plane
Crash … while Flying a Simulator!
By Joel Turpin
24 Featured Plane
Seminole in the Fourth Decade
By Bill Cox
28 The View from My Hangar
Do You Know Where I Can Find …?
By Erich Rempert
32 Sky Talk
Groundwork: How to Prep Your Plane for a Fresh Flying Season
By Scott “Sky”Smith
36 Zen and the Art of Airplane Ownership
Leaking Gas? Fix It Now!
By Scott Sherer
40 Circle of Flight
Traversing the Ragged Edge
By Tom Machum
46 Hangar Tip
Gluing With Grease!
By Erich Rempert
DEPARTMENTS
5 From the Publisher
6 On Approach
Aviation News & Announcements
45 Advertiser Index & Website Directory