What’s in the latest issue of Piper Flyer? Learn how to build an aircraft survival kit tailored to your mission, understand Piper’s updated wing corrosion guidance, revisit the history of the Piper Dakota, and explore aviation landmarks across Kansas.
Table of Contents
Features
Page 20: Essential Equipment: Assembling an Aircraft Survival Kit to Fit Your Mission
How to pack, position, and personalize the survival gear that can keep you alive when everything else goes wrong. By Kevin Garrison
Page 26: Piper Expands Service Information on Wing Corrosion Issues
Two Piper Service Bulletins have been updated recently. Service Bulletin No. 1006 has been revised to No. 1006B; Service Bulletin No. 1400 to No. 1400B. By Steve Ells
Page 30: The Piper Dakota: Power, Payload, and Poor Timing
A brief history of the Piper PA-28-236 Dakota and its performance and utility, which helped the airframe endure for a 15-year production run. By PFA Staff
Page 38: Destination Kansas—Builder of Airplanes
Part Two of this Kansas tour highlights several attractions, including the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, Earhart’s childhood home, and “Boot Hill.” By Dennis K. Johnson
Columns
Page 8: The View From Here by Jennifer Dellenbusch
Page 8: Letters to the Editor
Page 10: The High and the Writey by Kevin Garrison
Page 14: Questions & Answers by Steve Ells
Page 46: Press Releases
Page 56: Advertiser Index
Page 57: Member Services Directory
Page 58: Event Calendar
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