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March 2021 / Volume 18 / Issue 3 …the heart of your aircraft®

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What’s inside / VOLUME 18 / ISSUE 3 CONTENTS

The View from Here 8 by Jennifer Dellenbusch Letters 8 Events 10 The High and the Writey 12 by Kevin Garrison Questions & Answers 14 by Steve Ells The Speed of Flight 18 by Tom Machum Regulatory Civics 20 by Joseph Corrao Renovating an Interior, Part 22 Twenty: Insulation 22 by Dennis Wolter David Clark’s DC One-X Headset 28 by Kevin Garrison Flow Chart for Piper Wing Spar 38 34 Bolt Hole Inspection by Steve Ells Filing an Alternate Method of 36 Compliance (AMOC) Form by Steve Ells An Arrow Like No Other 38 by John Moeckel Destination: Looking for the 48 Lone Eagle 28 by Dennis K. Johnson Press Releases 58 Aircraft Safety Alerts 64 Advertiser Index 72 Back When: Vintage Piper 74 Advertising and Marketing

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1979 CESSNA 421C • N401DL • 4MEYERS 1946 PIPER J3C-65 • N6158H • TTAF: 6223, Annual Due: TTAF: 7559, A758F Engine: 75HP August 2020, Hangared, 1966 MEYERS 200D • N2983T & 353 SMOH, Slick Mags, NEW ENGINES: LEFT - 456 SMOH & • High Quality Maintenance ( ELT, tires, tubes and bungees.) Factory Reman 2017, RIGHT - 1586 SMOH, 845 SIRAN, & and Care, TTAF: 4340 Hours, Full Skylight. Metal Spars, Sealed Struts, All AD’s complied Factory Reman 2014, PROPS: LEFT - 1854 SPOH & 1114 TCM IO-520A Engine: 1015 with, Complete Restoration in 1989. Fabric, Paint, & Since Reseal, RIGHT - 845 SPOH, Garmin GTX 345 SMOH, Prop: 1015 Hours SNEW, Garmin: GTN750, Plexiglass: Excellent Condition. Hangared since at least 1989. Transponder with ADS-B In/Out, Total Fuel: 271 GAL • GI-106A, GTX330, GDL88, ADS-B In and Out Compliance, Logs from Date of Mfg. • REDUCED PRICE: Only $27,500 • ONLY $299,000 • Healdsburg Aviation Inc • Barry @ GMA340 Audio (4 Place Intercom), KX155, Mid-Continent Forrest Sims • 206-979-1751 • [email protected] 707-433-8540 • [email protected] 4300-433 AI (PRIMARY), Vacuum AI (SECONDARY), JPI EDM700, GAMIs, ARTEX 406Mhz ELT • Hangared at 1941 PIPER J-5A CUB 4 CIRRUS KDWH in Texas • ONLY $124,900 • Mark Jensen • CRUISER • N38719 • TTAF: 281-380-7681 • [email protected] 3085, Engine: Lycoming 2011 CIRRUS SR22 G3 GTS • O-290-D2, 135 HP, TSOH: 245, Lowest Time On Market • 4 MOONEY Alternator, Starter, 720 Comm, Encoder, NEW ADS-B 440 Hours TTAF, Hartzell 3 Blade Transponder, Garmin 696, NEW 406 ELT, Cleveland Brakes, 2005 ROCKET 305 CONVERSION Composite Prop - Hot Weather Maule Tailwheel, Ceconite Fabric. Carries 3 People (One MOONEY M20K • CF-DHG • Package, FRESH ANNUAL INSPECTION! No Damage History, in Front plus Two in Back-Side by Side.) Good Short Field TTAF: 3170, Engine: 302 s/2005 Cirrus Perspective Avionics Suite by Garmin, 12 In. Screens, Airplane • Located: Fort Lauderdale,The FL • OfficialONLY $39,000 Magazine • of Rocket Conversion-1600 TBO. 596 Hrs Hobbs, Dual Garmin SVT, ADS-B Out, FLORIDA • 954-790-9030 • [email protected] Piper Flyer Association ASK: $465,000 • 561-757-9861 • [email protected] 104 Gal. Capacity, 5-hr.+ Range, Autopilot Coupled, HSI, Speed Brakes, Door Seals, Inboard Oxygen, Electric Aileron trim, Full Used Aircraft1976 PIPER Marketplace SENECA II, PA-34- PRESIDENT 4 COMPAIR IFR, Hangared, Annual Completed: March 2019, New Prop, JPI 200T • C-GRPI • TTAF: Jennifer Dellenbusch 1979 CESSNA 421C • N401DL • Engine4MEYERS Monitor, Canadian Registered, Owner Since 2007 • 4105,Continental1946 PIPER J3C-65 •TSIO-360- N6158H • 2003 COMP AIR 7SLX TTAF: 6223,LIST Annual Due: YOUR$119,000 U.S.D. (Offers Welcome) AIRCRAFT • David Haines • EB-TTAF: TBO:1800 7559,[email protected] A758F Hours, Engine: 75HPLeft: TURBINE • S/N 037111SLX • 1966 MEYERS 200D • N2983T August 2020, Hangared, 450-243-6292 • [email protected] 1372 SMOH, Right: 1370 &SMOH, 353 SMOH, Hartzell Slick Props:Mags, NEW 178 N74PF • 485TT, 656hp Walter • High Quality Maintenance ENGINES: LEFT - 456 SMOH & SPOH,King KMA-20 Audio( Panel,ELT, tires,VICE King tubes PRESIDENTNav/Com, and bungees.) KMD / DIRECTOR OF SALES 601D Eng, 6-7 Place Exec 4 PIPER and Care, TTAF: 4340 Hours, Factory Reman 2017, RIGHT - 1586 SMOH, 845 SIRAN, & Full150 Skylight.GPS, Altimatic Metal Spars, IIIc Sealed Autopilot, Struts,Kent King AllDellenbusch AD’s KR-86 complied ADF, Seating, UPSTAT Apollo Audio Panel (SL15M), Tailwheel, FOR TCMSALE IO-520A Engine: 1015 Factory Reman 2014, PROPS: LEFT - 1854 SPOH & 1114 with,Exterior Complete & Interior: Restoration 9/10, ANNUAL in 1989. Fabric,DUE: OCTOBER Paint, & 6 place Oxy, Cargo Pod, 200kts at 40gph, All Inspections SMOH, Prop: 1015 Hours1968 SNEW, PIPER Garmin: ARROW GTN750, 180 • [email protected] Since Reseal, RIGHT - 845 SPOH, Garmin GTX 345 Plexiglass:2020 • Val-d’Or, Excellent QC Condition. (CANADA) Hangared • $79,900 since CAD at least or ONLY 1989. Completed. Sold with Current Annual, Factory Assist GI-106A, GTX330, GDL88, ADS-BN7418J In •and TTAF: Out 3850, Compliance, Engine: Transponder with ADS-B In/Out, Total Fuel: 271 GAL • Logs$61,500 from USD Date of Mfg. • REDUCED PRICE: Only $27,500 • Construction. Owner Lost Medical • $199,000 FIRM • GMA340 Audio (4 Place Intercom),1990 SMOH, KX155, 170 Mid-Continent Hours on New CREATIVESOLD DIRECTOR ONLY $299,000 • Healdsburg Aviation Inc • Barry @ Forrest Sims • 206-979-1751 • [email protected] ECI Cylinders, Less than 20 Patrick707-433-8540 Farrell • [email protected] [email protected] 4300-433 AI (PRIMARY), Vacuum AI (SECONDARY), JPI 4 STEARMAN Pierre Kotze EDM700,Hours on New GAMIs, Hartzell ARTEX Scimitar 406Mhz PROP andELT Governor,• Hangared ADS-B at 1941 PIPER J-5A CUB 4 DIAMOND Out Installed, Brand New Interior, Fresh Power Pack Overhaul, 4 CIRRUS KDWH in Texas • ONLY $124,900 • Mark Jensen • 1941CRUISER BOEING/STEARMANASSOCIATE • N38719 EDITOR• TTAF: PT-17 KLN-36 GPS, Fresh MAG Overhaul, Annual Due: May 2021 • 281-380-7681$ • [email protected] KAYDET3085, ScottEngine: • N6348 Kinney • Lycoming530 SMOH, 2000’S ERA DIAMOND DA 20 2011 CIRRUS SR22 G3 GTS • Conveniently Located in CYPRESS, TEXAS • ONLY $48,000 • W670O-290-D2, Continental, 135 HP, TSOH: Redline 245, WHAT’S RIDING ON KATANA • DISPLAY PLANE Lowest Time On Market • 4713-408-7119 MOONEY • [email protected] Alternator, Starter, 720 Comm,Brakes, Encoder, Always Hangared. NEW ADS-B Great ONLY • Non-Flying, Non- 440 Hours TTAF, Hartzellfor 3 Blade as low as Shape!Transponder, • $93,000 Garmin • Joe •696, 530-979-7000. NEW 406EDITORIAL ELT, Cleveland AND Brakes, PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Certified Display Unit • 20052002 PIPERROCKET PA-28R-201 305 CONVERSION ARROW Composite Prop - Hot Weather Maule Tailwheel, Ceconite Fabric.Diana Carries Hart 3 People (One WasPackage, Registered, FRESH ANNUAL NDH. A DisplayINSPECTION! Plane, No complete Damage withHistory, an MOONEY• N53580 M20K • TTAF: • CF-DHG 3947.5, • 4 STINSON YOUR CYLINDERS? in Front plus Two in Back-Side by Side.) Good Short Field Engineered PEDESTAL! ( Black, Powder Coated 24 Inch 49 TTAF:Lycoming 3170, Engine:Factory 302 Rebuilt s/2005 Cirrus Perspective Avionics Suite by Garmin, 12 In. Screens, Airplane • Located: Fort Lauderdale,CONTRIBUTING FL • ONLY $39,000 EDITORS • STEEL Pedestal.) Take a SUMMER TRIP to Sarnia, Ontario RocketEng.-1974.1. Conversion-1600 PROPS: 100 SNEW, TBO. 1947 STINSON 108-1 • ALL 596 Hrs Hobbs, Dual Garmin SVT, ADS-B Out, FLORIDA • 954-790-9030 • [email protected] Berry inASK: CANADA, $465,000 • 561-757-9861and see firsthand • [email protected] the ALLURE of this 104Garmin Gal. Capacity,GMA-340 5-hr.+ Audio Range, Panel/Intercom, Autopilot Coupled, Garmin HSI, GNS-430 Speed METALIZED • 1460.7 TT, 150 Welcome!® DIAMOND, in the Right Setting • $7,600 USD • Brakes,Nav/Com/GPS,Used Door Seals, Garmin Inboard SL-30Aircraft Oxygen, Nav/Com, Electric Garmin Aileron GTX-327 trim, Full Since 1978, Aviator Hot Line has been a leaderFranklin Steven Engine, Ells328 SMOH. Will in bringing aircraft buyers and sellers together.1976 PIPER SENECA II, PA-34- 519-402-21994 COMPAIR or 226-402-1881 • [email protected] IFR,Transponder, Hangared, AnnualDual PTT Completed: Switches, March Interior 2019, New & Exterior:Prop, JPI Our mission is to bring you the best selection200TTrade Kevinfor• C-GRPIPiper Garrison Cherokee • TTAF: of of used aircraft at the best market price. “When it’s time for an overhaul, • [email protected] equal value. • Located: Fairview,Michael MI • $22,000 Leighton O.B.O. • Engine8/10,Marketplace New Monitor, Starter-783.5 Canadian Hrs.,Registered, Annual Owner Due: SinceMay 20202007 •• Throughout this section, you’ll find quality4105,Continental TSIO-360- 2003 COMP AIR 7SLX Davidaircraft, Kauffman all priced to •sell. 989-848-2446 Enjoy shopping • [email protected] $119,000Romeoville, U.S.D. IL • $119,999(Offers Welcome)O.B.O. • Marilina • David Angarone Haines • Aviator Hot Line®’s Used Aircraft Marketplace!EB- TBO:1800Tom Machum Hours, Left: 4HELIO TURBINE • S/N 037111SLX • owners choose RAM because they 450-243-6292815-834-6311 • • [email protected] [email protected] 1372 SMOH, Right: 1370 SMOH,John Hartzell Ruley Props: 178 N74PF • 485TT, 656hp Walter 1934 STINSON SR-5E RELIANT SPOH,King KMA-20 Audio Panel,Dale King Smith Nav/Com, KMD 1961601D HELIO Eng, H-3956-7 Place • N4XV Exec • TT: 4 PIPER 1977 PIPER TURBO ARROW III • NC14187 • TTAF: 1578, want the best overall performance, 150 GPS, Altimatic IIIc Autopilot, King KR-86 ADF, Seating, UPSTAT Apollo Audio4,000. Panel U10B, (SL15M), 3460 EDO Tailwheel, Floats, • PA28R-201T • N8907F • TT: LycomingKristin Engine: Winter 378 SMOH, 1978 ROCKWELL / COMMANDER 690B-10 • N20MA 2005 THUNDERExterior MUSTANG • &N451KC Interior: 9/10, ANNUAL DUE: OCTOBER reliability, and value for their engine 6 place Oxy, Cargo Pod, 200kts700 atSMOH 40gph, & All New Inspections Prop, 19683681 Hours, PIPER TSOH: ARROW 36, Low 180 Tail, • HamiltonDennis Standard Wolter Prop, 2020 • Val-d’Or, QC (CANADA) • $79,900 CAD or ONLY Completed. Sold with Currentexcellent Annual, conditions, Factory Assist King N7418JWing Fairings,• TTAF: 3850, 3-Blade Engine: Appraised by Air Assets on 09/16/19--Market Value: $61,500 USD and aircraft. Exceeding those AudioConstruction. panel, ADF, Owner King Lost Transponder, Medical •4-Place $199,000 Intercom, FIRM • McCauley Prop, Continental1990 TSIO-360-F SMOH, 170 Engine, Hours onGarmin New $113,500 • Exterior in Excellent Condition: OriginalSOLD 1934 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Narco Nav Com Radio, Shadin Fuel Flow Meter, ECI Cylinders, Less than 20 Patrick Farrell 814-688-3668 [email protected] G5-EFIS (HSI/DG), GNS-430 WAAS GPS/Com, GNS 430 Non- 4Colors STEARMAN in a 12-Coat Stits PolyfiberPaul • Annual Bowen is Good Until Simultaneous 6 Cylinder EGT/CHT. 1 New Fuel Bladder. Hours on New Hartzell Scimitar PROP and Governor, ADS-B expectations is why we use Millennium WAASTTAF: Backup, 7523.3, Left S-TECEngine: 2578.0 60-2 Hrs, 2323Autopilot, Cycles SMOH, GTX33561.1 Hrs SHSI, Transponder Built by Ezell Aviation-TXFebruary • Engine: Falconer 28th, V12, 2021 TTAF and • Engine:Always 75 in a Museum or Hangar • Right Engine: 2562.0 Hrs, 2298 Cycles SMOH, 61.1 Hrs. SHSI, Annual Due: Hours, PROP: MT, Model MTV-16-1-E-C, Garmin Avionics: 430 Nav/ James Lawrence Freshly4 DIAMOND Waxed, Two Tone: Blue & White • $118,000 • Out Installed,FEB. 2021, Garmin Brand GNS 530W New & GNS Interior, 430W, GMA Fresh 340 Audio Power Panel, GTX 345Pack Overhaul,Com/GPS, 340 Audio Panel, 327 Transponder. Century NSD360 HSI • King ADS-Bw/ADS-B Out In/Out, Compliant, GTX 327, Bendix Annual KMH 820 TCAS/TAWS Due: •August Reduced Price: 2020 • Fresh, El Cajon, CA (KSEE) • ONLY1941 $99,999BOEING/STEARMAN • 916-532-8004 PT-17 KX155 with KI-209 Glideslope Indicator, S-Tec 30 Autopilot • $525,000 Cylinders from Superior Air Parts.” $649,000 Keith Wilson Marvin Grendahl • 907-244-8379. KLN-36Flawless GPS, paint Fresh by “Hall MAG Aviation”. Overhaul, • AnnualKCQW (SouthDue: May Carolina) 2021 • • [email protected] • N6348 • 530 SMOH, 2000’S ERA DIAMOND DA 20 Located: JACKSON, MS (KJAN) • [email protected] Located: Troy, Alabama (TOI) • [email protected] Conveniently• ALWAYSPaul Alexander HANGARED Located • 662-392-5034 in • CYPRESS, PRICE REDUCED: TEXAS • Only ONLY $111,111 $48,000Kenny Campbell: • 334-372-7283 or 334-566-1563 W670 Continental, Redline —Brian Adamik, President, RAM Aircraft, LP 1966KATANA HELIO • DISPLAYSUPER COURIER PLANE 4 843-623-3200713-408-71191998 PIETENPOL • • [email protected] [email protected] GREGA GN-1 • N4FQ 1934 STINSON SR-5E VANS RELIANT • NC14187 Brakes,PIPER Always Hangared. FLYER Great ASSOCIATION H-295ONLY •• Non-Flying, N808BD • $35,000 Non- Shape! • $93,000 • Joe • 530-979-7000.1042 Mountain Ave. Ste. B #337 SpentCertified with J.Display Metzler UnitJAARS • Used Aircraft2002 PIPER Marketplace PA-28R-201 ARROW 2003 VANS RV-6 • N822WY • 1966 PIPER TWIN Upland, CA 91786 Was Registered, NDH. A Displayin 2018 Plane, • TTAF: complete 4000, Lycoming with an COMANCHE• N53580 • PA30B TTAF: • 63947.5, Place, 4 STINSON Regretfully Selling my Vans 1979 CESSNA 421C • N401DL • 4MEYERS 1946 PIPER J3C-65 • N6158H • Since they welcomed their first EngineeredGO-480 Engine: PEDESTAL! 400 SMOH, ( Black, Low Powder Time Prop: Coated 350 24SNEW, Inch WOWLycoming Cowlings Factory Wheel Rebuilt Spats, RV-6 • TTAF: 650 (App.), TTAF: 6223, Annual Due: TTAF: 7559, A758F Engine: 75HP Call or Text: 626.844.0125 customer back in 1976, RAM STEELNew Battery Pedestal.) & Plugs, Take a Carburetor SUMMER TRIPTune to Up, Sarnia, No Damage Ontario Owned, Flown, and Maintained by an Eng.-1974.1.FlapA & P OwnerSeals, • TTAF: PROPS: Other576, 100 TTAF: SpeedSNEW, 1578, Lycoming Engine: 378 SMOH, Hamilton Standard Prop,Lycoming1947 STINSON O-320 108-1Engine • withALL 1966 MEYERS 200D • N2983T Continental 65 HP Engine: 2.0 SOH, Climb Prop: 27.0 SPOH, New Left Appraised by Air Assets on 09/16/19--Market Value: $113,500 • August 2020, Hangared, & 353 SMOH, Slick Mags,Exterior NEW in Excellent Condition: Original 1934 Colors in a 12-Coat Stits inHistory, CANADA, Garmin and 430 see Autopilot, firsthand ADS-B the In ALLURE & Out • Annualof this Bendix Mag and Fine Wire Plugs, 16 Gallon Fuel, Always Hangared • Open approximately 650 Hours SMOH,METALIZED www.piperflyer.orgConstant • 1460.7 Speed TT, Prop, 150 ModsGarmin 3 GMA-340Axis Autopilot, Audio DME,Panel/Intercom, Sstormscope, Garmin Digital GNS-430Polyfiber ADF, • Annual is Good Until February 28th, 2021 • Always in a • High Quality Maintenance Cockpit Light Aviation Superstar in Big Sky Country • $16,900 O.B.O. Museum or Hangar • ONLY $99,999 Aircraft, LP has built its industry- ENGINES: LEFT - 456 SMOH & DIAMOND,Due: January in the2021 Right • WEST Setting COAST • $7,600 Location USD • ( ELT, tires, tubes and bungees.) Apollo GX 650 GPS/COM, AutopilotFranklin Engine,with Altitude 328 SMOH. Hold/G5 Will 170B/Nav/Com/GPS,MONTANA Glide Slope, Location Garmin 70 (MT53) withSL-30 V/OR, Nav/Com, IFR, Elec.Garmin Trim, GTX-327El Cajon,Dual CA (KSEE) Factory Reman 2017, RIGHT - 1586 SMOH, 845 SIRAN, & and Care, TTAF: 4340 Hours, Full Skylight.406-499-2756 Metal • [email protected] Spars, Sealed Struts, All AD’s complied916-532-8004 • [email protected] $169,500519-402-2199 O.B.O. or 226-402-1881 • 541-840-8949 • [email protected] • [email protected] ArtificialTransponder, Horizon, Dual RamPTT HornSwitches, Control, Interior 4 Strobes, & Exterior:RETT 402 PFD, First Flight in 2003, CurrentTrade Ownerfor Piper Bought Cherokee in 2007 of • leading reputation on providing piston-engine Factory Reman 2014, PROPS: LEFT - 1854 SPOH & 1114 TCM IO-520A Engine: 1015 with, Complete Restoration in 1989. Fabric, Paint, & • [email protected] hrs,8/10, LETT 1969New PIPER1512 Starter-783.5 CHEROKEEhrs, Props 6/300 Hrs.,TT • 0N8950N hours,Annual New Due: Fuel May Bladders1946 2020 PIPER • J-3 Ralston,equalCUB/PA-11 value. • N71081WY • Located:• PRICE Fairview,REDUCED:Piper MI •FlyerOnly $22,000 is the$59,999 O.B.O. official • publication of the Piper Flyer Association. Since Reseal, RIGHT - 845 SPOH, Garmin GTX 345 SMOH, Prop: 1015 Hours SNEW, Garmin: GTN750, Plexiglass: Excellent Condition. Hangared since at least 1989. aircraft owners with top-tier engine overhauls, and Aux.Romeoville, Extensive IL • Annual $119,999 June O.B.O. 2018. • Marilina75 lb Wing Angarone Lockers • MikeDavid D.Kauffman Martin •• 989-848-2446307-899-5528 • [email protected] 307-754-4705.Piper Flyer is published monthly by Aviation Group Limited, 1042 Transponder with ADS-B In/Out, Total Fuel: 271 GAL • GI-106A,4HELIO GTX330, GDL88, ADS-B In and Out Compliance, Logs from Date of Mfg. • REDUCED PRICE: Only $27,500 • Mountain Ave. Ste. B #337, Upland, CA 91786. POSTMASTER: $70,000815-834-6311 • Call • [email protected] Johnson • 469-323-1159. performance-enhancing modifications. They won’t ONLY $299,000 • Healdsburg Aviation Inc • Barry @ GMA340 Audio (4 Place Intercom), KX155, Mid-Continent Forrest Sims • 206-979-1751 • [email protected] 1934 STINSONSend address SR-5E changes RELIANT to Piper Flyer, 1042 Mountain Ave. Ste. B 1961 HELIO H-395 • N4XV • TT: #337, Upland, CA 91786. Subscriptions, advertising orders, and settle for using anything but the best in their engines. 707-433-8540 • [email protected] 4300-433 AI (PRIMARY), Vacuum AI (SECONDARY), JPI 1977 PIPER TURBO ARROW III • NC14187correspondence • TTAF: should 1578, be addressed to 1042 Mountain Ave. 4,000. U10B, 3460 EDO Floats, EDM700, GAMIs, ARTEX 406Mhz ELT • Hangared at TTAF: 3297 Hours, Engine-SMOH: 10971941 Hours, 3 BladePIPER PROP, Garmin J-5A TOTALLY CUB Rebuilt and Highly Modified Piper J-3, Overhauled Continental 90Lycoming Ste. Engine:B #337, Upland,378 SMOH, CA 91786. Annual dues: $44.00 in the U.S.; GNS 430, Dynon Avionics: EFIS-D100, 6 •Place PA28R-201T Stereo & Intercom System, • N8907F HP with• TT:New Cylinders, Cam, and Crank. Powder Coated Airframe, Use of So, when it came time to select their preferred 4 CIRRUS KDWH in Texas • ONLY 700$124,900 SMOH • Mark& New Jensen Prop, • No autopilot, New Paint, Excellent Interior,CRUISER Hangared in Saint Augustine,• N38719 FL, •Carbon TTAF: Fiber to Keep Weight Down, Modern Avionics Panel, Currently Located Canada and Mexico add $15.00 per year; all others add $25.00 Annual Due: December 2020 • ONLY $83,9003681 O.B.O. Hours, for this Fabulous TSOH: Piper 36, Lowat: Big Tail,Lake Aviation LLC in ALASKA • Will Deliver to Buyer’s Location Hamilton• Standard Prop, $109,500 per year (U.S. Dollars only). Eighty percent (80%) of annual dues is excellent conditions, King Cherokee 6/300 3085, Engine: Lycoming cylinders, they put their trust in the number one 281-380-7681 • [email protected] Convenient FLORIDA LocationWing Fairings, 3-BladeLocation in AlaskaAppraised • [email protected] by Air Assets on 09/16/19--Market Value: 2011 CIRRUS SR22 G3 GTS • designated for your magazine subscriptions. Audio panel, ADF, King Transponder, 4-Place Intercom, McCauley612-387-2486 Prop, • Continental [email protected], TSIO-360-F 135 Engine,HP, TSOH: 907-315-6006Garmin 245, (Chuck)$113,500 • 907-354-6203 • Exterior (Nick) in Excellent Condition: Original 1934 replacement cylinders for Continental and Lycoming Lowest Time On Market • 4 MOONEY www.aircraftforsale.com 15 Narco Nav Com Radio, Shadin Fuel Flow Meter, Alternator,G5-EFIS (HSI/DG), Starter, GNS-430 720 Comm, WAAS GPS/Com,Encoder, GNSNEW 430 ADS-B Non- Colors in a 12-Coat Stits PolyfiberThe • Annualinformation is Good presented Until in Piper Flyer is from many sources 440 Hours TTAF, Hartzell 3 Blade for this reason there can be no warranty or responsibility by Simultaneouswww.aircraftforsale.com 6 Cylinder EGT/CHT. 1 New Fuel Bladder. Transponder,WAAS Backup, Garmin S-TEC 696, 60-2 NEW Autopilot, 406 ELT, GTX335 Cleveland Transponder Brakes, February 28th, 2021 • Always in a Museum or Hangar21 • engines: Superior Air Parts’ Millennium Cylinders. Composite Prop - Hot Weather 2005 ROCKET 305 CONVERSION the publisher as to accuracy, originality, or completeness. The Freshly Waxed, Two Tone: Blue & White • $118,000 • MauleADS-B Tailwheel,Out Compliant, Ceconite Annual Fabric. Due: Carries August 3 2020People • Fresh, (One El Cajon, CA (KSEE) • ONLY $99,999magazine • 916-532-8004is sold with the understanding that the publisher is Package, FRESH ANNUAL INSPECTION! No Damage History, MOONEY M20K • CF-DHG • Marvin Grendahl • 907-244-8379. inFlawless Front plus paint Two by “Hallin Back-Side Aviation”. by • Side.)KCQW Good (South Short Carolina) Field • [email protected] not engaged in rendering product endorsements or providing Cirrus Perspective Avionics Suite by Garmin, 12 In. Screens, TTAF: 3170, Engine: 302 s/2005 instruction as a substitute for appropriate training by qualified Airplane• ALWAYS • HANGAREDLocated: Fort • PRICELauderdale, REDUCED: FL • ONLYOnly $111,111 $39,000 • 596 Hrs Hobbs, Dual Garmin SVT, ADS-B Out, FLORIDA • Rocket1966 HELIO Conversion-1600 SUPER COURIER TBO. sources. Piper Flyer and Aviation Group Limited will not assume For more information, contact your nearest Su- 954-790-9030843-623-3200 • [email protected]@gmail.com 4 VANS responsibility for any actions arising from any information ASK: $465,000 • 561-757-9861 • [email protected] 104 Gal. Capacity, 5-hr.+ Range,H-295 Autopilot • N808BD Coupled, HSI,• $35,000 Speed published in Piper Flyer. We invite comments and welcome any perior Air Parts distributor, or visit: Brakes, Door Seals, Inboard Oxygen, Electric Aileron trim, Full report of inferior products obtained through our advertising, so Spent with J. Metzler JAARS 19761966 PIPER PIPER SENECA II,TWIN PA-34- 2003 VANS RV-6 • N822WY • 4 COMPAIR IFR, Hangared, Annual Completed: March 2019, New Prop, JPI corrective action may be taken. in 2018 • TTAF: 4000, LycomingAll our aircraft listings are also200TCOMANCHE included • C-GRPI PA30B on • 6 TTAF:Place, Regretfully Selling my Vans www.SuperiorAirParts.com EngineGO-480 Monitor, Engine: Canadian400 SMOH, Registered, Low Time Owner Prop: Since 350 SNEW, 2007 • 4105,Continental TSIO-360- RV-6 • TTAF: 650 (App.), 2003 COMP AIR 7SLX WOW Cowlings Wheel Spats, $119,000New Battery U.S.D. & Plugs, (Offers Carburetor Welcome) Tune • DavidUp, No Haines Damage • EB- TBO:1800 Hours, Left: Lycoming O-320 Engine with TURBINE • S/N 037111SLX • Flap Seals, Other Speed 450-243-6292History, Garmin • [email protected] 430 Autopilot, 6ADS-B • Piper In Flyer& Out March • Annual 2021 1372 SMOH, Right: 1370 SMOH, Hartzell Props: 178 approximately 650 Hours SMOH, Constant Speed Prop, N74PF • 485TT, 656hp Walter Mods 3 Axis Autopilot, DME, Sstormscope, Digital ADF, Due: January 2021 • WEST COAST Location • SPOH,King KMA-20 Audio Panel, King Nav/Com, KMD Apollo GX 650 GPS/COM, Autopilot with Altitude Hold/G5 601D Eng, 6-7 Place Exec 4 PIPER 170B/ Glide Slope, 70 with V/OR, IFR, Elec. 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The High & The Writey: Insurance “Is Flying a Vocation or an Avocation?” It’s hard to think of a less exciting or more important topic to discuss than insurance. By Kevin Garrison I was surprised to find out that insurance, in some form, has been around for a long January 2021 time. According to Wikipedia, “mutual benefit” societies existed in prehistoric communities, and “Before modern-style insurance became established in the late 17th Dear Editor, century, ‘friendly societies’ existed in England, in which people donated amounts of All of the contributors that make money to a general sum that could be used for emergencies.” If there’s anything less up the Piper Flyer monthly magazine exciting than a discussion of insurance, it’s a discussion of the history of insurance! are professionals. They also find I’m just trying to get some perspective on this thing that permeates nearly every ways to both inform and entertain aspect of our modern lives. the reader. As we all know, Kevin We are largely required to carry homeowners insurance or renters insurance, Garrison’s monthly contributions are auto insurance, and health insurance. We have additional options to purchase frequently quite humorous but always disability insurance, long-term care insurance, life insurance, collector’s insurance, make us consider another viewpoint. and umbrella policies. For aviators, the list expands to include in-flight insurance, However, in the January 2021 ground-risk hull (non-motion) insurance, ground-risk hull (motion) insurance, public edition of Piper Flyer, Mr. Garrison liability insurance, passenger liability insurance, combined single limit, aircraft may have written his best article, in renters insurance, and insurance for CFIs. my humble opinion. I would bet his While most of us are resigned to paying insurance premiums, we all like to find vocation or an avocation analysis ways to maximize coverage and minimize expense. resonated with most purely General We field lots of questions from members about how to do this. Members also Aviation fliers and airline professionals have questions about how to get the extremely specific training that many insurers alike. I also suspect his view of flight, are now requiring, and how to find insurance for orphan Piper models and older for whatever the reason, is what we pilots. Last month, we ran an excellent article by Kristin Winter that addressed some all are looking for and he put our of these issues. Since there is only so much space in the magazine and we know you thoughts into words. have more questions, we are following up with a webinar to discuss insurance and to Respectfully, include a Q&A session. Kristin Winter will be leading the webinar and will have an Richard W. Leverich insurance broker on hand to answer additional questions. Southport, NC

Join us on March 11 at 4 p.m. PST, for “AOG because of insurance? Things to consider before you sign that policy.” Go to tinyurl.com/GAinsurancewebinar to Hi Kevin, register. There will be a live Q&A session, but feel free to send advance questions to I am in awe! You just summed up [email protected]. Unable to attend the live webinar? Find it on the Piper my life! Flyer YouTube channel after March 13. Like you, I started in Piper Cubs, Blue skies, flew crop sprayers, flight instructed, and started as a flight engineer for United Air Lines (UAL) at the ripe old age of 23! After 37 years of airline flying and retiring on a Boeing 747-400 from Sydney to San Francisco, I started a P.S. There will not be a test about the history of insurance during the webinar, new career flying a Learjet 35 for a but you will get extra credit (in the form of one free month of PFA membership) if medevac company, and then moved to you know this bit of trivia: Hamburger Feuerkasse (English: Hamburg Fire Office) a corporate Learjet 31. Now at 79, I am is the first officially established fire insurance company in the world, and the oldest flying for the pure fun! existing insurance enterprise available to the public, having started in 1676. Be ready I have a 1961 Piper PA-23 Geronimo to respond when the time comes at the end of the webinar. and just got an experimental SeaRey to Continued on Page 10

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Renew Spring is a time for rejuvenation and rebirth. Prepare for the fair- weather flying season with these helpful tips.

feel like a survivor at the end of a disas- nizing your flying life? only can hold down the pile of Piper Flyer ter movie. Disheveled and blinking in I have renewed, reset, re-did, refocused, magazines on my shelf, it is also a great Ithe bright sunlight of a new day, I am and redirected my flying this past month. way to transition from sleepless to asleep disoriented and a little confused. I sit in my You can make up your own personal list of on a cold winter evening. humble T-hangar, looking at the airplane things to do. If nothing else, this exercise with the dazed look of a person who has will give you an excuse to go out to the Renew lived through the year 2020 and cannot airport. Here are a few things I have done: As the weather warms up, I hope we quite believe it. I yearn for a relaxing warm get to go flying more often than we did last spring and a return to normal flying. Retrain year and have more fun doing it. To get The winter weather and the season’s The dark days of winter are a great time things started, I began my aviation renewal darker, shorter days can lead any pilot to a to begin or finish up that training you have by cleaning out my flight bags. frazzled condition. Most of us don’t get to been putting off. In my case, it was finish- Two flight bags? Yes. I have one for fly as much as we do during warmer and ing that online CFI renewal course before when I instruct and one for when I fly my sunnier times. This lack of flying has been my certificate expired. little taildragger on good weather days to especially true during the past year. There are many free online courses ice cream socials and other fun fly-ins. My trips to the hangar this winter have out there that you can use to blast some The flight training bag contains the been short because of the cold. It is hard to of the rust from your flying brain. I tend tools of my CFI trade. There is a little enjoy my refrigerator and couch when it is to lean toward the ones put out by the airplane model that I use to show various 5 degrees (Fahrenheit!) above zero. I have AOPA Air Safety Foundation. They are maneuvers. A bundle of paper sectional been going to check on my plane from interesting, engaging, and, best of all, free charts, an old-style plotter, and a flight time to time but have only flown on the to AOPA members. computer are stuffed into a side pocket to rare warmer but not-super-windy days. Past Piper Flyer issues are great expose my students to old-time navigation resources for information. Just imagine planning. These items never need to be sitting in a warm cleaned out and have a permanent spot in I sit in my humble T-hangar, recliner with your my bag. dog on your lap. My “fun flying” bag has items like looking at the airplane with the You are relaxing a little game-spotting telescope to see in your ski chalet, things on the ground close-up when I am dazed look of a person who has sipping brandy by not close-up. I have my more fashionable lived through the year 2020 and the fireplace. Simul- sunglasses in there along with necessi- taneously, a string ties like sunscreen, my floppy flying hat, cannot quite believe it. quartet plays soft, earbuds for my iPhone, and a small wad aviation-related of money in case I want to buy a hot dog, Spring is coming—get ready! background music as you peruse old drink, or T-shirt. The month of March offers us an excel- issues of this fine publication. Some things I find in these bags every lent opportunity for a reset, a sort of safety I always discover something I over- year during cleanout time can be kind of stand-down if you will. You spent time looked in my first read. You might be disgusting. Protein bars from a year ago earlier this winter filling out new engage- surprised what you will find if you give us a smashed onto the bottom. Cough drops ment calendars, and you might have spent second look. stuck to the protein bars. Notes and re- some time in the dark of winter cleaning I have spent a few sleepless nights this ceipts I meant to throw away. There always out closets or reorganizing your garage at winter reading the FAA’s scintillating tome, seems to be a semi-rotten apple in each home. Why not spend some time reorga- the 2021 FAR/AIM. This hefty book not bag for some reason.

12 • Piper Flyer March 2021 These things get tossed into the trash, Global circumnavigation is most likely Reset and each flight bag gets a vigorous shake not in my immediate future. My little air- My most crucial reset for this up- to clear any other residue. A good exterior plane can traverse a lake safely enough, but coming year of flying has to do with my cleaning with a rag finishes up this renew- I have done enough transoceanic flying to attitude. al. Last year, a student of mine had an “urp” know that crossing the Atlantic at 87 knots The past year has been stressful in a moment. I discovered the last vestige of with three hours of fuel is a non-starter. hundred different ways, but I don’t think that unsavory experience today in a hard- This year I plan to do things I can I should carry that mental burden when to-see location on the bottom of my bag. It accomplish with the equipment I already I fly. My hangar and airplane are two lo- is now squeaky clean and ready for a new have. There is no need for me to go out and cations with no place for angst and worry year of training aviation minds. spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on about the outside world. My flying wardrobe also gets a renewal. a new airplane when I haven’t done much I look forward to seeing you in the Piper Flyer t-shirts with huge holes in them with the one I currently own. traffic pattern this spring and summer, go to the rag box in my hangar. I added a My new plans are doable but fun. They renewed and refreshed with clean flight new flight jacket this year and retired my include longer and longer flights that end bags and crisp and happy attitudes. Look old one with its non-functioning zippers in campouts at exciting places. Part of for me at various fly-ins. I will be wearing and coffee stains. I don’t need to look my flying budget this year will consist of new t-shirts and a new floppy flying hat. fashionable when flying, but I don’t need to short but great experiences like aerobatic look like a street urchin either. training or perhaps a few hours of dual in a Kevin Garrison’s aviation career began at helicopter. age 15 as a lineboy in Lakeland, Florida. Refocus Refocusing on safety is vital to my plans He came up through General Aviation, re- I spent quite a bit of time this past year for spring. I need to make sure that I don’t tired as a 767 captain in 2006, and retired watching YouTube videos. Most of them cut corners or get complacent. Preflights from instructing airline pilots in 2017. depicted people doing fun things and going will be complete, and weather briefings Garrison’s professional writing career has fun places with their airplanes. My favor- will be thorough. I will pay closer attention spanned three decades. Send questions ites were about pilots having big adven- to things like draining fuel sumps, and my or comments to [email protected]. tures like flying around the world. charts will be up-to-date.

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Where can I find a list of the primary instruments for (10) Landing gear position indicator, if the aircraft has a retract- any given airplane? I’m interested in those that would be able landing gear. Qrequired in an engine analyzer like the JPI EDM 900 or 930 (11) For small civil airplanes certificated after March 11, 1996, in versus those that would be considered non-primary. I haven’t been accordance with part 23 of this chapter, an approved aviation red or able to locate this list in my POH. Are the primary instruments aviation white anticollision light system. In the event of failure of any designated in the Type Certificate? light of the anticollision light system, operation of the aircraft may Ed continue to a location where repairs or replacement can be made. (12) If the aircraft is operated for hire over water and beyond The listing of required primary instruments is in FAR power-off gliding distance from shore, approved flotation gear readily 91.205, All airplanes, whether flying VFR or IFR, must have available to each occupant and, unless the aircraft is operating under A a fuel quantity indictor for each tank, a tachometer for part 121 of this subchapter, at least one pyrotechnic signaling device. each engine, an oil pressure and oil temperature gauge for each As used in this section, “shore” means that area of the land adjacent to engine, and a manifold pressure gauge for each altitude engine (an the water which is above the high water mark and excludes land areas engine equipped with a constant-speed prop). FAA approval is re- which are intermittently under water. quired to replace these primary instruments. Here’s the regulation: (13) An approved safety belt with an approved metal-to-metal latching device, or other approved restraint system for each occupant 2 years of age or older. (14) For small civil airplanes manufactured after July 18, 1978, an approved shoulder harness or restraint system for each front seat. Are the primary instruments For small civil airplanes manufactured after December 12, 1986, an designated in the Type approved shoulder harness or restraint system for all seats. Shoulder harnesses installed at flight crew stations must permit the flight crew Certificate? member, when seated and with the safety belt and shoulder harness fastened, to perform all functions necessary for flight operations. For purposes of this paragraph— 91.205 Powered civil aircraft with standard category U.S. airwor- (i) The date of manufacture of an airplane is the date the inspec- thiness certificates: Instrument and equipment requirements. tion acceptance records reflect that the airplane is complete and (a) General. Except as provided in paragraphs (c)(3) and (e) of meets the FAA-approved type design data; and this section, no person may operate a powered civil aircraft with a (ii) A front seat is a seat located at a flight crew member station or standard category U.S. airworthiness certificate in any operation any seat located alongside such a seat. described in paragraphs (b) through (f) of this section unless that air- (15) An emergency locator transmitter, if required by §91.207. craft contains the instruments and equipment specified in those para- This all boils down to the fact that an engine monitor must be graphs (or FAA-approved equivalents) for that type of operation, and approved to replace primary instruments before any of the instru- those instruments and items of equipment are in operable condition. ments listed in the beginning of my response can be removed. (b) Visual-flight rules (day). For VFR flight during the day, the Happy flying, following instruments and equipment are required: Steve (1) Airspeed indicator. (2) Altimeter. I have a 1975 PA-32-300 Cherokee Six 300. Suddenly the nav (3) Magnetic direction indicator. lights have stopped working. I checked the circuit breaker, (4) Tachometer for each engine. Qand it is good, the switch is good, and bulbs are new. The (5) Oil pressure gauge for each engine using pressure system. strobes work, but not the nav lights. This seems odd. Is there a (6) Temperature gauge for each liquid-cooled engine. common ground somewhere? (7) Oil temperature gauge for each air-cooled engine. Any other ideas? (8) Manifold pressure gauge for each altitude engine. Thanks, (9) Fuel gauge indicating the quantity of fuel in each tank. Lee

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very year, our friends at AOPA Fatal accidents remain relatively flat for publish the Joseph T. Nall Report the 2013-2019 period, rolling between a Figure 1 Eon aviation safety. In the past, the high of 228 (2014) to a low of 191 (2017), report’s most recent data would be from and with partial reporting for 2020 indicat- two years previous, as it often takes that ing 130 fatal accidents. much time for the NTSB to publish the 2018 is the most recent year that full statistics on some accidents. In the provides type or cause of accidents. autumn of 2020, the report changed its Looking specifically at noncommercial, format and also included preliminary fixed-wing operations, only 18% (186) data for 2019 and 2020, along with de- of all accidents were due to mechanical tailed information for 2018. failure, and of those accidents, 6.7% Overall, trends are headed in the right (11) were fatal, indicating that despite direction, so kudos to us all. The sum- the GA fleet’s creeping age, it is largely mary for all General Aviation operations well-maintained. However, as taken from (commercial and noncommercial, fixed the report, not all is rosy: and rotary wing, certificated, and sport/ Pilot-related accidents consisted of 675 experimental) shows that total accidents total, of which 89 accidents were fatal. Land- ing accidents still accounted for the largest are down. Figure 2 Accidents in 2020 were down signifi- number (322), but thankfully suffered few fa- cantly, perhaps due to reduced flying as a tal accidents. Loss of control (177) continued result of the pandemic, and also that the to dominate as the leading cause of landing year was not complete when the informa- accidents. Takeoff and climb accidents (111) tion was published in the autumn of 2020. declined…The largest number of [takeoff] accidents (42) were loss of control, followed by stalled or settled on takeoff (31). The big takeaway is the number of acci- The [Aspen] dents blamed on loss of control and stalls. Our friends at EAA also recognize software this issue with their Founder’s Inno- vation Prize, handing out awards to calculates creative thinkers who produce solutions to avoid loss of control accidents. AOA with data The EAA has also published a rather detailed Loss of Control Root Cause the airplane back to level flight, ballis- from the unit’s Model (see Resources) that identifies a tic parachutes, or, as will be discussed whole range of factors, including pilot further here, angle of attack indicators attitude heading culture or lack of discipline, maneuvers (AOA). outside the envelope, lack of training or reference proficiency, weather, instrument failure, Aspen’s synthetic AOA and several other reasons that ultimately You may recall from the August 2020 system, air data may lead to loss of control. issue of Piper Flyer that my Piper PA-28- In response to the loss of control prob- 236 Dakota was the feature airplane for the computer, and lem, the industry has developed products month, and that it has the Aspen Avionics to address the issue, be they autopilots EFD1000 PFD installed. Late last summer, GPS information. with essentially a panic button that brings we had the Aspen backup battery replaced,

18 • Piper Flyer March 2021 and for a nominal fee (at least in aviation monetary units), we also had the software Aero Design AircrAft services upgrade installed that includes synthetic the restorAtion experts AOA. My airplane partner, Paul LeBlanc, www.AeroDesignconcepts.com flew to a local avionics shop that installed the new battery and software, and with You Don’t hAve to buY A new plAne to flY one Paul at the controls, they conducted the mAintenAnce | interiors | refinishing necessary AOA calibration flight. cAll the restorAtion experts The Aspen AOA is a unique solution as it does not require any additional hard- 413-568-7300 ware or modifications; it is simply a soft- 112 Airport roAD, bArnes Airport, westfielD, mA 01085 ware update. The software calculates AOA with data from the unit’s attitude heading reference system, air data computer, and GPS information. Aircraft-specific pa- rameters are entered prior to and during the calibration flight where the airplane is flown through a series of maneuvers to correctly set up the unit.

In practice Some time passed before I finally had the chance to put the new software through its paces. I like it. We have our AOA set to automatic so that it is out of view (with the exception of a small AOA “AUTO” prompt) when the airplane is on the ground or the upper pointer is less than 25% into the green range of the display, an AOA well away from stall. In the cropped image at left (Figure 1), you can see that the airplane is climbing rather sprightly at almost 1,200 fpm and 93 knots. The full AOA display is in view. The vertical band below the AOA text indicates from bottom to top, low angles of attack (well away from stall) in the blue range, normal approach AOAs in the green range, caution range (near the stall) with the yellow band, and warning of impending stall in the upper black and yellow hatched range. The two white triangular pointers indicate the clean (upper triangle) and flaps-down (lower triangle) AOAs. Figure 2 shows level flight at 3,500 feet msl with full flaps (40 degrees) extended. Note that the flaps-up (clean) pointer is buried in the danger zone, and the flaps- down pointer is in the caution range. Airspeed is 68 knots, which is 12 knots above the gross-weight, full-flap stall speed of 56 knots. Paul indicated to me that on the calibration flight, the flaps deployed setting

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March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 19 REGULATORY CIVICS / Joseph Corrao

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elcome to the second install- a leader among the world’s preeminent readily available only in digital format. ment of our series on taking a regulators; we expect it to resume that role My confession: I am an American Wmore active role in your highly as Brexit recedes in the rearview mirror. aviation regulation nerd. I scan the Federal regulated aviation life (The first column To participate effectively in the aviation Register every day. Not the whole thing— appeared in the January 2021 issue of regulatory process, one needs to know that would be impossible for a human— Piper Flyer. —Ed.). In our introductory what the CAAs are doing. The FAA, TSA, just the stuff I care about. Here’s how discussion, we noted the importance of TC, and EASA all publicize their activities you can do the same with your favorite three major civil aviation regulators: the and invite public comment and partic- publication of record—or all three! Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in ipation using what we in the U.S. call the United States, Transport Canada (TC), “publications of record.” In the U.S., the Federal Register and the European Union Aviation Safety federal-level publication of record is the To receive a daily list of proposed regu- Agency (EASA). Federal Register. lations, notices, meetings, and other items Going forward, we will focus on these that will be published soon in the Federal three civil aviation authorities (CAAs), plus, Register, go to the website listed below in when appropriate, the U.S. Transportation The FAA, TSA, Resources, enter your email address and a Security Administration (TSA), which has proposed password in the windows, then regulatory authority over civil aviation TC, and EASA all click “Sign Up.” Next, check your email for a security, and the International Civil Avi- message asking you to confirm your email ation Organization (ICAO), which has no publicize their address; click the confirmation link, then regulatory authority but whose Standards follow the instructions on your screen. and Recommended Practices (SARPS) and activities and After your account is established, click guidance documents are reflected in civil invite public on the button at the bottom of the screen aviation regulations worldwide. labeled “Federal Register,” and at the bot- These five organizations will command comment and tom of the next page, under “MY FR,” click our attention because they are almost on “My Subscriptions.” certainly of greatest interest to Piper Flyer participation On the “My Subscriptions” page, readers, and because your author has little under “Search,” click on “Advanced wisdom to share beyond these borders. using what we Document Search.” To receive everything Other CAAs are also very important to the Federal Register has to offer, leave ev- civil aviation safety, security, and com- in the U.S. call erything on this page blank. To monitor merce. The CAAs of Brazil, Australia, India, “publications of specific agencies or topics, click on what Japan, Russia, The People’s Republic of you want and/or enter keywords in the China, and Republic of China (Taiwan), record.” search window. If you click anything or to name a few, are all instrumental in list any keywords, you will receive only supporting the certification of aircraft and In Canada, the federal publication what you click and list—everything else parts; and, together with the CAAs of all of record is the Canada Gazette, and in will be excluded. ICAO member countries, are vital for the Europe, EASA’s publication of record is At the top of the “My Subscriptions” safety of aircraft operations and mainte- stylishly named “the Official Publication of page, click on “Subscribe.” A window nance within their respective borders. the Agency.” Digital forms of all three publi- will open asking whether you want your Since the dawn of aviation, the United cations are available on the internet. It Federal Register via RSS feed or email, Kingdom’s civil aviation authority has been appears that EASA’s official documents are and whether you want items when they

20 • Piper Flyer March 2021 are published (the day they appear in the click on “stay informed” in the sentence, aviation life in those jurisdictions. paper edition of the Federal Register) or on “Want to receive emails and/or push Next time, we’ll cover how to use all of a day before publication when items be- notifications? Create an account and stay this new information. come available for public viewing in Wash- informed.” Follow the instructions on the ington, D.C. Check the “Filed on Public next page to create an account. Joseph Corrao is an aviation attorney, Inspection” button to get advanced notice; On the following page, set the fre- former aviation association VP for regu- your friends will think you’re an insider. quency of EASA’s emails and turn on the latory and international affairs, and U.S. Then click “Subscribe,” and you’re set. notifications you would like to receive. government regulatory specialist. He has (This latter step is almost the opposite of represented industry and government inter- Canada Gazette FAA’s approach, and more logical: clicking ests in, and chaired, managed, or staffed, Unlike the Federal Register, the Canada on nothing here means you’ll get nothing; many federal advisory bodies including Gazette publishes in both English and clicking an item means you’ll receive it.) more than a dozen subcommittees and French and does not publish every day. To Click as many items as you want to receive, working groups of FAA’s Aviation Rulemak- subscribe to the Canada Gazette’s email then click the “Save these settings and ing Advisory Committee under the Federal or RSS services, go to the Canada Gazette go to your personal details” button at the Advisory Committee Act (FACA), FAA Avi- website listed in Resources. Typical of Can- bottom of the selection page. ation Rulemaking Committees not subject ada’s official publications, including most On the next page, under “Complete to FACA, TSA’s Transportation Security of its aviation regulations, the instructions your profile,” enter your name, affiliation Advisory Committee, ICAO’s Helicopter/ on this page are very clear and easy to details (“self ” works in the “Job title” and Tiltrotor Study Group, and FAA’s Aircraft follow. We need not repeat them here. “Organization” windows), and select “ex- Certification Joint Harmonization Working pertise” labels from the drop-downs that Group, in partnership with European civil EASA Official Publication appear as you type in the “Expertise” win- aviation authorities. The views expressed You can start the subscription process dow. (Scroll down through the drop-down in these “Regulatory Civics” columns are on any EASA Pro website page. The best items or you’ll miss many of them.) Click Mr. Corrao’s and not necessarily those of starting point is listed in Resources. At “Done” at the bottom of the page, then the Piper Flyer Association or Piper Flyer the top of the page, click on “Newsroom & watch your email for EASA’s invitation to magazine. Send questions or comments to Events,” then select “Connect with us” from confirm your email address. [email protected]. the drop-down. On the next page, click on “Read our RSS feeds.” Now what? RESOURCESRESOURCES Setting up RSS feeds to receive EASA The Federal Register, Canada Gazette, Canada Gazette items is a bit complicated, particularly for and EASA Official Publication will keep gazette.gc.ca/rss/sc-rb-eng.html users of the Chrome and Safari browsers. you informed about what FAA, TSA, and Rather than offer information technology other U.S. agencies, Transport Canada and EASA Official Publication advice from a lawyer, we’ll skip over EASA other legislative/regulatory bodies there, easa.europa.eu/official-publication RSS feeds. and EASA are planning, proposing, doing, Federal Register To set up EASA email notifications, and changing that will affect your civil federalregister.gov/my/profile/

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 21 Insulation

Typical sound level at the pilot’s ear at cruise power, with a three- blade prop and a 285 hp six-cylinder engine.

22 • Piper Flyer March 2021 RENOVATING AN INTERIOR, PART TWENTY

Aircraft interiors expert DENNIS WOLTER discusses interior noise and how insulation can Insulation help reduce ambient noise levels in the cabin.

ithout question, I the cabin of his fast airplane as quiet as sound engineer and his expensive digital think one of the most possible. I flew the 300 hp hotrod Beech sound meter, we measured 84 dB at the challenging tasks when Bonanza at 70% power, 8,000 feet, and 64 F pilot’s ear, 82 dB at the center seats, and totally renovating the oat, and we got a 94 dB reading at my ear, 81 dB at the fifth seat. The readings were light airplanes we fly is 92 dB at my co-worker’s ear sitting in the the same with my handheld meter. In Wthe issue of cabin noise. I know I’ve spent a center seats, and 90 dB back in the fifth my opinion, a reduction of 10 dB wasn’t lot of time harping on the corrosion issue. seat. All of these measurements were taken that impressive given the amount of work The often difficult and time-consuming with a handheld analog dB meter. involved and money invested. corrosion cleanup process may seem to be a more arduous task than insulating a cab- The attempted fix Guidelines for reducing sound in, and it is. Though reinsulating the cabin We installed a 1/2-inch-thick wind- Before describing the materials and isn’t as difficult a task, the possible thermal shield, 1/2-inch-thick pilot and co-pilot techniques employed in making your Piper and acoustic improvements are definitely windows, 3/8-inch-thick center windows, quieter; as well as warmer in the winter less predictable. and 1/4-inch-thick aft cabin windows. All and cooler in the summer, we should first Case in point: we thoroughly insulated this glass was double the thickness of the discuss the three ways to reduce cabin two identical four-seat piston singles, built original factory-installed plexiglass. noise. in the same year, with identical engines, We then installed a very aerodynamic First, eliminate the sound at its source. propellers, interiors, and insulation pack- and efficient fresh air ventilation intake Here are a few ways to accomplish this. ages. We test-ran them both wide-open at scoop, mounted way back on the top of 1. Quieter propellers, two-blade versus 8,000 feet in summer with an outside tem- the fuselage, all new fresh-air ducting, ple- three-blade (prop noise is a major perature in the low 60s F range. One tested nums, and much larger and more aerody- contributor to cabin noise). two decibels (dB) quieter than the other. namic outlet nozzles. 2. Quieter engines and more efficient To put cabin insulation expectations We sent the engine mufflers out for exhaust systems, well-maintained or into realistic numbers, I will share what overhaul, removed the long two-blade newer mufflers. I’ve learned in 48 years of trying to solve prop, and installed a balanced new three- 3. Precise engine and prop balancing. this challenging problem, using the best blade prop. We installed all new cabin door 4. More aerodynamically designed air- materials the industry can provide. and opening window seals, and adjusted frames (not an available option). and thoroughly tested them. 5. Less boundary airflow and engine The problem Next came the cabin insulation pack- noise (fly slower). Most single-engine and wing-mounted age. All the materials used in this package twin-engine piston-powered light air- were developed in a joint venture between Second, keep the noise from getting planes create a sound pressure of approxi- Air Mod and Skandia. We did a lot of into the cabin. mately 92-94 dB, measured at cruise speed test-flying and installation modifications 1. Thicker windows. with an analog handheld sound meter at using eight different skin-damping and 2. Keep cabin skins from vibrating (skin the pilot’s ear. Most audiologists agree that sound-attenuation materials. dampers). extended exposure to more than 80 dB is 3. More aerodynamic fresh air systems damaging to our ears, especially those of The results and cabin outlets. children and pets. We added 23 pounds of window weight 4. Well-adjusted doors and opening Here’s a reality check. Back in the early and 28 pounds of cabin insulation. After windows with good-quality seals. 1990s, we had a customer who was willing several test flights at the same altitude and 5. More efficient cabin skin and interior to spend whatever it would take to make power setting, accompanied by Skandia’s damping and insulation package.

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 23 5/8-inch-thick, semi-rigid, skin-stabilizing fiberglass and 1-inch-thick SoundEx closed-cell, foil-backed foam. Foil 2-inch lofted, thermal, acoustic-barrier fiberglass. tape is used to secure a snug fit.

Indexing numbers and cutting lines printed on the surface of SoundEx insulation.

Camie 303 spray glue available online or at upholstery Quickly and neatly cutting SoundEx into the various supply stores. shapes that will snugly fit into the cabin outer structure.

Bonding the 2-inch lofted layer of fiberglass in place over A layout chart that shows where each numbered panel of the 5/8-inch semi-rigid fiberglass panel. SoundEx is to be installed.

24 • Piper Flyer March 2021 Third: attenuate the sound that gets conform to a curved surface, simply make foam. Once the cut pieces are snugly fit in into the cabin. parallel half-thickness cuts to the bonded place, foil tape is used to hold the insula- 1. Choose sound-absorbing finish side of the panel. Never attempt to apply tion in position against the cabin skins. upholstery materials. contact adhesive directly to fiberglass with This foolproof, turnkey system will reduce 2. Use sound-attenuating fabric rather a brush; this will result in impregnating the cabin sound levels by approximately 6 to 8 than sound-reflective vinyl in air- non-combustible fiberglass with too heavy dB and adds only about 10 pounds to most planes with stretched headliners. a layer of combustible adhesive. four-place Pipers. 3. More dense backing foams on side The next step is to lightly bond about a panels and carpet. 2-inch-thick layer of soft, lofted fiberglass Multi-material insulation systems 4. More plush and dense carpet. on top of the 5/8-inch semi-rigid fiberglass. The third system we use employs the 5. Choose fabric where possible on The layer of soft, lofted fiberglass provides installation of eight different engineered seats and side panels instead of both a sound attenuating and thermal bar- foam, lead vinyl, and foil materials, each leather or vinyl. rier between the stabilized cabin skin and one of which is designed to attenuate a the interior side panels and headliner. specific sound frequency and amplitude Selecting and installing insulation Due to the limited space in some parts (dB) level. These various materials are OK, enough background information; of the cabin (doors and above plastic bonded to cabin skins, the back surfaces of it’s time to get to work. It’s very important headliners are two areas), it may be neces- interior panels, firewalls, and floors. to start with a corrosion-free, zinc-chro- sary to apply only the 5/8-inch semi-rigid By following a sound amplitude and mated cabin as discussed in my previous material, or else separate the 2-inch lofted frequency chart created by test-flying a article (“Corrosion, Part 2: Cabin Cleanup” layer down to less than 1 inch thick. Cut to stripped-out airplane and analyzing the appeared in the December 2019 issue of fit as needed. resulting data, one can create an instal- Piper Flyer. —Ed.). After applying a thor- Properly installing this two-density lation chart identifying which materials ough coat of zinc chromate to the cabin fiberglass system will reduce cabin sound are to be installed in what areas to best skins, it’s safe to use properly applied levels in most Piper singles by 2 to 3 dB, attenuate the specific amplitudes (dBs) contact adhesive or self-stick material to improve cabin temperatures in summer and frequencies located in that particular establish a good bond between vibra- and winter, and create a more solid-feeling area of the cabin. tion-reducing skin dampers and the cabin cabin environment. This high-tech system will add approx- skins and structure. You will definitely notice this when you imately 28 pounds to the airplane’s empty It’s important when installing cabin close the more solid-sounding cabin doors. weight and can reduce cabin sound levels insulation to make every attempt to keep On average for a four-place Piper, this by as much as 8 to 9 dB. wiring, airframe systems, cables, etc., system will add 6 to 8 pounds to the empty exposed. Hiding these important compo- weight of the airplane. Firewall insulation nents behind insulation creates serious To ensure that these fiberglass materi- No insulation discussion would be inspection and maintenance issues. als and adhesives meet FAA requirements, complete without discussing the elephant We offer three very different cabin we send test samples of all the materials in the room; the firewall. The firewall is a insulation options to our customers when to Skandia Inc. (in Rockford, Illinois) for big, flat, very energized piece of metal that we are renovating an interior. testing and certification. We include all is the only thing that separates the cabin In an effort to install a cost-effective, certification documents with the logbook from the biggest noise generator in the light, and much-improved insulation entries when the job is completed. airplane. When we did our tests, we put package, our first option is a combination the meter’s probe close to the firewall of of two types of fiberglass. We first begin by Commercial kits numerous single-engine airplanes flying at bonding a 5/8-inch-thick layer of semi-rig- The second insulation option involves cruise power. The results were usually a dB id fiberglass to the cleaned and chromated installing a commercially available kit reading way over 100. Wow! cabin skins. marketed under the name of SoundEx. Most airframe manufacturers only Bonding this semi-rigid fiberglass to The insulation material supplied with bonded a not-so-effective layer of vi- the cabin skins will reduce skin vibra- this kit is a closed-cell, flame-retardant nyl-covered fiberglass to the firewall. The tion, thus reducing noise transition into foam of two different densities bonded most effective way to reduce engine noise the cabin. We actually buy 2-foot by together to create a 1-inch-thick, flexible coming through the firewall is to remove 4-foot fiberglass ceiling tiles with the composite material with a heavy alumi- all the original insulation and glue from finish layer removed. num foil sheet bonded to the inner side the entire firewall. We use spray contact adhesive avail- of the foam. The SoundEx kits come with With the firewall thoroughly cleaned, able in 18-ounce cans sold under the brand index-marked accurate cutting patterns secure a layer of SoundEx high-density name of Camie 303. Spray a light coat of printed right on the sheets of foam, as and high-temperature tolerant FAA-ap- adhesive on both the 5/8-inch, semi-rigid well as a printed layout guide that makes proved SX580F 5/8-inch-thick material to fiberglass and the chromated surface of installation a breeze. the cabin side of the firewall, secured with the cabin, and press the cut-to-shape fiber- We use a bandsaw to quickly and neatly special high-temperature-tolerant alumi- glass in place. cut out the insulation, by simply following num tape (also available from SoundEx) In order to get the semi-rigid panels to the cutting lines printed on the face of the to help ensure that the 5/8-inch material

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 25 Large washers, screw, and steel self-locking nut used to ensure the SoundEx firewall insulation will stay in place if SoundEx installed with wiring and hoses exposed. exposed to high temperatures.

Typical technical data published by Skandia, used to select various materials to attenuate specific sound dB and frequency levels at various places in the cabin and firewall.

Picture of a flame test being performed on a cabin Samples of the various materials used to create a insulation test sample. Even insulation is an important high-tech, multi-material soundproofing system. part of the fire suppression system.

26 • Piper Flyer March 2021 The firewall is a big, flat, very energized piece of metal that is the only thing that separates the cabin from the biggest noise generator in the airplane. stays secured to the firewall if exposed to relative to the benefit and ease of installa- Industrial designer and aviation enthusiast extreme temperatures. tion, I think SoundEx is the way to go. Dennis Wolter is well-known for giving Then, install two large-diameter steel Over the years, insulating light air- countless seminars and contributing his AN970-4 washers; one on the engine side planes has been a frequent topic among expertise about all phases of aircraft and one on the cabin side of the firewall, my fellow renovators and I, with numerous renovation in various publications. Wolter secured by a MS526-10-32 machine screw discussions generating various solutions. founded AirMod in 1973 to offer private and an all-steel AN363-10-32 self-locking This article presents techniques that I aircraft owners the same professional, nut. Install these washers and screws in think are effective in solving this elusive high-quality work then only offered to four or five places on the firewall. We will part of renovating your Piper. Next month, corporate jet operators. Send questions or often bond a piece of flameproof carpet to we will end this interior renovation series comments to [email protected]. the lower half of the firewall insulation. It with the fun part, paperwork. looks good, adds a little extra soundproof- Until then, fly safe! RESOURCES ing, and protects the firewall insulation Camie-Campbell (Camie 303) from abrasion damage. IMPORTANT camie.com/content/hi-perfor- Make the best choice…for you This article describes work that mance-foam-fabric-spray-adhesive may need to be performed/super- So, here is my takeaway after 48 years vised by a certificated aviation of working with this complex problem: I Skandia Inc. maintenance technician. Know believe the best insulation choice if weight your FAR/AIM and check with skandiainc.com and dollars are of paramount concern is your mechanic before starting the fiberglass option. The improvement any work. SoundEx Products will be noticeable. That said, based on cost soundexproducts.com

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 27 KEVIN GARRISON plugs in and gets an earful…of silence.

ather round, boys and girls, and let me tell you of a time, long ago, when nobody used headsets while flying. It was an awful era, full of static-ridden, deafening speakers. No pilot could hear what was going on. Micro- phones, dangling by frayed wires, were lost in the complex- ity of ancient instrument panels. Some mics were stowed Gnear the elevator trim wheel. Others were to be found hiding on window latches or hanging from their plug-in points. Then, in the year 1975, a company founded in 1935 by David Clark—appropriately named the David Clark Co.—began the manufacture of its soon-to-be-famous, green-cupped headsets that combined two ear-adjacent speakers near a microphone that was held captive by a flexible boom. These David Clark headsets were all the rage in the disco years, and their renown carries on today through the pride of Da- vid Clark’s ear- and mind-saving fleet of headsets, the DC ONE-X.

28 • Piper Flyer March 2021 March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 29 A gift to my ears My little box full of airborne quiet, solace, and joy arrived the other day, and I could not wait to take it out to the airport so it could meet my ancient airplane and begin its life of service, entertainment, and safety enhancement. I also could not wait for it to meet my ears. My ears, you see, are not only aged but have been buffeted by aviation’s capricious and sometimes offensive rackets for decades upon decades. Being tempest-tossed by the loud whistle of Boeing 727 cockpits; beset by the loud-shouting voices of co-pilots, flight engi- neers, and flight attendants; and numbed by months and years of working around jets on the ramp while wearing no hearing protection My little box full of airborne quiet, took a toll. My ears now strain, sometimes in vain, to hear the melodic voices of ATC solace, and joy arrived the other controllers and intercom-connected fellow aviators. day, and I could not wait to take it My fervent hope was that this beautiful noise-canceling and Bluetooth-enabled David out to the airport so it could meet Clark headset would change my life and bring me the quiet existence of flying I craved along my ancient airplane and begin its with the clear communication that working life of service, entertainment, and with ATC requires. I installed the two included AA batteries safety enhancement. into the unit and plugged my new DC ONE-X into the appropriate audio jacks. Then, I started my aircraft’s noisy engine and pushed the “on” switch on my new headset. Dead quiet. Pure bliss! The noise-canceling feature that the David Clark Co. calls “Hybrid ENC” made the world go away and turned that noisy cockpit into a serene oasis of calm, but with situational- ly-aware professionalism. Led to the runway by the unruffled and melodic voice of the ground controller and then assisted by the even more relaxed voice of the tower person, and shortly after, by departure control, I peacefully aviated my way out of Class C airspace and was released by ATC on my own recognizance. Once squawking VFR and away from the verbal intrusions of the controllers, I pushed the Bluetooth button on the headset controller and mated it with my iPhone, rendering

30 • Piper Flyer March 2021 the entire system ready to play music. How moon and while flying North American long would I be able to listen to Steely X-15s. It produced escape suits for the Dan and Jim Croce while slipping surlies shuttle program and developed a suit for without having to change batteries? Up to NASA’s upcoming Orion program. 50 hours, according to the David Clark Co. Felix Baumgartner had so much faith I have faith the 50-hour figure is accurate. in the company that he tumbled out of a balloon at 128,000 feet and free fell to a David Clark Co. parachute landing on Earth while wearing My faith is based on the long history a specially made pressure suit that was of the David Clark Co. Its engineering designed by David Clark for the occasion. skills and attention to detail go all the way The David Clark Co. not only supports back to World War II when the company pilots but has literally supported civilians developed and produced the first G-suits as well. It produced the Sears Best bras- for our military in 1943. The G-suits not siere throughout the 1950s. only prevented pilots from passing out during high g maneuvers, but also doubled An incredible gadget their kill rate against their non-G-suited Bras are not on my mind right now, enemies. however. I am enjoying the rock and roll Later, David Clark produced space sounds of my youth, while also piloting suits and other aerospace equipment an airplane from my youth. The music is for NASA, including apparel worn on the interrupted when there is a rare incoming

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230-37845 ONE-X Comfort 825X1075AG.indd 1 7/20/20 4:54 PM Flow Chart for Piper Wing Bolt Inspection (AD 2020-26-16) By Steve Ells

he final Airworthiness Directive When do I have to comply? the interval between inspection sign-offs affecting the Cherokee wing spar The AD was issued on Friday, January is less than 12 months, and has been done Thas been issued. This article con- 15, 2020. The effective date is February 16, at 90-110 hour intervals. denses some of the information to help 2021. Owners have until March 18, 2021, If an inspection has been entered as a you comply with the AD. The AD can be to take action on Step 1. 100-hour but was done at normal “annu- read on Page 64 and downloaded at www. al” intervals, it need not be counted as a piperflyer.org/forum/ad-s-alerts/795- Step 1: 100-hour inspections 100-hour inspection. cherokee-wing-spar-ad-issued.html. The aircraft owner holding a private If an airplane is utilized on a pro- The AD applies to the following PA 28, pilot certificate or higher may review the gressive inspection program, count the 28R, PA 32 or PA32R Single Engine Piper aircraft maintenance records to deter- completion of each 91.403(b) 100-hour airplanes:PA28-151, PA28-161 (except s/n mine the number of 100-hour inspections interval as one inspection 2842006), PA28181, PA28-235, PA28R-180, completed on the airplane since new, and PA28R-200 (except s/n 28R-7235151), since any record of wing replacement(s). Exceptions PA28R-201T, PA28RT-201, PA28RT- If the main wing spar has been 201T, PA32-260, PA32-300, PA32R-300, Defining 100 Hour Inspections replaced with a new spar (0 hours TIS), PA32RT-300, PA32RT-300T and the follow- If a flight has pertained to carrying count the number of 100-hour inspec- ing PA28R-201: persons for hire (see FAR 91.409(b) for tions from the time of installation of the All serial numbers except 2844029, definition), then even inspections signed new wing spar. 2844030, 2844081, 2844125, 2844136, off as annual inspections must be count- If the wing or spar has been replaced 2844147 through 2844151, 28R-7737078, ed as 100-hour inspections. with a serviceable main wing or main 28R-7737142, 28R-7837108, 28R-7837125 One tell-tale for determining if an wing spar (more than 0 hours TIS) or and 28R-7837257. inspection is a 100-hour inspection is if the maintenance records are missing or

34 • Piper Flyer March 2021 incomplete, then it’s deemed that the spar If the FSH calculation shows more the ed in the AD, will be used to determine or wing TIS can’t be established and the spar has more than 5,000 FSH, the eddy the seriousness of the wing spar cracking eddy current inspection described in (h) current inspection of the two bolt holes problem. All owners that have completed (1) of the AD must be accomplished. at the end of the wing spar in accordance the eddy current inspection are required to with Piper Service Bulletin SB 1345 must send the report form to the addresses on Determining Factored Service Hours be accomplished within 100 hours TIS the form within 30 days after the comple- (FSH) after the FSH calculation, or within 100 tion of the inspection. The owner/operator must then calcu- hours TIS after the wing spar accumu- late the number of factored service hours lates 5,000 FSH, whichever occurs later. Ferry permits (FSH) using the formula below and must The eddy current inspection may be The AD says that a special flight enter the results of the aircraft records done in accordance with the SB, but it permit, also known as a ferry permit, may examination in the aircraft records. The may also be done by Level II and Level III be issued to move an aircraft to a location entry must comply with FAR 43.9 (a) (1-4): qualified operators that meet the stan- where the eddy current inspection can be (1) A description (or reference to data dards in FAA Advisory Circular 65-3B. performed. No permit will be issued to acceptable to the Administrator) of work aircraft with cracks. performed. Unknown number of FSH (2) The date of completion of the work Aircraft that have spars or wings with Logbook entries performed. an unknown number of FSH must get the If the number of FSH is less than (3) The name of the person performing eddy current inspection within 100 hours 5,000, the owner/operator must make an the work, if other than the person specified TIS, or within 60 days after the effective entry in the aircraft maintenance records in paragraph (a)(4) of this section. date of the AD (April 17, 2021), whichever stating that paragraph (h) of AD 2020-26- (4) If the calculation has been per- is later. 16 has been complied with, the number of formed satisfactorily the signature, certif- FSH determined, and the date and time of icate number, and kind of certificate held Cracks the next records review. by the person doing the calculations must Any spars that are found to have An acceptable entry would read like be entered in the maintenance records and bolt hole cracks during the eddy current this: Part 91.417(a)(2)(v): inspection, must be replaced with a new Date, Inspected aircraft maintenance If the AD or safety directive involves (zero-time) or a used spar that has passed records i/a/w paragraph (h) of AD 2020-26- recurring action, the time and date when the eddy current inspection. 06. Factored service hours total at this date the next action is required. are X,XXX hours. Replace the bolts Next records review i/a/w para (h) of FSH formula New bolts must be installed after the 2020-26-06 is due at next annual (date) or N is the number of 100-hour inspec- eddy current inspection. 100-hour (number of hours) inspection. tions; T is the total hours TIS of the Signed Joe or Jane Pilot; pilot certificate airplane or wing. Report inspection results number. (N x 100) + [T-(Nx100)]/17 = FSH The AD requires that owners/opera- Once the eddy current inspection has tors submit an Inspection Results Form been completed, and no defects have been Aircraft with less than 5,000 FSH to the FAA Atlanta Aircraft Certification found, there is no requirement to do an- Aircraft with less than 5,000 FSH are Office (ACO) and Piper Aircraft within 30 other eddy current bolt hole inspection. not required to get the eddy current in- days after completing the inspection. spection prior to reaching that threshold. IMPORTANT The AD mandates that the FSH Inspection Results Form This article describes work that Formula be calculated at each 100 hour This AD is termed an “interim action,” may need to be performed/super- or annual inspection thereafter until the meaning that the FAA and Piper Air- vised by a certificated aviation 5,000-hour threshold has been reached. craft will be compiling the results of the maintenance technician. Know inspections collected using the Inspection your FAR/AIM and check with your Step 2: Inspections Results Form. mechanic before starting any work. Aircraft with 5,000 or more FSH The data on the form, which is includ-

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 35 Filing an Alternate Method of Compliance (AMOC) Form If you completed the wing spar crack eddy current inspection prior to the issuance of AD 2020-26-16, you may be eligible for relief from a second inspection via the AMOC process. By Steve Ells

Issued on December 30, 2020. Gaetano A. Sciortino, Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2021-00044 Filed 1-14-21; 8:45 am]

36 • Piper Flyer March 2021 18 These owners can apply for relief from doing a second eddy current inspection by sending what’s called an Alternate Method of Compliance (AMOC) letter… irworthiness Directive 2020-26- These owners can apply for relief from IMPORTANT 16, issued Jan. 15, 2021 mandated doing a second eddy current inspection research in the aircraft records by sending what’s called an Alternate This article describes work that A may need to be performed/super- (logbooks) to determine whether an Method of Compliance (AMOC) letter inspection for wing spar cracks is needed. to the pilot’s local principal operations vised by a certificated aviation maintenance technician. Know If an aircraft has over 5,000 factored service inspector, the local Flight Standards your FAR/AIM and check with hours (FSH), as determined by the formula District Office (FSDO), or directly to the your mechanic before starting provided in the previous article, the inspec- manager of the certification office at the any work. tion is required. address in the next paragraph. But what if your airplane has already Send a copy to the attention of Dan had an inspection prior to the issuance of McCully, Aviation Safety Engineer, Atlanta Steve Ells has been an A&P/IA for 45 the AD? Are you required to have an addi- ACO Branch, FAA, 1701 Columbia Ave, years and is a commercial pilot with tional inspection? College Park, GA 30337. instrument and multi-engine ratings. Ells In this communication, the owner must also loves utility and bush-style airplanes AMOC to the rescue include the aircraft N-number, the number and operations. He served as associate All owners of airplanes (with more of factored service hours at the time of the editor for AOPA Pilot until 2008. Ells is than 5,000 FSH) who have already done inspection, the name of the facility that did the owner of Ells Aviation (EllsAviation. the inspection (prior to AD issuance) the inspection, a copy of the maintenance com) and the proud owner of a 1960 and gotten a no-fault finding must records entry, and a request for relief from Piper Comanche. He lives in Templeton, also file an Inspection Results Form the requirement to comply with the inspec- California. Send questions and com- (Appendix 1 to the AD). tion mandated in AD 2020-26-16. ments to [email protected].

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PFA member JOHN MOECKEL caught the flying bug in the early 1960s and he has owned several airplanes since. His current bird, a PA-28R-201T Turbo Arrow III, is a head-turner on the ramp, and it’s also the only example of its particular breed to grace the skies above the United States.

By John Moeckel, Piper Flyer Association Member

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 39 During that almost-non-flying period, as I would be driving down the road in my car, I would dream about just pulling the steering wheel back and taking off into the wild blue yonder.

Budding rocketeer parachute system and a white mouse homemade and connected to a fuse that The year was 1960, I was 13, and the aboard. The mouse cost me $0.50, and was ignited by the rocket fuel to set off sev- space program at Cape Canaveral was well the total cost for the rocket was $3 or $4, eral firecrackers. It should have launched underway. I started making amateur mod- several weeks of allowance and mowing the parachute, but it blew off—on fire— el rockets—launching them in my small lawns. This was going to be a one-shot about 30 feet horizontally. We rushed to neighborhood in Lake Worth, Florida. deal, as I had run out of money. the mouse capsule on top of the rocket I gave the neighbors fair warning I assembled a group of buddies after and l eagerly opened up the capsule. He or as I would loudly count down from 10, a sandlot baseball game, lit the fuse, and she didn’t make it. We had a 21-slingshot then light the fuse. I’d watch them rise, started the countdown. The rocket sat for salute, and I felt so bad for the mouse, I hoping they wouldn’t land on a neigh- what seemed like forever, belching smoke never tried that again. bor’s house. There were a few close calls, and fire. At the very end of fuel burn, it but no direct hits. I’m sure I’d be arrested exploded and shot up about 10 feet. Then, Fly guy today for such fun. gravity took over, and it hit the ground At age 16, I had my first flying lesson. My rocketry pursuits then advanced with a heavy thud. It was the only lesson I could afford. By to a 3-foot metal rocket with an untested The untested parachute system was age 17, in 1965, I was hungry to some-

40 • Piper Flyer March 2021 how go flying. That’s when I discovered skydiving at Lantana Airport (now Palm Beach County Park Airport, KLNA) in Lantana, Florida, which was just a few miles from my home. I had to get my parents to sign a waiver, and their first answer was “no way.” I continued to work on them until they finally signed it. That’s when I determined I was a pretty good negotiator. The cost of skydiving was a fraction of the cost of flying lessons. I think it was $2 to $3 per jump for a hop and pop. A hop and pop was a jump from 2,000 feet, where you open the parachute immedi- ately after exiting the plane. During those first jumps, I jumped with several Green Beret Army guys. We would party in one of their houses and pack our parachutes there. We would tie the top of the parachute—the pilot chute—to a toilet, with the parachute draped through a bedroom into the Al Churilla Al

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 41 kitchen while drinking beer. Then, we’d go out the next morning at sunrise and jump. These were not the best decisions, however, these Green Beret guys were crazy and fun. I ended up making 89 jumps over four years. It was so much fun. When I was 18, the Vietnam War was really getting cranked up, and I got my draft notice from the Army. I rushed down to the Air Force recruiter, took the test, and they took me. I was in the Air Force for 3 ½ years and served in Thai- land at U-Tapao Airfield in 1968/1969 for a year, where I was a supervisor in refueling B-52’s. After my discharge from Air Force service in December 1969, I started college on the GI Bill—a great program. I earned a business degree with a minor in computer science. In keeping with my passion, I earned 30 semester hours in commercial aviation. Paul Bertorelli Paul Al Churilla Al

42 • Piper Flyer March 2021 While at the 2012 Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-in and Expo in Lakeland, Florida, all hopped up about flying, I found a 1989 Turbo Arrow listed in Aero Trader magazine.

In 1970, I started work at Publix Super as I would be driving down the road in very nice 1969 Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Markets as a part-time meat cutter while my car, I would dream about just pulling which I flew for 12 years. In 2006, I bought going to college. I moved to Publix’ data the steering wheel back and taking off into a partnership in a Turbo Mooney 231 processing department in 1972, and into the wild blue yonder. Even today, as I with Paul Bertorelli, then editor of Aviation worked my way up to senior management stand over a putt on the golf course, I will Consumer magazine. He taught me much in information technology at the Publix become totally distracted when a plane about flying a higher performance airplane Corporate office in Lakeland, Florida, and flies over, and miss the putt. Flying is such and how to do it safely. retired in 1998. It was during that time that a tremendous obsession. In 2008, I took and completed the my Fly Guy career took off. A year later, in 1985, I acquired a 1981 Cirrus North Dakota checkout program Cessna 172 Skyhawk. Almost brand-new in a Cirrus SR20 in Bend, Oregon. After Hooked on planes by today’s standards; back then, it was that, I took and completed the Columbia In 1976, I bought a 1963 Cessna 172 almost old. I earned my instrument rating 350 factory checkout program. It was fun Skyhawk, which I owned for about a year. in it in 1985, then earned a multi-engine to get trained on two different technolog- Then work, marriage, and buying a house commercial certificate in 1992 from John ically advanced aircraft. The Cirrus had a became my priority. I flew little until 1984, Brown’s Seaplane Base in Winter Haven, glass-panel Avidyne system, and the Co- when I bought a 1967 Cessna 150. For the Florida, in a multi-engine Piper PA-30 lumbia had the Garmin G1000 glass panel. next year, I flew it for over 100 hours; with Twin Comanche. John and Chuck Brown a total ownership cost of $20 an hour, run a top-notch school there, and they The road to my Piper which I’ve not seen since. made the flying fun. In 2009, I started flying a friend’s 1978 During that almost-non-flying period, Then, I bought into a partnership in a Piper PA-28R Turbo Arrow, flying it for

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 43 Al Churilla Al three years. It was such fun that I decided na, where my friend owned a hangar and place built-in oxygen system, which is very to look for a Turbo Arrow for myself. I a home. We made one fuel stop halfway convenient. The long-distance comfort didn’t want a T-tail, and wanted to stick there. That’s when I found out this plane level in this plane is great. with a straight-tail Arrow III. flew a little differently than the older Arrow Before I bought the plane, the previous While at the 2012 Sun ‘n Fun Inter- I had been flying. Everything was good, but owner had the entire interior replaced with national Fly-in and Expo in Lakeland, it was different. a very cushy, light gray glove leather. After Florida, all hopped up about flying, I After that fuel stop, we started getting a few years, I installed sheepskin covers found a 1989 Turbo Arrow listed in Aero into the mountains. Man, they looked big on the front seats. They are very nice in all Trader magazine. It had just under 2,300 and tall! On the approach to Sky Ranch at weather conditions; cool in the summer hours total flying time, which is fairly low Carefree (18AZ), we had to dive down over and warm in the winter. for the age. some high mountain peaks, slow the plane It was owned by a real rocket scientist, down, and land on a 4,200-foot runway, Modifications and upgrades who was a defense contractor. We negoti- downhill, with hot, gusty afternoon winds. This plane has been a work in progress. ated a deal over the phone, and since we The runway looked like a postage stamp. I Here are a few of the upgrades I’ve made were in our Bend, Oregon, summer home, I was able to get the plane down with about over the past few years. planned to fly commercially to pick it up. 1,000 feet of runway left. I think I had quit In 2012, when I bought the plane, I flew One of my flying buddies, with lots breathing during the approach, as I gasped it from Bend, Oregon, to Spokane, Wash- of mountain flying experience, would in a lot of Arizona hot air at the end of the ington, and had Merlyn put in their Black accompany me to pick it up and fly it runway. Whew! Magic upper deck pressure control auto back home, as I had almost none of that I bought this plane so I could fly it to wastegate. I can fly up to 18,000 feet with experience. My friend and I picked up the our Bend, Oregon, home from our Venice, full power, climbing at 500 to 600 fpm. airplane in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 12, Florida, home each year. I’ve made this I highly recommend that kit to anyone 2012. The owner had flown it there to get trip almost every year since I’ve owned with a turbo engine for which the kit is an overhaul on the autopilot. this plane. It’s a very capable cross-country approved. The critical altitude with the With no time in the plane, we took off plane with true airspeeds in the 150 to 160 Merlyn system is 18,500 feet. the following morning for Carefree, Arizo- knots range above 10,000 feet. It has a four- In 2013, I installed ADS-B Out with

44 • Piper Flyer March 2021 a Garmin GTX 330ES Extended Squitter my lights are now LED; strobes, position Full published instrument approaches transponder. I also put in a Garmin GNC lights, tail light, recognition lights, and with the published misses are easy to do. 255 and GI 106 with glideslope for the landing light. In the summer of 2020, Jef- Since this system is digital, it operates and second radio. fery Argersinger, Director of Product Sales holds all commands perfectly. The best I have a Garmin GDL 39 for ADS-B at Whelen, sent me three Parmetheus Pro news is there is no longer a vacuum system In and it is hooked up via Bluetooth to a lights to replace the recognition lights in the plane. Garmin 796 and my iPad with the Garmin and the landing light. In April 2020, MT-Propeller installed Pilot app. I also have Sirius XM weather. At 107,000 candlepower each, these their three-blade composite prop on my I had a digital J.P. Instruments JPI lights make the plane look like the land- plane. The lead ordering time was about 830 EDM installed to monitor engine ing scene from “Close Encounters of the six months; however, the wait was well functions. Third Kind.” Whelen is a great company to worth it. Peter Marshall, Manager at In 2015, I replaced the old engine with work with, and I appreciate their help on MT-Propeller USA in Deland, Florida, a remanufactured Continental engine. this project. worked with me every step of the way. Almost everything in the engine, except A Garmin GTN 650 was installed in The new prop has almost zero vibra- for the mags and a few other external 2017 by Sarasota Avionics in Sarasota, tion and has increased climb rate and components, was brand-new. I also have Florida, to replace a Garmin 430 WAAS. cruise speed. As you can see from the GAMIjectors and long-range 72-gallon I had T.J. Spitzmiller, General Manag- pictures, the prop really dressed up the gas tanks. With rich of peak operations, I er of Sarasota Avionics, install the new appearance of the plane. have a range of six hours and lean of peak Garmin GFC 500 autopilot along with two Now, about the new paint job. I con- operations give me a seven-hour range. Garmin G5s in November 2019. The GFC tracted with Craig Barnett with Scheme Obviously, a porta-john is needed for these 500 even has a go-around button. I don’t Designers for a new custom paint design. long-range trips. know how I lived without this autopilot. It Craig was wonderful to work with. After In 2016, I had Whelen lighting does almost everything and is fairly easy to many back-and-forth iterations, a new, installed on the outside of the plane. All learn how to operate. really cool paint design was created.

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March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 47 48 • Piper Flyer March 2021 A tour of famous and not- so-famous sites in the life of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh. By Dennis K. Johnson

early every modern-day avia- courthouse, across the Atlantic to France Avenue and the John C. Lodge Freeway; a tor knows the story of Charles and the United Kingdom, and finally, to few blocks from Wayne State University. Lindbergh’s world-changing solo Hawaii, where he was laid to rest. The home was torn down in the 1960s transatlantic flight in the Ryan Make sure to check the attractions’ and a large apartment complex now Nmonoplane Spirit of St. Louis. websites (where applicable) for current occupies the location. There is no visible Lindbergh was born in 1902, started flying hours of operation. historical marker. in 1923, made the historic transatlantic flight in 1927, and kept flying for several Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Childhood home: Little Falls, more decades. He was a prolific writer, 1120 West Forest Avenue, Detroit, Michi- Minnesota and an aviation consultant in his later gan 48201 Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site: 1620 years; making substantial contributions Charles Lindbergh was born Feb. 4, Lindbergh Drive South, Little Falls, to the growth of commercial aviation. 1902, in the front room of his grandpar- Minnesota A tour of Lindbergh’s life path will take ents’ three-story brownstone at 1120 sites.mnhs.org/historic-sites/ you to the upper Midwest, bustling com- West Forest Avenue in Detroit. The home charles-lindbergh-historic-site mercial airports, a five-star San Diego ho- is about 2 miles northwest of downtown, Lindbergh’s childhood home is a quaint tel, suburban shopping malls, a New Jersey on the northwest corner of West Forest wooden house on a bluff overlooking the

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 49 Lindbergh’s childhood home in Little Falls, Minnesota, is now open for visitors. Charles Lindbergh House and Museum and House Lindbergh Charles Photo by Roman Eugeniusz via Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia via Eugeniusz Roman by Photo

Lindbergh stayed at the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego when he first arrived in the city to build the Spirit of St. Louis.

50 • Piper Flyer March 2021 Lindbergh rode his motorcycle Mississippi River in Little Falls, Minnesota. Mail pilot: St. Louis, Missouri Today, the Charles A. Lindbergh Historic to Souther Field Missouri History Museum: 5700 Lindell Site is operated by the Minnesota Histori- Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63112 cal Society and is open to tour. In addition in May 1923 to mohistory.org to the house, the site also features a visitor buy a World In 1925, at the age of 23, Lindbergh center, a theater showing a documentary was hired by the Robertson Aircraft film, a Spirit of St. Louis simulator, and a War I surplus Corp. at Lambert Field in St. Louis, to be gift shop. chief pilot on the airmail route between The home is open from Memorial Day Curtiss JN-4 St. Louis and Chicago. In the 95 years to Labor Day, Thursdays to Saturdays, 10 since, the airfield has grown into St. Lou- a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 5 Jenny biplane. is Lambert International Airport (KSTL) p.m.; and Saturdays in September from 10 and any 1920s buildings are long gone. a.m. to 5 p.m. After putting About the only Lindbergh artifact The nearby town of Little Falls offers down his cash, at the airport is a 1934 Lambert Air- more Lindbergh sites such as family graves, craft Corp. Model D-127 Monocoupe, a the offices where his father ran his law Lindbergh took personal aircraft that Lindbergh owned practice, and numerous Lindbergh family until it was donated to the Missouri His- homes. Pick up a driving tour brochure the Jenny up tory Museum in 1940. It now hangs from at the Little Falls Convention & Visitors the ceiling in Terminal One. Bureau (606 S.E. First Street in Little Falls) for his first solo In downtown St. Louis, the Missouri or at the Lindbergh home. History Museum houses hundreds of flight. items related to Charles Lindbergh, First solo: Americus, Georgia including many of the gifts and awards Jimmy Carter Regional Airport (KACJ): he received in the year after his New York 233 Airport Road, Americus, Georgia A week after his first solo flight, Lind- to Paris flight. These include the French 31709 bergh made his first cross-country flight Legion of Honor medal presented to A Lindbergh site that’s easy to visit from Americus to Montgomery, Alabama. Lindbergh by the French president and by airplane is the Jimmy Carter Regional He spent the rest of 1923 barnstorming a tiny bust of Lindbergh carved from a Airport (KACJ), 4 miles northeast of Ameri- across the country, calling himself “Dare- peach pit. The museum also exhibits a cus, Georgia. This airport was formerly a devil Lindbergh.” replica of the Spirit of St. Louis. military airport known as Souther Field. In 1992, a bronze statue of Lindbergh The museum is home to a large Lindbergh rode his motorcycle to Souther wing-walking was erected just outside collection of artifacts from the Lewis and Field in May 1923 to buy a World War I the airport’s terminal next to a state Clark Expedition too, since St. Louis was surplus Curtiss JN-4 Jenny biplane. After historical marker commemorating the departure point for that expedition. putting down his cash, Lindbergh took the Lindbergh at Souther Field. It’s quite The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. Jenny up for his first solo flight. Four years possibly the most awkward depiction of to 5 p.m., and Tuesday nights until 8 p.m. later, he’d be flying solo over the Atlantic. Lindbergh ever created. Admission is free.

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 51 Ryan Aircraft mechanics prepare the Spirit of St. Louis for the first test flight by Charles Lindbergh at Dutch Flats, now in downtown San Diego.

Harry Bishop; San Diego Union and Evening Tribune

Spirit of St. Louis construction: renamed B.F. Mahoney Airport. In 1929, San Diego, California The best esti- the address for the airport was 3200 Bar- U.S. Grant Hotel: 326 Broadway, San nett Avenue, and if you use that address Diego, CA 92101 mate of the site in Google Maps, it marks a spot very close tinyurl.com/USGHotel to the former entrance. The hangars stood When Lindbergh arrived in San Diego of Lindbergh’s about where the intersection of Guam Way for the design and construction of the Spir- runway was and Blakely Drive are now. Today, a large it of St. Louis, he first stayed in Room 447 postal facility stands on the land used as of the U.S. Grant hotel in downtown San that he start- the runway. Old photos seem to indicate Diego. Soon thereafter, he camped out at that the planes usually flew parallel to Mid- the Ryan factory, no doubt because he was ed his ground way Drive for takeoff and landing. a simple and frugal fellow, but also because they were working around the clock to roll near the The Paris flight: East Garden City, complete the airplane. New York The U.S. Grant Hotel still stands in Best Buy store Curtiss Field: Roosevelt Field Mall, East downtown San Diego and you can check heading east for Garden City, NY, southeast of Clinton in. It was built in 1910 by the son of Road and Old Country Road. President Ulysses S. Grant, who named it more than 2,000 The site of the wet, clay runway where after his father, and today it’s listed on the the Lone Eagle lifted his plane toward National Register of Historic Places. It is feet, lifting off Paris on May 20, 1927, is now a suburban part of the Starwood Hotels and Resorts shopping center. Luxury Collection, so be prepared for a lux- near the park- In 1927, Lindbergh used two adjoining ury price to stay in Lindy’s room. airfields for his flight to Paris. Curtiss Field ing garage for was located in the southeast corner of Testing the Spirit: Dutch Flats, the Fortunoff Clinton Road and Old Country Road and is San Diego, California today the site of Roosevelt Field Mall. This Dutch Flats Airport Site: 3200 Barnett Jewelry store, is where the hangars stood that housed the Avenue, San Diego, CA 92110 Spirit of St. Louis before the flight. When the Spirit was finished, it was and clearing Some stood in an east-west row south towed to Dutch Flats Airport, at times of Clinton Road, now between the Citibank known as Ryan Airport, about 2.5 miles the wires along office building and the Mobil gas station. from the Ryan factory. The airport was More hangars stood in a north-south row bounded by Barnett Avenue on the south Merrick Avenue along Clinton Road, now a row of trees and and Midway Drive on the north, and near the TGI Fri- parking lots behind the office buildings the entrance was on the north side of along Ring Road West, from the Citibank Barnett Avenue. days restaurant. office building to the small office building After the Paris flight, the airport was at 100 Ring Road West.

52 • Piper Flyer March 2021 Roosevelt Field: Westbury Plaza Shop- ping Center, East Garden City, NY, southwest of Old Country Road and

Merchant’s Concourse. Commons Wikimedia Pline, by Photo A field to the east was called Roosevelt Field and offered a longer runway than Curtiss Field, so the Spirit of St. Louis was towed nearly 4,000 feet to use the runway there. This area where he took off is now the Westbury Plaza Shopping Center. The best estimate of the site of Lindber- gh’s runway was that he started his ground roll near the Best Buy store heading east for more than 2,000 feet, lifting off near the parking garage for the Fortunoff Jewelry store, and clearing the wires along Merrick Aircraft at the Museum of Air and Space Avenue near the TGI Fridays restaurant. at Le Bourget Airport outside Paris, According to The New York Times, where Lindbergh landed after his histor- there’s a modest stone monument ic flight in 1927. marking the liftoff spot behind the mall parking garage. The closest train station is the Port Jef- ferson Branch MTA station, Carle Place. From there it’s a 0.8-mile walk to the used by Louis Bleriot to fly the English wife, Anne Morrow, was the daughter of center of the Westbury Plaza Shopping Channel in 1909, two Aérospatiale/BAC Dwight Morrow, a partner at J.P. Morgan & Center. It would be about a 5-mile walk Concordes, a Boeing 747, and an Airbus Co., and one of the wealthiest men in New around to visit all the sites of the runway A380. The museum also offers a planetar- Jersey. The couple were married in 1929 and hangars. ium, an aircraft simulator for children, a at the Morrow’s Englewood, New Jersey, café, and a gift shop. estate, which was called “Next Day Hill.” The flight completed: Le Bourget The museum also exhibits the only Charles and Anne spent much time Airport, Paris remaining piece of the White Bird, a French here in 1931 and 1932 while waiting for Aéroport de Paris Le Bourget (LFPB): 3 airplane used in an Atlantic crossing their custom home in the New Jersey Esplanade de l’Air et de l’Espace, 93440 attempt from Paris to New York just two countryside to be completed. In the after- Dugny, France weeks before Lindbergh’s flight. math of the kidnapping of their baby, the museeairespace.fr/en The aircraft jettisoned its landing couple retreated behind the secure walls Next time you’re on the other side of gear (now at the museum) as it planned and gates of Next Day Hill for security and the Atlantic, take the train out from Paris to make a water landing in New York privacy. In 1935, they were there when they to the place where Lindbergh landed the harbor. The White Bird and its two pilots received word that Bruno Hauptmann had Spirit of St. Louis after 33½ hours in the disappeared somewhere during the flight been convicted and sentenced to death. air. In 1927, Le Bourget was the principal without a trace. Today, the estate houses the Elisabeth airport of Paris, providing passenger flights The museum is open Tuesdays thru Morrow School, a private school founded to various European cities. The spot where Sundays from 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., April 1 by Anne’s sister. The school is private prop- Lindbergh landed is out among the run- to Sept. 30, and from 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. erty, but you can view the former estate ways and taxiways of this modern business from Oct. 1 to March 31. It is closed Dec. from the street. airport, but someone from the Museum of 25 and Jan. 1. Air and Space at Le Bourget will be able to Lindbergh baby kidnapping: point out the spot for you. Anne Morrow Lindbergh estate: Hopewell, New Jersey The museum is one of the world’s old- Englewood, New Jersey Highfields Estate: 2.4 miles north of est aviation museums and features a vast The Elisabeth Morrow School: 480 Next Hopewell, New Jersey collection of more than 400 aircraft, (only Day Hill Dr., Englewood, NJ 07631 Lindbergh purchased a large parcel of about 150 are exhibited) from the very ear- Lindy wasn’t only lucky to get across land near Hopewell, New Jersey, with plans liest days of flight to the 21st century. The the Atlantic with his feet dry, he was lucky to build a home and a private airstrip. By collection includes a Bleriot XI, the model in love and married extremely well. His October 1931, Lindbergh and his family

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 53 Evidence from the 1935 “trial of the century” of Bruno Hauptmann is now exhibited at the New Jersey State Police Museum & Learning Center in Trenton, New Jersey.

were able to move into the new, custom In 1933, Lindbergh gave Highfields to home he called “Highfields.” On the night the State of New Jersey with the stipula- of March 1, 1932, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., tion that it be used to “help boys.” Today, just 20 months old, was kidnapped from the Lindbergh property is a rural home for his nursery at Highfields. young criminal offenders operated by the A ransom was paid, but the baby’s New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission. body was found months later in the woods It’s not open to the public, but you can nearby. Two years later, Bruno Haupt- fly over the estate. Fly 11 miles out from mann was arrested and charged with the the Solberg VOR (112.90) on the 196 radial, crime. In 1935, after one of the 20th cen- or program your GPS for 40°25’26.4”N tury’s first great media trials, Hauptmann / 74°46’04.2”W. It’s a large house in the was found guilty of first-degree murder center of a wooded area, with a basketball and sentenced to death. court on the west side.

“Trial of the century” courthouse: Flemington, New Jersey Historic Hunterdon County Court- house: 75 Main St., Flemington, NJ Dennis K. Johnson K. Dennis 08822 The Hunterdon County Court- house in Flemington, New Jersey, was the site of the 1935 “trial of the century” of Bruno Hauptmann, the kidnapper of the Lindbergh baby. Charles Lindbergh spent more than 30 days here during the trial, sitting about 12 feet from the man responsible for the death of

Exterior of the Hunterdon County Courthouse in Flemington, New Jersey, the site of the 1935 “trial of the century” of Bruno Hauptmann, the kidnapper of Charles Lindbergh’s baby. Dennis K. Johnson K. Dennis

54 • Piper Flyer March 2021 his son. His wife, Anne, only attended Bruno Hauptmann’s life, “Old Smokey,” is the trial on the day she was to give also on display.

Dennis K. Johnson K. Dennis testimony. It was here that Hauptmann The majority of the museum is ded- was found guilty by a jury and given the icated to the history of the state police, death sentence. which is also quite interesting. Visiting The historic courthouse has hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Fri- changed very little since 1935 and is day, closed Saturday, Sunday, and state open to visit by appointment. The jail holidays. For information on scheduling cell where Hauptmann was held is also tours call (609) 882-2000, ext. 6400. open to view. Call (908) 788-1166 to The museum is located at the New arrange a visit. Jersey State Police Headquarters in West Trenton. Turn onto Trooper Drive from Kidnapping evidence: Trenton, River Road (Route 175), between Inter- New Jersey state 95 and West Upper Ferry Road. New Jersey State Police Museum & Learning Center: 1040 River Road, Exile in Europe Ewing Township, NJ 08628 Long Barn: Long Barn Rd, Sevenoaks njsp.org/about/museum.shtml Weald, Sevenoaks TN14 6NH, United All the evidence from the 1935 “trial Kingdom of the century” of Bruno Hauptmann is In 1935, the Lindberghs fled the now held by the New Jersey State Police American media spotlight and sailed for Museum & Learning Center in Trenton, England. There, they rented “Long Barn” New Jersey. in the village of Sevenoaks Weald, about This rarely visited museum exhibits 23 miles southeast of London. the major pieces of evidence from the The historic house was the former trial, including the ransom note, the home of the author, Vita Sackville-West, wooden ladder, and a floorboard from and politician, Harold Nicolson. Today, Hauptmann’s attic (which matched the house is closed to the public, but the the ladder’s wood and sealed his fate), gardens are opened occasionally, usually and the clothing the baby wore when for Christian Aid Week in the second kidnapped. The electric chair that ended week of May.

The Charles A. Lindbergh Home in Hopewell, New Jersey, is the site of the infamous Lindbergh baby kidnapping in 1932, often called at the time “the crime of the century.”

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 55 Engine Monitoring & Flight Instruments Photo by Rose Willems, Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Willems, Rose by Photo ANR Headsets

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SENSENICH AWARDED STC FOR CARBON FIBER ADJUSTABLE PROP FOR SUPER CUB LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. 11, 2021—Sensenich has been full-throttle level flight (FTLF) speed increased by 7 mph. awarded a STC for its carbon ground adjustable pitch When re-pitched to match the industry standard propeller’s STOL propeller on Piper Super Cub Aircraft. This STC climb rate, cruise speed was increased by 8 mph and FTLF allows installation on Piper PA-18-150 aircraft with Ly- speed increased by 18 mph. coming O-360 series engines, with future STCs planned for The new Sensenich composite propeller is less than half Lycoming O-320 powered Super Cubs and certain popular the weight of the legacy STOL propeller—21 pounds versus training aircraft. 44 for the metal unit. The propeller is available in diameters “Our experimental customers have been raving about from 78” to 82”. The STC also covers a 12” diameter, bal- this propeller for several years, and now we can offer the anced composite spinner. same step up in performance to our certified customers,” This STC will be available for new build propellers starting says Sensenich President Donald Rowell. “This propeller’s the first quarter of 2021. Pricing for the propeller with STC quick and sure pitch adjustment gives the customer the documentation is $6,350 FOB Plant City. Adding the spinner option of maximum performance no matter what the flight brings the price to $7,085 (including STC docs). profile may be.” For more information, please visit sensenich.com. Extensive testing required during the certification project in Alaska showed improved take-off, climb, and cruise performance compared to what’s considered the industry standard fixed-pitch STOL propeller. When pitched for the same climb RPM as the standard propeller, climb rate was increased by 140 fpm, cruise speed was identical, and

58 • Piper Flyer March 2021 FREE ADMISSION FOR AGES 18 AND UNDER AT EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2021 OSHKOSH, Jan. 15, 2021—Young people admission costs for students, we saw an The free youth admission is available ages 18 and under will be admitted free to increased number of families coming to throughout AirVenture week. Longstand- EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021, as a way to AirVenture,” said Jack J. Pelton, EAA’s CEO/ ing youth activities and programs at introduce more youth to the possibilities chairman of the board. “As we continue AirVenture include such popular offerings in the world of flight. The 68th EAA fly-in to plan for a full AirVenture fly-in in 2021, as the hands-on KidVenture display and convention will be held July 26-August 1 at inspiring young people and giving them a program area; technology, innovation, Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH). first look at what’s possible in aviation is and education options throughout the This effort is designed to encourage part of our mission, but it’s only achievable grounds; and extraordinary events such more General Aviation-minded families if they can get in the gate. This effort will as daily air shows and more than 1,500 and their children to attend the event build on the more than 60 years where forums, workshops, and seminars. that brings more than 10,000 aircraft from AirVenture has earned a reputation as a For complete information about other around the world to Oshkosh each year. wonderful family event. We invite youth admission pricing and advance online pur- “EAA’s mission is growing participation from around the world to experience Air- chasing, please visit eaa.org/airventure. in aviation and in 2019, after EAA reduced Venture at no cost.”

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 59 PRESS RELEASES Mention Code EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2021 TO HIGHLIGHT PF2021 for 5% off U.S. AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS

OSHKOSH, Jan. 26, 2021—The aircraft and personnel of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) will be among the highlighted programs at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021, which happens July 26-August 1 at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) in Oshkosh. AFSOC is comprised of highly trained, rapidly deployable Airmen, who conduct special operations missions worldwide. Airmen who undertake Special Op- erations careers specialize in unique skills such as parachuting, scuba diving, rappelling, motorcycling, survival skills, and more. Aircraft in the command include specialized mobility aircraft such as the MC-130, CV-22 and C-146, Close Air Support aircraft such as the AC-130 gunship, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft such as the MQ-9 and U-28. “Even those who have a solid familiarity with the U.S. Air Force often know little about its special operations units and the important mission they fulfill, so we want to bring some visibility to that at Oshkosh in 2021,” said Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and member programming, who coordinates AirVenture features and attractions. “The Air Force has been extremely cooperative through the years at showcasing its remarkable people and aircraft at AirVenture, and we look forward to dis-

60 • Piper Flyer March 2021 EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2021 TO HIGHLIGHT U.S. AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS

covering even more in 2021.” In 1990, AFSOC formally stood up as a Major Command (MAJCOM) within the Air Force and the air component to United States Special Operations Command (US- SOCOM), but their heritage traces back to the Army Air Forces during World War II. In the three decades since AFSOC’s formation, they have been involved in missions around the world in both independent campaigns and in conjunction with other military branches. “We are excited to highlight specialized airpower at the nation’s largest airshow, but it’s the Airmen flying these aircraft that provide our real value to the Nation—humans are more important than hardware. The 20,000 innovative problem solvers in this command are exactly what we need to maintain our competitive advantage in the future, and I am proud to showcase them at Oshkosh.” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command. Final announcements on participating aircraft and activities have not been released but are expected to include aircraft flying during AirVenture air shows and presentations by USAF Special Operations units throughout the week. For more information about the event, visit eaa.org/airventure. EAA members receive the lowest prices on admission rates, with kids ages 18 and under admitted free.

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 61 PRESS RELEASES UAVIONIX LAUNCHES PINGSTATION 2 DUAL-FREQUENCY ADS-B RECEIVER

BIGFORK, Mont., Jan. 12, 2021—uAvionix recently launched its upgraded dual-frequency ADS-B receiver, pingStation 2. The high-integrity, low-cost ADS-B ground station provides for networkable low-altitude airspace and airport surface monitoring, as well as Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Ground Control Station (GCS) integration for Detect and Avoid (DAA) capability. pingStation 2 integrates 978 and 1090 MHz ADS-B receivers, GPS, antenna, and Power-Over-Ethernet (POE) inter- face into an easy-to-install, rugged IP67 weatherproof enclosure. With a selection of non-proprietary data interfaces, pingStation 2 is designed to integrate into a multitude of end-user applications, including airport displays, UAS GCS, Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) Solutions, and Flight Information Displays (FID). pingStation 2 is robust enough to be permanently mounted outdoors in harsh environmental conditions and small enough to be used as a mobile asset for MA roaming operations. pingStation 2 improves over the origi- TUO nal, popular design with performance im- SSTMS . provements including 50 percent greater range and high-resolution timestamps, en- e ill elp ou Trouleshoot our Sstem abling third-party multilateration (MLAT) Teachin Suect At FAA ndorsed vents using time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) calculation. Set-up ease is also enhanced with tool-free installation. TUOAS PSSU F AS OAU - A ASTATS TUOAS pingStation 2 In Use AA pingStation and pingStation 2 are OTOS U OS AT OPATOA SPS O OU AT OPATOA SPS O OU being used globally to enhance situation- S TST MA al awareness. The following examples isit Our e Site to See the S n Action highlight real-world use-cases where the high-integrity/low-cost solution has been “ A family operated business since 1988, including a a key component of pushing the bound- licensed A & P mechanic and commercial pilot” aries of UAS integration and bringing airspace awareness to areas where surveil- 1-8-84-8815 55-35-3322 lance data was not previously available. Fa 55-2-1 A MA “Sensitive to your needs” UAS Detect and Avoid am pm PST Mon Fri www.mainturbo.com • pingStation is a core component of “Sensitive to your needs” [email protected] the Vantis UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) network in North Dakota, where

62 • Piper Flyer March 2021 ADS-B reception is combined with Com- mand and Control (C2) infrastructure. • pingStation provides the founda- tional surveillance infrastructure for the New York UAS BVLOS Corridor between Syracuse and Rome, New York.

Airspace Situational Awareness • Trials at three airports in the UK have led to draft policies for providing Flight Information Displays (FID) to Class G airports to improve situational awareness and reduce the risk of midair collisions. • pingStation 2 is a core component of the United Kingdom Research and Innova- tion (UKRI) funded project to demonstrate BVLOS UAS Operations in Non-Segregated Airspace, combining pingStation 2 with uAvionix TIS-B/FIS-B infrastructure to en- able the capability for a local re-broadcast of traffic to provide a cooperative airspace, significantly enhancing the safety and services at smaller airports and to remote and off-shore aviation operations. • uAvionix hosts uavionix.com, which provides a real-time view of several pingStation receivers deployed globally at internal and customer locations.

“We have used pingStation for a number of years in a wide range of projects. It has proven extremely reliable and accurate, and without devices like pingStation 2, many of our customers would have airspace awareness only at high alti- tudes, or none at all,” says VP of Sales and Marketing at Kongsberg Geospatial, Paige Cutland. “pingStation 2 integration with our IRIS AM Airspace Management Solu- tion provides DAA situational awareness to UAS operators for BVLOS operations.” For more information, visit uavionix. com/products/pingstation.

March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 63 ASA AIRCRAFT SAFETY ALERTS

FAA Aviation Safety (d) Subject AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC) Code 5711, Wing Spar. www.faa.gov/aircraft/safety/alerts/ www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html (e) Unsafe Condition 2020-26-16 Piper Aircraft, Inc.: Amendment 39-21371; Docket This AD was prompted by a report of a wing separation caused No. FAA-2018-1046; Product Identifier 2018-CE-049-AD. by fatigue cracking in a visually inaccessible area of the main wing lower spar cap. The FAA is issuing this AD to detect and (a) Effective Date correct fatigue cracks in the lower main wing spar cap bolt holes. This airworthiness directive (AD) is effective February 16, 2021. The unsafe condition, if not addressed, could result in the wing separating from the fuselage in flight. (b) Affected ADs None. (f) Compliance Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified, unless (c) Applicability already done. This AD applies to Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) airplanes, certificated in any category, with a model and serial number shown in table 1 to (g) Definitions paragraph (c) of this AD, and that meet at least one of the criteria in (1) “TIS” has the same meaning as the definition of “time in service” paragraphs (c)(1), (2), or (3) of this AD. in 14 CFR 1.1. Note 1 to the introductory text of paragraph (c): An owner/ (2) For purposes of this AD, “factored service hours” refers to the operator with at least a private pilot certificate may do the aircraft calculated quantity of hours using the formula in paragraph (h)(2) maintenance records review to determine the applicability as of this AD, which accounts for the usage history of the airplane. specified in paragraph (c) of this AD. (1) Has accumulated 5,000 or more hours time-in-service (TIS); or (h) Review Airplane Maintenance Records and Calculate (2) Has had either main wing spar replaced with a serviceable Factored Service Hours for Each Main Wing Spar (more than zero hours TIS) main wing spar; or (1) Within 30 days after the effective date of this AD, review the (3) Has missing and/or incomplete maintenance records. airplane maintenance records and determine the number of 100- hour inspections completed on the airplane since new and any record of wing spar replacement(s). (i) For purposes of this review, count any inspection conducted to comply with the 100-hour requirement of 14 CFR 91.409(b) pertaining to carrying persons for hire, such as in-flight training environments, even if the inspection was entered in the maintenance records as an “annual” inspection or as an “annual/100-hour” inspection. If the purpose of an inspection was to comply with § 91.409(b), then it must be counted. To determine the purpose of an inspection, note the repeating intervals between inspections, i.e., less than 10 months between, and typically 90-110 flight hours. An inspection entered as a “100-hour” inspection but done solely for the purpose of meeting the requirement to complete an annual inspection, or those otherwise not required by § 91.409(b), need not be counted. For operators utilizing a progressive inspection program, count the completion of each § 91.409(b) 100-hour interval as one inspection. (ii) If a main wing spar has been replaced with a new (zero hours TIS) main wing spar, count the number of 100-hour inspections from the time of installation of the new main wing spar. (iii) If a main wing spar has been replaced with a serviceable main wing spar (more than zero hours TIS) or the airplane maintenance records are missing or incomplete, the wing history cannot be determined. Perform the eddy current inspection as specified in paragraph (i) of this AD.

64 • Piper Flyer March 2021 (iv) The actions required by paragraph (h)(1) of this AD may be hours TIS, and fifty-five 100-hour inspections for purposes of performed by the owner/operator (pilot) holding at least a private compliance with § 91.409(b) have been done. Both main wing spars pilot certificate and must be entered into the aircraft records are original factory installed. In this case, N = 55 and T = 10,600. Use showing compliance with this AD in accordance with 14 CFR those values in the formula shown in figure 3 to paragraph (h)(4) 43.9(a)(1) through (4), and 14 CFR 91.417(a)(2)(v). The record must of this AD. First, calculate commercial use time by multiplying (N be maintained as required by 14 CFR 91.417, 121.380, or 135.439. x 100). Next, subtract that time from the total time, and divide that (2) Before further flight after completing the action in paragraph quantity by 17. Add the two quantities to determine total factored (h)(1) of this AD, calculate the factored service hours for each service hours. In the example in figure 3 to paragraph (h)(4) of this main wing spar using the formula in figure 1 to paragraph (h)(2) AD), the eddy current inspection would be required because the of this AD. Thereafter, after each annual inspection and 100-hour factored service hours are more than 5,000 hours. inspection, recalculate/update the factored service hours for each main wing spar until the main wing spar has accumulated 5,000 or more factored service hours.

(3) An example of determining factored service hours for an (i) Eddy Current Inspect airplane with no 100-hour inspections is as follows: The airplane Within the compliance time specified in either paragraph (i)(1) or maintenance records show that the airplane has a total of 12,100 (2) of this AD, as applicable, eddy current inspect the inner surface hours TIS, and only annual inspections have been done. None of of the two lower outboard bolt holes on the lower main wing spar the annual inspections were done for purposes of compliance with cap for cracks. If the wing is installed, use steps 1 through 3 or, if § 91.409(b). Both main wing spars are original factory installed. In the wing is not installed, use step 3 in the Instructions of Piper this case, N = 0 and T = 12,100. Use those values in the formula as Aircraft, Inc. Service Bulletin No. 1345, dated March 27, 2020 (Piper shown in figure 2 to paragraph (h)(3) of this AD. In the example in SB No. 1345). Although Piper SB No. 1345 specifies NAS 410 Level II figure 2 to paragraph (h)(3) of this AD), the eddy current inspection or Level III certification to perform the inspection, this AD allows would not be required because the factored service hours are less Level II or Level III qualification standards for inspection personnel than 5,000 hours. using any inspector criteria approved by the FAA. Note 2 to the introductory text of paragraph (i): Advisory Circular 65-31B contains FAA- approved Level II and Level III qualification standards criteria for inspection personnel doing nondestructive test (NDT) inspections. (1) Within 100 hours TIS after complying with paragraph (h) of this AD or within 100 hours TIS after a main wing spar accumulates 5,000 factored service hours, whichever occurs later; or (2) For airplanes with an unknown number of factored service hours on a main wing spar, within the next 100 hours TIS after the effective date of this AD or within 60 days after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later. (4) An example of determining factored service hours for an airplane with both 100-hour and annual inspections is as follows: (j) Replace the Main Wing Spar The airplane was originally flown for personal use, then for training If a crack is found during an inspection required by paragraph (i) for a period of time, then returned to personal use. The airplane of this AD, before further flight, replace the main wing spar with a maintenance records show that the airplane has a total of 10,600 new (zero hours TIS) main wing spar or with a serviceable (more

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than zero hours TIS) main wing spar that has passed the eddy current inspection required by paragraph (i) of this AD.

(k) Install New Bolts Before further flight after completing the actions required by paragraph (i) or (j) of this AD, install new bolts by following step 6 of Piper Aircraft, Inc. Service Bulletin No. 1345, dated March 27, 2020.

(l) Report Inspection Results Within 30 days after completing an inspection required by paragraph (i) of this AD, using Appendix 1, “Inspection Results Form,” of this AD, report the inspection results to the FAA at the Atlanta ACO Branch and to Piper Aircraft. Submit the report to the FAA and Piper using the contact information found on the form in appendix 1 of this AD.

(m) Special Flight Permit A special flight permit may only be issued to operate the airplane to a location where the inspection requirement of paragraph (i) of this AD can be performed. This AD prohibits a special flight permit if the inspection reveals a crack in a main wing spar.

(n) Paperwork Reduction Act Burden Statement A federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number for this information collection is 2120-0056. Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to be approximately 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, completing and reviewing the collection of information. All responses to this collection of information are mandatory. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to: Information Collection Clearance Officer,

66 • Piper Flyer March 2021 Federal Aviation Administration, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177- 1524.

(o) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs) (1) The Manager, Atlanta ACO Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your request to your principal inspector or local Flight Standards District Office, as appropriate. If sending information directly to the manager of the certification office, send it to the attention of the person identified in paragraph (p) of this AD. (2) Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the local flight standards district office/certificate holding district office.

(p) Related Information For more information about this AD, contact Dan McCully, Aviation Safety Engineer, Atlanta ACO Branch, FAA, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337; phone: (404) 474-5548; fax: (404) 474-5605; email: william. [email protected].

(q) Material Incorporated by Reference (1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of the service information listed in this paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. (2) You must use this service information as applicable to do the actions required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise. (i) Piper Service Bulletin No. 1345, dated March 27, 2020. (ii) [Reserved] (3) For Piper Aircraft, Inc. service information identified in this AD, contact Piper Aircraft, Inc., 2926 Piper Drive, Vero Beach, Florida 32960; phone: (772) 567- 4361; website: https://www.piper.com. (4) You may view this service information at FAA, Airworthiness Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 901 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call (816) 329-4148.

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(5) You may view this service information that is incorporated by reference at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, email: [email protected], or go to: https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/ cfr/ibr- locations.html. Issued on December 30, 2020. Gaetano A. Sciortino, Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2021-00044 Filed 1-14-21; 8:45 am]

FAA Aviation Safety SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS INFORMA- TION BULLETIN SUBJ: Alternative Method of Compli- ance to Airworthiness Directive 2020-19-06 SAIB: AIR-21-01 Date: January 4, 2021 This is information only. Recommen- dations aren’t mandatory.

Introduction This Special Airworthiness Information ww Bulletin (SAIB) is written to inform the public about an approved alternative method of compliance (AMOC) to an airworthiness directive (AD) and how to obtain a copy of the Textron Aviation (McCauley Propeller Systems) global AMOC (aka; AMOC of general applicability) for AD 2020-19-06.

Background NEW! SPORTY’S AD 2020-19-06 requires the installation of a governor eligible for installation. Cer- FLIGHT GEAR tain McCauley governors were delivered with an unapproved variant idler gear You can pay more, but you won’t bearing installed. Additional unapproved fi nd a better fl ight bag variant idler gear bearings and gear Unmatched durability assemblies and overhaul kits with the Light weight unapproved variant bearing were shipped High visibility interior to the field. This unapproved variant idler gear bearing did not meet McCauley Pilot-centric design drawing specifications. Personalization options It has come to our attention of questions Customizable add-ons from the field regarding how to determine if a governor is eligible for instal- SPORTYS.COM/FLIGHTGEAR lation. Per AD 2020-19-06, a governor eligible for installation is defined as a

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Cessna Flyer Classified_FG_1/21.indd 1 12/22/20 9:28 AM governor that does not have an idler gear bearing with a part marking “BA 59” installed. The global AMOC allows the use of additional documentation of the completion of the Accomplishment Instructions of McCauley Alert Service Bulletins (ASB) ASB273, ASB273A, ASB273B, or ASB273C in determining if a governor is eligible for installation. This global AMOC also addresses criteria, which can be used to determine the eligibility of new governors after serial number 180501.

Recommendations It is our recommendation and the intent of this SAIB to allow the use of the at- tached Textron Aviation (McCauley Pro- peller Systems) AMOC for AD 2020-19-06, dated November 4, 2020, to facilitate your compliance with AD 2020-19-06.

For Further Information Contact Thomas Teplik, Aviation Safety Engineer, 1801 Airport Road, Rm. 100, Wichita, KS 67209; phone: (316) 946-4196; fax: (316) 946-4107; (239) 405-6117 e-mail: [email protected].

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March 2021 | Piper Flyer • 73 Vintage Piper Advertising BACK WHEN and Marketing

This 1971 ad touts the Piper Arrow and its “Landing Gear That Thinks for Itself.

Courtesy www.aviationancestry.co.uk

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