Icing is the theme this quarter. Dick Rochfort provides an excellent tutorial on understanding airframe icing, how to avoid it and how to handle common icing encounters. Kevin Mead provides a great tutorial on the Stall Heat systems in the PA46 fleet. And, if you read anything this month, pull some G’s and wisdom from John Mariani’s story about his encounter with a new form of PA46 icing.

Jim Bass from Piper discusses the prevailing economic icing conditions and how Piper is weathering the storm. Travis Holland provides the first in a series on Pre-buy inspection tips and shares some of his deep knowledge about the JetProp and all PA46 airframes. The very capable Meridian gets an insightful overview by Justin Lazzeri from Skytech.

Test your knowledge of the new ELT regulations and equipment with Mary Bryant’s Issues and Answers column. Piloting skills and aviation risk management are in the news these days and this topic gets covered in Jeff Schweitzer’s and Doug Leet’s columns.