Comanche Flyer Magazine, May 2001
Vol 28, No. 5
48 pages

Slight shelf wear. No markings. Mailing label on back cover. Photos are of the actual item for sale and show a sample of pages.

This May 2001 issue of Comanche Flyer, the official membership publication of The International Comanche Society, focuses on Piper Comanche ownership, maintenance, safety, and society news. Articles include Maurice Taylor’s discussion of oil pump Airworthiness Directive 96-09-10, a personal “Heart Attack Recovery” account from a Comanche pilot working through medical recertification, an NTSB-based accident review in “It Should Not Happen To You,” and convention-related material for the 2001 ICS gathering. The issue also includes member updates, service and parts advertising, classifieds, and period aviation ads aimed specifically at Comanche owners and operators. A useful piece for collectors, restorers, Piper Comanche pilots, aviation historians, or anyone building a reference run of owner-association publications.

Includes:
  • It Should Not Happen To You
  • On The Lighter Side
  • Heart Attack Recovery
  • Emergency Prop Supplies
  • The Larry Larkin Seminar
Comanche Flyer Magazine is published bi-monthly for members of the International Comanche Society.

From their site:
The Piper Aircraft Corporation, out of its Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, factory, manufactured its Comanche line of piston singles (designated PA-24s) and twins (designated as PA-30s or PA-39s) between 1958 and 1972. These airplanes turned out to be some of the more popular models ever built by Piper or any other general aviation manufacturer. With a total of some 4,834 single-engine sales and 2,155 sales of Twin Comanches, the Comanche line looked invincible throughout general aviation’s heady years of the 1960s.

Today, the Comanche and Twin Comanche line is supported by a dedicated group of enthusiasts, most of whom belong to the International Comanche Society (ICS). The ICS’s staff and its official publication, ‘The Comanche Flyer,” can be considered the world’s preeminent source of information regarding Comanche and Twin Comanche maintenance issues, as well as parts supplies and modifications.