Opening up this issue, Jeff Schweitzer extends all a gracious invitation to the 20th anniversary annual convention in beautiful Amelia Island, FL, and talks timing, maintenance, headwinds and news – Piper CEO Kevin Gould fills us in on some of the, dare to say, post-recession developments over at Piper, previewing some of the latest and greatest in gadgetry, and offering detailed updates on the PiperSport, G500 and G1000, and PiperJet – MMOPA President Jon Sisk breaks down the strategic initiatives coming from this spring’s annual Board meeting, with a long list of action items covering all corners of the MMOPA world – The cover story provides historical backdrop to Amelia Island and illustrates why you might not get any sleep at the convention – Richard Rochfort fills us in on the latest aviation news pertinent to the PA46, the goings-on at Piper, and briefings from the desks of the FAA and NTSB - Travis Holland takes aim at attitude instrument failure, offering straight-forward advice for how to prevent, recognize and, if need be, deal with this silent and all too often fatal instrument malfunction – Justin Lazzeri of Skytech gives us the lowdown on safe and effective turbine operation, explaining why just monitoring for temperature isn’t enough – Mary Bryant implores us in our knowledge of obscure new acronyms and tests our understanding of the new airspace restrictions and Customs regulations – And to wrap up the Summer issue, Kevin Mead talks prop maintenance and discusses common problems.