Piper is a brand of aircraft. It could be that Tom was flying, or "sailing upon" the "word" which is "piper". He was sailing upon a Piper, or flying in an airplane. The color scheme for many of these aircraft has a curvy accent stripe, which could have been red.
Piper is a brand of aircraft. It could be that Tom was flying, or "sailing upon" the "word" which is "piper". He was sailing upon a Piper, or flying in an airplane. The color scheme for many of these aircraft has a curvy accent stripe, which could have been red.