Slack Time – Part 3
Flying airplanes need attention, even when they aren’t flying and especially when the factory issues a new service bulletin! This winter, Van’s Aircraft put...
Slack Time – Part 2
So about that lathe and how it begat the need to learn welding. A recent addition to our airpark neighborhood is KITPLANES Home Shop...
Slack Time – Part 1
There’s no doubt about it—this has been a strange winter. Here in northern Nevada, we have gotten weather (and snowfall) in the lee of...
The eXenos Takes Wing!
To quote Howard Hughes in the movie The Rocketeer… ”The son of a b**** will fly!" The stars finally aligned with the weather (and schedules)...
This is How I Spent My SnF
The only Sun ’n Fun I have missed since I have been working with Kitplanes has been the ones affected by COVID—but this year,...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal #6 – Sun ‘n Fun 2023 Edition
I had to be home after Sun 'n Fun by Saturday night. I fully intended to get up at the crack of dawn, break...
TurbAero’s Small Turbine Update
TurbAero, an Australian company with footprints in the U.S. and Canada, is continuing work on its small regenerative turbine for light experimental aircraft. At...
Stalled!
I dread returning home from Sun 'n Fun. It’s not having to explain how I blew up the credit card or even listening to some...
Beringer Introduces New and Improved Brakes
Beringer has announced at Sun 'n Fun that they are improving their Aerotec brake sets. The new Aerotec+ has cooling fins cast into the...
Dan Reynolds’ Yukon Chinook at the STOL Competition Sun ‘n Fun...
You think your airplane can land short and take off fast? Here's your measuring stick. Our man Steve Ashby watched and then caught up...
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Ask the DAR
Can a powered parachute be classified as Experimental/Exhibition if it missed the ELSA deadline?
Ask the DAR
Readers want to know when you can use your homebuilt for paid instruction and how to convert a certified aircraft into an Experimental.
Alternative Energies
Diesel engines, anyone? How about biofuel? More builders are turning to such alternatives in the name of fuel economy, while the industry awaits fuel cells and better batteries. By Dean Sigler.