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Van’s Bankruptcy Update with Clyde Hamstreet

Marc Cook -
An Oregon court approved Van's Aircraft's Chapter 11 bankruptcy recovery plan, and now the company can continue implementing elements of that and looking to the future.

Training to Win… Next October

Tom Wilson -
They’re already going 350 mph down on the deck in Las Cruces, New Mexico...

Video: What’s Next for Homebuilt Aircraft?

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Dick Rutan Dies At 85

Russ Niles -
Legendary pilot, educator and adventurer Dick Rutan has died.

Fuel Pump Overflow

Vic Syracuse -
The overflow connection at the engine-driven fuel pump needs to be connected to a tube that exits the cowling.

New Ambidextrous Products from Pioneer Control Grips

Marc Cook -
Not everyone is strongly “handed” and there are some applications where a grip that feels right in either hand is, um, right for the job. That’s the thinking behind Pioneer Control Grips’ new ambidextrous grips.

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Drilling Holes for Fasteners

Kerry Fores -
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Kit Bits

Archive: May 2014

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Builder Spotlight

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong -
1
Shop Talk

Case Hardening

Bob Hadley -
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Exploring

A Hangar Fit for a Bride

Ariana Rayment -
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Builder Spotlight

Light Sport Accidents: A Broader Look

Ron Wanttaja -
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Builder Spotlight

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 10

Jon Humberd -
2
Builder Spotlight

Going Glass

Marc Cook -
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Shop Talk

Building the Affordaplane, Part 2

Jon Croke -
1
Shop Talk

Rounding a Hole

Omar Filipovic -
1
Builder Spotlight

America the Beautiful

Sparky Barnes -
1
Exploring

Bending Your Brain

Marc Cook -
1
Exploring

Sounding Off

Tom Wilson -
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Builder Spotlight

A Certain A-Piel

Jonathan & Julia Apfelbaum -
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Savoring Silver

Kerry Fores -
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Flight Reviews

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Nothing Small About It

Tom Wilson -
The Gweduck is a hero-class Experimental three decades in the making.

On the Nose!

Paul Dye -
Lockwood’s Rotax-powered RV-9A is more than just fancy rhinoplasty.

Excess Horsepower!

Paul Dye -
Kitfox’s Super Sport gets more than new pep from Rotax’s turbocharged 916 iS.

Ryan ST vs. Timber Tiger ST-L

Dewey Davenport -
Can a modern replica actually be better than a classic original?

Sea the World!

Paul Dye -
Getting a multi-engine sea rating in the always-entertaining AirCam.

World Beater

Marc Cook -
Rotax’s spunky 916 brings new tech and international appeal to a venerated design.

Builder Spotlight

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Life With the SubSonex

Paul Dye -
Four years and 200 hours with the “cute” jet.

Nose Job

Matt Burch -
How to set up your spinner to run perfectly true.

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong -
Part 7: Did you know that trailering an airplane across town is an all-day event? I didn’t.

Light Sport Accidents: A Broader Look

Ron Wanttaja -
Experimental Light Sport Aircraft have a better safety record than traditional homebuilts.

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 10

Jon Humberd -
Overcoming builder’s block and exhaust modifications.

Going Glass

Marc Cook -
Part 2: OK, let’s install this stuff!

America the Beautiful

Sparky Barnes -
Flying Rosie “from sea to shining sea.”

A Certain A-Piel

Jonathan & Julia Apfelbaum -
Meet this gem of an airplane.

Shop Talk

Diodes, the Universal Component?

Jim Weir -
Diodes started off life fairly simply. Take an AC signal and convert it to a DC signal. Simple, huh?

High CHTs

Vic Syracuse -
An RV-10 owner recently brought his airplane to the shop due to high CHTs....

Drilling Holes for Fasteners

Kerry Fores -
Plunge into drilling accurate holes for fasteners in mating parts.

Case Hardening

Bob Hadley -

Building the Affordaplane, Part 2

Jon Croke -
From a construction standpoint this ultralight design is quite unusual in some ways and very traditional in others.

Rounding a Hole

Omar Filipovic -
Cut large holes in thin material freehand.

Exploring

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A Hangar Fit for a Bride

Ariana Rayment -
Since we live on an airpark, have a large hangar of our own and...

Bending Your Brain

Marc Cook -
Humans are amazingly adaptable but sometimes we lack imagination. Here’s one example.

Sounding Off

Tom Wilson -

Snap, Crackle, Pop

Myron Nelson -

Old, New & Old Again!

Paul Dye -
We are seeing more talk of people rebuilding cores found in barns or the back of hangars.

Diesel 2.0?

Marc Cook -

Products

New Ambidextrous Products from Pioneer Control Grips

Marc Cook -
Not everyone is strongly “handed” and there are some applications where a grip that feels right in either hand is, um, right for the job. That’s the thinking behind Pioneer Control Grips’ new ambidextrous grips.

Flybreezy

Mark Timney -
Flybreezy, a company based in California, has a new product aimed at making battery charging less of an issue for pilot videographers.

Garmin Introduces New Radios

Marc Cook -
Featuring color displays, the new radios are com only (GTR 205) or a nav/com (GTR 215).

Radiant De-Ice Technology

Paul Dye -

One Cool Creeper

Bill Repucci -

X-Naut Expands iPad Cooler Line

Marc Cook -

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