KITPLANES The Independent Voice for Homebuilt Aviation

Flight Reports
Homebuilt vs. Certified
Ed Wischmeyer flies and compares the GlaStar and the Symphony.

A Fly Baby Built for Two
The Hevle Classic takes an old-fashioned plane to new levels; by Ron Wanttaja.

Builder Spotlight
It's a Bird! It's a Car! It's an. . .Airplane?
How a group of homebuilders fashioned an RV-6A with a GM Vortec automotive engine; by Jack Murrieta.

Deception
This custom-built Velocity has a paint scheme to match; by Rick Lindstrom.

Build a Searey, Part 4
After years of building and fine tuning, the SeaRey makes its debut flight; Don Maxwell.

Completions
Builders share their successes.

Shop Talk
From the Experts: Engine Operation and Maintenance
Sun ' n Fun was the perfect venue to solicit tips and tricks from the experts.

Aero 'Lectrics, Part 1
We build the latest high-tech avionics innovation--the Ferry Box; by Jim Weir.

Engine Beat
Affordable Turbine Power--Is it a reality? by John M. Larsen.

Designer's Notebook
Wind Tunnel
It's all about the angles; by Barnaby Wainfan.

Exploring
Around the Patch
A call for backup; by Brian E. Clark.

What's New
Plans for Nexus Mustang now available; by Brian E. Clark.

39 Inspection Tips for Homebuilders
If you perform your own inspection, you should know what to look for; by Ed Wischmeyer.

VFR to Oshkosh: Strategies for a Successful Sojourn
Rick Lindstrom provides helpful hints for the flight to and from Oshkosh AirVenture.

Sun 'n Fun '04
Our annual report from Lakeland, Florida; a staff report.

Light Stuff
An innovative designer offers an alternative to foot-controlled power; by Dan Johnson.

Kit Bits
Letters

List of Advertisers

Builders' Marketplace

The Classified Builder

Kit Stuff
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.

Advanced Flight Systems' Rob Hickman details the company's new 5000-series big screen EFIS at Oshkosh 2010.

Spidertracks introduced a new, smaller, less expensive GPS tracker here at Oshkosh 2010. Rachel Donald explains the main features of the unit and the website that supports it.

CubCrafter's Randy Lervold gives us the skinny on the new Carbon Cub Adventure package introduced here at Oshkosh.

Glasair Aviation’s Mikael Via introduces the new turbocharged, carbon-fiber-bodied Sportsman TC at Oshkosh 2010.

KITPLANES interviews Jeremy Monnett after the roll-out of the light, efficient, single-seat Onex at Oshkosh 2010.

KITPLANES' exclusive video highlighting the Europa Monowheel built by Kim Prout. His Europa is one of the highest-time examples in the U.S., and amply shows off the superb combination of agility and utility.