Flight Reports Family Matters The Lancair Super ES and Columbia compared; by Ed Wischmeyer. OUCH! A Sinus Affection This kit motorglider combines the joy of soaring with practical cross-country capability; by Ed Wischmeyer. Builder Spotlight Surveying the Sonex These builders love their sporty little airplanes; by Mary Bernard. Completions Builders share their successes with our readers. Build Your Skills: Metal Part 3 Holes, bits, clamps and chucks. You know the drill; by Dan Checkoway. Shop Talk Blowing It What's it take to do your own turbo?; by Marc Cook. Eggenfellner Engines A close look at the leading purveyor of Subaru conversions for Experimentals; by Ed Wischmeyer. Perfect Paint Job, Part 6 A colorful culmination; by Rick Lindstrom. Aero 'Lectrics Watt's up doc? By Jim Weir. Engine Beat Shopping for a used Rotax? Here's what to look for in your next four-stroke; by Tim Kern. Designer's Notebook Wind Tunnel Every design analysis comes with a degree of uncertainty. Accept it! By Barnaby Wainfan. Exploring Around the Patch Opportunity knocks; by Marc Cook. What's New Garmin's next-generation handheld features XM Weather; edited by Brian E. Clark. Designer Spotlight: Chuck Slusarczyk This ultralight guru's venerable CGS Hawk is still going strong; by Tim Kern. Light Stuff The gorgeous Corvus--a sleek Hungarian aircraft in the making; by Dan Johnson. Kit Bits Letters List of Advertisers Kit Stuff Builders' Marketplace The Classified Builder Kit Stuff Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
KITPLANES sits down with Advanced Flight Systems' founder Rob Hickman to examine his new synthetic-vision EFIS.
JPI's Lance Turk explains the features of the new JPI EDM-740.
Ever wonder what it takes to be the largest kit manufacturer in the world? KITPLANES editor Marc Cook takes a tour of Van's Aircraft in Aurora, Oregon.
KITPLANES editor Marc Cook visits Matco Manufacturing near Salt Lake City to see how the company's brakes, wheels and master cylinders are built.
Get an inside look at how Dynon builds and tests its electronic flight instruments.
Kitplanes Magazine contributor Ed Kolano takes a first look at the Sherpa utility aircraft.