Table of Contents
November 2005 Issue
Cover Story
Six Pilots, Three Airplanes, One Great Adventure
Hello, my name is Ted. I'm with a group of six guys over here at Prince George Airport, and we're looking for a place to stay tonight." It was Wednesday evening, 6 p.m., and we'd just completed our second leg of the day, a short 1-hour jaunt from nearby Mackenzie--a side trip necessary simply because we were starving. The only food at that airport consisted of Doritos and Oreos, and nobody had volunteered to boil water for freeze-dried food again. We'd flown more than 1500 miles over three days, and we had another 500 to go.
Flight Reports
Six Pilots, Three Airplanes, One Great Adventure
Flying through Alaska and Western Canada is a once-in-a-lifetime experience; by Brian E. Clark.
Builder Spotlight
How to Prowl the Homebuilt Jungle
Consider these five factors when evaluating a partially built kit; by Ron Wanttaja.
Another Dawn Patrol trip to Cape Girardeau, and another airplane ends up in the stalks; by Dick Starks.
Builders share their sucesses with our readers.
Build Your Skills: Metal, Part 4
Deburring and dimpling...time consuming, repetitive, you bet. But absolutely essential; by Dan Checkoway.
Shop Talk
Aircraft windows are like your eyes--it's not vaniity to take care of them; by Cory Emberson.
Build Your Own Instrument Panel, Part 3
You're hot for an all-glass cockpit. What do you need to consider while you're still building? By Ed Wischmeyer.
If it's not your transmitter, then it must be your antenna; by Jim Weir
Pickle it when you park it; by Tim Kern.
Designer's Notebook
Neglect to consider internal airflow, and you'll pay the price in drag; by Barnaby Wainfan.
Exploring
Recovery from Oshkosh. Good thing we do that just once a year! By Marc Cook.
Oshkosh 2005: Big News from the Big Show
The developments at this year's AirVenture fly-in made it one of the best in years; a staff report.
A transitioning segment: How the powered parachute industry is adjusting to LSA; by Dan Johnson.
Kit Bits
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
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At AOPA Summit in Hartford, Garmin will unveil its latest portable, the touchscreen aera 796. Take a video tour of the navigator's features, which include synthetic vision, enhanced chart functions, and a new touchscreen interface.
KITPLANES talked to PS Engineering’s Mark Scheuer about the new PAR100EX Experimental-class audio panel with a communication radio.
KITPLANES talks with Zenith Aircraft’s Sebastien Heintz at Sun ‘n Fun 2011.
KITPLANES gets the scoop on Garmin’s developments and rebates for the G3X EFIS at Sun ‘n Fun 2011.
KITPLANES caught up with Dynon Avionics at Sun ‘n Fun to get a glimpse of the new DX15 handheld com radio.
KITPLANES tours the Whirlwind Propeller factory where the firm's fixed-pitch and ground-adjustable propellers are made, as well as the blades for Whirlwind constant-speed props.
