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. Skyranger II A new take on a classic design makes for fun flying; by Dave Higdon. Builder Spotlight How to Prowl the Homebuilt Jungle Consider these five factors when evaluating a partially built kit; by Ron Wanttaja. Lack of Corncentration Another Dawn Patrol trip to Cape Girardeau, and another airplane ends up in the stalks; by Dick Starks. Completions 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 See Clearly now 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. Aero 'Lectrics If it's not your transmitter, then it must be your antenna; by Jim Weir Engine Beat Pickle it when you park it; by Tim Kern. Designer's Notebook Wind Tunnel Neglect to consider internal airflow, and you'll pay the price in drag; by Barnaby Wainfan. Exploring Around the Patch 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. Light Stuff A transitioning segment: How the powered parachute industry is adjusting to LSA; by Dan Johnson. Kit Bits Letters List of Advertisers 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.
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