KITPLANES The Independent Voice for Homebuilt Aviation

Flight Reports
One Dynamic Duo
Just Aircraft's Escapade and Highlander show why this type of plane has been so popular; by Dave Higdon.

Of Primary Concern
Quicksilver's GT 500 is available in both Primary category and as an Experimental kit; by Marc Cook.

Builder Spotlight
The Corvair Craze
Yep, Corvairs can fly. And quite well, too; by Rick Lindstrom.

Completions
Builders share their successes with our readers.

Build Your Skills: Metal, Part 2
How to meld with metal and bash rivets without blood or tears; by Dan Checkoway.

Shop Talk
New Engine Options for Builders
Here's some of the big powerplant news you'll hear at Oshkosh; by Marc Cook.

Perfect Paint Job, Part 5
Preparing fabric for painting; by Rick Lindstrom.

Time vs. Money
To quickbuild or not to quickbuild--that is the question; by Ishmael Fuentes.

The Glass Half Full
What does the 51% rule really mean? By Ed Wischmeyer.

A Whole Lot of Helping Hands
Inside the Sportsman CAC; by Marc Cook.

Aero 'Lectrics
Backyard One: Adding lights for night flight; by Jim Weir.

Engine Beat
Why isn't my engine smooth? By Jim Kern.

Designer's Notebook
Wind Tunnel
Define the requirements well, because you'll have to live with them; by Barnaby Wainfan.

Exploring
Around the Patch
Quickbuild ascendant; by Marc Cook.

What's New
Turbine-powered Murphy Moose on the horizon; edited by Brian E. Clark.

LSA Update: Rejoice, the Hardware is Here
Months after the Light-Sport Aircraft rule became official, you can finally buy an airplane.

LSA Update, Part 2: Paying For It
Financing for ready-to-fly LSAs may not be a viable option until down the road; by Cory Emberson.

Kit Bits
Letters

Special Sportplanes Advertising Section

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.