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Builder Spotlight
Pietenpol Aircamper: Plansbuilt Pioneer
Like low-and-slow, helmet-and-goggles flying? Look no further than the Aircamper; by Geoff Jones.

Jimmy's Pitts
A legendary airframe meets the muscle-bound radial; by Rick Lindstrom.

Completions
Builders share their successes with our readers.

Shop Talk
Good Vibrations, Bad Vibrations
Propeller harmonics are bad. Learn how the pros at Hartzell run a vibe survey; by Marc Cook.

Easy Pieces: Be a Cable Guy
Simple steps to making a coax your friend; by Marc Cook.

Engine Beat
Oh, 200: Continental's long-running four-banger is back better than ever; by Tim Kern.

Aero 'Lectrics
Power, Scotty--we've gotta have more power; by Jim Weir.

Designer's Notebook
Unusual Attitude
Stall speeds: How about some truth in advertising; by Kevin Horton.

Wind Tunnel
Aircraft design: a true balancing act; by Barnaby Wainfan.

Exploring
Around the Patch
Happiness is a warm firmware update; by Marc Cook.

What's New
New I-K engine monitors for auto conversions, radials; edited by Brian E. Clark.

Headset Buyers Guide, Part 3
We examine the headsets you really want to hear about--active noise reduction units; by Cory Emberson.

Oshkosh Adventure 2006
The year of the LSA? A staff report.

Raising the Bar, Again
At the Gardner 2006 fly-in a new Rotec-powered replica took Kansas by storm; by Dick Sparks.

Product Review: Garmin GPSMAP 496
Now with taxi diagrams, extensive landside data and more processing power, is there any reason to keep your 396? (Mmmmm...could be...) by Marc Cook.

Light Stuff
Beyond airplanes: those other Light Sport Aircraft; by Dave Martin.

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Builders' Marketplace

The Classified Builder

Kit Stuff
Drawing on experience by cartoonist Robrucha.

Headlines
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.
 
cubcrafters-adventure-kit-snipCubCrafter's Randy Lervold gives us the skinny on the new Carbon Cub Adventure package introduced here at Oshkosh.
 
sportsman-tc-interview-snipGlasair Aviation’s Mikael Via introduces the new turbocharged, carbon-fiber-bodied Sportsman TC at Oshkosh 2010.
 
sonex-onex-snipKITPLANES interviews Jeremy Monnett after the roll-out of the light, efficient, single-seat Onex at Oshkosh 2010.
 
europa-snipKITPLANES' 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.