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Flight Reports
King Cam!
The AirCam is perfect for doing all those things you shouldn't; by Dave Higdon.

Light Stuff
Back in the saddle: The StingSport checkout; by Dave Martin

Builder Spotlight
The 18-Day Sportsman
Or, how to lose a couple weeks of your life and gain an airplane; by Marc Cook.

Creativity Under the Cowl
Considering an auto-conversion? These firsthand accounts provide insight into the process; edited by Cory Emberson.

Shop Talk
The Revmaster 3000
Take another look at this engine design. There's not much VW left; by Ed Wischmeyer.

Buying Used: Kitfox
The first in a series of buying-used guides brings you the lowdown on the ever-popular Kitfox; by Cory Emberson.

The Avoirdupois Blues
Oh, the endless battle to lose weight! Consider these helpful hints; by Ishmael Fuentes.

Chock It Up!
You can buy ready-made chocks any day of the week--but try these inexpensive, easy-to-build bad boys; by Rick Lindstrom.

Engine Beat
New "tweener" engines arrive; by Tim Kern.

Aero 'Lectrics
Adventures in aluminum; by Jim Weir.

Designer's Notebook
Wind Tunnel
More power, more problems; by Barnaby Wainfan.

Exploring
Around the Patch
It's a thing called progress; by Marc Cook.

What's New
PropellerHead's Antenna Farm reins in GPS antennas; edited by Brian E. Clark.

Product Review: Garmin GNS 480
Is the IFR-oriented 480 the right GPS navigator for you? By Jack Cowel.

Kit Bits
Contributors

Letters

Sportplanes Advertising Section

List of Advertisers

Builders' Marketplace

The Classified Builder

Kit Stuff
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.

August 2006 Links
Follow these links to visit the web sites of companies you read about in the August issue.

What's New
PropellerHeadPilot
Plane-Power, Ltd.
Icom America
UMA Instruments
CGS Aviation



The 18-Day Sportsman
Glasair Aviation



King Cam
Float Planes and Amphibs



The Revmaster 3000
Revmaster Aviation



Buying Used: The Mighty Kitfox
Kitfox Aircraft / Sport Plane, LLC



Product Review: Garmin GNS 480
Garmin International



Light Stuff
SportairUSA



Engine Beat
Engine Components, Inc. (ECI)
Superior Air Parts

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.