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Builder Spotlight
Kitfox Super Sport
Resurrected by devotees of the design, the Kitfox Super Sport offers STOL performance and fun flying; by Ed Wischmeyer.

Dancing in the Clouds
John Proctor rose to the challenge of putting a homebuilt biplane on amphibious floats; by Ishmael Fuentes.

The Outside Job
Aftermarket engines--clones, if you will--have taken on a life, and identity, all their own; by Marc Cook.

2007 Engine Directory
In an expanding market, there are lots of new choices; compiled by Julia Downie.

The 18-Day Sportsman: The Reckoning
Any project will ultimately cost more than you think. So think bigger; by Marc Cook.

Completions
Builders share their successes.

Shop Talk
Engine Beat
HKS: a four-stroke twin that makes sense; by Tim Kern.

Aero 'Lectrics
Hey, hey 123. . .let's all use BNC; by Jim Weir.

Designer's Notebook
Wind Tunnel
Understanding adverse yaw; by Barnaby Wainfan.

Exploring
Around the Patch
Volts and amps, ones and zeroes; by Marc Cook.

What's New
The new Van's RV-12 flies, and aviation e-Books arrive; edited by Mary Bernard.

The Inside Scoop
Don't let your engine monitor data go to the dogs. Here's how to interpret it; by Walter Atkinson.

Vital Signs
Improve safety and save money with high-tech engine monitoring equipment; by Cory Emberson.

Light Stuff
The Thorp 211 gets a second chance as an LSA; by Dave Martin.

Kit Bits
Contributors

Letters

Sportplanes Advertising Section

List of Advertisers

Builders' Marketplace

The Classified Builder

Kit Stuff
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.

March 2007 Links
Follow these links to visit the web sites of companies you read about in the March issue.

Around the Patch
Vertical Power
Weathermeister
Dan Checkoway's RV Project



Kitfox SuperSport
Kitfox Aircraft



What's New
Van's Aircraft (RV-12)
Eggenfellner Engines
Kitplanes e-Books



The Outside Job (Clone Engines)
Aero Sport Power
Engine Components, Inc.
Lycoming
Superior Air Parts
Teledyne Mattituck



The Inside Scoop
GAMI
Advanced Pilot Seminars
EGTrends



Vital Signs (Engine Monitor Roundup)
Advanced Flight Systems
Dynon Avionics
Electronics International
Grand Rapids Technologies
I-K Technologies
J.P. Instruments
Vision Microsystems
Xerion Avionix



Engine Beat (HPower and HKS engines)
H-Power
H-Power (Japan)



Aero 'Lectrics
RST-Engineering



Light Stuff
IndUS (T211 Thorpedo)



View Reader Links from previous months:
February 2007
January 2007



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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.