Gear of the Year 2008

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Gear of the Year 2008

Friends and family call out the awesome and the odd from Oshkosh.

a staff report

Our staff has been to AirVenture, eaten bratwurst, swatted mosquitoes and generally had a really good time. We found a few new items we think merit our coveted Gear of the Year designation, a catch-all for neat things—products, current and future, germane to hard-working homebuilders. Here are our nominees for 2008.

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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.

In this exclusive KITPLANES video, we get the low down on the new Garmin G3X with synthetic vision.

CubCrafters' Carbon Cub EX may look old-timey on the outside, but it's high-tech on the inside, not just in the materials used but in the production processes.

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.