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magniX Opens Pre-Orders for an Electric Engine Aimed at Homebuilders

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magniX is using AirVenture to move electric propulsion out of the demonstrator stage and toward the flight line. The company announced it is opening...

New Book Collects 91 Survival Stories from Experimental Pilots

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Every account in Fletcher McKenzie new book comes from a pilot who lived to tell it. That is the organizing idea behind 91 Lessons...

Phillips 66 Sets Course for Oshkosh With Specials, Seminars—and Popsicles

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The week ahead: a KC-135 tanker passes over the grounds at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, where Phillips 66 will set up at tents #430 and #431. [Credit: USDA Forest Service]
Phillips 66 Aviation and Phillips 66 Lubricants are headed back to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and the brand is bringing the full kit: show-only specials,...

Sonex Renames High Wing the Phoenix

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The rejuvenated Sonex has given its two-seat high-wing a new name. The airplane that has carried the working title "Sonex Highwing" through three years...

The New Jetprop Carbon Cub

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Backcountry manners intact: the ULT sits on a grass strip with the turbine spun up, built on the STOL-capable Carbon Cub UL airframe. [Credit: CubCrafters]
The Cub has always meant a piston engine up front but CubCrafters is changing that.  The Yakima, Washington, company has introduced the Carbon Cub ULT,...

Behind the Voyager Flight: 40 Years of Quieter Cockpits

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The Rutan Model 76 Voyager circles Edwards Air Force Base in December 1986 as Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager complete the first nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world. [Credit: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center]
Everyone knows the headline: in December 1986, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager flew the Burt Rutan–designed Voyager around the world nonstop and unrefueled, staying...

Vintage in Review Returns to AirVenture 2026 With 90-Year-Old Flyers

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The Granville Brothers Gee Bee R-6 “Q.E.D.” being serviced before the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race; Mid America Flight Museum flies a replica of this aircraft. [Credit: Wikimedia Commons]
One of AirVenture's most storied traditions is back. The Vintage in Review showcase returns to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2026, spotlighting the unique and...

Glasair Sportsman 2+2, Part Two

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You walk into the hangar you are immediately struck by the size of this aircraft. It occupies all the space available. It is a...

Sun ’n Fun 2026 Recap: Avionics Upgrades, Thorp Kits, and STOL...

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Dragging it in low and slow for the STOL competition. [Credit: Andrew Robinson]
I made my annual foray down to Lakeland Linder International (international for almost ten years now!) airport for two days of sweating off a...

McFarlane Alaska Absorbs Backcountry Favorite T3 Tailwheel

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[Credit: McFarlane Alaska]
If you fly off gravel bars, ridge strips, or anything that only loosely qualifies as a runway, the odds are decent you have a...

MOSAIC Isn’t a Question of Can You—But Why You’d Build

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[Credit: FAA]
By now you know the headline numbers. Stall speed up to 59 knots clean. Four seats. Night flying. A Sport Pilot license—or just a...

Vintage in Review Returns to Oshkosh: Five Days, Five Stories, and...

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If there is a corner of AirVenture that quietly rewards the homebuilder, it is the patch of grass just east of the Vintage Red...

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Overcoming Setbacks on the Zenith 750SD Xtreme

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The Midpoint Reset: Navigating the Rest of the 2026 Homebuilt Horizon

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2026 Engine Buyer’s Guide

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2026 Avionics and Lights Buyer’s Guide

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1936 Boeing Stearman Rebuild

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Creating the RV-15

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Flying Van’s high wing during its multiyear journey to kit production.

Flying the Groppo Trail

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How to say ‘mountain flying’ in Italian.

Home-Rolled XCub

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Traditional or nosewheel, the XCubs are now available as kits.

Risen — The Master of Efficiency

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It is crazy fast for the horsepower!

ScaleBirds P-36 Hawk

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ScaleBirds, a newcomer to the kit manufacturing scene, chose to start their line of replica fighters with one of the first all-metal U.S. military pursuit ships of WW-II—the P-36.

Kitfox Speedster 916

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The feistiest Kitfox gets feistier yet.

Builder Spotlight

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Overcoming Setbacks on the Zenith 750SD Xtreme

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It is easy to realize what your true passion is when one thing is...

Builder’s Spotlight

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Part 22 of an ongoing Zenith 750SD Xtreme build, pushing the design further into extreme STOL performance territory.

Builder’s Spotlight

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Building them light enough to fly.

Epic Is Back

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Jon Humberd's epic Zenith build series.

North Idaho High School Student ACES Fly the Aircraft They Built

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New FAA Airworthiness Certificates for Van's RV-12 and Zenith CH 750.

Building Control Components for the Zenith 750SD Xtreme

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Part 18: Taking Control

Building the 750 SDXTREME: Part 17

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Custom mods to the 750 SDX main gear and nosegear bring serious weight savings and unique titanium parts to life—right down to the pedals and steering rods.

Forked-Tail Masterpiece

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Jim O’Hara’s scratchbuilt P-38 is a multi-generational effort .

Shop Talk

A Few of My Favorite Tools

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Occasionally I see articles by colleagues on their favorite tools (a somewhat less controversial...

Think Like a Builder

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When a project moves outside your knowledge base, knowing when to bring in help is the mark of a smart builder.

Think Like A Builder

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The right mindset makes the difference.

Conquering the Magneto

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Professor X and Kolchak would both be proud Part 1

Engine Analytics For Homebuilt Aircraft

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A data-driven view of engine health.

Tie-Down Brackets

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Finding an angle on staying grounded.

Exploring

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Learning How to Drag Your Tail

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“I want you to work on a taildragger checkout with me; can we get...

Manual Starting Methods

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Practical techniques for hand-propping and other manual engine starts when an electric starter isn't available.

Golden Age Revival

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Werner Griesbeck's meticulous total rebuild brings a classic 1938 Fairchild F-24 back into the air after decades.

Instructional Inflexibility

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Flight Instructors tend to be the least flexible of all pilots.

Forgotten Flops

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Many proposed, prototype, and production airplanes died at birth in aviation's golden age.

Better Half VW

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Leonard Milholland's VW two-cylinder lightplane engine.

Products

All Jacked Up

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Aircraft Jacking Solutions introduces ease and stability to lifting an airplane

Buzz Job – The Tosten Haptic Stick Grip

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Tosten’s prototype haptic stick grip buzzes to warn of stall, integrating touch-based feedback to angle-of-attack data.

iFly EFB X7 Aviation Tablet

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The iFly EFB X7 is a 7″ Android aviation tablet featuring a 2,600-nit display, MIL-STD-810G ruggedness, IP68 sealing and a 7,000 mAh battery—pre-orders open July 18.

KitFlight Modernizes the Aircraft Builder’s Log (Updated)

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KitFlight makes logging your Experimental aircraft build intuitive, flexible, and future-proof—with powerful features and no subscription required.

USB-Powered CO Monitor from Radiant

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Radiant's new $29.95 USB CO monitor lights up red if danger's in the air—and might just beat those old stick-on cards for reliability.

Holy Micro’s Absolute AoA: Next-Level Angle of Attack Sensing for GA Pilots

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Advanced new AoA system from Holy Micro debuts at Sun ’n Fun 2025 with radar and LiDAR altimeters in tow.

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