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Continue to the categoryEAA’s Homebuilders Week Starts Next Week
The EAA, after a successful Homebuilders Week in 2021, will run the program again...
Van’s Aircraft Updates Business Plans for 2022
In a video released on January 16th, Van’s Aircraft President Rian Johnson and VP...
Lathe Bauble
You do NOT need a machine shop, lathe, or mill to build any kit aircraft, but...
345 mph: Rolls Royce/Electroflight Shatter Electric Airspeed and Climb Records
Nemesis NXT spectacularly surpassed the electric airspeed and 3000 meter time-to-climb records.
Magazine
Continue to the categoryFlight Reviews
Continue to the categoryBuilder Spotlight
Continue to the categoryViewing Dead Cow
Whereupon we take in the other airplane races in Nevada while our Lycoming takes in dust.
Hummel Happenings
Hummel Aircraft holds its 2021 fly-in at its new home in Howell, Michigan.
Dealing With Off-Nominal: Part 2
What to do when the engine has “quit.”
Diary of a Panel Upgrade, Part 2
Finding the finish line in this Garmin G3X Touch upgrade.
A Tale of Two Mustangs
Paul Cox has 47 years and 4300 hours in the Mustang II.
Dealing With Off-Nominal: Part 1
Taking a closer look at “off-nominal” flight experiences and what to do about them.
Shop Talk
Continue to the categoryAlternator Woes
I had the opportunity to address a couple of alternator problems this past week,...
Blind Rivets: Look Closely
Many aircraft kits are designed around the use of blind rivets—also known as pulled...
Exploring
Continue to the categoryCowl Flapped
Invention and experimentation in actual practice (compared to idealized fantasy) don’t usually offer up...
A Matter of Trust
Most of us have been in a Mom and Pop café or shop, usually...
Products
Tempest AA470 Oil Filter Cutter
If you’re doing your own routine maintenance—and if you’re not, why not?—you’re going to...
ATS E5A Cable Tester
How to know if your ignition cables are good.
Small-bottle O2: Aithre, Aerox Compacts
Personal-sized oxygen bottles save space and weight, while serving as belt-and-suspender backup. But go bigger if you use O2 regularly.
In Case You Missed It
2014 Rotorcraft Buyer’s Guide
Essential knowledge for choosing and flying Experimental rotors. By Roy Beisswenger.
Kerosene Dreams
Designer John Monnett has been waiting more than three decades for his SubSonex very short-winged glider to take off, and now it just might.
