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Subsonex 2 Kit Reservation Now Open

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Sonex is now accepting kit reservation deposits for the SubSonex JSX-2T 2-place personal jet....
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Two Paralyzed Pilots Take to The Skies

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Justin Falls is a quadriplegic pilot who learned to fly with help from Able...
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Parisi Sonex Onex

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Hummel Aircraft’s First Kit Builder’s Weekend

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Lindsey Van’s RV-6

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The Mysterious Glasair Gate Guardian at YPK

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Shifting Gears with Ivan Gromala

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AeroLEDs Equinox Vs. the 4509 Landing Light

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uAvionix Announces Remote Magnetometer

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Zenith’s “Fly-In into Summer” Scheduled for June

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MOAC!

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American Legend Builds the “Mother of All Cubs.”
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The Big Bearhawk

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Bearhawk 5: more room, more horsepower…more everything.
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Flight Review: Van’s RV-14A with Lycoming IO-390-EXP119 Engine

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Flight Review: Van’s RV-14A

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More power, more better.

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Can CubCrafters make the tri-gear bush airplane a thing?

Sportsman in Transition

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A closer look at the “Version 1.5” Sportsman.

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The KR at 50

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Celebrating five decades of Ken Rand’s smooth, light, fast homebuilt.
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Chris Pryce’s “KR-2S ish”

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The Rand-Robinson KR series turns 50 in 2022 and to celebrate KITPLANES has met...
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Meet KR2-S Owner John Bouyea

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Stick to the Plans

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On his RV-7, Tony Kirk literally followed his own advice.

Mike and Laura Starkey’s RANS S-21: Part 13

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The first 10 hours.

Building the eXenos

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Part 1: Making a left turn.

Releasable Piano Hinge Pin Retainer

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Spacewalker II Project

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Switching from scratch build to restoration.

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Design Process: The Rudder

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The fixed portion of the vertical tail of an airplane provides directional stability. The...
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That’s Shear Nuts

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The aircraft bolts we use to build our projects will always be paired with...
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What a Darling(ton) Noisemaker

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Another Alternator Gotcha

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Cogswell’s Molds, Part 2

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Firewall Forward: Intake and Exhaust Systems

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A Celebration of KRs

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I have to admit that the KR has never really had a prominent spot...
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Poison Alert

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On January 20, 2022, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) petitioned the FAA with...
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Caffeine and Quality

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Coping With Fear

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Aviation, especially Experimental aviation, carries along with its benefits an intrinsic risk that is hard to completely dismiss.

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Dispatches from Florida

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AeroLEDs Equinox Vs. the 4509 Landing Light

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Does the latest LED technology beat up on the ancient 4509 landing light for...
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The Monkworkz MZ-30L Direct Drive Generator

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Lots of power in a tiny package.
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Dynon FastTrack

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Light and Inexpensive AirLite Reciever

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The FeelFlight Grip

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Product evaluation: Who’s that knocking on my finger?

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