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Onex Sport Aircraft Receives FAA NKET Approval
Sonex Aircraft LLC has announced that the FAA's National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) has approved and published amateur building checklists for the company's Onex...
Summit Aircraft Skis for Cubs
Summit Aircraft has introduced a larger snow ski for Super Cub Aircraft. The lightweight skis are constructed entirely of carbon fiber and each weighs...
Sonex Aircraft to Hold 50th Workshop
Sonex Aircraft LLC has announced that it will be holding its 50th Sonex Builder Workshop on the weekend of January 28-29, 2012. The Sonex...
WhirlWind Announces Composite Rotax Propeller
WhirlWind Propellers has introduced a new composite ground adjustable propeller for the LSA Rotax 912/914 engine. According to the company, the blades feature a...
KITPLANES Announces New Online Classifieds
KITPLANES is proud to announce a new and expanded online classified site with FREE ads to individuals who have aircraft or projects for sale....
Step-by-Step RV-12 Build Video From HomebuiltHELP
HomebuiltHELP, producer of DVDs for experimental aircraft builders, has introduced a complete DVD series on building a Van's RV-12 aircraft kit. Each title in...
Plane-Power Announces New Alternator
Plane-Power Ltd. has introduced its FAA-certified C28-150, a lightweight, high-output, gear-driven, 150-amp alternator for Continental 520 and 550 engines. The alternator features built-in noise...
RANS S-19 Added to FAA 51% List
RANS Designs President Randy Schlitter has announced that the S-19 Venterra will join the official Federal Aviation Administration 51% list. Schlitter said that making...
Two New Evolutions Take Flight
Austin, Texas, residents Neal Longwill and Kevin Jackson have spent the past 10 months building two Lancair Evolutions. On Wednesday, October 19, both aircraft...
Wicks Aircraft Adds Bluetooth Receiver
Wicks Aircraft Supply has added the Dual XGPS150 universal Bluetook Receiver to its product lineup. The receiver works with iPad, iPad touch, iPhone and...
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Slow Leak From a Quick Drain
Solving the mystery of dirty oil leaking from an engine full of clean oil.
RANS S-19
When new aircraft from two very different designers, in this case Randy Schlitter and Richard VanGrunsven, surface with considerable similarities, consensus about basic design tenets must be blowing in the wind. Certainly Light Sport regs do constrain performance considerations, but human factors are more up for grabs, and that’s where one or another design can truly shine; by Marc Cook.
Build a Bear: Moving Right Along
It’s starting to look like a Sport Cub. Dave Prizio gets to work on the systems and finishes the wings.