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Bob Collins

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Bob worked for Minnesota Public Radio for 27 years, until his retirement in 2019. He now lives to give baseballs to kids as an usher at Target Field, works on an airplane he is building, and a camper he bought for Oshkosh.

“Gonna Finish This Sucker”

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Sam Kurtz set out to build an RV-7A. It ended up restoring him.

In Case You Missed It

Dan’s World

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Columnist Dan Checkoway appreciates the flexibility of owning a homebuilt rather than a certified aircraft. On a recent condition inspection of his RV-7, he detected small cracks in the front spar of the horizontal stabilizer. A week later he was working on replacing it, without any intervention from the FAA.

Twice the Angst and What a Cost!

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Several months back, I was all CAVU regarding my partnership with an old friend...

All About Avionics

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Stein Bruch explains how bringing smart phones and tablets, with a bevy of aviation apps, into the cockpit have helped him become a better—and safer—pilot.

Wi-Fi Enabled

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The term “Wi-Fi enabled” involving aircraft conjures up images of fat cats shorting Boeing...