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Dan Horton

Dan Horton
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Dan Horton has been crazy about airplanes since dope was a good thing. When not in the shop or researching some subject of interest, Dan can be found in his Van’s RV-8. He has been flying more than 40 years, and has not yet caused an international incident. That we are aware of, anyway.

It's About Meeting People

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Sun 'n Fun, like any gathering of the aviation clan, is as much about meeting people as it is about airplanes. This is Milton, on the right. We found him camped under a live oak draped with Spanish moss when we grabbed the campsite next door. Milton just finished an RV-12, then started right in on a Legal Eagle.

Separator or Condenser?

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Air-oil separators 101.

Bendix and Beyond

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Constant-flow fuel injection for Lycomings.

Marking for Cotter Key Hole

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By Dan Horton.

2016 Engine Buyer’s Guide

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There are plenty of choices to power Experimental aircraft.

Stretching The Envelope

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Flying the SuperSTOL Stretch XL with a 180-hp ULPower engine.

The First Grand Champion

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Arden Hjelle's Tailwind raised the bar for all.

Ray Hill’s Wag-A-Bond

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The honest airplane.

Fuel & Fire

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Fuel injection and ignition, old school and new cool, same day, same dyno.

Shop Made Tools

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If you can build an aircraft, you can easily make your own tools.

In Case You Missed It

Debunking Deburring

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If you are building an aircraft kit that requires drilling holes into metal parts, there is no doubt that the subject of deburring will get mentioned.

How to Run an Airline

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Compressed air is one of the great, yet unheralded, conveniences of the modern workshop....

Homebuilt Accidents: Comparing the Causes

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Do certified aircraft have different types of accidents than Experimentals?

15 Ways to Make Your Airplane Safer

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Ed Wischmeyer reminds us of some simple maintenance tasks that will help keep an aircraft shipshape.