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Dana Hague

Dana Hague
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Dana soloed at 16 and has been messing around with the low and slow side of aviation ever since. An aerospace engineer by education and mechanical engineer by trade, he’s been taking things apart almost since birth and usually manages to put them back together again. He’s owned and tinkered with a variety of homebuilts over the years and currently flies a Hatz CB-1 biplane.

Do-It-Yourself Tailwheel

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Adding a custom-designed tailwheel to a Fisher FP-404.

Restoring a Stored Homebuilt

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Expect the unexpected.

Magnetos For Half VW Engines

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Points to ponder at replacement time.

In Case You Missed It

The $250 Smoke System

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Why buy a commercial system when its easy to roll your own?

Coloring Outside the Lines

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Enhance your homebuilt aircraft with clever, lightweight mods like glove boxes, armrests, and cargo cleats—without sacrificing safety or balance.

On a Wing and a Whim

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Flying a scratch-built Sonex is good for the soul.

Van’s RV-9: New Rotax Power

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Lockwood Aero’s Rotax 916iS firewall-forward package pushes the RV-9 to 190 knots.