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Jonathan & Julia Apfelbaum

Jonathan & Julia Apfelbaum
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Jonathan Apfelbaum learned to fly before he could drive and has his PPL as well as seaplane, glider and instrument ratings. When not at his day job as an emergency physician, he can be found tinkering on his homebuilt GlaStar. Julia Apfelbaum is a U.S. Navy veteran with a career working on electronics on E/A-6B Prowlers and E/A-18G Growlers. She’s a private pilot and will finish her A&P in 2021. When not flying her 1955 Cessna 180, Julia is restoring a 1947 SV-4C Stampe. She is the lead photographer of Distant Thunder Aviation.

Hiperbipe

The Swiss Army knife of airplanes.

As Good as Gold

Herrill Davenport’s Golden Nugget is one of a kind.

Tour de Brodhead

It’s not a race!

Blast From the Past

Chris Hill’s Dr.I replica is as close as you can get to an actual 1917 Fokker Dreidecker.

Prop Job

How often do you wander the flight line and see a classic aircraft with a propeller that just makes you stop and go “Wow!”...

Ryan ST Reimagined

Timber Tiger Aircraft’s ST-L brings modern technology to a classic design.
N82EZ Long-EZ

It Don’t Come Easy

After 13 years, Allen Floyd builds a Grand Champion Long-EZ.

In Case You Missed it

All About Avionics: Autopilots

Want to be fresh at the end of a long flight? Experimental-only autopilots beat their certified counterparts. They're usually less expensive, more capable and far more user-serviceable (if you know what you're doing). By Stein Bruch.

25th Anniversary: Homebuilts – The Enduring Soul of Innovation

This month we reflect on the changes we've seen over a quarter century of covering the homebuilt aircraft world; by Cindy Pedersen.

Engine Beat

What makes an excellent Experimental exhaust system? High quality 321 stainless tubes, neat welds and flex points. By Steve Ells.

Aero ‘lectrics

Jim Weir shows you how to create and install LED lights and run them from ships power inexpensively and easily.