Jim Fleischman

Justin Meaders’ racer won gold first time out, embodying its owner’s outlook on life.

Fixing the tail, installing the engine, and hanging the wings.

Once you finish building a project, it's tempting to second-guess whether you should have done something different, or perhaps waited for the next gen of a new technology to make an appearance. But flying two differently powered Sportsman aircraft gave Editor in Chief Marc Cook a new appreciation for his own airplane and its more than adequate capabilities.

A tongue-in-cheek look at acronyms and other vernacular used in aviation.