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Ken Scott

Ken Scott
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Ken Scott is a longtime employee of Van's Aircraft and also a multi-airframe builder (RV-6, KK-1, RV-12) whose quest for new skills remains unabated. He lives with his wife, Camilla, on a residential airpark near Canby, Oregon.

Rotax, Anyone?

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Robert Haag’s RV-4/600 is powered by a Rotax 915 iS engine.

Lady Vi Emergency Landing

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On the way to Oshkosh the only flying VariVggen, "Lady Vi," lost oil pressure over northern Arkansas. Pilot Ryszard Zadow diverted to a small...

The Resurrection of Lady Vi

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RAFE brings a rare and special VariViggen to life.

Van’s–The Middle Ages

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My involvement with Van’s Aircraft started in 1987—if my memory is right. The company had been going for 15 years when I got there,...

How the RV-8 Came to Be

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25 years ago, Richard VanGrunsven designed an aerobatic tandem sport plane that’s also a great traveling machine.
Bull Moose

Meet the Bull Moose

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All Moose, no bull—a throaty American V-8 motivates this outsized Canadian bush plane.

Building the Bearhawk LSA

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It’s finally finished!
Rion Bourgeois (left) and Philip Groelz test the tank for leaks.

Building the Bearhawk LSA

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What could possibly go wrong?

Building the Bearhawk LSA

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The noisy end.

Building the Bearhawk LSA

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Assembling some assemblies.

In Case You Missed It

Develop Today, Sell Tomorrow

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While the Experimental world has matured greatly in the last few decades, we’re no longer seeing the rapid rate of change experienced in the 1970s and through the ’80s.

To Launch a Light Sport

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This month builder Bob Fritz searches for a better alternative to last-century circuit technology for his panel and finds it in a Polyfuse.

Reigniting the Spark

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Engines, you see, need frequent activity. When they sit, they corrode.

Drilling Holes for Fasteners

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Plunge into drilling accurate holes for fasteners in mating parts.