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Metal Magic Special: Paul Dye Shop Tour
Join KITPLANES editor at large Paul Dye for a quick tour of his home shop. A multi-airplane builder, Paul has collected tools and techniques...
Firewall Forward: The Oil Change
Let's get started with the KITPLANES Firewall Forward video series, sponsored by the Tempest Aero Group. In this episode, our editor at large Paul...
Brian Kelly’s Radial RV-8R Flies (Again)
Brian Kelly has successfully flown his radial-powered Van's RV-8. Formerly fitted with a Rotec radial, the airplane has been re-engined for a Verner 9S....
Archive: August 1985
The amazing Rutan Voyager was on the cover of our August 1985 issue. If you know your dates, you appreciate that ours was a...
April 2022
On the cover: Chris Hill patrols the skies over Gerogia in his plans-built,
Le Rhône-powered Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker replica. Photographed by Julia Apfelbaum.
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Firewall Forward Video Series Introduction
A new video series about the major firewall-forward tasks a new airplane builder needs to know.
Archive: April 2012
Formation flying was the subject of our April 2012 cover. RV builder Dave Klages took us through the prep and practice for formation work...
March 2022
On the cover: Outstanding workmanship is evident throughout Darwin Barrie’s Grand Champion RV-7. Photographed by Jon Bliss over Arizona’s Superstition Mountains.
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Metal Magic: Should You Bother Priming?
Paul Dye wraps up the KITPLANES Metal Magic series with a discussion of whether or not to primer-protect aluminum structures. There's a lot of...
Metal Magic: Fixing Mistakes and Making Adjustments
No airplane project is perfect. You are human and you're going to make mistakes. KITPLANES editor at large Paul Dye discusses some of the...
In Case You Missed It
Product Review: Garmin eLearning for the GPSMAP 696
Marc Cook tries out Garmins eLearning program for the GPSMAP 695/696.
