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Kitplanes Magazine: Your Homebuilt Aircraft Authority. We cover topics relevant to anyone who has ever dreamed of building or owning a homebuilt experimental aircraft.
Metal Magic: Tools
In this episode of our video series, Paul Dye describes some of the common tools a builder of a metal airplane will use.
This series...
Kit Selection Webinar – Tue. Jan 26
Picking the right kit for you is one of the most important decisions you will make and has a big impact on whether you...
Rotor X Acquires RotorWay International
Rotor X Aircraft Manufacturing Company acquired the RotorWay International factory in Chandler, Arizona, and hired key RotorWay personnel. Rotor X is now offering new...
Metal Magic: Shop Safety
In the first episode of the new KITPLANES Metal Magic video series, our host Paul Dye, multi-time builder and former NASA Flight Director, takes...
Wilkes Subsonex JSX-2
Almost two years to the day from ordering the kit, the first flight was May 22, 2020 and lasted about 20 minutes. Everything was...
Homebuilders Week Starts January 26
Get into the building groove during the first EAA Homebuilders Week online event.
Van’s Shipping Dept. Quarantined Until January 15
Van's Aircraft has put a hold on sending parts out the door until January 15 because the shipping department employees had been exposed to...
Archive: June 1999
The Viking Cygnet was on the cover of our June 1999 issue. The plansbuilt design debuted at Oshkosh 1977 as Bert Sisler’s second design....
February 2021
On the cover: RANS head honcho Randy Schlitter flies the factory S-7LS for Richard VanderMeulen’s camera way back in late 2011. The high-utility S-7,...
Lockwood is Hiring
While the pandemic of 2020 put a crimp in many activities, it hasn't been bad for all of the experimental aircraft industry—we've heard from...
In Case You Missed It
Why You Should Do Engine Oil Analysis
Engine oil analysis for aircraft is an essential element of long-term powerplant health, for...
Aero ‘lectrics
Jim Weir describes how he built the airframe structure of his new-and-improved wind tee.
