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New Products From Beringer
Beringer announced two new products for experimental aircraft - a double-shock suspension system which is supposed to reduce loads on the aircraft's landing gear...
October 2020
On the cover: Chris Cram caught Glasair Aviation’s Randy Lervold at the helm of the company’s latest Sportsman iteration near Mount Baker in Washington.
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New LED-based instruments from Radiant Technology
Radiant Instruments introduced its new line of inexpensive, daylight-readable LED-based instruments. Designed to run off of standard 12 volts, this new line of instruments...
Archive: March 2009
Just three months into our yearlong 25th Anniversary year, we had a thoroughly reworked and completely exciting ViperJet on the cover. Lucky Doug Rozendaal,...
McGloon Sonex
First flight of Sonex N188DM (s.n. 0739) was on May 25, 2020. With about half a tank of gas the airplane accelerated quickly using...
September 2020
On the cover: Steve Henry’s heavily modified Just Highlander, Yee Haw 7, is a top performer in the STOL Drag racing world. Photographed by...
Arnold Cub Crafters EX-2
Like most of us, I have always wanted to build a plane. After retirement and 3 years later in October 2019 my plane took...
Shock Wheel by Beringer
Designed for spring gears, the Shock Wheel™ system absorbs energy at landing and taxiing. It mounts very easily between the gear leg and the...
Scheme Designers
Since 1997, Scheme Designers has pioneered custom aircraft paint schemes. Around the globe, there are over 14,000 unique aircraft wearing a Scheme Designers paint...
The Panther
Excellent Performance, Easy on the Eyes and your Budget
Single seat, Sport or LSA, tri-gear/taildragger, aerobatic, aluminum construction, factory welded steel forward fuselage, CNC machined...
In Case You Missed It
Aero ‘lectrics
In this first of a two-part series, Jim Weir builds a low-cost, high-efficiency portable ground-based antenna system that he used to great effect in the recent CAFE 400 (fuel efficiency) race in Northern California. You can do it, too.
Inside Rotax
It's really a factory within a factory. The company leverages high-volume recreational engine output to help sustain its aircraft motors.
Ask the DAR
Can a builder modify a Vans RV-12 kit under the 51% rule? How about changing the gross weight of a RANS S-7? Plus, the FAA releases revised homebuilding rules.
ELTs of Tomorrow Today
The FAA mandates the use of emergency locator transmitters so that downed aircraft can be found and assistance provided. But times are changing, and its important to understand the nature of the new technology so that you can best equip yourself; by Bob Fritz.