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Zenith Workshops Return to Sebring 2018
Zenith Aircraft's popular hands-on kit building workshops are returning to the Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo next month.
The Zenith workshops are aimed at the...
Trig's New Audio Panels
With the exception of an aircraft that is unserviceable, there can't be many things as irritating or tiresome as poor quality audio. Edinburgh based...
Garmin GDL 52 all-in-one portable ADS-B and SiriusXM
Garmin's all-in-one GDL 52 portable aviation receiver is now available, the company says. The GDL 52 is the first portable receiver capable of receiving...
Sonex Holiday Tail Kit Specials End December 25
Sonex has Holiday Specials on Sonex-B, Waiex-B, Onex, Xenos-B and SubSonex Tail kits until December 25.
Sonex-B/Waiex-B Tail Kits $1,500: Save $335
Onex Tail Kits $1,200:...
CleanParts Offers Rental Program
Cleanparts.com, a division of Alliance Manufacturing, Inc. of Fond du Lac, WI designs and builds water-based parts cleaning equipment, and now the equipment is...
Letters
Spackling Paste? Wow!I commend Vince Homer for his exhaustive study of spackling paste as a filler/fairing compound over a foam base . However, I...
John Albritton's Jet Eze
This day was a long time coming for me. Flying my own jet!
This couldn't have been possible without the help and expertise of the...
BINGO Fluid Detector for Fuel Management
Radiant Technology LLC, also known as Belite Electronics, has introduced the BINGO Fluid Detector which instantly provides an indication of fluid presence or absence....
Rich Macrafic's RV-7A
RV-7A N4956T, after a 12-year build, flew for the first time on 10/09/2017 from KRST (Rochester, MN).
Everybody talks about the "RV smile" after that...
In Case You Missed It
Survival of the Smartest
Surviving an emergency or crash landing in a remote area is just the beginning of staying alive long term. Thinking about what you might need and equipping yourself adequately for the type of flying you intend to do are essential to making it until help arrives.
Wind Tunnel
Flight testing for longitudinal stability problems continues this month as columnist Barnaby Wainfan details tests for stick force as related to trim and stick-free stability of an aircraft. The object is to gather data and analyze it to see if the hypotheses about the nature of the problem hold up under scrutiny.
