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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...
Van's 10,000 Flying Airplanes
Congratulations to David Porter, who recently reported the first flight of his RV-7 and became the official 10,000th Van's RV aircraft to transition from...
In Case You Missed It
All About Avionics: We Came, We Saw
There are seemingly few more mundane tasks than making holes, but there are as many ways to do them, as there are different sizes and shapes of holes. This month, Stein Bruch describes how to cut holes in the panel yourself, using tools you may already have around the shop.
Light Stuff
Having completed his Vans RV-12 ELSA, Dave Martin revisits a weekend Repairman Inspection course to prepare for his first annual condition inspection.
