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Stewart Systems Sun 'n Fun Workshop Announced
Stewart Systems will be conducting its first free hands-on fabric covering and painting workshop at Sun 'N Fun 2017. The workshop will be conducted...
Mygoflight’s New Ultrathin Ipad Panel Mount—Many Possibilities for Experimental Aircraft Pilots
MYGOFLIGHT, maker of premium iPad and tablet gear for pilots, announced the release of their new UltraThin iPad Panel Mount. This new product is...
Alperin Sportsman
I completed construction of the Glasair Sportsman on November 1, 2016 in the Two Week to Taxi program at Glasair Aviation and received the...
John R. Murphy's SubSonex
My JSX-2 SubSonex was completed in November 2015 after 22 months of building, and it is the 3rd customer-built SubSonex to fly. Sonex delivered...
Lawsuit Against Van’s Aircraft Dismissed
Following the 2014 crash of an RV-10, Van's Aircraft was sued for damages in a case that was widely publicized and whose outcome was...
Letters
Intake Valve Failure"Error Chain" in the September 2016 issue is a great article, with the exception of why the intake valve keys failed. The...
Lancair Sold!
Lancair International, Inc. is announcing the sale of all of its out-of-production Assets, Lancair brand, and Kit Components support assets to new ownership based...
Dan Palmer's Wittman Buttercup
This is my Steve Wittman-designed Buttercup built and flown at Moriarty, New Mexico. Earl Luce plans were used for the airframe. It is powered by...
In Case You Missed It
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Airplane Almost No One Knows, Part One
Ask a hundred pilots to name a plans-built open-cockpit biplane and most will land...
