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Vic Visits Advanced Flight Systems
Vic Syracuse gets a tour and asks founder Rob Hickman and his staff what makes the company’s offerings unique.
New Alaska Digs for Aircraft Spruce
Larger facility enables the company to increase local inventory to provide optimum service to customers throughout Alaska.
EAA Homebuilders Week Returns in January
EAA Homebuilders Week virtual presentations are open, free of charge, to everyone interested in building aircraft.
Buyer’s Guide 2024
On the cover: Here are just a few of the many different types of homebuilt aircraft listed in our annual Buyer’s Guide. Which one...
Toth Sonex
Sonex 1520 Special Airworthiness Certificate 22 August 22. First flight Sunday 28 August 2022.
Archive: January 2007
Our coverage for the 2006 Reno Air Races appeared in the January issue the next year, depicting what may well have been the apogee...
Irene the Gyro
“Irene the Gyro” was a design I put together while sitting on fire standby in Greece during an unusually wet season so I had...
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December 2023
On the cover: Brandon and Heather Petersen’s Super Sport is the first Kitfox to be powered by a 160-hp Rotax 916 iS. Photographed by...
In Case You Missed It
Sport Pilot Airplane
Bob Fritz reviews Sport Pilot Airplane, a new book from Carol and Brian Carpenter, which covers Light Sport Aircraft from selecting an airplane to pilot and aircraft requirements, meteorology, aerodynamics, flying characteristics, transition to new aircraft and FAA paperwork; by Bob Fritz.
Eliminating Egg-Shaped Holes
Quarter-inch pilot bits in hole saws have a tendency to enlarge the pilot hole...
Taking a Shine To 6061-T6 – Part 1
Polishing aluminum transforms gray metal into a mirror finish—cheap, timeless, and endlessly messy but deeply rewarding.