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Kitplanes Magazine: Your Homebuilt Aircraft Authority. We cover topics relevant to anyone who has ever dreamed of building or owning a homebuilt experimental aircraft.

Best Workshop Photo Contest Winner

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Winner of Best of... Workshops: Shawn Edwards of Atlanta, Georgia. This is Shawn's RV-14A vertical stabilizer in the shop. Apparently, Shawn has mastered a...

Rusk Experimental Javron SuperCub

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The genesis for the airplane was in June of 2011. The airplane first flew in May 2015. Actual building time was about 3-1/2 years....

Garmin Expands Obstacle Database to Include Canada

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Garmin has announced expanded availability of our comprehensive obstacle database to now include Canada for select Garmin portables and certified avionics. Man-made structures such as...

Glenn and Gwen Mathis' RANS S-19

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After almost fours years and 1,315 hours of work, our RANS S-19 - N519GM took to the skies the evening of January 2nd, 2012. The first...

SAM Aircraft: Super deal

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Airplane comes with -- literally -- "everything." SAM designer selling airplane, drawings, files, all assets, for less than the price of a kit. Montreal, Quebec, Canada:...

Valve Guide Cleaning Reamers for Lycoming Engines

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McFarlane offers special reamers in the necessary sizes to clean your Lycoming engine exhaust valve guides per Lycoming Service Instruction 1425A. The McFarlane cleaning...

Homebuilt Aircraft Directory 2016

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Over 1000 kits and plans listed. Introduction by Paul Dye, compiled by Omar Filipovic

Letters

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Becoming a Test PilotI'm intrigued by Elliot Sequin . One gets the impression that he is going to become a legend in the world...

Advance Tickets Now Available Online for EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2016

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Advance purchase admission tickets and camping credentials are now available for the 64th annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in, providing greater convenience for those traveling...

Vote for the Best Workshop

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As homebuilders, we're partial to well organized shops - they help us keep the project on track and it's no secret that many award...

In Case You Missed It

Archive: November 1989

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The airplane on our November 1989 cover was not some kind of Cessna 336...

Flight Review: The Wittman W10 Tailwind

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The apparently simple lines and construction of the Wittman Tailwind belie a thoughtful sophistication that even todays aircraft designers can appreciate.

Special Delivery

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There are events in your life where you‭ ‬will always remember the time‭, ‬place‭...

Continental Pushrod Tube Modification

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Owners of a certain type of Continental engine, the cam-at-the-bottom variety, are undoubtedly familiar with the annoying seepage of oil from swaged pushrod tubes and rubber pushrod seals. Now there's a cure, and author Ron Darcey describes the fix.