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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.

Letters

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Magic Hole FinderI would like to offer one more simple method for finding hidden holes : Buy a pair of 3/8 x 3/8-inch ring...

Vote For the Best Camping Photo

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What's more fun than airplane camping? Let us know which photo you like best and the winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from...

Drane Arion Lightning N621WV

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I finished my Arion Lightning in June 2011. It is equipped with a Dynon D60, Garmin radio and transponder, and Grand Rapids EIS. The...

Meyer SuperSport Kitfox N43KF

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I got my SuperSport Kitfox kit in 2011 and spent 27 months to completion on December 17, 2014, Kityhawk's 111th anniversary. N43KF is powered...

Save $80 on ATS Tensiometers

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Purchase a cable tensiometer from Aircraft Tool Supply and save $80. The T60-1001-C8 and T60-1001-C9 are on sale this week only! These cable tensiometers are ideal...

First Customer Built Panther Sport Takes Flight

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The first customer built Panther Sport, N109L Built by Robert (Bob) Woolley, took it’s maiden flight on Agust 5, 2015. N109L is a Sport...

Headset BuyBack Program from Aircraft Spruce

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An offer from Aircraft Spruce: At Aircraft Spruce we understand how difficult it can be justifying buying a new headset when the one you already have...

First Look – Van's RV-14 Taildragger

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Kitplanes Magazine got a chance to fly the new RV-14 from Van's this week - less than a week after its return from a...

Six Elected to EAA Board of Directors

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Longtime Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University official new addition to board Six Experimental Aircraft Association members have been voted to represent EAA's 190,000 members as a part...

Mitchell RV-8 N883EM

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Here is my RV8: 8 years, 4300 hours with a Lycoming 180 HP, Dynon EFIS/EMS/AP built mainly in Eastern Canada, finished and now based...

In Case You Missed It

Anywhere Map Travel Companion

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Bob Fritz takes Anywhere Maps new PDA Travel Companion for a test ride, and discusses what features are winners and what comes up short.

Homebuilt Accidents: Emergency Landings

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Pilot skills become critical when the engine quits.

Vacuum Bagging for Homebuilders

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Pleats, punctures and vacuum loss, oh my! Patrick Thomson addresses all of these potential problems and more in the last installment of his series on vacuum bagging at home.

Rapid Prototyping and Experimental Design

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Wheel pants and gear fairings.