Louise Hose
Louise Hose is an instrument-rated, commercial pilot who regularly flies her RV-6, her husband’s RV-8, and an RV-3B and a Dream Tundra, which they built together. They live in Dayton Valley Airpark in Nevada. She also edits the monthly, free digital newsletter, The Homebuilder’s Portal by KITPLANES®.
Light at the End of the Tunnel
John Stahr continued working on N958PD, KITPLANES Editor-in-Chief Paul Dye's recently built SubSonex jet on Thursday. With the large area painting completed and detailed...
A Little Paint and a Whole Lot of Tape
I don't know about you, but I always thought that airplanes are first covered with whatever paint will dominate the surfaces (commonly white) and...
Prepping and Priming for the Subsonex Paint Job
With most of the masking completed last night, the team immediately started into Scotchbriting all of the external aluminum areas on Paul Dye's SubSonex...
Subsonex Paint Preparation
Editor-in-Chief Paul Dye's SubSonex jet is completed (after less than three months of building!), the engine has started and performed flawlessly, and a couple...
One Week Wonder First Flight – 3D view
Van's Aircraft has released a nearly half-hour long, in-cockpit video of the first flight of the One Week Wonder, an RV-12iS built by volunteers...
One Week Wonder Build Captured in Less Than Two Minutes
A time-lapse video of the complete build of the One Week Wonder, a Van's RV-12iS constructed during the EAA's AirVenture, is now available. The...
One Week Wonder — Day 7 — First Taxi
The Van's elves continued working on finishing up the RV-12iS build on Saturday night and had it ready for its airworthiness certificate inspection and...
Welcome to the Wisconsin State Fair
Have you ever held an event, perhaps for work, where a party is advertised for, say, three hours but everyone has left after two...
In Case You Missed It
Designing Minds
You've invested thousands of hours building your airplane, and now its time to pick a paint design that will show off all that hard work to best effect. But how do you go about selecting one of innumerable designs? Susan Brunner offers some tips on not only how to narrow the field, but also how to make sure you get the paint job you envisioned.
Working With Experience
Part of my job is surprisingly solitary, moving words and photos around from my...
Understanding Lithium Batteries
Kathy and Reg Nicoson of EarthX, Inc. explain what you need to know.
Emotions, Expectations, and Execution.
"Strange business this is; what works well for one does not work well for...