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®.
Rainy Tuesday Morning
“It’s EAA!” Exclaimed the Oshkosh local at the gate as an affirmation that rain and AirVenture are inherently intertwined. (Have you ever noticed that...
Space Shuttle Reminiscences at Theater in the Woods
Practical jokes, touching international friendships, and the awe of urinating upside down in zero Gs were among the many stories shared last night by...
Meet the Author… and buy a Book
Editor-at-Large Paul Dye will be selling a limited supply of his book, Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control, at...
Homebuilt Parking and Camping Numbers Beating Records Early On
Last night again set a new record for Homebuilt airplanes tied down in HBP and HBC…253 in camping and 178 in parking making a...
Open For Business
One of the much appreciated changes at AirVenture this year is the weekend opening of food services on the field. A long-standing problem for...
If You Can’t Fly In, Enjoy the Trip Anyway
“To infinity and beyond/But at the speed limit.” So reads electronic billboards along the Wisconsin interstates I traveled on my way to AirVenture yesterday....
Homebuilt Arrivals Continue to Break Records
Two-hundred eighty-eight airplanes were parking in the Homebuilt area Friday evening, beating the 2019 record of 220. Last night, 174 aircraft were parked in...
Syracuse and Dye Step Off EAA Homebuilt Council
EAA President Jack Pelton announced on Friday that regular KITPLANES contributor Vic Syracuse and Editor-at-Large Paul Dye have finished their terms as members of...
EAA AirVenture Homebuilt Volunteers BBQ
It takes nearly 400 volunteers to make the homebuilt portion of AirVenture move along smoothly and there is little chance to formally organize the...
Homebuilt Control Tower
There is a little building just southeast of Homebuilder’s HQ with a sign identifying it as the Homebuilt Tower. I’ve been flying in for...
In Case You Missed it
What’s New
This months column includes information on new anti-collision strobe lights and LED position lights, a micro belt sander, a smart servo controller for trim, a desktop model of the Cozy Mark IV and the announcement of a taildragger configuration option for the Eurofox SLSA.
Letters
The X FilesChuck Bodeen's article on X-Plane was very informative, but somewhat misleading,...
