Luca Perazzoli
Luca “Luke” Perazzoli earned his pilot’s license in 1989 and has logged more than 2,000 hours in 25 different types of aircraft. He currently flies a Van’s RV-8 that he built in 2010. Luca leads the aerobatic team CREWRV8 and is a mountain glacier pilot. An EAA Technical Counselor, Flight Advisor, Italian DAR, and experimental aircraft flight test pilot, he is very active in the RV-Pilots.eu group. As president of EAA Chapter 1581, he is focused on Young Eagles activities and guides an RV-12iS teen-building project. Luca also teaches flight testing, metal building, and aircraft electrical systems for the Italian EAA.
No Limits!
Marco Cherubini is a paraplegic, but that didn’t stop him from building an RV-7 and fulfilling his dreams of flight.
In Case You Missed It
In-Flight Weather: Practice for Survival
This was going to get ugly.
Crossing southern Louisiana in the middle of the afternoon...
Around the Patch
Have you checked your fuel system for leaks lately? Turns out there's a good reason to periodically conduct a thorough investigation. Incipient leaks may go undetected. Worse, when the O-ring on the fuel-selector valve goes bad, it could allow air into the system, which means your engine could misbehave at a most inconvenient time. Often, this malady is difficult to diagnose and the assumption is that the fuel selector is OK when it is not.
Ask the DAR
One fuel gauge for two tanks, becoming the builder of record, converting a Europa to LSA.
![The newly-restored F-24 enjoying the morning sun. [All Images Credited to Mike Davenport]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_0001.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Golden Age Revival")
Golden Age Revival
Werner Griesbeck's meticulous total rebuild brings a classic 1938 Fairchild F-24 back into the air after decades.