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Mary Bernard

Mary Bernard
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Mary Bernard - The product of two parents with Lockheed Aerospace careers, Mary grew up with aviation, prompting her to pursue pilot training as an adult. Her father, a talented tool-and-die maker and planner, instilled in her an abiding interest in how things are built. For more than a decade, she has been a contributing writer and Managing Editor for KITPLANES®.

iCub Import Debuts

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SporairUSA and Zlin Aviation have announced that Sportair has become the U.S. importer and distributor for the iCub LSA manufactured by Zlin. The iCub...

AEA Update on ELTs

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The Aircraft Electronics Association issued an update today that clarifies some of the issues surrounding the FAA recent announcement about phasing out 121.5 MHz...

Sportys Flight Training Courses Go Mobile

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Sportys offers the first flight training video courses made specifically for mobile devices. Available as an add-on option to Sportys Online Flight Training Courses,...

Zenith Hosts Summer and Fall Gatherings

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Zenith Aircraft Company Fly In to Summer Builder Fly-In Gathering is scheduled for Saturday, June 26, 2010, at the Zenith factory located at Mexico...

Tempest Announces New Spark Plug Line

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Tempest has announced the addition of a complete line of aviation spark plugs to its brand of aviation products. Tempest spark plug features include bright...

WindSock App for iPhone

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Now there is a fast and useful tool for calculating the wind components for takeoff and landing. Pilot Marco Crivellari developed WindSock primarily because...

PilotE6B-WX iPhone App Available

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CoDeveloper has a new PilotE6B/WX app that provides pilots with more than 50 common aviation calculations and unit conversions, as well as convenient access...

MGL Launches XTreme Mini EFIS

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After several years of development, MGL Avionics has announced its XTreme mini EFIS, a functional primary flight display (PFD), engine monitor, fuel computer and...

Feature-Rich Handheld Nav/Com

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The all-new SP-400 sets a new standard, with features previously reserved for panel avionics. Sportys Vice President John Zimmerman says that now, for roughly...

Phoenix Rotorcraft Debut

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Phoenix Rotorcraft, LLC of North Carolina has acquired the manufacturing rights to the Sparrow and Falcon gyroplanes (formerly manufactured by Falcon Industries) and the...

In Case You Missed It

Archive: November 1997

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Ron Wanttaja sampled the still-new Van’s RV-8 for our cover story in the November...

Inserting Bolts, Installing Nuts

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I never set out to write a hardware trilogy, yet here we are. A...

Homebuilt Aircraft Directory 2016

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

Skiplane Shangri-la

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Two Bearhawks and a Cessna travel to the tundra in Saskatchewan.