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Paul Dye

Paul Dye
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Paul Dye, KITPLANES® Editor at Large, retired as a Lead Flight Director for NASA’s Human Space Flight program, with 50 years of aerospace experience on everything from Cubs to the Space Shuttle. An avid homebuilder, he began flying and working on airplanes as a teen and has experience with a wide range of construction techniques and materials. He flies an RV-8 and SubSonex jet that he built, an RV-3 that he built with his pilot wife, as well as a Dream Tundra and an electric Xenos motorglider they completed. Currently, they are building an F1 Rocket. A commercially licensed pilot, he has logged over 6000 hours in many different types of aircraft and is an A&P, FAA DAR, EAA Tech Counselor and Flight Advisor; he was formerly a member of the Homebuilder’s Council. He consults and collaborates in aerospace operations and flight-testing projects across the country.

Kitplanes Looks at the Groppo Trail

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At AirVenture 2014, Kitplanes got a look at the Groppo Trail, a new kit and E-LSA.

Oshkosh—A New Hope!

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As we walked around the grounds at Wittman Filed in Oshkosh this weekend, it became apparent that there is new emphasis on the old...

Fly Low, Fly Fast—Turn Left!

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Editor's log.

Cassutt 111M

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The need for (affordable) speed.

FOFUS—Fail Operational/Fail Safe

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Good design is not necessarily about how many levels of redundancy you have.

Still Young at 35

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Vans RV-4 is still going strong.

Editor’s Log

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Accepting the risk.

Sling Goes Big

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Four-seat homebuilt crosses the Atlantic to show its stuff.

Under the Cowl

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Unlike my excellent predecessors in this job, I came to the magazine editing business more or less by accident. I didn't grow up yearning...

Sun 'n Fun Wanderings

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One of the best parts about working for KITPLANES is the opportunity I get to wander around a large show like Sun 'n Fun...

In Case You Missed It

Machinery Mobilization

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Rich Seifert next to his Shopsmith Mark V combo machine. Factory wheels make...

Wi-Fi Enabled

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The term “Wi-Fi enabled” involving aircraft conjures up images of fat cats shorting Boeing...

Best Practices – Workshop Safety

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A safe workshop is a happy workshop.

Flying and Aging

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On one of our most recent lunch flights in the Stearman to the Peach...