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Rick Beebe

Rick Beebe
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Rick Beebe learned to fly in his late 30s and is an active member of EAA Chapter 27 and served as newsletter editor for 10 years before starting his current stretch as secretary. He served on the EAA Board of Directors for 15 years. After flying a beautifully restored 1974 Piper Warrior for 10 years, he bought this GlaStar and has enjoyed being able to do his own maintenance and, as you can see, upgrading it!

Thoughts on My Glass Panel

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Things I like, things I don’t and things I’d do differently.

Diary of a Panel Upgrade, Part 2

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Finding the finish line in this Garmin G3X Touch upgrade.

Diary of a Panel Upgrade Part 1

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It usually takes about 8 flying hours to get from Oshkosh to my home airport. The year it took 10 days to get the...

In Case You Missed It

Close Flanges

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What to do when you need to install a rivet, but an unrelated flange is in the way.

Safety Is No Accident: Canards

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The appeal of canard-type designs hasn't faded, and the design was heralded as inherently safer because of its resistance to stalling. Ron Wanttaja reveals the veracity of that claim given the accident numbers.

The Dawn Patrol

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Fun with the Hun in the sun.
XCub / NXCub in flight. Photo: Jon Bliss

Home-Rolled XCub

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Traditional or nosewheel, the XCubs are now available as kits.