Steve Ashby
Weather Blocks Sun ‘n Fun Arrivals
A massive line of thunderstorms in Alabama, Georgia and north Florida have blocked northerly based homebuilt aircraft from the Sun 'n Fun fly-in, which...
If Maverick And Penny Benjamin Had a Baby
AirVenture in the one place on planet earth where more aviation innovation is exposed to humanity in a single week than any other time...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal – Oshkosh 2022 Edition – Final
The final day of AirVenture is always a little melancholic. You have had so much fun and excitement that part of you does not...
Martin Pauly Explains Lean of Peak
Many have heard of operating their aircraft engines lean of peak, but few really understand what that phrase means. A fair amount of distrust...
Team Rocket Finds a New Home
Team Rocket, the manufacturer of the F1 Rocket kit aircraft, is moving from its home in Mt. Vernon, Indiana to a larger and better...
Resurrected Helicycle Ventures Flying High (Literally)
After the death of Helicycle founder B. J. Schramm, the personal kit helicopter company floundered for a while, that is until Helicycle builder Keith...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal – Oshkosh 2022 Edition – Day 8
Walking through the Homebuilt Camping area at AirVenture is always a sensory overload for kit builders. Whatever you are building, or hoping to build,...
Get a Tail Lift at Flyboy Accessories
Taildragger pilots all eventually are confronted wit the need to lift their aircraft’s tail by its tiny little tail wheel to perform service. Somehow,...
Air Command Gyroplane Resurrection
In the mid 1990s entrepreneur Dennis Fetters sought to energize gyroplanes in the experimental aircraft world with an updated design and a lot of...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal – Oshkosh 2022 Edition – Day 7
I have now ”camped” in the University of Wisconsin/Oshkosh dorms for six nights and believe I have enough data and experience to report.
Cost
It costs...