Completions

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Steve Kunkle's Plans-Built Mustang II

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After 3 1/2 years of building, on June 2013 I got the FAA inspection and the end of July the test pilot took her...

Bill Benjamin's Lancair 360

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In April 2012, after five and a half years my Lancair 360 N6QU finally took to the sky. A few small issues and oil...

Monte Jestes' AirBike

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My AirBike project is finished and it flies great! It has a Rotax 503 DCDI and an Ivo prop. Location: Stillwater, OK e-mail address: monte.jestes@att.net

Eric Marenyi's Sonex

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A Dream Realized I started to love flying the moment I flew with my father, who was a private pilot at the time. I was...

Vernon Little's Harmon Rocket

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Harmon Rocket C-GVRL is my second completion. The first was an RV-9A C-FVRL. The VRL twins are hangared at Victoria International Airport (CYYJ). On...

Charles McCluggage's RV-8

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I finished N188DW and inspection was completed in the fall of 2012. First flight was November 6. All went well and the plane has...

Keith Hedrick's Rans S7S

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After 3 yrs and a lot of help from my friends, 74VK took to the air. This is a great flying airplane and a...

Richard Yerian’s GlaStar

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I started building the GlaStar in 1996 with the help of my wife Judy. The time to complete it was 17 years. The project...

Kurt Nielsen's Baby Lakes

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My plans-built Baby Lakes has been 31 years in the making before first flight on 22 May, 2013. I took a long break while...

Kurt Nielsen's Pulsar

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This Pulsar 1 was born with a Rotax 582 and flew first time in 1998. After 6 hours I changed to an early Jabiru 2200a (#530)...

In Case You Missed It

Fun With Emissions

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Making the rounds on the canned news circuit recently was the EPA announcing it’s...

What’s New

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Drill holes without a template using a transfer, get around an airport with a foldable mobility scooter, auto-darkening smart welding helmets are introduced, and relays can save your avionics.

Rivet Buster Chisel

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This "rivet buster" chisel was made from an old butterfly wood drill bit.Recently...

Letters

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 Perils of PIOI must take exception to the statement, "The BD-5 suffered from a...