Steve Kunkle's Plans-Built Mustang II
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)...
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Build Your Skills: Fabric
If you want sound and long-lasting fabric covering, proper shrinkage is essential. And an accurately calibrated iron is a means to that end. Ron Alexander details the process and offers tips on how to avoid damage to the underlying structure during tautening.
Still Aiming High
Dan Parker aims to capture the world altitude record by flying to 31,051 feet in an aircraft he designed and built, and which weighs less than 200 kilograms. We checked in on him to see how things are progressing.
Wind Tunnel
Fixed gear or retractable gear? Barnaby Wainfan examines the physics behind this longstanding design question.