John Albritton's Jet Eze
This day was a long time coming for me. Flying my own jet!
This couldn't have been possible without the help and expertise of the...
Rich Macrafic's RV-7A
RV-7A N4956T, after a 12-year build, flew for the first time on 10/09/2017 from KRST (Rochester, MN).
Everybody talks about the "RV smile" after that...
Van's 10,000 Flying Airplanes
Congratulations to David Porter, who recently reported the first flight of his RV-7 and became the official 10,000th Van's RV aircraft to transition from...
Robert Anderson's RV-8
After many years of both building and not building (about 50/50) N184GC (One RV-8 for Grandpa Christensen) and I made the maiden flight on...
David Jacob Heino's Sonex
I completed Sonex #1072 on August 18, 2014 and made the first flight on August 22, 2014 from Charlie Brown/Fulton County Airport in Atlanta,...
Jake Hayes' CubCrafters EX
My CubCrafters EX N-96FV was finished July 30, 2016 - last weekend of AirVenture. My 87-year old Dad was the first passenger after my...
Lance Hooley's Jet Eze
It started with a visit with the Rutan guru Robert Harris of what was the EZ Hangar in Covington TN, now EZ Jets. I...
Bill Hogue's AutoGyro MTO Sport
I had been researching gyroplane technology for the past 20 years and knew that the modern gyroplane was an amazing aircraft. After scoring a...
Sturm Velocity
Velocity 173 Fixed Gear Elite N653TS has taken just shy of 20 years to morph from several boxes of fiberglass parts to the plane...
Jim Agua's RV12
N696VA is an RV12 built as an EAB. The plane took four and a half years and I logged 1900 hours in the build...
In Case You Missed It
Design Process: Twist Effects
For the last few months, we have been looking at how the planform affects...
Build Your Skills: Composites (Part 10)
What do you do when your horizontal stabilizer isn't exactly horizontal? First, you check that the fuselage is level. If this confirms that the stabilizer is indeed slightly off, remove it and apply heat. Sounds simple, but there's a right and a wrong way to go about it, and author Bob Fritz describes the most effective method to straighten things out.
Letters
Engine Assembly Sealants and LubricantsI enjoyed Dave Prizio's article, "Choosing the Right Sealant" ....