![Aircraft designs now can be built in a fraction of the time necessary in the early days of homebuilding. [Credit: Adobe Stock]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AdobeStock_1336488-534x462.jpg "Kit Building Then and Now")
![[Credit: Mike Davenport]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/DSC_0053-265x198.jpg "Pre-War Porterfield")
![Members of the North Idaho High School Aerospace Program gathered at KSZT [Credit: North Idaho High School Aerospace Program]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_3499-265x198.jpg "North Idaho High School Student ACES Fly the Aircraft They Built")
The History of Homebuilt Gyrocopters
The AutoGyro has come a long way in more than a century of flight.
![Aircraft in flight [Credit: Jim Barrett]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/httpswww.flyingmag.comsitesflyin-6-324x235.jpg "Firecrown’s Aviation Group Charts Course for 2026; Ryan Ewing Named Group President")
Firecrown’s Aviation Group Charts Course for 2026; Ryan Ewing Named Group...
Brand refreshes, new digital platforms, and expanded editorial investments follow a transitional year for the company’s aviation portfolio.
Here Mosaic Meets the Edge of The Envelope
"Life’s Always Bursts the Boundaries of Formulas" — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
In Case You Missed It
Building Before Buying
Potential Sonex builders learn basic skills before writing a big check for a kit.
Common In-Flight Failures, Part 2
This column is a continuation of common in-flight failures that I began discussing in...
Ask The DAR
DAR Mel Asberry answers a reader’s question regarding the Experimental/Amateur-Built eligibility of an airplane he’s building with parts salvaged from a Cessna 175.
