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Back in 2008, George W. Bush was president and 100LL was $2.50 a gallon. Production of 80/87 had stopped the previous year, and this...

A V-tail is a configuration where the horizontal stabilizer and vertical fin are replaced by a pair of surfaces mounted at a high dihedral...

This year’s AirVenture set records for attendance, so says EAA. I learned this after the show, but I could have predicted the press release...

For my wife and me, it was important to have our kids learn a musical instrument. We lost out to sports with our son,...

A first flight reveals truths that only air moving over an aircraft’s surfaces can reveal. Will the engine cool properly? Will the cockpit fill...

Longtime readers may recall that before scribbling in aviation magazines I scribbled in automotive magazines. That seems like someone else’s life a long time...

In the final installment of KITPLANES Firewall Forward, editor at large Paul Dye takes a close look at engine cooling for air-cooled aircraft. Learn...

The Acro-Sport II was on our May 2003 cover, followed by a flight review of a “biplane with an interesting family history.” Well, who...

Electrons and nitrous put Neil Wischer’s RV-8 into the 270-mph club.

Justin Meaders’ racer won gold first time out, embodying its owner’s outlook on life.