Near Perfect, But Nothing Fancy
We visit Visalia and find California engine builder Ly-Con going strong.
Slap an Engine On It and Go Fly!
With a new Corvair engine, an old Stolp Starlet returns to the skies.
Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 11
Sure, you can buy intercoolers off the shelf but sometimes you have to DIY it. Here’s how.
Welcome to My ‘Tech Guy’ World
At the crossroads of business and hobby, customer and
company, success and failure
![Builder’s Spotlight Humberd and his daughter using the 701 for some farm duty transportation. [All Images Credited to Jon Humberd]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1-3.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1)
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![Epic Is Back [Credit: Jon Humberd]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20-2.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1)
![North Idaho High School Student ACES Fly the Aircraft They Built 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.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1)












![Weight In The Balance [Credit: Eric Powell]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AdobeStock_1043661239-scaled.jpeg?w=324&h=160&crop=1)

