Light Stuff

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Sport Pilot rules make it possible to fly a powered parachute or flexwing trike at night, but make sure you have the right equipment.

News from E-Mag, Levil, and Sensenich

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E-Mag offers an electronic mag for the IO-540, Levil has a PC-based EFIS, and Sensenich introduces a composite ground-adjustable prop for the RV crowd. Edited by Mary Bernard.

The Dawn Patrol

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When the chainsaw starters they'd been using on their airplanes for years finally started to give out, Dawn Patrol members searched for a replacement. It turned up in a garden tractor.

Learning Complex Systems Means Knowing How They Work

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The importance of understanding your aircrafts avionics systems in terms of form, function and troubleshooting.
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The Repairman Certificate

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Those of us who have built or are building Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft know that one of the rewards besides the airworthiness certificate is another document...

Reinventing the Wheel

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Do you really need to spend your time coming up with a better solution when the one provided is more than good enough?

Free Flight

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Paul Dye visits the hallowed halls of flight and reflects on the bond that exists between aviators past and present.

Positive Capture

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Aircraft fasteners that are critical almost always have a positive capture design or mechanism.

Down to Earth

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Making wave work for you. By Amy Laboda.

The Dawn Patrol

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Each stalwart member of The Dawn Patrol has had his "day in the hay" (i.e., an off-airport landing). Now Sharon Starks is initiated into that venerable club.

In Case You Missed it

Archive: October 1999

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Mike Arnold’s hyper efficient AR-5 was on our October 1999 cover with a report...

A Spot of Bother

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This title phrase can, like so much in our language, be used to convey...

Brake Tech for Builders

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Marc Cook talks theory, practice, technology and maintenance with Matco Manufacturings George Happ and Grove Aircrafts Robbie Grove. Consider it a primer for all things brake-related.

Spinner Bulkhead Clocking

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Spinner woes were the topic of midsummer musings on Van’s Air Force this year....