Here We Go Again

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Looking ahead to the aircraft kits and plans—for airplanes and rotorcraft—available for 2025

Homespun Router Table

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I’m drawn to the simple, low-cost end of the airplane market. The first airplane I bought plans for was the Evans VP-1. The first...

Venturing the Cup

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Started in 1997 by Eric Whyte and Erik Anderson, the AirVenture Cup offers its own twist on the traditional point-to-point air race. Namely, it...

Flapjacks and Fly-Ins

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One of the most enjoyable and useful “tools” is membership in a local chapter of the EAA.

Let Me Down Easy

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Emergency Glide is a valuable tool to give the pilot some breathing room to troubleshoot in the air and have the controlled descent handled by the EFIS.

Pledge a Frat

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Building time.

Kitbuilding as Easy as Child’s Play

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Plane and simple.

Eighty Percent to Go

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That last 20% that feels like 80% is the time to slow down and pull out checklists, get other eyes on the project, call for a TC visit and sit in the airplane making noises.

Hawking That New Engine

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After 20 years the long-gestating DeltaHawk diesel is suddenly hotter than Jeff LaVelle’s turbos on a 400-mph lap.

Repeat Offender

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This time I want an airplane strictly built for the joy of flying. I want something simple and relatively cheap for that magical first and last half-hour of daylight, to be low and slow with no place in particular to go and sporting a massive grin.

In Case You Missed It

Kit Stuff

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Flight Review: Pitts Model 12

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For the Pitts Model 12 from Jim Kimball Enterprises, the name of the game is power. By Ed Wischmeyer.

Safety is No Accident: Lancair Designs

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Author Ron Wanttaja uses NTSB data to illustrate how Lancair designs of all varieties stand in the ratings of aircraft accidents vis--vis other homebuilts.

Kit Stuff

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Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.