Exploring

I wrote this in April to meet a May deadline for this September issue of KITPLANES®, which came out before AirVenture in July. I...

DeltaHawk’s DHK180 engine has received its FAA certification. Yes, that’s the same inverted-vee, four-cylinder, two-stroke Jet A-burning diesel we’ve heard about for years. And,...

With a title like that, you might expect that I’d excuse anyone without an instructor certificate from reading this month’s column. But if the...

Last month this column was full of low-skill derring-do; this month I’m back with another blood pressure raising potboiler, this time more of the...

In a story full of admissions, I must start by confessing I had been thinking of ways to not fly the same old hour...

There comes a time, fairly early in the kit-building process, where if a builder is constructing an aircraft to be flown with a stick...

My first winter in Oregon came and went. The weather’s been fairly nice leading into spring, or at least my surroundings look just as...

You’d be forgiven if you don’t recognize the name. Bill Brennand went quietly about his life yet a life so full it warrants a...

I’ve ridden the early adopter bus before—found the seats uncomfortable, the ride jarring and the destination available only after many inconvenient stops. So it...

The skills needed to build an airplane are not unique to aviation, nor are they uncommon.