Archive: November 1997
Ron Wanttaja sampled the still-new Van’s RV-8 for our cover story in the November 1997 issue. “Forget the Fat RV-4 idea; this is a...
Archive: January 1988
Jim Bede’s BD-5 had, by the late 1980s, still managed to hang onto its Bond-esque glory despite never really finding a good piston powerplant...
Archive: September 2001
Over the years, the Kitfox has been a frequent visitor to our cover. This issue had the Kitfox Lite Squared, which was to be...
Archive: June 1992
Editor’s Note: With this issue, we’re going to begin a loving look back at our past, and with it an abbreviated history of the...
KitStuff
In many ways, Robrucha’s cartoons are as much a part of KITPLANES® as the airplanes themselves. Through the years, his clever, classy, always humorous...
The Perils of Cartooning About Avionics
Whenever I try to cartoon about avionics, all I get is resistance.
Letters
Winner’s Circle
What’s this I hear about Paul Dye already winning some kind of award for his SubSonex? When will we see more on this...
In Case You Missed It
Ask the DAR
Avionics certification, ops lims for self-designed aircraft, house paint on Experimentals.
One Thing Leads to Another
It started simply enough. With a mistake. OK, maybe just a misapplication of learned behavior.