![Maintenance technician William Vergonet conducts an inspection on a Cub. [Credit: Lisa Turner]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_3535.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "Post-Flight Maintenance Debrief")
![Pat McKiernan has found that he and his dad who built this beautiful RV-7 simply learned to enjoy the build. [Credit: Bill Wilson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Builder.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Life Lessons From Building an Airplane")
![[Credit: AdobeStock]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AdobeStock_51865118.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "FAA MOSAIC Rule Fully Implemented")
![My 36 year old clipboard from when I started at Boeing. Engineering ruler and fastener/fastener hole cheat sheets. [Credit: Andrew Robinson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Liaison_clipboard.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "What Is a Liaison Engineer?")
![At Sun ‘n Fun 2026, Viking Aircraft Engines surprised the crowd with its first complete kit — the V-42, a high-wing twin powered by two Honda-based engines. Here’s an early look. [Credit: Andrew Robinson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/P1020293.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Viking V-42 Twin")
Droning About the Future
Elsewhere in this issue, we’ve taken a few pages to consider the future of homebuilding, a composite sketch of sorts based on interviews and...
The Future of Homebuilding: Engines
The future is going to look a lot like the present when it comes to Experimental aircraft engines. Sorry to be so mundane about...
The Future of Homebuilding: Avionics
I mean, how much better should avionics really get for what we use them for? I’ll hold short of saying we’ve reached market saturation...
The Future of Homebuilding: Builders
If we could magically transport a modern homebuilder back to the 1960s, they would probably be amazed at just how far we have come....
The Future of Homebuilding: Industry
For the general public, the idea of constructing your own airplane, with your own hands, in your own space, is borderline fantastical. To them,...
Installing and Maintaining Your Pitot-Static System
The pitot-static system is usually one of those items appearing on your to-do list when you are at the point of being 90% done...
In Case You Missed It
Contributors
Susan Brunner Susan Brunner was nosing around her local airport one day when she started...