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The week ahead: a KC-135 tanker passes over the grounds at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, where Phillips 66 will set up at tents #430 and #431. [Credit: USDA Forest Service]

Phillips 66 Sets Course for Oshkosh With Specials, Seminars—and Popsicles

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Phillips 66 Aviation and Phillips 66 Lubricants are headed back to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and the brand is bringing the full kit: show-only specials,...
[Credit: Sonex]

Sonex Renames High Wing the Phoenix

Randall Brink - 4
The rejuvenated Sonex has given its two-seat high-wing a new name. The airplane that has carried the working title "Sonex Highwing" through three years...
Backcountry manners intact: the ULT sits on a grass strip with the turbine spun up, built on the STOL-capable Carbon Cub UL airframe. [Credit: CubCrafters]

The New Jetprop Carbon Cub

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The Cub has always meant a piston engine up front but CubCrafters is changing that.  The Yakima, Washington, company has introduced the Carbon Cub ULT,...
The Rutan Model 76 Voyager circles Edwards Air Force Base in December 1986 as Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager complete the first nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world. [Credit: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center]

Behind the Voyager Flight: 40 Years of Quieter Cockpits

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Everyone knows the headline: in December 1986, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager flew the Burt Rutan–designed Voyager around the world nonstop and unrefueled, staying...
The Granville Brothers Gee Bee R-6 “Q.E.D.” being serviced before the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race; Mid America Flight Museum flies a replica of this aircraft. [Credit: Wikimedia Commons]

Vintage in Review Returns to AirVenture 2026 With 90-Year-Old Flyers

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One of AirVenture's most storied traditions is back. The Vintage in Review showcase returns to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2026, spotlighting the unique and...
[All images credited to Mike Davenport]

Glasair Sportsman 2+2, Part Two

Mike Davenport - 1
You walk into the hangar you are immediately struck by the size of this aircraft. It occupies all the space available. It is a...
Dragging it in low and slow for the STOL competition. [Credit: Andrew Robinson]

Sun ’n Fun 2026 Recap: Avionics Upgrades, Thorp Kits, and STOL...

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I made my annual foray down to Lakeland Linder International (international for almost ten years now!) airport for two days of sweating off a...
[Credit: McFarlane Alaska]

McFarlane Alaska Absorbs Backcountry Favorite T3 Tailwheel

Randall Brink - 0
If you fly off gravel bars, ridge strips, or anything that only loosely qualifies as a runway, the odds are decent you have a...
[Credit: FAA]

MOSAIC Isn’t a Question of Can You—But Why You’d Build

Randall Brink - 1
By now you know the headline numbers. Stall speed up to 59 knots clean. Four seats. Night flying. A Sport Pilot license—or just a...
[Credit: EAA]

Vintage in Review Returns to Oshkosh: Five Days, Five Stories, and...

Randall Brink - 0
If there is a corner of AirVenture that quietly rewards the homebuilder, it is the patch of grass just east of the Vintage Red...
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