![[Credit: Wikimedia Commons]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/4_rutan_a_longez.jpg_preview.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "Rutan Symposium Turns to the Coming Canard Maintenance Crisis")
![[Credit: Flight Desgn GmbH]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1_mosaic_flightdesign.jpg_preview.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "FAA Accepts ASTM Standards, Clearing the Last Hurdle for MOSAIC")
![[Credit: magniX]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Magnix.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "magniX Opens Pre-Orders for an Electric Engine Aimed at Homebuilders")
![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]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-22-at-10.01.04-AM.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Phillips 66 Sets Course for Oshkosh With Specials, Seminars—and Popsicles")
![[Credit: Sonex]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/unnamed-6.jpg?w=324&h=235&crop=1 "Sonex Renames High Wing the Phoenix")
Sonex Renames High Wing the Phoenix
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...
![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]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-20-at-11.02.07-AM.jpg?w=324&h=235&crop=1 "Behind the Voyager Flight: 40 Years of Quieter Cockpits")
Behind the Voyager Flight: 40 Years of Quieter Cockpits
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]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-17-at-3.09.57-PM.jpg?w=324&h=235&crop=1 "Vintage in Review Returns to AirVenture 2026 With 90-Year-Old Flyers")
Vintage in Review Returns to AirVenture 2026 With 90-Year-Old Flyers
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...
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