![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=534&h=462&crop=1 "Vintage in Review Returns to AirVenture 2026 With 90-Year-Old Flyers")
![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=265&h=198&crop=1 "Behind the Voyager Flight: 40 Years of Quieter Cockpits")
![[Credit: Sonex]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/unnamed-6.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Sonex Renames High Wing the Phoenix")
![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: magniX]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Magnix.jpg?w=324&h=235&crop=1 "magniX Opens Pre-Orders for an Electric Engine Aimed at Homebuilders")
magniX Opens Pre-Orders for an Electric Engine Aimed at Homebuilders
magniX is using AirVenture to move electric propulsion out of the demonstrator stage and toward the flight line. The company announced it is opening...
![[Credit: Flight Desgn GmbH]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1_mosaic_flightdesign.jpg_preview.jpg?w=324&h=235&crop=1 "FAA Accepts ASTM Standards, Clearing the Last Hurdle for MOSAIC")
FAA Accepts ASTM Standards, Clearing the Last Hurdle for MOSAIC
The Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association arrived at Oshkosh this week with the news homebuilders and light-aircraft makers have waited a decade to hear. The...
![[Credit: Wikimedia Commons]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/4_rutan_a_longez.jpg_preview.jpg?w=324&h=235&crop=1 "Rutan Symposium Turns to the Coming Canard Maintenance Crisis")
Rutan Symposium Turns to the Coming Canard Maintenance Crisis
The Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience held its annual Future of Rutan Designs Symposium on Wednesday, July 22, at Forum Stage 9. This year the...
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