Ed and Kaye Pierson’s Lockwood AirCam
My wife and I finally completed our Lockwood AirCam after nearly 10 years of work. It’s equipped with Rotax 912S engines, MGL EFIS and...
Dan McElroy’s Questair Venture
I just finished my Venture, which was started 20 years ago. There are marriages that have not lasted 20 years, there are careers that...
Bud Weddington’s and Ed Nolan’s Double Eagle
This is a Double Eagle designed by Leonard Milholland. We started the project thinking it would take about six months to complete. We got...
John “Snaps” Knapp’s Micro Mong Rocket Seaplane
Flying in my 1984 Avid Seaplane for 2600 hours, the first one on floats, I always loved the nostalgia of biplanes, especially biplanes on...
Marin Streeter’s BushCaddy
I started my project on December 28, 2006, and N620MP received its ELSA airworthiness certificate on August 24, 2009, after 735 hours build time...
Kurt Klewin’s Van’s RV-6A
N85KC was started in 1999 and completed in 2004. It is powered by an Aerosport Power O-360 and Sensenich prop. Built a bit prior...
Bob Carson’s Sonex
Sonex N754TA took 2.5 years to complete, and it first flew in September 2009. This is my first build and the construction went smoothly...
Lory Ghertner's Glasair
After too many years of my wife's putting up with the odor of resin and thousands of parts, N494U is now a cross-country machine....
Philip Smith's Zenith CH 701
Started building in February of 1997 - finally signed off after three years, eight months and 20 days. Lost track of the hours...
Gero and Beatrix Dargel's Skyranger Swift
After a couple of more or less successful radio controlled models, the Skyranger is our first "full size" project. The main structure of the...
In Case You Missed It
It Pays To Heed Convention
Barnaby Wainfan looks at unconventional flight-control configurations in the cockpit and why they can throw even a seasoned pilot.
Yearly Condition Inspection, Part I
If you own a Cessna or other certificated airplane, you need to get an...
Minnesota Mission
Creating a bespoke airplane is one benefit of building from plans; when assembling a kit, builders cannot make many changes.