Completions

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Gross RV-9A

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My USCG-themed RV-9A was completed this weekend. I built it using a slow build kit, although I did get a jump-start, buying 90% completed wings...

Meisser Pulsar

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Pulsar XP, serial# 404, made it's maiden flight on May 18, 2013 after quite a long period of building. Since then, the log book contains...

Kincaid RV-12

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Our Van's RV-12 E-LSA was completed September 2018. I am a first-time builder, and it took three year build working week-ends only. The plane sports...

Hopwood Zodiac 601XLB

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Zodiac 601XLB N601LL was first flown on September 12, 2018. It took 11 years from start to finish with numerous long breaks interspersed for...

"Old Crow" Huber RV-7A

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After six and a half years, I received an airworthiness certificate on August 2, 2018. The first two flights were on August 10, flown...

Pappas Waiex B Turbo

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This is my second Waiex build. My first appeared in a Kitplanes article in 2007. This one took 24 months of part time work...

Aupperle Zenith CH 750 STOL

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I always wanted something to do in retirement that that would be both challenging and fun. I couldn't envision myself playing golf only during...

Phillabaum Helicycle

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First flight of my Helicycle helicopter was on January 31, 2019 after two years of part-time building. Previously, before I retired, I built an...

Mathis Sport Aviators' RANS S-6

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N646GT started with six members in an LLC, and currently has four left, 10 years after we bought the kit. One of our team...

Paul Dye's SubSonex N958PD: Successful First Flight

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SubSonex Serial #21 (N958PD) made its first flight out of the Dayton Valley Airpark in Nevada on the 24th of March, 2019. Winter kept...

In Case You Missed it

Alpi Pioneer 400T

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Pioneering spirit-Italian design. By Geoff Jones.

Limitations

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Clint Eastwood (as Dirty Harry) once said, "A man's got to know his limitations."...

Kit Stuff

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Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.

Do-It-Yourself Camera Mount

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Homebuilt aircraft struts often require a homebuilt mount.