Completions

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Thomas Longo's Zenith 701

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Zenith N701TL took me a little over a year to build, started on 6/18/09 and finished 8/05/10. The airworthiness certificate was issued on 9/16/10...

Randy Owen's Zenith 701

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After 2 years, 5 months and about 1060 hours building time, my Zenith 701 flew for the first time, and flew flawlessly. Even at...

Steve Dentz's Just Aircraft Highlander

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N419BD is a Just Aircraft Highlander and was completed after 10 months in June 2010. This is the second Highlander I’ve built in the...

Mike Creek's Bearhawk

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Completed in December 2008, N2828M took to the air in January 2009 with test pilot Danny Sorensen. It took 3.5 years to build...

Phil Owens' CH-801

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Completed after a long journey of ten years. I still need to finish the paint, but she flies great! The engine is #5 off...

Rob Pavan's Jabiru "j258"

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I just finished a Jabiru j250 with the 5100 8cyl engine, hence  "j258." So far I'm very happy with the airplane. It seems to...

Tim Delf’s Sky Jeep

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After 10 enjoyable years of on and off building, my plans built Zenith CH701 aircraft received its airworthiness certificate on March 10, 2011 and...

Phil Bolenbaugh's RANS Coyote II (S-6ES)

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N403PB received her airworthiness certificate in April, 2010 after 14 months and 1,500 hours of build time. Powered by the Rotax 912UL engine,...

Tony Kirk's RV 6-A

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I started building my RV-6A, N57TK, on July 4, 2002 and I flew the first flight on September 5, 2005. The empennage and wings...

Bob Talir's Flightstar II SC

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My kit arrived on 2/9/09. After taking inventory, I began building and completed the plane in 480 hours over a 14 month period....

In Case You Missed it

Ask the DAR

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Non-builder maintenance, importing a kit from Canada, repairman certificate problems.

Aithre Illyrian Smart Pulse Oximeter

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For full-time SpO2 monitoring, stick the Illyrian under the headset and let the app do the rest.

Engine Overhauls

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A visit to Poplar Grove Airmotive.

Safety Is No Accident: Auto-Engine Conversions

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Ron Wanttaja crunches the numbers to determine whether homebuilts powered by auto-engine conversions are inherently less safe than their traditional engine brethren.