Completions

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Bill Prokes' Stolp Starlet

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Stolp SA-500 Starlet N23ME was completed in November of 2016 . The project spanned approximately 4 years. The Engine is a Franklin 4AC-199 E-3...

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...

Barry Haley's Pelican

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My Ultravia Pelican PL was started back in the 1990s by Dick Randolph, a WWII P-47 fighter pilot who served with the 313th Fighter...

Kurt Nielsen's Baby Lakes

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My plans-built Baby Lakes has been 31 years in the making before first flight on 22 May, 2013. I took a long break while...

Friesen Glasair Sportsman

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Finally, after over 3 years Sportsman kit #7091 left the ground. It flew really well and only needed minor trim adjustment. The airplane is fitted...

Geoff van Asch's Murphy Rebel

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Murphy Rebel ZK-VAN (kit #798) flew on Saturday, October 24, 2015.  After 9 years and many, many hours she flew at Omaka, New Zealand. Powered by...

Story RANS S-20

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We started the RANS build with a kit order in December 2014. In April 2015 I convinced my friend Chris to help go retrieve...

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...

Jimmy Young's Zenith CH 750

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On Aug. 10th 2012, I made my first flight in N75ZX, a Zenith CH 750 I had started construction on 2 years and 9...

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...

In Case You Missed it

Does High Tech Satisfy?

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Does high tech satisfy?

Going Overboard

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Have you ever lost anything out of an airplane? Gravity being omnipresent—and apparently increasing...

Fast, Flat and Simple

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Nearly every kit aircraft will require a large, flat worktable for some part of...

Marking for Cotter Key Hole

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By Dan Horton.