Sennheiser Withdraws from the Cockpit

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Audio specialist Sennheiser is withdrawing from the pilots' headset business in March 2016. The company says it will fulfill all its obligations for servicing...

Belite Special Offer: 25% Off on Digital Altimeter/VSI

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The Belite Digital LCD Altimeter / VSI is designed to provide many critical pieces of flight information to the pilot in a single, small...

Garmin Team X Introduces GAD 27 Adapter

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New GAD 27 pairs with G3X Touch to streamline installations and add more capability Garmin announced the GAD 27, a small, lightweight and solid state...

Two Week Wonder

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New program offers finished kit aircraft in just two weeks Based on similar well-established kitplane builder-assistance programs (i.e. Sportsman 2+2), Plane-Crafters now offers the ultimate...

Garmin Expands Obstacle Database to Include Canada

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Garmin has announced expanded availability of our comprehensive obstacle database to now include Canada for select Garmin portables and certified avionics. Man-made structures such as...

SAM Aircraft: Super deal

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Airplane comes with -- literally -- "everything." SAM designer selling airplane, drawings, files, all assets, for less than the price of a kit. Montreal, Quebec, Canada:...

Valve Guide Cleaning Reamers for Lycoming Engines

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McFarlane offers special reamers in the necessary sizes to clean your Lycoming engine exhaust valve guides per Lycoming Service Instruction 1425A. The McFarlane cleaning...

VamPLIERS Solve Problems

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In our many decades building (wrenching on) airplanes, we've run into our fair share of stripped and buggered up screws. Getting them out has...

Kitplanes Magazine Sponsors Zenith STOL Competition

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STOL competition highlights festivities at Zenith Open Hangar Day festival The second Zenith Aircraft Open Hangar Day STOL Competition is set for Friday, the day...

1,000 RV-12 Kits Sold

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On August 27, 2015 the shipping department at Van's Aircraft Inc. had several orders to fill. By the end of the day, they'd rolled...

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Editor’s Log

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The same plane twice…

Effect of Fairings on Speed

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Compared to the high cost of horsepower, reducing drag is a much less expensive way to go faster.

Grow a Third Hand

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When you need an extra hand, make a jig.

Spitfire Squadron Scrambles Again

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At Enstone, U.K., groups of builders are creating Spitfire replicas. By Geoff Jones.