![[Credit: magniX]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Magnix.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "MagniX Unveils Electric Engine for the GA Market")
American Team First to Set Five Official World Records with Highest...
American Team First to Set Five Official World Records with Highest Performing Electric Airplane in History
Yates Aerospace Corporation today announced the Fédération Aéronautique InternationaleAmerican...
40 Years of Service for Aircraft Tool Supply
Aircraft Tool Supply, recognized internationally as a leading manufacturer and distributor of sheet metal tools, riveting products, inspection equipment, and aircraft engine maintenance tools,...
Bring Your Learning to Fly Questions with You to AirVenture
Sporty’s CFIs Offering Free Daily Office Hours
It’s easy for non-pilots to be intimidated hanging out with their certificated buddies. At EAA AirVenture, with pilots...
Jeppesen To Sponsor MyGoFlight’s iPad EFB Challenge Seminars & Contests
Jeppesen and MyGoFlight announced today that Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, has become a sponsor of the iPad Takes Flight! EFB...
Katrina Bradshaw Memorial BuildAPlane Center Opens at Flabob Airport
Build A Plane has joined with the Thomas Wathen Center in Riverside, California, to create a permanent facility that allows kids to build real...
Garmin® Team X Introduces New G3X™ Touch 7-Inch Touchscreen Display Option...
Garmin International announced today a new 7-inch G3X Touch display option for experimental amateur-built and light sport aircraft. The new, high-resolution infrared touchscreen display...
Sonex Introduces Sub-Kits
PRESS RELEASE
Sonex Aircraft, LLC has announced yet another option for building Sonex Aircraft: Sub-Kits for Sonex and Waiex airframe. These Sub-Kits are designed to...
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Commentary: An RV Owner’s Reaction to Van’s Bankruptcy Filing
It’s worth remembering that it’s not just Van’s we’re talking about, but a whole constellation of supporting companies that make good money from RV builders.
Archive: June 2003
We’ve seldom shied away from indulging a builder’s whimsy on our pages, including the...
Homemade Open-End Wrench
Anyone who knows me is familiar with my love of homemade tools. It comes...
![Aircraft designs now can be built in a fraction of the time necessary in the early days of homebuilding. [Credit: Adobe Stock]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AdobeStock_1336488.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Kit Building Then and Now")