Kneeboard Notes

The top of that mountain is just about three miles from the front of my hangar--and this iPhone picture is making the visibility look better than it appears to the naked eye. Such is how we'll start out our Oshkosh trip if the smoke persists until morning.

I occasionally receive notes requesting information on ballistic recovery systems for E-AB aircraft, and questions on why you don't see more articles in Kitplanes...

No airplane is perfect right out of the box--that is, really, why we test them isn't it? Of course, there are lots of kits...

There comes a time in every plane's life when you just have to take her down for maintenance. Our RV-3B is probably the most...

As builders, we are generally good at doing the research: reading directions, poring over plans and diagrams and generally trying to figure stuff out...

According to all of the Facebook reminders popping up on my feed, its been almost exactly two years since I did the first flight...

No, it's not experimental - but it is a little different. It's not often I find a J-3 Cub with a 100 horse C-85...

With a fresh airworthiness certificate in hand, pre-fight inspections complete, and gorgeous spring weather (cool with no winds) in the Smith Valley, there was...

The winding road traveled by Epic Aircraft rounded what could be the last bend today. On Wednesday, April 7, the bankruptcy judge received a proposal that would, in essence, put a consortium of Epic LT builders in the driver's seat.

Poring over press releases from all "Big Three" piston aircraft engine manufacturers got me thinking about the engines I have out in my own hangar, hanging off our stable of airplanes.