Necessary Tedium
There comes a time when you realize that your assortment of aircraft hardware has reached a point where you have to hunt and peck...
Six in Six
One of the problems with living in a beautiful western mountain setting is that it is hard to maintain instrument currency. Back on the...
Belite Altimeter App – with Humidity!
Sharp-eyed readers will figure out quickly that I am no longer at Sun 'n Fun in Florida - while I might have taken the...
What Do You Suppose…
Now what do you suppose is in such an odd-shaped box? I figure that UPS and FeedEx drivers (not to mention the long-suffering local...
Dropping in on Glasair
I had the opportunity to pop up to Arlington, Washington the other day to visit Glasair, maker of the Sportsman and home of their...
The Survey
I got one of those little postcards in the mail today - the ones you get from the FAA semi-occasionally that ask you to...
Why yes – it IS a kit!
The Silent Electro2 is a self-launching single seat, 40:1 sailplane with an electric motor to get you into the air with little effort. Sold...
More Soaring
Meet Chad Sanders - Chad took an inexpensive (and ubiquitous) Schweitzer 1-26 sailplane and built a beautiful mount for a pair turbojets - and...
Soaring Tidbits
At the 2018 Soaring Society of America convention this week, I attended a session on "Safety Considerations for Soaring in Northern Nevada," which covered...
Homebuilts Soar!
The annual Soaring Society of America convention is underway in Reno, Nevada, and since there are (and always have been) homebuilt sailplanes, we felt...
In Case You Missed It
Letters
Engine Assembly Sealants and LubricantsI enjoyed Dave Prizio's article, "Choosing the Right Sealant" ....
Ask the DAR
What paperwork is necessary when a new owner makes an engine change? If floats are replaced with conventional gear, what does the change in gross weight mean for a plane's LSA status?
Light and Capable
There are so many ways to try to keep the weight down in a homebuilt project, but some are better than others.