Kneeboard Notes

One good reason to make lots of friends when you get in to homebuilding--sooner or later you're going to need a special tool, and...

While I generally use very lightweight in-the-ear headsets these days (because they allow me to wear floppy hats in my bubble-canopy airplanes) there is...

Anyone that has followed my airplane projects over the years probably has figured out that I love to work with new avionics. I am...

"Time to spare--go by air!" That old nut has been around since the days of early airlines that were hardy what you'd call reliable--and there are many that would say it is still true for airline travel today. Where it really has a grain of truth, of course, is when you are talking about light General Aviation aircraft, and most experimentals fit into that category.

I remember the very first LONG cross-country I took as an inexperienced pilot, flying my new (to me) Grumman Yankee from Houston to Minneapolis,...

It's funny how little things can make a huge difference in life--especially when it comes to aviation. Little things are important to aircraft design,...

Drilling out rivets can seem like a step backwards for any builder, but you can also look at it from another direction and realize that if you need to do it, you NEED to do it--and therefore, it is a step forward towards completion, or in this case, in the direction of finishing a repair.

Trying to keep number of family airplanes flying and up to date is never easy, and since one or two fly a couple of...

My AirVenture NOTAM booklet came fairly late this year, despite having ordered it the day it was available. Not to worry--I downloaded the document...

Well, we have a plan for getting our Tundra back into the air, and I think it is a good one--partly because we think...