Flying in the Age of COVID-19
My wife and I just returned from a week-long trip to Colorado’s ski country and experienced the current airline travel system first-hand. (No, we...
My New Toy: Rhino Label Maker
I’ve been accused of being interested in building and maintaining airplanes and motorcycles as cover for a bad case of tool want. From the...
Ride the Wave!
Oh, for a sailplane on a day like today! I took off on a short after-breakfast flight to do a little post-maintenance test hop....
The Virtual Fly-In
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, and in these days of social isolation from COVID-19, aviators who still want to congregate for community support...
A Great Day to Burn Jet A
About the only good thing that you can say about these times of angst and social distancing is that flying a single-seat airplane puts...
The Nut Under the Cam Gear
Anyone that has disassembled and/or built a four-cylinder Lycoming is probably very familiar with a specific nut - the one hiding underneath the cam...
Out with the Old
Yes, know that I have written numerous times over the years about being careful about “while I’m in there…” syndrome—starting out on a simple...
The Value of Heeding Directions
As builders, we are generally good at doing the research: reading directions, poring over plans and diagrams and generally trying to figure stuff out...
Hate It When I Do That!
First things first - this is in no way Aircraft Spruce’s fault! Nope, this is totally on me - they sent exactly what I...
In Case You Missed it
Watch Those Sharp Edges
Grommets and bushings provide simple, inexpensive protection from sharp edges of all kinds. Sometimes...
Homebuilt vs. Certified
Seemingly two peas in a pod are the GlaStar and its factory-built derivative, the OMF Symphony. We flew both of these wonderful two-seat aircraft to get a handle on what either FAR Part 23 certification or the freedom of homebuilding means to those facing such a delectable decision. By Ed Wischmeyer
