Friday is the New Saturday
It's a natural evolutionary process—when an event gets big enough, the opening day becomes crowded. So those that don’t like the crowds start coming...
Checking In – Deland, Florida
The Deland Sport Aviation Showcase wraps up our show attendance for this year, and as I leave Florida, I can think back on a...
Flight Test Note… Check the Screws
It is easy to get wrapped up in the flying aspect of flight testing when taking an airplane through phase 1. We preflight, then...
I Spent How Much? Oh… OK…
I just placed an order with our favorite major aircraft parts vendor for some tires. Small, little tires. A couple of tailwheel pneumatic tires...
Ninety Knots
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...
Gusting to WHAT?
We were on our way back from Oshkosh a few weeks ago, headed from Minnesota to Western Nevada in one day. The forecast was...
FAA Makes Progress on Dual-Pilot Phase One Testing
KITPLANES magazine met with Mark Giron of FAA headquarters on the opening day of Sun 'n Fun to discuss progress on the concept of...
Avionics: Do You Document?
A friend at my airport confessed to having some avionics problems. His homebuilt’s instruments include a Garmin G5 for a primary instrument, a BendixKing...
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....
In Case You Missed it
What’s New
Among the news items this month are the announcement of extended-range fuel tanks for the Arion Aircraft Lightning, a flight bag thats customized for RV aircraft, a light-aircraft jack and a new transceiver from Microair Avionics of Australia.
