Standing Room Only
When KITPLANES’s Editor-at-Large gives a presentation, you can pretty much count on a standing-room-only crowd. Yesterday in the Homebuilders Hangar was no exception when...
AWOS for Your Private Airstrip
I have been keeping my eye open for an affordable way to add AWOS capability to my home airstrip and I stumbled upon a...
TCW Technologies AirVenture 2021 Update
Bob Newman from TCW Technologies shows us the TCW integrated battery backup system.
AEA Pilots Guide to Avionics
The Aircraft Electronics Association has just released the 2011-12 edition of its Pilot's Guide to Avionics. This is the association's ninth annual consumer's directory...
Getting to Know the Neighborhood: The Short Story of 68 Airports
Why is this man smiling?George Mendonca has been flying for more than 51 years and has just made a personal goal: fly left-seat into...
Miller Electric Prize Drawing
As part of its new “Connect With Miller and Win” campaign, Miller Electric Mfg. Co. will be giving away a welding (or plasma cutting)...
Honey I Shrunk The Schweizer 300!
Imagine your surprise to walk the grounds of the AirVenture Ultralight field to see what appears to be an 80% scale Schweizer 300 parked right there among the ultralights and powered parachutes.
Oregon Aero Announces Seat Cushion Upgrade Discount
Oregon Aero is offering up to $500 off of its VK SmartCushion seat upgrade through May 31. The offer is $250 off of any single seat upgrade, and $500 off on any two single-seat VK SmartCushion upgrades. The company is also working with Aircraft Banking Centers of Locust Grove, Georgia, on financing and refinancing for these seat upgrades. The VK SmartCushion offers pain-free flying and meets all FAA specifications, Oregon Aero says.
30,000th Homebuilt Certified
On July 31, in AeroShell Square, during the 2008 EAA AirVenture show, Acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell allowed EAA President Tom Poberezny to award the 30,000th Experimental aircraft airworthiness certificate to Robert Noll and his daughter Katrina, of Yuma, Arizona, who have built an RV-9A together.In fact, the RV-9A was one of several aircraft that applied for and were awarded experimental airworthiness certificates in the last six months. All of them were entered into a…
The After-Race
Reno Racing ends every day about 4:30 or 5:00 pm, but that doesn't mean that everyone (or anyone) goes home! Teams have pop-ups and...
In Case You Missed It
The Art of Corner Blocking in Wood Aircraft Construction
Tips for working smarter when making these small, critical parts.
Wind Tunnel
The discussion of lateral/directional stability continues with an examination of dihedral effect and the effect of roll;
Ask the DAR
Whats changed with the advent of the revised 51% rule? Fortunately, not as much as you might think.
Letters
A&Ps and ExperimentalsI would like to commend Dave Prizio on his very informative article...