SilverLight Aviation to Debut Recon Airplane Kit at AirVenture 2025
SilverLight Aviation brings the all-new Recon airplane kit to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025—now available for order and tailored to U.S. pilot preferences.
Pylon Racing Seminar Wraps with 60 Pilots Certified for National Championship...
The National Championship Air Races completed its first Roswell-based Pylon Racing Seminar, certifying 60 pilots across six classes ahead of the September event.
Tame The Hose Clamp Tail for Safer Maintenance
A simple clamp-tail trick to save your skin—and maybe score points with judges—when securing EGT sensors.
Zenith Fly Into Summer is June 21st
The “Fly In to Summer” open house and fly-in will take place at the central Missouri kit-aircraft factory on Saturday, June 21
Sonex Highwing First Engine Start
The Sonex Highwing prototype has completed its first engine run and is nearly ready for flight, targeting a debut at AirVenture 2025.
RV-15 Test Flight With a New Wing
RV‑15 flies with new wing and updated flaps—perfect handling, stable, and on track for Oshkosh.
FLYING’s ‘Oshkosh Live’ Returns for Year 2
Expanded livestream coverage brings aviation’s biggest week to viewers around the world—live from the heart of EAA AirVenture.
KitFlight Modernizes the Aircraft Builder’s Log (Updated)
KitFlight makes logging your Experimental aircraft build intuitive, flexible, and future-proof—with powerful features and no subscription required.
USB-Powered CO Monitor from Radiant
Radiant's new $29.95 USB CO monitor lights up red if danger's in the air—and might just beat those old stick-on cards for reliability.
BARC Gets Ready To Bite
The Biplane Air Racing Class (BARC) is back for 2025 with new rules and new racers—including two-seaters with big-block engines. Expect to see them at Roswell this September.
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Buying a Used Homebuilt: A Serious Consideration
For someone considering aircraft ownership, used Experimentals deserve serious consideration.
Product Review: PS Engineering PMA5000EX
At its heart, the PMA5000EX is a four-place stereo intercom in an audio panel that supports two each of coms, navs, switching aux inputs, music inputs plus having five unswitched aux inputs and a front-panel input for a music source or cell. By Marc Cook.
Design Process: Landing Gear
It’s time to turn our attention to a major component of the airplane—the landing gear.