![[Credit: Van's Aircraft]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_5238.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "Part 22 Gets Real: Van’s Delivers the First MOSAIC-Certified Airplane")
![Backcountry manners intact: the ULT sits on a grass strip with the turbine spun up, built on the STOL-capable Carbon Cub UL airframe. [Credit: CubCrafters]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-20-at-11.12.13-AM.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "The New Jetprop Carbon Cub")
![[All images credited to Mike Davenport]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/DSC_6716.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Glasair Sportsman 2+2, Part Two")
![Dragging it in low and slow for the STOL competition. [Credit: Andrew Robinson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/SnF_dragging_in.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Sun ’n Fun 2026 Recap: Avionics Upgrades, Thorp Kits, and STOL Action")
![[Credit: McFarlane Alaska]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/McFarlane_tailwheel.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "McFarlane Alaska Absorbs Backcountry Favorite T3 Tailwheel")
Welcome to the Wisconsin State Fair
Have you ever held an event, perhaps for work, where a party is advertised for, say, three hours but everyone has left after two...
Engine Start!
About 7 pm on Saturday, the Van's crew put the wings on and brought the One Week Wonder out onto the adjacent street for...
One Week Wonder – Day 6 – Engine Start!
When I walked in Saturday morning, it was clear that the Van's crew had reached a point that gave them confidence that the One...
Dark Aero 1
First time exhibitors, Dark Aero is three brothers with an engineering bent and a promising kit plane in the works. Called Dark Aero 1,...
Authentic Sopwith & Gnome
If you've had the rare chance to closely examine a World War I aircraft it soon became obvious why so few early warbirds have...
Rosie Makes Her Appearance!
A surprise appearance of a real "Rosie the Riveter" highlighted the day at the One Week Wonder today. "Rosie", reported to be 94 years...
Jack and the Bally Bomber
In a prominent location of the Homebuilt Camping area you'll discover a truly one of a kind experimental aircraft: a 1/3 scale of the...
Zenith Trailer Kit
Zenith, the popular airplane kit company, is testing the waters for interest in what would be a travel trailer kit to be made with...
Whispering Again
Delbert Sinor of Ozark Mountain Aviation gave us the latest on the Whisper, a 2-place side-by-side kit from South Africa. Sinor offers a builder...
One Week Wonder – Day 4 – 90% Done, 90%...
The One Week Wonder began to look like a real airplane on Thursday. The cabin and tail cone have been mated, the vertical stabilator...
In Case You Missed It
The Dawn Patrol
Dick Starks reminisces about the aviation luminaries The Dawn Patrol has been privileged to meet at the annual Salute to Veterans Air Show.
Design Process: Wing Design
At this point in the design process, we have gotten the airplane sized, balanced,...