![[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")
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![[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")
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![[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")
KITPLANES Briefs the FAA on Experimental's Capabilities
KITPLANES Editor-in-Chief Paul Dye responded to an EAA request for a demonstration on the glass screen capabilities on today's homebuilt aircraft. The plan was...
Sopwith 1½ Strutter
If you want to build a plane that will make you the envy of everyone at the airport and have people lined up to...
Safari 500
I spent the a few hours wandering the warbirds area this morning looking in vain for a Sea Fury, my favorite of that era,...
Reducing Loss of Control Accidents
Risk Management is an important topic within the EAA, especially when you consider that loss of control accidents are the biggest killer of pilots...
The Zenith of Creativity
Some people just cant leave a good kit airplane well enough alone. This Zenith 701 is parked in Homebuilt Camping and has more than...
One Week Wonder – Day 3–Going in All Directions
Lots of progress was made on the One Week Wonder, AirVenture's attempt to build an RV-12iS up to taxiing status in 6.5 days. The...
One Week Wonder – Anyone Can Help!
I stopped by to check on the progress of the One Week Wonder this morning, and found this gentleman removing blue plastic from parts...
Timber Tiger Ryan-A-Like
So, what's a nice Ryan like this doing in the homebuilt display at AirVenture? Looking the part, obviously, and yes, it is not a...
RANS S-21
The long awaited RANS S-21 Outbound is finally here. It features all-metal construction with match-hole drilled skins and pull rivets throughout. The main structure...
One Week Wonder – Day 2 – Riveting Opened to Everyone
The wing structures were completed and skins tacked on by mid-day, allowing AirVenture visitors to walk up to the One Week Wonder pavilion, pull...
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The Meredith Effect-Fact or Fiction?
Can a properly ducted radiator offset all internal cooling drag and produce thrust?
Right-Angle Deburring Tool
Most of us have a threaded drill kit. Mine has an assortment of common...
Building the ‘Beater – Part 4
It’s hard to believe that several months have gone by again and it’s time...