![[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")
Tiny Transponder from uAvionix
It may seem like everything but the kitchen sink is included in this new, tiny transponder from uAvionix. The echo ESX is a Mode...
Sunshine Clipper
We at Kitplanes are always looking for new and different airplanes to review, and we found this one right under our noses at the...
uAvionix echo and SkyFY ADSB
uAvionix introduced their echo and SkyFY ADS-B units here at Sun n Fun. The echo box is an ADS-B in and out unit that...
Postcards from Sun 'n Fun
Photographer Mariano Rosales snapped these photos at the 2018 Sun 'n Fun Fly-in. There are so many cool things to see in the exhibitors'...
Just 103 Solo
Just Aircraft LLC, best known for their SuperSTOL and Highlander aircraft designs, is now demonstrating their new, 'not for sale quite yet' aircraft model...
RANS S-21 Outbound
The much anticipated RANS S-21 made its debut yesterday at Sun 'n Fun after being delayed by Tuesday's storm. The S-21 is a departure...
Verner Radial Engine
Verner Motor showed off its new 9-cylinder radial engine in Steve Wolf's one-off scaled-down aerobatic airplane. The new engine makes 158 hp for three...
RANS S-20 is Sprightly with a Titan 340 Engine
The popular RANS S-20 came to Sun 'n Fun this year with a new engine, the Titan 340, which makes 180 hp. The S-20...
Wingbug
In our search for the new and interesting at Sun 'n Fun today, we found a fascinating little gadget that could make flight testing...
Is that plane smiling?
Awoke to beautiful airshow weather today. The facilities at Homebuilt Camping are pretty fine, hot showers and a comfortable hospitality tent were a suitable...
In Case You Missed It
Three Battery Problems Lead to Accidents
Three battery-related accidents, one now 10 years old, the others more recent, point to...
The Home Machinist, Part 7
This milling project offers home machinists a great way to get the feel of their equipment and gives them a plug protector for their in-cockpit iPaq as well; by Bob Fritz.
