![[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")
Father-Daughter Flying, Camping, Fun!
Another example of family fun traveling to SnF. Meet Jeff Shultz and his daughter Nicholette who traveled here from Jackson, Mississippi in the Sonex...
The Unbearable Lightness of Propulsion
Surely there's a fun single-seater which could put this Air Conception Nitro 200 to good use. How about 28 HP in a 25 lb...
Samson Mite
This is most overlooked really cool airplane at the show, the Wolf "Samson Mite." It's a one-off by professional builder/pilot Steve Wolf, for his...
SubSonex Personal Jet Now More Affordable
Sonex Aircraft, LLC has a new sales strategy for the SubSonex Personal Jet, with a drastically reduced airframe price to put this unparalleled aircraft...
Advanced Flight Systems Shows New Software
Rob Hickman, of Advanced Flight Systems, was proudly showing off the new software for their EFIS systems as well as their new 12" screen....
Azalea Aviation Saberwing
Azalea Aviation is back at SNF presenting their Saberwing aircraft powered by the Spyder Corvair engine. There were a couple of customer projects on...
Old School New Airplane
The Lo Camp is on display here at Sun'n Fun this week, and boy, is it a beauty in a nostalgic sort of way....
Birds of a Feather
After a good soaking rain most of the night at SNF the majority of the arrivals have been of the feathered variety. But alas...
And Just Like That…
It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, and you're looking at a homebuilt miniature Corsair powered by an O-320.
It's Not Always Sunny…
The bad news? It's raining this morning at Sun 'n Fun. The good news? The radar looks like we're on the very back side...
In Case You Missed It
Alternative Energies
Three new aircraft, Synergy, Pipistrel Panthera and Volta Volare, are pushing the innovation envelope with their propulsion systems, performance and fuel economy. By Dean Sigler.
What’s New
CHR International acquires the Safari helicopter kit, formerly known as the Baby Belle. Flight Data Systems unveiled its T-30 digital tachometer. Edited by Mary Bernard.