![[Credit: McFarlane Alaska]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/McFarlane_tailwheel.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "McFarlane Alaska Absorbs Backcountry Favorite T3 Tailwheel")
![Making rare use of my drafting tools for the internal timing. [All Images Credited to Andrew Robinson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/P1010535.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Conquering the Magneto, Part 2")
![The integrated ECLIPSE NG features a very sunlight readable display that shows the engine and all flight data organized in one or more pages. [Credit: Fielden Aero LLC]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1_Screenshot_.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "FLYBOX Avionics")
![[Credit: Radiant Technology]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/550095_5165745cc27748a598699799d796fd94mv2.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Radiant Technology Unveils SafeGyro")
![[Credit: Dynon]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EMS-stand-alone_HDX.png?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Dynon Unveils Scalable Engine Monitoring for Kitbuilders")
Homebuilders Benefit from Reno Races
Tuesday is a great day for a homebuilder to wander around the pits at the Reno Races - more specifically, the Sport class hangars...
Things are Heating Up in Reno!
The 52nd Annual National Championship Air Races have kicked off their week of dominating the skies north of Reno Nevada - and qualifying has...
Camping With Your Airplane Photo Contest Winner Announced
Nicholas Blanck from San Francisco, CA is the winner of the "Camping with your airplane" photo contest with his shot from Cavanaugh Bay, ID...
New Homebuilt Aircraft Council Appointments
The EAA's Homebuilt Aircraft Council added three new members.
Six Reasons to be a Homebuilder
Kitplanes magazine editor-in-chief Paul Dye is a former NASA flight director, but he's also a passionate homebuilder, currently working on a Dream Tundra. At...
Vote For the Best Camping Photo
What's more fun than airplane camping? Let us know which photo you like best and the winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from...
First Look – Van's RV-14 Taildragger
Kitplanes Magazine got a chance to fly the new RV-14 from Van's this week - less than a week after its return from a...
Six Elected to EAA Board of Directors
Longtime Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University official new addition to board
Six Experimental Aircraft Association members have been voted to represent EAA's 190,000 members as a part...
2015 Oshkosh AirVenture Awards
HOMEBUILT
Classic Home Built Special Award - Large Plaque
307th Bomb Wing - 93rd Bomb Squadron Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana 1961 B-52H, 61-0029
Kit Outstanding Workmanship...
New CAMit Distributor
Jack Gonzenbach of Heart of America Aviation LLC is the new North American distributor for CAMit aircraft engines out of Australia. CAMit engines are...
In Case You Missed It
Installing and Maintaining Your Pitot-Static System
The pitot-static system is usually one of those items appearing on your to-do list...
What’s New
Sportairs Sirius LSA is available for demo flights, the Spider Tracks viewer allows you to track flights on your iPhone and MGL Avionics Second Generation EFISes debut. Edited by Mary Bernard