![[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")
Editor’s Report from SnF – Day 3 – Tuesday, April 23
Day 3 of the annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-in dawned with ominous dark clouds on the western horizon. Kitplanes got in a couple of...
Avilution – The New Way to EFIS
Every once in a while you happen onto something actually NEW at SNF, not just improved. So it was today when I met Mark...
Editor’s Report from SnF – Day 2 – Tuesday, April 22
From Powered Parachutes to Jets!
Great weather greeted Day 2 of the Sun 'n Fun 2015 fly-in in Florida today. Early morning high clouds broke...
CubCrafters Introduces New Carbon Cub EX-2
CubCrafters has announced an upgrade to its Carbon Cub EX, an Experimental/ Amateur-Built kit aircraft that features a lightweight airframe and powerful 180 h.p....
Editor’s Report from SnF – Day 1 – Tuesday, April 21
The Sun n Fun Fly-in opened to improving weather today, and many pilots worried about making it to the annual event in Lakeland were...
Superior Engines Announces 100 HP Diesel Program
This morning at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-in, Superior engines announced their new diesel engine program, starting with a 100 HP three-cylinder (six piston)...
Editor's Report from SnF – Set-up Day – Monday, April 20
Lakeland, Florida is welcoming the 41st Sun 'n Fun Fly-in this week, and today was set-up day for vendors and show volunteers. We got...
Postcards From Mojave – Wish You Were Here!
Clear blue sky and beautiful airplanes. This is just a sampling of what we've seen at the Mojave Experimental Fly-In on Saturday.
Kitplanes Flies the Subsonex!
Sonex Aircraft LLC gave Kitplanes Editor in Chief Paul Dye the opportunity to be the first independent pilot to fly and evaluate the Subsonex...
The CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium is on May 1st
Discuss the future of aviation!
Electrically-powered, computer-controlled aircraft will define a radically new paradigm for aviation. In just over 2 weeks a magnificent faculty of...
In Case You Missed It
Ask The DAR
DAR Mel Asberry answers a reader’s question regarding the Experimental/Amateur-Built eligibility of an airplane he’s building with parts salvaged from a Cessna 175.
Improper Deburring
It is really important to remove the burrs that are created when drilling through...