Australia Mandates Control Cable Replacement At 15 Years

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Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has issued a final rule that will require the full replacement and re-rigging of primary flight control cable system...

Aero Adventure amphibious LSA Crash at Sebring

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Our sister publication AVweb is reporting that Sheriff's deputies have confirmed two people died in the crash of an Aero Adventure amphibious LSA near...

RV12 Action Camera Interface

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Van's Aircraft has a new VIRB action camera interface in the RV12 that works with the newly introduced Garmin G3X Touch avionics suite. Larry Anglisano took the system flying at the 2015 U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida, for a closer look.

SimpleFlight.net: The Power of Kit Planes

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SimpleFlight.net interviewed Paul Dye, editor-in-chief of Kitplanes: "Paul Dye, editor in chief, of Kitplanes Magazine blew the doors wide open on the kit plane and...

EAA Ensuring Homebuilts Not Forgotten in ADS-B Mandate

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EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin - (December 19, 2014) - EAA is in ongoing discussions with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ensure that...

Update: Precautions for Jabiru Powered Aircraft

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The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority will place a set of precautionary operating limitations on aircraft powered by Jabiru engines. This is a revised...

Kitplanes Visits the Rotax Factory

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With the 912 iS and new iS Sport engine, Rotax is making gains with new products. Reporting for KITPLANES, Paul Bertorelli visited the factory last summer and produced this video explaining how the engines are built.

Sonex Aircraft Reaches Milestone of 500 Completions

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Sonex Aircraft, LLC passed a major benchmark this week, as news was received from Christopher Madsen of Huntsville, Alabama that his AeroVee powered, Standard...

Australian Authorities Propose Limitations on Jabiru-Powered Aircraft

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CASA - the Australian equivalent of the US Federal Aviation Administration - issued draft documents that would severely limit operations for aircraft equipped with...

Risk and Reward in the Thin Air

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Losing people in a flight program is gut-wrenchingly hard and today I feel for all of the folks at Scaled Composites. None of them...

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Twice the Fun and Half the Cost

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Everyone needs two airplanes—one for going places and another for fun. Getting that...

Kit Stuff

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Off the Grid (Chapter 2)

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Here we go with what I promised you last month. This may be the...

Replacing Fuel and Oil Lines

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It is a good idea to cap off the old lines and fittings...