![[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")
Not Bent, We Checked
The Whisper features a new and radical prop design from Craig Catto - one with a pretty interesting kink in the end of the blades.
Most Awesome Cleco Pliers
We walked up on probably the most complex and awesome set of cleco pliers we’ve ever seen.
An Old Friend Moves Towards Completion
The Danni May started as a dream for Mel and Ann Asberry in 2004.
NORAD and Sunglasses
Last year, in a moment of heat and hunger induced weakness, I succumbed to a sales pitch for a $40 bottle of glasses cleaner....
AirVenture 2024 In Perspective
Home for 24 hours, it’s time to look back and think about our eight-day sojourn in Wisconsin.
Legal Eagle at Oshkosh 2024
Legal Eagle designer Leonard Milholland talks about his ultralight aircraft. Leonard is close to his 100th birthday at AirVenture 2024 in Oshkosh Wisconsin and...
Recharge Time at the Seaplane Base
If I am to sum up the atmosphere there in one word, it has to be “chill."
In Case You Missed It
Experimotive
Rick Lindstrom looks at Maxwell Propulsions upgraded FWF system, and peeks into the systems future.
Around the Patch
Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook takes note of the good, bad and the uncapitalized in public reactions to a recent aircraft accident. He encourages knowledgeable pilots, builders and enthusiasts to counter the public rantings of armchair crackpots with kindness and courage. Also, a tip of the buttonless cap to Omar Filipovic, KITPLANES.coms new webmaster, for his savvy work to create a more lively and flexible web site.
Going Around
Gallons of ink have been dedicated—with only minor effect—to figuring out what it is...
Boots on the Ground
Paul Dye talks about meeting old friends and making new friends at air shows and fly-ins, and introduces several new columnists who will be regular contributors to KITPLANES.