![[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")
Dawn Patrol Video from Gathering of Eagles
KP columnist and Dawn Patrol member Dick Starks shares a short video of a recent visit to Gardner, Kansas.
You can see it on YouTube.
Garmin and Jeppesen Bundle Database Packages
Garmin International Inc. and Jeppesen have announced a new bundle pricing program for databases on select Garmin panel-mount avionics that provides a more affordable...
Zenith Aircraft Company Summer Events
The Zenith Aircraft Company Fly into Summer Builder Fly-In Gathering is scheduled for Saturday, June 25, 2011, at the Zenith factory in Mexico, Missouri,...
Latest News From RANS
In recent news from RANS Aircraft, the company has announced it now has carbon-fiber wingtips for the S-7S and S-7LS. The tips weigh about...
MGL Avionics Releases Seventh Generation AHRS
Torrance, California-based MGL Avionics has just released its new generation of AHRS sensors, the SP-7 AHRS and SP-6 Compass Sensor (magnetometer). The seventh generation...
Open Hangar Day at Zenair June 11
Aviation enthusiasts, especially fans of Chris Heintz designs, are invited to the Zenair Open Hangar Day and Builder Gathering scheduled for Saturday, June 11,...
Limited Time Offer on TWTT Glasair Sportsman
Glasair Aviation is offering a special deal in June for its Two Weeks to Taxi Sportsman airplane. Each Sportsman is specially equipped with:
Lycoming high-performance...
Whirl Wind Launches New Web Site
Whirl Wind Aviation, manufacturer of a diverse line of high-performance composite constant-speed propeller systems for Experimental aircraft announced a newly formatted and optimized web...
New Features on Ready-to-Fly 2012 RANS S-7LS
RANS Aircraft announced that it will soon fly its 2012 demonstrator S-7LS, which features refinements that provide greater range and payload, and more responsive...
NKET Visits Zenith for Evaluation of CH 650 Kit
A five-person FAA National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) is visiting Zenith Aircraft Company in Mexico, Missouri, to determine whether the CH 650 kit will...
In Case You Missed It
Aero ‘lectrics
This month, Jim Weir describes how to create an LED strip with any three colors and offers a brief lesson on human optics too.
Second-Thought Tie-Down Eye
Every aircraft has tie-down points. Most of us never give them a second thought...