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Craig Barnett, principal of Scheme Designers, which creates unique paint schemes for aircraft of all makes and models, is beaming like a proud parent....

"DESIGN, BUILD, TEST" is a documentary film that will follow a community of experimental test pilots in the Mojave Desert as they race to...

It’s Saturday, when a race pilot’s thoughts bank toward victory. You could see it in today’s 400 mph Sport Gold heat. Very interestingly, just like...

Well, not really. But we found this project while practicing a little work avoidance (ah, that would be research) here at the KITPLANES world...

Long-EZ builder Mike Sabourin provides a narrated walk-around of his award-winning airplane.

The home of the Ace family of kitbuilt aircraft, including the Junior Ace 6 and the Junior Ace E, is now supported by a...

Aircraft Sales and Parts Ltd., the manufacturer of the Summit and Steel Breeze powered parachutes (in addition to the Chinook Plus 2 and Beaver...

CoDeveloper has a new PilotE6B/WX app that provides pilots with more than 50 common aviation calculations and unit conversions, as well as convenient access...

The FAA, in its revised Advisory Circulars that govern the licensing of Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft, has taken an aggressive, broad-brush approach to stopping excessive commercial assistance in kitbuilt aircraft. An advisory panel was formed last year, and the initial findings were published in February, with the draft of revised rulemaking supposed to appear this spring. In fact, the draft of the new rules appeared in the middle of July, with a substantially shorter comment period than…

One of the things that I learned from reading Paul Dye’s coverage of last year’s Reno Air Races was that everybody uses tape to...