New Products: Bosch Jigsaw Kit

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The Bosch 18-volt cordless jigsaw has been added to Aircraft Spruce’s line of Bosch power tools. The 6-pound jigsaw has a One-Touch system that...

New Products: Bosch Jigsaw Kit

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The Bosch 18-volt cordless jigsaw has been added to Aircraft Spruces line of Bosch power tools. The 6-pound jigsaw has a One-Touch system that allows for easy blade change and ejection of hot or broken blades with one lever. The Bosch also features blade retention and a three-way grip that maintains the blade position and allows for precise cuts. An adjustable dust blower keeps the cutting line clear.…

Red Bull Air Races: What the Old, New and Experimental Can...

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It's race day on San Diego Bay in Southern California. I look around at the more than 70,000 people (120,000 over two days) assembled...

Amy's RV-10: Getting It Inspected

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Before you can legally fly your kit aircraft you must have it inspected by the FAA or the FAA’s legal representative, and that inspector...

The Home Machinist – The Mystery Wrench Is a Mystery No...

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In the May 2008 issue of KITPLANES I included a photo of a mystery wrench and asked folks to write in with identification. The...

New Products: CD-Based Weather Course Introduced

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Weather Statement Groundschool is now offering a course on METARS (Aviation Routine Weather Reports) and TAFs (Terminal Area Forecasts) that you can complete on...

New Products: CD-Based Weather Course Introduced

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Weather Statement Groundschool is now offering a course on METARS (Aviation Routine Weather Reports) and TAFs (Terminal Area Forecasts) that you can complete on your home computer. METARS include temperature, dew point, wind speed, direction, precipitation, cloud cover, visibility, lightning and barometric pressure. TAFs are used in conjunction with METARS and use similar terminology.…

Electric Airplane Symposium 2008

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The electric airplane: What’s the future hold, and how do we make it happen? That was the theme of the 2008 Electric Aircraft Symposium...

Nationwide Sectionals—Free!

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Dave Parsons, one of our readers, wrote to compliment the aviation weather web site review in the May 2008 issue of KITPLANES. We left...

Amy's RV-10: Checking Out a Newborn Engine Before Flight

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That Lycoming IO-540 on our nascent Van's RV-10 is about 10 minutes old now, and still a sweetheart. Each engine start tested another function,...

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Jet A for the Rest of Us

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The Continental diesel RV-10.

What’s the DAR’s Role?

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Question: I know that you are active on the Van’s Air Force (VAF) site,...

Marking Rivet Locations

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Laying out rivet patterns can take a lot of time, especially when the drawings...

25th Anniversary: Homebuilts – The Enduring Soul of Innovation

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This month we reflect on the changes we've seen over a quarter century of covering the homebuilt aircraft world; by Cindy Pedersen.