![[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")
Doubt: A Cautionary Tail
Doubt. It's part of human nature and it loves visiting itself upon homebuilders. We doubt ourselves and the plans. We convince ourselves we don't know...
One Cool Creeper
Full disclosure, my father-in-law gave me an early AeroCreeper for Christmas a few years ago. It has become the favorite seat for visitors in...
AutoGyro USA Builds An MTO Sport Gyroplane at AirVenture
In the spirit of past “One Week Wonder” kit aircraft built during previous AirVentures, AutoGyro USA is celebrating its 2000th MTO Sport kit by...
The Duflunkee Cub
Out on Row 321, in Homebuilt Camping, there is a modest little plane painted white with brown and gold and strutting 31” tundra tires....
X-Naut Expands iPad Cooler Line
There’s a new X-Naut in town. The California-based company has been producing cooling cases for Apple iPads for some time—they are built for specific...
Duc Propellers Introduces Tiger Line At AirVenture
Duc Propellers have been manufactured in France since 1997 and are sold in the us through their office in Sebring, Florida. At AirVenture 2023,...
ScaleBirds P-36 Flies
Recidivist AirVenture attendees know Sam Watrous at ScaleBirds has been developing his Lite Fighter concept with a prototype P-36. Previously a static display, the...
Deltahawk: First Look (Finally!)
Suddenly it’s cool to talk about Deltahawks.
It wasn’t always that way. The Racine, Wisconsin based company has been promising their all-new engine for many...
Sling, One Year Later
Back in the spring of 2022, we had the opportunity to fly to Johannesburg South Africa to fly the brand new Sling High Wing...
Romantic Side-by-Side
We knew Nick Pfannenstiel was an incurable romantic (just like us) but now we’re finding out he’s a prolific one, too.
His Timber Tiger company’s...
In Case You Missed It
Wind Tunnel
This month we use the accumulated flight-test data to determine what exactly is causing the unacceptable flying qualities of the airplane so that the best way to fix the problem can be identified;
Measuring: Go To Lengths To Get It Right
Measure twice, cut once. That's sound advice, though no guarantee you won’t measure wrong...
What’s New
Zenith offers a reduced price for its STOL CH 701 kit, featuring the 85-hp Jabiru 2200A engine. Dynon offers a rebate for Blue Mountain EFIS owners who trade in for the new SkyView units, as well as special upgrade pricing. Edited by Mary Bernard.