![[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")
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Wednesday is traditionally the day when the homebuilt exodus begins at AirVenture. Many folks have been there since the Friday before the show, and...
Legal Eagle: 25 Years & Counting
A quarter century is plenty long to be championing a homebuilt airplane, but for Leonard Milholland of Brookshire, Texas it might not seem all...
Honeywell KX200 NavComm
The King KX155 and KX165 navcomm radios are two of the most popular navcomm radios of all time and there are plenty of these...
Meeting the Beater
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The Start of a Long Day
Our community relies on the generous time devoted by EAA Tech Counselors and Flight Advisors to ensure good builds and safe first flights. Part...
Teen-built Homebuilts
One inspiring but not so obvious feature at AirVenture near the forums plaza is the display of teen and high-school built kit planes, showcasing...
Badland Aircraft Debuts “Thump Air” Engine For its F-1 Ultralight
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2022 One Week Wonder Now Appearing
There is no One Week Wonder project this year (the next one is planned for 2026) but you can find the 2022 version in...
The Kitfox Muscles Up With the Rotax 916
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Van’s Updates Builders on Laser-Cut Parts
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Great predictions about the advent of reliable, readily available and affordable electric aircraft have come and gone. How far away are we? By Dean Sigler.
