![[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")
Van’s Aircraft SNF Show Specials, RV-15 Update
Van's Greg Hughes talks about the company's specials for this year's Sun 'n Fun. Surprise! These include reduced prices on various kits and a...
Garmin Updates Product Availability from Sun ‘n Fun
Our avionics expert Larry Anglisano talks with Garmin's Jim Alpiser at Sun 'n Fun to get an update on supply-chain issues, product availability and...
New A30 Noise Canceling Headset from Bose
Bose’s A20 has proved to be one of the most popular noise canceling headsets on the market but the company figured it’s due for...
Sun ‘n Fun Homebuilt Camping Ready to Rock in New Location
The big story after Sun 'n Fun 2022 was the announcement that the fly-in campus would be reconfigured significantly, resulting in a full portion...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal #1 – Sun ‘n Fun 2023 Edition
To my shame, I drove my truck to the 2023 Sun 'n Fun fly-in. My RV-8A project is still unfinished in my garage, but...
Weather Blocks Sun ‘n Fun Arrivals
A massive line of thunderstorms in Alabama, Georgia and north Florida have blocked northerly based homebuilt aircraft from the Sun 'n Fun fly-in, which...
RARA Announces Air Races to Leave Reno
The Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) announced today that the 2023 National Championship Air Races (NCAR) will be the last time the air races...
Lots Happening at the Buckeye Air Fair
One of first events of the 2023 Air Show season happened February 17-19 at Buckeye Arizona (KBXK) about 35 miles west of Phoenix. The...
Unreadable Data Plate
Data plates are required to show the manufacturer, model and serial number, and they must be legible. It’s highly unlikely that one like this...
Task-Based Flight Test Approved
A multi-year project between the FAA and EAA has resulted in important changes being inserted into the latest advisory circular pertaining to Experimental/Amateur-Built flight...
In Case You Missed It
Fourier Strikes Again
Ah, the email call for April 15, 2022, just arrived. Michael Zwijacz wrote to...
Taxes and Shipping Additional
Most homebuilders—and just I’m spit-balling here—have waited a long time to justify the cost of building an airplane.
