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...
Being Assimilated
By dint of starting young and aging rapidly, I’ve been doing some of this stuff for a while now. By stuff, I mean flying...
Copperstate Fly-In Postponed
Originally slated for the weekend before Sun 'n Fun starts—March 25-26—the Copperstate Fly-In has been postponed until later in the year. To be held...
In Case You Missed It
Clinks, Clunks, Tinks & Turns
Marc Cook explodes the not-invented-here myth, and explores what makes our panel equipment ergonomically sound—or not.
Ask the DAR
When can an ELSA be used commercially? Can an E/AB aircraft be certificated without a transponder?
Importing From Canada, Selling in Phase I
Question: There is this nice RV-4 available for sale in Canada. It’s been built...
Archive: September 1997
The rakish, T-tail Ban-Bi homebuilt was on our September 1997 cover, teased as “French...