![[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")
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal – Oshkosh 2022 Edition – Final
The final day of AirVenture is always a little melancholic. You have had so much fun and excitement that part of you does not...
AirVenture Posts Record Attendance
Everyone assumed that 2021, the first year back from a pandemic-canceled event in 2020, would be the high-water mark for AirVenture, but that’s not...
One Week Wonder—That’s a Wrap!
With one second remaining on the clock, the Sonex One Week Wonder was still one hour from having a functioning nervous system. Deadlines. Who...
Saying Goodbye
For those of us afflicted with Vascular Avgaseritis, AirVenture is a near spiritual experience. The collective aura of tens of thousands of our own...
ForeFlight Sentry Plus
At AirVenture 2022 at Oshkosh, ForeFlight was showing a new portable ADS-B receiver called the Sentry Plus, which has decent battery life and better...
Continental Increases R&D Budget, Plans to Reduce Lead Times
KITPLANES caught up with Continental Aerospace Technologies' CEO Karen Hong at AirVenture 2022. She told us that the company has increased its R&D budget...
Murphy Aircraft Shows Updated Models at AirVenture
Newly resuscitated Murphy Aircraft made a splash at AirVenture 2022 with a new Radical homebuilt as well as a partially completed Moose on tricycle...
Dealing With Supply Chain Issues
Supply-chain issues have been at the root of shortages in aviation (and pretty much everywhere else) for nearly two years. Since they have an...
Pinnacle of Tattoos
Stopping in the Pinnacle Aircraft Engines booth we were pleased to meet the relatively new owners Todd Lavelle and JD Kuti. They purchased Pinnacle...
Cool Cowlings at James Aircraft
We last spoke to Jimmy Cox, the new owner of James Aircraft, at the 2021 Reno races. Then he was getting the fiberglass specialist...
In Case You Missed It
Under Pressure
No, this working title isn’t about sitting down close to my draft submission deadline...
Down to Earth
Amy Laboda chronicles the challenges she encountered when trying to get the ECI B-type cylinders for her certified Lycoming IO-540 replaced.
