![[Credit: McFarlane Alaska]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/McFarlane_tailwheel.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "McFarlane Alaska Absorbs Backcountry Favorite T3 Tailwheel")
![Making rare use of my drafting tools for the internal timing. [All Images Credited to Andrew Robinson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/P1010535.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Conquering the Magneto, Part 2")
![The integrated ECLIPSE NG features a very sunlight readable display that shows the engine and all flight data organized in one or more pages. [Credit: Fielden Aero LLC]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1_Screenshot_.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "FLYBOX Avionics")
![[Credit: Radiant Technology]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/550095_5165745cc27748a598699799d796fd94mv2.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Radiant Technology Unveils SafeGyro")
![[Credit: Dynon]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EMS-stand-alone_HDX.png?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Dynon Unveils Scalable Engine Monitoring for Kitbuilders")
How to Align Your Formation Position on a “Non-standard” Airplane
Smart visual cues help RV wingmen hold perfect position
Scalebirds Teases P-40 Kit After P-36 Success
Scalebirds teases P-40 kit at AirVenture—a bulkhead mock-up hints at roomy nose and post-P-36 production plans.
Quick AoA Survey: Add Your Voice
Share how, when, and why you use angle-of-attack displays—take the EAA's 3-minute in-person survey and help improve homebuilt flight safety.
Staying Alive: HAC Study Targets Experimental Flight Safety
EAA’s HAC reveals insights from a 13-year fatal-accident study—stall/spin risks, AoA fixes, and transition-training lifesavers.
Trim Tabs—Details For Discovery
Explore unusual trim tab designs from AirVenture—including a perforated bend that simplifies tweaks—and get ideas to refine your own.
Van’s Starts RV-15 Production
Van's Aircraft has opened orders for the wing kits of its new high-wing design, the RV-15. Deliveries are set to begin before the end of the year.
Special 20 “Buster” Replica On Display in Homebuilder’s Hangar
One of the most successful airplanes in air‑racing history—Steve Wittman’s Chief Oshkosh, later reconfigured as the Special 20 “Buster”—will be on display all week in the Homebuilders Hangar,...
Oshkosh Without an Airplane
What is EAA AirVenture like without the thrill of the FISK Arrival or the worry of watching the weather? This pilot finds out by leaving his airplane at home.
Oshkosh Sunday Begins
As the atmosphere wakes up with thunderstorms about 60 miles south of Oshkosh this Sunday morning in July, a small but growing line of...
The Opener!
Every year when I get to AirVenture, one of my first stops is the Brown arch. Why? Well it started out that we needed...
In Case You Missed It
Viewfinder
Editor at Large Marc Cook takes to the soapbox to expound on the ever-increasing fees imposed by the FAA.
Van’s RV-12
In typical fashion, Vans Aircraft refused to rest on its laurels after the RV-12s prototype debut last year, and sought to improve on an already good design. The new production airplane has changed (beyond its color), with a castering nosewheel, toe brakes instead of a grip, reshaped control sticks for better clearance, ground-adjustable seats fore and aft as well as in tilt, and the list goes on. Best of all, this day/VFR machine is still a delight to fly; by Ed Kolano.
Flight Review: The Rand KR-2
Bob Grimstead sampled the diminutive Rand KR-2 and found it demanding to fly in some respects but also thoroughly enjoyable.
Archive: February 1989
On our February 1989 cover we celebrated the “Return of the Cub.” From today’s...