![[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")
![[Credit: Wikimedia Commons]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/4_rutan_a_longez.jpg_preview.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Rutan Symposium Turns to the Coming Canard Maintenance Crisis")
![[Credit: Flight Desgn GmbH]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1_mosaic_flightdesign.jpg_preview.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "FAA Accepts ASTM Standards, Clearing the Last Hurdle for MOSAIC")
![[Credit: magniX]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Magnix.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "magniX Opens Pre-Orders for an Electric Engine Aimed at Homebuilders")
The Canopy Takes Shape—Spring Boost for the F1 Rocket Project
Progress on the F1 Rocket project accelerates as warm weather enables critical canopy and gear leg work.
Postcards from SnF: STOL Demo
STOL pilots gather on the event grounds to demonstrate their impressive takeoff and spot-landing skills.
Pilgrimage to Paradise City
Paradise City is where aviation’s free spirits gather for fun, flight, and a whiff of nostalgia.
Holy Micro’s Absolute AoA: Next-Level Angle of Attack Sensing for GA...
Advanced new AoA system from Holy Micro debuts at Sun ’n Fun 2025 with radar and LiDAR altimeters in tow.
A New Suburb of Paradise City Springs Up at Sun ’n...
Bushwheel Basecamp: a wild and welcoming new offshoot of Paradise City at Sun ’n Fun, Lakeland, Florida.
Gyrocopter Flight Training Academy
Gyrocopter Flight Training Academy offers top-tier instruction and kit sales in the widest gyroplane on the market.
CompAir 6.2 Piston and Turbine Singles at Sun ‘n Fun 2025
The newest iteration has a walter 601D on the nose and provides impressive cruise numbers in addition to room for six-plus people inside the cavernous interior.
Cleaveland Tools Rolls Out New Products for Homebuilders
Cleaveland Tools introduces 3D-printed organizers and innovative shop tools, including rivet squeezer sets and a new air chuck.
AeroLEDS from Sun ‘n Fun 2025
Ryan Edmark introduces the new AeroLEDS Nano strobe and position lights as well as the recently released SunBeam Equinox rectangular taxi and landing light at Sun 'n Fun 2025.
Innovation Showcase Highlights New HUD Helmet and Visual Traffic Alert System
New tech at Sun ’n Fun includes a HUD helmet and a visual traffic alert system for general aviation pilots.
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Unusual Attitude
Vans Aircraft founder Richard VanGrunsven considers flight safety, and how improving our building and piloting skills would do more to reduce the number of mishaps than additional regulations would.
Ask the DAR
This month we address the question of where flight-test areas may be and how they may be structured;
Shockwave
There's a new anti-icing option for high-end Experimental/Amateur-Builts. Its called Therm-X. By Jack Cowell.