![[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")
Garmin Trade-In Towards an Avidyne IFD
Get up to $8,500 for your GNS 430/480/530 WAAS or non WAAS when you upgrade to any Avidyne slide-in replacement.
Avidyne is offering up to...
Folkerts Murphy Super Rebel
Wednesday, January 24th, 2017 at high noon, N25SR, a Murphy Super Rebel SR2500, took to the skies for approximately 45 minutes. I bought the kit...
Garmin announces new 2018 classroom pilot training classes
Garmin announced expanded pilot training opportunities for 2018 to include additional classes throughout the United States. Instructor-led training classes are available for the GTN...
Learn to Wire Well
Way back in my career as a NASA engineer, I spent most of my time training. You see, I wasn't a design engineer -...
New RADIANT Precision Altimeter App From Belite
RADIANT Technology released its first App for iPhone / iPad, and it's now available in the Apple App Store for $19.99.
It's called "Precision Altimeter,"...
Now… With Bikes!
I've done this before, last year when I flew the new Murphy Radical, so it wasn't completely an unknown feeling when I lifted off...
Always More to Learn
I love solving problems--it is just hard to find the time to work on the little ones. I have been wiring avionics for more...
Sportsman, Glasair, and GlaStar builders get new website
The Glasair Aircraft Owners Association (GAOA) has launched a brand new website and forum designed for everyone interested in the GlaStar, Sportsman, and Glasair...
Foolin’ Around with Design and Fabrication
It's a quiet week between Christmas and New Year's, since my outstanding magazine staff guys got ahead of the schedule and made it that...
The Tundra in Winter
Flying through the holiday season has its challenges - climatically, winter is blowing in and that means fast-moving systems with lots of cold. In...
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Stressing Structure Series Reference Library
The engineering publications referenced in the KITPLANES series "Stressing Structures" by David Paule.
The Dawn Patrol
Dick Starks recounts the tall tales and travails that The Dawn Patrol encountered at this years Salute to Veterans Airshow.