![[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")
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![[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 After-Race
Reno Racing ends every day about 4:30 or 5:00 pm, but that doesn't mean that everyone (or anyone) goes home! Teams have pop-ups and...
Old Friend – New Look!
Back in 2014, we got a chance to fly "Last Lap Player", a Cassutt 111M owned by Creighton King, owner of the rights to...
Frugal Reno Racing
Okay, airplane racing is never cheap but Sport Class racers are generally on a budget, unlike their Unlimited brethren, so they look for ways...
Reno Report – Blue Thunder Emergency Landing
Things don't always go the way we want them to in aviation, and at the Reno Races, with metal pushed to the limit, it...
Postcards from the World Championship Air Races in Reno
As we stood along the rails today, a race security officer came along in a golf cart and, somewhat apologetically, told us that we...
Postcards From the World Championship Air Races in Reno
When you've busted an engine and melted the battery case, you know the cost of seriously doing business at Reno isn't cheap.
System 32 Seen at Reno
Introduced late last week, the first look at the brand new EFII System 32 engine management system hardware is possible in the pits at...
Postcards From the World Championship Air Races in Reno
Even though the action is in the sky, there is much to see on the ramp. Funny stuff, too.
Postcards From the World Championship Air Races in Reno
The Kitplanes team is in Reno, Nevada, armed with cameras and laptops to bring you some of the sights and news from the annual air races.
What's That English Flag Doing on a Retired U.S. Navy Aviator's...
Isn't that Bob Mills' SuperSix over there? What's it doing with a British Union Jack on it? The red-blooded, former U.S. Navy Aviator, SWA...
In Case You Missed It
Wind Tunnel
Taking off in an aircraft would seem to be a fairly simple, straightforward maneuver. But in fact it’s complicated, and a combination of factors must be just right for it to work.
The Meredith Effect-Fact or Fiction?
Can a properly ducted radiator offset all internal cooling drag and produce thrust?
Design Process: Planform Shape
Last month we took a look at the effects of span and aspect ratio....
