Redesigned Airstreak from Alaskan Bushwheels

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Airframes Alaska announced the latest improvement to the Alaskan Bushwheels line of backcountry flying tires: The Airstreak 2.0. The redesigned Airstreak tire features 20%...

Yup, its an Oshkosh Plane

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How can you tell this plane has been to Oshkosh (or, to be fair, maybe Sun 'n Fun)? By looking in the passenger side...

Simple Days

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Whenever I get a chance to wander through the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, as I did last week, I like to stop and pay tribute to the older, early planes that represent the roots of homebuilding. Sure, there are all sorts of neat high performance and record setting airplanes - but these simple planes that harken back to an earlier era are what got this whole "experimental aviation" thing going for us.

Extreme Fun

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To some, extreme sports are jumping off mountains with a wing suit, snowboarding off cliffs, or mountain biking on a razor's edge ridge in...

Seen at Mojave

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Pre-event publicity for the 2017 Mojave Experimental Fly-In was low-key this year, but that didn't stop a healthy crop of experimentalists to buzz in for this popular meet-and-greet gathering. Perfectly CAVU, windless weather helped as well.

Prandtl Wing, Goldschmied Fuselage

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Attendees at the 2017 Sustainable Aviation Symposium (held in San Francisco, California) could be forgiven their startle reactions when they confronted a science-fiction like...

Care and Feeding

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One thing about having multiple airplanes around - it takes a considerable amount of time to keep them all happy and healthy. (Hint -...

New EAA DVD Saves You Time and Money on Aircraft Preventive...

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A new how-to video from the Experimental Aircraft Association gives certificated aircraft owners a better understanding of preventive maintenance and ways to save money...

Eating the Elephant

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  Everyone has heard it before, expressed in various ways - you build an airplane the way you eat an elephant, one bite at a...

Leaving Lakeland

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Sun 'n Fun is rapidly receding into the rearview mirror as the first major fly-in of the year draws to a close. We hope that you've enjoyed the coverage by our intrepid group of contributors - regular pilots and builders like yourselves, peering into the nooks and crannies of the show for those who couldn't fit it into their schedules, or who couldn't make it past the weather in northern Florida.

In Case You Missed It

Engine Overhauls

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A visit to Poplar Grove Airmotive.

Stressing Structure

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Crashworthy design overview.

Reno: The Grit and the Glory

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Few eras in aviation have changed with the clarity of the National Championship Air...

Down to Earth

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Firing the passion for aviation one teen at a time. By Amy Laboda.