![[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")
![[Credit: FAA]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/faa_mosaic-1024x682-1.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "MOSAIC Isn’t a Question of Can You—But Why You’d Build")
![[Credit: EAA]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/vintage-in-review-herb-clark.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Vintage in Review Returns to Oshkosh: Five Days, Five Stories, and a Living OX-5")
![[Credit: Zenith Aircraft Company]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/31142685469.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Zenith Throws Open Its Doors for “Fly-In to Summer”")
![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")
Zenith Aircraft Hands-On Workshop Class Returns to Texas in February
Zenith Aircraft Company is returning to Southwest Texas to host its hands-on kit aircraft building workshop class.
Updated Rotax Engine Mounts Available for Sonex Aircraft
Sonex and Aero Conversions announce new engine installation options.
The Trick to Riblets
If you have built (or have attempted to build, or are looking forward to building…) an RV-style metal trim tab, you are probably wondering...
Van’s Aircraft Year-End Update: “Significant Strides”
Van’s Aircraft celebrates 2024 achievements: reduced kit lead times, RV-15 progress, and a new avionics department launch.
Come Up With An Easier Way
The assembly manual might tell you to do something one way, but sometimes it's possible do do it better.
EAA Homebuilders Week Kicks off January 27
The Experimental Aircraft Association will host online homebuilding seminars January 27-31.
Strings Attached
There are times in building an airplane when you want to have some strings attached - particularly when it comes to lining things up....
Warm in Winter, Cool in Summer—My New Seats
I came in from the shop for lunch the other day, and what did I find sitting on the front step of the house?...
In Case You Missed It
Tunnel Vision and Troubleshooting
Confronted with a large task, we often see the whole of it and can’t...
Old, New & Old Again!
We are seeing more talk of people rebuilding cores found in barns or the back of hangars.
Around the Patch
With the endorsement of five major EFIS manufacturers, Vertical Powers new all-in-one-box VP-X controller is almost certainly assured to be a success. By Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook.
