Flying Brix
If model airplanes are the gateway hobby to building your own experimental, then Thomas Lockwood's Lego-based Flying Brix must be the contemporary version of Guillow's balsa kits--or an alternative to conventional wooden display models.
Wednesday at Reno
While Editor Dye has already made the first of 2016's pilgrimages to the National Air Races, today was our first for the year. As...
Injector Cleaning
Guess what we're doing here. If you own a fuel injected aircraft engine and do your own maintenance, you probably recognize the process--we're cleaning fuel injector nozzles.
Welcome to the Races!
Race week is here, and airplanes from all over have come to Reno, Nevada to see who is fastest - and the largest single...
Sure, I Planned That
Sometimes its just fine to be lucky when what you'd really like to be is good. Take, for instance, the rear corner of the...
STIHL Signs On As Presenting Sponsor of the National Championship Air...
The National Championship Air Races today announced that STIHL has signed on as the presenting sponsor for the 2016 and 2017 races.
"STIHL partnered with us last year as a gold sponsor of the NBC Sports show and we are thrilled that they have decided to come on board in such a big way as the presenting sponsor of the 53rd and 54th National Championship Air Races," Reno Air Racing Association President and CEO Mike Crowell said.
Is That Bolt Hollow?
Why yes…yes it is!
One of the clever inventions we ran into at AirVenture this year was on display at the Click Bond booth. Click...
A Clever Gadget
One never stops learning! Although I have been working on airplanes most of my life, I still smile when I get to learn something...
Power up!
Boy, I am enjoying building "simple" for a change. Most of my airplane projects are fairly complex machines with multiple EFIS screens, IFR capability,...
Smoke Season in the Sierra
It's that time of year in the western United States--smoke from wildfires reduce the visibility in the mountains for the usual 100+ miles to...
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