![[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")
Off-site Action
Not all of the action at AirVenture is at Oshkosh. A number of small groups hold activities at other airports and commute back and...
B is for Bearhawk
The last time we flew the Bearhawk was about three years ago at Oshkosh - we found the hefty four-place with the IO-540 to...
Corn Roast
What a great way to end the day at OSH. Charlie Becker of EAA Headquarters sponsored a corn roast in the Homebuilt camping tent....
Volunteers: Homebuilt Aircraft Registration
If you have ever flown your homebuilt aircraft into AirVenture, your first stop was probably the Homebuilt Aircraft Registration hut, also called the Homebuilders...
Volunteers – The Welcome Wagon
Maybe you've scud-run into Ripon, dodged a couple of planes diving down in front of you between Ripon and Fisk, freaked out over the two...
L-3 Aviation Products Announces Lynx ADS-B Products and Support for Experimental...
With the new LynxDirect program, it's now possible for builders and owners of Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft to self-install the Lynx line of ADS-B products. L-3...
Van’s Annual Banquet
Each year, the Van's RV faithful gather at the EAA Nature Pavilion on Tuesday evening of AirVenture to swap stories, meet the factory folks...
Belite SkyDock Offers Fun, Affordable Flying
Belite Aircraft's SkyDock has been updated with an attractive molded carbon fiber fuselage. The lightweight aerodynamic design creates a fast, efficient aircraft or one...
Photo Op with the Wright Brothers!
KITPLANES editor-in-chief, Paul Dye, took some time out today to take advantage of a photo opportunity with the Orville and Wilbur Wright, and you...
Jim Smith's Lift Reserve Indicator
Jim Smith's lime green RV-6 sports many performance-enhancing modifications including extended, tapered wing tips, and Ellippse propeller, and extensive modifications to the cooling air...
In Case You Missed It
Warm Up Your Engine This Winter
Count yourself fortunate if you live in a region where winter does not bring...
Homebuilt Aircraft Directory 2016
Over 1000 kits and plans listed. Introduction by Paul Dye, compiled by Omar Filipovic
