![[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-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")
It's Not Always Sunny…
The bad news? It's raining this morning at Sun 'n Fun. The good news? The radar looks like we're on the very back side...
Dynon EFIS D-10A Now Approved for Installation in Certain Type-Certificated Aircraft
In an announcement at Sun 'n Fun, EAA, FAA and Dynon officials said they have established a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) process for installation...
Carbon Cub Discovery Kit
CubCrafters has just come out with a what they call a Discovery Kit, which is designed to allow potential Carbon Cub builders a chance...
Rotax 915iS is Coming
Rotax introduced its souped up 915iS, a 135 hp turbocharged, intercooled four stroke, fuel injected engine last summer at EAA AirVenture. Yesterday at Sun...
Go to Ground!
When I come to big shows such as Sun 'n Fun I feel like there's a whole bunch of learning to be done. To...
Flash – Exclusive – We Fly the Jetmobile!
Yes, dear reader, today your faithful scribe assumed the position atop one the most exciting homebuilts in the universe, the Holmes Jetmobile. Only a...
Just SuperSTOL Up Close
Just Aircraft is at SNF presenting their new and improved SuperSTOL. New features include an airfield horizontal stabilizer with outboard air fences, wing spoilers...
Exciting Things From Avidyne
Avidyne is at SNF showing off some new hardware (IFD 550) and some really cool software for the current IFD 540 and 440 boxes....
Rans Aircraft Announces Titan O-340 Availability for Raven S-20
The Titan O-340 engine will be available for the Raven S-20. It will be very exciting to see the performance increase on an already stellar performing aircraft such as the S-20.
Aeromarine-LSA introduces Pegasus DP-1 O-100 Engine
Pete Plumb of Pegasus Power will exhibit his new "half O-200" engine kit, the Pegasus DP-1 O-100, in the Aeromarine-LSA booth at Paradise City...
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