![[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")
First Flights
December 17 is, of course, a very important day in the annals of homebuilding. Well, all aviation, I suppose, but I really have to...
Whirlwind Visit
Gillespie Field in El Cajon, California is an interesting place for experimental aviators. With no signs to tell you what's in a row if...
Pilot's Bill of Rights Clears Senate Committee
EAA-supported aeromedical reform moves ahead to full Senate vote
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Wednesday passed S. 571, better known...
McFarlane’s Cowl Saver Baffle Seal Receives an Upgrade
McFarlane Aviation Products released Cowl Saver several years ago. Following on the popularity of their low friction Cowl Saver seal material, McFarlane now also...
End of Year Sale for Full-Lotus Floats
Aircraft Floats Manufacturing (AFM) has just announced a 20% discount on its two most popular Full-Lotus float sizes until the end of the year....
Test Flying the TruTrak ECO Autopilot
I just got back from a test flight with TruTrak Flight Systems' Andrew Barker in their company's RV-10. The purpose - to get a...
The Best of… Panels – Cast Your Vote
Thanks for the many entries that were sent in for this month's photo contest! It's clear that lots of you are proud of your...
RV-6 Aircraft Marks its 30th Anniversary at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016
Iconic version of world’s most popular kit aircraft to gather in Oshkosh
Van's Aircraft RV-6, part of the world’s most popular kit aircraft family, will...
Tail Wheel Time
In no way do I consider myself a tail wheel snob, but for some reason, all of the airplanes in my hangar (including the...
Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving weekend always seems to signal the start of real winter weather over the continental United States, and that means snow, ice, low ceilings...
In Case You Missed It
Positive Capture
Aircraft fasteners that are critical almost always have a positive capture design or mechanism.
