![[Credit: Van's Aircraft]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_5238.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "Part 22 Gets Real: Van’s Delivers the First MOSAIC-Certified Airplane")
![[Credit: Wikimedia Commons]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/4_rutan_a_longez.jpg_preview.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Rutan Symposium Turns to the Coming Canard Maintenance Crisis")
![[Credit: Flight Desgn GmbH]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1_mosaic_flightdesign.jpg_preview.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "FAA Accepts ASTM Standards, Clearing the Last Hurdle for MOSAIC")
![[Credit: magniX]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Magnix.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "magniX Opens Pre-Orders for an Electric Engine Aimed at Homebuilders")
Looking for Fuel
Fuel is what Andy Chiavetta is looking for at Reno this year. The ace Sport class crew chief is concentrating on Lynn Farnsworth Lancair...
Reno Hero Worship
Gayle Werle, left, of Lancaster, California eagerly anticipates receiving the Wasabi team patch Elliott Seguin is autographing on his wife Jenn's back. Werle follows...
Head on a Swivel
Do you ever get too comfortable when you're flying? I routinely fly from our airpark down to a neighboring private airpark to work on...
Aberle Records Keep Coming
Tom Aberle surprised even his crew with his new Reno qualifying record of 284.454 mph qualifying record last Monday. With no off-season improvements there...
Racing Homebuilders
Big names, big planes and big speed are a given at the Reno National Air Races, but it's also a place for homebuilders. In...
Over the Wall
Anyone who has spent any time in the pits at the Reno Air Races knows of "the wall" - the line of concrete barriers...
VamPLIERS Solve Problems
In our many decades building (wrenching on) airplanes, we've run into our fair share of stripped and buggered up screws. Getting them out has...
RVs Kick Off the Sport Class!
Wednesday morning was a last chance for qualifying for most of the classes at the Reno Air Races, and the first heat races commenced...
Easy Heater Box Control
Our Dream Tundra project is a good example of how it is hard to think of everything when designing a firewall layout with a...
A Full Field!
Good morning from the Reno Air Races, where the Sport Class seems to be taking over! Today is the final day of qualifying here...
In Case You Missed It
Letters
In Memoriam—Geoff JonesSadly, the KITPLANES editorial staff was informed that Geoff Jones, a longtime...
