![[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")
New Homebuilt Aircraft Council Appointments
The EAA's Homebuilt Aircraft Council added three new members.
Kitplanes Magazine Sponsors Zenith STOL Competition
STOL competition highlights festivities at Zenith Open Hangar Day festival
The second Zenith Aircraft Open Hangar Day STOL Competition is set for Friday, the day...
Keeping Up to Date
I like to pride myself on staying up with the latest technology, but I have obviously been slipping when it comes to the Jeppesen...
It's Alive!
One of the fun things about living at an airpark is that there is usually something aeronautical going on. This weekend, our neighbor down...
Annunciate
It's always peaceful to stop drilling metal and pounding rivets once in awhile, and settle down to the workbench with a soldering iron and...
1,000 RV-12 Kits Sold
On August 27, 2015 the shipping department at Van's Aircraft Inc. had several orders to fill. By the end of the day, they'd rolled...
Green Bananas
I like to cruise high because it is generally smoother, cooler, and you have a better view of the weather around you. And I...
Dropping in on Synergy
Synergy Air started out as a Builder Assist facility in Eugene Oregon, and now is the builder for Van's Aircraft of their SLSA RV-12s....
Skyview Install – Piece of Cake!
One of the projects we have going on right now is to finish up a Dream Tundra that we partnered in early this year....
Gusting to WHAT?
We were on our way back from Oshkosh a few weeks ago, headed from Minnesota to Western Nevada in one day. The forecast was...
