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![[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")
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![[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”")
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Best of Intake Plugs Photo Contest Winner
Who doesn't like a happy face? Apparently not many, and that makes this Cubcrafters Sport Cub photo by Drew Seguin of Mason, Michigan the...
Bob Irwin, Aircraft Spruce Co-Founder Flies West
Bob Irwin, co-founder of Aircraft Spruce, passed away on June 26, 2015 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona at age 95. Along with his wife...
Best of Intake Plugs: Cast Your Vote
Voting time! From the photos submitted for our Best of "Intake plugs" contest, we've picked these four. Which one do you like best? Cast...
Cubcrafters Announces Carbon Cub FX Builder Assist Program
Backcountry aircraft manufacturer CubCrafters has announced a new program designed to engage airplane buyers more intimately with their purchase. Carbon Cub FX Builder Assist...
Homebuilts Well Represented at Pylon Racing School!
Reno's Stead Field, home of the National Championship Air Races every September, is alive with the sounds of fast airplanes this week as the...
Zenith "Fly in to Summer" Open Hangar Day and Fly-In –...
Zenith Aircraft is organizing their eighth annual "Fly in to Summer" Open Hangar Day and Fly-In Gathering at the Zenith Aircraft kit factory in central Missouri in June....
Hartzell to Announce Trailblazer Sweepstakes Winner During AirVenture
Hartzell Propeller will pick the winner of its Top Prop Trailblazer Sweepstakes in a random drawing at EAA AirVenture next month in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
The...
Garmin Introduces D2 Bravo Aviator Watch with Aviation Features
D2™ Bravo Combines Innovation with Advanced Worldwide In-Flight Navigation Functionality
OLATHE, Kan. /June 16, 2015/Business Wire — Garmin International Inc., introduced D2 Bravo, a next-generation...
Homebuilding Pioneer Ray Stits Dies at 93
Kitplanes has learned of the recent passing of one of the legends in homebuilding, Ray Stits. He was 93 years old. Ray's many contributions...
Aircraft Spruce Stocks Clecall Steel Upright Pliers
Aircraft Spruce is the exclusive distributor of the Clecall Steel Upright Cleco Pliers, which are faster to use and easier to activate than standard Cleco...
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Transferring an aircraft's repairman certificate, replacing a lost airworthiness certificate, converting a certified aircraft to Experimental.