![[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")
Memorial Services for Jeremy Monnett
The Sonex Aircraft website has announced: Memorial services for Jeremy Monnett have been scheduled for Sunday, June 7th. Services will be at the EAA...
Zenith Fly In to Summer: June 20, 2015
Informal gathering of Zenith enthusiasts having fun, growing the sport
The long tradition of builder camaraderie and help that is the hallmark of Zenith Aircraft...
Update from Sonex Aircraft
Sonex Aircraft released this statement earlier this morning:
"June 3, 2014, Oshkosh, WI
It is with heavy hearts that we report the loss of two members...
Jeremy Monnett Perishes in Crash
Kitplanes has learned that Jeremy Monnett, CEO of Sonex Aircraft and son of Founder and President John Monnett, was one of the victims of...
Fatal Sonex Crash in Wisconsin
The Northwestern is reporting two people died in a Sonex aircraft crash in Wisconsin on Wednesday afternoon. "The Oshkosh Police and Fire departments responded...
Smith Sonex N439M
After 5 years, 3 months, and 2,360 hours, plans-built Sonex N439M first flew on June 21, 2014. Other than a misbehaving airspeed indicator, the first flight...
Seen at The Mojave Experimental Fly-In
Aviation speed dating on the Mojave ramp
While there's much more to it, the core attraction of the Mojave Experimental Fly-In is the four-hour meet-and-greet...
Best of… Photo Contest: Intake Plugs
For this month, we'd like to see what homebuilders use to keep dirt - and critters - out of their intakes and pitot tubes...
Garmin Aviation Open House
Garmin is inviting customers to attend the company's first annual Garmin Aviation Open House on Thursday, June 11th from 4:00-7:00 PM CDT. Pilots are welcome to...
Kaolin Aviation to Offer FWF Kits for ULPower
Kaolin Aviation has contracted to design and produce firewall-forward (FWF) kits for popular kit-built aircraft, to make the choice of ULPower engines easier, when...
In Case You Missed It
Light Stuff
The rules around Letters of Deviation Authority are labyrinthine, which helps explain why they are relatively rare. But the problems could be—and should be—corrected through a few regulatory changes. By Roy Beisswenger.
