![[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")
Aircraft Spruce Acquires Aviation Book Co.
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., a leading supplier of aircraft parts, avionics, and pilot supplies has announced that they recently acquired Aviation Book Co.
Based...
Kitplanes Visits the Rotax Factory
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Pathfinder ADS-B Receivers Now Compatible with FlyQ EFB
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Compatible apps and devices include:
Advanced Flight...
Sonex Aircraft Reaches Milestone of 500 Completions
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Garmin G3X Touch 7-Inch Display Now Shipping
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VAL Avionics Cyber Monday Sale
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Australian Authorities Propose Limitations on Jabiru-Powered Aircraft
CASA - the Australian equivalent of the US Federal Aviation Administration - issued draft documents that would severely limit operations for aircraft equipped with...
Van's RV-12 Now Available with Dual Dynon Skyview Touchscreen Displays
If one of the standard Dynon Skyview displays is good, two must be better… so Van’s Aircraft and Dynon have worked to create a...
Belite Altitude and Vertical Speed in One Instrument
Belite's new digital LCD Altimeter/VSI is now shipping. It features a digital altimeter and VSI combined for easy viewing on one screen.
And, it has a...
SubSonex Update: FAA NKET Checklist Posted, SubSonex Gets New Gear and...
Sonex provides updates on its SubSonex.
In Case You Missed It
Van’s RV-12
In typical fashion, Van’s Aircraft refused to rest on its laurels after the RV-12’s prototype debut last year, and sought to improve on an already good design. The new production airplane has changed (beyond its color), with a castering nosewheel, toe brakes instead of a grip, reshaped control sticks for better clearance, ground-adjustable seats fore and aft as well as in tilt, and the list goes on. Best of all, this day/VFR machine is still a delight to fly; by Ed Kolano.
