![[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")
Bearhawk Aircraft Receives FAA Approval For Transition Training
Bearhawk Aircraft announced today receipt of the first FAA authorization for transition training in a four-place Bearhawk amateur-built airplane. Bearhawk builder, owner and certified...
SAM Aircraft: Company is For Sale
Lachute, Quebec, Canada: Just a year and a half after first flight of the prototype SAM aircraft, President Thierry Zibi has put the company up for...
Hangar Policy Lunacy
Sometimes, I'm glad our readers are paying attention because I'm not sure we always are. By "we," I mean the editorial we; the crack,...
Belite Aircraft Announces Canadian Distribution Agreement
ProCub Lite Fine Tuned for Canadian Market
Wichita, KS – August 11, 2014 – Belite Aircraft announces that Melody Aircraft, of Alberta, Canada, will exclusively...
Van’s recognizes new Southern Service Center
Van’s Aircraft has recognized US Sport Planes of Denton, Texas to provide Factory Authorized service for the popular RV12 SLSA Light Sport aircraft. Servicing...
Bearhawk LSA Kit Completes Its Maiden Flight to Oshko
AUSTIN, TEXAS, AUGUST 12, 2014 - Bearhawk Aircraft announced today the maiden flight of the first kit-built Bearhawk LSA aircraft. The Bearhawk LSA made...
It¹s Turbo Time!
Sonex Aircraft Accepts AeroVee Turbo
Sonex Aircraft announced at a press and customer briefing this morning that
orders are now being accepted for the long-anticipated AeroVee...
EAA Asking FAA to Recognize All Homebuilding Activity
The EAA today released a statement clarifying their position on the draft hangar usage policy that the FAA released for comment two weeks ago....
First Flight For "One Week Wonder"
Over the seven days of EAA AirVenture, more than 2,500 volunteers pitched in to build an airplane, and on Tuesday morning they got their...
AKIA Meets – Elects New Officers
The Aircraft Kit Industry Association held a business meeting during the recent EAA Airventure at Oshkosh and elected new officers for the coming year....
