![[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")
Kitplanes Looks the Sonex JSX Microjet
At AirVenture 2014, our team took a video tour of Sonex Aircraft's new JSX microjet. The company's John Monnett gave us an inside look at the jet's construction and performance.
Kitplanes Looks at the Groppo Trail
At AirVenture 2014, Kitplanes got a look at the Groppo Trail, a new kit and E-LSA.
Courreges Sonex, Argentina
My Sonex took to the air for the first time on July 23, 2014. I completed the project after almost four years of building...
"One Week Wonder" Day Six: More Details
Each morning this week we have started our day by going directly to the One Week Wonder pavilion at the crossroads of all that...
"One Week Wonder" Day 5: Details
As of Friday morning there was still a steady stream of AirVenture visitors coming to the pavilion where volunteers are determined to assemble and...
EAA presents KITPLANES with EAA Homebuilders Major Achievement Award
Kitplanes Magazine was honored by the EAA with a Homebuilders Major Achievement Award at AirVenture on Friday morning. EAA Experimental Community Manager Charlie Becker...
"One Week Wonder" Day 4: Coming Together
The first thing this morning, we visited the "One Day Wonder" pavilion in the middle of AirVenture 2014 and checked on the project to...
"One Week Wonder" Day 3: Infectious Enthusiasm
We checked in at 8:00 a.m. today at the "One Week Wonder" project pavilion where a team of volunteers is determined to build and...
Belite Electronics Introduces New Angle of Attack Sensor and Display Gauge.
Belite's improved angle of attack system is lightweight, affordable, easy to install and calibrate, and offers pilots a choice of either a panel display...
All-Metal, Folding-Wing Groppo Trail Now Available in U.S.
Lone Palm Aero announced that the Groppo Trail LSA is now available in the United States. Designed by respected Italian engineer Nando Groppo, the...
In Case You Missed It
Dawn Patrol
When a casually tossed length of two-by-four and a pristine fabric-covered airplane meet, the result isn't pretty. Author Dick Starks describes his wifes initiation to the art of fabric repair.
Clearly the Same?
There are two materials that are commonly used for homebuilt windshields and windows: Lexan and Plexiglas.
Pilot Not In Command
An audible sigh and an acceptable landing punctuated the end of a stuttering cross-country....