![[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")
A Tale of Brotherly Competition and A Tribute to the Navy
Ernie Lietzan of Appleton, Wisconsin, has lived and breathed the United States Navy. He grew up as Navy brat, served in the Navy, and...
Yup – Another Mustang
A 70% scale all-metal P-51 built to be powered by a 500(ish) horsepower big-block V-8.
EAA Aeroplane Workshop. Skills and Surprises
Inside the uninviting exterior may lie the confidence you need to tackle the primary skills holding you back from building an airplane.
Oshkosh Diary: One Last Hurrah
Thursday arrived very early, as Louise (my wife) was departing with the intent to hit the starter on the RV-6 at 0600. That meant...
Sport Performance Aviation Uncages the Cougar
Sport Performance Aviation (SPA) is showing their 2-place Cougar project, which will shortly undergo load testing.
First AirVenture for a Homebuilder
Richard Howell had long thought about going to AirVenture but Oshkosh is a long ways from his home on the West Coast and such...
Honey I Shrunk The Schweizer 300!
Imagine your surprise to walk the grounds of the AirVenture Ultralight field to see what appears to be an 80% scale Schweizer 300 parked right there among the ultralights and powered parachutes.
Hoses? We’ve got Hoses!
Tom Swearingen has been making hose assemblies for homebuilders for quite a few years now and is well known for quality custom work done very fast.
In Case You Missed It
Light Stuff
As Light Sport Aircraft become more popular, so too will the desire to learn more about maintaining one of the most common engines used in these designs, the Rotax four-strokes. Columnist Dave Martin goes back to school to learn about routine Rotax maintenance as well as safe operation of the popular engine.
One Step Drill and Tap
We use quite a few small machine screws in our homebuilt projects. These small...
Worktable Suggestions
I like to use white melamine-faced particle board for my worktables. The tabletops are...
Down to Earth
Many homebuilders understand their kits as just a starting point for their own preferred modifications.