![[Credit: Van's Aircraft]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_5238.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "Part 22 Gets Real: Van’s Delivers the First MOSAIC-Certified Airplane")
![[Credit: Wikimedia Commons]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/4_rutan_a_longez.jpg_preview.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Rutan Symposium Turns to the Coming Canard Maintenance Crisis")
![[Credit: Flight Desgn GmbH]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1_mosaic_flightdesign.jpg_preview.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "FAA Accepts ASTM Standards, Clearing the Last Hurdle for MOSAIC")
![[Credit: magniX]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Magnix.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "magniX Opens Pre-Orders for an Electric Engine Aimed at Homebuilders")
SocialFlight Selected for the KITPLANES Calendar
KITPLANES has formed a partnership with Where2 Interactive, maker of the SocialFlight web-based aviation even calendar and app for mobile devices, to improve the...
Garmin Updates, Improves iPad App
The number 5.0 may just be the charm for Garmin Pilot. The app, available on both iOS and Android platforms, has finally added "track...
Superior Air Parts brings back XP-Engine Build School
Superior Air Parts, Inc., announced today that the company is again offering its popular XP-Engine Build School at its Coppell, Texas headquarters. This program...
Garmin’s New Experimental Avionics Products
Garmin International has jumped into the world of avionics for experimental and light sport aircraft with both feet.
Sporty's New Sun 'n Fun App Available for Free Download
Sporty's, in partnership with SUN 'n FUN, is releasing a free mobile app for the 2013 show that is available for both Apple and...
New Lightweight 6" Main Wheel Assembly for LSA and Other Light...
Beringer Wheels & Brakes has announced a new 2-piece lightweight 6" main wheel and brake assembly for LSA and other very light aircraft, featuring...
Aviators By Design Announces "Soar Like an Eagle" Campaign
Organization to raise funds to complete student-built Zenith CH750 aircraft.
Aviators By Design, Founder and President, Jerry Graf announced today that the organization is kicking...
Meet Paul Dye, Kitplanes’ New Editor In Chief
We are excited to introduce Paul Dye as the Editor in chief at Kitplanes magazine.
Paul retired as a lead flight director for NASA's Human...
Jimmy Young's Zenith CH 750
On Aug. 10th 2012, I made my first flight in N75ZX, a Zenith CH 750 I had started construction on 2 years and 9...
Rick Richardson's Lancair Legacy FG
After starting with three week's of Lancair's factory-assist builders program, my plane received its airworthiness certificate exactly three years later in July 2010. This...
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Starlink In The Air
How to Buy, Install, and Use Starlink in Your Aircraft
The long cross-country got quiet...
To Launch A Light Sport
Author Bob Fritz got the bad news that he would likely not pass his FAA medical and was faced with a choice: Finish the RV he was working on and resign himself to flying with a partner, or try to find a suitable Light Sport Aircraft that he could build and fly solo. In this first installment in the series, he details his search for the right design and reveals the decision he ultimately made.
Alternative Energies
JoeBen Bevirt addresses future energy and transportation needs by tackling them head-on-Jetsons style-with the Joby Monarch. By Dean Sigler.