![[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")
Pioneer Aircraft’s Walnut Control Grips
Pioneer Aircraft introduces its wood control grips finished with super-hard polyurethane gloss. The detailed shape has a palm rise and thumb rest that provide...
Free Avionics and Open-Source Hardware Designs
MakerPlane, the open-source aviation organization, and Vx Aviation, announce the availability of a range of avionics as free and open-source hardware designs. The plans...
New Flap Handle and Anti-rotation Plate
Aircraft Specialty LLC has introduced a new aftermarket flap handle, designed and manufactured for Experimental aircraft, which fits over a standard toggle switch and...
Mike Hostage's Silent II Targa
I built this Silent II Targa from a kit marketed by Alisport Srl, of Cremella, Italy. It took me one day short of a...
Colin Jordan's RV-8
I am very pleased to announce the first flight of my RV8 C-FCRJ on September 13 2012 after a long 12-year build.
It has an...
New Sunbeam Landing/Taxi/Recognition Light
AeroLEDs has completed testing on its new Sunbeam landing/taxi/recognition light, which features two intense light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Featuring a 50,000-hour life, the Sunbeams are...
Robert Hamilton Promoted to President of Dynon Avionics
Dynon Avionics announced today that it has appointed Robert Hamilton as president of the company. He assumes these duties after the departure of Vice...
Piuma Original
I finished building my Original Piuma after 24 month of work, but... 22 years ago, and it flies just as well today.
Aircraft homebuilding is...
New Dealer Sales Agreement for Titan EXP Engines
Engine Components International (ECI) of San Antonio, Texas, and Ameritech Industries, Inc. (the parent company of Eagle Engines and American Propeller Service in Redding,...
PAT Avionics Offers Holiday Promotion on Heads-Up Display
PAT Avionics America, LLC announces a promotion on its heads-up display unit, the G-HULP. Until the end of the year, G-HULP for Dynon SkyView...
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Crew Coordination, Working the Weather
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Lighting up the Tail Feathers
For a couple of months now, we’ve been laying the groundwork for an overhaul...
