![[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")
New Touchscreen iEFIS from MGL Avionics
MGL Avionics is now shipping its new iEFIS Explorer 8.5-inch unit. The iEFIS is the next generation EFIS, which uses a pressure-sensitive, sunlight-readable touchscreen....
Wicks Aircraft Supply Launches New Web Site
Wicks Aircraft Supply has redesigned its web site to make it cleaner, more informative, faster and easier to use, according to the company.
Improvements to...
Russ and Carole Roberts’s Zenith STOL 750
On November 7, 2011, we obtained an airworthiness certificate for our Zenith STOL 750 kit aircraft. As first-time builders, we spent 2746 hours over...
John Goodman’s Van’s RV-10
I bought the kit at Sun 'n Fun in 2006. After five years and a month, it finally flew. The paint was done by...
AKIA Advisory Board Gains New Members
The Aircraft Kit Industry Association (AKIA) was formed this past summer to provide corporations with a vested interest in homebuilding an opportunity to speak...
Zenith Open Hangar Event Set for September
Zenith Aircraft Company will celebrate its 20th anniversary at an Open Hangar Day and Builder Fly-In gathering on Friday and Saturday, September 21 and...
Free SocialFlight App Connects Pilots with Events
Where2 Interactive announces the launch of SocialFlight, a free mobile app that provides pilots with an interactive map of aviation events. SocialFlight empowers pilots...
Maryland Flight School to Offer Searey Transition Training
Chesapeake Sport Pilot flight school of Maryland has earned FAA authorization to provide factory-approved Searey transition training to current and future owners. This authorization,...
Scott Van Artsdalen's S6ES Coyote II
I finished building my S6ES Coyote II in February of 2011 after 23 months and 300 hours of construction. I had previously built and...
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Control Rod Interference
This was discovered on the initial airworthiness inspection on a Kitfox. No pitch...
Alternative Energies
Electric motorgliders are leading the way in low-cost, fuel-efficient flight. In the second installment of his two-part series, Dean Sigler profiles seven designs at the forefront of this emerging field.
Alternative Energies
Companies around the world are making strides in the development of electric-powered light aircraft. Dean Sigler reports on three French organizations that have been setting records and making history.
