![[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")
Kiwi Propellers Gears Up to Offer More Propeller Options
Shaun and Derek Mitchell make up the directorship of Kiwi Propellers, a composite propeller manufacturer based in Hamilton, New Zealand. The two are determined...
Composite Helicopters International Shows Flying Prototype at Oshksoh
Modeled after the efficient shape of a Great White Shark, the KC-518, destined to become the world's first all-composite, monocoque turbine helicopter kit is...
Garmin GDL 39 ADS-B Receiver Debuts
Garmin released a flurry of press releases leading up to Oshkosh AirVenture, including news about incorporating subscription-free ADS-B weather information into its various current...
Sling 2 LSA Debuts
The Airplane Factory of South Africa displayed its two-place kit Sling LSA at AirVenture. This is a metal-construction aircraft, with power from a 100-hp...
Wipaire, Inc. Introduces Wipline 1450 Floats
The all new Wipline 1450 float is designed for use on Light Sport Aircraft and other small aircraft. The landing gear incorporates rotating joints...
DAR Corporation Offers FAR 23 Loads Software
DAR Corporation is offering a program called FAR 23 Loads that provides a procedure to calculate the loads on an airplane according to FAA...
Sennheiser Introduces S-1 Passive Headset
Everyone talks about active noise canceling (ANR) when it comes to aviation headsets, but what I've learned over 34 years of flying is that...
Vanpalooza!
Opening day at AirVenture was a day fans of the popular Van’s series of kitbuilt aircraft will remember. In the afternoon airshow, a cavalcade...
Dynon Debuts D-1 Pocket Panel EFIS, ADS-B Receiver for SkyView
Dynon introduced a handheld EFIS that can be used in any airplane, not just Experimentals. Called the D-1 Pocket Panel, it will snap into...
Giving Voice to the GNS 530: Voiceflight
Think of it, you are in the clouds, IFR, and ATC calls you with a complicated reroute. Are you ready to drop it all...
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The Independence Project: We Start the Finish Kit
The Independence Project presses on, this time tackling the multiple tasks that make up the finish kit on the RV-12. By Dave Martin.
RANS S-21 Outbound
Great looks, easy to build, and a wide choice of engines. Is this the RANS you've been waiting for?
