![[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")
World Aircraft Company Introduces Vision LSA
World Aircraft Company (WAC) formally introduced its new Vision this spring at Sun and Fun in Florida.
"We designed an airplane called Sentinel for surveillance...
Wag-Aero Group Releases Two New Catalogs
Wag-Aero, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of aircraft parts, has released two new catalogs. Their March 2012 catalog includes a variety instruments, wheels, brakes,...
Insurance Discounts for Small Airplanes
Aggressive Aviation Insurance offers coverage tailored to small aircraft (up to 12-seat capacity), including Light Sport and Experimental planes with retractable gear, tricycle gear...
ULPower’s New Six-Cylinder Engines
At Aero Friedrichshafen, ULPower showed off its new line of six-cylinder engines, from 145 to 200 HP.
Radial Rocket Sub Kits Now Available
A sub kit purchase program is now being offered by Altitude Group, LLC for the Radial Rocket TD aircraft, allowing builders to stage their...
JPI EDM-900 Engine Analyzer at SNF
JP Instruments was promoting its new EDM-900 engine analyzer, introduced in January, at SNF. The unit measures about four and a half inches by...
Grand Rapids HXr Debuts at SNF
Grand Rapids Technologies introduced its 10.4 inch HXr EFIS at the show, which is designed to allow the use of an Android phone or...
Concorde Debuts Battery for Light Sport Aircraft
Concorde Battery Corporation has introduced a new 12 volt battery, the Concorde Platinum Series RG 12LSA, designed specifically for the Light Sport Aircraft market....
Garmin Flight Planning App for iPad and Other Mobile Devices
Garmin has announced Garmin Pilot, a new aviation app for iOS devices, including the iPad and iPhone, and Android-based mobile devices. The app offers...
Belite WoW Model
Belite extolled the features of its latest WoW (Wonder of Wonders) Plane (so named because of its paint scheme) at a press conference on...
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Design Process: Tail Surfaces
The tail of the airplane performs three functions: It stabilizes the aircraft in both...
The Unintimidated Builder
Builder Walter Treadwell has taken on projects that many of us would find daunting, and he keeps upping the ante. First came a Lancair 235, then a plansbuilt Jenny JN-4, followed by a P-38 and then his current project, a resized Sikorsky S-38. Some 4000 hours into the new project, Treadwell has a ways to go, but fortunately he has a mini AgCat to fly in the meantime; by Bob Fritz.