![[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")
So, You Want to Work at Scaled?
Here's your chance. Scaled Composites, the famous Mojave, California-based aerospace pioneer, is hosting a career day on April 21, 2012. Scaled will "open its...
Lycoming Set for UL 91 Unleaded Avgas Approval in Europe
Lycoming Engines has submitted for ASTM D7547 UL 91 unleaded avgas approval.
New 912iS Engine from Rotax
Rotax has added a new engine to its line of popular four-cylinder, four-stroke aircraft engines: the 912iS. The new engine represents somewhat of a...
UL Power FWF Package for Zenith CH 750
The Zenith Aircraft firewall-forward (FWF) engine package includes the modern technology direct-drive, air-cooled, lightweight and fuel-efficient UL350iS aircraft engine from UL Power. The 130-horsepower...
RV-1 Flies Again
After nearly a year of restoration work by countless volunteers, the first "reflight" of the VanGrunsven RV-1, N5827N, occurred on February 19, 2012 from...
Scott Thatcher's Zenith 601XLB
N601EL was my first attempt at building an aircraft and it was one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life! After...
CPS Offers Rotax Rubber Replacement Kits
California Power Systems now carries Rotax 912 engine rubber replacement kits. These kits are furnished with the parts most commonly needed for the five-year...
News from Aircraft Spruce
Aircraft Spruce has announced a new online magazine for homebuilders along with news that it is now carrying a simplified FAR AIM book for...
Safari Helicopter SNF Show Special
As the beginning of the 2012 show season approaches, Safari Helicopter has announced that the company will have six helicopters flying at Sun-and-Fun this...
Onex Sport Aircraft Receives FAA NKET Approval
Sonex Aircraft LLC has announced that the FAA's National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) has approved and published amateur building checklists for the company's Onex...
In Case You Missed It
Light Stuff
At AirVenture last year, Remos Aircraft introduced an all-composite, factory-built Light Sport Aircraft, the GX, which replaces the Remos G-3. Significant testing went into the two-year development of this new plane, including ground vibration testing, which is the subject of this months column; by Dave Martin.
The Dawn Patrol
When you're the newbie of the group, you're going to get the tough assignments. But some newbies know how to exact payback (all in good fun, of course).
Improper Deburring
It is really important to remove the burrs that are created when drilling through...
How Fast Is a Speed Nut?
A “speed nut” is a somewhat generic term that is occasionally used for a...