![[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")
Sport Copter Back with Two-Place Gyroplane Kit
Sport Copter, Inc., of Scappoose, Oregon, is back at AirVenture this year with a kit for a two-place gyroplane meant for serious loitering and...
New Lycoming O-233 Takes Flight
Compared to Rotax and even Continental, Lycoming hasn't had much of a presence in the light sport market. It does now. Lycoming announced this...
Picture This: Fly Your Pattern in PreFlight Planning
Flight planners found on the Internet all have their own special niche. Some are designed to cater to the jet-set, and others are just...
The Adventourer Kit Heli from Composite Helicopter Debuts at AirVenture
After seven years of development, Peter and Leanne Maloney of Composite Helicopters made their first appearance at AirVenture to promote their five to six...
A New Cylinder Head for Your Lycoming
Are you looking to rebuild a Lycoming, and you're hungry for power? Pause here and take a look at what Phoenix Power Products of...
Friends of the RV-1 Group Forms
A new group of Vans Aircraft enthusiasts has formed to restore the original RV-1 airplane of founder Richard VanGrunsven, which is the progenitor of...
Kitfox Series 7 Super Sport Receives FAA 51 Percent Approval
The FAA National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) recently concluded its evaluation of the Kitfox Series 7 Super Sport Aircraft, and in a letter dated...
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt Visits AirVenture for Forum
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt visited EAA AirVenture Thursday for a forum, apologizing for the agency's reduced presence at the event this year due to...
A Modern M14 Ignition System for Your Moose
If you are an Vedeneyev M14 radial engine owner, or even thinking you might be, pay attention. I'm talking to you Murphy Moose builders...
James Wiebe of Belite Aircraft Wins 2011 August Raspet Award
Belite Aircraft President and CEO James Wiebe has won the 2011 August Raspet Award, one of the most prestigious honors bestowed by the Experimental...
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Ask the DAR
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2013 Engine Buyer’s Guide
The outlook for the alternative engine market for Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft is positive, and there are new additions since last year—even more reason to join the auto-conversion club. By Patrick Panzera.
