![[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")
Garmin and Jeppesen Bundle Database Packages
Garmin International Inc. and Jeppesen have announced a new bundle pricing program for databases on select Garmin panel-mount avionics that provides a more affordable...
Zenith Aircraft Company Summer Events
The Zenith Aircraft Company Fly into Summer Builder Fly-In Gathering is scheduled for Saturday, June 25, 2011, at the Zenith factory in Mexico, Missouri,...
Latest News From RANS
In recent news from RANS Aircraft, the company has announced it now has carbon-fiber wingtips for the S-7S and S-7LS. The tips weigh about...
MGL Avionics Releases Seventh Generation AHRS
Torrance, California-based MGL Avionics has just released its new generation of AHRS sensors, the SP-7 AHRS and SP-6 Compass Sensor (magnetometer). The seventh generation...
Open Hangar Day at Zenair June 11
Aviation enthusiasts, especially fans of Chris Heintz designs, are invited to the Zenair Open Hangar Day and Builder Gathering scheduled for Saturday, June 11,...
Limited Time Offer on TWTT Glasair Sportsman
Glasair Aviation is offering a special deal in June for its Two Weeks to Taxi Sportsman airplane. Each Sportsman is specially equipped with:
Lycoming high-performance...
Whirl Wind Launches New Web Site
Whirl Wind Aviation, manufacturer of a diverse line of high-performance composite constant-speed propeller systems for Experimental aircraft announced a newly formatted and optimized web...
New Features on Ready-to-Fly 2012 RANS S-7LS
RANS Aircraft announced that it will soon fly its 2012 demonstrator S-7LS, which features refinements that provide greater range and payload, and more responsive...
NKET Visits Zenith for Evaluation of CH 650 Kit
A five-person FAA National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) is visiting Zenith Aircraft Company in Mexico, Missouri, to determine whether the CH 650 kit will...
Superior XP Engines Ready to Ship
Superior Air Parts, Inc., announced on May 23 that it has started shipping its Experimental XP Series engines to authorized dealers.
The resumption of engine...
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Carbon Monoxide Blues
Although not a huge factor in airplane crashes, carbon monoxide poisoning does contribute to accidents each year. This is entirely avoidable with a good, functional carbon monoxide detector in the cockpit. The choices in these units have increased over the years, so now there's no excuse to do without this useful tool; by Rick Lindstrom.
![[Credit: Viking Aircraft Engines]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/engine.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Editor’s Log")
Editor’s Log
A wide-ranging look at the myriad engine choices facing today's homebuilt aircraft builders, designers, and pilots.
