Updated AvMap Available

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The portable AvMap EKP-IV is on the market, following years of refinements. Now thinner and lighter, with a larger brilliant color, sunlight viewable LCD...

Two Cub Kits Approved by FAA

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The Dakota Cub Super 18-160-EXP and Super 18-LT-EXP have been added to the FAA list of approved amateur-built kits, ensuring that the completed aircraft...

Viperjet Inks Model Licensing Agreement

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If you have admired the Viperjet kit aircraft and believed you would not be able to own one, here is your chance, at least...

Lycoming Wins Shingo Prize

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Lycoming Engines has been awarded the prestigious Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, making it one of only two companies to achieve the honor at...

Sportys Recalls Top 12 Trends from 2010

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This just in from Sporty's President and COO, Michael Wolf: Last year, we issued a Trends Report for 2009, highlighting shifts and developments in...

Mike Creek's Bearhawk

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Completed in December 2008, N2828M took to the air in January 2009 with test pilot Danny Sorensen. It took 3.5 years to build...

Spidertracks Integrates Logbook Functions with Flight Tracking

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AvConnect and spidertracks have announced a partnership to offer for the first time an automated and real-time pilot and aircraft records-keeping solution. Spidertracks is an...

Cockpit Video System

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Whether you want to post a video to YouTube or Facebook, or simply share a flight with friends, Sporty's cockpit video system is all...

FatBoy Debuts Throttle Quadrants for RVs

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FatBoy Throttle Quadrants of Nashville, Tennessee, is now offering side-mounted throttle quadrants for Vans RV builders. All of the RV quadrants are designed for...

Electric Waiex Makes First Flight

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The Sonex Aircraft, LLC proof-of-concept electric-powered Waiex flew for the first time on December 3, 2010, at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Piloted...

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The Home Machinist

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Charlie Taylor, the Wright brothers trusted right-hand man and machinist, made their early powered flight experiments possible. And he built the engine using only a drill press, a lathe, a simple scale and more than a little ingenuity; by Bob Fritz.

Guest Editorial

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KITPLANES® publisher Cindy Pedersen bids readers a fond farewell as she embarks on a new journey—retirement.
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Why Alternative Engines Rarely Save Money

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You can try it, but don’t expect to come out ahead—or airborne—without a fight.

The Home Machinist (Part 10)

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You're not alone if you've been flummoxed or frustrated when trying to decode technical drawings or blueprints. They seem to use a language all their own, one that many of us are not privy to. Fear not. Author Bob Fritz will give you the tools you need to visualize the item being described, and hell make such documents intelligible to the uninitiated.