![[Credit: Van's Aircraft]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_5238.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "Part 22 Gets Real: Van’s Delivers the First MOSAIC-Certified Airplane")
![[Credit: Wikimedia Commons]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/4_rutan_a_longez.jpg_preview.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Rutan Symposium Turns to the Coming Canard Maintenance Crisis")
![[Credit: Flight Desgn GmbH]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1_mosaic_flightdesign.jpg_preview.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "FAA Accepts ASTM Standards, Clearing the Last Hurdle for MOSAIC")
![[Credit: magniX]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Magnix.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "magniX Opens Pre-Orders for an Electric Engine Aimed at Homebuilders")
Grand Rapids Updates Map Features for EFIS
GRT Avionics has completed the addition of new map features with its latest free software update. The new features include lakes, rivers, roads, railroads,...
FatBoy Throttle Quadrants
FatBoy Throttle Quadrants is a new Nashville, Tennessee, based manufacturing company dedicated to bringing quality throttle quadrant systems to the homebuilt and Experimental aircraft...
Bogert Introduces Wire Marking Tool
Builders who have wired their own airplanes know that you can't always use factory color-coded wire. And yet there are times when it would...
Wicks TIG Welding and Superflite Covering Workshops in January
Wicks Aircraft Supply is offering a pair of two-day workshops for homebuilders that focus on TIG welding and the Superflite aircraft-covering process. The events...
Coming Soon: Try Before You Buy Zenith Workshops
Participants in Zenith factory workshops have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in building a Zenith kit aircraft. For a relatively low cost, they...
Zenair Floats for GlasStar and Sportsman Available Soon
Because customers have been asking for them, Zenair has been developing a 2500 pound float kit for the GlaStar and Sportsman aircraft. The work...
An iPad Place to Call Home
New Sky Products has introduced the AppStation, a kneeboard-style mount for the Apple iPad. According to the company, "This product is the perfect solution...
Van's Aircraft Records 7000th First Flight
According to the company's website, Van's Aircraft has recorded the 7000th first flight. Ron Jagels' RV-12, flew on October 12, and was marked as...
Watch Your Washer
An eagle-eyed reader just phoned the KITPLANES HQ to let us know about a mistake printed in the November issue. Specifically, in the Engine...
Glasair Sets Speed Record At Reno
Flying his Glasair III at the 2010 National Championship Air Races in Stead, Nevada, Jeff Lavelle set a new Sport Class qualifying record at...
In Case You Missed It
Disconnected Pitot Line
Ever lose your airspeed in flight? The nylon lines held in the “push-grip” fittings...
The Decision to Polish
To quote a friend, “When you paint, the aircraft will never look better than...