![[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")
Belite Adds Pricing Options
Belite Aircraft has announced two significant changes to kit pricing, a new aluminum rib wing design and a tack-welded fuselage variation, both of which...
John “Snaps” Knapp’s Micro Mong Rocket Seaplane
Flying in my 1984 Avid Seaplane for 2600 hours, the first one on floats, I always loved the nostalgia of biplanes, especially biplanes on...
Bud Weddington’s and Ed Nolan’s Double Eagle
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Dan McElroy’s Questair Venture
I just finished my Venture, which was started 20 years ago. There are marriages that have not lasted 20 years, there are careers that...
Aerotherm Introduces Cell-Activated Preheater Switch
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ECI Has 70+ New Parts for O-540 Engines
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1000th RV8 Flies
On Friday, September 17, the Hobbs meter on the Vans Aircraft web site registered the 1000th RV8 aircraft to fly. That number represents an...
Dynon Updates EFIS Software for Autopilot
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Reminder: Zenith Open Hangar Day and Fly-In
Zenith Aircraft will be holding its 19th annual Open Hangar Day and Fly-In at the company's Mexico, Missouri, headquarters on September 18. According to...
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Alternative Energies
While researchers seek electric flight’s Holy Grail—a 10X battery—aviation’s innovators are busy determining ways to use less fuel with the technology available now. By Dean Sigler.
