Pegazair
While wandering near the Brown Arch your eyes are bound to be drawn towards two attractive “bush” planes with American-flag themed paint jobs. These...
UFlyMike
Almost 20 years ago during my airline career, I got assigned a pairing with a fellow by the name of Mike Lackey. Bose corp had...
F1 Rocket
Vince Frazier, the main spar at Team Rocket says he’s about done moving (finally) and looking forward to building some (more) F1 and F4...
Choose Your Own AirVenture
This year’s EAA AirVenture marks my third pilgrimage to the great land of propellers, people, products and pointy jets. At this point, I cannot...
Unleaded Fuel Seminar
If it’s AirVenture then it’s time to make a low pass over the unleaded fuel scene as it works us towards an unleaded fuel...
Early Bird Jenny – Gen 2
Timber Tiger Aircraft, who made the classic shape of the Ryan ST accessible to the homebuilding world, has reached farther back in time to make...
Falken Avionics Expands iPad-Based EFIS Lineup
Steve Sokol walks us through upgrades to the Falken Avionics suite that employs the Apple iPad as an Experimental-class EFIS. The company now has...
Update on the Archon SF
“Hey KITPLANES Lady!” got my attention real quick. I was being summoned to check out the Archon SF2, the two-seater version of the kit...
Cleaveland Tool Lives on Through Flyboy Accessories
In 1989 the now legendary Buzz Lauritsen brought his newly constructed Van's RV-4 to Oshkosh and no one could believe how smooth and ripple...
If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try Again
Bellying in a rare, classic airplane on a remote strip in Dewitt, Arkansas, wasn’t enough to keep Ryszard Zadow from AirVenture this week. While...
In Case You Missed It
Small-bottle O2: Aithre, Aerox Compacts
Personal-sized oxygen bottles save space and weight, while serving as belt-and-suspender backup. But go bigger if you use O2 regularly.
Repeat Offender
This time I want an airplane strictly built for the joy of flying. I want something simple and relatively cheap for that magical first and last half-hour of daylight, to be low and slow with no place in particular to go and sporting a massive grin.