![The author flying his Sinson 108-2 Voyager in the skies above British Columbia, Canada. [Credit: Mike Davenport]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CF-EZB-over-water-D.-Cardy-photo-534x462.jpg "A 30-Year Love Affair With My Stinson")
![The discomfort of wearing prescription- or sunglasses under an ANR headset is eliminated with Flying Eyes. [Credit: Flying Eyes]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/FlyingEyes-Group-265x198.jpg "Eyes Forward")
![Left to right, shiny new bulkheads, wooden form blocks, and old bulkheads. [Credit Tinley Ong]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_3429-265x198.jpg "Second Chance Six")
![The painter sprays the door planels of a Glasair Sportsman 2+2. [Credit: Mike Davenport]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/White-doors-265x198.jpg "Paint It Yourself Or Pay A Pro?")
![Aircraft in flight [Credit: Jim Barrett]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/httpswww.flyingmag.comsitesflyin-6-265x198.jpg "Firecrown’s Aviation Group Charts Course for 2026; Ryan Ewing Named Group President")
Saying Goodbye
For those of us afflicted with Vascular Avgaseritis, AirVenture is a near spiritual experience. The collective aura of tens of thousands of our own...
ForeFlight Sentry Plus
At AirVenture 2022 at Oshkosh, ForeFlight was showing a new portable ADS-B receiver called the Sentry Plus, which has decent battery life and better...
Continental Increases R&D Budget, Plans to Reduce Lead Times
KITPLANES caught up with Continental Aerospace Technologies' CEO Karen Hong at AirVenture 2022. She told us that the company has increased its R&D budget...
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Dealing With Supply Chain Issues
Supply-chain issues have been at the root of shortages in aviation (and pretty much everywhere else) for nearly two years. Since they have an...
Pinnacle of Tattoos
Stopping in the Pinnacle Aircraft Engines booth we were pleased to meet the relatively new owners Todd Lavelle and JD Kuti. They purchased Pinnacle...
Cool Cowlings at James Aircraft
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Martin Pauly Explains Lean of Peak
Many have heard of operating their aircraft engines lean of peak, but few really understand what that phrase means. A fair amount of distrust...
Team Rocket Finds a New Home
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