National Association of Flight Instructors Helps Kit Builders Become Safe Fliers

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The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) held its Master Flight Instructor Breakfast Friday morning at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In, and one Master...

Rocket Racing League Announces Schedule, Velocity Aircraft Sold

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Positioning itself as a "new entertainment sports league that combines the exhilaration of racing with the power of rocket engines," the Rocket Racing League...

New Product: SUNLite LED Lighting System

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AeroLEDs now offers a smaller version of its popular AeroSUN LED anti-collision/landing/taxi light system introduced last year at Oshkosh AirVenture. Both the SUNLite and...

ClickBond Fasteners Streamline Construction

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Having just spent a couple days replacing traditional cowling nutplates before coming to the show, I was intimately familiar with laying out the rivet...

Lancair’s First Evolution Kit Delivered

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Lancair International announced today that it has delivered the first Evolution kit to Andy Cruce of Miramar, Florida. Cruce and his wife saw the...

New Insight Engine Monitor and So Much More

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A buddy intercepted me on the flight line, and said there was this new engine monitor on display that you could use to balance...

VistaNAV 3.0 Supports New Hardware and Tricks

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The latest version of portable synthetic vision software manufacturer Mercury Computer System’s VistaNAV comes with some pretty cool tricks. First, the program, in version...

Lake Tahoe – Airshow and Fly-In 2008

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The extensive smoke from the fires in northern California had dissipated enough to make the annual airshow at the Lake Tahoe Airport (KTVL) worth...

2010 Plansbuilt Buyer’s Guide

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If you've got the itch to build from scratch, this years edition of the Plansbuilt Buyer's Guide features a buffet of 142 kit aircraft models you can build and fly. Compiled by Cory Emberson.

Amy's RV-10: Checking Out a Newborn Engine Before Flight

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That Lycoming IO-540 on our nascent Van's RV-10 is about 10 minutes old now, and still a sweetheart. Each engine start tested another function,...

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Complex Impedance

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A loyal reader writes, “I have a homebuilt Bugsmasher with a couple of com...

Letters

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Free FallI have been following Elliot Seguin's column, "High Desert Tales," about his avocation...

Legalities of Fly-Ins

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Fly-in season is coming up, but lawsuit season is year-round. By Jerry Eichenberger.

Odd-Size Transfer Punch

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A custom match-drill punch.