The Eyes Have It

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Do you ever get the feeling that someone's watching you? The paint on the Sparrowhawk gyros on display at Sun 'n Fun drew many...

There's a New Four-Blade CS Prop for Warbird Replicas

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Dave Hansen of Vari-Prop is pretty excited about the company’s newest product, a four-blade, variable-pitch propeller for warbird replicas that will bolt on to...

Wing-Heating System for High-Performance Kit Aircraft

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If your kit is meant to fly high and fast, and especially if you’ve designed the machine to fly well in the clouds, then...

Up, Up and Away

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Not all that flies at Sun 'n Fun roars like a radial, buzzes like a hornet or spews smoke during low passes. The traditional...

Continuing Evolution, Corvair Style

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I finally got a chance on Friday to catch up with William Wynne of FlyCorvair.com to see if there had been much in the...

You Don't Need A Wing If Your Ship's Got That Swing…

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Sun 'n Fun's Chopper Town provided a graphic reminder Friday that you don't need a wing if your ship's got that swing, as a...

The Heroes of Sun 'n Fun

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Who are the true heroes of Sun 'n Fun? Are they the airshow performers, putting their lives on the line to entertain and thrill...

TCW Technologies Introduces Intelligent Flap Controller

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VFE. Do you know what it is? That’s the maximum speed at which it is safe to deploy the flaps on your airplane. You...

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...

And Now for Something Completely Different

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One of the great aspects of events like Sun 'n Fun is the frequency with which something new shows up. It's unusual for those...

In Case You Missed It

Completion Secrets

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Selecting the right build location, having a solid plan and making a realistic budget are just a few of the things you can do to keep your project on track.

Rabbit Holes

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Conquering unforeseen challenges when building, flying, and maintaining an aircraft.

Kitfox Super Sport

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With 4000 kits sold, a million hours flown and a loyal customer base, you just knew that the Kitfox would somehow find itself back in production. It's been out after the previous company, SkyStar Aircraft, went bankrupt in 2005, leaving builders in the lurch.

Wind Tunnel

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Trike masts.