Flight Guide Online Announces Streamlined Web Site
When the online version of Flight Guide made its debut right before AirVenture 2006, it brought the venerable brown-covered paper resource to life. A...
Trio Avionics’ EZ Pilot: Built for Safety
It is not that other autopilots are unsafe, but the EZ Pilot products, an autopilot and an altitude select/hold servo (two independent units) are...
Aspen Avionics' Retrofittable Evolution PFD
Are you a person flying a round-dial airplane in a flat-panel world? Did you start your kit airplane with traditional gyros, only to find...
E-Mag Adds Evolved Magnetos to Lineup
E-Mag Electronic Ignition of Azle, Texas, had plenty of new goodies at their Sun 'n Fun booth this year. The prototype of the...
Andair Announces New Throttle Quadrant
Following on an impressive line of fuel system components manufactured from high quality materials and methods, Andy Phillips of Andair is proudly displaying his...
Scratch-Build DVD Released
"For the fella that has a young family, struggling to make it, don't put it off. Do it now. You can always...
Jeppesen Introduces Mobile
If you have a phone or PDA with a Microsoft OS, you might well be interested in the WingX software now marketed by Jeppesen...
First Day at Sun 'n Fun
Puddles and mud from recent rains made lots of work for dedicated volunteers and confused parking for attendees at Sun 'n Fun. A pair...
New EFISes Star at Sun 'n Fun
Several new EFIS models and upgrades have been introduced at the show today.Advanced Flight Advanced deck EFISFor fans of the EFIS, the talk of...
KITPLANES On Site At Sun 'n Fun
Heavy rains over the last two days have left the Lakeland airport a mud-sodden mess. Early impressions are that the show traffic will ramp...
In Case You Missed It
The Dawn Patrol
Dick Starks envisions the perfect vehicle for transporting messengers in the throes of trench warfare-and then he builds one.
Forward by Degrees
I’ve ridden the early adopter bus before—found the seats uncomfortable, the ride jarring and...
Flight Testing: Static System Error – Theory and Practice, Part 2
In Part 2 of the series, Kevin Horton shows you how to gather and interpret flight-test data to identify static system error (spreadsheets included).
Error Chain
Departure Stall! Good aircraft design and a bit of luck made it survivable. By Gary Knight and James Wiebe.