You think your airplane can land short and take off fast? Here’s your measuring stick. Our man Steve Ashby watched and then caught up with Dan Reynolds, who won the night with his Chinook and an amazingly short combo of takeoff and landing roll.
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The Airplane Van Didnt Want to Build
How the RV-6 became the most successful kit aircraft yet.
Aero ‘lectrics
In this first of a two-part series, Jim Weir builds a low-cost, high-efficiency portable ground-based antenna system that he used to great effect in the recent CAFE 400 (fuel efficiency) race in Northern California. You can do it, too.