The Homebuilt Aircraft Council this year introduced a new hat to recognize first-time aircraft builders bringing their aircraft to AirVenture for the first time. I happened to catch a father-son team who just flew their RV-7 to Oshkosh after a nine-year build.
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Choosing Plumage for Your Homebuilt
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A well-designed paint scheme is the perfect finishing touch for your plane.
Nobody Likes a Drip
Ultraviolet light helps locate oil leaks from sources that are tough to find.
Take a Ride In a Thorp T-18
Join Phil Mandel for a walkaround description and a brief flight in his Thorp...
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Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook weighs the relative merits of perfectionism in building and maintaining homebuilts versus using the aircraft for its intended purpose: flying.