In Case You Missed It
Light Stuff
Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to aircraft—all that really matters is creating the flying experience you want to have. By Roy Beisswenger.
Nuts and Bolts
Aircraft quality nuts, bolts, washers and other hardware are the right things to use if they hold the things together that keep you in the air.
FOFUS—Fail Operational/Fail Safe
Good design is not necessarily about how many levels of redundancy you have.
Editor’s Log
The free flight of birds inspired the first forays into manned flight—a perfect example of the concept of biomimicry. Editor in Chief Mary Bernard sees a similar resourcefulness in plansbuilders who look at a set of drawings and create an airplane from scratch.