KITPLANES

Upon his retirement, Jim Shy embarked on a lifelong dream of building his own airplane. But before he even decided on a design, he bought a place to keep it: his own airport.

Nat Puffer’s Cozy Mk IV was the cover subject of our August 1991 issue....

Sometimes the old ways are still the best.

At this point in the design process, we have gotten the airplane sized, balanced,...