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Legendary pilot, educator and adventurer Dick Rutan has died.

The overflow connection at the engine-driven fuel pump needs to be connected to a...

Not everyone is strongly “handed” and there are some applications where a grip that feels right in either hand is, um, right for the job. That’s the thinking behind Pioneer Control Grips’ new ambidextrous grips.

The plane was just unveiled this week at Sun ‘n Fun, and ordering now can reportedly have you traveling to Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida in four months to build it.

This sleek retractable-gear, two-seat Experimental can use any of several Rotax engines, from the 100-hp 912 ULS to the 160-hp turbocharged 916 iS.

A Swiss-made 39-hp four-stroke powerplant with a 1000-hour TBO under $10k.

Sporting a crisp, high-resolution display, they are nicely equipped with a variety of handy features and a smart feature set.

The Gweduck is a hero-class Experimental three decades in the making.

Lockwood’s Rotax-powered RV-9A is more than just fancy rhinoplasty.

Kitfox’s Super Sport gets more than new pep from Rotax’s turbocharged 916 iS.

Can a modern replica actually be better than a classic original?

Getting a multi-engine sea rating in the always-entertaining AirCam.

Rotax’s spunky 916 brings new tech and international appeal to a venerated design.

Part 7: Did you know that trailering an airplane across town is an all-day event? I didn’t.

How to set up your spinner to run perfectly true.

Four years and 200 hours with the “cute” jet.

Experimental Light Sport Aircraft have a better safety record than traditional homebuilts.

Overcoming builder’s block and exhaust modifications.

Part 2: OK, let’s install this stuff!

Flying Rosie “from sea to shining sea.”

Meet this gem of an airplane.

Having a machine shop means never having to say, “I can’t make that.” That occurred...

From a construction standpoint this ultralight design is quite unusual in some ways and very traditional in others.

Cut large holes in thin material freehand.

Let’s talk about what makes a diode—what the physical makeup of a diode really looks like on the inside.

Since we live on an airpark, have a large hangar of our own and...

Humans are amazingly adaptable but sometimes we lack imagination. Here’s one example.

We are seeing more talk of people rebuilding cores found in barns or the back of hangars.

Not everyone is strongly “handed” and there are some applications where a grip that feels right in either hand is, um, right for the job. That’s the thinking behind Pioneer Control Grips’ new ambidextrous grips.

Flybreezy, a company based in California, has a new product aimed at making battery charging less of an issue for pilot videographers.

Featuring color displays, the new radios are com only (GTR 205) or a nav/com (GTR 215).