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Continue to the category600 MPH Jet Racing?
A concept 600 mph jet course spotted at Roswell hints at a new level of pylon racing—think faster jets and 14-mile laps. Bring it on!
New Course, Familiar Winds: PRS Lands in Roswell
Roswell’s first Pylon Racing School offers a dry run of the new course, with light turnout, big ambitions, and plenty of dust in the air.
Mack Daddy Cassutt
Andy Mack and Leah Sanfillipo bring new life to a Cassutt racer—next stop: Roswell Pylon Racing School with Cheap Thrills.
Zenith Aircraft “Fly-In to Summer” Open House: June 21
Zenith Aircraft hosts summer fly-in June 21 in Mexico, Missouri, with factory tours, demos, and aircraft displays.
Canopy Done—For Now: F1 Project Progresses
With the canopy fitted and systems checked, our F1 project moves closer to mounting the engine and firewall-forward work.
One Week Wonder Joins Legends at the Smithsonian
The Waiex-B One Week Wonder, built by volunteers at Oshkosh 2022, is now on display at the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center—next to aviation legends.
In Case You Missed It
Flush Rivet Removal
There can be more than 10,000 rivets in an aluminum kit aircraft. Given that many opportunities for errors, you’ll surely need to replace a few.
Learning to Weld
Ken Scott continues his series on welding with oxyacetylene gas welding, and discovers the art and aesthetic in this traditional technique.
Around the Patch
Recent casualties in the kit-aircraft universe including AirlinkTECH, Pillar Point Avionics and Superior Air Parts reduce services available to builders and potentially eliminate some healthy competiton. By Marc Cook.
Down to Earth
As environmental regulations and market pressures converge on avgas boutique industry, Amy Laboda investigates whats going on in energy research… and whats to come.