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Letters
...any Avid Flyer. Subsequent models including the one now sold by Kitfox Aircraft are variations of the Vixen. To give Dean Wilson credit for the Kitfox Line of aircraft is...
Down to Earth
...about a year after the kit arrived from SkyStar (now Kitfox) Aircraft, then located in Nampa, Idaho. It is one of the first of the clipped-wing Kitfox IV aircraft. Really....
Editor’s Log
...more than one occasion over the years: the Kitfox. Various companies that have purveyed the Kitfox since its introduction have come and gone, but for some time now John and...
Down to Earth
Electrical problems on an airplane as low-draw as our Kitfox IV are insidious: you hardly know you have them at first. Our panel setup is so minimal, with just a...
Down To Earth
...Kitfox funnels the air over and through the cylinder head cooling fins. It worked…after a bit of tweaking. After all, our Kitfox IV is handmade, and thus unique in its...
Completions
Dave Armando’s Kitfox Speedster Model V After six years of building, my Kitfox Speedster Model V was flown. It is powered by a Jabiru 3300 120-hp 6-cylinder engine swinging an...
Around the Patch
John and Debra McBean, owners of Kitfox Aircraft, sat across the dinner table from me at Oshkosh, sharing stories of the trip out from Idaho and generally just, ah, discussing...
A Fine Specimen
Brandon and Heather Petersen and their amazing Kitfox Super Sport with the Rotax 916. You’d never, ever know it was pushed hard to be finished in time for AirVenture 2023....
Down To Earth
...relief airlifts? You’d be surprised. Do You Have What It Takes? Even my Kitfox IV can be useful—though not for heavy hauling. The Kitfox excels at search-and-rescue (SAR) and scouting...
Engine Update
...in the Kitfox Series 7 Super Sport we flew (See Kitfox Super Sport) has a standard ring gear to comply with an interim service bulletin. Seems after comprehensive durability testing—known...
In Case You Missed it
Dimpling for Beauty and Speed
Each time you install a fastener on your airplane kit, consider whether the head...
Low Fuel, Idiot, Light
In the year 2019 BC (before COVID), I made a number of cross-country trips...
Flight Review: Practical Glass
Marc Cook admires Dave Ammenti’s exceptional GlaStar and details why these designs have held their value in the used market over the years.