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25th Anniversary: Rutan’s Take
...final product does not fly like a Rutan design, if it flies at all. As someone who grew up building models, Rutan also understood what tools and materials homebuilders were...
Insurance Update: Experimentals and LSAs
...in the project has reached a certain point, and usually before the home-based project is trailered to the airport. Insurance companies do recommend project insurance during the building process, particularly...
Completions
...to fly, and I would recommend it to anyone who has a dream of building a helicopter. Remember to use both the factory and the great web sites to gain...
Return of the Turbo-Compound
...efficient aircraft piston engine sitting on the shelf that nobody is building. Its called a turbo-compound engine. Some 9000 were built in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and they...
Kitfox Super Sport Series 7
...exists to the southwest of the main hangar that could hold another building. Such volume is unlikely to put a strain on the company’s kit end of the business, even...
Zenith Announces Slate of Summer Gatherings
...tour the Zenith Aircraft facilities. On the two days before the fly-in, Zenith will host one of its popular workshops where participants gain hands-on kit aircraft building experience. (Prior registration...
The Little Bush Plane That Could
...is due to hit the market. Its a two-seat design powered by a stock Mazda RX-7 rotary engine. In this issue, Martin advocates building a scale model trainer if you’re...
Down to Earth
...multi-engine and single-engine flight instructor ratings, and glider and rotorcraft (gyroplane) ratings. She and her husband live in Florida, along with two daughters, and recently finished building a Vans RV-10....
Letters
...articles were of great interest to me as I am installing a Jabiru 3300 in a Fisher Celebrity kit. I am finally finishing after eight years of building. What caught...
Designer Spotlight: Lawrence B. Sperry
...A. Edison at the 1918 Dayton airshow, on a windy day. Ironically, he ended up blown onto the cornice of the Air Service building downtown. No problem. He re-inflated the...
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Ask the DAR
DAR Mel Asberry answers questions about when you need A&P signoff, re-certifying an airplane to make it an LSA (hint: cant be done) and pre-registration of an Experimental.
2013 Engine Buyer’s Guide
The outlook for the alternative engine market for Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft is positive, and there are new additions since last year—even more reason to join the auto-conversion club. By Patrick Panzera.