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![[Credit: Van's Aircraft]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Vans_RV14A.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Something New On The Horizon")
Something New On The Horizon
...here. Thank you for reading, for building, and for keeping this magazine on the bench. I will see you in November — on a screen, this once — and back...
![SR-1 cowl being integrated with spinner and cooling ducts. The cowl is assembled to itself/to the fuse primarily with countersunk #8 screws. [All images credited to Eric Stewart]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1KP.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Custom Cowl Fabrication: Building the SR-1 Composite Cowl")
Custom Cowl Fabrication: Building the SR-1 Composite Cowl
SR-1 cowl being integrated with spinner and cooling ducts. The cowl is assembled to itself/to the fuse primarily with countersunk #8 screws. [All images credited to Eric Stewart] The cowl...
![R.T. Searfoss shows off his magnificent workmanship in the Pietenpol Air Camper he built over the span of 12 years. There is much to love in classic tube and fabric aircraft which harken back to an earlier time of aircraft construction. Masterful craftsmanship is everywhere you look in R.T.’s work. [Credit: Bill Wilson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/unnamed-2.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Choosing Your Aircraft Construction Material")
Choosing Your Aircraft Construction Material
...builder’s personality. Building It by the Book For first-time builder Jon Olson, choosing the Vans RV-12 kit was as much about confidence as it was about performance. Rather than pursuing...
![The Hatz Biplane, NX71VH, re-engineered to be powered by a 124 hp radial engine. [Credit: Hatz Biplane Association]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Hatz-Bantam-Radial-124hp_1000004521-Topaz-Gigapixel-2x-scale.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Airplane Almost No One Knows, Part One"){kind=tracking}
Airplane Almost No One Knows, Part One
...on top of it — no scaling, no interpretation, no room to introduce error in the most repetitive structural task in the airplane—the work of someone building for other builders,...
![The Zenith CH701 outside the hangar at SMX, fresh from paint. The stars-and-stripes theme marks America’s 250th and the CH701’s 40th anniversary. [Credit: Carson Stilson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_1726.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Zenith CH 701: A Proof of Concept Homebuilt on a Budget")
Zenith CH 701: A Proof of Concept Homebuilt on a Budget
...an Experimental Amateur-Built aircraft.” In 2025, I finished building a Zenith STOL CH 750 Super Duty. It took me two and a half years, 1,200 hours, and nearly a quarter...
![Low-level aerial view of AirVenture, looking down the main thoroughfare toward Boeing Plaza, with the flightline and runway 18/36 beyond. [Credit: LeRoy Cook]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_4521.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "AirVenture 2026 in Review")
AirVenture 2026 in Review
...optimize a backcountry airplane around modern engine technology, and another to continue building a deeply personal one-off that owes more to tradition than market logic. The common thread is not...
![Builder and pilot Mark Farver stands alongside his Continental IOX-340 powered RANS S-21. [Credit: Mark Farver]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Copy-of-build-38-Topaz-Gigapixel-2x-scale.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Cross-Country in a Homebuilt RANS S-21 Outbound to Oshkosh"){kind=tracking}
Cross-Country in a Homebuilt RANS S-21 Outbound to Oshkosh
...he had spent building the airplane that finally carried him there. N319PG — Papa Golf — is a RANS S-21 Outbound, all-metal, taildragger, on tundra tires, silver over navy with...
![Pat McKiernan has found that he and his dad who built this beautiful RV-7 simply learned to enjoy the build. [Credit: Bill Wilson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Builder.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Life Lessons From Building an Airplane")
Life Lessons From Building an Airplane
Pat McKiernan has found that he and his dad who built this beautiful RV-7 simply learned to enjoy the build. [Credit: Bill Wilson] People begin building aircraft for many reasons....
![[Credit: AdobeStock]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AdobeStock_51865118.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "FAA MOSAIC Rule Fully Implemented")
FAA MOSAIC Rule Fully Implemented
[Credit: AdobeStock] For twenty-one years, the homebuilding community has lived inside a set of numbers that never quite fit us. Thirteen hundred and twenty pounds. Two seats. A hundred and...
![A SubSonex personal jet in aerobatic flight. Thea design will expand with a two-place model kit in the months ahead. [Credit: Sonex Aircraft]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/SubSonex_Acro.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Sonex Reopens")
Sonex Reopens
...engine line, the Sonex Aerospace work, the tooling, the molds, the order book, and the building itself. They closed, recapitalized, and reopened the doors. By the time most of us...
In Case You Missed It
Under New Management
An inside look at EFII's all-new electronic engine control system for Experimental Lycomings.
Flight Testing
You've planned; you've prepared. Now we look at how to conduct your first flight in a homebuilt aircraft.
