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![[Credit: Mike Davenport]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Over-Stave-Lake-3.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Glasair Sportsman 2+2 Build Part 3")
Glasair Sportsman 2+2 Build Part 3
...“Going from building to flying is so much fun. Making your multi-year project a functioning aircraft is such a great feeling. Thank you to my wife Shannon for the freedom...
![A sleek Glasair II. [Credit: Glasair]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Glasair-II_2863.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Class of ’86: How 1986 Transformed the Modern Kit Building Industry")
Class of ’86: How 1986 Transformed the Modern Kit Building Industry
...Aircraft Company in Mexico, MO, and his brothers at Matt, Michael, and Nick at Zenair in Canada. The homebuilding community owes the Heintz family a great deal, and KITPLANES has...
![[Credit: Van's Aircraft]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_5238.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Part 22 Gets Real: Van’s Delivers the First MOSAIC-Certified Airplane")
Part 22 Gets Real: Van’s Delivers the First MOSAIC-Certified Airplane
...intact. Garmin G3X Touch defines the panel, with AXIS promised. Price is $246,200 to start, IFR-equipped. Van’s is currently building roughly one SLSA RV-12iS every four days, with demand driven...
![The best builders learn to combine both mindsets. They build like engineers but think like future mechanics. [Credit: Bill Wilson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_0037.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Building vs. Fixing")
Building vs. Fixing
...seen again. Aircraft kits today are remarkably refined. Matched-hole technology, precisely fabricated parts, and detailed instructions have removed much of the uncertainty that once defined kit building. But the mindset...
![[Credit: Wikimedia Commons]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/F-117_Nighthawk_Front.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Odd and Unusual Aircraft")
Odd and Unusual Aircraft
...of the ancestors of homebuilding. Some of the titles have adjectives such as “worst” or “failures” however fairly or unfairly applied. I see these designs more as the ideas others...
![After nearly 75 years, the basic Tailwind design remains sound. [Credit: LeRoy Cook]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4636.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "The Wittman Tailwind")
The Wittman Tailwind
...Continental C-90 engine from a Formula One racer, became an overnight success. Mike Wilson spent 30 years building his Wittman W-10 Tailwind. He’s shown on the ramp at St. Charles,...
![Trimming composites gets the full PPE job. [Credit: Eric Stewart]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/7-2.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "A Few of My Favorite Tools")
A Few of My Favorite Tools
...as much time with my air tools (think drill, rivet gun) on the SR-1 as I did building the RV-4, but I use them often enough, and for that I...
![[All images credited to Mike Davenport]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/DSC_6716.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Glasair Sportsman 2+2, Part Two")
Glasair Sportsman 2+2, Part Two
...on Sean’s journey, a short review is in order. Sean is a second-generation aircraft builder following in his father’s footsteps as it were, deviating from his dad’s building material but...
![Coming in for a landing at Humberd’s Farm [All Images Credited to Jon Humberd]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/9-1.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "Overcoming Setbacks on the Zenith 750SD Xtreme")
Overcoming Setbacks on the Zenith 750SD Xtreme
...on my mind, and that is building and flying airplanes. Some of my friends and pilots in our STOL Bandits group help keep me motivated by sharing pictures, giving flybys...
![The Classic Wittman W-10 Tailwind [Credit: LeRoy Cook]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4633.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 "The Midpoint Reset: Navigating the Rest of the 2026 Homebuilt Horizon")
The Midpoint Reset: Navigating the Rest of the 2026 Homebuilt Horizon
...but complementary exmples of what homebuilt means in 2026: Zenith as the proof of kit building concept stretched over four decades, accumulating refinements without losing its original soul, and Sonex...
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This month our DAR answers questions about the size and placement requirements for N numbers on Experimental aircraft.
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RV-7A converted to RV-7, importing a Canadian ultralight to the U.S. and registering as an LSA.