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Forgotten Flops
LeRoy Cook
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April 1, 2026
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Vintage Homebuilts: The Big Three
Randall Brink
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March 27, 2026
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Polliwagen
Ron Wanttaja
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July 29, 2025
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Chris Tena Mini-Coupe
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June 28, 2025
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Wheeler Express—Yesteryear’s Homebuilts
Ron Wanttaja
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April 27, 2025
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Dyke Delta
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March 25, 2025
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Kitfox Celebrates Forty, Too
Marc Cook
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August 21, 2024
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Four Decades Old, Look At Us Now
Marc Cook
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July 22, 2024
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Archive: February 1985
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Archive: May 2014
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May 8, 2024
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August 16, 2008
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Bob FritzWe may have created a monster. At the time he submitted this months...
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December 15, 2011
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Builders share their successes.
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February 14, 2012
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Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
Class of ’86: How 1986 Transformed the Modern Kit Building Industry
Randall Brink
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August 5, 2026
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Forty years ago this year, Chris Heintz’s CH701 first flew. That alone would be...
![The original Corben Baby Ace designed by Orland “Ace” Corben in 1929. [Credit: Wikimedia Commons]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1920px-Ace_Baby_Ace_‘N73638_25617429253-scaled.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Vintage Homebuilts: The Big Three")
![A sleek Glasair II. [Credit: Glasair]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Glasair-II_2863.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Class of ’86: How 1986 Transformed the Modern Kit Building Industry")