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Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.

Question: I am building a gyroplane from pieces of an RAF 2000. I will...

I've been working on airplanes for a long time, and some things I do...

When it came to choosing a kit aircraft to build, columnist Amy Laboda and her husband opted for a metal design, in part because it would be resistant to destruction by lightning strike and also because fatigue is easier to detect in metal than it is in a composite plane. However, new nanotube technology, if integrated into composite construction material, could not only help identify wear problems, but also potentially heal them.