Tag: sailplanes

It’s a great alternative to wood.

Ron Wanttaja examines the accident data for the Glasair and GlaStar designs and finds structural support may play a key role.

Sometimes its surprising to see homebuilt aircraft kits languishing in garages or hangars or workshops. Especially the quickbuilds, which raises the question of whether there's something about buying a QB kit that leads to procrastination. Columnist Dan Checkoway ponders the question, looking to his own experience for an answer.

Bending.