Tag: VFR
![[Credit: Mike Davenport]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/DSC_0053.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Pre-War Porterfield")
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How Skin Condition Affects Aircraft Performance
In the last few editions of Wind Tunnel, we looked at how changes to...
The Dawn Patrol
Dick and Sharon Starks help a fellow member of The Kansas City Dawn Patrol ready his WW-I replica aircraft—a Mariner amphibian in 1918 Curtiss Seagull livery—for its FAA airworthiness inspection.
Easy Wire Identification
No need to use expensive heat shrink labels for your wiring systems. If you...
Preparing for Flight Test Unknowns
Admit it: We're all amateurs. Unless we're actual test pilots, none of us are...