![The Rutan Model 76 Voyager circles Edwards Air Force Base in December 1986 as Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager complete the first nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world. [Credit: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-20-at-11.02.07-AM.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Behind the Voyager Flight: 40 Years of Quieter Cockpits")
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Second Chance Six
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Common In-Flight Failures, Part 2
This column is a continuation of common in-flight failures that I began discussing in...
Archive: April 2007
Faithful KITPLANES® readers who picked up our April 2007 issue might be forgiven for...