The boxes are open, parts sorted onto tables, and removal of the dreaded blue plastic coatings has commenced on the Van’s One Week Wonder.
The volunteers have 6 days and 23 hours plus to assemble these parts into a taxiing RV-12iS!
In Case You Missed it
The Handshake
One of the toughest things to do around aviation people is to concentrate on aviation.
Engine Beat
When it became clear that some ECI Titan cylinders were having cylinder head failure problems, the FAA issued an AD identifying the impacted cylinder assemblies. Now what? By Steve Ells.
What’s New
Lights, engines, action. Kuntzleman Electronics debuts landing-taxi-recognition LED lights; the Sherpa flies again behind the K650 Honeywell turbine; and Fisher Flying Products gets ready to resume production from its new factory in Ontario, Canada. Edited by Mary Bernard.
Editor’s Log
The explosion of ADS-B technology, the new Van’s RV-14 and an editor in a ballistic-parachute simulator—AirVenture was full of exciting developments, as always. Plus: a send-off for Editor-at-Large Marc Cook. By Editor-in-Chief Mary Bernard.