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One Week Wonder Returns With the Super Cruzer

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Zenith CH 750 Cruzer at the Zenith display at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
EAA will build a Zenith CH 750 Super Cruzer in seven days at AirVenture 2027, and it is recruiting builders and ambassadors to help.

Where Garmin and Dynon Stand on Integrated Flight Panels

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Dynon SkyView HDX displays in three sizes
Garmin AXIS puts IFR GPS, nav/com and audio inside the display and ships now; Dynon is moving them behind the panel. Where each OEM stands for builders.

Three Homebuilts Join the EAA Aviation Museum

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Douglas World Cruiser prototype on floats
Six aircraft join the EAA Aviation Museum, including a scratch-built World Cruiser, John Moody's Icarus II ultralight and an Epps 1912 monoplane replica.

New Rules for Getting Your Homebuilt Certified

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Order 8130.2M frees Phase I flight testing, sends new homebuilts to a different FAA office and explains how owners amend their operating limitations.

Viking V-42 Twin

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At Sun ‘n Fun 2026, Viking Aircraft Engines surprised the crowd with its first complete kit — the V-42, a high-wing twin powered by two Honda-based engines. Here’s an early look. [Credit: Andrew Robinson]
Outside the exhibition hangers at Sun ‘n Fun, Viking Aircraft Engines had its usual location and as I walked up, I was greeted by,...

Part 22 Gets Real: Van’s Delivers the First MOSAIC-Certified Airplane

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[Credit: Van's Aircraft]
The paperwork era of MOSAIC ended at Oshkosh this year. On the same week the FAA's new Part 22 certification framework took effect, Van's...

Rutan Symposium Turns to the Coming Canard Maintenance Crisis

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[Credit: Wikimedia Commons]
The Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience held its annual Future of Rutan Designs Symposium on Wednesday, July 22, at Forum Stage 9. This year the...

FAA Accepts ASTM Standards, Clearing the Last Hurdle for MOSAIC

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[Credit: Flight Desgn GmbH]
The Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association arrived at Oshkosh this week with the news homebuilders and light-aircraft makers have waited a decade to hear. The...

magniX Opens Pre-Orders for an Electric Engine Aimed at Homebuilders

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magniX is using AirVenture to move electric propulsion out of the demonstrator stage and toward the flight line. The company announced it is opening...

New Book Collects 91 Survival Stories from Experimental Pilots

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Every account in Fletcher McKenzie new book comes from a pilot who lived to tell it. That is the organizing idea behind 91 Lessons...

Phillips 66 Sets Course for Oshkosh With Specials, Seminars—and Popsicles

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The week ahead: a KC-135 tanker passes over the grounds at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, where Phillips 66 will set up at tents #430 and #431. [Credit: USDA Forest Service]
Phillips 66 Aviation and Phillips 66 Lubricants are headed back to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and the brand is bringing the full kit: show-only specials,...

Sonex Renames High Wing the Phoenix

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[Credit: Sonex]
The rejuvenated Sonex has given its two-seat high-wing a new name. The airplane that has carried the working title "Sonex Highwing" through three years...

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Custom Cowl Fabrication: Building the SR-1 Composite Cowl

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Think Like A Builder

Choosing Your Aircraft Construction Material

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Winging It

Colorful and Notable Characters in Aviation

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Spirit Engineering SE-1

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Airplane Almost No One Knows, Part One

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CubCrafters’ New Turboprop MOSAIC LSA

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Choosing the Right Cockpit Fire Extinguisher for Your Aircraft

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Builder Spotlight

Zenith CH 701: A Proof of Concept Homebuilt on a Budget

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Out Of The Blue

AirVenture 2026 in Review

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Cross-Country in a Homebuilt RANS S-21 Outbound to Oshkosh

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Wide World of Airplanes

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Post-Flight Maintenance Debrief

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Life Lessons From Building an Airplane

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FAA MOSAIC Rule Fully Implemented

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What Is a Liaison Engineer?

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Flight Reviews

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Creating the RV-15

Paul Dye -
Flying Van’s high wing during its multiyear journey to kit production.

Flying the Groppo Trail

Luca Perazzoli -
How to say ‘mountain flying’ in Italian.

Home-Rolled XCub

Paul Dye -
Traditional or nosewheel, the XCubs are now available as kits.

Risen — The Master of Efficiency

Marc Cook -
It is crazy fast for the horsepower!

ScaleBirds P-36 Hawk

Paul Dye -
ScaleBirds, a newcomer to the kit manufacturing scene, chose to start their line of replica fighters with one of the first all-metal U.S. military pursuit ships of WW-II—the P-36.

Kitfox Speedster 916

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The feistiest Kitfox gets feistier yet.

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Zenith CH 701: A Proof of Concept Homebuilt on a Budget

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I remember driving home from the hangar in March when I got a call...

Cross-Country in a Homebuilt RANS S-21 Outbound to Oshkosh

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The call came a half mile out from FISK. "High wing, half mile from Fisk,...

Glasair Sportsman 2+2 Build Part 3

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In parts one and two of this builder’s story, I described Sean Walker’s progress to get from opening the first crate through to the...

Overcoming Setbacks on the Zenith 750SD Xtreme

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It is easy to realize what your true passion is when one thing is continually on your mind. Even with the multiple job duties...

Builder’s Spotlight

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Part 22 of an ongoing Zenith 750SD Xtreme build, pushing the design further into extreme STOL performance territory.

Builder’s Spotlight

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Building them light enough to fly.

Epic Is Back

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Jon Humberd's epic Zenith build series.

North Idaho High School Student ACES Fly the Aircraft They Built

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New FAA Airworthiness Certificates for Van's RV-12 and Zenith CH 750.

Shop Talk

Custom Cowl Fabrication: Building the SR-1 Composite Cowl

Eric Stewart -
The cowl for the SR-1 was the last set of molds to be produced...

A Few of My Favorite Tools

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Occasionally I see articles by colleagues on their favorite tools (a somewhat less controversial...

Think Like a Builder

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When a project moves outside your knowledge base, knowing when to bring in help is the mark of a smart builder.

Think Like A Builder

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The right mindset makes the difference.

Conquering the Magneto

Andrew Robinson -
Professor X and Kolchak would both be proud Part 1

Engine Analytics For Homebuilt Aircraft

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A data-driven view of engine health.

Exploring

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Choosing the Right Cockpit Fire Extinguisher for Your Aircraft

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It’s easy to think of a fire extinguisher as a last-minute accessory: buy one,...

The Safety Triangle: Balancing Skill, Knowledge, and Judgment in Flying

LeRoy Cook -
In the course of giving flying safety lectures before pilot groups, one of my...

Sonex Reopens

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On the last Friday in March, Mark Schaible sat down in front of a camera at the Sonex factory in Oshkosh and told the...

Sun ‘n Fun 2026 Highlights: Electric RV-10, Modular Avionics, and MOSAIC

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By the time the first twilight aerobatic act lit up the new “Composite Airshow” on Wednesday night, it was obvious that Sun ’n Fun...

Learning How to Drag Your Tail

LeRoy Cook -
“I want you to work on a taildragger checkout with me; can we get started this afternoon?” I get that a lot. Pilots see...

Manual Starting Methods

LeRoy Cook -
Practical techniques for hand-propping and other manual engine starts when an electric starter isn't available.

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All Jacked Up

Tom Wilson -
Aircraft Jacking Solutions introduces ease and stability to lifting an airplane

Buzz Job – The Tosten Haptic Stick Grip

Tom Wilson -
Tosten’s prototype haptic stick grip buzzes to warn of stall, integrating touch-based feedback to angle-of-attack data.

iFly EFB X7 Aviation Tablet

Omar Filipovic -
The iFly EFB X7 is a 7″ Android aviation tablet featuring a 2,600-nit display, MIL-STD-810G ruggedness, IP68 sealing and a 7,000 mAh battery—pre-orders open July 18.

KitFlight Modernizes the Aircraft Builder’s Log (Updated)

Omar Filipovic -
KitFlight makes logging your Experimental aircraft build intuitive, flexible, and future-proof—with powerful features and no subscription required.

USB-Powered CO Monitor from Radiant

Paul Dye -
Radiant's new $29.95 USB CO monitor lights up red if danger's in the air—and might just beat those old stick-on cards for reliability.

Holy Micro’s Absolute AoA: Next-Level Angle of Attack Sensing for GA Pilots

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Advanced new AoA system from Holy Micro debuts at Sun ’n Fun 2025 with radar and LiDAR altimeters in tow.

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