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Ariana Rayment

Ariana Rayment
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Ariana Rayment is an instrument-rated private pilot from Tacoma, Washington. She discovered her love of flying through her former purchasing role at Glasair Aviation and her time spent as Jeff LaVelle’s crew chief at the Reno Air Races. She and her husband, Brian Hickman, have been busy renovating their airpark home in Canby, Oregon.

Poker Run, For Fun

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Not everything here at KITPLANES has to be serious news, you know. Here’s some footage of me and my boyfriend, Brian Hickman, flying his...
Justin and Johnny pilots with disabilities

Two Paralyzed Pilots Take to The Skies

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Justin Falls is a quadriplegic pilot who learned to fly with help from Able Flight, a non-profit organization whose mission is to offer people...
Hummel Kit Builders Weekend

Hummel Aircraft’s First Kit Builder’s Weekend

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Hummel Aircraft Company recently hosted their first ever Kit Builder’s Weekend in an effort to help new builders gain familiarity with their UltraCruiser kits...

The Mysterious Glasair Gate Guardian at YPK

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Every so often we catch a glimpse of something. You do a double-take and your heart flutters before your brain can make sense of...
Zenith STOL CH 701 Taildragger

Shifting Gears with Ivan Gromala

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What’s that? A custom-built Zenith STOL CH 701 taildragger? Now that’s something you don’t see every day. As we all know, Experimental aviation provides...

Couch Surfing with the Museum of Flight

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The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, is now offering virtual walkthroughs of some of the aircraft in their collection, including the Boeing B-29,...

In Case You Missed It

Sounding Off

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Like some sort of verbal restricted area, certain subjects are such tropes in aviation...

Engine Beat

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As Lycoming and Continental vie for market share, the two power players are updating and improving long-existing engine designs and introducing new products to meet demand. By Steve Ells.

Matters of Awareness

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On February 14, FAA Acting Administrator Billy Nolan issued an initiative that he called...

Vacuuming Connectors

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Vacuum electrical connectors before installation to avoid difficult troubleshooting later.