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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

What’s New

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The first diesel-powered LSA debuts from IndUS Aviation, Stafford Manufacturing offers a variety of mounting collars, and AirGator improves its handheld electronic flight book (EFB).

Meet the Grizzly

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AeroTek Aviations Beaver-size amphibious kit airplane, the Grizzly, showcases the company's 550-shaft-horsepower Pratt & Whitney PT6A engine conversion, which has also flown in the Murphy Moose. By Ed Wischmeyer.

Kit Stuff

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Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.

Murphy and the Flight That Almost Wasn’t

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Most of us fly airplanes for fun. I would even venture to say that...