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Jeremiah ("Jerry") Jackson is an instrument-rated private pilot and experienced skydiver with over 1,800 parachute jumps. He's been on eight successful world-record skydives, and holds the official NAA round-trip transcontinental speed record in his modified RV-6A. Jerry has published two aviation books: The Flight of the Feral Chihuahua about the pursuit of his NAA speed record, and Four Minutes about the crash of his RV-10.

Record Breaker

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Setting the round-trip USA aviation speed record in an RV-6A. By Jeremiah D. Jackson.

Nowhere to Go

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Lessons learned from crashing an RV-10.

In Case You Missed It

The Scratch-Building Alternative

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Mark Townsend’s scratch-building seminar allows builders to come away with the hands-on experience and the confidence they’ll need to start building a kit aircraft such as the Zenith STOL CH 701 from plans.

Turbine Moose: The Ultimate Amphib

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Its said that sailors make good floatplane pilots because they understand the nature of wind on the water. Sailboat racer and pilot Rick Orchard took that sentiment to heart in a big way when he decided to pump up an already large homebuilt (the Murphy Moose) by adding Aerocet amphibious floats and a 550-horsepower Pratt & Whitney PT6A-20 turbine engine.

What a Drag

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Round versus streamline flying wires.

Rivet Gun Punch

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By Larry Larson.