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Its not too late for manufacturers to enter the CAF Foundation NASA Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) Challenge. The CAF Foundation has just learned that three of the teams entered in the 2007 event have dropped out of the competition for Light Sport Aircraft, so three slots are available. The prize is $250,000. …

Builders share their successes.

In Part 3 of this series about building an aircraft strobe, the author beefs up the project using off-the-shelf parts to provide a brighter, more frequent flash without running down the planes electrical system.

Drill holes without a template using a transfer, get around an airport with a foldable mobility scooter, auto-darkening smart welding helmets are introduced, and relays can save your avionics.

Acoustic FeedbackThe article Sounding Down in the June KITPLANES concerning aircraft soundproofing was interesting and informative. Id like to add one thing that may...

Some designs take years to gestate, gain popularity and reach a point where completions spike upward. One such spike just occurred to the AviPro...

According to the Aircraft Electronics Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the Federal Aviation Administrations Advisory Circular (90-100A), released in March, seemed to say that except for specified GPS units, some 26,000 other IFR-approved GPSes were no long eligible to be used in lieu of ADF and DME equipment. That now appears to be a tempest in a teapot. According to a statement by the AEA, the core issue was that wording…