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A free engine, perhaps, or an unlimited build fund from a wealthy member of the family? Keep dreaming. So heres something almost as good. The exceedingly popular and extraordinarily useful 11-part Build Your Skills: Metal Series is now available as a single PDF. This must-have addition to your library was written by RV-7 builder Dan Checkoway and carefully illustrated for first-time metal-workers and old hands alike. Most everything you need to now, from material handling…

Rarely does a column trigger as much discourse as did Tim Kerns Engine Beat report on the Hexadyne P60 (Four Strokes, Small Package, KITPLANES, October 2006). After that column appeared, we received reader feedback that made us suspect that all was not well in the world of the P60. …

Now the exceedingly popular and extraordinarily useful 11-part Build YourSkills: Metal Series is available as a single PDF. This must-have additionto your library was written by RV-7 builder Dan Checkoway and carefullyillustrated for first-time metal-workers and old hands alike. Mosteverything you need to now, from material handling and cutting to deburring,drilling and riveting is in this series.

American Legend Aircraft announced an incentives program for new Legend Cub customers to enhance their flying experience. New buyers of the Legend Cub will receive two Bose Aviation headsets, known for their quality construction and design, and valued at $1990. To take advantage of this offer, new customers must place an order for one of the most popular Legend configurations. The AL3 open-cowl model has a 100-horsepower Continental O-200 engine and composite prop, leather interior,…

Zenair is supplying the long-range tanks as standard equipment when ordering a complete 49% parts kit -- a savings of $900 USD. Please contact Tim Ward at Zenair for more information at 705/526-2871. Special offer valid until the end of October 2006. Shipping time is 6 to 8 weeks from 50% deposit.…

Build A Plane (BAP), the non-profit organization that helps kids learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics by building and refurbishing airplanes, is asking the aviation world for aircraft donations. BAP, in partnership with the FAA, places donated aircraft into high schools across the country that want to add aviation into their curriculum. It has 27 projects in the U.S., plus others in India, the United Kingdom and Nigeria. As a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, BAP…