Larry Anglisano

Let’s talk about what makes a diode—what the physical makeup of a diode really looks like on the inside.

Jim Weir describes some close encounters with power regulators of the plastic and metal-can kind.

An introduction to driving round-head rivets with a rivet gun and bucking bar, the staple skill needed for building a metal airplane.

Forget about all those sharp corners, the quantity of fuel aboard and the fire extinguisher you threw in the baggage compartment without tying it down. It is always important to at least consider the fact that the most dangerous thing to have in the cockpit when things go wrong is the owner of the airplane.