Mary Bernard
Mary Bernard - The product of two parents with Lockheed Aerospace careers, Mary grew up with aviation, prompting her to pursue pilot training as an adult. Her father, a talented tool-and-die maker and planner, instilled in her an abiding interest in how things are built. For more than a decade, she has been a contributing writer and Managing Editor for KITPLANES®.
Grand Rapids Updates Map Features for EFIS
GRT Avionics has completed the addition of new map features with its latest free software update. The new features include lakes, rivers, roads, railroads,...
FatBoy Throttle Quadrants
FatBoy Throttle Quadrants is a new Nashville, Tennessee, based manufacturing company dedicated to bringing quality throttle quadrant systems to the homebuilt and Experimental aircraft...
Wicks TIG Welding and Superflite Covering Workshops in January
Wicks Aircraft Supply is offering a pair of two-day workshops for homebuilders that focus on TIG welding and the Superflite aircraft-covering process. The events...
Coming Soon: Try Before You Buy Zenith Workshops
Participants in Zenith factory workshops have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in building a Zenith kit aircraft. For a relatively low cost, they...
Zenair Floats for GlasStar and Sportsman Available Soon
Because customers have been asking for them, Zenair has been developing a 2500 pound float kit for the GlaStar and Sportsman aircraft. The work...
Glasair Sets Speed Record At Reno
Flying his Glasair III at the 2010 National Championship Air Races in Stead, Nevada, Jeff Lavelle set a new Sport Class qualifying record at...
Belite Adds Pricing Options
Belite Aircraft has announced two significant changes to kit pricing, a new aluminum rib wing design and a tack-welded fuselage variation, both of which...
1000th RV8 Flies
On Friday, September 17, the Hobbs meter on the Vans Aircraft web site registered the 1000th RV8 aircraft to fly. That number represents an...
Dynon Updates EFIS Software for Autopilot
Dynon Avionics has introduced updates for its EFIS products with the Version 5.4 software. Designed for the EFIS-D10A, EFIS-D100 and FlightDEK-D180 units, the upgrade...
AeroLEDs Upgrades SunSpot Landing Light
AeroLEDs has refined its popular SunSpot36X (PAR36 replacement) landing light and replaced it with two new models. The new SunSpot36HX draws 45 watts of...
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Special Light Sport Airplane Accidents
Some surprising results when compared to traditional Cessnas.
Viewfinder
Marc Cook spends a few days helping perform the annual on a friends RV-7A, and finds it much easier than doing his own.
