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Sparky Barnes

Sparky Barnes
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Sparky Barnes is an active pilot and longtime aviation author and photographer. She has written three aviation books and was the 2006 recipient of the Bax Seat Trophy, which is awarded to the EAA member who best communicates “the excitement and romance of grassroots aviation.” Sparky personally restored her 1948 Piper Vagabond.

The Stanley Screamer is One Sleek Sherpa!

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“I may never be able to buy an airplane…but maybe I can build one!” —Dale Stanley

America the Beautiful

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Flying Rosie “from sea to shining sea.”

Oh, Dry Up!

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Jim Katz builds a homemade engine dehumidifier.

This Fly Baby is the Katz’ Meow!

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In the early 1960s, a young Jim Katz was absorbing page after page in Air Progress magazine, and when he saw an article that...

In Case You Missed It

Completions

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Builders share their successes.
Gweduck amphibian aircraft on a water takeoff run

Nothing Small About This Amphibian

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The Gweduck is a hero-class Experimental amphibian aircraft three decades in the making.

Lancair Evolution

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Lancair Aircraft is revolutionizing its already successful turboprop line of kits with the new Evolution, a 750-horsepower, Pratt & Whitney-PT6A-powered, carbon-fiber composite, 380-mph four-seater to be available later this year.
Blue film removal

Easy Blue Plastic Film Removal

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A near-zero-effort way to remove the protective blue plastic film from large sheets of aluminum.