Paul Dye
Paul Dye, KITPLANES® Editor at Large, retired as a Lead Flight Director for NASA’s Human Space Flight program, with 50 years of aerospace experience on everything from Cubs to the Space Shuttle. An avid homebuilder, he began flying and working on airplanes as a teen and has experience with a wide range of construction techniques and materials. He flies an RV-8 and SubSonex jet that he built, an RV-3 that he built with his pilot wife, as well as a Dream Tundra and an electric Xenos motorglider they completed. Currently, they are building an F1 Rocket. A commercially licensed pilot, he has logged over 6000 hours in many different types of aircraft and is an A&P, FAA DAR, EAA Tech Counselor and Flight Advisor; he was formerly a member of the Homebuilder’s Council. He consults and collaborates in aerospace operations and flight-testing projects across the country.
We Owe Paul Better
I rarely, if ever, do public service announcements, but I was on the AirVenture grounds early the other morning, and saw something that would...
Let’s be Careful Out There
We get it folks—its been a long week, you’re tired, and you are ready to put Wittman Field in your mirror and head for...
Beer, Brats, and Curds
When you’re visiting a foreign country, I believe it is important to eat the local food—and as a born-and-bred Minnesotan, I am bound by...
My Favorite AirVenture Hideaways
If you have been to AirVenture before, you know it is immense. If you haven’t, and this is your first time, prepare to be...
Welcome to the Show!
AirVenture or Oshkosh – whatever you call it, there is a mystical quality to this event that draws 600,000 of our closest friends to...
Van’s at 50
It might surprise many of our readers that I am a relative newcomer to the world of Van’s Aircraft and the RV. It’s not...
Never Hold in the Air
If you ever daydream about being a fighter or bomber pilot, think of the flying arrival to AirVenture as a military operation. That means...
Casualties of the Storm
With due consideration to the folks who had actual damage to their airplanes form Saturday Night’s storm, probably the most common casualty were to...
Saturated!
When the map looks like this, you get a text message from EAA that says this:
OSHARRIVAL: OSH/FISK is saturated with traffic. The final begins...
In Case You Missed It
Wind Tunnel
Aerodynamic flutter has been a recent concern in the homebuilt world. What exactly is flutter? What causes it? Barnaby Wainfan clarifies an often misunderstood and potentially dangerous phenomenon.
Archive: February 1999
Our February 1999 issue teased a summer’s worth of aeronautical splash-n-dash with a “Water-Flying...