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Paul Dye

Paul Dye
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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.

An Old Friend Moves Towards Completion

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The Danni May started as a dream for Mel and Ann Asberry in 2004.

AirVenture 2024 In Perspective

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Home for 24 hours, it’s time to look back and think about our eight-day sojourn in Wisconsin.

How to Attract Pilots

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Cool airplanes and the chance to fly are great - but if you really want to attract a crowd of pilots, just bring free donuts!

Cheese Curd Tacos?

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I’ll be honest, I’m not much for out-of-the-box state fair foods, but I do love cheese curds (I grew up eating fresh ones -...

Oshkosh Diary: Leaving OSH

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A person can only have so much fun, even aviation fun in Oshkosh.

Yup – Another Mustang

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A 70% scale all-metal P-51 built to be powered by a 500(ish) horsepower big-block V-8.

Oshkosh Diary: One Last Hurrah

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Thursday arrived very early, as Louise (my wife) was departing with the intent to hit the starter on the RV-6 at 0600. That meant...

Fly Market Lines

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It’s not a line for the bathroom, donuts…or cheese curds.

Hoses? We’ve got Hoses!

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Tom Swearingen has been making hose assemblies for homebuilders for quite a few years now and is well known for quality custom work done very fast.

AoA Day

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Expect to see an increase in the emphasis on AoA usage.

In Case You Missed It

Misplaced Confidence

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Advice from a kit manufacturers technical support manager.

To Launch a Light Sport

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This month’s chronicle of building a Jabiru J250 Light Sport airplane covers the assembly of the wings and tail, and discusses the value of surface preparation.

Aero ‘lectrics

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Jim Weir gives step-by-step instructions for building an outdoor scanner antenna.

Ask the DAR

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Common paperwork errors.