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.
Showstopper!
The first manufacturer you come to as you head up "kit Company Row" at Oshkosh is Zenith, makers of a variety of STOL and...
It Still Wants to Fly!
Sitting in the grass outside the Aeroplane Factory, the Moni Motorglider sits just waiting for John Monnett to come back back for a flight....
Mass Arrivals!
Two days of airplanes are backed up at airports all across the Midwest, and they are now descending on Oshkosh's AirVenture in record numbers....
Rise and Shine Campers!
Oshkosh in the morning can be glorious - with airplanes on the grass, pilots in their tents, and fresh coffee brewing at the Homebuilt...
Oshkosh on Friday – Early Arrivals
While many of the volunteers that make AirVenture happen have been here for two weeks and hardly consider Friday before the show "early," arrivals...
Phase I Done Right
The problem for many pilots is that they really don't know what flight testing entails.
And Out They Come
Drilling out rivets can seem like a step backwards for any builder, but you can also look at it from another direction and realize that if you need to do it, you NEED to do it--and therefore, it is a step forward towards completion, or in this case, in the direction of finishing a repair.
ADSB-Out–Two of Four Complete
Trying to keep number of family airplanes flying and up to date is never easy, and since one or two fly a couple of...
In Case You Missed It
Build It Better: For Want of a Nail
In aviation, one pin out of place can result in disaster. Details matter.
