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First Flight For "One Week Wonder"

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Over the seven days of EAA AirVenture, more than 2,500 volunteers pitched in to build an airplane, and on Tuesday morning they got their...

"One Week Wonder" Day Six: More Details

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Each morning this week we have started our day by going directly to the One Week Wonder pavilion at the crossroads of all that...

"One Week Wonder" Day 5: Details

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As of Friday morning there was still a steady stream of AirVenture visitors coming to the pavilion where volunteers are determined to assemble and...

"One Week Wonder" Day 4: Coming Together

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The first thing this morning, we visited the "One Day Wonder" pavilion in the middle of AirVenture 2014 and checked on the project to...

"One Week Wonder" Day 3: Infectious Enthusiasm

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We checked in at 8:00 a.m. today at the "One Week Wonder" project pavilion where a team of volunteers is determined to build and...

"One Week Wonder" Day 2: Progress And Excitement

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The "One Week Wonder" project to build and conduct initial taxi testing of a Zenith CH 750 kit airplane in seven days--right in the...

AirVenture's "One Week Wonder" Construction Begins

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At precisely 8:00 am CDT today, a crowd of volunteers started on one of the highest visibility projects of AirVenture 2014--the assembly and initial...

Portable Oxygen: Basic Purchase Advice

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Oximeters reveal that more of us need oxygen than not.

In Case You Missed It

Let’s Get Dirty

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Some—perhaps even many—pilots of Experimental aircraft never operate their artfully homebuilt aircraft on any...

Building the eXenos

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Part 1: Making a left turn.

Improperly Installed Intake Gaskets

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We noticed the intake gaskets were leaking on cylinders 3 and 4 on the...

Ka-ching!

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Continuing the engine rebuild after his RV-9 suffered an untimely prop strike, Bill Repucci discovers that what should have been a straightforward installation turns out to be anything but.