Rick Durden
First Flight For "One Week Wonder"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
In Case You Missed It
Safety is No Accident: Lancair Designs
Author Ron Wanttaja uses NTSB data to illustrate how Lancair designs of all varieties stand in the ratings of aircraft accidents vis--vis other homebuilts.
Wind Tunnel
Pilots, especially those in low-powered aircraft, must always know how much energy they have available to maintain flight.
Aero ‘lectrics
Columnist Jim Weir reminds us that its good to laugh at ourselves once in a while, and, to that end, he acts as an unofficial translator between pilots and the FAA, construing what they mean by what they say, and what they mean by what they don't say. He also details the latest contributions to Murphys Law from the world of aviation.
