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Steve Ashby

Steve Ashby
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Steve Ashby is a sometime lawyer and full-time aviation aficionado from Atlanta, Georgia. He learned to fly in 1980 and has adopted a 1968 Skyhawk (your Grandma could fly it). Steve is also working on a Van's RV-8A which he swears will be completed on (a) Thursday.

Pursuing Perfection

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What it takes to build an AirVenture Grand Champion.

Wapsi Aero Bright and Affordable Electronic Instruments for Light Planes

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If you are piloting an ultralight or light plane VFR, you really don’t need an artificial horizon or a heading indicator.

Dragonfly Rancher Gets New Life in Florida

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his sturdy craft has been used to tow hang gliders to altitude without the necessity of plunging off a cliff.

Badlands Ultralight Grows a Nose Wheel

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This year, Badland unveils two major developments, a nose wheel and carbon fiber ribs.

Aircraft Specialty Flightlines Brings Three New Smart Components to AirVenture

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Aircraft Specialty Flightlines, an AirVenture Veteran, has been innovating safer, more capable and easier to use components for experimental amateur aircraft builders for years.

Honey I Shrunk The Schweizer 300!

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Imagine your surprise to walk the grounds of the AirVenture Ultralight field to see what appears to be an 80% scale Schweizer 300 parked right there among the ultralights and powered parachutes.

Happy To Be Here Club Meets at Van’s AirVenture Banquet

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With Van's reorganization and its emergence from bankruptcy, the AirVenture Banquet became more of a celebration of life than a rubber chicken rehash of sales statistics from the year gone by.

Legacy BD-4C Design Sold To SureWings

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A BD-4C builder and fan, Attila Gahbro, bought the kit business and has plans for major enhancements.

DUC Propellers Rolls Out Tiger 3

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A new prop specially designed to handle the power range from a Rotax 912 through 916.

Cicaré 8 Kit Helicopter Debuts at AirVenture

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It’s new, it's beautiful, and, as it turns out, it is a kit which can be completed in 200 hours, or even faster at a Cicaré builder assist facility.

In Case You Missed It

Kit Stuff

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Design Process: All-Moving Tails

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A conventional horizontal tail has a fixed horizontal stabilizer with an elevator hinged to...

News from E-Mag, Levil, and Sensenich

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E-Mag offers an electronic mag for the IO-540, Levil has a PC-based EFIS, and Sensenich introduces a composite ground-adjustable prop for the RV crowd. Edited by Mary Bernard.

2024 Engine Buyer’s Guide

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Costs are up and supplies remain tight, so plan accordingly.