Vic Syracuse
Vic is a fixed-wing and helicopter commercial pilot, CFII with ASMEL/ASES ratings, an A&P/IA, DAR, and EAA technical advisor and flight counselor. Passionately involved in aviation for over 40 years, he has built 11 aircraft and logged over 10,000 hours in 72 different kinds of aircraft. Vic volunteers as a Young Eagle pilot, has his own sport aviation business called Base Leg Aviation, and has written two books on aircraft prebuy and condition inspections.
Phase I Maintenance
Some of the things to which new mechanics or new owners of Amateur-Built aircraft should pay attention.
Europe Represented
The European contingent was in full force at the RV social, represented by Luca "Luke" Perazzolli and Francesco "Franz" Dante form northern Italy, and...
10 Years of the RV-10 Builders Social
It's hard to believe but this year is the 10th anniversary of the RV-10 builders social in Camp Scholler. Organized by Bob and Susan...
Soaking up the Excitement
The enthusiasm is alive and well at OSH today! Here are Rich and Cindy Macrafic from Rochester, MN, who are two weeks away from...
Watching Planes Arrive
For the second day in a row we have awakened to low ceilings at KOSH. It's eerily quiet again and we are watching arrivals...
Hazed Lens
Kind of hard to see any nav light or strobe light through this lens! The culprit was the failed strobe bulb, but the real...
In Case You Missed It
Roll Your Own Control Locks
A lightweight, inexpensive alternative to wrapping a seat belt around the stick. By Axel Alvarez.
Love the One You’re With
Once you finish building a project, it's tempting to second-guess whether you should have done something different, or perhaps waited for the next gen of a new technology to make an appearance. But flying two differently powered Sportsman aircraft gave Editor in Chief Marc Cook a new appreciation for his own airplane and its more than adequate capabilities.
