No One Is Watching

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For better or worse, kit manufacturers are under no FAA oversight. There are no independent engineering reviews. No mandatory wing loading or landing-gear drop...

What’s Ahead?

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As we close out 2022 (as I am writing this) and reflect on a year that showed both immense promise—people continue to build and...

Economics Buffet the Engine Market

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Few disagree that the Experimental/Amateur-Built world revolves around gas-burning piston engines. Of course, the legacy engines have had a significant head start but Rotax...

On the Edge

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Hot-rodding the venerable Rotax four-strokes.

Bingo Fuel

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Having more gas on board than needed for a given flight seems easy enough to comprehend, yet every year an alarming number of flights...

A Cautionary Tail

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One Monday morning I opened an email from the second owner of a Onex. It was sent at 8:12 p.m. on Saturday. An attached...

My Home Airport

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Recently I walked into Van’s Aircraft and kissed the cutest engineer I could find. He didn’t seem that thrilled. I suppose that’s what happens...

Nothing New

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Apparently having done something evil in a former life, I’ve been consigned to toil on this magazine’s Engine Buyer’s Guide in this life. I...

Executing the Execution

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Airplanes are born of time and tedium. Mostly tedium. A harsh statement, yet a true one. There’s just no way around deburring the thousands...

How I Cross-Country

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Way back in the previous century—closer to the middle of the century than the end—I learned that the secret to cross-country navigation was a...

In Case You Missed It

Loud, Clear, and Capable

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PS Engineering PDA 360 EX.

1909 Blériot XI

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A near-exact replica of the first airplane to fly across the English Channel.

Build a Bear: Keeping It Real

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Dave Prizio and his Build-a-Bear crew get the Texas Sport Cub ready for flight testing, and take to the skies.

The Airplane Van Didnt Want to Build

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How the RV-6 became the most successful kit aircraft yet.