Terms and Conditions

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“Customers are always right except in matters of money.” Those stark-but-telling words were emblazoned on a sign in the break area of a fast-food...
Starduster with a flat tire.

Flat Broke

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It was just two days before standing down for an annual inspection, so I thought to take the ol’ box kite out for a...

Fueled Again

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Not a moment after sending our April issue to the press, my editorial “Avgas Next Steps” became partially obsolete. In it, I said that...

A Visit With Glasair Aviation

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I had a reason to fly up to Arlington, Washington, to see the current state of affairs at Glasair Aviation. As you might remember,...

Shelving Progress

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By introduction to his Civilisation television series, Sir Kenneth Clark made a case for the most trustworthy window on a society being its art,...

Archive: May 1988

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An impressively tight shot of the Prescott Pusher homebuilt made sure our May 1988 cover was dramatic. There, we promised a flight of the...

Extra Fuel–What Price Range?

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What from our evolutionary past predisposed us to the need for more? Always more. What scarcity did our species experience that threatened our survival...

Fed Stories

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By just about every measure, the aeronautical industry in the United States—including the number of pilots, manufacturing and federal oversight—is by far the largest...

Time Machine

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This month’s cover story, another in our Buying Used installments—this time covering the Pulsar homebuilt—took me back. It was, of course, my awakening into...

IRAN

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It is sometimes easy to remember that we do annual condition inspections to find things that might be wrong with the airplane. I know...

In Case You Missed It

Unairworthy: Loose Tail Attach Bolt

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This is a very critical bolt that attaches the horizontal stabilizer to the fuselage...

Musings of a New A&P

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Will weeks of A&P school make you a better builder?

Fitting an RV-7A Cowl

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Part 3: Installing Skybolt fasteners and finishing the installation.

Unlimited Oil Cooling

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Building a carbon fiber cooling duct for Czech Mate, the Unlimited class pylon racer.