Unfit for Flight

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Our culture’s version of schadenfreude often distills down to something called the Darwin Award, where hapless individuals appear to be disproving Charles Darwin’s theory...
repairman certificate

The Repairman Certificate

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Those of us who have built or are building Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft know that one of the rewards besides the airworthiness certificate is another document...

Dispassionate Pursuits

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At the very moment I was on final for Oshkosh’s Runway 9 in pursuit of a tailwheel endorsement, my flight instructor’s son was rising...

Two Years On

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Habitual readers of this column know I’m not a fan of ADS-B, if only because I see such tracking technology as primarily the apparatus...

Avgas Next Steps

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It had to happen. Ever since leaded automotive fuel was phased out in the 1970s, there’s been talk about getting the lead out of...

See Fit

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Recently, a former airline colleague was killed when his Experimental aircraft impacted rapidly rising terrain while in level flight. It is easy to know...

Metallic Puce and Other Considerations

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Airplane people tend to be drawn to all Machines That Move Us. Cars, motorcycles, boats. (Trains, too, but it’s cumbersome, as an individual, to...

Stardusted

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Late. Always perpetually late. Some people are early as if by breathing, but for all my panting it never happens. Which is sort of...

Archive: April 2012

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Formation flying was the subject of our April 2012 cover. RV builder Dave Klages took us through the prep and practice for formation work...

Cowl Flapped

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Invention and experimentation in actual practice (compared to idealized fantasy) don’t usually offer up a straight line from concept to champagne-fueled celebrations of success....

In Case You Missed It

Straight and Narrow

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Wheel alignment 101.

Wind Tunnel

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When conducting aerodynamic testing related to airflow over an object, how do you ensure that you've matched the conditions from one test to another, and why does it matter?

Audio Control Panels

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We compare three models from Garmin and PS Engineering.

Pylon Neophyte

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The nuts, bolts, and nickels of taxiing onto the Reno stage.