Archive: July 2012

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A decade ago, we had the RANS S-7S on our cover. Although current editor in chief Marc Cook had moved out of la sedia...

Archive: August 1985

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The amazing Rutan Voyager was on the cover of our August 1985 issue. If you know your dates, you appreciate that ours was a...

Archive: September 1985

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Way back in the early issues of KITPLANES®, when we still felt the need to say “by the editors of Private Pilot” on the...

Archive: January 1992

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The pointy, provocative nose of the Berkut punctuated our heavily processed cover this month. Inside, it was the first of a two-part story on...

Archive: April 2007

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Faithful KITPLANES® readers who picked up our April 2007 issue might be forgiven for thinking we’d lost our minds and put a Piper Comanche...

Archive: December 1993

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Our end-of-year issue for 1993 was then, as it is now, the annual “homebuilt directory,” which in this edition packed 487 aircraft into a...

Archive: January 1993

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Our January 1993 cover featured the provocative RANS S-11 Pursuit. Howard Levy’s story chronicled Randy Schlitter’s already impressive resume at the time—nearly two decades...

Archive: February 1999

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Our February 1999 issue teased a summer’s worth of aeronautical splash-n-dash with a “Water-Flying Special.” In it, we covered amphibious aircraft and floatplanes as...

Archive: October 1999

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Mike Arnold’s hyper efficient AR-5 was on our October 1999 cover with a report by editor Dave Martin that posed an interesting question: Could...

Archive: October 1997

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A sleek Lancair IV-P was on our October 1997 cover along with the blurb promising an over-gulf trip from Florida to Mexico.

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Maintenance Matters

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A clean plane is a safer plane and a source of pride.

Ask the DAR

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Moving a certified aircraft to another category, operating an Experimental internationally.

Edging to the Rescue

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Sometimes the aircraft kits we build can use a little extra help when it...

It’s a Knockout

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When it comes time to remove and replace bearings or bushings that are press...