Broken Tailwheel Chain Link
Tailwheels and their associated linkage should be carefully preflighted. Here’s a partially broken tailwheel chain link that has the potential to cause a complete...
A Pea Sea Bored?
Text and phonetically, yes. But if you will sit down, fasten your seat belt tight and just hold on, I will show you how...
The Personalized Grip
There comes a time, fairly early in the kit-building process, where if a builder is constructing an aircraft to be flown with a stick...
What Are the Odds?
My first winter in Oregon came and went. The weather’s been fairly nice leading into spring, or at least my surroundings look just as...
Prop Blade Effects
We often treat the propeller as a uniform “actuator disc” and the slipstream as a uniform stream tube of accelerated and swirling air. While...
Bill Brennand Lied to Me
You’d be forgiven if you don’t recognize the name. Bill Brennand went quietly about his life yet a life so full it warrants a...
Forward by Degrees
I’ve ridden the early adopter bus before—found the seats uncomfortable, the ride jarring and the destination available only after many inconvenient stops. So it...
La Zoom!
Jeff LaVelle ushers out the first 25 years of Sport class racing and the Reno era at 400 mph.
In Case You Missed It
To Launch a Light Sport
After a disappointing postponement of the first flight, the Jabiru J250 takes to the skies for real. By Bob Fritz.