Completions

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Burns Glasair Sportsman

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Glasair Sportsman 2+2 N313E was completed in 2019 after four years of building. It is equipped with a Superior IO-360 and constant-speed prop. The...

Walker Zodiac CH640 – “Bluebird”

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I’ve always enjoyed woodworking and working with my hands. After building a regulator clock from a kit, then building a dulcimer from an instrument...

Machin Zenith 601XLB

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After about 10 years of stop-start building (funny how life gets in the way of the important stuff) I finally finished up I got...

Dirk Verdonck’s Sonex Onex

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I completed my Sonex Onex in March 2019. Building started in 2013 and during a period of 5 years, I spent 1800 hours on...

Sparrow Fokker D VII

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Dear Kitplanes, here’s a great sunset to complement my Aerodrome Airplanes 80% scale Fokker D VII. It was completed in January 2016, and inspected...

Eric Joern’s Kitfox Super Sport

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After attending AirVenture three times, watching my brother build his Kitfox and getting to know the folks at the Kitfox factory, I decided Kitfox...

Holliston LongEZ

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NX666DV is the second Long EZ I've built from plans. The first one, SPEEDRACER flew me around for 1,500 hours over 10 years and...

Jim Nelson Sportsman

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On June 12, 2019 Sportsman kit #7146 became N816J—airworthy according to my DAR! On September 19, 2019 N816J “slipped the surly bonds of earth and...
Gerry Peterson’s S-19 Venterra

Gerry Peterson’s S-19 Venterra

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My S-19 Venterra received its Special Airworthiness Certificate on April 7, 2019 after a thorough inspection of the aircraft and documentation by DAR Vic...

Jim and Amelia Isaacs’ Zenith CH701

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Jim and Amelia Isaacs received Airworthiness Certification for N701JA on 12 July 2019. The couple began their Zenith CH701 kit build in May of...

In Case You Missed It

Design Process: Ailerons

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Last month we looked at roll control schemes for airplanes where high lift or...

Drill Straight!

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We've finished up the left spar for our Xenos motor glider, and that means...

Hands On: Spray Painting

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Mike Loehle shows us the process of prepping both metal and composite surfaces prior to painting as well as applying color and clear coats.

Plane and Simple

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Dont blow into the pitot tube!