Tune-Up Time

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Like the proverbial frog who doesn’t know that the pot of water is getting warmer, it is easy to adapt to an airplane or...

Always Another Tool

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One of the things I brought back from AirVenture last week was a kit from Flyleds to build two LED landing lights that we’re...

Grandaddy Document

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We’re helping a neighbor friend clean out the hangar of her late husband, and running across all sorts of things that he collected as...

OSH23 – The REAL Kneeboard Notes

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When I put my occasional musings on the web for KITPLANES, I refer to them as “Kneeboard Notes,” jottings that come to mind as...

Brushing Up

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One of the unfortunate things about the massive capability that computers give us in today’s world is that we rarely have the time to...

Getting Around on the Grounds

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First time visitors to EAA AirVenture predictably utter the standard pronouncement, “I had no idea it was so BIG!” I always try to prepare...

Hardware Musings

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Two thoughts come from the shop today: First—all you RV pilots out there, the nylon locknuts you need are MS21083N8. They are about a buck...

Slack Time – Part 5

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Prop Swap!

Slack Time – Part 4

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So about welding… I have spent 50 years working on airplanes of all types and materials—from tube and rag to metal plus a bit of...

Parked Props

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As anyone who studied for their private pilot exam 50 years ago should know, airplane propellers should be parked horizontally—that's so that when it...

In Case You Missed It

Home Shop Machinist

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Using tools to make tools. Bob Hadley.

Ask the DAR

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This month, a new column introduces Designated Airworthiness Representative Mel Asberry, who describes his background in homebuilding and details some of what hes looking for as a DAR. Questions welcome.

Ask the DAR

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Inactive homebuilts from the 1970s, confusion about changing from SLSA to ELSA.

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.