My Favorite AirVenture Hideaways
If you have been to AirVenture before, you know it is immense. If you haven’t, and this is your first time, prepare to be...
Welcome to the Show!
AirVenture or Oshkosh – whatever you call it, there is a mystical quality to this event that draws 600,000 of our closest friends to...
Never Hold in the Air
If you ever daydream about being a fighter or bomber pilot, think of the flying arrival to AirVenture as a military operation. That means...
Planning for the Storm—on the Ground!
There is one thing for certain about a week in Oshkosh in July - you WILL worry your way through at least one strong...
Upper-Left Coasters Head to OSH
Marc and Omar bring the Glastar from Oregon toward Oshkosh. Tonight's stay is Aberdeen, SD, on the way to Madison, WI. There, they will...
The Arrival Show
It’s considered bad form—but a whole lot of fun—to line up five friends along runway 27 at Oshkosh, each with a large piece of...
The Fisk Arrival – It’s Not Magic
People make a big deal out of the VFR arrival to Oshkosh during AirVenture, and of course, I understand why. The “Notice” is 32...
Mental Prep
A funny thing happens to me in early July - I begin to psych myself up for the trip to Oshkosh, and honestly, it...
Poker Run, For Fun
Not everything here at KITPLANES has to be serious news, you know. Here’s some footage of me and my boyfriend, Brian Hickman, flying his...
Solo To AirVenture
This summer I turned 38, and to celebrate another year of living my best airplane nerd life, I received a book about backcountry flying...
In Case You Missed It
Got Threads?
What to do when you've stripped a spark plug hole or other threaded receptacle in your homebuilt (once the cursing has stopped)? We have ways...
Engine Beat
Exhaust systems do more than just get air into and out of aircraft engines. Exhaust system design, in terms of exhaust pipe length, diameter and tuning, affect the efficiency and performance of the engine, for better or worse.