Video Brief: Grand Rapids HX

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Kitplanes' editor-in-chief, Marc Cook, hosts a short segment on flying with the Grand Rapids Technologies' Horizon HX synthetic-vision EFIS. Featuring footage from actual flights,...

Factory Tour: Matco Manufacturing

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KITPLANES editor Marc Cook visits Matco Manufacturing near Salt Lake City to see how the company's brakes, wheels and master cylinders are built.

Dynon Avionics Announces SkyView EFIS Pricing

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The much-anticipated second-generation EFIS from Dynon has been seen for some time, but now it has a firm price attached.

Garmin’s New Touchscreen aera GPS

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Kitplanes' sister publication, Avweb, has posted a new video on Garmin's touch-screen aera handheld GPS. The bulk of the flight testing was done aboard Kitplanes' editor's Glastar Sportsman. Avweb Editorial Director Paul Bertorelli reports on Garmin's latest offering.

Oregon Aero Announces Discounted Pricing Through November 15, 2009

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There are special deals on Experimental-class seats and headset accessories for all pilots.

Lance Neibauer Inducted into EAA Hall of Fame

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Lancair founder and designer joins six others, including legendary airshow performer Bob Hoover, as a 2009 inductee.

FAA Releases New Advisory Circular Governing Homebuilt Approvals

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After a lengthy wait and more than a bit of hand-wringing on the part of builders and kit manufacturers, the FAA has finally published...

FAA Releases New Advisory Circular Governing Homebuilt Approvals

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After a lengthy wait and more than a bit of hand-wringing on the part of builders and kit manufacturers, the FAA has finally published Advisory Circular 20-27G, which forms the approval basis for Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft. In the preamble, the FAA says that, "This AC is not mandatory and does not constitute a regulation. This AC describes an acceptable means, but not the only means, to comply certification and operation requirements of amateur-built aircraft." However, virtually…

News from Van’s: 3000th RV-8 Kit Delivered, First Customer RV-12 Flies

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Despite a flaccid economy, the Van's Aircraft RV line is holding steady. Word has come that the 3000th RV-8 kit has been delivered. Tom Carter, of Big Fork, Montana, is the lucky recipient. The RV-8 was everything I wanted, he says. You look out both sides of a big bubble canopy. It can fly like a fighter or I can put it on autopilot and relax on a fast cross-country flight, too."

The FAA Publishes “51% Rule” Committee Findings, But Not Final Rule

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The FAA has published the final report from the Amateur-Built Aircraft Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) that was re-formed in 2008 to take another shot...

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Alternative Energies

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Sun n Fun 2011 opened with stormy skies and a tornado, but the Green Space area offered a ray of sunshine at the rain-soaked event. By Dean Sigler.

Off the Grid (Chapter 2)

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Here we go with what I promised you last month. This may be the...

Paint Masking

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We've all seen those commercials for painter's tape. They make masking look so easy,...

eBay Biplane

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“Around 2006, I was on eBay quite a bit,” said Doug Eastman of Thornton,...