Kitplanes Announces 2025 Ultimate FLYING Giveaway
It’s in Kitplanes’ DNA to inspire pilots to fly—and to attract new aviators to the skies. And what compels most prospective pilots to start...
World Fastest Cleco Contest
How fast can you place and remove 10 Clecos? As of noon on Wednesday, Glenn Gordon from EAA Chapter 512 (Placerville, CA) held the...
A Tale of Brotherly Competition and A Tribute to the Navy
Ernie Lietzan of Appleton, Wisconsin, has lived and breathed the United States Navy. He grew up as Navy brat, served in the Navy, and...
Yup – Another Mustang
A 70% scale all-metal P-51 built to be powered by a 500(ish) horsepower big-block V-8.
EAA Aeroplane Workshop. Skills and Surprises
Inside the uninviting exterior may lie the confidence you need to tackle the primary skills holding you back from building an airplane.
Oshkosh Diary: One Last Hurrah
Thursday arrived very early, as Louise (my wife) was departing with the intent to hit the starter on the RV-6 at 0600. That meant...
Sport Performance Aviation Uncages the Cougar
Sport Performance Aviation (SPA) is showing their 2-place Cougar project, which will shortly undergo load testing.
First AirVenture for a Homebuilder
Richard Howell had long thought about going to AirVenture but Oshkosh is a long ways from his home on the West Coast and such...
Honey I Shrunk The Schweizer 300!
Imagine your surprise to walk the grounds of the AirVenture Ultralight field to see what appears to be an 80% scale Schweizer 300 parked right there among the ultralights and powered parachutes.
In Case You Missed It
Becoming a Designated Airworthiness Representative (DAR)
The long road to issuing airworthiness certificates.
Barriers to Entry
Sometimes, when using shorthand in our conversations about Experimental aviation, we use the term...
Air Power
The art of porting cylinder heads, whether by hand or by CNC machine, is a valuable part of blueprinting detailed engine builds or overhauls, and surprisingly subtle changes can determine how efficiently the engine will breathe.