Traditions!
Originally crated in 1971 to welcome people to the flight line at the “Oshkosh Fly-In” (long before the moniker of “AirVenture” was dreamed up),...
Rich’s Coffee Bar
There’s a new addition to the homebuilt camping Pavilion this year—a lean-to structure with plumbing and electricity that serves as a camp kitchen (but...
Lockwood’s Rotax-powered RV-9 Debuts
If you wander by the Rotax display at AirVenture, you might notice a Van’s RV-9A with an impressive nose job. Under the extended fiberglass...
Sonex Celebrates 25 Years with 19th Homecoming Open House
Sonex LLC held its 19th open house on Sunday, July 23rd at their multi-hangar campus on the east side of Oshkosh’s Wittman Regional Airport....
Learning AoA Flying
Almost every pilot (in the U.S., at least) has learned to fly by reference to the airspeed indicator instead of learning to fly angle...
Seeing Spots
Welcome to Oshkosh! Marc and I left for AirVenture at exactly 5:59 A.M. on Friday, our ETD being 6:00. We departed Twin Oaks in...
Lucky Number
Some people have all the luck. Take Les Laidlaw, who flew his newly minted Cozy Mark IV to AirVenture on Saturday, two days before...
Up and at ’em
We have two nights logged at OSH Homebuilt Camping with three deluges so far. After a chilly and humid night in a nylon palace,...
VW Type I Engine Cases – Change is In the Air
Production of the venerable VW "Beetle" engine case quietly ended in mid-2022 and, over the next 9 months, the worldwide supply of new cases...
Miracle Machines
When I was young, homebuilders were those crazy guys at the end of the airport in a falling-down hangar that were attaching Cub wings...
In Case You Missed It
Metal Working 11-part Series
Now the exceedingly popular and extraordinarily useful 11-part Build YourSkills: Metal Series is available as a single PDF. This must-have additionto your library was written by RV-7 builder Dan Checkoway and carefullyillustrated for first-time metal-workers and old hands alike. Mosteverything you need to now, from material handling and cutting to deburring,drilling and riveting is in this series.
The Repairman Certificate
Those of us who have built or are building Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft know that one...
Getting Its Props
Few people have the opportunity to tour the kit manufacturers shop, let alone the manufacturing facilities of ancillary items such as engines, avionics and props. Author Bob Fritz remedies that last one by taking us on a tour of Sensenichs plant, and you'll marvel at the company's unique blend of old school and high tech.
