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Way back in the early issues of KITPLANES®, when we still felt the need...

Columnist Jim Weir offers his annual awards for the best products or services seen at Oshkosh/AirVenture 2007.

For an engine long on the verge of viability but never quite making it...

In typical fashion, Vans Aircraft refused to rest on its laurels after the RV-12s prototype debut last year, and sought to improve on an already good design. The new production airplane has changed (beyond its color), with a castering nosewheel, toe brakes instead of a grip, reshaped control sticks for better clearance, ground-adjustable seats fore and aft as well as in tilt, and the list goes on. Best of all, this day/VFR machine is still a delight to fly; by Ed Kolano.