Note a camper found in his luggage after arrival at Oshkosh. Family support is always appreciated – sometimes they are enthusiastic co-pilots, and sometimes they send good vibrations from home. The fly was not part of the love note—but it was killed by cuteness.
In Case You Missed It
Whats New
Master Mechanic introduces the Swift Driver, Aircraft Spruce launches an online magazine and offers a simplified FAR/AIM book, and California Power Systems carries Rotax 912 engine rubber replacement kits.
The Kitchen Window
BD-4 builder Steven Mahoney commandeers the family's four-burner kitchen appliance to complete a mod for his airplane, and lives to tell the tale.
Alternative Energies
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Graphene “paper,” drag-racing electric motorcycles and hybrid aircraft were hot topics at the Electric Aircraft Symposium in Santa Rosa, California, and illustrated the progress being made in alternative energy sources. By Dean Sigler.