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Buying Used: Long-EZ
...prefabricated components were available from supply houses in the heyday, it pays to have experienced eyes look over your temptation before you succumb to its charms. The futuristic logo of...
Yearly Condition Inspection, Part I
...you are finished. A missing tool or small part could jam your controls. Even a missing washer needs to be tracked down and removed. The temptation to let it go...
May 2020
On the cover: Erik Johnston photographed Ray Waton’s Murphy Bull Moose in Eastern Washington state. Its V-8 installation looks almost like a turbine! Table of contents: Meet the Bull Moose…...
Turbine Temptation: Into the Air
...and the engine since it was a turbine powered machine. Fortunately, there is no need to generate these from scratch. The engine comes with an extremely complete maintenance manual from...
Flying in the Age of COVID-19
...as you can avoid the temptation to socialize, you are really isolated the whole time. Self-serve fuel pumps are usually well away from other people, and the virus doesn’t spread...
April 2020
On the cover: Scott McDaniels pilots his RV-6A near the Van’s Aircraft factory in Oregon. Scott—who works at Van’s in the company’s prototype shop—carefully rebuilt the airplane, which he acquired...
Big Screen EFIS
...vertical guidance. The engine monitoring functionality isn’t limited to engine and fuel flow and quantity data (or to pistons since there’s a turbine interface, too). There’s wing flap and trim...
Turbine Temptation: Adding Some Color
It seems to me that a special plane requires a special finish—something that stands out and reflects the nature of the flying machine itself. My previous project was a beast...
Turbine Temptation: Final Integration and Testing
...trimmed on a test stand in Europe, so it wasn’t like we didn’t know it would run. But still…it was a pleasure to hear the turbine spin up and the...
2020 Engine Buyer’s Guide
...configurations, followed by the round-motor radials and rotaries, Wankels, Diesels (Jet A), and, because they are something unto themselves, Volkswagen derivatives. We close with turbines, Corvairs, and the few two-strokes...
In Case You Missed It
Murphy and the Flight That Almost Wasn’t
Most of us fly airplanes for fun. I would even venture to say that...
What’s the Deal With AN Hardware?
As a new kit builder, you may have wondered about that gold-colored AN hardware...
Aero ‘lectrics
Break out your laptops, iPhones and iPads. There is a new batch of apps and other software that can help pilots chart their course when traveling cross-country.