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Homebuilt Aircraft Directory
2005 Kit Aircraft Directory
We list 349 fixed-wing aircraft built from kits and give special designation to Light-Sport legal designs (A-F); compiled by Julia Downie.
2005 Kit Aircraft Directory
Continued (F-P).
2005 Kit Aircraft Directory
Continued (P-Z).
Aircraft Company Cross-Reference
You can find the company if you know the name of the design.
Flight Reports
The Spacemaker: Velocity's Dash 5
Velocity Aircraft's XL model beefs up with added seas and baggage space; by Dave Higdon.
Shop Talk
Riveting Basics for the Non-Metal Builder
This long-trusted airplane construction process is simpler than you think; by Ishmael Puentes.
How Piston Engines Make Power, Part 8
In the last part of this series, "Turbo Tom" Wyatt concludes with a discussion on supercharging.
Gas Welding for the Non-Welder, Part 1
Zenith 601 builder Scott Laughlin presents a beginner's guide to basic gas welding; by Scott Laughlin.
Aero 'Lectrics
How to build temporary antennas for composite and metal aircraft; by Jim Weir.
Designer's Notebook
Wind Tunnel
The Cooper-Harper scale offers a quantitative way to rate flying qualities; by Barnaby Wainfan
Exploring
Around the Patch
Readers respond to the Top 20 Most Influential article; by Brian E. Clark.
What's New
Electronic ignition from E-MAG ignitions; edited by Brian E. Clark.
KITPLANES Reader's Choice Awards 2004
The pools have closed and the results are in! Compiled by Julia Downie.
Light Stuff
Seagull Aerosports takes a new angle on weight-shift construction with a fully enclosed cockpit; by Dan Johnson.
Kit Bits
Letters
List of Advertisers
Builders' Marketplace
The Classified Builder
Calendar
Kit Stuff
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
First Customer Texas Sport Cub Flies
RVs Top 6000 Flying
The FAA Reopens "51% Rule" Comment Period, ends December 15
Garmin Introduces a Big-Screen Portable GPS
GlobalAir.com's Fuel Route Planner in Beta
Oshkosh: 2008 Goes Into the Books Exceeding Expectations
Stewart Systems Debuts Nontoxic Epoxy Primer
Lighting: Controlled
UAV Produces Touch EFIS
Homebuilt Aircraft Directory