Kits
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June
26, 2003 - Viper Aircraft
Corporation designed the Viperjet, a tandem two-seater that looks and
feels like a fighter, achieving speeds close to 500 mph and it’s available
as a kit. Join us and the Hanchette brothers for details.
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June 19, 2003 - CGS was the
first company to market an enclosed-cockpit, Part-103-legal ultralight,
the CGS Hawk. We talked with Chuck Slusarczyk about the
design and development of the Hawk line of light aircraft.
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June 12, 2003 - Regular
KITPLANES magazine writer Ron Wanttaja
talked about one of his favorite subjects: the Fly Baby homebuilt design
by the late Peter Bowers.
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June 12, 2003- We asked Dick VanGrunsven of
Van’s Aircraft about his latest
and largest airplane design yet: the four-seat RV-10.
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June 5, 2003 - Gyroplanes continue to be of interest for a small but
increasing number of pilots who fly for fun and are interested in
rotorcraft. Jim Mayfield, a gyro CFI and president of
American Autogyro Incorporated, told us about recent advances in gyroplane
technology. Gyro accident data appears to support the need for increased
pitch stability in these rotorcraft, and Jim described how
his company is committed to providing this extra margin of safety.
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May 29, 2003 -
Mustang Aeronautics proprietor
Chris Tieman joined us in Segment 2 and told us about his company’s kits
for the Midget Mustang and the two-seat Mustang II. Hundreds of each of these airplanes have been built,
and we asked Chris for some details of these inexpensive kits.
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May 22, 2003 -
Warner Aircraft's test- and demo pilot Pat Bulger talked about the evolution of the Space Walker.
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May 15, 2003 - We talked with Alfred Scott
of Sequoia Aircraft about the Falco
and how he got involved with it.
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May 8, 2003 - About
10 years ago at the Oshkosh fly-in, a gigantic taildragger that could
accommodate 10 people or a load of 55-gallon drums was the hit of the
show. This was the debut of the Sherpa, which looks for all the world like
a Piper Super Cub built for giants. Partners Byron Root and Glen Gordon
developed the airplane, which is available now in kit form. Glen was with
us to talk about the Sherpa and other kit aircrafts the company is
importing from Russia.
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May 1, 2003 - Jeanette Rand joined us
for some history and the current status of this low-cost the KR-1 and
KR-2 kit airplanes.
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May 1, 2003 - Ed Zercher from
Sensenich Propellers provided insight on how his company meets the demands
for scores of different propellers on different homebuilts.
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April 17, 2003 - Gary Assels spoke about the history and some details of the
Safari.
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April 10, 2003 - We spoke with Duane about the evolution of the Velocity
high-performance kit airplane.
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April 3, 2003 - Partenair Design
President Saleem Saleh spoke with us about the development and features of
this all-composite, high-speed, fixed-gear pusher that uses a Lycoming
O-320 engine.
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Mar. 27, 2003 - Wayne
Ison recalled the extensive
line of little wood airplanes that he has designed and turned into kits.
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Mar. 20, 2003 - Nat Puffer realized his dream and turned a hobby into a business based on his
all-composite canard airplane design named Cozy.
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Mar. 6, 2003 -
Titan Aircraft President John Williams
told us why he decided to kit the Titan T-51,with a middle-of-the-road pricing.
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Feb. 27, 2003 - Now there is a long-awaited retractable-gear version of the Express, and
Express Aircraft Company President Larry Olson
spoke with us about the kit and the new gear-up version.
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Feb. 20, 2003 - Ron Lueck from
Aerocomp Incorporated will be with us to talk about
the Comp Air line of multi-seat, fast, composite airplanes including
the 9- or 11-seat Comp Air 10.
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Feb. 13, 2003 -
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty
president Jim Irwin joined us to talk about
how his parents’ tiny supply business has grown into a household name and about the materials kits the company
supplies for many plansbuilt aircraft projects.
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Feb. 6, 2003 - Gene Hanson From Fisher Flying Products joined us to talk about FFP's extensive line of inexpensive kit airplanes.
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Jan.
30, 2003 -
Sebastian Heintz, who heads
Zenith Aircraft, joined us to talk about
the in-house
training his company offers to builders of his line of kit airplanes.
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Jan.
23, 2003 - Jeremy Monnett, general manager of Sonex Ltd., talked about his company’s line of
kits and plans to build the two-seat, high-performance Sonex
airplane.
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Jan.
9, 2003 - Aviation
editor/author/aero engineer/ photographer Budd Davisson talks about the process of turning the plansbuilt Bearhawk
four-seater
project into a kit.
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Jan. 1, 2003 - Dick
VanGrunsven of Van’s Aircraft
joins us to talk about his company and its hugely successful line of RV kit
airplanes.
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Dec. 19, 2002 - Randy
Schlitter of RANS Aircraft discusses
his company's extensive line of homebuilt aircraft.
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Dec. 12, 2002 - Darryl Murphy of Murphy
Aircraft tells us a bit about the company's newest design, the
JDM-8.
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Dec. 5, 2003 - Lance Neibauer, founder of
Lancair, talks about his line of high-performance
composite kit aircraft.
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Dec. 5, 2002 - Hosts
Dave Martin and Brian Clark provide an industry overview and discuss
homebuilding basics.
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Engines
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June 26, 2003 - John M. Larsen, author of “Engine Beat”
in KITPLANES magazine joined us to describe some of his
most interesting contacts with the homebuilt-related engine community.
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May 29, 2003 - In Segment 1, we talked about
the history and development of the Ellison throttle-body injector.
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May 1, 2003 -
Vision Microsystems President
Lance Turk described his company’s engine-monitoring systems in some
detail, and explained the advantages of systems that monitor all
cylinders. Such monitors are especially important in high-performance aircraft,
where they can optimize performance or maximize efficiency in addition to
providing vital information on the health of the engine.
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Mar. 27, 2003 - The advantages of diesel engines—especially for fuel
efficiency—have been known for most of a century, and diesels in aircraft
go back to the 1930s. Yet development of modern diesel aircraft engines
has been a challenge. Some large, well-funded companies have tackled the
problem for years without notable success. But in Segment 1, we heard
from Doug Doers, the chief engineer for
DeltaHawk in
Racine, Wisconsin, on the status of his company’s 200-hp V-4 diesel.
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Mar. 20, 2003 - Engines that fit in
homebuilt aircraft are always a popular topic. In Segment 2, the new owner
of Jabiru Pacific--Jim McCormick--spoke about the increasingly
popular line of four-, six- and eight-cylinder Jabiru engines from
Australia.
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Mar. 20, 2003 - Simple exhaust-gas-temperature (EGT) gauges for
piston aircraft engines have been around for more than 40 years, but
recent developments have expanded the concept to provide automatic
monitoring and reporting of what’s going on every moment in each cylinder.
The result is better efficiency, longer engine life and early warning of
engine problems. In Segment 3, Tyler Speed from Electronics
International was with us to talk about his company’s line of
engine-monitoring systems and other products.
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Feb. 20, 2003 - KITPLANES magazine readers have come to know Turbo Tom Wyatt recently for his clear descriptions of piston engines and their accessories such as turbochargers. We will check in with Turbo Tom for his thoughts on current and future engine development for Experimental aircraft.
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Jan.
30, 2003 -
Aviation writer Dave Higdon told us about new engine
systems (FADEC and LASAR) that help move light aircraft powerplants out of the
dark ages.
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Jan.
30, 2003 -
Steve Bennett and his Great Planes Aircraft
supply company have provided homebuilders with Volkswagen-derived engines for
21 years, and talked about that.
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Jan.
16, 2003 - Homebuilt
helicopter pioneer B.J. Schramm talked about his new kit, the
turbine-powered Helicycle.
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Jan.
9, 2003 - Phil
Lockwood of Lockwood Aviation
has a long association with some spectacular homebuilts including the
twin-engine AirCam he designed initially for a National Geographic special
in Africa. But now he’s devoting full time to providing homebuilder
supplies including engines. As a dealer and maintenance facility for the
popular Rotax engines, he had some words to share.
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Dec. 19, 2002 - Dave Atkins, president
of Atkins Rotary
Specialities, provides some insight on the engine his company
produces.
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Dec. 12, 2002 - Jimmy Tubbs of Engine
Components, Inc., discusses the status of ECI's engine kit.
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Dec. 05, 2003 - Jan Eggenfellner
of Eggenfellner
Advanced Aircraft talks about the future of alternative aircraft
engines.
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Avionics
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June 19, 2003 - Homebuilders are always looking for
ways to reduce the weight of their aircraft because it improves
performance. Rich Chiappe from Sky-Tec talked about the line of lightweight starters that he and his father,
Gene, produce.
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June 19, 2003 -
A company named
Shadin produces a line of specialized
avionics that work well in homebuilts. The products include
fuel-management systems, fuel-and-air-data computers, and
altitude-management equipment. Jeanne Ann Zinser joined us to talk
about Shadin’s products and how they are used in homebuilt aircraft.
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May 15, 2003 - Our next guest,
Malcolm Thomson, is well known for his involvement in salvaging the
Thunder Mustang project. Recently, he has invested in Blue Mountain
Avionics, a company that makes electronic flight instruments. As Blue
Mountain’s new general manager, he is responsible for the successful
integration of this state-of-the-art glass panel system.
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May 8, 2003 - Klaus Savier is reported
to fly the world’s fastest VariEze, and by now he must have a room
full of racing awards to prove it. Among those who build their own
aircraft, Klaus is equally well known for his electronic ignition
system kits that homebuilders can install on their engines for
improved performance and economy. We chatted with Klaus about how he
developed his ignition system and why it works so well.
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Mar. 6, 2003 -
Amir Tirosh heads a company named AirGator! that has developed new moving-map navigation software. NAVAir works on several brands of handheld computers that can be used in the cockpit. Features include exceptionally detailed maps and controls that minimize pilot workload. Amir
was with us and talked about the details.
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Jan. 23, 2003 - Pilots of cross-country,
instrument-equipped aircraft can benefit from a good autopilot to reduce
workload. Dennis Vories, who bought and installed a Tru-Track
autopilot in his homebuilt, provided details.
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Jan. 23, 2003 - Martin
Elshire from Aerotronics talked about his company’s program to help homebuilders with
their avionics systems and instrumentation.
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Jan 2, 2003 - Tim
Casey of Garmin International
was there at the beginning of the GPS navigation revolution. We asked him
about the company’s newest handheld navigator.
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Dec. 19, 2002 - KITPLANES contributor
Rick Lindstrom talked about the subject of a recent article,
an angle-of-attack gauge from Proprietary
Software Systems.
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Other
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June 12, 2003 - Tammy and Paul Yedinak’s paint system is a two-part, waterborne
polyurethane. In segment 3, Tammy talked about the
Aircraft Finishing Systems
paint methods and products.
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June 5, 2003 - Sue Gardner and Scott
Sedgwick from FAA headquarters discuss the new sport pilot packaged light-sport aircraft (LSA) proposal. Both the new easier-to-earn pilot’s
license and the LSA concept may be precedent-setting.
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May 29, 2003 - Well-known aerodynamicist Barnaby Wainfan talks
with us about the purpose and function of actual wind tunnel.
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May 22, 2003 - Gyroplane
importer and instructor Greg Gremminger spoke with us about a critical
issue confronting the gyroplane community: pitch stability.
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May 22, 2003- Dick Starks—the
prime instigator of the Kansas City Dawn Patrol and it WWW-I replica
fighters—talks about his popular book titled, “You Want
to Build and Fly a What?”
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May 15, 2003 - Hosts Dave Martin and Brian E.
Clark shared their thoughts and recent experiences related to homebuilt
aviation.
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May 8, 2003 - U.S. Industrial Tool Company is
one source of tools that you might use in a homebuilt project. Senior Vice President Craig Peterson told us about the company—which is
division of Churchill Aerospace—and about the tools that it makes and
sells.
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Apr. 24, 2003 - Test pilot Ed Kolano has experience test-flying heavy equipment for
the FAA…and in general aviation. He shared
some thoughts on how to test your own new homebuilt aircraft if you decide
to do it yourself.
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Apr. 24, 2003 - Tom Crouch, has
researched the Wrights for more than 30 years, and he joined us to talk about Orville and Wilbur and their family as we approach the
centennial of powered flight this year.
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Apr. 24, 2003 - Cartoonist "Robrucha,"
whose real name is Robert Chambers, appears in every issue of KITPLANES since its beginning in 1984.
You can view one of his "Kitstuff " cartoons here.
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April 17, 2003 - Aircraft Tool
Supply Company General Manager Des Lynch talked about general and
specialty tools his company supplies to homebuilders.
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April 17, 2003 - Joseph
Bartels, the new owner of the Lancair kit company, spoke about how he became
involved with the project and what he sees for the future of his company’s
line of kits and of high-performance homebuilt aircraft.
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April 10, 2003 - The FAA specifies a test-flying
period during which the new homebuilt aircraft may only be flown solo. Test pilot Chuck Berthe
spoke with us about how to make
sometimes-difficult decisions.
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April 10, 2003 - Carsten Sundin planned to fly
his Lancair Legacy solo across the Atlantic
to visit relatives in Norway. Carsten joined
us to tell us about the preparations and the experience of
flying the Atlantic in his own homebuilt.
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April 3, 2003 - Sun ’n Fun President John
Burton talked about highlights of the week-long Lakeland, Florida, show.
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April 3, 2003 - Martin and Clark revealed
what they saw on opening day, April 2, at the Sun ’n Fun show.
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Mar. 27, 2003 - Todd Sprague from
PC Avionics joined us in Segment 3 to talk about his
company’s moving-map program named Mountainscope.
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Mar. 13, 2003 - Wicks
Aircraft Supply General Manger Jerome Hediger has a story about how
this company got into the business of selling homebuilt aircraft
components.
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Mar. 13, 2003 - The president of the Light Aircraft
Manufacturing Association (LAMA), Larry Burke, about recent
progress on the new light sport aircraft standards.
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Mar. 13, 2003 - Dick Starks is a founding member of the
Kansas City Dawn Patrol, and will describe his latest misadventures.
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Mar. 6, 2003 - Randy Hanson talked about a new EAA program to increase the number of DARs…and to recruit them as volunteers.
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Feb. 27, 2003 -
BRS Vice President Dan Johnson, who also writes a monthly column in
KITPLANES, informed us about progress in recovery prachute systems made over the years and how homebuilders might benefit.
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Feb. 27, 2003 - Tom Poberezny, president of the
Experimental Aircraft Association, talked about one of the EAA’s programs, Countdown to Kitty Hawk.
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Feb. 20, 2003 - Jeff Dunham,
world-famous ventriloquist will talk with us about building and flying several RotorWay Exec helicopters.
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Feb. 13, 2003 - Rocket scientist Lynne Wainfan has specific ideas she shared with us about how to
maximize the possibility of completing an aircraft while maintaining
family relationships.
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Feb. 13, 2003 - Jim Dunn joined us for
a status report on his electric-powered airplane project.
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Feb. 6, 2003 - Ultralight Hall of Fame member Tom Peghiny, chairman of the Light Sport Aircraft airplane consensus standard subcommittee,
talked about the latest on the FAA's proposal for a new pilot's license and a new category of aircraft.
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Feb. 6, 2003 - Starting with his wife's complaint about light airplane cockpit noise and discomfort, Mike Dennis of
Oregon Aero has become a
world-renowned expert on seat crashworthiness, comfort and noise
reduction.
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Jan.
16, 2003 - Fifteen-year-old
Tara Krezowski and her father, Mark, shared a flight to the Arctic Circle
last year in Mark’s homebuilt GlaStar floatplane. Tara and Mark were
with us, and talked about their truly interesting
trip.
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Jan. 16, 2003 - Writer
Ron Wanttaja joined us to reveal help that is available on the Internet
for potential and current homebuilders.
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Jan. 9, 2003 - For airshow pilot Lon Arnold, his Long-EZ canard,
designed by Burt Rutan, has become his means of employment. We talked
with him about his life in a homebuilt airplane on the airshow circuit.
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Jan. 2, 2003 - We will
scratch the surface of up-to-date information on gyroplanes with Greg
Gremminger, importer of the Magni
gyro kit and
chairman of the Light Sport Aircraft gyroplane subcommittee.
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Dec. 12, 2002 - Exxon
Flyin' Tiger pilot Bruce Bohannon joins us to discuss his
latest world records.
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