Report from the 2012 SSA Convention
The Swiss Stemme motorglider is loaded with unique features, including a pop-out nose cone and folding prop and this nifty backwards-folding wing to allow storage in regular hangars. It was my good...
View ArticlePiuma Original
I finished building my Original Piuma after 24 month of work, but… 22 years ago, and it flies just as well today. Aircraft homebuilding is very common in the U.S.A., but there are many builders and...
View ArticleIt Still Wants to Fly!
Sitting in the grass outside the Aeroplane Factory, the Moni Motorglider sits just waiting for John Monnett to come back back for a flight. It wants to fly so badly, they have to strap it the ground!...
View ArticleSeen at Mojave
We’ll admit we had to ask Scott Stearns what his eager looking taildragger was. “A KIS TR-1c,” he smiled, and with far fewer than 100 kits built we don’t feel so bad about not identifying it. The TR-1...
View ArticleReport from the 2012 SSA Convention
It was my good fortune to attend the 2012 Soaring Society of America convention at the Reno/Sparks Convention Hall in Reno, Nevada, February 1-5. Besides a display hall filled with mostly white,...
View ArticlePiuma Original
I finished building my Original Piuma after 24 month of work, but... 22 years ago, and it flies just as well today. Aircraft homebuilding is very common in the U.S.A., but there are many builders and...
View ArticleIt Still Wants to Fly!
Sitting in the grass outside the Aeroplane Factory, the Moni Motorglider sits just waiting for John Monnett to come back back for a flight. It wants to fly so badly, they have to strap it the ground!...
View ArticleSeen at Mojave
Pre-event publicity for the 2017 Mojave Experimental Fly-In was low-key this year, but that didn't stop a healthy crop of experimentalists to buzz in for this popular meet-and-greet gathering....
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