While the initial promise of affordable Light Sport Aircraft (LSAs) has largely been unmet due to "feature creep" leading to higher prices, building an experimental ...

The South African kit plane industry, while not as large as its American or European counterparts, has carved out a niche for itself in the global aviation market. The country has a strong general ...

The Cirrus VK-30 was a groundbreaking aircraft introduced by Cirrus Design Corporation in 1987. Founded by brothers Alan and ...

"Simplify and add lightness." Someone really smart and special to motoring enthusiasts once said something to that tune, we're sure you know who. But because airplanes tend to be, well, massive, it's ...

For nearly 50 years, Van’s Aircraft Inc. has offered a series of low-wing, all-aluminum kit planes popular with those who like to fly airplanes they assemble with their own hands. The Aurora, ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. If you build it … you can fly it, too. As Peter Elsea and Jason Lorusso have ...

Growing up in tiny Frederic, Wisconsin, the Karl brothers were always tinkering. Always building something — “or taking things apart, probably more often than building things,” says oldest brother ...

Sonex is developing a new high-wing aircraft, targeting a broader market including older and disabled pilots, with easier ingress/egress and increased cockpit/baggage space. The design features a ...

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (KWQC) - Students from three schools in the Quad Cities are working together to build a small airplane at a shop in Eldridge. It started in 2021 when Pleasant Valley High School ...

BREMERTON — It was a continuous process to draw, cut, measure, drill holes and assemble pieces of aluminum. Annika Pexton felt a sense of relief — and accomplishment — when she finished making her ...

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (KWQC/Gray News) - A group of students in Iowa are working together to build a small airplane. The project began in 2021 when Pleasant Valley High School purchased a kit to build a ...