Positioning itself as a “new entertainment sports league that combines the exhilaration of racing with the power of rocket engines,” the Rocket Racing League announced that it will stage its first exhibition race at Oshkosh this year. The vehicles will be liquid-oxygen-fueled rockets in modified Velocity airframes. Three more exhibition races will be held at [...]
Pro-Seal: It’ll stick to anything, the label says, and that’s the truth. We’ve recently re-experienced it when Van’s Aircraft sent us a bit to re-seal the leaky right fuel tank, which was found to seep between the threaded strainer boss and the rib. Even just to set a small bead of the stuff it’s imperative [...]
Well, another Sun ‘n Fun airshow has gone by. As the traditional start of the season, this one was, at times, fraught and promising, often nail biting and reaffirming. It started, as you’ve certainly heard a thousand times, wet and muddy. By good luck, I elected to travel from the West Coast on Monday, missing [...]
There’s nothing like meeting vendors face-to-face to get instantaneous answers to your questions about their products, and the aisles in the four large commercial buildings at Sun ‘n Fun were chocked full of information seekers. I spent a bit of time with Stephen and Linda Klodd of Plane-Power, chatting about the latest innovations in powering [...]
On my way to the Zenith 701 sheet metal project, I was waylaid by the constant and very loud sound of sheet metal getting the heck pounded out of it. One of the instructors, Jake Hunsinger of Mansfield, Ohio, invited me in to join the fun. Using the Tuck Puck method, developed by Carey Culpepper [...]
As Sun ‘n Fun concludes, it comes home that the week has seen a lot of aviating, hangar flying, buying, selling and wishing. Even those for whom flying is a some-day dream, the allure of aviation holds sway. Here are some reminders of what the week was like. Return to KITPLANES
It’s another, and in the business of showing and selling aircraft, neatness counts. Early on in this year’s Sun ‘n Fun adventure, rain-soaked grounds served as the nemesis of vendors and campers. As the week progressed, what was once mud turned to dust, necessitating morning rituals like this one. No word on whether he does [...]
Many a homebuilder has heard the admonition from the uninitiated about how they love the idea of assembling their own plane, if only they possessed the skills necessary. Here at Sun ‘n Fun anyone interested can receive free instruction in the skills needed for pretty much any aspect of aircraft construction, such as building a [...]
