It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of KITPLANES Senior Editor Bob Fritz on February 4. Bob had battled brain cancer for 25 months and had lived better, for longer than anyone in medicine had expected. Bob approached his illness with typical candor and forthrightness. KITPLANES readers will remember Bob for his [...]

KITPLANES Senior Editor Bob Fritz celebrated the first flight of his Jabiru J250 last week. Regular readers will be familiar with Bob’s project from the bolt-by-bolt reports in the magazine. Having received tremendous local support to trailer the Jabiru from his home airport of Swansboro to Lincoln, California, Bob enlisted the services of Jabiru Pacific [...]