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There is also https://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/ This is the place to do a search for conversions on various types. One has to...

I get pressed...a lot...to discuss the accident statistics related to Viking engines. The problem is the small sample size. In my...

The sonar operator's technical term for this is "screw noises". Ron Wanttaja

I'm always curious about where these kinds of claims come from. I looked at the FAA registry for January of this year, and counted...

Don't forget to unhook the jumper cable before takeoff. Ron Wanttaja

Emphasis on "apparent." Nobody tracks if an airboat has to get towed/rowed home. Engines that fail in aircraft often result in...

We have a problem at our untowered airport with a local helicopter school landing on the runway and sitting there, hovering, for minutes...

I knew a guy who'd crashed three. First one was a Piper J-series that lost an engine over a congested area, the second one was a...

Blocking the hangar door? Amateur move. True professionals arrange their ground vehicles to block the taxiway. Ron Wanttaja

Here's how our hangar doors work. Two rails (1" steel angle, face down) about six inches apart. Doors for each hangar run on either...

I like this, better plausible deniability. Alternately, close their door and use safety wire or tie-wraps to hold it shut. Safety wire...

Buddy of mine wrote a great book about Molt Taylor and his Aerocar. Ron Wanttaja

"Greyhound" is pretty good, and the reason we got Apple+ in the first place. Differs from the book, but one has to expect that...

That was the case ~40 years ago, when Popov invented the ballistic chute. Back then, people were building hang gliders with only slight...

I see eight RVs (including the two RV-10s) listed as Light Sport, not counting RV-12s, of course. One, an RV-8, is even listed as a...