I remember driving home from the hangar in March when I got a call from my wife. She told me that a letter had arrived from ...

"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 ...

Forty years ago this year, Chris Heintz's CH701 first flew. That alone would be reason enough for a celebration. The 701 is one of the most consequential designs in the history of experimental ...

The North Idaho High School Aerospace Program (ACES) reached a significant goal on October 4, 2025, when the Federal Aviation Administration inspected and certified two student-built airplanes as ...

The article highlights a 2007 Lancair ES-P as "Today's Top Pick," an amateur-built, four-place experimental aircraft from a company known for efficient designs. This ES-P variant features ...

Tango Flight is a nonprofit organization that partners with high schools across multiple states to provide students with hands-on opportunities to build airworthy Van's RV-12 kitplanes. The program's ...

MEXICO, Mo. — In a hangar in central Missouri, pieces are built and put into a kit for customers to purchase. Zenith Aircraft Company has been manufacturing kit airplanes in Mexico, Missouri, since ...

The One Week Wonder aircraft-building project will return to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh in 2027. Attendees can help build a Zenith CH 750 Super Cruzer airplane in just seven days. The completed ...

Students throughout the region have been tirelessly working through over one hundred sessions to build an airplane at the ...