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[Credit: McFarlane Alaska]

If you fly off gravel bars, ridge strips, or anything that only loosely qualifies as a runway, the odds are decent you have a T3 tailwheel suspension hanging off the back of your airplane. And if you don’t, you have probably watched the pilot tied down next to you roll gently across a washboard while your own ship rattled your fillings loose. Tha...


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[Credit: FAA]

By now you know the headline numbers. Stall speed up to 59 knots clean. Four seats. Night flying. A Sport Pilot license—or just a driver’s license—now unlocks most of the RV fleet and a long list of legacy airplanes that were off-limits a year ago. That half of the MOSAIC roll-out has been live since last October, and


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[Credit: EAA]

If there is a corner of AirVenture that quietly rewards the homebuilder, it is the patch of grass just east of the Vintage Red Barn. That is where the Interview Circle sits, and that is where Vintage in Review will set up shop again this year from July 20 through 24, with EAA confirming the program’s return for AirVenture Oshkosh 2026.

For anyone wh...


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[Credit: Zenith Aircraft Company]

If you’ve ever wanted to see where all those Zenith kit parts come from, June 20th is your chance to find out firsthand. Zenith Aircraft Company is hosting its annual “Fly-In to Summer” Open House at its factory on the Mexico Memorial Airport (KMYJ) in Mexico, Missouri, and the welcome mat is out for builders, flyers, and anyone curious ab...


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