Kitplanes articles

Recent articles from Kitplanes

To Florida the Elite Way.(pilot's experience flying Murphy Aircraft Rebel Elite)
June 1, 2000... A long cross-country provides a good analysis of the Murphy Aircraft Rebel Elite. The need for a chariot to carry me to and from Lakeland, Florida's big spring fly-in where I could evaluate aircraft for upcoming articles prompted me to contact Murphy Aircraft in nearby Chilliwack,...

Field of Dreams.(biography Cole Palen vintage aircraft museum)
June 1, 2000... The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome: "Build it, and they will come." Cole Palen's interest in aviation began in the 1930s while reading pulp fiction magazines featuring stories about WW-I airplanes. From there it was on to building model airplanes and then to restoring and building...

Warner's Winner.(Sportster)
June 1, 2000... The Sportster combines 1930s styling with contemporary comfort First it was the single-seat Spacewalker. Then it was the Spacewalker II, a two-place version of the original, both designs of Jesse Anglin of Henderson, South Carolina. In the early 1990s, design, ownership and production...

Letters.
June 1, 2000... A few simple requests. I would like you to do an article on the 10 best two-place, cross-country-type kitbuilt airplanes for under $15,000 that an average 6-foot-2, 240-pound American male or female can build and fit into. Most of the articles that you and the popular airplane magazines...

It's spring, and aviation news is good, mostly.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... We pilots have reason to cheer the passage of AIR-21, the congressional legislation that finally breaks open the coffers of the country's aviation trust fund. AOPA had particular cause to crow as it has worked for more than 10 years to unlock the money that we have paid through aviation...