While the initial promise of affordable Light Sport Aircraft (LSAs) has largely been unmet due to "feature creep" leading to higher prices, building an experimental ...

HOMEDALE — Building a model airplane used to be a popular childhood pastime. As adults, some aviation enthusiasts take that passion to the next level: building their own flyable airplanes. But they ...

Today there are over 30,000 homebuilt aircraft on the FAA’s registry. It’s estimated there may be another 30,000 under construction. When it comes to the question of how to build an airplane, there ...

For nearly 50 years, Van’s Aircraft Inc. has offered a series of low-wing, all-aluminum kit planes popular with those who like to fly airplanes they assemble with their own hands. The Aurora, ...

For all of you who have mastered assembling IKEA furniture, and are dreaming to fly high in the sky, we’re giving you 5 easiest kit airplanes to build from scratch! Isn’t this a great time to be alive ...

The Japanese are making progress on the eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) market, with aircraft manufacturer Tetra Aviation recently announcing its first commercially available personal ...

Discover why the Zvezda SU-27 Flanker model kit is a favorite among hobbyists, offering excellent surface detail, ...

GALION - A group of men walked into a hangar at the Galion airport Tuesday, immediately encircling an airplane they've been building for several months. "We like to have at least one project going at ...

NAPLES, Fla. (WKRC) - A group of Florida students is shooting for the sky, and they recently got to see their hard work soar. The Naples Youth Aviation Project is made up of 11 talented teens who, ...

Growing up in tiny Frederic, Wisconsin, the Karl brothers were always tinkering. Always building something — “or taking things apart, probably more often than building things,” says oldest brother ...

The Old Dominion Chapter (339) of the Experimental Aircraft Association was awarded its charter by Paul Poberezny, EAA president, on Dec. 12,1969. Since that time the membership numbers have ...