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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, ...

Textron Aviation is now selling a “gravel kit” modification for Cessna’s newly certificated SkyCourier turboprop – an option intended to enable the aircraft to operate from remote, unfinished ...

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 ...

Aircraft kit-designer Sonex has started exploring demand in the still-murky segment of amateur aviation in China, where no regulations currently exist as Beijing grapples with general aviation policy.

The FAA has terminated a temporary suspension of amateur-built aircraft kit evaluations that had been in effect since February 2008. The decision allows manufacturers of kit aircraft to resume ...

"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 ...

Qatar Airways has enhanced its operations with the acquisition of comprehensive aircraft recovery equipment – the first airline in the world to own the complete state-of-the-art kit. There are just 11 ...

Starting with a kit from Velocity Aircraft, however, can help make the monumental task slightly more manageable. Their business model revolves around selling comprehensive “experimental aircraft” kits ...