Archives
by subject is organized by the feature article (the one at the top)
for that particular week.
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Pre-2008 editions
ACCIDENTS
2008 was on of safest for RV pilots - January
3, 2009
A look at the RV fatal accident rate - October
21, 2006
A weekend of tragedies - December
9, 2006
Crash kills Bruce MacKinnon - July 12,
2008
Despite recent crashes, homebuilt plane pilots remain enthusiastic -
July 19, 2008
Pair escapes UK RV crash - September 13,
2008
Steve Raddatz killed in Alabama midair - May
30, 2009
Tragedy strikes Wisconsin aviator (Chris Good) - June
24, 2006
New York Cirrus accident - transition training - October
14, 2006
Why homebuilts crash - April
6, 2007
BBQ
The 2007 RV BBQ - See slideshow
BUILDING
Building in a bad economy - December 13,
2008
Finding motivation in an online media player - April
1, 2006
Getting out of the rut - September
23, 2006
The long way home - Building over many years - March
14, 2009
Videos to help you learn to build - April
21,2007
CG and the RV-8 -
February 14, 2009
BUILDER
PROFILES
Airpark living - November 22, 2008
The 16-month RV-7 (Mark Chamberlain) - December
23, 2006
Chasing the morning sun (Manuel Queiroz) - March
18, 2006
Leap of faith - Jack Beck and Marmy Clason - August
16, 2008
The amazing flying machine (Paul Dye) - April
22, 2006
The need for speed (Dick Martin ) -
March 11, 2006
Rick Gray interview - May 2, 2009
Steve Formal's RV-8 - July
8, 2006
My other plane is a B-1 (Kyle Wilson) - August
19, 2006
Stupid builder tricks - Dumb things we do - October
14, 2006
Meet #5,000 - February
17, 2007
Jim Maddox's RV-7A - May
5, 2007
James Clark - Building
and flying with friends - July 12, 2008
Richard Fazio: Back from the fire - January
31, 2009
Tom Berge - May 30, 2009
Dan Reeves - June 28, 2008
BUYING
AND SELLING
RV gold - April
15, 2006
How not to buy an RV - February 28, 2009
COMPANY
INFORMATION
An evening at Van's - June
10, 1006
Sport Pilot TV highlights Van's - April
8, 2006
CANOPY
Approaching the canopy - February 28, 2009
Cutting the canopy - March
24, 2007
When the bubble breaks - September
2, 2006
Canopies of Oshkosh 2007 -
See feature
Rear skirts - August 16, 2008
CONSTRUCTION
OK, class, let's build - April
29, 2006
Drilling out rivets on the rear spar doubler - January
13, 2007
Edge-distance penalty - Part 2 - April
21, 2007
Flap hole - Tackling the flap hole - August
26, 2006
Gear leg fairings - Papa Golf gets some gear leg fairings - December
30, 2006
Painting - Roll your own - May
20, 2006
Pre-inspection up close - March
10, 2007
Rebuilding a damaged RV- July 12, 2008
Return fuel vapor lines - November
25, 2006
Soundproofing your RV - July
1, 2006
The Jedi Guide to RV Construction - September
27, 2008
Tube bending - The art of the bend - December
16, 2006
What would you do differently -
May 13, 2006
COWLINGS
The Holy Cowl - June 7, 2008
FIBERGLASS
Fiberglass 102 - October 25, 2008
FIREWALL FORWARD
Installing the Lightspeed ignition system - May
27, 2006
Mysteries of firewall forward - May 16,
2009
Pete Howell's Do-it-yourself plenum - October
25, 2008
The Holy Cowl - June 7, 2008
FLIGHT
TESTS
Flight testing your RV - June
3, 2006
Transition training for RV pilots - January
20, 2007
Should you do high-speed taxi tests? - January 31, 2009
FLY-INS
Big Bend Weekend - February
24, 2007
Boone RV fly-in 2007 - See
feature
Furey Fly-in - July 19, 2008
Land of Enchantment 2006 - October
21, 2006
Land of Enchantment '08 - October 25, 2008
Lakeland RV fly-in - January
27, 2007
Multimedia: The RVers of Oshkosh - August
2, 2008
Northeast RV fly-in 2008 - June 7, 2008
Oh, Oshkosh! - July
29, 2006
Oshkosh Diary 2007 - August 4, 2007
Oshkosh Diary 2008 - August 2, 2008
Peach tree fly-in 2007 - See
feature
Portugal fly-out review - April
21, 2007
Sun 'n Fun 2009 - May 2, 2009
Van's Homecoming 2006 - September
9, 2006
RV Aerobatics -SoCal RV Rendezvous - March
17, 2007
FLYING
Flying in the Bahamas - May 2, 2009
I learned about flying an RV from that - January
17, 2009
Ohio Valley
RVators in perfect form -
May 6, 2006
Tim Olson's RV-10 adventures -
Decemeber 16, 2006
North to Alaska! - March
10, 2007
The right stuff (Tom Martin) - February
28, 2009
Flying the New York City corridor - May
12, 2007
FUEL
LINES
Running fuel lines in "A" models - June
21, 2008
INSPECTIONS
Getting your RV inspected - May 31, 2008
JUDGING
Building an award-winning RV - August 2, 2008
LANDING
GEAR
Landing gear modifications - June 21, 2008
LIGHTING
Where should you mount your strobe power supply? - November
18, 2006
Lighten up: Less expensive alternatives - March
31, 2007
Nose gear landing light tip - September
27, 2008
PAINTING
TIPS
Paint run removal - June 21, 2008
PLANNING
YOUR PROJECT
So you want to build an RV? - September
16, 2006
PRODUCTS
Vertical Power is ready to fly (includes audio) - June
2007
Weathermeister debuts on premium stage - November
4, 2006
INSTRUMENT
PANELS
Beginning an electrical system design for your RV aircraft - February
3, 2007
Inside a Van's gauge - September 13, 2008
Instrument panels - Principles and myths of instrument panel design
- June
17, 2006
Where dreams meet metal - March
25, 2006
Different airplane, different mission, different panel -
December
2, 2006
Researching engine monitors - February
24, 2007
SAFETY
APRS tracking for dummies and geniuses - June
28, 2008
Surviving in an RV - October 11, 2008
Van revisits the higher gross weight limit issue - October
21, 2006
The Nose gear debate - November
11, 2006
Aviation Safety: Doug Rozendaal speaks to the Twin Cities RV group -
April 4, 2009
SERVICE
BULLETIN FIXES
RV-10 service bulletin in pictures - June
21, 2008
VAN's
MODELS
RV-12 gets EAA love - November 8, 2008
WINGS
Do-it-yourself wing mating - July 15, 2006
Archive
by Date
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2006
March
11
Dick Martin on speed modifications; complying with the fuel pick-up
service bulletin.
March 18
Manuel Queiroz tries to break solo record; building on a budget.
March 25
Planning your panel; hurricane-ruined plane gets second life;
Oregon's RV-16s
April 1
Videos provide builder motivation; sons restore dad's RV-3; instrument
panel clinic
April 8
Sport Pilot TV highlights Van's; images from Sun 'n Fun; Capetown
fly-in
April 15
What are RVs worth? Beginning wiring; Profile: Jim Cone.
April 22
Paul Dye's "amazing flying machine" ; Eustace Bowhay
dies; Builder's motivation day in Houston.
April 29
Cal Polytech students build an RV; working with metal; How to
register your homebuilt.
May 6
Ohio Valley RVators in perfect form; One killed in RV fly-out;
Anatomy of a switch failure
May 13
What would you do different? RV insurance survey results; Flying
the RV-10
May 20
Painting your airplane; Oshkosh BBQ preview; Scenes from SWRFI
May 27
Installing the Lightspeed ignition system; RV-12 update; constant
speed vs. fixed pitch.
June 3
Flight testing your homebuilt airplane; Van takes on gross weight
violators; Tribute to Ron Russell.
June 10
An evening at Van's; Van’s Club France Fly In La Baule 2006;
Vibration control.
June 17
Principles and myths of instrument panel design; Investigating
accidents; Moving the plane to the airport.
June 24
Tragedy strikes Wisconsin RVator; Boone, Iowa fly-in; Flying with
Mom; talking airspeed indicator.
July 1
Soundproofing your RV; Traffic avoidance options; New nose fork
explored; Tribute to Chris Good.
July 8
Steve Formal's RV-8; Where to mount the strobe power supply; A
safety record comparison.
July 15
Do-it-yourself RV wing mating; Crossfire's fly-in; Fuel systems
for homebuilt airplanes; The value of transition training.
July 29
Oh, Oshkosh!; Passenger killed in Oshkosh RV accident: RV-12 makes
Oshkosh debut; Fixing the RV-10 heat tunnel problem.
August 19
Profile: Kyle Wilson; A day in the life of the Palmetto Flight;
Oshkosh revisited; Front axel and fork wear issue.
August 26
How to slow down an RV; Pilot killed in Wyoming crash; Tackling
the flap hole in an RV-7/9.
September 2
What to do when the canopy cracks; RV-6 crash kills two in Calif.;
leaning the engine.
September
9
Van's Homecoming 2006; Wyoming crash update; aileron travel stop
bracket
September
16
So you want to build an RV?...Paul Dye: Rocketman; Behind the
scenes at the AirVenture Cup race
September
23
Getting out of the rut; Never too old to build an airplane; Profile:
Ray Chaplin; A canopy kit with an airplane thrown in; RV-12 to
get glass panel.
September 30
Glasair vs. RV vs. Legacy; What you need checklist; Diesel, ethanol & batteries; Wiring "the stick"
October 7
The search for N2700Q;Hangar heaven at the Home wing; Probable
cause determined in fatal RV crash; Purge valve installations:
October
14
Stupid builder tricks; transitioning to an RV; behind the Land
of Enchantment; price hikes announced.
October 21
A look at the RV fatal accident rate; Van revisits the higher gross weight issue; Land of Enchantment review; the load analysis.
November 4
Weathermeister debuts on premium stage; Larry Olson killed in Arizona crash; Breakfast in Lone Rock; Profile: Steve and Barb Steinhoff; RV-8 captures Copperstate honors.
November 11
The nose gear debate; Randy Lervold's paint clinic; RV-12 flies for the first time; RV-10 door hinge clearance issues.
November 18
Where should you mount your strobe power supply?; LED installation documented; Van's releases nose gear data; SportAir avionics workshops reviewed; A diesel RV?
November 25
Return fuel vapor line; attaching the rudder bottom; RV-12 first flight video; Little River fly-in; RV pilot profile: John Musgrave.
December 2
Different airplane, different mission, different panel; Flyout to Petit Jean; Check for improperly crimped cables; How to measure "X" distance from edge.
December 9
A weekend of tragedies; Genesis of an RV-10 building group; RV aircraft turbine engines; The art of nose art; The Rocket 100; First RV-10 parts arrive in France.
December 16
The art of tube bending; Quarterly meeting of the MN. Wing of Van's Air Force; Canopy installation option for the RV-6; High marks for Mattituck seminar; Rocket crash kills two in Calif.; RV-4 restoration project; Editor's Page: Don't give up on dreams.
December 23
The 16-month RV-7 (Mark Chamberlain);Four-place hot-rod instrument panel;RV-6 as an "exploratory tool"; How to do wiring; SteinAir offering wiring DVDs.
December 30
Papa Golf gets some gear leg fairings; Direct 2 Avionics closes; Superior recalls engines; Changes announces at Sun-n-Fun.
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2007
January 7
My RV-10 experience; the year's first fly-in; Chelton owners form new support group;Oshkosh BBQ planning begins; Editor's Page: "I think I can."
January 13
Drilling out rivets; Whelen tail light strobe modification; $10.5 million jury award in death of RV pilot; Van's France fly-in announced; Editor's Page: "Where does my airplane come from, Daddy?"
January 20
Transition training for RV pilots; RV index updated; Mozambique fly-out planned; Caribbean cruise... at altitude; Speed brakes on an RV-10; Colin Walker passes away.
January 27
RV fly-in season begins; Students reach for a higher plane; adapting IR alternators to aircraft; Ed Bank's RV-7; New ELTs: How much is your life worth?;Organizing your shop. Editor's Page: Complaints from transition training article.
February 3
Beginning an electrical system design for your RV aircraft; EAA NWEAA ask for verdict to be overturned in RV crash; Rick Gray OK after emergency landing; Grove gear alignment; Using baggage floor space.
February 17
Meet RV #5,000; headset review; Mark Chamberlain in engine-out ordeal; "In the Mag" debuts; The long road to building an RV; Editor's Page: Handling waning enthusiasm.
February 24
Researching engine monitors; Ken Beene's RV-4; Big Bend weekend; Editor's Page: (Dis)organization.
March 3
Harnessing technology to help people with disabilities' SoCal RVators hold gathering; Dynon playback tool offered; Install an angle of attack indicator; Texas fly-in date picked; RVators storm the Beltway.
March 10
Charlie Kaluza's trip to Alaska; The pre-inspection;Martin Sutter nominated for Bingelis Award; Advice to dreamers; Jim Percy's first flight slideshow.
March 17
SoCal RV Rendezvous: Osh BBQ update; New series in Kitplanes on Avionics by Stein Bruch; Auburn fly-in images; Who says flying is a rich man's game; Editor's Page: Spring
March 24
Cutting the canopy; Flying the RV-4; RV pilot was at controls of jumbo (A380);Builder profile: Don and Debbie Nowakowski; Editor's Page: Fighting spam
March 31
Lighting alternatives; Are you ready to make that first flight?;The homebuilding settlers in Oregon; Confessions of a repeat offender: An under-dimpling epidemic?; Editor's page: Hey, buddy, can you spare a ride?
April 7
Why homebuilts crash; RVs reunite high school classmates; RVator killed in Texas crash;A great day at Tenkiller Airpark; the two stages of funding your project; Doug Reeves interviews Jay Pratt.
April 14
Is it time for an RV safety program? Palmetto fly-in; First flight for Van.
April 21
The edge-distance penalty fix - Part 2; Using videos to learn how to build; Portugal fly-out review; static line routing; How to move a project; The art of safety wiring; Editor's Page: A father's manifesto.
April 28
A spot by the side of the runway -- RV photos; RV-12 spin testing and update; first flights the RV way; Builder profile: Bruce Pauley; RV Homecoming moving location; Editor's Page: Gee Whiz.
May 5
Jim Maddox's RV-7A; Debriefing your first flight; Spring break in an RV-6; How to glue a slider canopy on an RV-9A; RV builder designing prototype glass panel.
May
12
Flying the New York City corridor; the future of the RV Builder's
Hotline; Fighters force RV-6 to land; Selecting the proper approach
speed; Thirty fatals in 30 days.
August
4, 2007
Oshkosh diary; This one's for Tom.
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2008
May
31
Getting your RV inspected; The 180 degree turn; A different way
to cut your canopy.
June
7, 2008
the Holy Cowl; Northeast RV fly-in; the mineral oil myth; Grounded
plan provides lift; D-sub pin extraction made easy.
June
14, 2008
RV matrimony: Making it work; RV pilots operating handbook; RV-9A
towbar idea.
June
21, 2008
Landing gear changes for RV-7A; RV fly-in in Iowa etc.; Jim French
tackles the country; Teens tackle RV building challenge; RV-10
tail service bulletin in pictures; How to install a BNC connector:
Paint run removal; Fuel lines 101
June
28, 2008
APRS tracking for dummies and geniuses; Builder profile: Dan Reeves;
the RV photography of Don Neuberg; Properly attaching a rod end
bearing; Static line clip; Sam Burgess Memorial Junket update.
July
5
Ron Schreck tours every South Carolina airport; A review of RV
accidents 2007-2008; Jerry Farrell builds the RV-8; Clayton Beck
killed in RV-6 crash; Engine cooling air exit tufting: Tips on
preventing baffle cracking, edge rolling, and shielded strobe
wire splicing.
July
12
Rebuilding a damaged RV; Letters from Flyover Country: When passion
dies; Multiple RV tragedies in one week; James Clark profile.
Builders tips: Empennage tips, new canopy latch design, how to
drill out a rivet.
July
19
A look at recent RV accidents; New product: one-piece slider fairing;
Furey fly-in; Arlington fly-in; grease-gun modification; ND alternator
mod; Letter From Flyover Country: Why I'm not going to Oshkosh.
August
2, 2008
Complete Oshkosh coverage; Multimedia: The RVers of Oshkosh; Multimedia:
Building an Award-winning RV; Nose art of Oshkosh.
August
16, 2008
Leap of faith - Jack Beck and Marmy Clason's RV-9A; Motorcycle
pod for RVs; Tripping the RV way; Tips on canopy construction.
September
13, 2008
Pair escapes UK crash; transition training in Oregon; Inside a
Van's gauge; Giving Dave a Ride; MERFI; RV-12 progress on builder
Web sites; E-Mag/P-Mag service bulletin; Easy way to bleed brakes;
How to make a VFR cross-country trip tick.
September
27, 2008
The Jedi Guide to RV Building; Flushingi in the cockpit; Installing
an engine in an RV; Paint booth extractor fan; Nose cowl landing
lights; Aircraft fire enxtinguisher system
October
11, 2008
Surviving in
an RV airplane; Paul goes flying; A trip to New England and Canada;
LOE 08 opens; Video: Flying the RV-12; How to use a strap duplicator;
Roll your own smoke; painting tips.
October
25, 2008
Fiberglass 102; Pete Howell's do-it-yourself plenum; Land of Enchantment
'08; Builder Profile: Jim Wallace; Wire stripping facts and myths;
Safetying cotter pins; RV-8 baggage mod; A fix for loose RV-10
steps; Letters from Flyover Country: The Martin Jetpack.
November
8, 2008
EAA cover story on the RV-12; New RVator issue posted; Musings
on a panel; LOE plane crash update; Why we fly; Four methods of
flush-head riveting; Installing the Sam James cowl ring; Don Neuberg's
photography from Wings Over Marietta and Gary Koontz' fly-in;
Letters From Flyover Country: Closing up the hangar for winter.
November
22, 2008
Airpark living; The ELT debate; Probe of Dan Lloyd's crash could
end "within month"; Daytripping: Date night in an RV;
Formation school; Pix: N460DP; Myths of multiple battery installation;
Letters From Flyover Country: RV BBQ 2009?
December 13, 2008
Building in a bad economy; A trip to SteinAir; RVers killed in Australia crash; RV-12 builders urged to inspect for cracks; Installing the VP-50 in an RV |
2009
January 3, 2009
In the deep FRZ; 2008 was safe year for RV pilots; North Carolina crash kills RV pilot; Sedona day trip; Do-it-yourself wing jack.
January 17, 2009
I learned about flying an RV from that; Superior Air declares bankruptcy; The skinny on D-Sub connectors; Fiberglass map box; Low-cost preheater; Garmin offers WX fix; Hudson accident offers lessons for GA.
January 31, 2009
Should you do high-speed taxi tests?; Richard Fazio: Back from the fire; A tour of Mattituck; RV-12 manual changes; GAMIjectors; Dynon cancels AP76 plans; Letters from Flyover Country: Visitors.
February
14, 2009
CG and the RV-8; The rotary engine in an RV; Which is worse: Canopy
or cowling?; Anatomy of an engine failure; Video: Running Whelen
strobe cables.
February
28, 2009
Approaching the canopy project; How not to buy an RV; The right
stuff (Tom Martin); Ralph Capen's RV; Fuel pump installation blamed
for fatal RV-7 crash; Baffling baffles; How to install and remove
CherryMAX rivets; Letters From Flyover Country: There's something
about a sunrise.
March
14, 2009
The long way home -- long building periods; I39 fly-in kicks off
flying season; engine monitors; RV-12 progress report; Serious
injuries in RV-3 crash in Indiana; How to make a wiring harness;
Cutting tubing with your table saw.
April
4, 2009
Aviation safety with Doug Rozendaal; an around the world RV trip;
Replacing brake pads; wing mating; MT vs. Hartzell cruise data;
Crimping Molex connectors.
April 18, 2009
Adventure in static-pitot; RV-6 pilot killed in Florida crash; Charlie's folly; Mark Cattell's RV-9A project; Proper torgue for nose gear; Heater control modification.
May
2, 2009
Flying in the Bahamas; An interview with Rick Gray; Sun 'n Fun
2009; RVs, aerobatics, and you; Mike Willis' rotary-powered RV-4;
Anti-hangup guide for flop tubes; Cutting instrument holes with
a hole saw
May
16, 2009
The mysteries of firewall forward; Securing wing ribs to spars;
Moving the RV to a hangar; Team RV impresses the jet set; The
tech counselor visit; The care and feeding of magnetos; How to
make a good ground contact.
May
30, 2009
Why we fly; Podcast interview with Tom Berge; Steve Raddatz killed
in Alabama crash; Van on working with fiberglass; Slideshow of
Neal George's move to the hangar; Teaching kids with an RV-10;
An alternate way to align gear on an RV-8; Letters From Flyover
Country -- Hitting the wall.
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