Kitplane Construction


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The "How To" manual you've been looking for! Why you should build your own aircraft. Deciding whether you can afford it. Picking the right kitplane.




Kitplane Construction


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This is a guide to choosing, building and flying homebuilt planes. This edition includes information on available kitplane designs, and quality control data providing tips for reducing future maintenance problems by taking specific steps during construction.




Kit Airplane Construction


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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Featuring new and classic kitplane designs, this proven bestseller is the most current and comprehensive resource available on choosing, building, and flying homebuilt planes. Covering tubing and fabric, wood, traditional sheet metal, and the latest composites, Kit Airplane Construction uses step-by-step instructions and detailed case studies of kitplane models to give amateur plane builders the knowledge needed to create and fly their own aircraft.




Out of the Basement


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Bob Chambers has been cartooning all of his life from a start in the third grade. Along the way his work has appeared in Air Force base newspapers around the world beginning with his years in Vietnam, and drawing for the Air Force News Service in 1966. Since then he has appeared in Saturday Evening Post, Private Pilot, Air and Space, Pacific Stars and Stripes, Aero, Wings West, Sport Flying (England). He is currently in his 27th year with Kitplanes Magazine. This book is a compilation of his cartoons that readers of Kitplanes eagerly look forward to each month. Bob's insights into the fears, foibles, and unexpected joys experienced by builders of kit planes are ingeniously revealed in these hilarious cartoons. Every guy who ever built an airplane in his garage, and every wife who stood by him throughout the process will find their own story in at least one of Bob's clever illustrations.










Aiming High


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Not being good at listening to detractors, the author made aviation history by becoming the first person to fly solo around the world twice - in his single engined home-made kit plane. This is the remarkable story of his achievements.




Popular Mechanics


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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.




Official Gazette


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Popular Mechanics


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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.