“But I love building things, and it seemed the most affordable way to own your own plane.” The company he bought his kit from, Van’s Aircraft of Aurora, Oregon, is the largest of that kind ...

The Bearhawk kit came with the basic airframe, tail suspension, brake system, wings, fairings, windshield, and engine mount.

Sonex is a basic metal two-place kit-built aircraft that is economical and easy to build. Designed to meet the standards for ...

Among the reasons Lux was attracted was the option to purchase a “quick build” kit. That meant some of the airplane’s major components — such as the tubular steel fuselage and aluminum ...

Building an airplane is no easy feat ... Nope; he’s making his designs on Adobe, then bringing them to life with a small kit of tools consisting of nothing but manila folders, Tacky Glue ...