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, ...

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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 ...

When Harold Chapman first toured the Just Aircraft factory in Walhalla, South Carolina, in August 2019, he knew he had found something special. "I walked out of the plant and I told my wife, ‘I think ...

Van’s Aircraft filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week begs the question: How can the largest and most successful company in the kit-aircraft world find itself in this situation? With ...

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin—Stratos Aircraft is taking an interim step in its move to certify a very light jet by first offering the aircraft as a kit. The six-seat aircraft, unveiled here at EAA AirVenture ...

The idea of buying a kit vehicle might not bring to mind a luxury lifestyle, just like the thought of building your own helicopter at home will definitely get you thinking that it’s not the safest way ...

We’ve certainly been hearing a lot lately about the Terrafugia Transition, the “roadable aircraft” designed to be driven on the road or flown in the air. While it’s been designed from scratch as a ...