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 ...

Keeping a builder's log is an important part of constructing an Experimental aircraft-but it's rarely anyone's favorite task. The KitFlight app aims to change that, offering a modern, mobile-first ...

MEXICO, Mo. — In a hangar in central Missouri, pieces are built and put into a kit for customers to purchase. Zenith Aircraft Company has been manufacturing kit airplanes in Mexico, Missouri, since ...

Epic Aircraft was founded in 2004 as a general aviation manufacturer focused on producing high-performance airplanes. In its ...

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (KWQC) - Students from three schools in the Quad Cities are working together to build a small airplane at a shop in Eldridge. It started in 2021 when Pleasant Valley High School ...

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (KWQC/Gray News) - A group of students in Iowa are working together to build a small airplane. The project began in 2021 when Pleasant Valley High School purchased a kit to build a ...

The North Idaho High School Aerospace Program (ACES) reached a significant goal on October 4, 2025, when the Federal Aviation Administration inspected and certified two student-built airplanes as ...

MADISON COUNTY, Neb. (KOLN) - A retired farmer has completed a project that lasted more than a decade. Mike Nahrstedt built his own aircraft from a kit called a Zenith 750 STOL. “For such a little ...