The question comes up regularly at fly-ins and EAA chapter meetings, usually voiced by someone shopping around the ...

The Oregon Aviation Historical Society is hosting its 4th Annual Great Oregon Homebuilt Fly-In on September 3rd at Jim Wright Memorial Field in Cottage Grove, Oregon. The event will feature homebuilt ...

This Bede BD-4 at the 1991 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh joined the hundreds built from an $1,800 kit introduced by Jim Bede in 1970. Homebuilt aircraft have been called symbols of two intrinsically ...

First flights of amateur-built aircraft are statistically risky, with a significant portion of accidents occurring during this phase due to builder error, powerplant ...

T he Zenith Aircraft Homecoming marked its 34th year this September in Mexico, Missouri, continuing its reputation as one of ...

A 78-year-old Independence man was killed in a plane crash southwest of Scio Sunday afternoon. Dennis Jackson was piloting a plane referred to by the Federal Aviation Administration as an Experimental ...

Going on a solo boat trip, taking an all-terrain vehicle off-road, or flying an amateur-built or experimental aircraft are all adrenaline-pumping endeavors for people with an adventurous spirit. But ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Two people were injured Monday night when the homebuilt airplane they were flying lost control and flipped while they were attempting to land at a small central Arkansas airport.

CULPEPER COUNTY, Va. — A homebuilt experimental aircraft crashed and left one person dead in Culpeper County Friday afternoon, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Virginia ...