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  1. ZacYates

    Pegasus spitfire MK9 update

    Excellent work Bart, she's looking terrific!!
  2. ZacYates

    Warbird Replicas that will Never Happen

    When I read "half-scale Gnat" I think "radio control"!! When I saw my first one I had to look down into the cockpit!
  3. ZacYates

    Warbird Replicas that will Never Happen

    I've wanted one for ages, so I'm on board!
  4. ZacYates

    Warbird Replicas that will Never Happen

    Scaled, but: Popular Mechanics Apr 1988 pg71 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
  5. ZacYates

    Spitfire

    RNZAF F4Us and FG-1D Corsairs had their guns patched. Perhaps it's more common among British Commonwealth air arms?
  6. ZacYates

    B-29 Replica Takes Shape

    My girlfriend had no idea about kit/plan/homebuilt aircraft until she met me. Neither did most of the students in my A&P course until our tutor mentioned it off-hand.
  7. ZacYates

    Bristol Bulldog

    Thanks so much for sharing! There's an existing thread on the forum here with some great videos: https://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/threads/ed-storos-bristol-bulldog.37926/
  8. ZacYates

    B-29 Replica Takes Shape

    Filming the flight, according to the news.
  9. ZacYates

    Contenders for National Championship Air Races from 2025

    It's all well and good suggesting new venues but RARA has identified six contenders and they are visiting Pueblo right now. They're not asking for more options (yet?). If all this discussion is in aid of another organisation yet to make itself known then that discussion should probably be split...
  10. ZacYates

    B-29 Replica Takes Shape

    Oh dear! Poor lady!
  11. ZacYates

    B-29 Replica Takes Shape

    He had a Connie lined up for another race but the rulemakers - or was it the other pilots? - thought that was a step too far!
  12. ZacYates

    Spitfire

    I think I made a wrong turn somewhere, for some reason I thought this was a thread discussing Tim Wall's spitfire replica.
  13. ZacYates

    Spitfire

    My 29yo girlfriend (I'm 36) didn't know about kitplanes or plans-built machines until I met her, and now she's really keen to get to Oshkosh to celebrate the builders. Just goes to show you never know!
  14. ZacYates

    60 Percent Bear Cat

    This Bearcat project looks terrific! Thanks for sharing so many photos, it'd be great to see more updates.
  15. ZacYates

    Warbird Replicas 75% F4U

    Fantastic progress!
  16. ZacYates

    Tucano Replica

    In fact that's exactly what the website calls it!
  17. ZacYates

    Contenders for National Championship Air Races from 2025

    A press release from the Reno Air Racing Association: Six cities announced as potential future home of National Championship Air Races Bidders responded to a request for proposal sent out by Reno Air Racing Association earlier this year Reno, Nev. – Over fifteen hundred pages of supporting...
  18. ZacYates

    Warbird Replicas that will Never Happen

    I was referring the CG-4A!
  19. ZacYates

    Lincoln Sport Bi-Plane Plans

    Oh my, that is very pretty! I was never really "sold" on the look of the Flitzer but this...this is gorgeous!
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