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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 ...

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, ...

It’s a familiar scene, replayed in garages and workshops across the country for the better part of a half-century: the arrival of an airplane kit. For some, it's a stack of boxes and a long tube or ...