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We offer a collection of articles from various sources about our airplanes, presented here for your reading enjoyment. If you are looking for even more information, we also offer reprint packages of many articles concerning a particular aircraft we offer, which saves you the hassle of trying to track down numerous magazines as well as provides a good overview from a variety of authors. If you have any items to add or additional information that should be listed here, please let us know!

Good Resources
Our friends over at the Cozy Builder’s group have done the hard work to completely index many Sport Aviation, Experimenter, and Kitplanes magazines, providing an extensive and accurate index (often with added descriptions of photos, etc.) This is a real boon for researching any homebuilt or sport aircraft or topic. They don’t provide the articles themselves, but it will help you know exactly where to look. Three cheers to Thomas Decker, Fred Mahan and Owen Strawn for their work on this project!

Cozy Builders’ Magazine Indices:
Sport Aviation**: 1950’s 1960’s 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s
EAA Experimenter**: 12/86 – 12/98
Kitplanes: 1/85 – 12/98

** A Note Concerning Sport Aviation and Experimenter Magazines:
Early (1950s era) editions of Sport Aviation actually carried the title Experimenter. The EAA lists these magazines as Sport Aviation, even though the magazines themselves (and the footers of the articles) bear the name Experimenter. EAA Experimenter was re-launched as a separate publication many years later. Articles published in these early editions of Sport Aviation (Experimenter) may be listed under either name here, though articles we scan will usually be listed by the name actually printed on the magazine.

[ AIRCRAFT ]  SKYBOLT

Boltin’ Skybolt

A round engine gives this Skybolt character (From Sport Aviation, 12/2002, Page 28) By Budd Davisson Photography by Leeann Abrams [...]

Bolt From The Blue

Steen Skybolt G-BVXE - 1998 Air Squadron Trophy winner (From Popular Flying, 11/12 1998, Page 32) By Ed Hicks Photography by [...]

The Boss’ Toy

Hale Wallace's Skybolt (From Sport Aviation, 06/1998, Page 74) By Budd Davisson Photography by Jim Koepnick and Leslie Hilbert My [...]

Skybolt Savvy

The third time is also a charm for Henry Pierce. (From Kitplanes, 01/1998, Page 10) By Howard Levy Photography by [...]

Skybolt With A Difference

George Morse used this aircraft as a test bed for the Oldsmobile engine that powers his Prowler (From Sport Pilot [...]

Beyond the Super Skybolt

The author and his partner finish a great airplane project and prepare it for the airshow circuit. (From Kitplanes, 11/1995, [...]

Steen Aero Lab and the Skybolt

A Study in Longevity (From Sport Aviation, 07/1994, Page 89) By Budd Davisson Photography by Budd Davisson and Hale Wallace [...]

A Bolt in the Blue

The Steen Skybolt is as popular as ever, according to this survey. (From Kitplanes, 07/1992) By Don Downie The Steen [...]

Aerobatic Skybolt

This beautifully finished Steen Skybolt is one of the homebuilt stars of the Northwest (From Sport Flying, 08/1979) By Michael [...]

The Agony and the Ecstasy

Jack Hamblin's Skybolt Project By Jack Hamblin Photography by Jack Hamblin Jack Hamblin (EAA 86780) P.O. Box 201 King Salmon, [...]

Steen’s Bi-Wing Super Bird

We Fly The Skybolt (From Sport Flying, 10/1977, Page 34) By Budd Davisson My mind was yelling at me, "Aaahy, [...]

[ AIRCRAFT ]  PITTS SPECIAL

The Pitts Special

Return of a Legendary Standard (From Sport Aviation, 01/1999, Page 94) By Budd Davisson What's the old saying? What goes [...]

Happy Birthday, Curtis!

(From Sport Aviation, 12/1990, Page 33)  By H.G. Frautschy Photography by H.G. Frautschy, Budd Davisson, EAA Now and then [...]

Thank You, Mr. Pitts

(From Sport Aviation, 05/1973, Page 26) By Tom Poberezny   LATE IN MARCH, I had the opportunity to attend an [...]

[ AIRCRAFT ]  KNIGHT TWISTER  

The Knight Twister

(From Unknown magazine, ?? 19??, Page 60) By John W. Underwood A model 75-85 Knight Twister Junior with 15 foot [...]

Knight Twister – First Flight

Gilbert/Parker Franklin-Powered Knight Twister 'Tiny Tiger' (From Experimenter, 07/1993, Page 21) By Bob Gilbert EAA 4900 This article was reposted [...]

Chutzpah!

Aircraft of the EAA Air Museum Collection Prototype (From Sport Aviation, 05/1981, Page 22) By Fred B. Kacena Photography by [...]

Knight Twister Chutzpah

Rare aircraft in EAA Museum (From Sport Aviation, 01/1980, Page 15) Photography by Lee Fray (Photo by Lee Fray) [...]

Twister’s Sisters

A Pictorial Collection of Knight Twisters, Now and Then (From Homebuilt Aircraft (Air Trails), Summer 1971, Page 60) By Staff Designed [...]

Knight Twister ‘Imperial’

(From Sport Aviation, 06/1971, Page 16) By C.D. 'Don' Fairbanks Photography by R.W. Fyan, Jr.   THE KNIGHT TWISTER "IMPERIAL" [...]

Parsons Knight ‘Twister’

(From Sport Aviation, 05/1964, Page 6) By Wayne Streeter Photography by Wayne Streeter, except as noted By Wayne Streeter, EAA [...]

Accident Corner

Report on Crash of Redfern Knight Twister (Described in Jan. 56 Experimenter) (From Sport Aviation (Experimenter), 01 (?) 1958 (?), Page [...]

The Sablar Special

(From Sport Aviation (Experimenter), 02/1958, Page 5) By Tony Sablar Tony Sablar, 540 Ray Ave., NW, New Philadelphia, Ohio, has [...]

Straight Wing Knight Twister

(From Sport Aviation (Experimenter), 01/1956, Page 11) Walter Redfern's snappy little "Knight Twister" is shown snuggled under the mammoth [...]

High In Popularity

(From Experimenter, 12/1953, Page 4) By Leo J. Kohn Photography by Leo J. Kohn "KNIGHT TWISTER" Tail View (Photo [...]

Knight Twister Junior

Designed by Vernon W. Payne (From Air Trails, 07/1949, Page 34) By Air Trails Staff [one_third last="no" spacing="yes" center_content="no" hide_on_mobile="no" [...]

Payne Knight Twister

(From Air Trails, June or July 1938, Page 19) Pilots who have flown the Twister "hands off" in bumpy air, say [...]

The New Knight Twister

Here it is, fellows! It's your old Knight Twister of three years ago but it's all dressed up now, performance [...]

More About the Knight Twister

Here are the final details of that interesting little biplane called the 'Knight Twister.' As soon as the ship has [...]

Determining the C. G. Location

Here, Mr. Payne answers an oft repeated request. He shows how to calculate the location of the center of gravity, [...]

[ OTHER ] SCALE MODELS

The Knight Twister

Control-Line (CL) Model Plans (From American Aircraft Modeler, March/April 1968) By J. Triggs These plans for a control line model of [...]

[ OTHER ] INFORMATION AND HISTORY

Flying High

Air show at Blackwell Field today to honor aerobatics design pioneer (From Dothan Eagle (Alabama), 11/04/ 2003, Page 1B) By Faith [...]

Steen Aero Lab

New millennium technology meets the biplane (From Sport Aviation, 08/2002, Page 56) By Budd Davisson Photography by Phil High and [...]

Pioneer Designers

Perspectives On The Homebuilt Movement (From Sport Aviation, 03/1988, Page 43) By David A. Gustafson Photography by David A. Gustafson [...]

Boom in Two-Place Baby Biplanes

(From Private Pilot, 08/1973, Page 12) By Dennis Shattuck Photography by Paul A. Wilkinson (Cover photo) WHEN YOU'RE USED to [...]

[ OTHER ] HISTORICAL ADVERTISEMENTS
[ VIDEO – TV – FILM ] SKYBOLT – VIDEO / TV / FILM APPEARANCES

EAA Sport Flying No. 20

Formerly Sport Aviation Video No. 821, originally aired on the SpeedVision network This video (available from the EAA) contains two [...]

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