For the reasons discussed above, some hobbyists and experimenters prefer to adapt automotive engines for their home-built aircraft, instead of using certified aircraft engines.

It was the first home-built aircraft to be offered in kit form.

Michel Colomban (born 1932 in France) is a French aeronautical engineer known for his home-built aircraft.

Like many popular car engines of the era, the Model T engine was also used on home-built aircraft (such as the Pietenpol Sky Scout) and motorboats.

Langhurst had attended the Fly-In for the past 15 years but this was the first time he had his own home-built aircraft to bring along.

On January 13, 2008, a home-built aircraft ran off the end of runway 21 after a brake failure, jumped over the hillside, landing on a service road.

EAA is a non-profit member organization, dedicated to home-built aircraft, restored aircraft, and light-sport aircraft.

In 2003 he made the first solo flight in a single-engine home-built aircraft over the South Pole.

After a number of home-built aircraft were produced from rough hand-drawn plans produced by Pitts, more professionally drawn plans went on sale in 1962.

In another feature on the world of home-built aircraft, we meet John Shanley and his futuristic Rutan Long-EZ.