Homebuilt Aircraft

I-Team: A Closer Look at Experimental Aircraft (KLAS Las Vegas)

23 Aug 2008

The Channel 8 I-Team has been researching experimental and homebuilt planes and the safety problems that have occurred nationally and here in southern Nevada.

Homebuilt plane crashes into a house near Las Vegas, killing three (Scientific American)

23 Aug 2008

An experimental, build-it-yourself Velocity 173 RG aircraft crashed into the living room of a house in Las Vegas Friday morning shortly after takeoff from the North Las Vegas airport, killing the pilot and two people inside the home, the AP reports. The pilot and one resident of the house died at the crash site, while the other died after being taken to University Medical Center in Las Vegas. ...

The M2-F1: 'Look Ma! No Wings!' (PhysOrg)

19 Aug 2008

(PhysOrg.com) -- The planned retirement of the space shuttle fleet in 2010 will bring to a close an era that opened in the Antelope Valley nearly a half century ago.