A California pilot has died after smashing his 'experimental homebuilt' plane into a dirt slope 50 seconds into flight. Horrific photographs show the wreckage of the single-engine Vans RV8, which ...

Authorities with the National Transportation Safety Board announced on Sunday that a single-engine plane that crashed Saturday, killing one person aboard, was an “experimental homebuilt vans RV-8″ ...

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One person was killed when an “experimental homebuilt” single-engine plane crashed just a block away from a Southern California airport. The deadly incident occurred around 12:40 p.m. Saturday near ...

CORONA, Calif. (KABC) -- One person died Saturday after a single-engine Vans RV8 crashed in Corona, authorities said. The incident happened around 12:40 p.m. near the intersection of Auburndale and W.

The pilot of a "homebuilt" plane has died after the aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from an airport in California. The single-engine plane crashed on a street near Corona Municipal Airport ...

Two tragic plane crashes in two weeks have exposed a booming interest in home-built aircraft - a phenomenon the FAA says has tripled in popularity since the 1980s. Four people died when a ...

CHICAGO — As a flight adviser, Ron Liebmann’s official duty is to evaluate the skills of a pilot preparing to fly an airplane for the first time. He starts by talking about experience. Then Liebmann ...

Raised at Maule Field (3NP), Keith Phillips is a tireless advocate for homebuilts, the EAA, and his airpark at Spruce Creek, Florida (7FL6). Of the roughly 100,000 active single-piston-engine ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Homebuilt aircraft enthusiasts stayed loyal to the experimental plane that John Denver flew to his death despite a string of accidents over recent years. Long EZ aircraft such as ...

As a flight adviser, Ron Liebmann’s official duty is to evaluate the skills of a pilot preparing to fly an airplane for the first time. He starts by talking about experience. Then Liebmann morphs into ...