MEXICO, Mo. — When Dennis Sapp travels the 30-something miles from his Columbia home to Moberly to enjoy lunch with his friends, he rarely does something as humdrum as drive a car. Instead, he opts ...

MEXICO, Mo. — In a hangar in central Missouri, pieces are built and put into a kit for customers to purchase. Zenith Aircraft Company has been manufacturing kit airplanes in Mexico, Missouri, since ...

The Zenith Aircraft Homecoming marked its 34th year this September in Mexico, Missouri, continuing its reputation as one of the largest and most vibrant kit aircraft gatherings in the country. For ...

Bob Hannah works on airplanes for a living, but the mechanic from Rising Sun, Ind., has always wanted to build his own. At Mexico, Mo., Memorial Airport last week, in the only hangar with any signs of ...

For the general aviation community, updates of the 2004 sport pilot rule that arrived earlier this year in the form of Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC), the FAA's ...

The assets of SAM Aircraft have been acquired by the sons of aircraft designer Chris Heintz, the owners and operators of Zenith Aircraft Co. and Zenair Ltd. SAM Aircraft was founded as a builder of ...