Great tour. Couldn't understand why an aircraft builder would still be using wood ribs but after your demonstration it totally makes sense. The ribs twist, deflect but they don't deform or break!
My dad and I stopped by in Sept. You were real busy but graciously took a few moments to show us around. It proved that your reputation for friendly customer service and a top rate product is well founded. Thank you for your hospitality! I’d love to own a Kitfox someday!
Excellent tour! The setup of your systems and care that goes into it explains the high quality of your product. Looking forward to flying a Kitfox someday! :)
I dont mean to be so off topic but does someone know a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb lost the password. I love any tricks you can offer me!
You and your wife were so gracious a couple of years ago when my son in low , my grandson and myself showed up without advance notice and you showed us around I did mention that I watched Trent Palmer videos. Thanks again.
Nice tour John. I’m pleased you are so invested in support of all the fleet (older models as well as newer) and quality control. I hope you folks stay at it for many years to come.
This is incredible. I just stumbled on the Kitfox and yesterday and I can't stop watching videos on it. I need this in my life. especially after this strange time we are in.
Totally awesome tour! USA made is a huge deal. Like seeing the clean and organized buildings throughout the facility! Good indicator of wonderful craftsmanship and attention to building excellent aircraft! My son and I have one goal in mind right now and that is to be flying a couple of Kitfoxes real soon. Working hard to make the dream a reality. Thank again for your dedication to the incredible world of aviation
After the pleasure of a factory visit last October with my wife - along with the equally/highly-recommendable visit to Stick & Rudder, this was fantastic recap enjoyed by us both, with LOTS of nice details added - the kind of things difficult to show when a factory is running normally, or the things you only think to ask about after a visit has soaked in. Great to see your passion, pride and detailed product knowledge shine through John; it only further strengthens our belief in you, the team and the product. Many thanks and good health to everyone at Kitfox Aircraft! :)
Thanks for the tour. Kitfox was in my sights when the aviation bug really bit. Since then I've looked at a myriad of wonderful aircraft, but always wind up back here. Love what you do, everyone stay safe and healthy.
Hi John, Thank you so much for the tour. Stay and keep others safe. Looking forward to seeing all the great things you guys are going to accomplish in the future.
Love your aircraft, my friend flies an older Kitfox and smiles like a kid in a candy store every time he flies it. I too hope to own a Kitfox one day. Thanks for the tour, I hope our friends to the south come through this tragedy quickly and in good health.
Awesome tour. I have only recently started watching videos on STOL's like Trent Palmer and Jonas Marcinko. I wish I would have gotten into aviation when I was younger (Tried in the Army for helicopters but failed the eye color test). And I live right next to a small airport here on Long Island. Great video. Very interesting!! Thanks for making it,
Nice factory tour your shop looks so sharp & tidy. We are locked up in New Zealand for 4 weeks at present untill further notice. We are able to go out for a walk during the day as long as we stay at least 2 meters apart . My kitfox 4 is in a hangar 4 hours drive away so not sure when I will be able to fly again , best wishes to everyone where ever you may be.
I have loved the KitFox airplanes since I first saw them back in the 1980's. It was heartbreaking when the original company had problems and went under...and then along came John. What you have done for this beloved, little airplane is magnificent! Seeing at your operations there (thanks so much for the great tour!) and seeing the twinkle in your eyes and hearing the pride in your voice as you describe your operations, employees, tooling, etc., it is very apparent how you feel about KitFox Aircraft. And it just keeps on getting better. Have you been inducted into the EAA Sport Aviation Hall of Fame yet? If not, you will be soon! Take care/fly safe/live long!
Loved seeing this tour! I've been following Trent since he was rather new on his channel and have never been to your facility - this is really inspiring!
I really enjoyed that video, and it made such a refreshing change that it was mace by someone who is obviously not an actor, but equally obviously knows the whole job from start to finish and is familiar with all aspects of it. I am so impressed by the layout of your shops and with how tidy and clean they are. Should I ever be fortunate enough to be in a position to afford one of your airplanes I will come and see you in person.
Absolutely fantastic! Thank you for doing this, especially at this time. I really learned a lot and am amazed by your facilities. I had no idea how much work you did in house. Continue the great work guys/gals.
What a solid American company. I appreciate keeping as much of the materials, parts, and assembly here in America. You could make more money going to Mexico like Bearhawk does. Integrity makes your bed so much more restful.
Awesome video John. I am excited for the future to become a kitfox family. Cant wait to see the panel assembly setup. Great explanation! See you at oshkosh
Great tour. That was neat to see. Kitfox was well represented at The Lone Star Stol Competition. That was my first one to see one in person. It was very confidence instilling. Flight school is a little postponed with the social distancing but when i get back on track ill hopefully be getting back with you guys.
Great tour. I miss my KITFOX IV SPEEDSTER. It’s currently residing on a farm in Iceland. I’d like to build one but at 73 I’m not sure I have the runway left to tackle such a project. Meanwhile I hope to soon finish a RANS S-19
Thanks for the tour John! I recently finished up a TW endorsement and it's been fun to share the pattern with you at KEUL in my Luscombe. A Kitfox is a "someday" goal!
Great Tour! I am a flying and airplane enthusiast. It is great to see manufacturing done in the US and the attention you take to using US parts and materials. If I could get my pilot listen I would surely buy a kit fox.
Excellent video! Years ago I worked with someone who eventually went to Skystar/Kitfox. His name is Ed Downs. I have often wondered what happened to him.
Thanks for the tour John! So cool to see your facility and how your planes are built. Hope you and everyone there are staying well! Do we ever get a peek at some of your past/present skunkworks projects?
Great video -- hope to start a Kitfox build someday! Just one note: All of your audio is in left channel. Maybe re-upload after panning audio to center?
Thanks for the tour , as a ER nurse it is nice to get our minds totally off work during this time when we are not at work. I am surprised just how light the fusalage is. What thickness tubing do you use to achieve that and still get strength? I would have thought the fusalage would have had more of the total weight.
Thanks for the video. This is very informative, I am very impressed. I fly out of Caldwell, Idaho. I flew Weight Shift control for 12 years. I just bought a Quicksilver GT500 and am learning fixed wing flying. My next airplane will be a STOL. I had been looking at Kitfox, Highlander and Zenith. I have a question, how do you compare forward visibility between a Kitfox and Highlander? In your opinion for an undecided buyer what differentiates a Kitfox from a Highlander? Thanks.
Awesome tour just sets in stone even more that when I grow up that I will build and own one of these amazing Kitfox Airplanes. #BlameTrentPalmer he’s the one who showed and got me interested in Kitfox and now it has made it my goal to do the same flying by hopefully 30...
interesting,easy little cheap kit but no have in thailand anythink, factory need send one for me and then can sell many around thailand later. 60 million people many want cheap easy little plane. but need factory send first model what show peoples and then can sell.
John, Wow, you have come a long way! I hope to have you build me a new Kitfox, before the year is out! Thanks for your tour! I really enjoyed it. Thanks again for saving my life on August of 2002. I will never forget. Love you Buddy! Brian and Dolly.
Thanks for the tour John, very impressive! I hope to do it in person when all is back to normal. All the best and hope everyone stays safe and can get back to normal soon.
Thank you so much for the tour. I’ve been going stir crazy stuck in the house and Aviation Videos all day is getting hooked on wanting to build a Kitfox so bad and hopefully soon!!!!
Simply Amazing to see all of this come together! Wonderful tour of your factory for all of us out there in isolation. Thank You ~ Hope to get to V1 soon!
I always wondered how it all looked in the Kitfox factory. Very interesting. So I now know how and where my model IV fuselage was created. I would love to come up there. I have planned it, but............................we will see if we can do it this year. Great to see you John stay Safe
Great tour. Couldn't understand why an aircraft builder would still be using wood ribs but after your demonstration it totally makes sense. The ribs twist, deflect but they don't deform or break!
My dad and I stopped by in Sept. You were real busy but graciously took a few moments to show us around. It proved that your reputation for friendly customer service and a top rate product is well founded. Thank you for your hospitality! I’d love to own a Kitfox someday!
Excellent tour! The setup of your systems and care that goes into it explains the high quality of your product. Looking forward to flying a Kitfox someday! :)
I dont mean to be so off topic but does someone know a way to get back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb lost the password. I love any tricks you can offer me!
@Calvin Tobias instablaster ;)
Thanks John, for those of us who are in line, it sure helps to keep our interest up during these difficult times. Looking forward to the build.
You and your wife were so gracious a couple of years ago when my son in low , my grandson and myself showed up without advance notice and you showed us around I did mention that I watched Trent Palmer videos. Thanks again.
Nice tour John. I’m pleased you are so invested in support of all the fleet (older models as well as newer) and quality control. I hope you folks stay at it for many years to come.
This is incredible. I just stumbled on the Kitfox and yesterday and I can't stop watching videos on it. I need this in my life. especially after this strange time we are in.
Totally awesome tour! USA made is a huge deal. Like seeing the clean and organized buildings throughout the facility! Good indicator of wonderful craftsmanship and attention to building excellent aircraft! My son and I have one goal in mind right now and that is to be flying a couple of Kitfoxes real soon. Working hard to make the dream a reality. Thank again for your dedication to the incredible world of aviation
Thanks for the great tour. It helps with understanding how the Kitfox is manufactured.
After the pleasure of a factory visit last October with my wife - along with the equally/highly-recommendable visit to Stick & Rudder, this was fantastic recap enjoyed by us both, with LOTS of nice details added - the kind of things difficult to show when a factory is running normally, or the things you only think to ask about after a visit has soaked in. Great to see your passion, pride and detailed product knowledge shine through John; it only further strengthens our belief in you, the team and the product. Many thanks and good health to everyone at Kitfox Aircraft! :)
Great tour!!!
Thanks a lot!
I wish you get back to pruduction as soon as possible.
Thanks for the tour. Kitfox was in my sights when the aviation bug really bit. Since then I've looked at a myriad of wonderful aircraft, but always wind up back here.
Love what you do, everyone stay safe and healthy.
Hi John,
Thank you so much for the tour. Stay and keep others safe. Looking forward to seeing all the great things you guys are going to accomplish in the future.
You made sticking at home a little more bearable. Thanks for sharing,
I laughed when you mentioned Trent. You're not wrong though. Thanks for the tour. Your planes are beautifully crafted and affordable.
Love these things more and more. Thanks for the tour and stay safe!
Someday I'll be making that drive to pick up my Kitfox. Been wanting one since high school in the '80s. Thank you for the virtual tour.
Thank you John for the tour. Very nice facility. Professional & Detailed for excellence & success.
Love your aircraft, my friend flies an older Kitfox and smiles like a kid in a candy store every time he flies it. I too hope to own a Kitfox one day. Thanks for the tour, I hope our friends to the south come through this tragedy quickly and in good health.
Awesome tour. I have only recently started watching videos on STOL's like Trent Palmer and Jonas Marcinko. I wish I would have gotten into aviation when I was younger (Tried in the Army for helicopters but failed the eye color test). And I live right next to a small airport here on Long Island. Great video. Very interesting!! Thanks for making it,
Nice factory tour your shop looks so sharp & tidy. We are locked up in New Zealand for 4 weeks at present untill further notice. We are able to go out for a walk during the day as long as we stay at least 2 meters apart .
My kitfox 4 is in a hangar 4 hours drive away so not sure when I will be able to fly again , best wishes to everyone where ever you may be.
Great job. See you at one of the shows this summer.
I have loved the KitFox airplanes since I first saw them back in the 1980's. It was heartbreaking when the original company had problems and went under...and then along came John. What you have done for this beloved, little airplane is magnificent! Seeing at your operations there (thanks so much for the great tour!) and seeing the twinkle in your eyes and hearing the pride in your voice as you describe your operations, employees, tooling, etc., it is very apparent how you feel about KitFox Aircraft. And it just keeps on getting better. Have you been inducted into the EAA Sport Aviation Hall of Fame yet? If not, you will be soon! Take care/fly safe/live long!
My left ear loved this factory tour...
Loved seeing this tour! I've been following Trent since he was rather new on his channel and have never been to your facility - this is really inspiring!
I really enjoyed that video, and it made such a refreshing change that it was mace by someone who is obviously not an actor, but equally obviously knows the whole job from start to finish and is familiar with all aspects of it. I am so impressed by the layout of your shops and with how tidy and clean they are. Should I ever be fortunate enough to be in a position to afford one of your airplanes I will come and see you in person.
Your killing my bedtime John! Nice tour, thank you
Very impresive, I worked for West Coast Airlines at Boise 60 years ago, changed engines all over Id
Absolutely fantastic! Thank you for doing this, especially at this time. I really learned a lot and am amazed by your facilities. I had no idea how much work you did in house. Continue the great work guys/gals.
Outstanding tour. Just a few hundred miles away and have always been a huge fan. Hang in there, stay safe and to quote Spock - Live long and Prosper.
What a solid American company. I appreciate keeping as much of the materials, parts, and assembly here in America. You could make more money going to Mexico like Bearhawk does. Integrity makes your bed so much more restful.
Thanks for the tour! Not sure how anyone could give this video a thumbs down. I plan on ordering a kit next year.
Awesome video John. I am excited for the future to become a kitfox family. Cant wait to see the panel assembly setup. Great explanation! See you at oshkosh
I am a fan of these airplanes, at my age I will never build or fly one but enjoy all the videos
Thanks for the tour a John, I always enjoy the behind the scenes stuff.
Great tour. That was neat to see. Kitfox was well represented at The Lone Star Stol Competition. That was my first one to see one in person. It was very confidence instilling. Flight school is a little postponed with the social distancing but when i get back on track ill hopefully be getting back with you guys.
Great tour. I miss my KITFOX IV SPEEDSTER. It’s currently residing on a farm in Iceland. I’d like to build one but at 73 I’m not sure I have the runway left to tackle such a project. Meanwhile I hope to soon finish a RANS S-19
Thanks for the tour John! I recently finished up a TW endorsement and it's been fun to share the pattern with you at KEUL in my Luscombe. A Kitfox is a "someday" goal!
Great Tour! I am a flying and airplane enthusiast. It is great to see manufacturing done in the US and the attention you take to using US parts and materials. If I could get my pilot listen I would surely buy a kit fox.
Awesome tour! Even better airplanes!
Very cool. Thanks for the tour!!
Excellent video! Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
I was in Homedale yesterday, sad you weren’t open but understand the situation.
Excellent video! Years ago I worked with someone who eventually went to Skystar/Kitfox. His name is Ed Downs. I have often wondered what happened to him.
"He doesn't do anything if you don't ask him to." - great one-liner.
Amazing tour. I keep watching your website to see if you could use another mechanical engineer
Awesome video John thanks!!!!
Thanks for the tour very interesting.
great tour very detailed video!!!
Thank you for making this video.
It is very much appreciated.
Rodney
Loved the tour, you did a great job. Someday I hope to get building one with my son.
Nice tour! I hope to come to visit and come out with a kit someday! Thanks!
Great Tour!
Can't wait to build one of these one day!
John, you look like a cool guy! Thank you for the tour!
Thanks for the tour John! So cool to see your facility and how your planes are built. Hope you and everyone there are staying well! Do we ever get a peek at some of your past/present skunkworks projects?
Awesome! One day I'll have one!
Thanks John
Thank you for the look around as I watch Trent Palmer.
Great video -- hope to start a Kitfox build someday! Just one note: All of your audio is in left channel. Maybe re-upload after panning audio to center?
Very impressive, enjoyed the tour. Great airplanes
Great video! Awesome insight into a great American aircraft company!
Amazing tour ! Would love to work for Kitfox Aircraft as an engineer !! University almost done for me as a mechanical engineer student ;)
Thanks for the tour , as a ER nurse it is nice to get our minds totally off work during this time when we are not at work. I am surprised just how light the fusalage is. What thickness tubing do you use to achieve that and still get strength? I would have thought the fusalage would have had more of the total weight.
Thank you for sharing. Awesome!
This is a great American Company and the Aircraft they build are the best in the world that plane is safe and most of a very, very reliable aircraft.
Thanks for the video. This is very informative, I am very impressed. I fly out of Caldwell, Idaho. I flew Weight Shift control for 12 years. I just bought a Quicksilver GT500 and am learning fixed wing flying. My next airplane will be a STOL. I had been looking at Kitfox, Highlander and Zenith. I have a question, how do you compare forward visibility between a Kitfox and Highlander? In your opinion for an undecided buyer what differentiates a Kitfox from a Highlander? Thanks.
Trent will appreciate that. Cool video thanks.
Id like to see Kitfox redevelop another of Dean Wilson's design, the private explorer.
That was fantastic, thanks so much!
John,Do you vacuum bag your fiberglass parts to help keep weight down and a better quality parts?
more videos please
can i fly a kitfox in Germany ?
Do you ship to Canada?
I wanted one when you first started making kits. Almost had one then now i can't afford one.
What is the wait time on a new quick build kit these days?
It is a great plane i am sure one day it will be called "Cessna 152" of modern times .
Awesome tour just sets in stone even more that when I grow up that I will build and own one of these amazing Kitfox Airplanes. #BlameTrentPalmer he’s the one who showed and got me interested in Kitfox and now it has made it my goal to do the same flying by hopefully 30...
#blametrentpalmer with the handslap!
Ooohhhh mono microphone........i thought my earphones broke
Probably a great video, but- the volume is so low- I shut it off after 20 seconds. Oh well.
Can Barely Hear you......
interesting,easy little cheap kit but no have in thailand anythink, factory need send one for me and then can sell many around thailand later. 60 million people many want cheap easy little plane. but need factory send first model what show peoples and then can sell.
John,
Wow, you have come a long way! I hope to have you build me a new Kitfox, before the year is out! Thanks for your tour! I really enjoyed it. Thanks again for saving my life on August of 2002. I will never forget. Love you Buddy! Brian and Dolly.
It’s been my dream to get kitfox for the last 10 years , I just can’t make my decision witch kit I want !!!
if u want STOL, get the STI. if u want speed, the speedster is for u. if u want cheap, go the SS. hope I helped. :)
Thanks for the tour John, very impressive! I hope to do it in person when all is back to normal. All the best and hope everyone stays safe and can get back to normal soon.
Love the planes!
Just 2 weeks.
Thank you so much for the tour. I’ve been going stir crazy stuck in the house and Aviation Videos all day is getting hooked on wanting to build a Kitfox so bad and hopefully soon!!!!
Simply Amazing to see all of this come together! Wonderful tour of your factory for all of us out there in isolation. Thank You ~ Hope to get to V1 soon!
I always wondered how it all looked in the Kitfox factory. Very interesting. So I now know how and where my model IV fuselage was created. I would love to come up there. I have planned it, but............................we will see if we can do it this year.
Great to see you John stay Safe
Thank you so much for doing this for us. This helped make the decision so much easier for me. Hope to meet you in person some day soon!
Thanks for the informative video, John. Very competent. And great camera work.
Trent sent me your way.
How many bldgings & what is the square footage of your factory?
Please I am need se formula for make weight balance for a Kitfox 3
John I'm going to build a super sport if i have to order it one piece at a time
Excellent work, I respect it Long years for you.
Why do you still use wood instead of carbon fiber?
thanks John, please stay safe and well!!! mike
how many kits do you guys make a year?