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Debbie and Dean Maheras are building a vehicle they claim should give them great gas mileage: At about 8,000 feet.

The couple is assembling an RV-7 experimental kit airplane at their Leeward Air Ranch home. They recently moved here from the Hollywood area in south Florida.

“I wanted high performance” and reasonable cost to the airplane, said Dean, 55, explaining he feels both goals can be met with the kit, which is engineered by Van’s Aircraft...