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 single-engine aircraft in on January 14. Among them was a 27-year-old 'experimental plane enthusiast' who piloted the four-seater homebuilt aircraft he'd bought for $100,000 from a retired dentist last year. A week later another single-engine two-seater homebuilt plane plowed into a car at a busy intersection 60 miles away in Concord, killing its pilot and injuring the car's driver. being investigated and have renewed scrutiny on a burgeoning subculture.
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