Jim Fleischman
In Case You Missed It
![At Sun ‘n Fun 2026, Viking Aircraft Engines surprised the crowd with its first complete kit — the V-42, a high-wing twin powered by two Honda-based engines. Here’s an early look. [Credit: Andrew Robinson]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/P1020293.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "Viking V-42 Twin")
Viking V-42 Twin
Outside the exhibition hangers at Sun ‘n Fun, Viking Aircraft Engines had its usual...
Restoring the RV-1
The very first Van’s prototype flies again, thanks to months of volunteers’ hard work, and its designer climbs back into the cockpit, some five decades after he built it.