![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=534&h=462&crop=1 "Viking V-42 Twin")
![[Credit: Van's Aircraft]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_5238.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Part 22 Gets Real: Van’s Delivers the First MOSAIC-Certified Airplane")
![[Credit: Wikimedia Commons]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/4_rutan_a_longez.jpg_preview.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "Rutan Symposium Turns to the Coming Canard Maintenance Crisis")
![[Credit: Flight Desgn GmbH]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1_mosaic_flightdesign.jpg_preview.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "FAA Accepts ASTM Standards, Clearing the Last Hurdle for MOSAIC")
![[Credit: magniX]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Magnix.jpg?w=265&h=198&crop=1 "magniX Opens Pre-Orders for an Electric Engine Aimed at Homebuilders")
Let the Games Begin!
The field came alive this morning under perfect weather conditions and the crowds were out. The newly arranged kit and other home built-related vendors...
Return to OSH
Duane Huff garnered fame (if not fortune) when he fully restored a beautiful 1947 Aeronca Chief and flew it from Lawrenceville, Georgia to Oshkosh...
Jetting To Oshkosh
I know (or have met - I really don't have a lot of good friends in that economic class) a number of folks that...
Recovery Day
The sun came out Sunday morning and it was a beautiful day. Not hot like last Friday… not raining like Saturday. A perfect day...
Sturgeon of Waterworld
The following is presented for amusement purposes only and is not intended to dissuade or discourage attendance at what is sure to be a...
All Hail The Volunteers!
The AirVenture grounds were busy last Friday with hundreds of volunteers scurrying around, preparing. Their efforts in homebuilt parking, homebuilt camping, and the vintage...
America’s Most GA Friendly Airports
The AirVenture fun always starts for me hundreds of miles before reaching Oshkosh. This year, I had five fuel (and bladder) stops between western...
Breakfast, Anyone?
Hungry in the morning? A warm and hearty breakfast will be available each morning at the Camp Scholler EAA Chapter Pavilion (see the map to...
Oshkosh Perseverance Award
The registration crew goes to great lengths to recognize those who have built an airplane and flown it to OSH for the first time....
Sloshkosh – the Sequel
Surely, the Wisconsin weather demons couldn’t wreak havoc on the major AirVenture arrivals days for three out of four consecutive years?
In Case You Missed It
To Launch a Light Sport
Bob Fritz uses a couple of HVLP paint guns in preparation for painting his Jabiru J250. Which one is the top gun?
Worktable Suggestions
I like to use white melamine-faced particle board for my worktables. The tabletops are...
