![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")
Continental Motors Rebrands as Continental Aerospace Technologies
Continental Motors Group Ltd. announced that the company is changing its name to Continental Aerospace Technologies™ as part of a global rebranding program.
After conducting...
Dynon Refocuses SkyView Line, Lowers Pricing for 2019
Dynon announces price reductions for select SkyView EFIS models, progress on its Dynon Certified line, and updates from Advanced Flight Systems.
"As the SkyView line...
Paul Dye's SubSonex N958PD: Successful First Flight
SubSonex Serial #21 (N958PD) made its first flight out of the Dayton Valley Airpark in Nevada on the 24th of March, 2019. Winter kept...
Garmin’s New GPS 175 and GNX 375 navigators with WAAS/LPV approaches...
Entry-level two-inch WAAS GPS navigators also offer wireless connectivity and more.
It's a Plane!
There's a new jet in town - N958PD, the Subsonex kit formerly known as "the project" received its airworthiness certificate today after a thorough...
Mathis Sport Aviators' RANS S-6
N646GT started with six members in an LLC, and currently has four left, 10 years after we bought the kit. One of our team...
And Just Like That… It's Done
It's finished! Well, mostly finished... as finished as an airplane, or a paint job, can ever be. Painter John Stahr put the final touches...
Chipper Single-Seat Aircraft Now Available
Chipper Aerospace LLC. announced that the company's single-seater is available for ordering at an introductory price of $6000 until April 30.
Chipper Aerospace is taking...
A Day of Fussy Fuss
John Stahr announced first thing in the morning that Friday would be "a day of fussy fuss." It was time to address all those...
Light at the End of the Tunnel
John Stahr continued working on N958PD, KITPLANES Editor-in-Chief Paul Dye's recently built SubSonex jet on Thursday. With the large area painting completed and detailed...
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Ask the DAR
DAR Mel Asberry answers questions about when you need A&P signoff, re-certifying an airplane to make it an LSA (hint: cant be done) and pre-registration of an Experimental.
Alternative Energies
Electric motorgliders are leading the way in low-cost, fuel-efficient flight. In the second installment of his two-part series, Dean Sigler profiles seven designs at the forefront of this emerging field.