![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")
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The fifth day started bright and early with the limbering up of the spray gun and the deployment of white - the final major...
Aircraft Spruce Opens Illinois Location
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. opened a distribution warehouse in West Chicago, IL, located in a 52,000 sq. ft. warehouse situated between Du Page...
Now–In Living Color!
Work continued on the jet's paint job on Tuesday--and a long day it was. The detailed layout was completed the day before, so it...
A Little Paint and a Whole Lot of Tape
I don't know about you, but I always thought that airplanes are first covered with whatever paint will dominate the surfaces (commonly white) and...
Prepping and Priming for the Subsonex Paint Job
With most of the masking completed last night, the team immediately started into Scotchbriting all of the external aluminum areas on Paul Dye's SubSonex...
Subsonex Paint Preparation
Editor-in-Chief Paul Dye's SubSonex jet is completed (after less than three months of building!), the engine has started and performed flawlessly, and a couple...
Ready for Paint!
With the first engine start and initial taxi testing out of the way (see and hear it below), the little jet is cocooned in...
Graduation Day
OK, so you've driven the last rivet, and hung the last hinge. The airplane is ready for inspection, and all you have to do...
Mojave Experimental Fly-in 2019
April 12-13, 2019
See one-of-a-kind experimental and developmental projects including: Rutan Favorites, Race Planes, Mods & Works-in-Progress, Warbirds and more...
Indoor RC Fly-In - April 12
Location:...
Boeing Buys ForeFlight
Boeing announced on Wednesday that it has acquired aviation app company ForeFlight. ForeFlight has been working in partnership with Jeppesen--also owned by Boeing--for the...
In Case You Missed It
Light Stuff
Dave Martin returns to Sebring, and found a healthy supply of browsers and buyers. A healthy supply of aircraft, great weather, reasonable ticket and food prices, and no race noise combined to make the show a success.
Practical Electrical
Battery facts and fables: lithium lead-acid equivalency. By Robert L. Nuckolls, III.