![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")
Zenith workshops return to Sebring, Florida, 2019
Zenith Aircraft Company is bringing back its popular hands-on light aircraft building workshop to the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo (Sebring, Florida from January 23...
Kincaid RV-12
Our Van's RV-12 E-LSA was completed September 2018. I am a first-time builder, and it took three year build working week-ends only.
The plane sports...
It Starts With One Pair of Pliers
The job was to remove and replace a cotter pin (in order to remove and replace a clevis pin) in the nose-wheel well of...
American Autogyro Reintroducing the SparrowHawk III Gyroplane Kit
American Autogyro International, Inc. (AAI) is restarting production of the SparrowHawk III Gyroplane Quick-Build kit. In addition, AAI will provide enhanced support for the...
Getting Fuelish
One of the interesting things about the Subsonex kit is that it is easy to skip around from one task to another as you're...
Meisser Pulsar
Pulsar XP, serial# 404, made it's maiden flight on May 18, 2013 after quite a long period of building.
Since then, the log book contains...
Gross RV-9A
My USCG-themed RV-9A was completed this weekend.
I built it using a slow build kit, although I did get a jump-start, buying 90% completed wings...
Engine Day!
I know that "Kneeboard Notes" is supposed to be about flying as well as building--but winter weather seems to have settled into our little...
Oh Nuts!
Well actually... "Oh nut!" What do you do when you drop a nut inside a fuel tank with a hole too small to get...
Friesen Glasair Sportsman
Finally, after over 3 years Sportsman kit #7091 left the ground. It flew really well and only needed minor trim adjustment.
The airplane is fitted...
In Case You Missed It
![[Credit: LeRoy Cook]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_2791.jpg?w=324&h=160&crop=1 "The Safety Triangle: Balancing Skill, Knowledge, and Judgment in Flying")
The Safety Triangle: Balancing Skill, Knowledge, and Judgment in Flying
In the course of giving flying safety lectures before pilot groups, one of my...
