![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")
Future Builders
Pilot Zoey Foster (age 6) takes the lead in her Pedal Power RV. Little brother Riley (age 2) flies her wing in a T-6....
Roadside Assistance With a Smile
Sunday morning sees a great influx of camping rigs arrive at Camp Scholler for the start of show activities on Monday.
Prepared for just about...
I Am Woman, Hear Me Rivet!
The EAA offers a basic metal building workshop for women at AirVenture mid-day for the next two days.
Forty-Year-Old Ultralight Still Flying At AirVenture
At the 1993 EAA annual convention (long before they called it AirVenture) a young dreamer walked the ultralight grounds with hopes of someday building...
It Takes a Village of Volunteers
Hundreds of volunteers work hard for days or even months before the start of AirVenture but the homebuilt crew takes a break for awhile...
Get them while they’re cold
Perhaps the most brilliant innovation at the Homebuilt Camping pavilion are ice chest rentals.
Watch Out, Cowboys Over Oshkosh!
If you expect to insert yourself into a tight line of 90-knot planes, you may not get the runway you want.
Oshkosh Diary: Practice Day
AirVenture itself is officially two days away, but that doesn’t mean that Wittman Field isn’t humming and full of people and airplanes.
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Contributors
Susan Brunner Susan Brunner was nosing around her local airport one day when she started...