![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")
Aspen Avionics Goes Horizontal
Brad Hayden, the new Vice President of Marketing for Aspen Avionics, introduced the company's newest orientation: horizontal. The Aspen Avionics backup display is actually...
TCW Technologies Integrated Back-up Battery Now Available
We've tested it at KITPLANES so we know it works. But now we can say that you, too, can purchase and get immediate delivery...
TruTrak Introduces Gemini Instruments and Autopilots
Diminutive, and touch-sensitive, the Gemini line of mini integrated autopilots and primary function displays are the next best things coming from TruTrak Flight Systems.
The...
SnF Day 1, An Off-the-Cuff Report
Superb weather was not undone by an brief afternoon rainstorm in Lakeland today, as Sun 'n Fun 2010 got underway. In our travels of...
Spider Tracks Viewer for iPhone Now Available
Spider Tracks Ltd. of New Zealand has announced the launch of its iSpiderViewer, available as a free download from the iTunes app store (search...
Product Minute: Garmin G3X
In this exclusive KITPLANES video, we get the low down on the new Garmin G3X with synthetic vision.
Kitplanes Sun ‘n Fun 2010 Coverage Begins
Marc Cook begins our coverage of Sun 'n Fun from Lakeland, Florida with a brief video report, and things are looking up this year.
TRIG Mode S Transponders Feature ADS-B Out Readiness
TRIG Avionics Limited, a UK-based group, has included ADS-B extended squitters in all of its 2010 TT21, TT22 and TT31 Mode S transponders, which...
Erik Lindbergh Uses SwiftFuel Powered Aircraft During SnF
Watch for Lindbergh (grandson of Charles Lindbergh) as he pilots an Experimental Piper Seminole at Lakeland's Linder Airport during this year's Sun 'n Fun...
Garmin Introduces Synthetic Vision for G3X/G300 EFIS
Called SVX, synthetic vision is coming to the G3X (for homebuilts and LSAs) and G300 (for the Cessna Skycatcher) EFIS packages. A software update for the G3x/G300 systems was unveiled at Sun 'n Fun today that enables the SV features, which include mapped terrain and obstacles
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Wire You Surprised?
There are three basic methods of marking your wires so that 10 years from now you’ll be able to go back and track down trouble.
Weight Watchers
There is no doubt that the lighter the airplane, the better it performs and the better it generally seems to handle.
Homebuilt Airplanes—A Brief History
History's first aircraft were, for the most part, designed and built by individuals or...
