![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")
After Decades of Airplane Ownership, a First Trip to AirVenture
Husband and wife Charles and Connie Eidschun from St Petersburg FL (KPIE) built a RANS S-21 during 2020, and flew it to Fond Du...
Built-in Smart O2 System From Aithre
Aithre Aviation showcases a scalable smart oxygen system for experimental and certified aircraft at AirVenture 2022.
Shady Doings
The high-wing-versus-low-wing argument will rage as long as we have airplanes. (Only to be beaten by the biplane builders who say they have both.)...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal – Oshkosh 2022 Edition – Day 8
Walking through the Homebuilt Camping area at AirVenture is always a sensory overload for kit builders. Whatever you are building, or hoping to build,...
Get a Tail Lift at Flyboy Accessories
Taildragger pilots all eventually are confronted wit the need to lift their aircraft’s tail by its tiny little tail wheel to perform service. Somehow,...
Air Command Gyroplane Resurrection
In the mid 1990s entrepreneur Dennis Fetters sought to energize gyroplanes in the experimental aircraft world with an updated design and a lot of...
Fighter Jet Lookalike Kit
The Greek-born Archon SF1 prototype is on display at AirVenture this year, with expectations of having a kit available for buyers by AirVenture 2023....
You Never Know Who You’ll See at AirVenture
There I was, minding my own business. Web editor Omar Filipovic and I were preparing to leave AirVenture on Friday morning. Omar had gone...
Trying on the Two-Seater
I am probably one of the higher-time SubSonex JSX-2 pilots around, so it was with great interest that I dropped in at the Sonex...
Acknowledging the Past, Celebrating the Future
The annual Van’s Aircraft Banquet at AirVenture is a gathering of like-minded RV builders and owners to revel in all things Van’s. And, while...
In Case You Missed It
Experimotive
Ben Haass STOL Zenith 801, featuring a Ford V-8 auto conversion, made quite a first impression at AirVenture 09. This month, he tells Rick Lindstrom what makes it all work.
Design Process: Tail Surfaces
The tail of the airplane performs three functions: It stabilizes the aircraft in both...
