Viking Aircraft Inc. was an American
aircraft manufacturer based in
Panama City Beach, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of
powered parachutes
A powered parachute, often abbreviated PPC, and also called a motorized parachute or paraplane, is a type of aircraft that consists of a parafoil with a motor and wheels.
The FAA defines a powered parachute as ''a powered aircraft a flexible or ...
in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft in the US
FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles and the European
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The (; FAI; en, World Air Sports Federation) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It maintai ...
microlight categories.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', p. 88. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ]
The company is often confused with
Viking Aircraft LLC
Viking Aircraft LLC is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. The company specializes in the provision of homebuilt aircraft plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fi ...
, which was also once known as Viking Aircraft Inc.
[Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 285. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ]
The company seems to have been founded about 2000 and went out of business in 2005.
Viking Aircraft Inc. produced one product, the
Viking Aircraft Viking II of which at least six examples were produced. The company also sold a single-seat version of the design, which they referred to as "the single-place".
Aircraft
References
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External links
Vikingii.com company website archiveson
Archive.org
Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States
Ultralight aircraft
Powered parachutes