Viking Aircraft LLC is an American
aircraft manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology indust ...
based in
Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Elkhorn is a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located southwest of Milwaukee. As of the 2020 census, it was home to 10,247 people, up from 10,084 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat.
Geography
Elkhorn is located ...
. The company specializes in the provision of
homebuilt aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft may be constructed from "scratch", from plans, or from assembly kits.Armstrong, Kenn ...
plans for amateur construction.
[Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 285. BAI Communications, July 15, 1998. ][Downey, Julia: ''2002 Plans Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 19, Number 1, January 2002, page 30. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ][Downey, Julia: ''2003 Plans Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 1, January 2003, page 29. Primedia Publications. ]
In 1998 the company was known as ''Viking Aircraft Inc.'', but in 2008 seems to have been registered as ''Viking Aircraft,
LLC'', with Robin M. Taylor as agent.
The company sells plans for the Bert Sisler-designed
Viking SF-2A Cygnet of which more than 100 were flown by 2003. The company also at one time supplied plans for the
Rutan Quickie
The Rutan Quickie is a lightweight single-seat taildragger aircraft of composite construction, configured with tandem wings.
The Quickie was primarily designed by Burt Rutan as a low-powered, highly efficient kit-plane. Its tandem wing desig ...
-derived Bob Walters-designed
Viking Dragonfly, of which more than 500 were completed by 2003.
Aircraft
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Aircraft manufacturers of the United States
Homebuilt aircraft