Viking Aircraft LLC

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Viking Aircraft, LLC.
Type Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Headquarters,
Key people
Robin M. Taylor
Products Aircraft plans
Website vikingaircraft.com
Viking SF-2A Cygnet G-BWFN Sisler SF-2A Cygnet (9679534921).jpg
Viking SF-2A Cygnet
Dragonfly Mk 2 VH-DBL Viking Dragonfly Mk.2 (7529624308).jpg
Dragonfly Mk 2

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. [1] [2] [3]

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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. [1] [4]

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-derived Bob Walters-designed Viking Dragonfly, of which more than 500 were completed by 2003. [1] [2] [3]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Viking Aircraft
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Viking Dragonfly June 16, 1980more than 500 (2003)A development of the Rutan Quickie design by Bob Walters
Viking SF-2A Cygnet 1973 [1] 100 (2003)A Bert Sisler design

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References

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  2. 1 2 Downey, Julia: 2002 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 19, Number 1, January 2002, page 30. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN   0891-1851
  3. 1 2 Downey, Julia: 2003 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 1, January 2003, page 29. Primedia Publications. ISSN   0891-1851
  4. Bizapedia (April 17, 2014). "Viking Aircraft LLC" . Retrieved January 6, 2015.