Viking Aircraft LLC
{{Short description|American homebuilt aircraft manufacturer}}
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{{About|American plans-built aircraft manufacturer|other companies with similar names|Viking Aircraft (disambiguation){{!}}Viking Aircraft}}
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| location_city = Elkhorn, Wisconsin
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| key_people = Robin M. Taylor
| industry = Aerospace
| products = Aircraft plans
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File:G-BWFN Sisler SF-2A Cygnet (9679534921).jpg]]
File:VH-DBL Viking Dragonfly Mk.2 (7529624308).jpg
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, Fifth Edition, page 285. BAI Communications, July 15, 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}Downey, Julia: 2002 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 19, Number 1, January 2002, page 30. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. {{ISSN|0891-1851}}Downey, Julia: 2003 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 1, January 2003, page 29. Primedia Publications. {{ISSN|0891-1851}}
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.{{cite web|url = http://www.bizapedia.com/wi/VIKING-AIRCRAFT-LLC.html|title = Viking Aircraft LLC|accessdate = January 6, 2015|last = Bizapedia|date = April 17, 2014}}
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.
Aircraft
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+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| Summary of aircraft built by Viking Aircraft |
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! Model name ! First flight ! Number built ! Type |
align=left| Viking Dragonfly
|align=center| June 16, 1980 |align=center| more than 500 (2003) |align=left| A development of the Rutan Quickie design by Bob Walters |
align=left| Viking SF-2A Cygnet
|align=center| 100 (2003) |align=left| A Bert Sisler design |
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External links
- {{Official website|http://vikingaircraft.com/}}
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