Viking Aircraft Inc.

This article is about the defunct American powered parachute manufacturer. For other companies with similar names, see Viking Aircraft.
Viking Aircraft Inc.
Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Founded 2000
Defunct 2005
Headquarters Panama City Beach, Florida, United States
Products Powered parachutes

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 in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft in the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles and the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight categories.[1]

The company is often confused with Viking Aircraft LLC, which was also once known as Viking Aircraft Inc.[2][3]

The company seems to have been founded about 2000 and gone out of business in 2005.[4]

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".[1][5][6]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Viking Aircraft Inc.
Model name First flight Number built Type
Viking Aircraft Viking II 2000 At least six Two-seat powered parachute

References

  1. 1 2 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 88. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ↑ Bizapedia (17 April 2014). "Viking Aircraft LLC". Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 285. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  4. ↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (22 September 2015). "Make / Model Inquiry Results". Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Viking II Parachute Plane Pricing". vikingii.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
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