Van’s newest airplane, the RV-14, has landed in Florida for the first time.
8,000th Van’s takes flight
February 5, 2013 by 1 Comment
On Feb. 4, Stephen Watson of Santa Clarita, Calif., took the first flight in his RV-7A, becoming the 8,000th completed RV reported to Van’s Aircraft.
Van’s unveils fully built RV-12
November 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Honestly, I didn’t expect much LSA news at AOPA’s Aviation Summit in Palm Springs. Despite several LSA on display, including Kitfox, Evektor, Flight Design, Arion, Jabiru, SportCruiser, Skycatcher, and CubCrafters, the AOPA event is not a common place for LSA announcements. Certainly I didn’t expect the world’s largest supplier of kit aircraft to offer a fully built Special LSA.
At Summit, Van’s officials unveiled a new program to build completed, fly-away RV-12s. The Aurora, Ore.-based company detailed a working agreement with Synergy Air to manufacture the airplanes in the U.S.A. Synergy Air is a well-established company providing instructional seminars, videos, and builder assistance to complete kit airplanes, located at the airport in Eugene, Ore.
Fly away in an RV-12
October 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Van’s Aircraft has launched a new program to build completed, fly-away, RV-12s. Van’s has inked a working agreement with Synergy Air of Eugene, Ore., to manufacture the airplanes in the U.S.A.
Van’s to build ‘fly-away’ RV-12s
October 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Van’s Aircraft is tentatively entering the OEM market with an initial run of 12 deluxe copies of its RV-12 LSA. According to a podcast interview with AVweb at AOPA Aviation Summit in Palm Springs, Calif., Van’s Aircraft founder and president Dick VanGrunsven said it was a market the company was thinking about when it launched the RV-12.
Greg Marlow’s dream machine: A go-places plane
September 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There are many reasons people chose to build an airplane. Sometimes, it’s the challenge of the project, or an attempt to reduce the cost of flying. Other times it’s to build a dream machine to handle what would otherwise be a less-than-enjoyable commute. Greg Marlow from Kingsport, Tenn., falls into the last category. He is the proud builder/pilot/owner of an RV-9A.
According to Marlow, the decision to build the RV came out of the need for a plane he could use to commute to his Air Force Reserve unit in Charleston, S.C., where he flies the C-17.
Van’s introduces RV-14A
August 8, 2012 by 1 Comment
Van’s Aircraft surprised the crowds at AirVenture by introducing its newest model, the RV-14A.
RV-1 #1 donated to EAA
July 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
OSHKOSH — Richard “Van” VanGrunsven’s first RV-1 was donated to the EAA at a ceremony on Phillips 66 Plaza on Monday at AirVenture.
“The RV-1 had a tremendous impact on the industry,” said Rod Hightower, EAA President. “It and subsequent models became the most successful kit aircraft in the country.”
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Hartzell debuts new prop for RV-10
July 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Hartzell Propeller has developed a new 3-blade ASC-II(TM) composite propeller for Van’s Aircraft RV-10.
Van’s cuts prices
February 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Van’s Aircraft, Inc. has lowered the price of RV-6/6A Fuselage Kits by $1,000.
Both Standard and QuickBuild kits are included in this offer.
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