RV Builder Groups
Sometimes It Takes a Village
One of the more exciting aspects of building an RV is experiencing the vast community of builders and their enthusiasm for helping others. We encourage you to check in and visit with the many people who are already building or flying RVs. Builders often band together to provide mutual assistance in building and flying their aircraft. Many of these groups are highly-organized and some have regular meetings, newsletters, shared tool banks, and fly-in events. Van’s Aircraft has found builders’ groups to be invaluable for both new builders and the community as a whole, and we encourage these groups by serving as a clearinghouse for contact information and to help put people in touch.
Note: Because builders groups often change, vanish, resurrect, or change personnel (people do finish airplanes, after all!), please contact Van’s Aircraft either to add your group or to provide an update to the information on this list. You can email us at media@vansaircraft.com with your changes.
Builder Groups by State/Region:
Alabama: Tennessee Valley Builder’s Group
Sam Buchanan
Bob Butler
Australia: RV Aircraft Australia Inc.
President: Alan Carlisle
Website: RVAA.com.au
Contact: rvaircraftaustralia@gmail.com
Phone: 0403 323 973
California: EAA Chapter 20/ Flying 12 Club
Oliver Coolidge
Frank O’Neill
Bill Warner
KSQL, San Carlos, CA
620 Airport Way
San Carlos, CA 94070
Canada (British Columbia): Van’s Air Force – Western Canada Wing
Tedd McHenry *
5873 Angus Place
Surrey, BC
V3S 4W6
Canada (Ontario): Van’s Air Force – Ontario Wing
Terry Jantzi
519-748-1817 8 Anvil St.
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
N2P 1X6
Colorado: Rocky Mountain RVators
Doug Bloomberg
303-627-9674
2777 S Waco Way
Aurora, CO 80013
Denmark: RVators building group and formation team
Hangarvej 16D, 4000 Roskilde, DK
Website: www.Rvators.dk
Contact: Victor Byrholt
Phone: +45 22 42 91 81
Florida: Marshall Santi
813-254-8400
2802 W. Estrella St.
Tampa, FL 33629
France: Van’s Club of France
President: Sylvain Andrieu
Tel: 06 84 844 845
Website: vansclubdefrance.fr
Georgia: North Atlanta area
Meets every other Month. Meeting place rotates
Contact: Bill Thomasson / 404-822-8013 / Bill ‘at’ fusion4.net
Kansas: Kansas City RVators
Kevin Vap
913-851-2289
9608 W 131st Terr.
Overland Park, KS 66213-3316
Massachusetts: Van’s Air Force – New England Wing
Ken Balch
508-231-8021
15 Magnolia Pointe
Ashland, MA 01721
Minnesota: Van’s Air Force – Minnesota Wing (Visit Web Site)
Doug Weiler
715-386-1239
347 Krattley Lane
Hudson, WI 54016
New Zealand: James McPhee
Ph/Fax 643-337-6547
Cell 642-176-8098
P O Box 36-248
Christchurch 8003
New Zealand
North/South Carolina: RVators of the Carolinas
Bill Cruthers
704-846-8426
PO Box 2212
Mathews, NC 28106
Oklahoma: Builders Group
Alan Newby
3109 S 115 E. Ave
Tulsa, OK 74146-1925
Oregon: EAA Chapter 902, Portland area east side
Richard Scott
503-630-4739
Meets Monthly
Location Varies
Texas: Van’s Air Force – Southern Region (Visit Web Site)
Doug Reeves
Lewisville, Texas
United Kingdom: RVUK (Visit Web Site)
Ian Corse
