Congrats to Ray, who writes in to tell us about the first flight of his new RV-7A, RayJen, which he completed despite some very difficult and painful circumstances. We’re truly proud that you are part of the Van’s family, Ray! After 12 years, my RV-7A took to the air with ease. It was personally challenging […] Read More
John writes in to let us know about the first flight of his new RV-14! Another Van’s success story, N15HW flew for the first time October 2, 2020. My deep felt appreciation goes to: my wife, Maxine; RV-12 builder, Dick Bender, RV-8 builder, Heath Cherneski; A&P, Chris Wilmeth, RV-14 builders, Rick T. and Chris M.; […] Read More
Charly writes in to report on his new RV-12iS in Switzerland! This photo was taken after I finished all the test flights and after I did my very first crossing of the Swiss-Alps from north to south (From LSZK to LSZL and back!).
Michael sent us this photo of his third RV8, which he has recently completed at age 78!
Congrats to Daniel on the first flight of his new RV-7 in Switzerland! He writes to let us all know: After 9 1/2 years of fun building with great support from my family, friends, the local RV-Community and the team from Van’s Aircraft I departed my local airport in HB-YTB #73881for the first time. All […] Read More
Congrats to Mark, who built his RV-8 at Synergy Air’s facilities in Oregon! Here is his first-flight report: On Monday September 21, the skys cleared of smoke over central Oregon. I flew N23MB on its first flight out of KEUG. The airplane flew straight and true, and has amazing climb performance. I will finish my […] Read More
Tom writes in to fill us in about the first flight of his RV-8! RV-8 N563RV had it’s first flight on 1/9/19, after 2yrs and 9 months of building and painting. I had about 1000hrs of RV time in 4, 6, 8, and 7A models and 563RV behaved perfectly on her first flight No trims […] Read More
Congratulations to Rusty and everyone involved in the completion and first flight of Rusty’s new RV-12! They wrote in to tell us the awesome story: After 9 years of diligent building, health issues put a stop to Rusty’s build. EAA Tech Counselors Alan Wieder from Eugene and Gary Ludeke from Creswell finished up the build […] Read More
Congratulations to Hugh on his new RV-8! He writes in to report: N908QC (my son’s name is Quenten) took to the air on July 29, 2020, a Covid baby. I decided to build an RV-8 in April, 1997, at Sun-n-Fun. I took delivery of the empennage kit in March of 2008. Patience. It spent most […] Read More
Nice Job Brett on your new RV-8! He wrote in to report: We received our airworthiness on 8/21 and got everything buttoned up in time for an evening test flight on 8/22. What started as a project with my fiancé ended up as a family affair with my wife and daughter helping finish. Slow build […] Read More
Congratulations to Ron on the first flight of his new RV-14A! After 20+ months of building, RV-14A, N3318S took flight for the first time today. I can’t put into words how gratifying it was to leave the earth in a machine that I built. Special thanks to Jared Solomon for making the first flight with […] Read More
Kudos to Robert, who wrote to report on the first flight of his RV-10! I could not have imagined all the new skills and friends this project would create. Choosing to use slow build kits, doing my own avionics and painting myself was a great choice. Thank you Van’s for designing such a wonderful airplane.
Congratulations to Roger on the first flight of his new RV-14. He wrote in to report: Six and a half years and it’s finally airborne. This was a slow build kit and my first build. Initial flight was smooth with no issues. I am looking forward to the test flights. Thanks to all my friends, […] Read More
Congrats to Yves, who writes us from Switzerland to report the first flight of his RV-8: On Tuesday 8th of September, I could finally take off. I was quite nervous but everything worked out perfectly! I am super happy and can’t thank enough my fiancé to let me work so many hours on my airplane. […] Read More
Kudos to Arthur on the first flight of his RV-8. He reports: Flawless first flight. Did 5 hours of training in make and model outside Chicago and a 4 hour first flight briefing with an EAA flight counselor prior to flight. Once on the ground, I was informed to call the KSYR tower. Where the […] Read More
Congratulations to David on the first flight of his new RV-7! He writes: Ran out of reasons not to fly, so the first flight was off of our strip, 26OH on Saturday, 9/12/20. Flew twice the first day, no problems so far and no heavy wing. She is equipped with an Aerosport IO375 B1B and […] Read More
Congrats to Mark, who writes in to report: Thanks to the patience and support of my wife, the help of many friends and EAA members from the three different Chapters I’ve been associated with during a 4½ year build (6 years start to finish with a year and half hold due to moving to a […] Read More
Joseph sends in this awesome video to report the first flight of his RV-9A! Congrats!
Congrats to the Ibarra’s, who sent this report about the first flight of their RV-12: We are so anxious about behavior of plane. Was all of our work ok ???? On 08/21/2020, weather was great, only a little crosswind from north, but, was at this time or never. No more excuses. Only a little taxi […] Read More
Congratulations to Kay, who sent this RV-7 first-flight report! Started 11 years ago, but with a 7 year break in between. That makes 4 years, which isn’t to bad. She has an io-375 spinning an Hartzell CS. Dynon Skyview with a lot of steam gauges. 1095 lbs, CG is perfect. First 20 minutes flight was […] Read More
