Congrats to the Students and Mentors of Southern Arizona Teen Aviation who completed their new RV-12iS! We are an organization that works with High School students. Thank you Eagles Nest and Teen Flight for the inspiration and coaching. Over the course of 2 1/2 years 15 students and 7 mentors worked on the plane. […]
We received this brief report about the first flight of the Callaghan’s new RV-14: Awesome day, awesome airplane, awesome flight! Flew true with only need for minor rudder trim.
Congratulations to Mike on his new RV-7A! He writes: From the first flight I have only changed oil at 25 hrs. Quick build fuselage and wings made for easy build Used Aerothane paint Stein Air wiring, Garmin G3X duals, Garmin radio and transponder, classic interior. Great flying machine!
Dave writes in to tell us about the first flight of his new RV! Van’s RV-7A N47HM received her airworthiness certificate a week ago and had her first flight today after two previous attempts halted due to troubleshooting fouled plugs, faulty airspeed readings, and carbon monoxide leaks. A rare week of rain in Southern […]
Congrats to John, who wrote in to tell us this about the first flight of his new RV-9: “Perfect flight, flew straight, no major squawks, best 3 point landing ever. Thanks Van!”
[…] were started. I finished building the wings and ordered a QB fuselage. Later came the rest of the kits. I built an O-320 engine from yellow-tagged and new components. I hired an experienced pilot and A&P to do first flight. All went well except no airspeed indication other than GPS speed on the Garmin […]
Congratulations to Robert Skinner on the first flight of his new RV-10! RV-10 # 40279 made its first flight May 7 from KCXO, Conroe, Texas. The flight went very well with the exception on the #1 cylinder running hotter than preferred. I was accompanied by Richard Jankowski acting as Additional Pilot. I highly recommend […]
Congrats to Lonny on the completion and first flight of his new RV-6 that’s been more than 20 years in the making! After 20 years, 7 months and 26 days of slow but steady construction in the basement, living room, kitchen, garage and hangar, N248TT finally took to the air on 03.21.2019 at 5:57 […]
Congratulations to Renzo from Chile on the first flight of his new Rv-10! My RV-10, CC-AUS, started in March 2015 and flew for the first time on May 13, 2020 from Rodelillo Airport, SCRD, at. Valparaiso, Chile. The aircraft is a fairly standard RV-10 with few modifications to Van’s building instructions. The engine is […]
[…] of the build and first flight in 2018: First flight was May, 26, 2018 from Ray Community Airport (57D) in Michigan. First flight lasted 54 minutes performing new “engine break-in” just north of the field. The 9 is my second build project, the first being a Kitfox III. This RV-9 airplane is solid and […]
Ken writes in to tell us about the first flight of his new RV-12iS: “Aircraft exceeded my expectations with no unusual behavior. Still need to resolve some issues with the Dynon units.”
Congrats to Darwin and Robert on the new RV-9A! First flown on June 8, 2020 at KPRC (Prescott Regional Airport) by Robert Liddell. Just a wonderful airplane. Looking forward to many cross country flights.
Congratulation to Jim on his new RV-7A first flight! Well it finally happened. First flight of my RV project. Superior Air Parts XP O-360 Sensenich Fixed Pitch Metal prop GRT EFIS, EIS and Autopilot Very Basic VFR panel with ICOM ICA210 and King KT-76A James Aircraft Cowl, Plenum and Induction system Took delivery of […]
Doug should be proud, and so are we, after the first flight of his new RV-7! He writes: Like many of you…I always wanted to build an airplane. After much research and a trip to the mothership for a tour and demo flight, I was sold on the RV-7. My wife agreed to give […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tim writes to let us know about the first flight of his new RV-9A! I was exposed to RV’s at Oshkosh ‘85 and got hooked, but it took until 2012 before the time and money were right. The build took 8 years of steady progress. Great kit with fun challenges and a lot of […]
Congrats to Charlie, who recently completed and flew his new RV-6A. He writes: This is a very unique story. But first I want to give most of the credit to my fantastic wife Sandi who has been so supportive. She spent many hours helping me. My RV6A is a “slow build” kit that is […]
Congrats to Vaughn on the new RV-6! He writes to tell us all the story: The original builder of this plane passed away before he was able to see his dream come true. In 2018 the opportunity to buy a project found its way to me and I decided to take it on. I […]
[…] at Unlimited Aero Engines for the smoothest-running IO-360 I’ve ever seen, and Jon Ross (DAR), Bob DiMeo (Tech Counselor/Flight Advisor), Mike Henning, John Sannizzaro and many other New England RVers for constant help and moral support! But most of all, thanks to my family – they learned to rivet, were always available to hold […]
