[…] so in 2013 embarked on the build of an RV-14A. At approximately 16:00 hours on 1st September 2021 VH-VFB departed the earth for the first time. My test pilot was impressed by the performance and reported no inherent bad flight characteristics. Thanks to all at Van’s for your help in making this possible. A […]
Congratulations Paul! Today began a new phase of the RV flying lifestyle, versus the RV building lifestyle! First Flight was AWESOME! Looking forward to much more flying. The responsiveness, power, and ease of flying cannot be achieved in the spoken word, it must be felt in your body as you become part of the aircraft. […]
Congratulations to Danny on his new RV-9! He writes: The flight lasted .9 hrs and was pleasantly uneventful. The chase plane was manned by friends Wayne Bennet and Cary Grey in a Grumman Tiger and it was pretty cool that they couldn’t keep up. I’m sure there’s a lot of people to give credit […]
Mark wrote in to let us know he has completed and flown his new RV-14: Approximately 25 years ago my A&P instructor took the class to his house to show us the RV-4 he was building in his basement, obviously the seed was planted. N141MS took flight on August 10, 2021, 3 ½ years […]
Congratulations to Michael on the first flight of his new RV-12is: My son, Karsten, and I built this plane as a pandemic project. I earned my Sport Pilot certificate in May of 2020 and it became obvious right away we needed our own plane. After much research we decided the RV-12iS was the right […]
Congratulations to Keith on his new RV-7A! N779KT finally took flight on 8/2/2021. The RV grin lasted all night.
Congratulations to Brian on new RV-7! He writes: After 7 years and almost 500 hours, my first RV-7 was destroyed by a 500 flood at my home airport. When I began building the replacement, I decided to fix a few things as well as copy some modifications from the original RV-7: Small (RV-8) rudder, […]
Congratulations to Scott on the new RV-14A! He writes: The first flight was at San Bernardino (SBD) airport in Southern California. My Son, Joshua, did the first flight and everything went perfect. Flew over the airport area for about 1 hour. We are now about 15 hours into phase one. Thanks to everyone at […]
Congratulations to Bill on the new RV-7! He writes: Sanity is a dream come true … ! My quick slow build finished up this spring and waited patiently for me to get a tailwheel endorsement, then took to the skies this month. All I ever expected and more! Aerosport IO-360, Catto 3 blade, Dynon […]
Rob wrote in to let us know about the completion and first flight of his RV-14A: Thanks to test pilot Dave Wohling and chase pilot Dave Taylor. The aeroplane flew beautifully and I am extremely happy with it. Special thanks to Toni for her patience and to Ryan, Linz, Dave and all who helped […]
[…] his RV-14! He writes: First flight June 16th 2021 HB-YSI without defects encountered. Aircraft is very pleasant, fast, stabil to fly without trim issues. After 20h I’ve finished all the Flight Test. I’m happy to fly in the Swiss Alps. It was the third RV… Many thanks at all my friends and Van’s for the help.
Congratulations to Wayne and Kathy on the first flight of their new RV-7! They write: Our plane was started as a 6/7A in Jan 2000 by a guy in Long Island, NY. He got it to the finish kit stage and stopped working on it in 2007. We bought the airframe in his estate […]
Congrats to David on the new RV-8! He writes: Over many years of building that included 2 (very long) combat tours in Iraq, 2 house moves and life that got in the way of my passion to complete my plane. On June 24, 2021 the plane took to the air at the hands of […]
Congrats to Glenn on the new RV-14! He writes: After 14 months of continuous build C-FLGW took to the air on June 22, 2021! Pretty much stock with a Thunderbolt 390 and a few other upgrades. Thanks to all who have helped especially my dear wife for her unlimited support with my flying activities, Peter, […]
Greg and Norm wrote in to let us know that they completed and flew their new RV-6A: Father and son, Norm and Greg, are the fourth owners of this kit in its very extended building history. The aircraft has an O-320 A3A that originally started life on a Piper Apache twin. It sports a […]
Congrats on the new RV-7 Bill! Built RV-4 number 1628 25 years ago and needed a project, so in 2008 I started and accidentally finished this month. Weight is 1039 but airplane is as light as it ever will be. Took off heat muff and plugged the hole in the baffling so that all […]
Congratulations to Greg on the new RV-6! He writes: Dubbed the Phoenix Project, this was a replacement for my first RV-6. I started this build from a partially completed kit picked up in June of 2002. I’ve split my time with flying and upgrading a Navion but have continued to chip away at the […]
Congratulations to Aviation Nation and Charles Weber on the new RV-12iS. They write: DAR inspected & issued AWC with no deficiencies. Planned first flight early on a calm morning but Lane A fault light remained on. Opened cowl that evening and found wire connecting airbox sensors not connected. Ours is a youth build and […]
Congratulations to Paul and Mary Beth on their new RV-14A: We decided to start this retirement “adventure” at Oshkosh 2018. Did the Van’s build workshop together at Oshkosh. Ordered our RV-14A kit in August 2018. Decided to utilize the help of SynergyAir in Eugene Oregon. Started building our empennage in December 2018. Spent 24+ […]
Congrats to James on the new RV-8, he writes: N420RV took to the skies over northern Virginia on Sunday, May 9, 2021 after 3 years of building. The plane flew wonderfully. Actually, the best plane I’ve ever flown (although I may be a bit biased). Totally worth all of the effort and frustration of […]
