Congratulations to Homer on completing his first flight with his RV -14A. He shares: I started this project in October 2016 and after only 7 years 9 months, and 3108 labor hours (weekends only, slow–build), N861FM took to the skies for the first time. It is a solid flyer with no bad tendencies. It […]
Cheers to Bradley on the completion of his RV -7! He writes: I had my first flight today of my RV–7, serial number 74105. It was so worth getting transition training before the flight. Thanks to my wife for putting up with this crazy thing for so long. Here’s my build by the numbers […]
Congrats to Bobby and Alex as they complete their first flight in their RV -10! Bobby reports: After 5 years, 9 months — and a ~12mo pause during COVID — we have an airplane! Alex and I (Bobby) have been dreaming of this day for many years and other than the fact that it […]
Great work, Frieder! We’re excited to see his first flight with his RV -10. He shares: This is my 4th build, I started with a Sonex, then a Glasair 2, a Velocity SE and now finally a real airplane, the RV–10. This is by far the most incredible plane I’ve ever owned. The first […]
Cheers to Jon for conquering the skies in his RV -8A. Here’s to many more flights ahead! He writes: As can be seen this has been an on and off project for many years in between various other projects. I built it for me just the way I wanted it to be, hence the […]
Congratulations to Sobota for his first flight in his RV -7! He shares: Finally, after starting this project 12 years ago, it could be real. I started this kit in 2012 in France, stopped 3 years when I was moving to Switzerland as I didn’t have a garage in my house (I had to […]
Congratulations to Rick on his new RV–14A! He writes: Standard build. Flies great! Impressed with the performance. I worked with the Nashville FSDO for my AWC portal submission and inspection. They were very helpful and great to work with.
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Congratulations to James on completing his first flight with his RV -14. He writes: “The Spirit of Jack Gilfillan” is a tribute to my father. Three generations of Gilfillan’s at Villanova University with my dad leading the way (‘56, me ‘92, Dave ‘22, Annie ‘24). He walked on to campus on a scholarship when […]
Cheers to Mark on a successful first flight in his RV -14! He writes: December 16th, 2023: It’s a day I will remember for the rest of my life. I got to carry out the 1st test flight of my newly completed RV–14. This was my second RV build, and I loved every minute […]
[…] it started to sink in. Followed Mike Busch’s recommendations on how to properly break in the new engine. That was; run it hard and continuous for 1 -2 hours until the CHT’s come down but not more than 440 degrees F. Returned to the airport and landed. I consider this one of my life’s […]
Congratulations to Kevin on the first flight of his RV -7! He writes: N575KD is based at KHUF in Terre Haute, IN. The airport was very accommodating with the first few flight circling above class D airspace. First five flights were conducted by Elliot Abel and he completed many of the EAA task based […]
Congrats to Rod on his RV–6! It took me 35 years to get this thing flying. I would just lose interest for sometimes years at a time, but I always got back to it. I am so appreciative of Van’s that they were always there during that time for parts and help.
Congratulations to Nathan on his new RV–12iS! He writes: After 4 years and 1 month of building our RV–12iS flew for the first time. Except for needing to adjust the rudder tab, it flew straight and true. Thanks Van for the great airplane. It has been a great retirement project.
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