Congratulations to Yvar on the first flight of 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 […] Read More
Lee and Cliff wrote in to let us know about the recent first flight of their RV-14A: After a gear up landing in a rental Piper Arrow due to a maintenance error (actually series of errors) Lee decided enough is enough and order the first kit for the RV-14 in December 2012. Lee toiled away […] Read More
Congratulations to Joe on the recent flight of his beautiful RV-6! He writes: Long awaited First Flight and First Landing successfully flown by Glen Brigland Australia followed by two more flights totalling 1.8 hrs on 21st December 2021. Issues encountered: Intermittent fuel senders Intermittent pilot microphone Low CHT’s (for a new engine) Other than that […] Read More
Marcel wrote in to let us know about the recent first flight of his RV-7: After four years of building, I finally finished my RV-7 now known as the PH-MNX. Since I only have a little over 80 hours ‘under my belt’ and had never landed an RV-7, I decided to take a ‘safety pilot’ […] Read More
Congratulations to the Miller family on their new RV-10! Nathan writes: After working for 2 years and 5 months, N7244M took to the air on April 11, 2022. Luckily my wife Jennifer encouraged and helped me to tackle this project, and after taking a one day class at Synergy Air I was ready. My brother […] Read More
Congratulations to Greg Long, who writes to tell us all about the build and first flight of his RV-12, and includes a video as well! Building my own plane has been a dream for most of my life. Since 1986 when I completed my private pilot license, I flew various club planes including Cessna and […] Read More
Congrats to Andrew Kilroy on the first flight of his new RV-14A! He wrote to let us know: The first flight was eventful! Took off in chilly, calm conditions and noticed that my airspeed went dead five seconds after take off. I did a simple pattern and landed (without airspeed). In just the first 4 […] Read More
A big congratulations to Joop Sint Jago on the completion and first flight of this new RV-7 in The Netherlands! Five years and a bit after my son and I started the tail-kit class at Synergy (Eugene), PH-YAR took the skies for the first time. And there was no sign that this was her first […] Read More
Congratulations to Woodies Aircraft Factory on their new RV-12iS: Brian Lloyd, myself, Mark Fotherby, and Robbie Stewart, collectively known as Woodies Aircraft Factory embarked on our big adventure in March 2017. This marked the date when the first pieces of metal were cut, and the first of many, many rivets were set. It all seemed […] Read More
Congratulations Michael! He writes: On April 21st, 2009 I attended my first Sun-n-Fun and took my first ever flight in an RV. I returned back to the Van’s tent and ordered a tail kit. Fast forward 12 years and 9 months to Jan 7th, 2022. My project was finally complete and I flew my own […] Read More
Congratulations to Scott on his first flight in his RV-10! He shares: Flight was mainly uneventful with a smooth takeoff and landing. The only squawk that needed to be addressed is that on departure, I recognized that the airspeed was showing values less than half of actual. I activated my backup alternate static air which […] Read More
Congrats to Greg on his RV-7A! He writes: Greg Miller finally flew his RV-7A for the first time on Aug 14, 2024. It was perfect morning with light and variable winds and cooler than it had been for weeks. I spent 43 minutes orbiting the field with a big grin on my face. The airplane […] Read More
