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 […]
[…] 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. Also I had wonderful friends who helped me when it was […]
[…] – Emmett, Sosthene, Heinz, Karl, Georg, Dan, Marcel, Anne, Claudio, Michel, Eric, Jon, Thierry, Chris, Emad, Vincent, Olivier, Catherine, all the amazing people at Doug Reeves’ VAF, and probably a dozen other people that helped me with the project. Sincere thanks to my entire family who was very supportive at every step. The Experimental […]
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 […]
Congratulations to Jeroen, who writes to tell us about the first flight of his RV-12iS: First flight in February. All went well and no surprises. I enjoyed building the RV-12iS together with the kids. High up in our fourth-floor apartment in the middle of Amsterdam. I am very grateful for all the help I […]
A huge congrats to Pete, who writes in to tell us: First flight went very well, plane flew straight and true and engine ran well, add another big RV Grin to the collection. What an awesome plane to fly.
Paul writes to tell us all about the first flight of the world’s newest RV-7A! Congrats to him and Ron! Finally! At last! The project I started 19 years ago has flown. It was a long time in the making, but was enjoyable all the way. You know the saying “Life is what happens […]
[…] down for a bit to cool things off, but once temps were back in line again, I took off to circle around the airport. Plane performed well and the engine sounded great. I was expecting a heavy wing of some kind but none existed which was a nice surprise. It flew perfectly straight first […]
Congratulations to Brad on the first flight of his RV-9A! He writes to tell us all about it and to provide some words of encouragement for builders: After 11 years and 2 days N8729M finally took to the air on 6/18/2020 at KCFO in Watkins, CO. What an awesome feeling! Thanks to my wife […]
Congrats to Carl on RV Number Three – this one an RV-8! He writes: This is my third RV, and I suspect I have one more to go. For now however I have a lot of flying to catch up with. Paint will be late fall.
[…] training -7 I flew with Mike Seager. Overall, it was a non-event! I went up with Brian Branscomb under AC 90-116, a hangar neighbor, ATP, CFI, A&P and lifelong home builder with ~10 first flights in his logbook to help keep eyes on things; he said he was a little bored — a perfect […]
[…] Joliet Regional Airport (KJOT). The flight was uneventful….just what I was planning on… I’m glad I decided on the flight training, so I knew what to expect and it performed as expected. The power plant is a Lycoming O-540 fitted with the EFII system 32 Fuel injection system. The prop is a Whirlwind HRT77. […]
[…] my 350 hours of flying with her. I would like to take this occasion to pass on special thanks to my friend Peter Schneider. He grew up in NYC and speaks perfect English – which I, unfortunately, do not. He helped me with technical translations and, very important, with phone calls to Van’s support hotline.
Mark writes in to tell us about his first flight: Great flight. It flew hands off and handled very well. Almost 9 years of building was most certainly worth the effort.
Congratulation to Charlie Derk, who sends his RV-10 first flight report! Four years and 5 months of blood, sweat and tears finally paid off as N688CD took her maiden voyage on Monday. What a thrill. Everything worked as it should and the plane was a dream to fly. Pretty amazing feeling when you start […]
[…] in December. Congrats, Travis! Hi Van’s, Just wanted to let you know that RV-7 #74585 received it’s Airworthiness from an FAA inspector the first week of December and made it’s first flight on December 19th 2019 after 3 years and 1 month of building. After spending a day doing transition training with Jan Bussell […]
[…] Ken, who sends in this report on his first flight: This particular airplane is my second RV (I previously built an -8 which first flew in 2002) and, over the last 21 months spent working on it, I’ve renewed my acquaintance with the RV community (the very best part of building an RV!) and […]
Steve’s report was short and sweet: “Thanks Van’s staff for the great design.”
Congrats to Andrew, who writes in to tell us: First flight by RAAus instructor Will Owen. One circuit. No issues. Very happy with Vans and kit. One of four flying in Western Australia.
Well after 8 years and 8 months of building (and a ton of help) I finally received my Certificate of Airworthiness. Have been through Mike Seager’s training in the RV7 plus a few flights in a couple other taildraggers, I just needed the weather to cooperate. November 7th turned out to be the day, […]
