Another RV-10 took to the air 5/5/08 N75252 built in 1 year from a standard kit by a repeat offender. It has 6 hrs. to date and is equipped with 2 AFS 3500's,430W,SL-30.340,327and Tru-Trak Digifligt II VSGV.

Many thanks to Van's for a great airplane (flies hands off) and to the guys at Hillsboro Aviation, Gary who helped with the riveting and my wife who put up with my building schedule.

         

          [ patrick.brandt at mchsi.com ]

RV-6 N47EX S/N 23082 had its maiden voyage on May 5, 2008. All went well with the test pilot Tom Hegy reporting no trim adjusments needed. I have a Superior XP-IO-360-B1C2 180 HP that I built at the builders school in Texas. Prop is Sensenich 72-85. Empty weight 1042. Avionics is Grand Rapids Technoloy Horizon 1 EFIS, model 4000 EIS, Garmin SL40 comm and 320A Txp. Backup airspeed and Altimeter. TruTrack A/P and T&B. Indicated airspeed at 2000 MSL 175mph at 22" MP with no gear leg or wheel fairings.

Project took 14.5 years, started in October of 1993 with 5 years off for move from Florida to Wisconsin. Many thanks to John Lorbeicki, Dan Forsberg, Bob Gehring, Steve Krog and Bob Brumwell for bucking, machine shop, borrowed tools and general support along the way.

              

      Jim Schmidt
      Richfield, WI
      [ schmidtjm at nconnect.net ]

Just reporting in - RV-10 N442PM (#40105) took flight today after 4.5 years and 2200 hours of build time.

Bob Condrey
[ scondrey at cox.net ]

N542E flew on April 11 out of Limington, Maine and now has 22.5 hours. It has an O360-A1A and a Sensenich fixed pitched prop. So far I am very pleased with the results. It was 3 and a half years to completion but all of that time was not building. Seems we have quite a social group here.


             

     If you find yourself in Maine please drop in.
     Ed Clegg
    [ edwclg at adelphia.net ]

The kit formerly known as 82479 is now officially an airplane, N912PS

The first flight of N912PS was on April 21. We had the DAR inspection on Saturday April 19. Glenn Barron flew the first flight. After the flight we spend some time fixing a leaking fuel tank and other tweaking. Wayne Petrus, who is a co-owner of the aircraft, flew the next 10 or so hours. I finished transition training with Dave Austin on April 26. Yesterday, I got to fly her for the first time.

Details: Mattituck O-360 with Hartsell blended airflow prop, Dynon Flight-Dek D-180, Tru-Trak Pilot II, Garmin GNS 430W, Garmin GTX 327 transponder, Garmin GMA 340 Comm panel, Garmin SL-40 radio, Garmin GPSMAP 496 with XM weather and music.

We have flown her a total of 13.2 hours so far. There are stil a few bugs in getting all of the radios, the comm panel and the autopilot to play together.

She has not been painted yet; as with most females, she does not want her picture taken without her makeup.

I have not rolled her yet. That will be the next flight.

Zack Spivey
[ zspivey at bellsouth.net ]

I should have sent this to you sooner, but I was having to much fun flying my 9A.

With an incubation period of 3 years 8 months, serial no. 90669 hatched into RV-9A 616WD. Shortly thereafter, on August 25, 2006, my bird took flight. Power is provided by an Aero Sport O-320D1A, with dual P-mags turning a Hartzell constant-speed prop. First flight was in the expert hands of Tom Irlbeck. Tom also provided the transition training.

Walnut burl accents the panel which consists of a Blue Mountain EFIS Sport, GNS 530, ASF 2500 engine monitor, Digiflight II VSG, AOA, PMA 8000B, Icom A-200, 327 transponder, plus some round instruments. I also used wood elsewhere, including the glare shield molding. The PPG Concept paint was applied by a local auto body shop.

The 9A is a great, efficient, stable, & speedy ride. With 180hrs. on the clock, every time I push it back into the hangar, I can’t wait to pull it out again.

Many thanks to Tom Irlbeck, Van’s, MN Wing RV club, EAA chapter 509, but mostly to my wife Mary for the building assistance and paint design, and also her patience.

For most of the year I base the plane on my own NW-SE 1900' x roughly 100' dogleg grass strip in the beautiful rolling hills NE of Whitehall, WI. In the winter I hangar it in Eau Claire, WI.

                  

           Patrick Halama
           Whitehall, WI
           EAA 710468
           [ pmhalama at triwest.net ]

Brief details are O- 320 D1A , wooden prop, standard round dial, nav by map & stopwatch, 950lbs empty. Many thanks for all the help over the past decade and thanks to Van for a delightful design. Pictures to follow.

Jerry Williams
Winsford
Cheshire
UK
[ jerry at jerrywilliams.go-plus.net ]

RV-10 N426AK flew the first time on Saturday afternoon, April 26th, 2008, from Miller Field in Mooresville, North Carolina. Thanks to all who helped and to Van’s Aircraft for creating such wonderful machines.

A special thanks to Tad, Radomir, Steve, and everyone at Barrett Performance Engines, SteinAir, and B&C Specialties. My family and I look forward to many years of flying to see our friends, our family, and this wonderful country.

Scott Keadle
[ Scott at Keadle.com ]

Sincerely,
Gary Kozinski
[ gary.kozinski at ge.com ]
Attleboro, MA.

Harry Hopkins
[ Harry.Hopkins at talktalk.net ]

Backup airspeed and altimeter. It weighed in at 1100 lbs. even. Put 3 hrs. on the hobbs today with the only squawks; a slightly heavy left wing, and a fluctuating Dynon manifold pressure(no restrictor yet). Cruising around at 24 squared yielded 175 KTAS.

2 RV-8 quickbuilds were delivered in March 2007. 82688 flew after 921 hrs. of construction time. 82689 has about 500 hrs. of construction on it and should fly in mid summer. It will be registered as N486JT. My 6th complete RV. The others were RV-4 S/N 599, RV-4 S/N 2633, an RV-6A S/N 25013 and an RV-8 S/N 82473.

If you think the company can survive without my constant stream of money flowing in, I think I would like to temporarily retire from Active building for a while, and just enjoy flying these wonderful machines.

Best regards,
Your #1 customer
Jon Thocker
[ dthocker at fuse.net ]