Congrats to Joe, who writes to report on the first flight of his new RV-14A! After 2 years and 2 weeks of construction, my RV-14A flew on June 7, 2020. The plane flew “hands-off” from the beginning with no trim being required except for the normal pitch trim adjustments from take-off settings, cruise setting and […] Read More
Ken writes in to tell us about the first flight of his new RV-12iS: “Aircraft exceeded my expectations with no unusual behavior. Still need to resolve some issues with the Dynon units.”
Robert writes in to share the story about the first flight of his RV-7A, which happened a couple of years ago but the story is still just as cool! Better late than never, right? I had never seen an RV until Oshkosh 2013 when some Texans had barbecue with my wife and I. I was […] Read More
Congratulations to Andrew on the first flight of his RV-7 in Anacortes, Washington! He writes: It took over 10 years, but the first flight finally came! I started building out of my home in Northern California, but had the fortunate opportunity to move to Anacortes, WA, where there is some beautiful flying. When I first […] Read More
Congratulations to Malcom on the first flight of his RV-6A! He writes: Its first flight was on Wednesday evening from Sleap airfield with no issues, after a very slow but most enjoyable build.
Congrats to Helmut, who writes in to tell the world about the first flight of his new RV-9 in Germany! On April 25, 2020, my RV-9 successfully completed its first flight after 8 years of construction. A Superior Motor IOX 360 and 2 HDX screens from Dynon with autopilot are installed. The first tests were […] Read More
Congratulations to Clive, who has completed and flown his RV-6 in New Zealand for the first time! Van’s RV-6 ZK-CAZ took to the air for the first time at Ardmore Airport (Auckland, New Zealand) on the morning of 23 May 2020 in the capable hands of test pilot David Wilkinson. He reports that it does […] Read More
Congrats to Darren in the UK on the first flight of his new RV-8! Darren worked with us to arrange a paint design we happen to like a lot. We look forward to future videos where that aerobatic logo still reads right-side-up while inverted! Darren writes to tell us: After selling my Husky, I wanted […] Read More
Another tailwheel RV-9 has taken to the skies – and congrats to Dennis, who sent us his account of the build and first flight in 2018: First flight was May, 26, 2018 from Ray Community Airport (57D) in Michigan. First flight lasted 54 minutes performing new “engine break-in” just north of the field. The 9 […] Read More
Congratulations to Alvin on his first flight of his first RV! This was my first build and I spent 18 months of actual build time. First flight was a joy. The plane flew straight with no issues. The Thunderbolt Engine and Garmin Panel performed flawless. I’m utilizing the FAA Additional Pilot Program with a great […] Read More
Congrats to Darwin on the first flight of his second RV-7! My second RV-7 flew for the first time today. This one has an IO-390 and dual Advanced Flight Systems touch systems with Garmin 750. Flew great. A couple of minor tweaks needed and I’ll fly again later today. I can’t thank my good friend […] Read More
Congratulations to Renzo from Chile on the first flight of his new Rv-10! My RV-10, CC-AUS, started in March 2015 and flew for the first time on May 13, 2020 from Rodelillo Airport, SCRD, at. Valparaiso, Chile. The aircraft is a fairly standard RV-10 with few modifications to Van’s building instructions. The engine is a […] Read More
Congrats to Lonny on the completion and first flight of his new RV-6 that’s been more than 20 years in the making! After 20 years, 7 months and 26 days of slow but steady construction in the basement, living room, kitchen, garage and hangar, N248TT finally took to the air on 03.21.2019 at 5:57 PM […] Read More
A big congrats to Manuel for the first flight of his RV-10 in Germany! After 3 years, the first flight could finally take place today. Thanks Van’s for this wonderful kit
Congratulations to Robert Skinner on the first flight of his new RV-10! RV-10 # 40279 made its first flight May 7 from KCXO, Conroe, Texas. The flight went very well with the exception on the #1 cylinder running hotter than preferred. I was accompanied by Richard Jankowski acting as Additional Pilot. I highly recommend the […] Read More
Congratulations to Ken on the first flight of his RV-7A! First flight went off without any issues, plane flies straight and level, fully expected a possible heavy wing but that didn’t happen. Flight was only 20 minutes, weather was not my best friend, but at least the first flight nerves are gone and I am […] Read More
Congrats to Douglas, who sends us his build and first flight story! I bought an abandoned project. The tail feathers were built and the wings were started. I finished building the wings and ordered a QB fuselage. Later came the rest of the kits. I built an O-320 engine from yellow-tagged and new components. I […] Read More
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.
Congratulations to Klaus, who writes: I had much pleasure assembling my RV-4 during the 2 years it took me to finish the work. I registered the plane in March 2010. Motorization: a Lycoming O-320 E2D / 150 hp. I have experienced great joy during my 350 hours of flying with her. I would like to […] Read More
Jarek writes in to tell us about his new RV-8! Hi, let me introduce myself- I am Jarek Teresiński from Poland. Core and wings of the plane I ordered on November 2016. On May 2017 my first package arrived with kit to build. On July I had stared building plane under the watchful eye of […] Read More
