FIrst FLights

Great work, Joe! He writes: Uneventful 30 minutes 4000 ft above the field at South Albany Airport (4B0). Uneventful except for my RV Grin. A tremendous satisfaction after almost 5 years of building. New YO-360-A1A Catto 3 blade Vetterman exhaust w/mufflers Full IFR Dynon panel with 2 10” touch screens. I recently returned from transition […] Read More

Congratulations Jerry! He writes: It took just under five years to complete my slow build RV-10. First flight took place on a calm, cool March morning and was completely uneventful. Airplane flew as expected with no issues – still grinning after every flight. Special thanks to Vic Syracuse for the advice during the build, DAR […] Read More

Congratulations to Peter on the completion of his third RV-8. He writes: As a repeat offender along with my brother-in-law, this is the third RV8 we have built along with a build assist on a RV 7 and owning both a RV7A and a RV6 along the way. Despite this history, it never takes away […] Read More

Congratulations to James on the first flight in his beautiful RV-14A. He writes: It flew very straight and true

Congratulations to Brad on the completion of his RV-6! A one hour flight above the airport at 25 square to help break in the xpio360. All went well. Slightly heavy right wing. No other issues. First landing was excellent thanks to some recurrent training from Mike Seger. Nice to be back in an RV again. […] Read More

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Cheers to Wesley on the completion and first flight of his RV-8! He reports: Southern Nevada Van’s Aircraft RV-8 The plane is titled “A Brother’s Love,” and she flew for the first time on March 24th, 2024. The first-flight was a bit of a rodeo, not perfect, but testing and tweaking has provided the promised […] Read More

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 for anyone […] Read More

Great work, Scott! He shares: I was convinced by my next door neighbor to build a RV, he had built a RV-14 and had the tools and expertise and with Covid running rampant there was nothing better to do than build a plane. Great experience then he asked if I would help him build a […] Read More

Great work, Rob and Michael. They write: Father and son Project. Worth every minute!

It was a special day after 5 years in the garage.

Congratulations to John and Richard on their new RV-10. They write: Plane flew great with John at the controls. Some issues with CHT’s due to new engine and radio transmission/reception at high power due to wiring on electronic ignition. Prop governor and fuel flow sensor were non functional. These issues were subsequently resolved. Second flight […] Read More

Congratulations to Carl on completing his first flight with his RV-8! He shares: I finished this quickbuild kit in less than two years, paperwork delayed the first flight by a couple of months. All went well, fantastic handling and performance. The Showplanes modifications were well worth it! IO390 exp 119 with dual PMags.

Congratulations to Francesco on his new RV-7! He shares: Un ringraziamento speciale al mio carissimo amico che mi ha aiutato tanto…UGO NUNZIO NERI Translated: A special thanks to my dearest friend who helped me so much…UGO NUNZIO NERI

Congratulations Greg! First flight of my RV-9A brought out grins and giggles between myself and my very experienced Additional Pilot who is also an A&P and CFI. No surprises in the performance of the plane. Big grins when EFIS showed 185 mph ground speeds while orbiting KTXK at 5,000 feet. Looking forward to working the […] Read More

Congratulations to Olli and Rauno on the completion of their RV-10! They write: Everything worked fine for the first two flights today. If you don’t quit building, one day there is nothing else to do than fly! Thanks for support, Van’s and Garmin along the building time!

Congratulations to Tim on his first flight in his RV-14A! First flight take-off at: Apart from high oil temps and CHTs the flight was unremarkable. I staked close to my home airport in case there was any issues needing a quick return to base but everything went well and after 3 hours I landed as […] Read More

Congratulations Clyde! 1st flight Winsted, MN airport