In this post: Update on manufacturing process changes and planned delivery of kits Update on forthcoming video communications Heads-up on RV kit and Lycoming price increases Collection of QB deposits and our deposit policy Limitations on raw materials and crating materials sales Manufacturing Process Changes and Initial Results With the recent launch of Van’s Aircraft’s […] Read More
You may have seen the news recently about the substantially increased costs of overseas container shipping. Van’s Aircraft utilizes container-ship transportation services when moving parts to, and assembled kits from, our contract QuickBuild assembly centers in the Philippines and Brazil. Due to ongoing and significant increases in these costs over the past several months, Van’s […] Read More
Recent manufacturing resource and supply chain constraints have resulted in delays to the production and delivery of many parts delivered in RV aircraft kits. These issues and constraints have hit each of our business partners as well as our company directly. As a result, our ability to deliver kits on originally planned schedules has been […] Read More
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!! We are collecting customer photo submissions for the 2022 Van’s Calendar. Please send in your best RV images to media@vansaircraft.com. Submission Criteria: Images must be in a high-resolution format so they will print clearly. Please don’t over-process, resize or crop tight – we can handle that, and keeping things flexible […] Read More
Van’s has made a number of changes to our policies and practices related to the ordering, fulfillment, and shipping of kits, parts and other items sold by Van’s Aircraft. Fee for Use of Third Party Freight Forwarders International kit shipments for which the customer requests to use their own freight forwarder, rather than one of […] Read More
Lycoming and Van’s Aircraft have instituted a handful of changes to the ordering configuration options for Lycoming experimental and Thunderbolt engines. These changes are based on historically typical ordering patterns, and are intended to improve efficiency and therefore minimize costs associated with making changes to orders. Orders will not longer be accepted using paper or […] Read More
On Wednesday, June 30th our company’s policies related to the required use of masks and social distancing at the factory/office will change to remain consistent with changes in the State of Oregon’s COVID-related mandates. This will allow us to permit non-employees in the building without restriction and will remove pandemic-related restrictions and requirements to which […] Read More
AURORA, OREGON – June 18, 2021 – Van’s Aircraft today announced changes to its management and organizational structure designed to enable the company and its employees to advance and meet opportunities created by significant growth in customer demand. Over the past 24 months, orders for Van’s RV aircraft kits have increased nearly 250% as new […] Read More
Van’s Aircraft is resuming limited scheduling of demonstration flights at its Aurora, Oregon headquarters (KUAO) and at our East Coast representative’s location at New Garden Airport (N57 – Chester County, PA). Please note that we are not currently taking walk-in requests for demo flights – all appointments must be pre-arranged and confirmed and are offered […] Read More
Some of our staff is at SUN ‘n FUN this week, so please come see us there! As a result, our office phone and email services may be a bit slower than usual this week. If you’re at the show – be sure to stop by our booth in the North East exhibits. Looking for […] Read More
We are writing to communicate about delays to the delivery schedule for RV Quick Build kits, which are caused by several combined and unforeseen circumstances. In addition, we wanted to provide another update concerning a recently discovered issue related to primer applied to parts used in some QB assemblies that we received last year, and […] Read More
Updated: March 11, 2020 Van’s Aircraft is investigating the discovery of potential surface corrosion on the interior aluminum surfaces of Quick Build wing and fuselage kits assembled during a specific timeframe. Kits that are in-scope for this review are those that were assembled by our contract company and delivered to Van’s Aircraft between June 2020 […] Read More
The Van’s business offices are open as of Monday, February 22nd. We had been closed due to the outcomes of a serious winter ice storm. Power was restored to our factory on Thursday evening. This power outage was the result of a major ice storm that resulted in many downed transmission power lines, feeder lines, […] Read More
Due to a recent unfortunate COVID-19 exposure event, our parts and hardware shipping team is out of the office for a 14-day quarantine period. This means we have only a couple of people in place to try to support a workload that is normally staffed by more than 10 individuals. As a result, our shipping […] Read More
Lycoming has announced its annual experimental aircraft engine price adjustments, which will take effect on November 1st. That means you have until October 31 to place an order from Van’s at our current prices. The new Van’s selling prices are listed below along with our current prices. We are providing this price change information to […] Read More
Originally published: May 18, 2020 Updated: August 12, 2020 Since the introduction of the Lycoming IO-390A engine, some of our customers have expressed their desire to install this engine on a RV-7/7A or RV-8/8A airframe. Van’s Aircraft has recently completed an in-depth review of horsepower limitations for the RV-7/7A and RV-8/8A and is now approving […] Read More
AeroLEDs Lighting Products On Sale – Extended Through August 10th! AeroLEDs has discounted all of their products by 10% from July 19-August 1o and as a result, Van’s has reduced the prices of the AeroLEDs products we sell — as well as our RV lighting kits that contain the AeroLEDs products — by 10%. The […] Read More
Van’s Aircraft has initiated the process of phasing in the production of final-size, matched-hole RV-10 parts. Until now, all parts for the RV-10 have been produced with slightly undersized holes, which the builder must up-size with a drill and then debur prior to assembly. We will be transitioning the RV-10 kit to final-sized holes, much […] Read More
Note: This announcement covers the RV-14/14A. For information regarding use of the IO-390-EXP119 on the RV-7 and RV-8, please visit this link. Van’s Aircraft has announced a new powerplant option for the RV-14/14A, providing more choices for builders of the airplane in terms of power and weight. In this new configuration, which is based around […] Read More
In celebration of Spirit of Aviation Week, EAA’s online event, Van’s is excited to announce the following “show” specials: AeroLEDs discount – 10% off all AeroLED products and Van’s kits containing those products (extended through August 10th) Lycoming engine special – free domestic US shipping for all engines ordered through Van’s during the event — plus the availability […] Read More
