For nearly 50 years, Van’s Aircraft Inc. has offered a series of low-wing, all-aluminum kit planes popular with those who like to fly airplanes they assemble with their own hands. The Aurora, ...
Richard VanGrunsven founded Van's Aircraft in 1971, becoming the most successful kit aircraft manufacturer by designing planes that achieved "total performance"—a balance of speed, aerobatic ability, ...
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Van's Aircraft Turnaround in Full Flight
The first two RV-15 wing kits left Van's Aircraft's Aurora, Oregon factory on December 23, 2025, bound for Reno air racer Kevin Eldredge and pilot Spanky Melton. The shipments were symbolic of Van's ...
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Used aircraft guide: Van's RV-8
Family-farm passion evolves into world's best-selling ‘fighter-like' kitplane.
Van's Aircraft, long known as the largest and most successful company in the kit-aircraft world, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company's designs trace their origin to ...
An RV-7 aircraft kit recently delivered to Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1071 President David Porter of Martinsburg, West Virginia, officially became the 10,000th Van’s RV aircraft to ...
US-based kit manufacturer Van’s Aircraft has resorted to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while it attempts to restructure, after encountering financial difficulties. The company, which was founded ...
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