On Van‘s Aircraft and the RV-15s Wings

“Another milestone for aviation history, and I look at this from the manufacturing and engineering side, it’s Van’s Aircraft’s 50th anniversary. When you look at what that man has done over 50 years. He took the homebuilt industry into a refined engineered well produced kit designed to provide transportation and fun, and 50 years later he’s looking at growth that we’ve never seen in this industry even when looking at certified manufacturers’ production rates, and he’s introducing a new airplane, the RV-15, which is out at the booth, and it’s one that I think I might build, not because it looks like a Cessna, just ! it’s a tailwheel airplane with too much horsepower and big tires, you gotta have one, and knowing what his kits are like, and I know it’s a prototype—he continues to remind us of that, but it still looks like you might be able to take the wings off!it will be exciting to see where that ends up.”

Isabel Goyer

A commercial pilot, Isabel Goyer has been flying for more than 40 years, with hundreds of different aircraft in her logbook and thousands of hours. An award-winning aviation writer, photographer and editor, Ms. Goyer led teams at Sport Pilot, Air Progress and Flying before coming to Plane & Pilot in 2015.
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