“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.”
On Van‘s Aircraft and the RV-15s Wings
Key Takeaways:
- Van's Aircraft is celebrating its 50th anniversary, a significant milestone for the homebuilt aviation industry that it helped revolutionize.
- The company is experiencing unprecedented growth, outpacing even certified manufacturers' production rates.
- Van's Aircraft is introducing a new model, the RV-15, described as a high-horsepower, big-tire tailwheel airplane with potential for removable wings.
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