By Garth Calitz While much of the general aviation industry was winding down for the festive season, the atmosphere at Van’s Aircraft’s Aurora, Oregon headquarters remained electric. In a moment that will likely be recorded as a pivot point in the company’s storied history, the team marked two days before Christmas not with a holiday party, but with a milestone: the official commencement of customer deliveries for the highly anticipated RV-15. On the afternoon of 23 December,

Richard "Dick" Van Grunsven celebrated his 85th birthday by taking to the skies to perform a flight test of the RV-15X. This event was...

On Friday evening, Van’s Aircraft filed its Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan with the Federal Bankruptcy Court. The court will set various...

Van Aircraft have become a firm favourite over the years for any home builders, with well over 11,000 kit builds completed to date and...

By Rob Russell Thursday 24th Feb saw another exciting step in the ¾ sized Mustang build, of Gareth Van Kets, take place. The first...

Derek Frasca, has always loved big powerful radials powered aircraft, well ever since he started his flight training in the South African...