Hands, Mind, and Heart

What started as a handful of passionate enthusiasts has developed into a major force—and a significant component—of the aircraft industry.

RV-8 & RV-8A

Low Wing - Metal

RV-8, 8A-1Kit/Plans:
Van's Aircraft
14401 NE Keil Road
Aurora, OR 97002

Telephone: 503-678-6545
Fax: 503-678-6560

Email: info@vansaircraft.com
Website: http://www.vansaircraft.com

RV Aircraft Yearbook:
Available from Mark Franek
P. O. Box 815
Sparta, NJ 07871

Telephone: 201-663-3645

This is a professionally printed, hard bound book featuring the RV-3, RV-4, RV-6 and RV-6A.

Newsletters/Clubs:
RVator, available from Ken Scott, Editor
P.O. Box 160
North Plains, OR 97133

Telephone: 503-647-5117
Fax: 503-647-2206

RVBC Magazine available from Ken Hoshowski, Editor
Box 2530
Salmon Arm, B.C.
V1E 4R4, Canada

There are tapes on RV Construction available from George and Becki Orndorff
2290 W Hicks Road
Fort Worth, TX 76131-3700

Telephone: 817-439-3280

There are 10 tapes in all, covering the construction of RV aircraft from start to finish.

Articles in EAA and related publications:

Year Month Page Magazine Article
2009 04 12 Sport Aerobatics RVs, Aerobatics, & You 5 pg
2007 10 06 Sport Aerobatics Letters to the Editor: Thinking outside the box about RV aerobatics 1 pg
2007 08 16 Sport Aerobatics RV Aerobatics: An Untapped Market for IAC Membership 2 pg
2007 02 19 Sport Aviation ‘4 Into 1’ Exhaust for RV Series
2006 10 27 Sport Aviation RV-8/8A Kits Match Holes (1/4 pg)
2006 09 118 Sport Aviation Mike Seager Trains RV-ators: A full-time transition instructor specialist 3 pg
2006 05 30 Sport Aviation Reciprocals & Rotaries Nose to Nose: RV-8 Fly-Off Leaves A Lot Up In The Air by Ken Scott (7 pg)
2005 11 58 Sport Aviation Painted into a Corner: Trip to the Paint Shop Turns Up Unexpected Peril—and Unwelcome Lessons (6 ½ pg)
2004 05 82 Sport Aviation Common Canvas: The RV-8 as a medium of self expression (Mark S. Weber’s RV-8) 2 pgs
2004 02 56 Sport Aviation They Call It Grezdlitn: Mark and Pete Rowe’s turbocharged RV-8 (9 pgs)
2001 07 99 Sport Aviation Barry Palmer's RV-8 (photo & caption)
2001 06 89 Sport Aviation Dave Wilson's RV-8 (photo & caption)
2001 06 44 Sport Aviation Repeat Offenders: Father & Son RV Builders (7 pgs)
2001 03 84 Sport Aviation Bill Grimm's RV-8 (photo & caption)
2001 02 71 Sport Aviation It Doesn't Get Any Wetter Than This! (Danny King's RV-8 Grand Champion at SWRFI
2001 02 93 Sport Aviation Hot Stuff RV-8 by Ron Grover (photo & caption)
2001 01 85 Sport Aviation RV-8 Parade: What our Member's are Building, Jack Guthrie, Steve Ave and Emmett Griffith (photos & captions)
2000 12 95 Sport Aviation N888TS RV-8 owned by Scott Seher (photo & caption)
2000 11 86 Sport Aviation King's Beautiful Doll RV-8 (photo & caption only)
2000 10 91 Sport Aviation Ramsey RV-8 Quick-Build Kit, O-360-A1A (photo & caption only)
2000 09 84 Sport Aviation Spencer RV-8 Quick-Built Kit (photo & caption only)
2000 08 85 Sport Aviation Shanklin RV-8A, IO-360 (photo & caption only)
2000 03 79 Sport Aviation Pagan RV-8A, O-320 (photo & caption only)
99 08 66 Sport Aviation Café Foundation Report: RV-8A (12 pages & photos)
99 03 88 Sport Aviation Flying Qualities Report: RV-8A (7 pages, w/ color photos)
98 12 10 Sport Aviation RV-8 Passes Wing Load Testing
97 06 05 Sport Aviation Hot Line (color photo w/ caption)
96 03 36 Sport Aviation RV-8...Initial Impressions (1 1/2 pages)
95 10 62 Sport Aviation The RV-8 - An Interview with the Designer, Dick VanGrunsven ( 7 page Article and Photos)
95 09 38 Sport Aviation VanGrunsven’s RV-8 Introduced at Oshkosh ‘95 (Photo and Caption only)

EAA members can view digitally archived editions of EAA Sport Aviation here.

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