Vans has a sense of humor
 

The end is near and Vans just now in the Firewall Forward shows a sense of humor in this step. Truly this can't be the only buried joke.



For the image impaired, they make reference to a marsupial being interested in the plane.

Van was being nice
 

I think Van used the term marsupial to mean "guys at airshows who like to poke thier fingers in places they shouldn't"

I'm gonna' blame Ken Scott, their resident "creative writer".... ;)

So, wait... a curious marsupial poking at your aircraft wouldn't be dead... he's just...


wait for it...


plane possum.

The very end of the instructions for the wheel pants say something like they're now ready to be installed and "begin a hard, hard life". :)

There are some other funny comments sprinkled around in the instructions...

ARGH! :eek:

I'm going to vote Ken Scott too...

My personal favourite (though I can't recall exactly where I saw it) "...break the edges of the spar with a vixen file or something similarly abrasive like a teething child or your mother-in-law"

Van does a bit of gliding competitively in Australia, and has a healthy respect for the Kangaroo population :D

Lunch money
 

Back in the day when we all made at least two elevator trim tabs, :( the accessories catalog described the replacement kit as "Vans lunch money"

Scott A. Jordan
N733JJ

Vans
 

When the instructions on bending the longerons tell you if it does not bend " Get a Bigger Hammer " . The fuselage slow build 8 .
Tom