|
-
POSTING RULES

-
Donate yearly (please).
-
Advertise in here!
-
Today's Posts
|
Insert Pics
|

10-17-2017, 11:52 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sonoma County
Posts: 3,821
|
|
I expect this request to throttle down as the magic number gets close.
It would be a shame if an RV6A built and registered in 2004 to be the 10,000th completion....... 
__________________
VAF #897 Warren Moretti
2019 =VAF= Dues PAID
|

10-19-2017, 08:23 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Peoria, AZ
Posts: 1,053
|
|
Just sent mine in - RV6a N53KT 1st flight July 8th 2017. 25 hr sign off done July 20th, Oshkosh bound July 21st.
__________________
Regards,
Thomas Velvick
Goodyear, AZ (KGYR)
2020 Donation sent.
N53KT RV-6a finished 2018, Flying
N7053L RV-4 Wife's RV
N56KT RV-4 Finishing
|

10-19-2017, 02:40 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Sydney, Aust.
Posts: 820
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by rvbuilder2002
|
9942 this morning, 41 new First Flights in 16 days.
Only 58 to go with 73 days in which to do it.
I'm forecasting the magic 10,000 on Christmas day this year, 'Strayan time, that is! 
__________________
Once you have tasted flight you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return - Leonardo DaVinci
My Flickr gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35521362@N06/
RV-9A - Finished on 10th February 2016 after 4 years, 9 months and 19 days! The 1020th RV-9 flying.
First flight 26th March 2016. Essential specs 145KTAS @ 2400RPM, 8000', 24.2LPH, Initial RoC 1800FPM.
|

10-23-2017, 11:53 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Location: chesapeake, va
Posts: 96
|
|
I'm not in the "never reported" category but I will be getting my 9A project inspected in the next couple of weeks and the first flight shortly after. I'll shoot you all a note when she slips the surly bonds.
__________________
RV-9A Airworthiness certificate Oct 2017,
first flight 11/18/17, testing completed Mar 2018.
Now free to move about the country.
http://dalesrv.blogspot.com
2020 Dues Paid
|

10-25-2017, 07:29 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Lexington, KY
Posts: 454
|
|
N245JM
I sent mine in 2 days ago. RV10, first flight May 29 2017!!
Got a reply from Mitch Lock too!.
Johan
__________________
Dorfie
RV10 Flying, N245JM
2020 dues paid with a smile
|

10-27-2017, 09:07 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hubbard Oregon
Posts: 9,035
|
|
We are getting there!
The current Hobbs Meter count is 9952 so we are already half way there in only a bit more than three weeks.
Keep those reports coming, and we we may hit 10,000 before the new year.
__________________
Opinions, information and comments are my own unless stated otherwise. They do not necessarily represent the direction/opinions of my employer.
Scott McDaniels
Van's Aircraft Engineering Prototype Shop Manager
Hubbard, Oregon
RV-6A (aka "Junkyard Special ")
|

11-06-2017, 04:13 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hubbard Oregon
Posts: 9,035
|
|
Keep those first flight reports coming.........
A big Thank You to everyone that has stepped up and submitted first flight reports recently (many for airplanes that have been flying for a number of years now)
The HOBBS METER has now hit 9961 so we only have 39 to go to hit 10,000.
Since we did 60 since the beginning of October I think we could do this by the end of the year.
Keep those reports coming, and please don't hold out to try and be the 10,000th submitted.
I have a feeling that the office is going to shut off the meter somewhere near the end and the recognized 10,000th will be assigned to a first flight that in calendar time happens just before the announcement is made (not an RV-6 whose first flight was unreported from 2003).
__________________
Opinions, information and comments are my own unless stated otherwise. They do not necessarily represent the direction/opinions of my employer.
Scott McDaniels
Van's Aircraft Engineering Prototype Shop Manager
Hubbard, Oregon
RV-6A (aka "Junkyard Special ")
|

11-07-2017, 09:13 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Davis, CA
Posts: 1,156
|
|
Added another- the RV-9A I completed for a friend earlier this year.
__________________
Lars Pedersen
Davis, CA
RV-7 Flying as of June 24, 2012
960+ hours as of June 30, 2020. Where did the time go?
|

11-07-2017, 09:45 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hubbard Oregon
Posts: 9,035
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lars
Added another- the RV-9A I completed for a friend earlier this year.
|
Thanks Lars, but more info is needed.
Customer # and name currently registered to the account for the airplane at a minimum. N number would be nice.
A bit of interesting trivia.....
Last night I used the Wayback Machine to look at the earliest versions of the Vans Aircraft web site.
In May/1997 the hobbs meter was sitting at a count of 1618 RV's known to have had first flights.
So in the first 25 years of Van's Aircraft a bit over 1600 RV kits were completed.
In the next ~20 years, ~8400 RV kits have been completed.
Quite an exponential growth......
__________________
Opinions, information and comments are my own unless stated otherwise. They do not necessarily represent the direction/opinions of my employer.
Scott McDaniels
Van's Aircraft Engineering Prototype Shop Manager
Hubbard, Oregon
RV-6A (aka "Junkyard Special ")
|

11-07-2017, 10:34 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pocahontas MS
Posts: 3,884
|
|
Just sent a notice for RV-4 N914RV, built in 1991 (s/n 2462). I'm the 2nd owner; no idea whether the builder sent a 1st flight notice.
Charlie
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
| Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 08:09 AM.
|