Saturday, March 25, 2023

RV Australia Fly-in Goolwa

This morning I drove down to Goolwa (about an hour south of Adelaide) for the RV Australia Fly-in.  

These planes are sold in kit form and shipped to and assembled by the customer.  The company was started by Richard VanGrunsven in a shed in Oregon as a "one-man band" in 1972.  The RV- type numbers refer to his initials. Over 10,000 RV-
aircraft have been assembled all over the world, and the company is now wholly owned by it's 70+ employees. There were examples of many of the aircraft in the range on the ground at 
Goolwa.

The earliest models were the RV-3 (19-8732) and RV-4 VH-DAX




Some types are available in both tail-dragger and tricycle variants like these RV-6 (VH-YUY) and RV-6A (VH-RHV), and RV-7 (VH-VSR) and RV-7A (VH-XJL)








Later models are the RV-8 (VH-VRV), RV-10 (VH-XIO), RV-12 (19-8207) and RV-14A (VH-VFB)












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