We have two new sponsors to introduce! Home Built Help and KitLog are helping with the success of our Eagle’s Nest projects.
News of the RV-1
Meet a friend: Al Girard
Al made the short trip up to Brainard Airport for a historic gathering of pilots and airplanes – "The entire RV family" was represented. Al’s story should sound familiar to many Vans Aircraft builders …
"So you want to build a plane. Why don’t you build an RV". "What’s an RV?" – These words being spoken at my first trip to Oshkosh three years ago. I have pretty much been eating and sleeping RV airplanes since my great day at Oshkosh.
Eagle’s Nest Activities
A tale of two brothers
April 7th was the first meeting of the builders of Eagle’s Nest One (Jennings County High School) and Eagle’s Nest Two (Patriot Academy). About a dozen of the builders from the Patriot Academy came and observed, and got a chance to see a real, live, flying RV-12, courtesy of Dr. Jeff Emmrick of Indianapolis. His was the first RV-12 built in Indiana. Everyone enjoyed the day, but …
North of the Border
The RV-1 Tribute Tour is headed for Canada ! This is the international leg of the tour and the hosts are rolling out the Maple Leaf red carpet.
For those helping to promote the tour, there are a few fliers you can download and print out. Grab your copy of details-1 and details-2 fliers and for those on the mid-west leg of the tour there is a flyer just for you!
As always, you can check the current location of the RV-1 using the SPOT the RV-1 button !
Photos
Just a small sample of all the photos take of the RV-1 from its roots as an experimental platform to its completed restoration. Click any image to visit an album. Click on the first image to see all of the albums.
