George Longino is the first owner of a factory-built Van's RV-12, a significant milestone for both him and the aircraft company. Van's Aircraft, a long-established kit aircraft manufacturer, has made ...

Van’s Aircraft, well known for a long-line of two and four-place kits now numbering more than 10,000, will soon begin building complete aircraft on a new assembly line the company is creating in ...

Makenzie Bass, 17, a McKinney Boyd High School student, works on the center section bulkhead of a Van's RV-12 aircraft. Staff photo by ANDY JACOBSOHN - DMN Aviation mentor Jeff Hanson (right), an ...

Van’s Aircraft has started production of its first-ever high-wing design, the RV-15. The company has begun manufacturing wing kits, which are expected to ship to builders this year. On the opening day ...

Any pilot familiar with Van's Aircraft probably could have guessed that when the company decided to build a light sport aircraft, it would deliver a lot of smiles for not much money. The kitplane ...