Hands, Mind, and Heart

What started as a handful of passionate enthusiasts has developed into a major force—and a significant component—of the aircraft industry.

RV-6 & 6A

Low Wing - Metal

RV-6, 6A-1Kit/Plans:
Van's Aircraft
14401 NE Keil Road
Aurora, OR 97002

Telephone: 503-678-6545
Fax: 503-678-6560

Email: info@vansaircraft.com
Website: http://www.vansaircraft.com

RV Aircraft Yearbook:
Available from Mark Franek
P. O. Box 815
Sparta, NJ 07871

Telephone: 201-663-3645

This is a professionally printed, hard bound book featuring the RV-3, RV-4, RV-6 and RV-6A.

Newsletters/Clubs:
RVator, available from Ken Scott, Editor
P.O. Box 160
North Plains, OR 97133

Telephone: 503-647-5117
Fax: 503-647-2206

RVBC Magazine available from Ken Hoshowski, Editor
Box 2530
Salmon Arm, B.C.
V1E 4R4, Canada

There are tapes on RV Construction available from George and Becki Orndorff
2290 W Hicks Road
Fort Worth, TX 76131-3700

Telephone: 817-439-3280

There are 10 tapes in all, covering the construction of RV aircraft from start to finish.

Articles in EAA and related publications:

Year Month Page Magazine Article
2009 04 12 Sport Aerobatics RVs, Aerobatics, & You 5 pg
2009 02 23 Sport Pilot RV-6 versus Jabiru: no contest: Two Winners 1/3 pg
2009 02 46 Sport Aviation California to Detroit…the Long Way by Dick Green 6 1/3 pg
2008 08 06 Sport Aerobatics “Two Design” Competition: Can RVs Contend in the IAC by Jeff Stoltenberg 3 pg
2008 07 30 Sport Aviation In Formation: Building and flying with friends by Jim Busha (James Clark with his RV-6) 6 ½ pg
2007 12 76 Sport Aviation Light as a Feather: An RV under 1,000 pounds by Tim Davison (What our members are building) 2 pg
2007 10 06 Sport Aerobatics Letters to the Editor: Thinking outside the box about RV aerobatics 1 pg
2007 08 16 Sport Aerobatics RV Aerobatics: An Untapped Market for IAC Membership 2 pg
2007 05 28 Sport Aviation Rocky Mountain Rocket: Modifying an RV for Speed owned by Carl Brownd and Barbara Petigo 11 pg
2007 02 19 Sport Aviation ‘4 Into 1’ Exhaust for RV Series
2006 09 118 Sport Aviation Mike Seager Trains RV-ators: A full-time transition instructor specialist 3 pg
2005 06 88 Sport Aviation RV the Hard Way: Test flight misadventures don’t spoil the RV fun (2 pg)
2003 08 58 Sport Aviation How to Build an RV for Half the Price: Don Enns and Fran Janzen (7 pgs)
2003 04 68 Sport Aviation Ways to Fly More: Or, how we flew 1,000 hours in 23 months by Paul Rosales (7 pgs w/photos)
2003 01 52 Sport Aviation Homebuilts in Paradise: Adventure flying in the Bermuda Triangle – Jim & Vicki Baker’s RV 6 (7 pgs)
2003 01 34 Sport Aviation Bob Hasson’s 12-Year Wonder: Who says kit airplanes don’t embody the true spirit of homebuilding? (9 pgs) by Jack Cox
2002 07 94 Sport Aviation Homebuilding’s Heritage #5 in a Series: Van’s RV-6 (1 pg)
2002 05 103 Sport Aviation Interior Design: Seven steps toward building an interior you can live with (RV-6A) (41/3 pgs)
2001 08 54 Sport Aviation Women Who Build: Why aren't there more of them? Judy Stocks RV-6A  (9 pgs)
2001 07 99 Sport Aviation Bob Murdoch's RV-6 (photo & caption)
2001 07 97 Sport Aviation Preben Rafn-Larsen's RV-6A (photo & caption)
2001 07 96 Sport Aviation Warren Wassom's RV-6A (photo & caption)
2001 06 88 Sport Aviation Peter Corrigan's RV-6 (photo & caption)
2001 06 86 Sport Aviation Steve Well's RV-6A (photo & caption)
2001 05 81 Sport Aviation RV-6A built by Tim Corbitt (photo & caption)
2001 05 80 Sport Aviation RV-6 by Scott & Don Cryder (photo and caption)
2001 05 78 Sport Aviation RV-6 built by John Pallister (photo & caption)
2001 04 99 Sport Aviation Gray Bridwell's RV-6A (photo & caption only)
2001 04 97 Sport Aviation Gary Hart's RV-6 (photo & caption)
2001 04 52 Sport Aviation 11 Hours to Oshkosh: Flying to AirVenture was a dream come true (Paul Rosales' RV-6A (7 pgs)
2001 03 87 Sport Aviation Otso T. Hoven of Australia's RV-6 (photo & caption)
2001 02 91,92 Sport Aviation Jim & Patti Person's RV-6A & Dave Zach's RV-6A
2001 02 90,93 Sport Aviation Alex De Dominicis' RV-6 & Robin Owen's RV-6 (photo & caption)
2001 01 84 Sport Aviation Bill and Suzie Wallace's RV-6A (photo & caption)
2001 01 82 Sport Aviation Bill Connelly's RV-6 (photo and caption)
2000 12 48 Experimenter Non-qualified airplane RV-6 (Education thru Airror) 1 column
2000 12 40 Sport Aviation The Other Side of the Coin: Building an airplane doesn't have to be expensive (6 pgs w/photos)
2000 12 93,94 Sport Aviation Pratt RV-6 & Crabb RV-6A (photos & captions)
2000 11 85 Sport Aviation Hillebrand RV-6A (photo & caption only)
2000 10 93 Sport Aviation Snyder RV-6A, O-360-A1A (photo & caption only)
2000 10 90 Sport Aviation Cone RV-6A, O-320-E2D (photo & caption only)
2000 09 85 Sport Aviation Aguirre RV-6A, O-360, Sterba prop, RMI engine monitor (photo & caption only)
2000 09 83 Sport Aviation Ray RV-6A, O-360-A1A, EIS engine monitor (photo & caption only)
2000 08 87 Sport Aviation Swenson RV-6, O-320, Sensenich prop (photo & caption only)
2000 07 97 Sport Aviation Weeks RV-6, O-320 Sensenich fixed prop (Photo & Caption Only)
2000 05 84 Sport Aviation Beatrice RV-6A, O-360, Hartzell prop (photo & caption only)
2000 05 84 Sport Aviation Prokop RV-6, IO-360 A1A, Hartzell prop (photo & caption only)
2000 05 83 Sport Aviation Sprenger RV-6, IO-360, full IFR (photo & caption only)
2000 05 82 Sport Aviation Anderson RV-6A (photo & caption only)
2000 04 89 Sport Aviation Moore RV-6, Felix propeller (photo & caption only)
2000 04 88 Sport Aviation Moscarelli RV-6A, O-320H2AD, Performance Prop (photo & caption only)
2000 03 81 Sport Aviation Mann RV-6A, GM 4.3 V6, IVO Magnum three-blade prop (photo & caption only)
2000 03 81 Sport Aviation MacDowell RV-6, O-360 (photo & caption only)
2000 03 22 Sport Aviation Something Special - The kit-built champ that got away (6 pages w/ color photos)
2000 02 77 Sport Aviation Hail RV-6A, O-320 (photo & caption only)
2000 02 76 Sport Aviation Odom RV-6 (photo & caption only)
2000 01 83 Sport Aviation Piszkin RV-6A (photo & caption only)
2000 01 81 Sport Aviation McNeill RV-6 (photo & caption only)
99 12 95 Sport Aviation David RV-6, O-320-D2J, Felix prop (photo & caption only)
99 12 95 Sport Aviation Sweeney RV-6A (photo & caption only)
99 12 95 Sport Aviation Schement RV-6A (photo & caption only)
99 12 94 Sport Aviation Zipperer RV-6 (photo & caption only)
99 12 94 Sport Aviation Lein RV-6A, Aymar-Demuth wood prop (photo & caption only)
99 06 127 Sport Aviation Brown RV-6A (photo & caption only)
99 06 127 Sport Aviation Balstick/Covert RV-6A (photo & caption only)
99 06 127 Sport Aviation White RV-6 (photo & caption only)
99 06 126 Sport Aviation Murray RV-6A (photo & caption only)
99 05 129 Sport Aviation Balbierer RV-6 (photo & caption only)
99 05 129 Sport Aviation Gosselin RV-6 (photo & caption only)
99 04 126 Sport Aviation Teele RV-6 (photo & caption only)
99 03 53 Experimenter RV-6 accident. . . Education Thru Airror
99 02 43 Experimenter Cleveland RV-6 (photo & caption only)
99 01 18 Sport Aviation Harmon Lange’s RV-6A
98 12 72 Sport Aviation Super Six, IO-540 Power
98 12 117 Sport Aviation Photo and caption RV-6
97 07 70 Sport Aviation Van’s RV-6A And the EAA Young Eagles Program (3 pages w/color
97 06 94 Sport Aviation Van’s RV-6A And the EAA Young Eagles Program (2 pages w/color
97 05 46 Sport Aviation Van’s RV-6A And the EAA Young Eagles Program (3 pages w/ color construction photos)
96 09 32 Sport Aviation The Other Woman: Craig Bair’s Award Winning 200 HP RV-6 (7 pages with photos)
96 05 07 Sport Aviation QuickBuild Kits available for RV-6 and RV-6A
96 05 61 Sport Aviation Climbing Everest. Mastering an RV-6 with hand controls only (10 pages w/ color photos)
96 03 30 Sport Aviation RV-4 vs. RV-6--Comparison (9 pages with color photos)
95 06 29 Sport Aviation Cargo Pods offered for RV-4, 6, 6A at Sun ‘n Fun ‘95 (Photo and Caption
95 05 54 Sport Aviation Boyse Rose - Pilot Extraordinaire--Impaired
95 05 108 Sport Aviation RV-6A (Photo and Caption only)
94 12 11 Sport Aviation Mirsepasy RV-6A w/O-320-D1A
94 11 10 Sport Aviation RV-6 used as trainer - Nigerian A.F.
94 10 132 Sport Aviation Asberry RV-6 w/150, Warnke prop.
94 10 135 Sport Aviation Bengston RV-6 w/150hp
94 08 106 Sport Aviation Bowhay RV-6 on Zenair floats
94 08 108 Sport Aviation Making alignment bushings
94 08 118 Sport Aviation Eichar 6 w/IO-360
94 08 21 Experimenter Luther 2.7 liter Subaru powered 6
94 06 19 Experimenter Luther Subaru powered RV6
94 06 45 Experimenter Rotating too slow causes accident
94 05 113 Sport Aviation McBride RV-6 w/O-320, Warnke prop.
94 03 110 Sport Aviation Leonard RV-6 w/O-320 - 150hp
94 03 34 Sport Aviation Smith RV-6A w/Buick V8
93 12 05 Experimenter Holding skins in place to rivet
93 11 66 Sport Aviation Designer comments on 6A flight report...
93 10 118 Sport Aviation Van Ortwick RV-4 w/O-360
93 09 34 Sport Aviation Performance report on 6A
93 09 100 Sport Aviation Breda RV-6 w/O-320
93 09 45 Experimenter Too high flare causes crash
93 08 96 Sport Aviation My/Our RV-6
93 08 106 Sport Aviation Bowhay RV-6 w/160hp, C.S. prop.
93 08 86 Sport Aviation McPhee RV-6
93 07 109 Sport Aviation Thomas RV-6 w/150hp
93 06 13 Sport Aviation Metal construction videos available
93 06 90 Sport Aviation Grimes RV-6 w/O-360, Sterba prop.
93 05 100 Sport Aviation Hakes RV-6
93 04 91 Sport Aviation Bruce RV-6 w/O-320D1A
92 12 101 Sport Aviation Delahoussaye RV-6 w/200 hp
92 11 102 Sport Aviation Mahoney RV-6 w/O-360
92 11 5 Sport Aviation Barnard RV-6A w/O-360, 190 mph
92 10 119 Sport Aviation Luke RV w/O-320 & Warnke prop
92 08 94 Sport Aviation Sutter RV-6 w/O-360
92 05 90 Sport Aviation Orndorff RV-6A w/O-320
92 01 96 Sport Aviation Labelle RV-6 w/O-320-E2D
91 07 C,16 Sport Aviation Tolle RV-6A w/Factory sliding canopy
91 06 87 Sport Aviation Ballantyne RV-6 w/Warnke 3 prop
90 03 29 Sport Aviation Drilling Heat Treated Gear Legs
90 03 30 Sport Aviation Cutting Holes in Stainless Firewall
90 03 29 Sport Aviation Building Hints for RV-6
90 03 93 Sport Aviation Springer RV-6 with 150hp
90 01 98 Sport Aviation Special Tool Kit to Build RV-3, 4, & 6
89 08 21 Sport Aviation Tolle RV-6 with C.S. & 180 hp
89 06 30 Sport Aviation Tony Bingelis' RV-6 Project
89 05 10 Sport Aviation Van's Aircraft Offers Deal on Lycoming Engines
88 11 16 Sport Aviation The Tri 6 (Tri-Gear Version)
88 04 04 Sport Aviation Mustang II/RV-6 Performance Comparison Comment
88 01 21 Sport Aviation Showdown at Checkpoint Charlie, the Mustang II vs. the RV-6
86 12 23 Sport Aviation Now Comes the RV-6
86 07 06 Sport Aviation RV-6 Debuts [Note only]
80 05 34 Sport Aviation RV-6 Update
77 10 62 Sport Aviation The RV-6

EAA members can view digitally archived editions of EAA Sport Aviation here.

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