RV-8 & RV-8A
Low Wing - Metal
Kit/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 |
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 | 02 | 19 | Sport Aviation | ‘4 Into 1’ Exhaust for RV Series |
2006 | 10 | 27 | Sport Aviation | RV-8/8A Kits Match Holes (1/4 pg) |
2006 | 09 | 118 | Sport Aviation | Mike Seager Trains RV-ators: A full-time transition instructor specialist 3 pg |
2006 | 05 | 30 | Sport Aviation | Reciprocals & Rotaries Nose to Nose: RV-8 Fly-Off Leaves A Lot Up In The Air by Ken Scott (7 pg) |
2005 | 11 | 58 | Sport Aviation | Painted into a Corner: Trip to the Paint Shop Turns Up Unexpected Peril—and Unwelcome Lessons (6 ½ pg) |
2004 | 05 | 82 | Sport Aviation | Common Canvas: The RV-8 as a medium of self expression (Mark S. Weber’s RV-8) 2 pgs |
2004 | 02 | 56 | Sport Aviation | They Call It Grezdlitn: Mark and Pete Rowe’s turbocharged RV-8 (9 pgs) |
2001 | 07 | 99 | Sport Aviation | Barry Palmer's RV-8 (photo & caption) |
2001 | 06 | 89 | Sport Aviation | Dave Wilson's RV-8 (photo & caption) |
2001 | 06 | 44 | Sport Aviation | Repeat Offenders: Father & Son RV Builders (7 pgs) |
2001 | 03 | 84 | Sport Aviation | Bill Grimm's RV-8 (photo & caption) |
2001 | 02 | 71 | Sport Aviation | It Doesn't Get Any Wetter Than This! (Danny King's RV-8 Grand Champion at SWRFI |
2001 | 02 | 93 | Sport Aviation | Hot Stuff RV-8 by Ron Grover (photo & caption) |
2001 | 01 | 85 | Sport Aviation | RV-8 Parade: What our Member's are Building, Jack Guthrie, Steve Ave and Emmett Griffith (photos & captions) |
2000 | 12 | 95 | Sport Aviation | N888TS RV-8 owned by Scott Seher (photo & caption) |
2000 | 11 | 86 | Sport Aviation | King's Beautiful Doll RV-8 (photo & caption only) |
2000 | 10 | 91 | Sport Aviation | Ramsey RV-8 Quick-Build Kit, O-360-A1A (photo & caption only) |
2000 | 09 | 84 | Sport Aviation | Spencer RV-8 Quick-Built Kit (photo & caption only) |
2000 | 08 | 85 | Sport Aviation | Shanklin RV-8A, IO-360 (photo & caption only) |
2000 | 03 | 79 | Sport Aviation | Pagan RV-8A, O-320 (photo & caption only) |
99 | 08 | 66 | Sport Aviation | Café Foundation Report: RV-8A (12 pages & photos) |
99 | 03 | 88 | Sport Aviation | Flying Qualities Report: RV-8A (7 pages, w/ color photos) |
98 | 12 | 10 | Sport Aviation | RV-8 Passes Wing Load Testing |
97 | 06 | 05 | Sport Aviation | Hot Line (color photo w/ caption) |
96 | 03 | 36 | Sport Aviation | RV-8...Initial Impressions (1 1/2 pages) |
95 | 10 | 62 | Sport Aviation | The RV-8 - An Interview with the Designer, Dick VanGrunsven ( 7 page Article and Photos) |
95 | 09 | 38 | Sport Aviation | VanGrunsven’s RV-8 Introduced at Oshkosh ‘95 (Photo and Caption only) |
EAA members can view digitally archived editions of EAA Sport Aviation here.