Van’s Building Complete Aircraft on New Assembly Line
AURORA, OR—Van’s Aircraft, well known for a long line of two- and four-place aircraft kits now numbering more than 10,000, will soon begin building complete aircraft on a new assembly line the company is creating here for future RV-12iS and RV-12-iST SLSA models. The move is seen as the next step in a plan Van’s began several years ago to implement a comprehensive SLSA program to deliver the RV-12 as a ready-to-fly, certified light-sport aircraft for individual and flight school use.
Over the last year, that program has grown to include the next-generation SLSA RV-12iS and, most recently, the RV-12iST trainer aircraft. As the RV-12 SLSA program matured, Van’s expanded its workforce and capabilities to include marketing and production aircraft construction, improving processes and technologies along the way.