Sun, Jun 15, 2025
Not only have the folks at Van’s Aircraft designed a new wing for the RV-15, but they just started flying it.
One of the most anxiously awaited aircraft expected at Oshkosh 2025 seems to be hitting its final strides before Van’s freezes the design and starts on a path to kithood. The new wing offers a number of upgrades including an expansion of fuel capacity to 60 gallons, and the first flight apparently met with the approval of those involved in the initial flight test, though data is slim at this point. The first in the Scalebirds Lite Fighter series is nearing design completion after extensive flight testing and some final load tests. The first of their birds, a P-36 (to be followed by a P-40), has been flying for some time now and some kits are in the process of being distributed and evaluated by test builders. A novel Sonex Waiex-B, the object of an aggressive “One-Week Wonder” building campaign has joined a host of historic aircraft at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of
Airborne!!!
Airborne Affordable Flyers 06.05.25 is chock full of sport aviation info in this Special Episode, Thursday, June 5th, 2025... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Holland Lee. Holland is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- Van’s Flies New RV-15 Wing
- Scalebirds Update... Taking A Load
- Waiex-B One Week Wonder Delivered to the Smithsonian!
- FAA Grants Approval of Major AV-30-C Software Upgrade
- Updraft Carries Oxygen-Less Paraglider to 28,000 Feet
- Approval for EarthX 12V STC for Aviat Pitts Series
- Vintage Aircraft Association Has big Plans For AirVenture 2025
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