{"id":27446,"date":"2025-12-24T11:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T19:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vansaircraft.com\/?p=27446"},"modified":"2025-12-24T15:07:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T23:07:03","slug":"first-rv-15-kits-delivered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vansaircraft.com\/2025\/12\/first-rv-15-kits-delivered\/","title":{"rendered":"First RV-15 Kits Delivered"},"content":{"rendered":"

With our short Christmas break just around the corner, the team at Van\u2019s Aircraft packed a very special gift box: The first RV-15 wing kit for delivery to a customer. In fact, not just one but two RV-15 wing kits<\/a> were trucked away on the afternoon of December 23rd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Successful Reno racer Kevin Eldredge was first in line at EAA AirVenture 2025 to place a deposit on the RV-15 wing kit, and was the first to pick up his kit at the factory this week. The second kit was originally purchased by Eldredge for his wife, but will now be built by Spanky Melton.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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First to get an RV-15 wing kit are Spanky Melton and Kevin Eldredge (on the left), offered a sendoff by Van\u2019s founder Richard VanGrunsven and CEO Mikael Via.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Eldredge and company arrived in time for a tour of Van\u2019s Aircraft, a quick visit with Van\u2019s leadership team and CEO Mikael Via, and even a brief chat with founder Richard VanGrunsven. Since he arrived early, Kevin was able to see a few of the vinyl-protected parts before the lid was screwed down and got to open one of the new \u201cRV Tackle Box\u201d parts-bins debuting with the RV-15. In place of commingled parts, the new system places all kit components into segmented stackable plastic boxes that come with a \u201cplacemat\u201d guide including a photo of the actual part, part number, and a QR code that points to our webstore in case additional or replacement parts are needed.<\/p>\n

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The new “RV Tackle Box” hardware management system debuts with the RV-15 wing kits being delivered now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A quick ceremony where all the Van\u2019s employees signed the top of the first crate was followed by loading of the precious cargo onto Eldredge\u2019s flat-bed trailer. His next stop is Spokane, Washington, where his build will take place. Kevin told us that he plans to start on the project soon after Christmas.<\/p>\n

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Van’s employees sign the first RV-15 wing crate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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RV-15 wing kits will continue to roll out of the factory through the end of the year and deliveries will accelerate in January. Sales of the RV-15 wing kit continue to be above expectations.<\/p>\n

With capricious weather disrupting our final flight tests of the RV-15\u2019s horizontal tail, sales of the tail kit will move to the end of January, with deliveries still expected to begin around the end of March. Builders with wing kits already delivered or on order will receive priority when the tail kits are released for sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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