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The Van's Aircraft RV-8, is a tandem two-seater, single-engine, low-wing homebuilt aircraft with tailwheel landing gear. The Van's Aircraft RV-8A a
tandem two-seater, single-engine, low-wing homebuilt aircraft with tricycle landing gear. The Van’s Aircraft RV-8 was introduced at Oshkosh in 1995
as an update to the Van’s Aircraft RV-4. Van’s Aircraft RV-8, is a larger tandem airplane with more cabin space, baggage compartments fore and aft,
and numerous additional improvements over the RV-4. Like its predecessor, the RV-8 is stressed for aerobatics. The RV-8 went on sale in 1996, and
Van's Aircraft company began selling complete kits in late 1998, with kits for the tricycle gear RV-8A following. The RV-8/8A is sold in kit form
and as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft by Van's Aircraft of Aurora, Oregon, USA. Van's Aircraft was founded in 1972 by the American aircraft
designer Richard E. VanGrunsven.
The ICAO Aircraft Type Designator for both Van's Aircraft RV-8 and RV-8A is RV8 |
