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One-Week Wonder Airplane Set to Receive Professional Paint Job

The paint scheme selected from the Sherwin-Willams poll will be on display when the airplane travels around the U.S. Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings
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Key Takeaways:

  • The AirVenture One Week Wonder, a Vans RV 12iS aircraft, was successfully constructed in just seven days to showcase the aircraft building process to event visitors.
  • Its final paint scheme, chosen from over 3,000 public votes in a Sherwin-Williams poll and designed by Scheme Designers, will be applied by Rose Aircraft Services in mid-September.
  • Once completed and painted, the RV12iS is slated to travel across the country, visiting EAA chapters to continue inspiring homebuilt aircraft enthusiasts.
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This year’s AirVenture One Week Wonder, a Vans RV 12iS, took to the skies on July 30 from Wittman Regional Airport, following just a week of construction inside a prominent building at the show. The EAA project fulfilled its mission to show visitors the process of aircraft construction up close.

Rob Mark

Rob Mark is an award-winning journalist, business jet pilot, flight instructor, and blogger.

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