Van’s Aircraft introduced an S-LSA version of the RV-12 on Thursday at AOPA Summit in Palm Springs, California. The new model will come completely built, unlike the current RV-12, which is an Experimental LSA (E-LSA). E-LSAs are essentially LSAs that comes in kit form. Van’s president and CEO Dick Van Grunsven said the new model would be available early next year — in a matter of months, that is.
For the new RV-12, Van’s will team with another Oregon company, Synergy Air of Eugene. Van’s Aircraft will build the components at its headquarters facility at Aurora State Airport, and assembly work will be done at Synergy Air. Van’s will conduct the quality assurance on the completed RV-12s.
