Originally published at: Van's 'Retires' RV-3,4,6 - AVweb
Company to concentrate on streamlining production of more current designs.
I assume Van’s will refer anyone want an RV3; 4; or 6 to the RV-15? Did you ask?
I’d expect that anyone interested in a -3 or -4 would be pointed at an -8, which is the closest thing in the current lineup. As far as the -6 goes, the RV-7 is extremely similar and the clear alternative. The -15 isn’t anything like any of the retired models.
I was lucky enough to fly the first RV4 completed in Idaho by my friend Harold. That was in 1985 and I was bitten by the bug. In 1986 I ordered the tail kit and by the summer of 1989 I completed and test flew my miniature Spitfire. At least that’s what the performance of the RV4 felt like to me. My sleek Spitfire RV4 still provides the same thrill as the first flight in Harold’s RV back in 1985 and I plan on flying it till I can’t crawl into that svelte fighter. I’m 78 years young now and can’t visualize the day I’ll not be able to lower and extract myself from Miss Fusion.
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