Our first example of the tailwheel RV 7 followed nearly two years after our first tri-gear RV 7As.
For specs of the RV 7/7A refer to my previous post at www.nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2014/05/vans-rv-7as-of-new-zealand.html Again, there is little difference in performance between RV 7s and RV 7As with the same engines.
We have had 8 RV 7s registered in New Zealand to date, with 3 of them being US imports. All are still current. I undertsand that there are a lot of RV 6/As and RV 7/7As for sale in the US, and our current high New Zealand dollar makes them attractive to import.
ZK-RWJ (c/n 71999) was our first RV 7. It was built by RW (Bob) Jelley and was registered to the Enginair Partnership of Christchurch on 14/6/06, and it first flew at Christchurch on 1/4/07 (no joke!). It is photo'd above at the 2008 SAANZ flyin at Tauranga. On 6/3/14 it was sold to CA (Tony) Joseph of Wanaka.
ZK-NRV (c/n 71414) was built by Alistair Kay of Dunedin and was first registered to him on 21/5/07. Remarkably, it also first flew on 1/4/07 (again, no joke!). It is photo'd above at the 2009 SAANZ flyin at Ashburton.
ZK-NVS (c/n 72596) was built by Stephen Jones of Auckland and was first registered on 12/11/09. Its first flight was on 27/11/09 at North Shore Aifield where it is based. The above photo shows Stephen on approach at North Shore on 24/12/09.
ZK-LVA (c/n 70907) was built as N724TD was imported from the US by the Galllagher Family Trust of Auckland. It was first registered in New Zealand on 31/8/10. It is photo'd above at the 2013 Black Sands flyin at Raglan in November 2013. The wording on the rudder that is partly obscured is "Lucky 7".
Another US import is ZK-DES (c/n 70334) which was built as N174RL. It was imported into New Zealand by Spectrum Trade Ltd of Silverdale (Des Barry) and first registered here on 3/11/10. It is photo'd above on take off from its base at North Shore Airfield on 24/2/13. Des is very active in ZK-DES and he also uses its sportsman aerobatics capability.
Our last three RV 7s (for now) are all pretty new (although one is only pretty new to New Zealand):
ZK-RVU (c/n 72949) was built by Michael Gorton of Riverton in Southland, and was first registered on 10/10/12. It has only recently flown and its first airshow was the recent Warbirds Over Wananka, where Blue Bus took the above photo on 19/5/14.
ZK-SHN (c/n 73115) was built by Chris Schoen of Kaponga in Taranaki, and the aircraft was judged Grand Champion at the recent 2014 SAANZ flyin at Hastings. It was first registered on 24/4/13. It is photo'd above departing Black Sands at Raglan for its home base at Hawera on 2/11/13, flown by Chris and Les Worsley. Chris has written a very detailed article on the construction of ZK-SHN in the Autumn 2014 edition of the SAANZ magazine Sport Flying. Chris designed the colour scheme inspired by the HondaJet, and did all the painting himself.
And ZK-WLL (c/n 71005) was built in the US as N715K and was imported into New Zealand by WL (Bill) Luther, being first registered here on 28/11/13. It is photo'd above at Pauanui on 18/3/14.
That completes our RV 6/6As and RV 7/7As. I will go on to RV 9As as they look so similar, but I will leave RV 8s, our RV 10 and RV 12s until their first of type order of appearance.
For specs of the RV 7/7A refer to my previous post at www.nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2014/05/vans-rv-7as-of-new-zealand.html Again, there is little difference in performance between RV 7s and RV 7As with the same engines.
We have had 8 RV 7s registered in New Zealand to date, with 3 of them being US imports. All are still current. I undertsand that there are a lot of RV 6/As and RV 7/7As for sale in the US, and our current high New Zealand dollar makes them attractive to import.
Our last three RV 7s (for now) are all pretty new (although one is only pretty new to New Zealand):
That completes our RV 6/6As and RV 7/7As. I will go on to RV 9As as they look so similar, but I will leave RV 8s, our RV 10 and RV 12s until their first of type order of appearance.
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