The Business Journals

For plane kit maker, assembly no longer required

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Van’s Aircraft Inc. has sold build-it-yourself airplane ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Dreams take flight (some assembly required): Local pilots build and help build their own aircraft

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. If you build it … you can fly it, too. As Peter Elsea and Jason Lorusso have ...
Columbia Daily Tribune

Zenith Aircraft draws business from flying enthusiasts around the world with its assembly-kit airplanes

Bob Hannah works on airplanes for a living, but the mechanic from Rising Sun, Ind., has always wanted to build his own. At Mexico, Mo., Memorial Airport last week, in the only hangar with any signs of ...
Forbes

Van’s Aircraft Takes the Back-Country Route With Its First High-Wing Kit Plane

For nearly 50 years, Van’s Aircraft Inc. has offered a series of low-wing, all-aluminum kit planes popular with those who like to fly airplanes they assemble with their own hands. The Aurora, ...