The Vans RV-6 s a development of the RV-3 and RV-4 series designed by Richard Van Grunsven, and produced by Van’s Aircraft of North Plains, Oregon, the prototype of the RV-6 (N66RV) flying for the first time in June 1986.
The Wave amphibious light two-seat monoplane was introduced to the light aircraft market in June 2014 when the manufacturer, VICkers Aircraft Ltd of Te Rapa, near Hamilton, when the company announced the prototype of its aircraft was nearing completion and testing from an airfield near Hamilton.
Vickers Ltd of Westminster was founded in 1911 under the control of Major H F Wood, the firms Commercial Aviation Department being placed under the control of Brigadier General Caddell.
The Vans RV-8 is another homebuilt produced by Van’s Aircraft Inc of North Plains, Oregon, and, like some other models, is produced in two versions, the RV-8 with a tailwheel undercarriage, and the RV-8A with a tricycle undercarriage.
Following the success of the Viking, RAF Transport Command ordered a new variant suitable for the role of military ambulance, freighter, glider-tug, troop carrier, and dropping supplies.
One of the range of very successful light homebuilt monoplanes produced by Vans at Oregon in the United States, the prototype of the series, the RV-9A (N96VA) with a tricycle undercarriage was first flown in 1997.
The Type 134 Vellore I was designed by Rex Pierson, Chief Designer of VICkers Aviation at Weybridge in Surry to meet an Air Ministry Specification (34/24).