The Vazar Dash 3 is a conversion by the Vardax Corporation of Bellingham, Washington, of the de Havilland DHC-3 Otter to take a turboprop powerplant, the company in recent years being known as Vazar Aerospace.
The Taifun is a two-seat, self-launched glider designed and built by Valentin Flugzeugbau GmbH at Hasfurt in Germany, the prototype (D-KONO) flying for the first time on 28 February 1981.
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.