The Aurora, Oregon-based company, Van’s Aircraft, announced the first flight of the engineering prototype of the Van's RV-15 this week, a high-wing design intended for the backcountry.

With the new wings completed, Van's Aircraft has taken a major step forward in RV‑15 development. The prototype, still built around the original fuselage, took flight recently with a completely ...

Van's Aircraft updates the RV-15 with a new tail, updated controls, and 60-gallon wing tanks-plus a successful wing-load test ahead of AirVenture. The post RV-15 Development Moves Ahead with New ...

Van's back-country RV-15 prototype is its first high-wing design. It's seen here lifting off on an ... the maker’s fifteenth design, is the first high wing kit plane Van’s has created.