Will this affect the Air Beetle

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:16 pm

AvWeb:

Aviation safety in Nigeria is taking a step forward with the announcement that the government is canceling the registration of about 300 aircraft deemed unairworthy. Some haven't had their airworthiness certificates renewed in the last five years and others are abandoned airframes scattered at various airports...

Okay RV pundits, what's the possible RV connection here?

(It's a slow news day here at the Modesto Bee)

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:30 pm

... that there are 300 more cheap engines available for overhaul?

N200PF · Post by **N200PF** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:43 pm

...wasn't the Nigerian Air Force training in RV's?

I thought I read that in the RVator a while back. Or it could have been one of those freaky RV dreams that seem to hit me after a long night in the shop!

- Peter

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:28 pm

The Nigerian Air Farce has like 60 RV6's as trainers.

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:52 pm

Exactly. I was wondering how many of these derelict aircraft sitting around Nigeria are these 60 RV-6A's that Van sent over.

Bob Barrett · Post by **Bob Barrett** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:06 pm

Vans sold a number of RV-6A kits to the Nigerian Airforce for training planes. They were not the stock RV-6A but I believe they were referred to as the RV-6T. Van's had a red one that was a protype of sorts. It was at Oshkosh in the middle 1990's. I belive they had bigger rudders and vertical stablizers. There were a few differences and they were all assembled in Nigeria.

Dan A · Post by **Dan A** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:33 pm

I believe the RV6T became the RV 7 as it and the 8 have the larger vertical stab and rudder. It helped solve th 6's spin problem.
Dan