Van’s factory tour
While I was down visiting my parents for Thanksgiving, I took a tour of Van’s factory. Ken showed us around, claiming that there really wasn’t much to see. In actuality, there was lots of cool stuff to see. I’d say the highlight was the automated punch machine, but seeing the factory planes all lined up in the company hangar was also very cool. It was worth the half hour drive down from Portland to see where these cool kits are made.
I forgot the digital camera, so we had to buy a disposable camera. The picture quality is not so great, especially in the darker shots.
Here’s the factory demo RV-7A.
This is their super fast punch press that does the cutting and hole punching on the parts. They have 2 other smaller punch presses as well.
And here is the packing area followed by one of the many rows upon rows of shelves filled with parts.
