Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
At this time I don’t have much info as to Van’s involvement. I will try to get more info next week.
On the announcement on Facebook, below the header it says "Paid Partnership" which links to "About brands, advertisers, marketer or sponsors". I think it's only an affiliate deal with Van's Aircraft.
Back then Dick VansGrunsven was selling a few dozen kits a year. Van's Aircraft is a big company now. I would be interested to meet him again but wouldn't show up at corporate and ask if he remembers me flying in at the farm.
Van's Aircraft home page has a counter of how many planes have been completed, 11,259. That's 14 times the number Rutan Vari EZ / Long EZs completed, a pretty successful homebuilt.