Rob Heap, Van's Director of Engineering Goes 1 on 1 For A Fascinating In-Depth Q & A
By Anthony J. Liberatore
Question: Rob, tell me the overall genesis of this aircraft.
Answer: Van’s has been talking about building a high wing utility airplane for a long time. Long before I hired in, one of my interview questions was, what would you do next? The general market we were going to target with it has been open for debate for a while. What we've decided to do is look at a utility type of airplane. And the general question we're trying to answer is, what do you do when you get to the grass strip...