Van's RV-8 (RV8)
The Van's RV-8 is a single-engined piston-engined aircraft built by Van's Aircraft. It seats about 2 passengers. No one has caught the Van's RV-8 in Skydex yet — the first catch is still open.
Heard by the network
571 different airframes of the Van's RV-8 picked up by 8 Skydex receivers (Georgia, Florida, Alabama), 1,885 sightings since 4 Sep 2026, last on 11 Nov 2026.
- BakerC - FiberflyTower — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Georgia · run by @ebc1613 — 75 airframes, 176 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Hoyt Clagwell — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Florida · run by @k-han — 45 airframes, 124 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Auburn — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Alabama · run by @parkercs — 37 airframes, 53 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Lee Hall — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Derbyshire · run by @leehall — 28 airframes, 66 sightings, last 2026-11-04
- sdf-feed68 — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Kentucky · run by @sdf-feed68 — 27 airframes, 110 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Andrew · run by @andrew-peacock — 27 airframes, 59 sightings, last 2026-11-05
- BakerC - KACJ — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Georgia · run by @ebc1613 — 26 airframes, 34 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- ebc0045_auburn — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Alabama · run by @ebc1613 — 18 airframes, 33 sightings, last 2026-11-08
Operators
Distinct airframes per operator, from the callsigns our receivers hear (recorded since 7 Oct 2026) and from caught aircraft. The operator is the latest one heard, not an ownership history. Also heard: 607 private (not named), 13 without an operator callsign yet.
- ICAO type code
- RV8
- Manufacturer
- Van's Aircraft
- Engines
- 1 × piston-engined
- Typical seats
- 2
- Card rarity
- common