{"id":95,"date":"2018-11-13T17:04:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T17:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/production.vansaircraft.com\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2025-01-06T13:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:12:18","slug":"builder-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vansaircraft.com\/builder-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Builder Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes It Takes a Village<\/h2>\n

One of the more exciting aspects of building an RV is experiencing the vast community of builders and their enthusiasm for helping others. We encourage you to check in and visit with the many people who are already building or flying RVs. Builders often band together to provide mutual assistance in building and flying their aircraft. Many of these groups are highly-organized and some have regular meetings, newsletters, shared tool banks, and fly-in events. Van’s Aircraft has found builders’ groups to be invaluable for both new builders and the community as a whole, and we encourage these groups by serving as a clearinghouse for contact information and to help put people in touch.<\/p>\n

Note: Because builders groups often change, vanish, resurrect, or change personnel (people do finish airplanes, after all!), please contact Van’s Aircraft either to add your group or to provide an update to the information on this list. You can email us at media@vansaircraft.com<\/a> with your changes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Builder Groups by State\/Region:<\/h3>\n

Alabama:<\/strong> Tennessee Valley Builder’s Group
\n Sam Buchanan<\/a>
\nBob Butler<\/a><\/p>\n

Australia:\u00a0<\/strong>RV Aircraft Australia Inc.
\nPresident: Alan Carlisle
\nWebsite:\u00a0RVAA.com.au<\/a>
\nContact: rvaircraftaustralia@gmail.com<\/a>
\nPhone: 0403 323 973<\/p>\n

California:\u00a0<\/strong>EAA Chapter 20\/ Flying 12 Club
\nOliver Coolidge<\/a>
\nFrank O\u2019Neill<\/a>
\nBill Warner<\/a>
\nKSQL, San Carlos, CA
\n620 Airport Way
\nSan Carlos, CA 94070<\/p>\n

Canada (British Columbia):<\/strong> Van’s Air Force – Western Canada Wing<\/span>
\nTedd McHenry<\/a> *
\n5873 Angus Place
\nSurrey, BC
\nV3S 4W6<\/p>\n

Canada (Ontario):<\/strong> Van’s Air Force – Ontario Wing<\/span>
\nTerry Jantzi
\n519-748-1817 8 Anvil St.
\nKitchener, Ontario, Canada
\nN2P 1X6<\/p>\n

Colorado:<\/strong> Rocky Mountain RVators<\/span>
\nDoug Bloomberg
\n303-627-9674
\n2777 S Waco Way
\nAurora, CO 80013<\/p>\n

Denmark:\u00a0<\/strong>RVators building group and formation team
\nHangarvej 16D, 4000 Roskilde, DK
\nWebsite: www.Rvators.dk<\/a>
\nContact: Victor Byrholt
\nPhone: +45 22 42 91 81<\/p>\n

Florida:\u00a0<\/strong>Marshall Santi
\n813-254-8400
\n2802 W. Estrella St.
\nTampa, FL 33629<\/p>\n

France:<\/strong> Van’s Club of France
\nPresident: Sylvain Andrieu
\nTel: 06 84 844 845
\nWebsite: vansclubdefrance.fr<\/a><\/p>\n

Georgia: North Atlanta area<\/strong>
\nMeets every other Month. Meeting place rotates
\nContact: Bill Thomasson \/ 404-822-8013 \/ Bill ‘at’ fusion4.net<\/p>\n

Kansas:<\/strong> Kansas City RVators<\/span>
\nKevin Vap<\/a>
\n913-851-2289
\n9608 W 131st Terr.
\nOverland Park, KS 66213-3316<\/p>\n

Massachusetts: <\/strong>Van’s Air Force – New England Wing<\/span>
\nKen Balch<\/a>
\n508-231-8021
\n15 Magnolia Pointe
\nAshland, MA 01721<\/p>\n

Minnesota: <\/strong>Van’s Air Force – Minnesota Wing<\/span>\u00a0(Visit Web Site<\/a>)<\/span>
\nDoug Weiler<\/a>
\n715-386-1239
\n347 Krattley Lane
\nHudson, WI 54016<\/p>\n

New Zealand:<\/strong>\u00a0James McPhee<\/a>
\nPh\/Fax 643-337-6547
\nCell 642-176-8098
\nP O Box 36-248
\nChristchurch 8003
\nNew Zealand<\/p>\n

North\/South Carolina:<\/strong> RVators of the Carolinas<\/span>
\nBill Crothers
\n704-560-1892
\nflyguy44@gmail.com
\nMatthews, NC 28106<\/p>\n

Oklahoma:<\/strong> Builders Group<\/span>
\nAlan Newby
\n3109 S 115 E. Ave
\nTulsa, OK 74146-1925<\/p>\n

Oregon:<\/strong> EAA Chapter 902, Portland area east side<\/span>
\nRichard Scott<\/a>
\n503-630-4739
\nMeets Monthly
\nLocation Varies<\/p>\n

Texas:<\/strong> Van’s Air Force – Southern Region<\/span>\u00a0(Visit Web Site<\/a>)<\/span>
\nDoug Reeves<\/a>
\nLewisville, Texas<\/p>\n

United Kingdom:<\/strong> RVUK (Visit Web Site<\/a>)
\nIan Corse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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