The VP-1 is perhaps the simplest, least expensive wood aircraft you can build. Today there is a VP flying in practically every country on the globe.
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It was always my father’s dream to build and fly his own airplane. His inspiration as a young man living with his folks on a farm in Illinois during the Great Depression was the barnstorming exploits of pilots like Charles Lindberg and others who were pioneering manned flight. It was only years later after a long and successful career as an aeronautical engineer on the West Coast for Ryan Aircraft, Convair and General Dynamics that he grabbed his slide rule, disappeared evenings into the garage and produced his first home-built aircraft.
Encouraged by friends to market his creation he formed his own company and the VP-1 was officially launched. As a professionally engineered airplane it quickly proved to be a popular, inexpensive to build and reliable answer to a wide variety of sport aviation enthusiasts. Whether amateur, commercial or experienced military pilots all were eager to experience the simple pleasures of seat-of-the pants aviation. Moreover the Volksplane helped to foster the emergence of the emerging home-built market within the EAA.
The VP-1 is perhaps the simplest, least expensive aircraft that you can build. Today there is a VP flying in practically every country on the globe. It only takes a matter of months to build: both tails 1-piece, 1-piece gear, simple 3-bulkhead wood fuselage with no metal fittings or cloth cover, no engine mount, simple wing, plank spars, 1/4 ply ribs stack-sawed, stock VW engine, highway tows on own gear.
For a Super-Quick Build some builders fly the primary structure alone; no cowls. For the more imaginative builder he or she can create their own design off the primary load structure. The secondary structure is what determines the difference in appearance seen in so many VPs, and this is where you can use your own ideas. The builder’s enthusiasm for sport aviation is often reflected in the secondary structure design.
