Van’s Aircraft delivered the world’s first MOSAIC Part 22-certified aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026.
The world’s first MOSAIC Part 22 airworthiness certificate was issued to Tom Snow’s RV-12iS during AirVenture. The aircraft, painted in classic Cub Yellow to honor general aviation’s roots, left Oshkosh and went straight into flight training with Crystal Air Academy in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
“MOSAIC changes who can fly and how they train,” said Mikael Via, CEO of Van’s Aircraft. “We’ve been building the right airplane for this moment for years, and that moment is here.”
The most significant advancement of the MOSAIC-certified RV-12iS is the ability to operate in actual instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), according to Van’s officials.
“Real IMC experience is what separates a safe pilot from a capable one,” said Marc Cook, Customer Experience and Technical Communications Manager at Van’s Aircraft. “Flight schools have wanted this capability at this price point for a long time. Now they have it, and it changes what their students can accomplish.”
Pricing for the aircraft starts at $246,200.
“When Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled the MOSAIC rules at Oshkosh in 2025, it heralded tremendous possibilities for light aircraft, flight training, and pilot certification,” said Jack J. Pelton, EAA CEO and Chairman of the Board. “With the FAA’s publishing on July 24 of amended rules for the design, manufacture, airworthiness certification, operation, maintenance, and alteration of light-sport category aircraft, this year’s AirVenture was the perfect place to bring that language into reality.”
“There is so much potential under these just-published standards,” he added. “One phrase that comes immediately to mind is increased access — to new aircraft designs, to updated flight training fleets, and to more opportunities for pilots who choose to fly under sport pilot regulations. That is what EAA envisioned with its decade-long leadership in MOSAIC, as part of our organization’s mission to increase participation in aviation.”
According to company officials, Van’s approach to the MOSAIC-certified RV-12iS was deliberate: Advance the platform without abandoning what makes it work.
“The RV-12iS isn’t a new airplane built around MOSAIC Part 22,” Cook said. “It’s a proven airplane made better by it.”
The MOSAIC-certified RV-12iS retains its Rotax 912iS engine, paired with Garmin G3X Touch avionics (and soon to be available with AXIS), company officials report.
New systems push the platform further, officials add, including redundant electrical capacity via an auxiliary alternator, as well as an upgraded radiator and oil cooler.
Van’s is currently producing approximately one SLSA RV-12iS every four days, with demand driven almost entirely by flight schools across the country, according to company officials.
“Flight schools need an aircraft that’s affordable to operate, easy to teach in, and that students actually want to fly,” Cook said. “The RV-12iS checks every box.”
“Van’s has always built quality airplanes that matter,” added Via. “Being first to MOSAIC certification isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of 50 years of building the right airplane for the moment general aviation needs it most.”
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