I photographed these RV-8 examples during various air shows in the Northwest.
The West Coast Ravens and Undaunted performance teams both use a combination of RV-7 and RV-8 aircraft.
Vans RV-8 #71822
Possibly an RV-7 based on number
Oshkosh 2025
2004 Vans RV-8 #001
Oshkosh 2025
2023 RV-8 #002
Oshkosh 2025
1999 Vans RV-8 C/N 80112
Oshkosh 2024
2002 Vans RV-8 #80200
Olympia 2022
Olympic Flight Museum 2023
Olympia, Wash. 2025
2001 Vans RV-8 #80247
Oshkosh 2024
Same plane after a markings update
Oshkosh 2025
Vans RV-8 #80306
Sequim, Wash. 2017
Oshkosh 2025
Vans RV-8A #80304
Oshkosh 2025
2005 Vans RV-8 #80314
Oshkosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
2004 Vans RV-8 #80351
Oshkosh 2025
2006 Vans RV-8 #80383
Oshkosh 2024
2000 Vans RV-8 #80434
Oshkosh 2025
2016 Vans RV-8 #80609
Arlington 2022
2003 Vans RV-8 #80738
Oshkosh 2024
2003 Vans RV-8A #80770
Oshkosh 2025
2001 Vans RV-8 #80813
Oshkosh 2025
2001 Vans RV-8 #80936
Arlington airport 2021
Arlington 2022
2000 Vans RV-8 #80949
Oshkosh 2025
Vans RV-8 #81068
Oshkosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
2002 Vans RV-8 #81107
Oshkosh 2025
2014 RV-8A #81180
Oshkosh 2025
2007 Vans RV-8 #81191
Oshkosh 2025
Vans RV-8 #81195
Oshkosh 2024
2003 Vans RV-8A #81214
Oshkosh 2025
2003 Vans RV-8 #81315
About three weeks after I saw it in Sequim, this plane was heavily damaged when it struck two elk while landing at Manzanita, OR.
Sequim, Wash. 2017
A few years later I caught it back in action with a new look and taking part in the Undaunted Airshow acts at Arlington Skyfest 2022 and McChord 2023