GippsAero is set to break an Australian production record when it rolls out GA8 number 175 this week.
It will make the GA8 the most produced Australian designed and built aircraft ever, surpassing the previous record holder, the GAF Nomad.
The event will be marked with a ceremony at the GippsAero factory at Latrobe Valley Airport on Thursday April 5.
The prototype Airvan first flew on March 3 1995, with certification following in December 2000. The first deliveries were made to Fraser Island Air later that month.
Airvans now fly missions in some of the most demanding aviation environments in the world; and only last week GippsAero added Chile to the list by delivering a GA8 to an air taxi company based in Temuco.
Ironically, GippsAero now holds the type certificate for the Nomad and plans to put it back into production as the GA18.