About Duckworks

Duckworks Aviation was started in 1992 by Don & Janet Wentz. As Don was finishing the wings for his RV-6 he developed a Landing Light kit that addressed some issues with kits that were available then. When Van's asked if we wanted to add it to their Accessory Catalog, we agreed and sales really took off. Since then Duckworks lights have been the preferred RV Landing Light system.

 

How I became The Duck
Back when in my early 20s, the fact that my name was Donald and that Duck seemed to go with it suddenly occurred to my family. As I walked in to a family gathering, hours late, they all began quacking at me. Since that night, I have been officially known as "The Duck". That was some 30+ years ago, it has stuck, in fact I have embraced it (if you can't beat 'em...) and am known far and wide as The Duck, especially in family and RV aircraft circles. When I call a family member, I respond to their "hello" with "quack quack", and they immediately know it's me. So now you know why we call it "Duckworks".

.... The Duck

 

Who does the work?
Since 92, Janet ran Duckworks, doing everything outside of design. In 06, after 27 years in HiTech, I 'retired' and Janet went to work for the local School District.

She did a great job all those years, and is still trying to teach me the day to day operation of Duckworks ;-).

This picture shows her during a production run in the 'factory' (garage).

I'll do my best to fill her shoes.

Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, comments, or need additional parts.
Happy Building!!!

 

Our RV-6

Son Douglas poses with a shiny clean RV after helping Dad wash it.

Of course, Doug is in College now!

Don & Janet somewhere over Montana returning from OSH.

One of the reasons the RV Series are so much fun - Aerobatics!