Build Progress Update

[Ray Strickland]

Bearhawk s/n 877 came to life today with a brief idle run of its IO-360. Whoa is that thing loud! All engine parameters looked good. Still have a few fairings to make, then weigh-in, then call a DAR. Next week I travel down to Hickory, NC to take Jared Yates’ transition course...can’t wait

[EricP]

Very nice. Hopefully flying soon!

[Ray Strickland]

Thanks. Hopefully in July.

[swpilot3]

You and I have just about the same timing on the build. I just finished working on my final completion list tonight. Depending on the DAR's schedule, I'll probably be flying in July also.

Good luck on the fairings! The landing gear fairing took all my arts and crafts skills. Made me feel stupid! :-)

[Ray Strickland]

Yeah. Glad I didn’t have to make fairings first...might not have ever gotten past that first step!

[fairchild]

That must me more exciting than a crackhead with a winning lottery ticket ! Must be hard to stay calm and not overlook something.......