Scratch Built Bearhawk 4A C-GPFG First Flight

[rv8bldr]

Hey everyone

I posted this to the Bearhawk Facebook group, but then realized not everyone uses Facebook (and good on ya).

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Well, it only took just under 14 years, 5200+ hours of labour, and a couple of months waiting for decent flying weather, but I finally did the first flight of my scratch built Bearhawk today. Slightly heavy left wing (not much), leaky remote oil filter fitting, but that's it.

What a relief.

My friend Dwayne (ex RV-6 guy) did this video for me. It is on his YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/EoI5ObmCJ80

[AKKen07]

Congratulations! Amazing achievement. Scratch building one of these (successfully) is just one hell of an accomplishment. Bravo!

[rkennell]

Congratulations Mark! It a great accomplishment and beautiful airplane. I look forward to seeing it at KOSH and also the data from flight testing.

[Dpearson]

What an achievement! Congratulations!!!

[ThreeD]

Nice to have another C registered bearhawk

Congrats

Dano

[rv8bldr]

Hey Dano. There are now four Bearhawk 4's (three A and one B) here in Eastern Ontario.

[Perry Kuznar]

Mark, your first flight announcement is a big boost to all Bearhawk builders.

Perseverance personified! Congratulations!

Perry

[paulodonnell]

Fantastic, congratulations - that's quite an achievement!

[rodsmith]

Congratulations on a huge accomplishment Mark! Most people have no concept of what a huge job building a Bearhawk from scratch is. Very nice video.

[PhilBC]

Awesome achievement, great job and a nice looking BH!