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!

[huntaero]

Hi Mark Great Job on scratch building airplane looks great see you at Oshkosh.

[alaskabearhawk]

Congratulations...really an amazing achievement. Well done!

[mbaerobat]

Congratulations Mark
It has to be a super feeling to have accomplished the long term goal of getting air under the wings. You one more Canadian Bearhawk to join the fleet.
Striking paint scheme to make it your own….