I remember when...

[whee]

A Bearhawk was a rare airplane at a flyin and mostly unknown. First time I saw one was at Johnson Creek in maybe 2010. Nobody knew what it was and a few guessed it was a modified Pacer. Now days you'll see one or more at almost every backcountry flyin.

[jaredyates]

I can hear early builders like Erbman and Pat Fagan saying "tell me all about it!"

[Battson]

Yeah - I hear you.

More guys are telling me they want one, or are planning on building / buying one, every year at our big fly-in events.

It used to "what's a Bearcat?"... now it's "how did you ship the kit here?", or "what is the best engine choice?"... "have you flown the LSA?" - people are informed and weighing their options.

Seeing the 4-place keep up with some Skywagons, but land with the Cubs, seems to attract many people's attention... So does the reduced cost of owning an experimental plane.

[Av8rPaul]

As mentioned in another thread, I placed an order for a 4 place QB kit today, nearly 8 years after a demo in N303AP at the 2008 Arlington Fly In. I'd been trying to find a perfect certificated airplane to buy but nothing can check as many boxes as the Bearhawk.

[Zzz]

Moving toward ubiquity is a good thing for us. I'm hoping there's an actuarial advantage for insurance, the more Bearhawks that take flight (and don't get bent.)

[Battson]

Well......... (Just to be clear - this is the result of pilot error, while landing at night - rather than some failing of the design)

http://sky4buy.com/img/2011-BEARHAWK...97843281/0.jpg

Accidents will happen, more pilots means more accidents.

[Chris In Milwaukee]

Still the only place I see them is at Oshkosh, but I'll take it!