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My son just sent me this FAA proposal for unleaded aviation AVGAS.

Two of us went to Oshkosh in my Bearhawk and had a third passenger “Lindy” on the way home Three aircraft departed from St Andrews Manitoba for Duluth to clear customs on July 24. Our group included a 170, 182 and my Bearhawk with my friend Jim Gile as my co-pilot. Our true airspeed was about...

Just looking at a Nav data base for my Dynon skyview system, EasyVFR, Airmate, Jepesson, Pocket FMS, does anyone have any feedback on these bases. Thanks George

First flight in the Scratchbuilt Bearhawk today started on June 2006 16 years ago finally done. First flight 1.5 hours couple minor adjustments required, but WOW such a thrill. Has a I0-540-C4B5 with 110 degree angle at injector, E-mag ignition, Hartzell HC-C2YK-1BF Prop, Stewart Sytem fabric...

Since we live in the cold up here in Canada we have found a door seal made of silicon thin and easily compressess. It is peel and stick and fits in the doors. Made by MDbuildingproducts.com

Fitted 2870 floats to my Bearhawk used the older style 249-2870 with the swivel attachments, all the struts had corrosion under the clamp on steps so I purchased new struts blanks from Southern aero in Georgia Products (southernaero.net) PN LS-4. Attached are a couple pics of my set up and the...

Hello everyone, just setting my 4 place with IO-540 for 2870 EDO floats and prepping for a hoisting sling, can someone post your empty weight and empty weight C of G for me Thanks. George

Here are some pics of our seaplane doors on our Bearhawks, We had to move the bottom door sil up approx 1.5 inches so as to clear the strut. After all the calculations were done and the wing was installed we had about 1 in of clearance. Used a piano hinge full length of the door at the top. Set...

Air vents made from 2" 6061 tubing, flat sheet .050 5052 and 1.5" PVC drain pipe with caps. I spun the tubing on my drill with a drum sander mandrel and used a coarse file to take off approx .005". Used a 3/16 mill cutter and hand feed then in the drill press for the slots. Used a lathe to...

I was working with our sheet metal guru on our wings and he showed me how to cut the trailing edge skin at the aft end of the wing using a straight edge and a draw knife. We clamped the straight edge along our dimension line at the trailing edge of the wing and used a draw knife multiple times...

Here is a rotisserie I built for the Bearhawks, since I took these pics I have modified the tail stand to include a hyd ram same as the front. I could supply measurements if any-one would like. Great for welding, fabric work and setup,