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Mike Taylor

Mike Taylor
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Mike Taylor is a veteran design engineer, mechanic, builder and marketing consultant who writes occasionally about extraordinary planes. Mike has spent 30+ years visiting aircraft facilities around the world exploring the fascination of flight.

Bearhawk 4-Place Aircraft Available With DeltaHawk Engine

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Bearhawk Aircraft announced today the availability of the new DeltaHawk DHK180 jet fuel burning piston engine as an option for its signature Bearhawk 4-Place...

Skiplane Shangri-la

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Two Bearhawks and a Cessna travel to the tundra in Saskatchewan.

Bearhawk Owners Gather in New Zealand

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The other down under is an untamed wilderness comprising the South and North islands of New Zealand. Together they outsize Great Britain. However, just...
Bearhawk Companion

First Customer-Built Bearhawk Companion Completed

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Bearhawk Aircraft announced today the first flight of a Bearhawk Companion, side-by-side two-place aircraft. The Companion is a utility aircraft with backcountry flying characteristics....

Ziggy’s New Engine

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Adding a 180-hp Titan engine to a Legend Cub.

Bearhawk Duo in the Land of the Long White Cloud

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Jonathan Battson and Lars Fellman build the first two 4-Place Bearhawks in New Zealand.

Family Affair

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Building a Legend Cub at the factory.

In Case You Missed it

Build Your Skills: Composites (Part 6)

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In this series installment, author Bob Fritz takes you through the basics of a three-day project you can really use: lightweight fiberglass wheel chocks. The article covers materials, cutting, patterns, foam cutting, eliminating bubbles, and pitfalls to look out for during the build; by Bob Fritz.

Calculating Weight and Balance

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Tackling weight-and-balance calculations is a task we have all faced with some trepidation, but...

Kit Stuff

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Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 3

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Detail work.