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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

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

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

Bearhawk Owners Gather in New Zealand

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

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

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

Bearhawk Duo in the Land of the Long White Cloud

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

Family Affair

Building a Legend Cub at the factory.

In Case You Missed it

Buying Used Lightning Detection

Avionics guru Larry Anglisano examines the market for used lightning-detection gear.

Ask the DAR

Common paperwork errors.

Ask the DAR

Can a former Part 103 aircraft be registered as an LSA? And how is an appropriate Phase I flight-test area determined?

Traveling Machine

Van's two-seat RV-12 LSA proves itself as a surprisingly travel-friendly cross-country airplane. By Marc Cook.