From the July 1992 EAA Sport Aviation magazine (it was ground run):
Quote:
As this issue went to press, Ralph
and his crew had finally isolated the
Conqueror's problem . . . a faulty
mag. The plan was to get it rebuilt,
get the Hawk into the air, get the time
flown off and head for Oshkosh '92.
Sport Aviation will revisit the Hawk
once it is flying and follow up in a future
issue with aerial photos and a
flight report from Ralph.
December 2000 EAA Hot Line (Donating a Dream):
Quote:
Enduring several business
reversals, a stroke,
and the death of his wife,
Ralph completed the airplane
and displayed it at
EAA's 1993 convention in
Oshkosh, roughly 60 years
after the dream sprang to
life in his mind. Because of
his age (Ralph was 75 in
1993), he wasn't able to
fulfill the second half of
his dream—to fly the
Hawk, which wears the
distinctive snow owl paint
scheme unique to it. But
there's no doubt it will inspire
dreams of flight and
the possibilities the spirit
of homebuilding makes
feasible in the visitors it attracts
to its place in the Eagle
Hangar.
FutureCorsairOwner wrote:
I just finished reading the book "Hawk Safari" by the builder of that airplane, and according to him, it's more of a "real" P-6E than the one at the AF museum, which apparently has a lot of fiberglass parts on it. The book ends without saying whether or not the airplane flew, and I cannot find any photos of it in flight or even with the engine running. Does anyone here know if that airplane actually flew? I've been dying to know and can't find anything online. My dad and I visited the EAA museum in '19, and that is one beautiful airplane.
At the end of the book, they had sorted out all the engine issues and it was ready to fly...unfortunately, that’s where the book ends.