Okay, it wasn’t the first flight of our Bulldog, but we did get to see the logbook entry for the first flight of the real Bulldog when designer Robert Hall flew the racer on its “first test hop.” We recently enjoyed a special visit from Eric Hall, son of the legendary airplane designer Robert Hall. The younger Hall was passing through Seattle and stopped by Concrete to check on the progress of the Hall Springfield Bulldog we’re building.
In addition to visiting, he brought by some amazing pieces of history, including his father’s original logbooks. The logbooks are in remarkably good shape and show many first flights of historic airplanes including the GeeBee Model Z and of course the Hall Bulldog (above).
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