I agree the Highlander is a nice plane as well, but I can't afford to go the
kit route. I'll look forward to the Bearhawk sport plane and even Van's
RV-12 I think it will be called. I like the Zenith 701 as well but heard
"not to good" reviews when you don't use the overpriced Rotax 912 in them.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"John T" wrote in message
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The designer of the Bearhawk, Bob Barows designed a tandem (2 place)
version of the bearhawk called the patrol. Still not sport pilot, but he
is working on a sport pilot version of the patrol, for 65-100hp. Expects
to be finished in about a year.

What surprises me is that nobody has plans for a side by side at sport
pilot gross. There are a number of nice planes out there, such as the
Highlander, but no plans builts!

John