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NUMBER 100 TO FLY !
Harmon Rocket II Bill Atkin Boulder City, NV
N542G NUMBER 100 TAKES THE SKY........


Ken Blaise Harmon Rocket II	First Flight 12-01-07 Ken and John Harmon


Congrats to Ken Flikkema HARMON ROCKET II SERIAL NUMBER : 343 NUMBER 123 TO FLY	"368R took to the air ( 5-6-07) at 9:20 AM MST. Had a great first flight, everything went just great"

Chuck Hanson, Bakersfield, CA
N156HR Harmon Rocket II
Number 121 to Fly
Bakersfield Municipal Airport - L45
Friday, February 23, 2007 8:03 AM



N156HR Technical Support Crew From left to right: Jim Jansen: Support; Owner/ Pilot: Chuck Hansen; Builder Support: Matt Baker; Technical Design: John Harmon

CONGRATULATIONS DAVE NETZER DICKENSON, ND
HARMON ROCKET II NUMBER #119
TAKES FIRST FLIGHT July 2006

I now have about 13 hrs. on the plane and it is running great. I love the power! You were right. The plane tracks straight on take off with very little pull to the left. And I really like the gear. Even with a less then great landing there is no bounce back on the gear at all. At 21inches and 2300 rpm I am indicating 180 mph airspeed. I think that is about 55% power. I have not yet turned it loose to see what it will do. It flies like a typical RV but does have a faster roll rate then my RV6 had. I come over the numbers at 100mph indicated which gives me abit of float but gives me time to settle in for a nice 3 point landing. With the stick all the way back the plane sets itself up for the perfect 3 point attitude. Having built and flown an RV6 for almost 500 hrs. this plane had no surprises at all except alot more power. I loved my RV6 but this plane takes it to the next level. Thanks for all your help. The only thing left on the plane is to install graphics on the wings and fuselage and install a autopilot. Both of these will get done this winter when it too cold to fly here in North Dakota. Great plane! Dave Netzer

Harry Nelson 110 To Fly !

Congratulations

TONY GUARDALABENE

Harmon Rocket II #114 First Flight

FIRST FLIGHTwas made by TONY BLUM/SAND POINT, IDAHO/ FEBRUARY 25, 2006
BUILT BY JOHN BURGY AND TONY GUARDALABENE
A BIG THANK YOU needs to be given to all of those who helped on our adventure.
Special Thanks to
JOHN & PAM BURGY of Sandpoint, Idaho. Your expertise and for all their hard work, hospitality and friendship! Thanks you two! TO all and thanks to all that helped. Last but NOT least:
JOHN HARMON for all his help in making all of this possible so #114 could take to the sky! This is a fabulous airplane design
CHRISSY Thank you sooo much!!!!!! This is the most awesome experience anyone can do in the air! You knew we could do it! Thanks for all your words of encouragement along the way
Tony Guardalabene and Sherry Bartik #114 to fly.
Flying in Lake Havasu City, Arizona

HAPPY ROCKET MAN DAY!!!

TONY GUARDALABENE PILOT(right)SHERRY BARTIK & JOHN BURGY


Thanks! goes to JASON COX of Colville, Washington for his awesome detailed patriotic airbrush artwork on #114

From Rob Mokry
Took the Rocket out to test the Truetrak autopilot and flew with some
friends up to Napa, Ca yesterday.
One was driving a Baron and the other a Cheyenne.
Nice big rare steak at Jonsey's for lunch and time for departure.

The Baron departed first on 18R. The Cheyenne was cleared 18R position and hold. We were cleared 18L position and hold.
The Cheyenne was released on 18R. We were released 18L

Shortly afterward, (Napa Tower), "Cheyenne NXYZ, Caution departing Experimental on parallel runway"

(Cheyenne NXYZ), "Napa Tower, Experimental no factor, as he has accelerated past us already"

We also had about 2,000' on him.

Something tells me the Cheyenne driver isn't telling this story this
morning.....

Thanks John Harmon!
Rob Mokry

WAY TO GO JOHN MEYERS!! :-) Would you say it's about the most fun you can have with your clothes on?
CONGRATS FROM YOUR ROCKET FAMILY!
HR II PLANS SERIAL: #233 HR II KIT: #133

HARMON ROCKET NUMBER 111 TAKES FLIGHT JOHN MEYERS GOLDEN, CO 80401

I made my first flight Mother's Day 2005 and it still freaks me out when I shove the throttle in with all that acceleration. John has done an outstanding job I think in this design.

Congratulations and have fun.

John,
I know you remember Kevin Armstrong but I am also forwarding this to
others. Kevin lives in Cambridge , England and when I was still flying to
London, I use to ride the train up to Cambridge and visit him. He had
bought an RV-4 here in Bakersfield and had it shipped to the UK. It was the
first to ever get to the UK. When Kevin was here in Bakersfield, I took him
for a ride in my Rocket and he decided he needed one! It has taken him many
years to complete but as you can see, it came out great!
Ted

Doug Unruh Rocket Plan's #33 N33DU

Les Featherston Mt Vernon, Missouri 65712
Harmon Rocket II #89 to Fly

Pictures of the UK Rocket G-RCKT Kevin Armstrong
February 2005 England

Jim Hanson Harmon Rocket II Number 336 Bakersfield, CA

July 2005

Lyle Strader David Hallmark
Massey Aircraft Mechanics
Building Jim Hanson's Harmon Rocket II Shafter, CA

Matt Riley - Massey Aircraft Service

March 2005

Congrats! Mike Jankowski Phoenix, AZ
Harmon Rocket II Serial: 393 Kit 212 January 2005

Tony Blair # 103 to FLY !
Harmon Rocket II Serial: 342
Kit #202 TAMWORTH AUSTRALIA NSW 2340

Fuselage

Cockpit Area Engine just installed

Making steady progress,
My HR has out grown the garage so it now lives in my back yard – getting close now!

Stuart Smith Based At Compton Airport August 2004
N464JS - Rough primer finished and instrument panel photos
Getting ready to fly
Congratulations! Stu Smith Harmon Rocket II #97 to fly
NEW PHOTOS FEB and March 05

August 04 Stu Smith

David Richey Selma, CA July 2004 !!!!

Harmon Rocket II Number 95 to FLY!!!!!

Russ Werner Harmon Rocket II
and just below here Mike Manning's Harmon Rocket II

Please click on the link below to view
additional photos at Russ Werner's web page!

LEONARD i.e. The Animal

Leonard was started Dec.2000. He is the 4th homebuilt for me. It took a little over 2 years to built. He is a pure Harmon Rocket kit with very few modifications. Empty weight came to 1185 lbs. He has Gamin 430 gps and 327 transponder. Full vacuum gauges. The heart of the plane is monitored by an IK2000 after some minor problems at first the unit is now working wonderful. The unusual paint scheme was my idea with Jabbs Custom Paint making it come to life. The aircraft is a dream to fly. The power plant is a stock O540E4B5 converted to an IO540 stock hp is 260. Lots of fuel on full power take off 26 gph but backed off to stay with some of my 180 hp Constant speed RV-6 buddies 9.5gph at 180 mph indicated 2200rpm and 17inches 7500ft. The only bragging to do is Hey it’s a Rocket what do you expect. My hat is off to John Harmon for such a wonderful aircraft. Thanks John
Dean Berry
Ps the grin only gets bigger with each hour flown

Jack Hogan, Santa Paula, CA 7/11/02

Caption of Picture we received said " FIRST FLIGHT" Beautiful Shot !!

That's my grandson looking for the 'start switch'. Reno Bryan Colburn ..
w/a name like that he'll need to be a fighter pilot, or a bull rider --- or both.
Jack said his Rocket has 40+ hours on it now. Built at Shafter.
Here's Jack's comments on his flight to Oshkosh 2002

I live in St.Thomas, Ontario, Canada CYQS. I have a farm and a grass
runway and visitors are welcome. I am flying the blue rocket now and it has
around 90 hours of total time. The red rocket now belongs to Bill Denney of
Prescott Arizona. Tom

266hp is a joy to fly and lands real nice. Cruise is about 218 mph at
8500ft 11 gph however I am still in process of tweaking so I really
haven't put out any numbers yet so when I'm done tweaking I'll let you know.
Harry 5/1/02

David Howe's Harmon Rocket II ---THANKS DAVID !!!!
Reserve Grand Champion Oshkosh 2002 HR II

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