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'''Robert "Bob" Barrows''' is an American aircraft designer and engine builder of [[light aircraft]]. Best known as the designer of several Bearhawk planes, he is also a mechanical engineer, and [[aircraft maintenance technician|A&P licensed]] aviation mechanic.<ref name="BHPBB1July23">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://bearhawkpatrol.tripod.com/bearhawk/id6.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704013700/http://bearhawkpatrol.tripod.com/bearhawk/id6.html |archivedate=4 July 2009 |access-date=1 July 2023 |work=R&B Aircraft |publication-place=Virginia, United States}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 2020 |title=Bigger & Bolder |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=144415717&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2024-01-15 |work=Flying |page=14 |via=[[EBSCOHost]]}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
[[File:Bearhawk Model 5 - Perspective.jpg|thumb|Bearhawk Model 5]]<br />
Barrows is the designer of the Bearhawk [[Barrows Bearhawk Patrol|Patrol]], [[Bearhawk Companion|Companion]], [[Barrows Bearhawk|4-Place]], and [[Bearhawk 5|Model 5]] light aircraft,<ref name="FMM51July23">{{cite web |last=Boatman |first=Julie |date=26 May 2020 |title=Bearhawk Builds First New Model 5 |url=https://www.flyingmag.com/bearhawk-builds-first-model-5/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |work=[[Flying (magazine)|Flying]]}}</ref> as well as the Bearhawk [[Bearhawk LSA|LSA]] [[light-sport aircraft]].<ref name="AOPABH1July23">{{cite web |last=Tulis |first=David |date=1 November 2021 |title=Capable Homebuilt Performer |url=https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/november/pilot/capable-homebuilt-performer |access-date=10 July 2023 |publisher=[[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association|AOPA]]}}</ref> <br />
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Prior to designing the first aircraft in the Bearhawk series, the 4-Place, Barrows designed and built a [[STOL]] [[monoplane#High|high wing]] plane called the Grasshopper and an [[aerobatics|aerobatic]] [[biplane]].<ref name="BHABB1July23">{{cite web |last=<!-- no author attribution --> |date=<!-- no source date provided --> |title=Bob Barrows on Airplane Design |url=https://bearhawkaircraft.com/bob-barrows-on-airplane-design/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |work=Bearhawk Aircraft |publication-place=Texas, United States}}</ref> After designing his four-seat Bearhawk in the early 1990s, Barrows started using airfoils designed by Harry Riblett in his Bearhawk designs.<ref name="KPHR1Dec23">{{cite web |last=Spangler |first=Scott |date=19 July 2013 |title=The Airfoil Adventures of Harry Riblett: Finishing the work NACA started |url=https://www.kitplanes.com/the-airfoil-adventures-of-harry-riblett/ |access-date=1 December 2023 |work=Kitplanes |publication-place=Connecticut, United States}}</ref><br />
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In April 2019, Barrows was injured in his Bearhawk LSA when he clipped power lines on approach to land. The LSA's steel tube design resisted crumpling beyond the firewall.<ref name="KPBB1July23">{{cite web |last=Cook |first=Marc |date=23 April 2019 |title=Bearhawk Designer Bob Barrows Injured in Landing Crash |url=https://www.kitplanes.com/bearhawk-designer-bob-barrows-injured-in-landing-crash/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |work=Kitplanes |publication-place=Connecticut, United States}}</ref><br />
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