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Bulldog Interviews

May 01, 2023

At last the gang is back together! This Hall Bulldog project team meeting gives us all an update on Mirco’s progress with the design. Great news! Mirco’s work is now complete and the engineering work can continue! More to come soon!

Aug 25, 2021

The team is making progress slowly but hoping that things will pick up soon. In this zoom call, Jim, Tony, Matt, and Kevin catch up with each other and talk about the next steps.

Jan 22, 2020

Jim Bourke and project historian Matthew Lawlor interview Bob Hall’s son, Eric Hall. Get to know Bob Hall through the words of his son with many interesting stories about this famous and prolific aircraft designer.

Nov 24, 2020

Knife Edge Software 3d artist Josh Trevisiol has been working on a computer analysis of all the period photos and the various drawings we’ve uncovered of the Hall Bulldog. Jim and Tony check in with him and review his progress.

Jul 30, 2020

The Hall Bulldog Project interviews Kevin Kimball. Keviin talks about his experience building an earlier Bob Hall design, the Gee Bee Z, and the team discusses the history and engineering of both aircraft.

Aug 11, 2020

Jim and Matt, the Hall Bulldog Project’s historian, discuss the history of the Bowles Agawam airport, where the Bulldog was designed and built. Matt shares his knowledge about the flight tests of the aircraft, the people surrounding it, and Jim learns the true story of what happened after the races.

Latest Updates

At last the gang is back together! This Hall Bulldog project team meeting gives us all an update on Mirco’s progress with the design. Great news! Mirco’s work is now complete and the engineering work can continue! More to come soon! Watch the video Don’t forget […]
After months and months of exhaustive research the final planform for the wing appears here. I truly believe this is the most elegant wing design to have ever appeared on an aircraft. My thanks again to Mirco Pecorari and Kevin Kimball for all their hard work […]
This rendering from Kevin Kimball shows the difference between the best drawings (Bradford, Clements) we could find of the Hall Bulldog vs what we’ve determined the actual wing planform to be (Mirco Pecorari). The “sweepback” controversy was settled long ago by our team, but we did […]
Visit our Facebook page to check out the new rendering of the Hall Bulldog fuselage, gear, and wing pieces. Thanks for the update, Mirco Pecorari! Don’t forget to join the official Hall Bulldog Project Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!
Visit our Facebook page to check out the latest rendering from Kevin Kimball and Mirco Pecorari, showing the aileron control linkages and hinge. Don’t forget to join the official Hall Bulldog Project Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!
We just received the latest report from Mirco Pecorari, where he describes some of the techniques he is using to finalize the shape of the Bulldog. This step has been lengthy but is absolutely critical since our goal is to be faithful to Bob Hall’s design. […]
Tuesday, August 16th, 1932: 90 Years Ago Today: The Hall Bulldog completed its first official flight. Don’t forget to join the official Hall Bulldog Project Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!
Wednesday, July 6th, 1932: Russell Thaw is back in Agawam, MA to check on the progress of the V-2 racer. While he’s in town Lt. Frank Lynch offers Thaw a chance to fly the recently completed “Cicada” world cruiser. Bob Hall and his team completed construction […]