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Thu Oct 02, 2025 9:23 am

any news from Bushliner?

Apparently Bushliner has moved from their original location at Green Valley airport WA25 in Granite Falls WA,
to the nearby & much larger Arlington airport KAWO.
Not sure what drove that move, and I haven't seen or heard much about them in a while.
Anyone hear anything lately? Were they at KOSH?
I'm over at Arlington pretty often for lunch,
I'm thinking about stopping by their hangar next time.
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Thu Oct 02, 2025 9:48 am

Re: any news from Bushliner?

They didn't have a booth at OSH but somehow they finagled a deal with DeltaHawk to be the launch customer for the DeltaHawk 6 cylinder https://www.deltahawk.com/2025/07/19/bushliner-1850-aircraft-to-be-powered-by-350-hp-deltahawk-jet-fuel-engine/

More vaporware? Time will tell.

They had an impressive booth at OSH 2022 but so far no flying aluminum, that I know of...
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Thu Oct 02, 2025 10:14 am

Re: any news from Bushliner?

They need to start showing some formed aluminum or people are going to quickly forget them. It's exciting to see the 185 airframe reworked but the price tag will sure hurt. The Helio guys seem to be making better progress.
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Thu Oct 02, 2025 2:38 pm

Re: any news from Bushliner?

Any word on the Helio?
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Fri Oct 03, 2025 8:24 am

Re: any news from Bushliner?

Halestorm wrote:They didn't have a booth at OSH but somehow they finagled a deal with DeltaHawk to be the launch customer for the DeltaHawk 6 cylinder https://www.deltahawk.com/2025/07/19/bushliner-1850-aircraft-to-be-powered-by-350-hp-deltahawk-jet-fuel-engine/

More vaporware? Time will tell.

They had an impressive booth at OSH 2022 but so far no flying aluminum, that I know of...


They both talk a good show.
Lots of smoke......still waiting for the fire.
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Fri Oct 03, 2025 11:35 am

Re: any news from Bushliner?

StillLearning wrote:Any word on the Helio?


Recent youtube video (5 Months ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVIZsmdudZM
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Fri Oct 03, 2025 12:44 pm

Re: any news from Bushliner?

Iowapilot wrote:
StillLearning wrote:Any word on the Helio?


Recent youtube video (5 Months ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVIZsmdudZM


The brand new Helio (not a rebuild) flew last week, according to media release.
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Fri Oct 03, 2025 5:59 pm

Re: any news from Bushliner?

MTV mentioned it, and I actually saw a video of a short flight in the Alaska Helio earlier today. As much as I like to dream, both are way out of my budget, no matter how much I dream.
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Fri Oct 03, 2025 6:25 pm

Re: any news from Bushliner?

So, is there anything new to see or read about on the Helio? Just flew? Any video?
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Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:16 am

Re: any news from Bushliner?

I'm not sure where I saw the video, it was a very short video of it coming in to land and the subsequent short landing. If I see it again, I will post the link.
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Sat Oct 04, 2025 10:29 am

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPQQuSADp_c/
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Sat Oct 04, 2025 10:44 am

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Looks like execution trumped promise, once again…
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Mon Oct 06, 2025 8:39 am

Re: any news from Bushliner?

Re the Helio....last night I watched a couple 2024 episodes ("Sunspot" & "Runway Meltdown") of "Ice Airports Alaska" on the Smithsonian channel. The Helio guys were featured, some pretty good clips of them working in the hangar as well as some flying.
Those episodes run again on wednesday morning if you wanna catch it.
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Mon Oct 06, 2025 3:54 pm

Re: any news from Bushliner?

Here's a video Daniel from Coffee and a Hangar did on the Helio guys:

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Mon Oct 06, 2025 4:23 pm

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Josef wrote:Here's a video Daniel from Coffee and a Hangar did on the


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Tue Oct 07, 2025 8:19 am

Re: any news from Bushliner?

Thanks, I must be beyond my years in terms of computer competency...
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