ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

  • 1982 Best New Design Sun-n-Fun - The CGS Hawk was debuted at Sun-n-Fun, March, 1982, Lakeland, Florida where it took top honors winning "Best New Design".

  • 1982 Outstanding New Design EAA Oshkosh - The CGS Hawk again took top honors in August, 1982, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the EAA International Air Show Convention winning its top honor "Outstanding New Design".

  • 1982 Reserve Grand Champion EAA Oshkosh - The CGS Hawk also was awarded Reserve Grand Champion at the EAA International Air Show Convention, August, 1982.

  • 1983 DuPont Kevlar ARV Design Competition - The CGS Hawk came out on top in the prestigious DuPont Kevlar ARV Design Competition winning First Place over a highly competitive field of 126 manufacturers/designs.  The contest consisted of five categories: design, engineering, flying performance, appearance, and portability with 20 points awarded for each category.  The Hawk received a perfect score of 20 points in every category except portability where it received a score of 19.

  • Peruvian Air Force - A fleet of 15 CGS Hawks were purchased by the Air Force of Peru for an experimental flight training program in 1992, and are still in service to this day.

  • 1995 Reserve Grand Champion, Sun N Fun

  • EAA Hall of Fame - 1999 CGS Hawk Designer Chuck Slusarczyk was honored by being chosen one of the first three inductees into the EAA Ultralight Hall of Fame in its inaugural year.

  • Successful Design for 22 years

  • First fully enclosed, 3-axis control, ultralight with flaps

  • 1999 Winner of World Air Games Competition, Turkey - First Place

  • 2001 Winner of World Air Games Competition, Spain -  First Place and Second Place

  • 2002 US Ultralight Championships - First Place Fuel Endurance

  • 2003 World Microlight Championships, England - Third Place - Two out of three members of the American Fixed Wing Team used CGS Hawk Sports for the competition.

  • 2003 Sun-n-Fun - Best Construction Kit

  • 2003 Sun-n-Fun - Best Classic Ultralight

  • 2004 Sun-n-Fun - Best Ultralight Trainer

  • 2004 Sun-n-Fun - Outstanding Fixed Wing Ultralight

  • 2004 WigWag Competition - Second Place - WigWag is an international-competition-style training camp attended by those seriously interested in world competition.

  • 2004 US Microlight Championships - Second, Third, and Fourth Place

  • 2005 Sun-n-Fun - Outstanding Fixed Wing Ultralight

  • 2005 WigWag Competition - First Place

 

 

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