Are you sure about that. I think you will find that as the UK did not sign up to Schengen then all UK residents are required to clear customs when going to another country even once you are on mainla
Mike, I know that for some time now the AAIB and the PFA/LAA have been looking at the failure of the right hand wing rear drag pin being the cause of the accident and you can certainly read that into
Mike Mod 74 deals with the wing pin. It only applies to Classic (foam inside) winds as the XS wings are factory built. Mod 73 dealts with the tailplanes Dave Watts G-BXDY Now I asked the question bec
For the attention of any pilots intending to fly in to Laddingford on Saturday for the Europa Club AGM. Laddingford is situated just outside to the Northeast of Paddock Wood in Kent. (Make sure you g
For the first few years of operating our Europa monowheel we trailered it every flight (200 hours a year so a lot of flights). We were timed on several occasions by various people and on each occassi
Hi all, this is just an advance warning that the Annual Laddingford Fly-in, scheduled to take place this Saturday (1st August), will probably be postponed until Sunday (2nd August). The weather forec
Hi all, it's now official, due to the weekend weather forecast, the Laddingford Fly-in 2009 will be this SUNDAY 2nd AUGUST. Open to all Europa people, Laddingford has 2 runways. 11/29 at 750 Mtrs and
we had a great day at the re-scheduled Annual Laddingford Fly-In yesterday. A bad weather forecast for Saturday forced us to postpone the Fly-In for 1 day to the Sunday when we had fantastic weather.
I second all that Richard warns about. A very 'interesting' airfield. When you think you are running out of runway, you crest the hill and see more but you have probably opened the throttle by then (
Jean-Paul, sorry to have missed you at Guernsey. When I spotted your aircraft I couldn't resist parking next to it as there was space. My wife, Marion and I arrived Sunday lunch time and we left lunc
Mike, I've been there a couple of times. It's difficult to contact the operator, but they seem happy most of the time to just use it. The runway does have sheep on it and car drivers learning to driv
Will, Peter Kember who is in our hangar (but not on this list) has a GRT HS 8.4" EFIS and a GRT 4000 EIS in his XS/NG Trigear Kit 1000. He had quite a few issues setting it all up, which went on for
William, Yes I altered my own aircraft a few years ago and I am right in the middle of altering my daughters aircraft at this very moment. It is a reasonably straightforward job if you did the build
Hi all, I know this is a UK specific problem but I thought it best to let as many know as possible. We have in the UK a 1 month massive restricted area around London whilst the Olympics are on. I hav
Frans, That all sounds a bit draconian. Here in the UK we are not restricted, and can freely build our own trailers. (I speak from experience having built 10 trailers in my time, including my enclose
Richard When I had the 912UL engine in my Europa I managed 900 hours before the sprag clutch needed replacing. On the 912ULS currently installed it started showing signs of needing replacement at 600
Ivor, That is not strictly correct as Peter has only painted the bottom half silver, the top half of the fuselage and the wings/tailplanes are white. My aircraft is a bit similar in that several year
Kingsley, My experience is that 400 to 500 hours is about normal for the LG08 bushes and I have replaced mine 3 times and have the materials ready for the next couple of times. It is not a nice job r