EUROPA G-EESA Flew today (20/11) at Kemble in the hands of Melvin Cross.
Flew for 40 minutes and went well. Stall behaviour was reported to be
excellant with strong airframe buffet 5k before stall and no wing drop
when ball centred-just heavy nodding. No stall strips are fitted and
would appear to be superfluous in this case.
EA 81 Subaru engine performed well and stayed extremely cool through
out the flight.
A big thanks to all the supporters of this list particularly Graham S
(My Inspector) who's flying reports and updates kept me going when
the "dream" was still a dream and I intended waking up 6 months earlier!!
Hopefully we will start to hear more and more of the positive sides
of Europa ownership as they continue to hit the air in increasing
numbers. I must say having had my life hi-jacked by this aircraft
and my concentration span reduced to 2 minutes unless Europa related
subject, finally watching it slip into the air confused the hell
out of me!
Chas Stirling
No.25 G-EESA
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