I think the honour of being the most northerly builder must (at the moment)
go to a builder here in Lule=E5, Sweden.
The airport is 4,5km south of the town and listed at 65.32.36N, 22.07.25E
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this is about 100km south of the Arctic circle. If one is to be built further
north then it will probably be somewhere in Norway (any builders in Narvik?),
Sweden, or Finland but who knows? - maybe there is a thriving homebuilt
industry in Fort Yukon Alaska, The Northwest Territories, Northern Greenland,
Murmansk, or Northern Siberia?!
This Europa (SE-XRF, kit #304) will also be the first to fly in Sweden (we
are a total of 10 here) - it is listed as 100% complete and in the test
flight phase but with 0 hrs so far (according to http://www.eaa.se ). There
are a couple of others listed as 60-70% finished so there could be a bunch in
the air this coming summer.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From: MIME :rowil@clara.net
Subject: Re: my europa project
>my name is Raimo Toivio. i just joined to mailing-list. my Europa is >number
417
>- started 6 months ago and completed rudder & tail & tabs, spent >over 250
hours. i am building my Europa XS in finland and there are >no other europa
builders here in finland. just now we have 50 cm >snow and quite warm - only
-10C.
Welcome to the list, Raimo. You have clearly been busy since we saw you at
the PFA Rally. Hope it's not too lonely up there. If you don't know how to
keep layups at the right temperature in the winter, nobody does!
(I think Raimo is our most northerly Europa builder - unless some of the
Canadian folk can beat 61.415N, 23.591E)
regards
Rowland
PFA 16532 EAA 168386 Young Eagles Flight Leader 017623
Europa builder #435 G-ROWI
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