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Rick Moss

Joined: 21 Sep 2014
Posts: 96

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:25 am Post subject: New Europa Owner

Hi all, 



I've recently bought G-OGAN, a Europa Trigear 912S that had been languishing unloved and unflown at a Yorkshire farm strip since 2006. With the much-appreciated help of Graham Singleton and David Joyce, it was moved to my home strip in Derbyshire (Neil France is taking your straps and chocks and a bottle of wine tomorow David, thanks!).



Following some minor tweaking under the guidance of Neil France and an engine strip-down, it will hopefully be taking to the air again tomorrow morning for its permit check flight.



Hope to see you all around and about in the future.



Rick

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grahamsingleton(at)btinte
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:50 am Post subject: New Europa Owner

Good News Rick!

Best of luck with the test flying

Graham    



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Hi all, 



I've recently bought G-OGAN, a Europa Trigear 912S that had been languishing unloved and unflown at a Yorkshire farm strip since 2006. With the much-appreciated help of Graham Singleton and David Joyce, it was moved to my home strip in Derbyshire (Neil France is taking your straps and chocks and a bottle of wine tomorow David, thanks!).



Following some minor tweaking under the guidance of Neil France and an engine strip-down, it will hopefully be taking to the air again tomorrow morning for its permit check flight.



Hope to see you all around and about in the future.



Rick





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budyerly(at)msn.com
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 1:45 pm Post subject: New Europa Owner

<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]-->  Rick,

 Happy to see you are resurecting an older Europa.

  

 I have done it a couple times now and I find that it is best to follow the  advise of guys like Graham, Neil and David.  The bird will need a  nose to tail going over.  Do not haste to get airborne with the engine  touchup only.  A good going over will probably yield little structural  problems (small delams and the like) but the time spent on a proper condition  inspection, then a proper 1st flight preflight checklist of at least Annex E of  the manual, and a complete Rotax Annex A (install and commissioning  check) combined with your inspectors keen eye will yield a great  flying and dependable airplane.  

  

 We have a real problem in the States with 2nd owners rushing to buy  and fly.  Often times the poor bird ends up languishing at an airport  in neglect because it was sold AS IS with a tire kick annual inspection and  only a few hours on it, and the new owner ends up with a laundry list  of things to fix or just never fixes it at all and the plane becomes a  burden.  We look hard at the logbooks, routine maintenance and the  build manual for clues.  Clean and well done logs, documented engine  commissioning, test runs and flight temps, performance notes, proper wt. and  balance, as well as a documented fly-off with stall/Vn speeds annotated and  descriptions raises our confidence. At least in the UK you have competent  inspectors and proper inspection procedures to help new owners. 

  

 Congratulations.

  

 Bud Yerly

 US Dealer

  

   

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tonyvaccarella

Joined: 10 Sep 2014
Posts: 68
Location: Australia

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: New Europa Owner

Hi Rick,



Congratulations on becoming a member of the "Europa Owners" club. I too am in your situation with only getting hold of my partially built Europa EX about a month ago. There is a lot of learning at this stage but the help on this forum so far has been great and is an invaluable source of knowledge. Enjoy the ride.



Regards

Tony

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