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budyerly@msn.com
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Location: Florida USA
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 Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2022 4:02 pm Post subject: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 |
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Well done sir.
I'm working locally with some new instructors and maintainers in flight training techniques and common but often missed maintenance issues. You are exemplifying what we've been discussing:
There is a difference between an airplane driver (licensed occasional stick operator) and a pilot. An aviator must be a student of aviation and all its subtleties. The student of aviation is constantly improving his skills such as his knowledge of weather, regulations, airspace, communications, emergency procedures, aerodynamics, and finishes it off by improving his knowledge of aircraft handling. Most important he expands his air sense.
Air sense is also called situational awareness, or professionalism, and is the proper application of all we know to accomplish a safe uneventful flight. A true student of aviation also knows the aircraft and its systems and can fix or describe any issue with the aircraft to maintenance personnel to keep it in good shape for the safety of others who may fly that aircraft. Maintainers must anticipate areas of wear and put themselves into the pilot's seat and physically feel the controls, brakes and steering, (especially the non-flying maintainer) to troubleshoot not the symptoms but the causes of failure and wear and improve their inspections.
How one applies the rules and laws that govern all things aviation, and then uses this knowledge to anticipate and mitigate risk by acting prudently and professionally in his flying is not learned by flying a simulator or a trainer once a quarter but by immersion in all facets of aviation. It is time consuming, often expensive, but worth every penny and amount of time we spend to improve our knowledge and hone our skills. We fly like we train, but basic training is just that...Basic. When you can't afford training, read, practice procedures on the ground, fly with others on joy rides, steal some stick time and practice and hone your air sense. Fly in as many different aircraft as you can to learn how they all fly and feel. Study the aerodynamics and POH of all these planes and watch videos when available. It is great fun and knowledge expanding.
Confidence and cockiness have bit many of us young fighter pilots in the butt until we became true students of aviation and professional in our flying. Our reflexes and natural ability had gotten many of us into embarrassing situations, where it took all our skill and reflexes to get out of it, whereas the pro used all his skill and knowledge to avoid or mitigate the risk and made an uneventful landing.
Keep expanding your knowledge. Upset training and or aerobatic training are extremely important. We don't do it for bragging rights, but for the confidence in knowing what to do to feel the approach of a problem and take the proper action to avoid it and have the knowledge/skill of how to recover in a timely manner when mother nature throws her worst at us, and then make it look easy.
I tend to watch the downwind landing as loss of rudder control in the mono can be exciting. I have only been able to solve it by planting the tail wheel and main at exactly the right time. We have the same situation you described at Plant City Airport (4000 feet of hard surface). It is flat rough some days landing on RWY10 with the winds 045 at 15 Kts (common in the winter), but only 500 feet farther down the runway it is smooth as glass with a simple 7 knot cross and head. Locals all knew this, I had to learn the hard way 25 years ago getting back into aviation in Jim Brown's mono. Luckily, slow flighting down the runway allowed me to see the issue and learn what every other KPCM pilot knew.
Best Regards,
Bud Yerly
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2022 12:00 am Post subject: Re: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 |
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Thanks Bud...
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raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2022 2:16 am Post subject: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 |
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Hello Tim,
I still love your great stick boots you kindly deliveried me about 2006.
- Raimo
OH-XRT Finland
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timward kirjoitti 17.10.2022 klo 2:35:
| Quote: | Had a magnificent fly over to the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand. From Rangiora to Arthur’s Pass to have a look at Mt Rolleston which my passenger and climbing colleague was photographing, for a potential climb soon. Rather he then me! Plenty of snow. Then over Lake Bruner to Greymouth to see a friend at the Agricultural Show held at the airport. Return via Harper Pass to Rangiora low level.
Return flight Avplan log below.
Cheers, Tim
[img]cid:part1.8XgNGd7g.JAXgmSOk(at)rwm.fi[/img]
Sent from my iPad Tim Ward
12 Waiwetu Street,
Fendalton,
Christchurch, 8052
New Zealand.
ward.t(at)xtra.co.nz (ward.t(at)xtra.co.nz)
021 0640221
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ward.t(at)xtra.co.nz
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2022 11:51 am Post subject: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 |
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Hi Raimo,Great to hear from you, and to hear the boots are still working. Your blue Europa seat belt is still in my aircraft, holding fuel cover in place.
All the best. Hope to get to Scandinavia some day.
Cheers, Tim
Sent from my iPhone
Tim Ward
12 Waiwetu Street
Fendalton
CHRISTCHURCH 8052
Hom 03315166
| Quote: | On 17/10/2022, at 23:28, Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi> wrote:
Hello Tim,
I still love your great stick boots you kindly deliveried me about 2006.
- Raimo
OH-XRT Finland
allekirjoitus
timward kirjoitti 17.10.2022 klo 2:35:
| Quote: | Had a magnificent fly over to the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand. From Rangiora to Arthur’s Pass to have a look at Mt Rolleston which my passenger and climbing colleague was photographing, for a potential climb soon. Rather he then me! Plenty of snow. Then over Lake Bruner to Greymouth to see a friend at the Agricultural Show held at the airport. Return via Harper Pass to Rangiora low level.
Return flight Avplan log below.
Cheers, Tim
[img]cid:part1.8XgNGd7g.JAXgmSOk(at)rwm.fi[/img]
Sent from my iPad Tim Ward
12 Waiwetu Street,
Fendalton,
Christchurch, 8052
New Zealand.
ward.t(at)xtra.co.nz (ward.t(at)xtra.co.nz)
021 0640221
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h&jeuropa
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2022 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 |
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Spent this week removing GRT Sport HS EFIS and replacing them with new GRT Sport EX EFIS.
Turns out the 20 year old EFIS is no longer supported since they can't get boards. Our PFD failed this summer but GRT was willing to look at it after we placed an order for the new ones and they were able to repair with a used board.
Did a quick flight Sunday and everything seems fine except our ADSB In.
Jim
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raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 3:44 am Post subject: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 |
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Hi Tim!
My flying season ends today and my last flight 2022 was yesterday.
Attached few last summer photos.
Welcome!
- Raimo
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Tim Ward kirjoitti 17.10.2022 klo 22:50:
| Quote: | Hi Raimo, Great to hear from you, and to hear the boots are still working. Your blue Europa seat belt is still in my aircraft, holding fuel cover in place.
All the best. Hope to get to Scandinavia some day.
Cheers, Tim
Sent from my iPhone
Tim Ward
12 Waiwetu Street
Fendalton
CHRISTCHURCH 8052
Hom 03315166
| Quote: | On 17/10/2022, at 23:28, Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi> (raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi) wrote:
Hello Tim,
I still love your great stick boots you kindly deliveried me about 2006.
- Raimo
OH-XRT Finland
allekirjoitus
timward kirjoitti 17.10.2022 klo 2:35:
| Quote: | Had a magnificent fly over to the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand. From Rangiora to Arthur’s Pass to have a look at Mt Rolleston which my passenger and climbing colleague was photographing, for a potential climb soon. Rather he then me! Plenty of snow. Then over Lake Bruner to Greymouth to see a friend at the Agricultural Show held at the airport. Return via Harper Pass to Rangiora low level.
Return flight Avplan log below.
Cheers, Tim
[img]cid:part1.yrYfaUVZ.yWS29ruE(at)rwm.fi[/img]
Sent from my iPad Tim Ward
12 Waiwetu Street,
Fendalton,
Christchurch, 8052
New Zealand.
ward.t(at)xtra.co.nz (ward.t(at)xtra.co.nz)
021 0640221
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 |
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Awesome pics of your season finalé!! Thanks...
CAD up completed and sent off this morning for laser cutting.
New instrument panel plate where the AV-30's will do their thing...
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