Agreed. Lancairs have bit many pilots.
Perhaps a better way is what Sea Kayaker magazine does - it reviews the
boat, then allows the manufacturer a short rebuttal. The last thing I would
do is let the mfr. write the review!
Shaun
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Fillinger" <fillinger@ameritech.net>
Subject: Re: Sport Aviation review of the TriGear
> I thought they did a pretty good job, considering the competition
> (save for Aviation Consumer, which has no advertisers). Glowing pilot
> reports are worthless for someone choosing a homebuilt. And not that
> the Europa is much of a problem, but I fault SA for never addressing
> safety issues, such not even hinting that the Lancair IV is a death
> trap if you don't keep the speed up and use lo-o-o-ng runways. Has
> about the same wing area as the Europa, but 3200# gross!
>
> Custom Planes is now into occasionally letting the manufacturer write
> the article, making the author "Contributing Editor" for a month.
>
> Regards,
> Fred F., A063
>
>
> > Shaun Simpkins wrote:
> > ....
> > Compared to the CAFE report, and the Lancair IV-P report in the
> > previous month's issue, I sensed that the reviewer was only mildly
> > impressed by the Europa. A "likeable" aircraft, with good in-air
> > handling qualities, but overall, the review sounded like he didn't
> > see the point in it over, say, an RV-6. Maybe so, if that's what
> > you are looking for. Perhaps the Europa is too "European" in
> > concept.
> > ....
>
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