I'm not one to brag, but this time I can't resist...
Ed Kolano will be speaking at my local EAA chapter meeting next month
(he's one of our members). This will be his second presentation and I
can confidently predict it will very well attended as his first talk was
so well received he was still chatting with folks in the parking lot
long after the meeting ended.
If you're going to be in the Dallas area on March 6, stop by the Farmers
Branch Library. Meeting starts at 18:30, but don't be late or you'll
most likely not get a seat.
Steve G.
Miles McCallum wrote:
>
> I forwarded comments on the tri-gear review to Ed Kolano, and this is his
> response:
>
> Thanks for sending along the comment from the Europa builders' group.
> Interesting. The original monowheel review flight was one of my first
> for the magazine, although the piece ran after later-flown reviews.
> Experience is a wonderful school. I stand behind what I said about the
> monowheel, but I've since learned that my approach to writing reviews has
> evolved to better suit the EAA audience (I think).
>
> I can't comment on his latest piece - Sport Aviation has yet to arrive - but
with regard
> to his monowheel piece, I think that it was right on the money, certainly when
it came
> to his comments on the handling in the air. It was something I wish I'd
> written...
The
> problem us scribblers always face is a very limited time in the aircraft, with
a
> substantial portion of it sometimes devoted to the photographer, so exploring
the
> vagaries of runway behaviour, for instance, often isn't possible: I've flown
5 Europas
> (4 monowheels) in the course of working for Flyer, and never really had a
> problem
with
> landing or taking off, but then if the conditions were dodgy, Andy/Ivan/or
> Pete
Clarke
> would usually do them - and you can't really argue.... Contrary to what some
people
> might think, doing flight tests isn't a lot of fun - although if you are
> lucky,
you
> might get a few minutes of unaduterated pleasure - aerobatting the Berkut in
a broken
> cloud layer, or sitting in on a dogfight between Pete Clake and Ivan to name
the most
> memorable.
>
> Miles
>
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