Hi John:
I'm up in Mesa building an XS. Have been at it for about a year and a
half now. I started much the same way you did. I received a ride in Kim's
Europa at Copperstate. I can't remember if it was 97 or 98. I
started on my licence shortly after taking the flight with him and got my ticket
in the spring with the intention of building the Europa. I purchased the plane
a
year later. I have been averaging about 10 hours a week on build
time. I find that much more over a long haul leads a little toward burnout
for me. The build has been going smoothly and uneventfully. If you have
any questions or would like to see what I have done I am about half way between
Falcon Field and Gateway. So if you are out and about in a rent a plane stop by
and see me.
Steve Hagar
A143
Mesa, AZ
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From: John
Anne
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Subject: Out of the
Closet
Greetings All,
Stewart Buckingham's recent e-mail introducing himself has
encouraged me to "out" myself and stop "lurking" on this mail list. (I've
only been lurking for about a week now, but that's beside the point.)
My name is John Reddy. I live in Tucson, Arizona, USA
with my lovely and supportive wife Anne Zones. We have ordered a
Europa XS Monowheel which should be here sometime in April. I'm one of the
incredibly lucky ones. My wife not only thinks owning an airplane
will be neat, she even wants to help. I fully intend to follow
Steve Genotte's advice and keep her, because I'll never get this lucky
again.
While I've been interested in building an kit airplane ever
since reading about the BD5 in Popular Mechanics when I was in my teens, I've
only recently taken up aviation as a hobby. I started seriously looking
at building a few years back after seeing "Plane Crazy" on PBS.
(Yes, the show featuring the crazy trying to design and build a plane
in 30 days.) I started taking flying lessons in February of 1999 and got
my private ticket April 1, 2000. I first saw the Europa at the Copperstate
Fly-in, October of 1999 and fell in love with it. I took a test ride at
Copperstate 2000 and liked it even better from the inside. Anne and I then
attended an Alexander Sportair class taught by Kim Prout last November to prove
to ourselves that we really could do this. At this class we got the
chance to meet Tony Krzyzewski and see first hand what Europa building can
do to you. Couldn't have scared us too bad because shortly after that
we wrote a check and mailed it to Lakeland.
In my short time monitoring this list I've been very impressed
by the quality of the postings. I feel I know several of you already from
your web sites. Tony K's, Steve Genotte's and Martin Tuck's sites played a
big part in my decision to build a Europa. I look forward to getting to
know the rest of you.
John Reddy
--- Steve Hagar
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