Flightcrafters is alive and well as Bob said. They are building all kinds
of planes up at kzph, their new digs.
I spoke to Russ last week and he is certainly still ready and able to help
Europa fans.
Bud has the old Flightcrafters barn in Seffner. I spent a very pleasant 9
hours with him last week.
As I mentioned previously, Bud is a former USAF fighter jock and career
officer with a degree
in Aero Engineering. He was a great help as my main construction
consultant during the FlightCrafter days.
The shop has about 6 europas in varying states of construction at the
moment. Bud cranked out a couple of
motorglider wings recently, and has designed a neat new gantry system for
fitting and storing wing sets.
They allow a single person to install MG wings and were about $2500 a set
if I recall correctly.
He also has built a couple of nice enclosed trailers for Europas(heated
and cooled!).
I don't think he was ready to sign the papers with E04 yet, but maybe the
E04 website reflects changes
since last week.
Ira N224XS
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