I was surprised too. My first ride was with Bob Berube when he used to
work for Europa. Second ride was with Jim Thursby (if I recall
correctly). Both times I handled the controls once we were in the air,
but relinquished the controls for takeoff and landing. As a flight
instructor I know that it takes some training experience to let someone
else do the takeoff and landing, especially in a aircraft that could
ground loop. Even though I am building a monowheel I have never
experienced its ground handling. And I know I am not the only one.
--- Gilles Thesee <Gilles.Thesee@ac-grenoble.fr> wrote:
> <Gilles.Thesee@ac-grenoble.fr>
>
> Andrew Sarangan a crit :
> > In fact, when I took the first demo ride at the then Lakeland
> > office, I was surprised that I was not offered to handle the
> takeoff
> > and landing. One of my friends who also went to Lakeland for a
> demo,
> > decided to not buy the Europa solely based on the fact that he was
> not
> > given that opportunity.
>
> Andrew and all,
>
> I'm a bit surprised.
> Why would a demopilot or instructor *not* offer to fly the airplane
> from
> startup to landing ?
> I understand your friend : I also would be wary of an airplane I'm
> not
> allowed to take off and land.
> My first answer when asked about a particular model is, fly the
> airplane
> before making any decisions.
>
> What was wrong with that particular airplane (or demo pilot ;-)))
> Best regards,
> --
> Gilles Thesee
> http://contrails.free.fr
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