Gilles Thesee wrote:
> We regularly fly over the French Alps at FL 130+ with no problem.
> I imagine you won't have to climb that high to clear terrain every day
> in the Netherlands ;-)
We won't stay with the Europa in the Netherlands. Quite a substantial
amount of flying will be done in the French Alps, as my wifes parents
live close to Barcelonnette, and we love to fly over there (she has a
PPL also). We have been there twice this year, with a Cessna with
Thielert conversion. The bad news with a Cessna is its poor climb rate,
but the good news with this Cessna is that it is turbo-charged, and it
always climbs with 500 ft per minute, on sea level, but also on 12.500
feet. It is one of the reasons we wanted to have a 914 (turbo) in the
Europa as well. We are looking forward to start flying over there with
our Europa once it is finished. These plans are one of the reasons I
want to make sure the fuel system is working correctly, also at
altitude, in the mountains where you won't find acceptable emergency
landing spots everywhere.
Frans
|