Will, Look up www.smartavionics.com It is run by Mark
Burton ex Europa builder/pilot who also makes the CS prop
controllers that a lot of Europas use. Regards, David
Joyce
"William Daniell" <wdaniell@etb.net.co> wrote:
><wdaniell@etb.net.co>
>
> Where do I get a Barbara (smartass)?
> Will
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf
>Of David Joyce
> Sent: 17 September 2012 04:08
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: A question to the American
>"Europeans"
>
>
> Svein, This isn't an answer to your question and indeed
>it comes from the
> wrong side of the pond, but after reading the report and
>noting that 44% of
> the US fatal accidents are realted to loss of control in
>the air
> (effectively stall spin accidents) it occurred to me that
>our transatlantic
> friends might be interested in the article recently
>published over here in
> the LAA mag. If taken seriously I believe it would savea
>lot of the 44% from
> a nasty end. The pictures have been removed to
>(hopefully) allow it to
> travel, but no doubt you can use your imagination.
> Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
>
> "Sidsel & Svein Johnsen" <sidsel.svein@oslo.online.no>
> wrote:
>> NTSB issued in May a very interesting report on accidents
>>with amateur-built airplanes compared to certified
>>airplanes, based on detailed evaluation of the numbers
>>behind the summary statistics:
>>
>> <http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2012/SS1201.pdf>
>> http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2012/SS1201.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>> One of their findings is that many more accidents caused
>>by loss of control in the air happen with amateur-built
>>than with certified airplanes, and that a high percentage
>>is with second-hand airplanes a short time after being
>> purchased. NTSB points to the fact that FAA do not
>>follow the same
>> practice as many other countries do, in that FAA do not
>>require a pre-approved test flight program, nor approval
>>of a report on the test flying (only a log book entry
>>that test flight has been completed), which in turn may
>>cause the pilot's operating handbook/flight manual to be
>>lacking important airplane characteristics.
>>
>>
>>
>> What the NTSB report do not say anything about, however,
>>is mandatory transition training and check out in the
>>specific amateur-built airplane.
>> Under the joint European pilot license regime (JAR-FCL),
>>we must receive such training and have it entered in our
>>log book. This means that before we can fly the Europa
>>we have built (unless approved by our CAA to perform the
>>very first flight) we must receive such airplane-specific
>>rating, and also before we may pilot another Europa than
>>our own, no matter how many hours we have logged in our
>>own plane and irrespective of all the similarities
>>between two individual Europas.
>>
>>
>>
>> Therefore the following question to the American
>>Europeans on this forum:
>> Before you can legally be the pilot of ANY experimental
>>classed, amateur-built airplane, are you not required by
>>FAA to receive transition training/rating check-out by a
>>pre-approved CFI or other experienced, approved person,
>>even for flying a "sister" airplane of the same type and
>> model that you may already be experienced in?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Svein
>>
>> LN-SKJ
>>
>>
>>
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