Author: David Corbett <david.corbett5@btinternet.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:11:03
A little good news for the festive season for UK owners. My insurance was due for renewal this week and my brokers (H R Jennings - 0208 680 0688) contacted me and suggested that they change the under
Author: David Corbett <david.corbett5@btinternet.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:01:21
Thank you to Simon Smith and Ferg for your contributions to this - Simon for the UK facts, and Ferg for your very amusing "ha'porth" re fields, etc! Part of the impetus for the very successful UK act
Author: David Corbett <david.corbett5@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:38:02
There is nothing in my Rotax Operator's Manual - admittedly som 7/8 years old - that tells me that I must change oil every 25 hours if using AVGAS - am I missing a trick here? David G-BZAM, UK 265
Author: David Corbett <david.corbett5@btinternet.com>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 13:07:52
Robin James and I have today completed Mod 70 on our two aircraft, here at Shobdon. The first aircraft took 2 of us 5 hours, the second took 3 hours. Why the differnece, you may ask? My aircraft was
Author: David Corbett <david.corbett5@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 11:01:43
I have been watching this dsicussion with more than a passing interest. I have 2 COM's; COM 1 is a GNS 430 connected to the standard Europa dipole, and COM 2 is a KX125 coennected to a standard whip
Author: David Corbett <david.corbett5@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:38:59
Many thanks to all those who have contributed to this thread - particularly Anthony van E, Ivor P, Karl H, Richard H, Fred F and Nigel C. I will try getting one of my Peltors converted and then comme
Author: David Corbett <david.corbett5@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:54:15
DOTH regulars may have noticed that Flyer magazine's free landings for mid August to mid September are Kilkenny, Donegal, Enniskillen, and Gigha. If anyone is considering making a 2/3 day autumn brea
Author: David Corbett <david.corbett5@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 16:40:43
Does anyone have experience of intermittent Mode C signal between Garmin GNS 430 and Garmin GTX 320 xpdr? Having spent some time under the impression that it was an installation problem, I am now alm
Author: David Corbett <david.corbett5@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:17:13
Europhiles may have noticed that a few days ago Simon Logstaff (monowheel G-NDOL) put a test message on this site. I can now tell you that on Saturday 20 August, Simon flew his G-NDOL in the Beverly
Classic Europa serial 76 (G-BXIJ) was completed in 1997, and subsequently sold to Robin James; the original owner, who built the aircraft, has since died. The engine has recently been removed from th
Europhiles everywhere - two problems have come to light in UK/EU: 1 UK/EU legislation came into force a month ago requiring all aircraft to carry ELT's if going more than 10 mins flying time over wat
I have decided that I will renew my monowheel tyre for this season's overseas tours - it is now 6 years and 400 hours old, and I do not want to get caught out at the far eastern end of Europe. The pr
Wearing my UK PFA Executive Committee and Europa Club committee hats, I asked Francis Donaldson (PFA Chief Engineer, for those of you overseas who do not know) earlier this week if he could release a
Having received the Mod 73 instructions on Friday afternoon, I have spent the weekend working on 3 sets of tailplanes with the following results; Adrian Lloyd, my inspector, has been around all weeke
Hello, Richard (who asked a specific question), There was so much repeated/repeated/repeated mail on this morning's forum digest that I cannot be bothered to look for your actual question. 138kb for
My Avalec fuel gauge sender unit has packed up after 6 years use. Ed Jelonek says that he will build me a new one; he no longer does much with aircraft, concentrating now on motor racing. What altern
Europhiles everywhere - Francis Donaldson has asked me to advise you all that Europa Mod 74 is now on the Europa 2004 Ltd website, under Technical and then Modifications. There is a very strict time
Please see below Francis Donaldson's e-mail to Ted Gladstone, as advised in my e-mail to the forum a few minutes ago. In the interest of space, I have deleted Alan Simmons' agreement to the issue of
Further to earlier e-mails this evening, Richard Holder has drawn my attention to Tech Talk on the factory website - which gives an indication of price and delivery date for the kits. David
With very many thanks to Roger Bull, I have received my Mod 74 kit this morning; I placed my order on 24 July, and Roger rang me yesterday afternoon to advise that he was just about to despatch it. F