I have not trimmed for minimum speed, but I can tell you that I always fly the final approach at 65 knots at which I have around 1.5 to 2 marks left on the standard supplied trim gauge. On take-off I
Just a last minute reminder to anyone in Europae who has got a spare day tomorrow, Sunday 13th April, that the Persan Beaumont Fly-in just 20nm to the North of Paris is on. Unfortunately no customs a
Sorry to be a couple of days late responding to this one but we have been touring round Scotland for 3 days. We were in out house at 10 am in Kent and then in Dundee, Scotland at 3pm, having stopped
Sorry guys, it's amazing what a lot of fuss just one letter of the alphabet will do. I really meany 6.5 nm and not 6.5 km which you should be able to work out to 18:1. As for the winds aloft, I can o
I seem to have mislaid the instructions for my Sigtronics SPA400 Intercom. If anybody could let me know what the connections are for each of the 11 output wires, I would much appreciate it. I am tryi
We had to replace the regulator at 500 hours after a gradual increase of low voltage warning and now at 950 hours we have got our fingures crossed. I know also that Peter Kember has replaced his twic
Sorry for the confusion, but I based my information on a press release that the PFA put out when they booked Kemble for this year, stating that next year was already booked for the traditional dates.
In the last issue of the Europa Club Newsletter we carried a For Sale item for the widow of a builder for a part built Europa kit which included a resin pump. You may be able to negotiate with Lisa (
Bryan, the last few times that I have been to Bourne (admitted not for about a year) there were no snack facilities, and during the week we had to make drinks ourselves. (Unfortunately I will probabl
You're right the return trip was worse. 170nm and we managed to get up to 1,900 ft on a few short bits but most was at around 1400 - 1500 ft with the last 20 miles down to 1000 ft. I always had an es
This weeks midweek flyout looks like it could take place tomorrow, Tuesday 30th, with the forecast looking flyable at the moment. A venue that is reasonably central that hasn't been visited before is
Well what a forecast that was!!!! It was thick fog here until about 3pm and a call to Enstone revealed cloud/fog on the deck and raining. I am going to assume that nobody made it there, if they did,
Trying to keep up with the weather forecasts at this time of year is trying my patience. A couple of days ago the forecast for the weekend was looking quite promising, but now it looks like Saturday
Tomorrows forecast looks flyable so I am going to say it is on for the Fly-out to Huddersfield (also known as Crosland Moor). The afternoon looks set to be better than the morning so it might be bett
We did all our engine runs with a rope tied securely to the tailwheel arm, with the other end tied to an established tree, in our case this had a trunk with a thickness of around 12 inches. Dave Watt
Ok so I am jealous Ferg. What really intrigues me though is I am wondering just how big your master bedroom must be seeing as your 'spare bedroom' has a bigger floor area than the ground floor of my