Klaus,
Forget the container shipment. The best and cheapest way is via car ferry
to New York
or Florida. There are two or three every week, and you go back the same way.
The
nearest port to you is probably Bremerhaven. I shipped my trigear from
Southampton
to Halifax in Nova Scotia.
Details: Shipping line is Wallenius Wilhelmesen Lines AS. Their tel number
in Southampton
(on their compliment slip) is +44 23 8023 7711. If that number isn't right
you probably
need to put a 1 in front of the 23. They should be able to tell you which
ports to
use in Germany and France.
For a quote compute the maximum volume of your trailer with aircraft on it.
I didn't bother
with insurance, so far none has sunk, they are skyscraper size sardine cans.
At the collection port I then bought an old car, and had a trailer hitch put
on. It needs
to be a 1 7/8 inch if your coupling is 50 mm, then you need to modify the
electrical
coupling. Then all you need is a kind Europa builder who will store your car
and trailer
for you while you are on your flying trip.
Servus, Karl
>From: Klaus Dietrich <Klaus.Dietrich@oracle.com>
>Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
>To: europa-list@matronics.com, Andy Draper <andy@europa-aircraft.com>
>Subject: Europa-List: Flying with European Europa in USA
>Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:17:04 +0100
>
><Klaus.Dietrich@oracle.com>
>
>I want to fulfill my dream of flying my Europa around the US and attend
>also Oshkosh....
>As I'm not brave enough to cross the big pond in my little Europa, I was
>planning to have her shipped in a container on the trailer, assemble her
>once in the US and than enjoy flying across the country....
>
>Could anybody give me some info on the regulation in place to fly a
>european registered plane in the US?
> Also any advise on the container shipping would be welcomed.
>
>Thanks
>Klaus (MkI, OE-CKD)
>
>
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