Ian
Did Terry smile when he saw G-IRON take to the skies?
Give him my kind regards and congratulations.
What is the cause of the weight problem? The registration perhaps!
Regards
Steve Pitt
----- Original Message -----
From: "G-IANI" <g-iani@ntlworld.com>
Subject: Europa-List: RE: First Flight of G-IRON
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> On behalf of Terry Clark who does not monitor this forum.
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> Europa G-IRON, a hightop trigear, 914, Airmaster 332 made her maiden
flight
> at 15.03 on Monday 14th November at Blackbushe Airport (EGLK Camberley
> Surrey). P. Jeffer is the test pilot.
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> Despite checking and rechecking everything the nose wheel spring had lost
> some of its tension. Small problem with a disconnected wire in radio (We
> had had the head panel off on Sunday to check door adjustment). Three
> flights on Monday total time 1 hour. Tuesday prop balance before more
> flights. This shows prop has a wobble at 3000 rpm not preventing flight
but
> must be fixed for sign her off. Two more flights (Total 50mins).
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> Final decoration and upholstery still to be done. She has come out rather
> heavy at 950lb so some weight reduction is also needed.
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> Ian Rickard #505 G-IANI XS Trigear
> Flying
> e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com
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