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Jeff, wrote,
"I took a ride with John Hurst, who only had a mono to demonstrate. Aft
er watching an
experienced pilot, like John, handle the mono on concrete, I quickly
made the decision to go Tri-gear. I've never regretted that decision."
Jeff, I am happy for you that you chose the join the Europa community wi
th Baby Blue. The Europa is a great plane; mono or Tri-gear. I only wi
sh that the mono wasn't disparaged in the process of making a case for t
he Tri-gear. As a mono pilot who has only flow his plane off of hard su
rfaces (asphalt or concrete) for the last 500 hours I do realize that di
fferent skills are necessary to handle the mono. I also recognize the f
act that these skill can be learned with the aid of competent flight ins
truction. I had zero tailwheel time when I transitioned into the Europa
. With a couple of hours (literally two hours) of training by Bob Linds
ay, my flight instructor transitioned into the Europa. Of course has man
y hundred of hours of tailwheel time and did not find the Europa diffic
ult to handle. He did note that it was different than other tailwheel a
ircraft that he had flown. My flight instructor then set out to transiti
on train my in my Europa. With the requisite 10 hours of dual complete
I received my tailwheel endorsement and haven't looked back.
The mono is a great plane. I do have to use my feet from the moment I s
tart the plane until the moment I shut it down. I have happy dancing fe
et. This is not a bad thing, it is just what is required. Like any tai
lwheel aircraft you have to keep the thing going straight. Sloppy groun
d handling is not tolerated. I find the mono a joy to fly, all aspects
of it.
In closing, I am happy for any one to join the Europa family with either
a mono or a Tri-gear. Please do not disparage the mono to make a case
for the Tri-gear. Remember there are a lot of mono pilots out their tha
t love their Europa as-is and have no intention of changing the configur
ation of their bird.
Kind regards,
Erich Trombley
N28ET Classic Mono 914
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