Luc,
I am Bud Yerly of Custom Flight Creations, the US Europa Dealer for and
also Tech Assistance for Europa Aircraft. I am the "some guy" in
Florida, and did the mods to Jim Stovekin's now Arthur Goodman's old
Classic converting the tail wheel and the Classic wing mod. All the
work done is in the logs.
Contact me off line direct at my email if you have questions.
Bud Yerly
Custom Flight Creations
Shop Phone 813 653-4989
Cell 813 244-8354
----- Original Message -----
From: Luc Michaud<mailto:rambug@gmail.com>
To: europa-list@matronics.com<mailto:europa-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 6:38 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Self-Introduction - and looking for *ANY* info
on N202Y (built by Jim Stoveken)
Hello everyone,
My name is Luc Michaud, and I have just joined the Europa-List
yesterday.
I'm in the Montr=E9al region, and work in the IT group of Bombardier
Aerospace (mostly on CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM/ERP projects).
I have been involved in the aviation world early on, getting both
glider and private pilot licenses even before my driver's license -
thanks to the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Glider on Schweizer SGS 2-33's
in St-Honore, private on C152 in Bromont, both in Quebec, Canada.
The idea of building my own airplane was already quite present in my
mind, and I was fantatizing about eventually getting my own plane - at
the time, the Quickie-2. But, I was young, broke, and had to wait...
Wait I did... Then in the mid 90's, as my career was taking a lot of
room, I feel in love... ...with the Europa ! Zoom Campbell and all them
other guys were so drooling over it, and I couldn't wait to join them,
soon...
Soon was not soon enough, if you ask me, but here I am ! A few weeks
ago, I looked around for which kit would now be best. Europa and
Dynaero were pretty much the 2 contenders...
Then, about 3 weeks ago, my wife convinced me that I was a better idea
to fly my own airplane than spend years building it, whilst barely
flying, in others' airplanes. So off I went looking...
I found an Europa monowheel, classic, for sale, on barnstormers...
Airworthy, 300 hours TT, Rotax 912, Prince prop, bunch of mods done.
Already sent a deposit to the current owner.
Now, I'm trying to get any info that you guys may have on that
airplane. It's N202Y, built by James N Stoveken, out of Ocean Isle
Beach, North Carolina, and first flew in the Spring of 1999. I got to
talk with Jim, a really great guy; he flew about 280 hours of bliss on
his N202Y, before selling it about 2 years ago due to not being that
young a coot anymore, and already having a great Ercoupe (Alon A2).
His prior builds included a Quickie and a Boredom Fighter, so I felt
that he must have had the right stuff to build a sweet Europa.
So, now I'm trying to buy N202Y from Edward Arthur Goodman. I
gathered that the airplane is in Townsend, GA. Mr. Goodman has had
someone putting in a bunch of mods (in Florida ?), the list of which I
am yet to get. I know he got the tailwheel moved to the back, but am
not certain if he got the wing mod done. I presume he did, as he got
N202Y's annual signed off in 2010/03 (your thoughts ?).
...
So now, I'm trying to get *ANY* info on N202Y... If you've seen it,
worked on it, flew it, let me know.
Also, if you live close to Savannah GA and would like to help, pls
contact me so we can discuss, as I need Europa knowledge, as well as
paperwork knowledge, as well as export from USA to Canada knowledge, as
well as... :(
Finally, if you live anywhere near Montreal (Canada) and fly Europa
monowheel airplanes, pls contact me. If you are a Canada-certified
flight instructor, well then I'm dreaming !
...
Best regards to this great community, which I hope I will be able to
join shortly,
Luc Michaud
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