Rick-
When I explained to my insurance company that I could not get Europa time, they
let me fly a Liberty for 2 hours, instead of the Europa. Going from the Liberty
to the Europa is like moving from a Mac truck to a Porsche. I understand
perfectly
what you are saying. I now have about 10 hours in my Europa but have not
flown it for four months and will try to get some more dual before I fly it
again. I did something highly illegal and went around the patch a few times with
an experienced Europa CFI in my plane before I flew it. The current structure
of the law is just not safe. I'd sure like to see EAA lobby for some better
regulations for the transition.
Jim Puglise
N283JL
----- Original Message -----
From: "AirEupora" <AirEupora@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 12:52:15 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Re: A question to the American "Europeans"
I am a professional flight instructor and teach almost every day. It was
interesting
when I applied for my airplane insurance. The company wanted me to have
three hours in make and model. I put the word out on the web asking for somebody
to give me the three hours. I'd paid for the gas, but the only response was
---From Bud. The trip out to Florida would have cost me at lease a thousand
dollars.
Figure three days, one out and one back then one day for the flight. After
not getting any local help I called the Insurance company and explained my
problem.
They changed the three flight hours to three hours of ground training.
I talked to Bud and took off on my first flight with the understanding that I
might not have insurance for the first three hours.
As an Instructor I have to have five hours of flight time in any aircraft that
I give instruction in. Getting those five hours have been difficult. My hangar
mate has a Cozy IV and he has asked me to fly it for the first flight, but I
don't have the time in the plane plus the insurance company is requiring 25
hours
of time.
In the U.S. the insurance requirements are the main issue. Some of the better
Experiential
airplane company have a team of pilots that give the would be owner
the training. I went up to VAN's and got an hour in an RV-8. Love it. The pilot
that I flew with had over a thousand hours in the RV-8 and the like products.
I have offered my services to Bud, but I don't have the mono wheel training in
the Europa. Mine is a tri- gear. Then there is the conventional gear Europa.
I have over 13 thousand hours in helicopters and airplanes. I have been to a
number
of accident sites of homebuild's and went through the FAA school on home
build aircraft. It was fun as the instructors did not like the home build
aircraft
and made it know during class. The biggest problem is with the builder pilot.
They have been building the aircraft for 3 to 10 years. They want to get
it flying. They have not followed the AC's. They are not current. The aircraft
as not been inspected by enough people. I believe I had over ten people look
at my plane and I'm and A&P/AI. Each one found something that need attention.
A lot of the pilots flight skills are not up to the level that they should be.
They have not taken advantage of the EAA Tech Councilor program or the Flight
Advisor program.
We had one EAA member sell his RV-6 and he offered to give the guy some flight
training in the plane before he took it home. He refused the training. He
crashed
the plane on landing at his home base.
I give a class every year at the EAA West Coast flight in on "First Flight" I
only
get about ten people each year. It was great this year, as that morning, I
had taken my first flight in the Europa. It only lasted six minutes, but I had
flown it.
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