Graeme,
The first four aircraft in the trials do not include a Europa. Once the
process has been agreed with the CAA, based on experience of the first four,
we will be trialling a further group of ten aircraft and then making it a
standard procedure. In order to be part of the trials someone has to be
prepared to put their aircraft through a fairly expensive test flight
evaluation in order to determine that the flight characteristics of the
aircraft meet the requirements of EASA design code CS-23. The owner also
has to be prepared to pay for a fair amount of simulated and actual IMC
flying in order to evaluate the suitability of the equipment fit without any
guarantee that they will get approval at the end of the process. So far, no
Europa owner has come forward to take on this challenge.
Regards
Brian Davies
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of graeme bird
Sent: 02 July 2015 13:51
Subject: Europa-List: Re: LAA/CAA IFR permission on europas
Anyone know the progress on this? It was unclear to me in the last LAA mag
whether a Europa is still in the trials - I assume so. Whose is it and how
is it doing I wonder?
When I flew across the Irish Sea the other day I was glad of my IMC training
and AH as the haze obliterated any real forward horizon for half an hour
although to each side to the sea was clear. Tempted to ditch my steam DI for
something more informed - although I don't want to be entirely GPS system
dependent.
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Graeme Bird
G-UMPY
Mono Classic/XS 912S/Woodcomp 3000/3W
Newby: 150 hours 36 months on the Mono
g@gdbmk.co.uk
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