>Having spent some three months trying to cool down my Subaru-powered Europa
>down at Kemble (water temp was running 115-120 degrees at full tilt) the
>aerodynamycist suggested removing the front scoop. I am happy to report
>that water temp does not now exceed 85 degrees in a sustained (to 8,000
>feet) climb and levels at 80 degrees flat out straight and level.
>
>In passing, she flies like a dream and it only took a few hours with Martin
>Stoner (01666,504884 or 0802,630721) to get me off on my own. Now
>safely back home in Windy Wales I polish her lovingly every night and pray
>for a nice fat anticyclone so that I can get some more practice in.
>
>By the way the airfield here is temporarily closed as I work out how to
>lengthen it. I have been coming over the hedge a bit fast, because we tend
>to suffer from rotor, and the little lady seems to float forever! For your
>diaries the fly-in next year is on Saturday the 3rd August. I hope we'll
>see lots of you here.
>
Bill,
Great to see your happy letter at last. Can you give us any performance
figures for the Subaru? Cruise speed and fuel consumption in particular? I
imagine I am one of many who are hoping to make it to your fly-in NEXT YEAR
just a year or two later than expected! Incidentally, 3 August is a Sunday,
not Saturday. Aren't the Welsh in Church singing that day?
Best wishes and congratulations.
Mark Talbot G-BWCV
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