Archive for December, 2008

Ferrying Europa Classic Tri-Gear G-BWON to The Netherlands

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

A couple of weeks ago my brother Marcel purchased a Europa Classic Tri-Gear, registered as G-BWON.
In the weeks leading up to that purchase, I was involved from afar, evaluating a lot of pictures, email statements from the prior owners, etc., trying to fill in the blanks for Marcel.

Dutch Flybloggers

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Flying Dutchmen on the Internet
A couple of times a year, a group of flying Dutchmen who also maintain a blog about their aviation related hobby meet face to face, traveling to these meetings by air, preferably as pilot-in-command. The next meeting is scheduled on Sunday December 28th on Stadtlohn / EDLS.
Eight Flybloggers blogs
Meanwhile our […]

The Zenair Zodiac CH-601-XL grounding saga continues…

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Zenair CH-601 XL saga continues
From the LAA (former British PFA) website, which is an update that was published on December 5, 2008:
“The CAA issued an MPD on 24 November 2008 formally grounding the CH601-XL in the UK, following the LAA’s earlier advice to owners. LAA Engineering continues to be fully involved in pursuing a […]

Aircraft building material is expensive, right?

Monday, December 8th, 2008

…but there’s no need to make your project any more expensive than it needs to be, right?
Aircraft aluminium required
For the controls actuation of my IBIS canard project I needed some aluminum tubing in several sizes, with a length of up to 1.80m / 6′. Also some solid round aluminum rod and flat bar was […]