---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 10/16/22: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:36 AM - Re: Europa in the garage (SPURPURA) 2. 03:19 PM - What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 (Area-51) 3. 04:36 PM - Re: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 (timward) 4. 05:02 PM - Re: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 (Bud Yerly) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:36:31 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Europa in the garage From: "SPURPURA" The fuselage isnt on a trailer so whats supporting it? -------- N951EU - Tri-gear & 912ULS, N77EU- Mono & 914 I'D RATHER HAVE A BOTTLE IN FRONT OF ME THAN A FRONTAL LABOTAMY. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=508091#508091 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:19:04 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 From: "Area-51" Dodged the thermals and puffy white clouds to zip over to Casino with some other home field flyers for a cup of tea! Then zipped back out off 28 with a 7kt xwind and 1600fpm climb out under the puffy now turning dark grey clouds and bumpy air to land with a 10kt downwind on 23 to avoid thermal turbulence on approach to 05. Starting to feel more confident flying the europa on and off bitumen in less than perfect conditions. Feeling much more connected to the aircraft after recent sessions in the Pitts-2SA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=508093#508093 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/a7ec7ff0_cde9_4db6_9f9e_ffc1e6aed098_162.jpeg ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 04:36:16 PM PST US From: timward Subject: Re: Europa-List: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 Had a magnificent fly over to the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealan d. =46rom Rangiora to Arthur=99s Pass to have a look at Mt Rolleston w hich my passenger and climbing colleague was photographing, for a potential c limb soon. Rather he then me! Plenty of snow. Then over Lake Bruner to Greymouth to see a friend at the Ag ricultural Show held at the airport. Return via Harper Pass to Rangiora low l evel. Return flight Avplan log below. Cheers, Tim Sent from my iPad Tim Ward 12 Waiwetu Street, Fendalton, Christchurch, 8052 New Zealand. ward.t@xtra.co.nz 021 0640221 > On 17/10/2022, at 11:24 AM, Area-51 wrote: > @gmail.com> > > Dodged the thermals and puffy white clouds to zip over to Casino with some other home field flyers for a cup of tea! Then zipped back out off 28 with a 7kt xwind and 1600fpm climb out under the puffy now turning dark grey cloud s and bumpy air to land with a 10kt downwind on 23 to avoid thermal turbulen ce on approach to 05. Starting to feel more confident flying the europa on a nd off bitumen in less than perfect conditions. Feeling much more connected t o the aircraft after recent sessions in the Pitts-2SA > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=508093#508093 > > > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/a7ec7ff0_cde9_4db6_9f9e_ffc1e6aed098_16 2.jpeg > > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:02:36 PM PST US From: Bud Yerly Subject: RE: Europa-List: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 Well done sir. I'm working locally with some new instructors and maintainers in flight training techniques and common but often missed maintenance issues. You are exemplifying what we've been discussing: There is a difference between an airplane driver (licensed occasional stick operator) and a pilot. An aviator must be a student of aviation and all its subtleties. The student of aviation is constantly improving his skills such as his knowledge of weather, regulations, airspace, communications, emergency procedures, aerodynamics, and finishes it off by improving his knowledge of aircraft handling. Most important he expands his air sense. Air sense is also called situational awareness, or professionalism, and is the proper application of all we know to accomplish a safe uneventful flight. A true student of aviation also knows the aircraft and its systems and can fix or describe any issue with the aircraft to maintenance personnel to keep it in good shape for the safety of others who may fly that aircraft. Maintainers must anticipate areas of wear and put themselves into the pilot's seat and physically feel the controls, brakes and steering, (especially the non-flying maintainer) to troubleshoot not the symptoms but the causes of failure and wear and improve their inspections. How one applies the rules and laws that govern all things aviation, and then uses this knowledge to anticipate and mitigate risk by acting prudently and professionally in his flying is not learned by flying a simulator or a trainer once a quarter but by immersion in all facets of aviation. It is time consuming, often expensive, but worth every penny and amount of time we spend to improve our knowledge and hone our skills. We fly like we train, but basic training is just that...Basic. When you can't afford training, read, practice procedures on the ground, fly with others on joy rides, steal some stick time and practice and hone your air sense. Fly in as many different aircraft as you can to learn how they all fly and feel. Study the aerodynamics and POH of all these planes and watch videos when available. It is great fun and knowledge expanding. Confidence and cockiness have bit many of us young fighter pilots in the butt until we became true students of aviation and professional in our flying. Our reflexes and natural ability had gotten many of us into embarrassing situations, where it took all our skill and reflexes to get out of it, whereas the pro used all his skill and knowledge to avoid or mitigate the risk and made an uneventful landing. Keep expanding your knowledge. Upset training and or aerobatic training are extremely important. We don't do it for bragging rights, but for the confidence in knowing what to do to feel the approach of a problem and take the proper action to avoid it and have the knowledge/skill of how to recover in a timely manner when mother nature throws her worst at us, and then make it look easy. I tend to watch the downwind landing as loss of rudder control in the mono can be exciting. I have only been able to solve it by planting the tail wheel and main at exactly the right time. We have the same situation you described at Plant City Airport (4000 feet of hard surface). It is flat rough some days landing on RWY10 with the winds 045 at 15 Kts (common in the winter), but only 500 feet farther down the runway it is smooth as glass with a simple 7 knot cross and head. Locals all knew this, I had to learn the hard way 25 years ago getting back into aviation in Jim Brown's mono. Luckily, slow flighting down the runway allowed me to see the issue and learn what every other KPCM pilot knew. Best Regards, Bud Yerly -----Original Message----- From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com On Behalf Of Area-51 Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2022 6:19 PM Subject: Europa-List: What Did You Do With Your Europa This Week - 15-10-22 Dodged the thermals and puffy white clouds to zip over to Casino with some other home field flyers for a cup of tea! 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