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alan_milner(at)totalise.c
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

G-REJP finally took to the air this Monday under the very professional hands of John Brownlow at Cambridge, UK.



It was a long slog but always enjoyable - OK maybe not the mountain of sanding I left until the end 



Thanks to everyone who helped me along the way with advice and tips.  In particular a big thanks to Tony Kay, my PFA inspector who kept me on track and had a seemingly supernatural ability to anticipate my mistakes.  

He's the scary one in the hat coarsening up the prop as I was smiling too much to touch a screwdriver.



http://www.antsol.com/europaphotos.nsf/plinks/AMIR-74ZUDR



Alan.  XS Trigear, 912ULS, PV50, Dynon panel, Cambridge. UK

Visit -  www.EuropaOwners.org

ptag.dev(at)tiscali.co.uk
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

Congratulations Alan.

A really smart turnout.

Regards

Bob Harrison G-PTAG (nearly ready for first "stoke up" !)



Do not archive.



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Brian Davies

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 124
Location: uk

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:42 pm Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

Congratulations Alan,



A very pretty aircraft. You must be itching to get your hands on it!



Just for the records, can you please send me the final build hours, empty

weight, prop details, plus any other significnat mods that you carried out.



Best regards



Brian Davies, Europa Club membership sec. 



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tonywickens(at)btconnect.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:55 am Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

Congratulations Alan - Let me have some pictures for the Flyer if you have 

time between rain showers!

Regards

Tony

editor(at)europaclub.org.uk

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alan_milner(at)totalise.c
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:01 am Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

Thanks Brian



For the record:



Build time: 2400 hours !!

Kit: 582T

Weight: 860

PFA Inspector: Tony Kay 

Painted by: Murray Flint - Kings Lymm

Decals: Paul Sistern - www.partsforaircrafts.co.uk

Interior: Europa supplied kit



Prop : PV50 with constant speed controller - 64inch

Engine: 912ULS



Panel: Dynon D100 EFIS, D10 EMS, AVMAP IV GPS, garmin SL40 com and gtx320a

transponder - trutrak digitrak wing leveler



Mods: 

Europa factory:

- cockpit width increase

- door gas strut

- nosegear springs

- finger brakes - just fitting the matco cylinders today - 'given up on the

old ones

- all the usual mandatory mods



Europa club:

- removable metal panels

- cap fuel sender



PFA mods:

- trutrak digitrak autopilot

- andair fuel tap, dynon fuel pressure sender, replacement of sight gauge

nylon vent tubing with 5052 ali tubing (so the interior does not have to be

removed when replacing fuel hoses)

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Brian Davies

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 124
Location: uk

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:44 am Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

Thanks Alan,



You will find the Matco brakes are a b*****ger to bleed!



Brian



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karelvranken(at)hotmail.c
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:34 pm Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

Congratulations Alan,

You are just in time for the good weather coming. By the way,  can you send 

me a copy of the PFA acceptance of the Trutrak digitrak wingleveler? Because 

I have a French registration F-PKRL and they (french DGAC) will accept the 

modification if PFA accepted the mod.

Until now only the Navaid was registrated as a PFA modification and even if 

they had no objection for the Trutrak; I would be very pleased to have a 

copy wherein  PFA agrees with the installation of a Trutrak. You may mail 

direct to karelvranken(at)hotmail.com

Best regards, happy landings and be careful,

Karel Vranken.

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topglock(at)cox.net
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:33 pm Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

Actually.......... 



With compressed air, it's fairly simple.  Fill the reservoir with fluid, 

screw the cap on and blow air (30 to 40 psi should do it) into the small 

vent hole, while someone opens the caliper bleeder, below.  Watch the 

level as the fluid leaves the reservoir and have your assistant close 

the bleeder once the reservoir is half empty.  Refill the reservoir and 

repeat as necessary.  Then do the other side...



BTW, I'll be using this method, soon, as I found a leaking caliper 

during the latest annual...



Jeff - Baby Blue

300 hours and just installed a cabin heat system...



Brian Davies wrote:

[quote] 



 Thanks Alan,



 You will find the Matco brakes are a b*****ger to bleed!



 Brian



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alan_milner(at)totalise.c
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:51 am Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

Thanks Jeff



That's the method I have used too, but I've had so much trouble with the

cylinders sticking, not filling, needing dot5, blah blah.  At least with new

cylinders I can eliminate them from the debugging.



Alan (waiting for the rain to stop)



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willie.harrison(at)tinyon
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:08 am Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

Congratulations, Alan. Here's hoping you'll leave a few dead flies on  

it so as not to show up the rest of us in the hanger...



Looking forward to seeing 'JP at some fly-ins.



Best wishes



Willie

On 11 Jul 2007, at 23:56, milnera wrote:



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 <alan_milner(at)totalise.co.uk>



 G-REJP finally took to the air this Monday under the very  

 professional hands of John Brownlow at Cambridge, UK.



 It was a long slog but always enjoyable - OK maybe not the mountain  

 of sanding I left until the end 



 Thanks to everyone who helped me along the way with advice and  

 tips.  In particular a big thanks to Tony Kay, my PFA inspector who  

 kept me on track and had a seemingly supernatural ability to  

 anticipate my mistakes.

 He's the scary one in the hat coarsening up the prop as I was  

 smiling too much to touch a screwdriver.



 http://www.antsol.com/europaphotos.nsf/plinks/AMIR-74ZUDR



 Alan.  XS Trigear, 912ULS, PV50, Dynon panel, Cambridge. UK

 Visit -  www.EuropaOwners.org

josok-e(at)ukolo.fi
Guest

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:28 am Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

Congratulations Alan!

Good work, and thanks for the detailed information about the plane. 

My kit's serial no is 18 higher then yours, so i will be following soon 



Regards,



Jos Okhuijsen

Visit -  www.EuropaOwners.org

M.Grass(at)comcast.net
Guest

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:11 am Post subject: First flight - G-REJP - thanks to all

Congratulations Alan,



I wished I would be there. Started about the same time but still only half 

way there. Thanks for your website. Very good resource and motivation for 

other builder.



Regards

Michael Grass

A266 Trigear, Detroit

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