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aerokurier
12/2006
 Editorial
No easy shortcuts / General Aviation Feature:
Reno Air Races, Pilot report: the Diamond DA42 / Business
Aviation NBAA 2006: most important trade show for Business
Aviation / Magazine
APL is developing V-6 diesel engine, Cessna’s successor to the 150 series,
In the cockpit with Reiner Rose, Approach to the gourmet airstrip:
Bitburg and Ballenstadt / Travel Sardinia:
easy to get to / Flying Jurca
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 / Practice
VFR in the control zone, Effective deceleration, Meteo
self-briefing, part 2, Accident analysis: crash due to poor take-off
technique /
Ultralight Pilot Report: TUL
03 Amigo, Merry Christmas: presents for ultralight pilots
/
Gliding 65th
German Glider Pilots’ Convention, OLC Symposium: online through
America, From winch to aerobatic box, When one aileron is missing
EDITORIAL
No
easy shortcuts
Whereas in
the United States sales of aircraft in the new LSA class have already
got under way, EASA has only just set in motion a proceeding for drawing
up regulations for LSA aircraft. There
is really no need for EASA to start from scratch, as it could have
adopted the FAA regulations on a one-to-one basis. This would have
benefited everyone – pilots, manufacturers and authorities – as they
would be able to reciprocally recognise their certification regulations
at no effort or cost. Josef
P. Willems shot the fascinating photos.
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GENERAL AVIATION
Feature:
Reno Air Races
Stead Field, Reno, Nevada, USA in September 2006: in bright sunshine,
thousands of spectators on the stands followed what the Reno Air
Racing Association rightly calls the fastest powered sport.
Pilot report: the Diamond DA42
The latest
addition to the twin engine club is the DA42 Twin Star from Diamond
Aircraft.
It has had EASA
certification since May 2004. The composite four-seater from Austria has an order
backlog of over 500 from around the world.
The reason for
all this interest is easy to divine: the aircraft offers as many
advanced features as one could possibly want.
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BUSINESS AVIATION
NBAA 2006: most important trade show for Business
Aviation
The NBAA Convention and Exhibition or NBAA for short has once again
justified its reputation as the most important trade show for Business
Aviation.
The 2006 show,
held in Orlando in October, was a spectacular success with record
numbers of visitors and plenty of new items.
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MAGAZINE
APL
is developing V-6 diesel engine
Diesel engines are gaining more and more momentum.
Now
Automobil Prüftechnik Landau (APL), well-known as a partner of
vehicle and engine manufacturers, is developing a new V-6 in the 250hp
class.
Cessna’s
successor to the 150 series
Is there
now a successor for Cessna’s model 150/152?
In July
Cessna unveiled an aircraft which incorporates some of the key
features of the 150 series: two seats arranged next to each other,
high-wing monoplane, metal construction, nosewheel landing gear.
The aircraft (still) goes by the name of “Cessna Sport Aircraft”.
The decision
as to whether construction of the 600kg aircraft should go ahead has
not yet been made.
In the cockpit
with
Reiner Rose
Reiner Rose has
brought the world wide web and the GNSS flight recorder together and,
in so doing, has revolutionised the gliding sport.
Approach to the gourmet airstrip: Bitburg and
Ballenstadt
Two airfields
which have one thing in common: an attractive environment with plenty
of woods and hills.
Bitburg in the
Eifel and Ballenstadt in the Harz mountains are our gourmet
destinations in December.
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TRAVEL
Sardinia: easy to get to
It takes only
five and a half hours to get from the south of Germany to the magical
holiday island of Sardinia in a Cessna 172. Edwin Hendel and two friends flew out for a relaxing
weekend on the Costa Smeralda. Whereas weather conditions for the outbound flight over
the Alps were marginal, VFR conditions prevailed on the return flight
along a route further to the east, allowing fascinating panoramic views
of the Carpathians.
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FLYING
Jurca
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Uli Bronner has realised a dream with his replica Fw 190.
It looks
almost exactly like the famous Focke-Wulf Fw 190.
The aircraft
is the first replica in the world to have been built following the plans
of the French designer, Marcel Jurca.
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PRACTICE
VFR in the control zone
In the control
zone one does not have to worry about maintaining separation since,
after all, the air traffic controllers stagger all air traffic – so
one might think.
But in fact
this is wrong: even after being cleared for inward flight VFR pilots
still have a responsibility to check that there is adequate
separation.
Effective
deceleration
Landing gear brakes are part of the essential equipment of an
aircraft.
If used
incorrectly or maintained inexpertly, the flight can end in disaster.
Meteo self-briefing, part 2
In the age of
the Internet, meteorological flight planning is becoming more and more
a matter of self-briefing . In the first part of our guide to self-briefing we
showed how meteorological flight planning, which starts several days
in advance of flying, is carried out solely with the aid of model
forecasts.
In part 2, we
discuss correct selection and interpretation of the data.
Accident
analysis: crash due to poor take-off technique
Inadequate
flying experience, a poor take-off from an extremely challenging
airfield, combined with difficult weather conditions featuring gusts
of wind and high density altitude were the factors behind a flying
accident in Gruyère, Switzerland. Four
people died when the Cessna 172 RG crashed.
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ULTRALIGHT
Pilot Report: TUL 03 Amigo
The Czech Amigo
promises a lot of flying enjoyment at an attractive price.
The high-wing
monoplane could be the ideal partner for anyone who values the
pleasure of flying more highly than performance and fantastic looks.
Has this
balancing act succeeded? During a test flight in Donauwörth we had the
opportunity to discover at first hand.
Merry Christmas:
presents for ultralight pilots
The year will
soon be at an end and once again the question arises as to what to buy
as Christmas presents. In our search for presents specifically aimed at
ultralight pilots, we struck lucky. From pedal aircraft for small children to a width
marker for Daddy – the choice is huge.
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GLIDING
65th
German Glider Pilots’ Convention
The German Glider Pilots’ Convention has gradually evolved into a
big event over the years. The
organisers, FSC Möve-1951 Obernau, counted over 2,000 visitors to
this 65th day of celebration and lectures with accompanying trade show
held in Aschaffenburg at the beginning of November.
The Gliding
Commission reported that a large number of changes in aviation law are
due to be introduced in 2007.
OLC Symposium: online through America
Taking stock at
the end of the aerokurier Online Contest season has already developed
into a fine tradition. The main topic of discussion at this year’s OLC
Symposium held at the end of October in Gersfeld/Rhön was distance
gliding in the USA.
From
winch to aerobatic box
Aerobatic
glider pilots are discovering the winch. In
Fürstenfeldbruck they are achieving release altitudes of 1,600m,
giving direct entry into the aerobatic box. In the past the only way to get to this altitude was by an expensive
aerotow.
Accident Analysis: when
one aileron is missing
The
aileron connection is (supposedly) secure, the safety pin of the
l’hotelier connector fastened. Everything moves correctly when the controls are checked.
But after
take-off, one aileron disconnects and the aircraft crashes.
What has
gone wrong?
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