Peter wrote:
EAL’s Jetprop is in the EuroGA banner
Is there a story behind each of the aircaft in the banner?
eal wrote:
bring mine back to UK this summer, so would love to come and visit your strip
Let me know eal, you would be welcome
eal wrote:
secondly the lack of systems integration means there is nothing to protect you from yourself other than yourself, your willingness to be on top of your game, and put the effort in to own and operate one, including a lot of maintenance macro management.
That is a fair comment. By great fortune probably the best maintenance shop in the UK – RGV – is 10 NM due west of me, the initial approach ILS for the airport is right above my strip. They look after the majority of TMBs, PA46s and SR22s in the UK and many from the EU as well. Mine is their first JP, but they have learnt fast.
eal wrote:
I am looking forward to reading about your continued adventures in your Jetprop around Europe, so l can follow your trail. :)
My farthest trip so far has been (almost) to Israel and back (well to Cyprus as Israeli security wouldn’t ket me in!). Via Croatia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Rhodes, Croatia again (Brac), Switzerland and home. write ups here https://www.euroga.org/forums/trips-airports/14334-a-mini-trip-report-uk-to-israel-well-almost-via-bulgaria-and-cyprus#post_328099 and here https://www.euroga.org/forums/flying/14347-a-mini-trip-report-uk-to-israel-well-almost-part-ii-the-way-home#post_328552 Nothing to compare to your treks across the globe.
Is there a story behind each of the aircaft in the banner?
The DA42 was Aart’s. The rest are random. The TB20 is a Socata PR photo.
eal wrote:
This is where Cirrus/ Dimond have been smart, transplanting not only the look, feel and operation of a modern car into GA, but a dealer and training network to support it as well. The chute was and continues to be an excellent “convincer” for the other non flying half on how safe GA can be, and the increased likelihood you will be around to enjoy the Sunday roast each week.
Correct. This also goes for the Vision Jet, which is in many regards inferior in preformance to many turboprops but has that all important shute and is a direct upgrade to the SR22 series. With their network and the perceived safety features such as CAPS and autoland, they certainly appeal to the “care free” selection of owner/pilots.
And to be honest, it may not even be a bad policy in terms of safety either. While all of us here are owner pilots and therefore naturally biased in terms of how we regard safety, in the commercial world, owner pilots flying high performance airplanes have often a partly deserved mostly undeserved reputation as people who have the money but not the skills to operate those airplanes safely.
Cases like the decompression accidents over Germany or the loss of a Piaggio Avanti in Costa Rica have regularly gotten the commercial pilot fraternity into stitches to rush with wild accusations against Single Pilot Ops and “flying money bags”. And while most of those wild accusations are just sour grape by paid flyboys against those who can have fun as they wish, there is a grain of truth in it when it comes to redundancy that a 2nd pilot brings. Autoland and Shute as available in the Vision Jet and the SR series (CAPS) as well as in some of the TBMs and Pipers (Autoland) certainly help and can in the case of incapacitation be a game changer.
eal wrote:
Being as much of a Jetprop fanboy as yourself, l would still be selective about who should own one. Firstly there is the payload issue, secondly the lack of systems integration means there is nothing to protect you from yourself other than yourself, your willingness to be on top of your game, and put the effort in to own and operate one, including a lot of maintenance macro management.
That is a very true set of statements. And it does show that with the necessary self-reflection those airplanes are as safe as others, in the right hands.
