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Old 12th Sep 2012, 10:54
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Dan the weegie
 
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From what I know any of those machines would make great first aircraft.

Suggest you go sit and fly in them if you can before making a final decision. The grummans for some reason are quite cheap relatively speaking but I hear many good things about flying them. They are also fairly common which means getting maintenance support should not be too tough.

Also once you've decided where to keep your machine, why not check what kind of aircraft the local maintenance facility have experience in? You may find that none of them know much about wood and fabric - hence a Jodel or a Robin might not be such a good idea. Don't set your mind on something too soon before flying. I have only really flown one Jodel and it was very nice to fly.

Europas are lovely, tend to be well equipped and very economical especially using mogas . I'd go for the tri gear version in a syndicate, it makes it simpler although the classic is also really nice . Advice I've taken is avoid the subaru engined ones with the fancy clutch mechanism on the propeller .
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