By: Oxcart - 9th November 2009 at 16:59
His dad used to fly Hustlers! (sorry, i know that’s irrelevent, just don’t often get chance to mention it!)
By: Speedy - 9th November 2009 at 15:44
With hundreds of Long Ezes and Vari Ezes flying thousands of hours I think we can safely say it’s a good aeroplane. Perhaps their only weakness is that any grit on the runway can be picked up by the wheels and damage the propellor.
By: J Boyle - 9th November 2009 at 14:47
Close i think it was because the fuel selector had been moved to somewhere behind the pilot’s seat for some reason
The reason was a pretty good one.
According to an “Aftermath” article in FLYING magazine, the originnal builder wanted to keep fuel lines out of the cockpit, so he put the tank selector in back.
That’s not a bad safety idea if you know the system and don’t run out of fuel at low altitude.
Sadly, Denver had just bought the plane so wasn’t that familiar with it and ran out of fuel right after takeoff.
By: Livewirex - 9th November 2009 at 08:53
What! you mean the mole grips on the fuel selector were not standard?
Close i think it was because the fuel selector had been moved to somewhere behind the pilot’s seat for some reason
By: Moggy C - 9th November 2009 at 08:51
Saw a Long EZ over Rutland Water on Saturday. Noisy little bleeder.
Moggy
By: minimans - 9th November 2009 at 08:10
What! you mean the mole grips on the fuel selector were not standard?
By: J Boyle - 9th November 2009 at 04:36
Just a reminder for those of you who don’t know… Denver’s aircraft was modified from standard and his accident doesn’t reflect on the design.
By: Newforest - 8th November 2009 at 22:09
There would seem to have been about eight on the U.K. register.
Edit. Correction as there seem to be about 27 on the register. Not sure about the 61 number and whether this disqualifies any of them.
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