11/01/2018
Since 1997 our Proprietor Andrew Cullum, has been involved with Composite Aircraft construction,
Starting with G- OGAN, the first Europa he got involved with,doing approximately 800 hours of work,
in the build process.
G-OGAN at the time of construction,
Was made with a wet - lay up wing
Structure, which was very time consuming, ( approximately 1000 man hours).
After G OGAN was sold, it was involved in a serious landing accident in France,
Nearly written off by the insurance company, but expertly repaired with a new set of Xs wings by Airborne Composites.
More Aircraft build assist followed,
With G-EPOC, a Jabiru Aircraft,
Andrew did all the Composite work on
The wings, flap mounting brackets,and fitting the ailerons and aileron control
Runs,approximately 250 hours.
Another Europa Airframe belonging to
Abdullah Karim Bachu was worked on for another 800 hours.
G-CGDH was worked on by Andrew after a landing accident as a Mono Wheel,repair of G-CGDH was assisted by Neville Eyre,plus the glass work for the main gear legs was contracted to
Neville.
Andrew then took up the reins and built up a new wing shell from Europa,fitted the rest of the undercarriage components, Dual foot brakes,uprated
Brake lines and specially machined aluminium spacers in the nose wheel
To replace the need to loctite the bearings to the axle.
These spacers provide a pre load for the bearings so they don’t rotate.
This means that a nose wheel puncture can be easily repaired in the field without the need for a blow torch
To separate the wheel components and destroying the bearing seals.
Plus,the proper Matco brake slides were also used to make sure the brakes actually work and not jam up,
As the original Europa ones frequently do.
Uprated brake lines were also employed,stainless steel braided with a 12,000 psi burst pressure.
