Aircraft Information
> Aircraft Make: Extra Flugzeughbau. Model: EA300/330. Nickname: Extra
> Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Airplane SE Piston
> FAA Category and Class: Airplane Single Engine Land
> Engine Description: Single Piston
Aircraft Experience
> As of: 11/5/2024
> Number of Hours Flown: 3.2
> Number of Times Flown: 3
> Other Aircraft Models Associated:
First Flown Information
> Sequence First Flown: 189. (actually 110th–see note below)
> Date First Flown: 8/8/2022 (actually 4/9/2001; error)
> Location First Flown: NAS Patuxent River, MD
> Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: USNTPS Qual Eval
Recollections: [THIS POST IS IN ERROR IN THAT I SHOW IT AS MY 189th Type flown, but it actually came earlier and would be between my currect 109 and 110th flown; too hard to correct!].
The Extra 300/330 is an amazing airplane, FAA certified (aerobatic category). If you want to do airshow acrobatics, this is one of the airplanes to consider. It’s good for +/- 10g (way more than I can handle).
Qual Eval at USNTPS in 2001. The Extra returned in 2002 after I left TPS as CO in 2001 and, unfortunately, there was a fatal mishap when a pair of Extra 300’s, doing an interval takeoff, collided when the first one aborted, and the second one–unaware of the abort–ran into the lead.
Later, in 2022, I flew the Extra as part of an FAA course for Spin training. The course, provided by Prevaillance Aero, was excellent and we performed multiple upright and inverted spins, with various abusive control inputs and recovery methods, all part of staying current in spins in the event a spin program for certification comes along.
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