{"id":16329,"date":"2020-09-01T13:08:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T13:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16329"},"modified":"2020-09-01T13:09:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T13:09:02","slug":"first-easa-approved-xcub-headed-to-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/washington\/first-easa-approved-xcub-headed-to-uk\/%20","title":{"rendered":"First EASA Approved XCub Headed to UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first new European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)\ncertified CC19 XCub has now shipped for Europe from the CubCrafters company\nheadquarters in Yakima, Washington. The aircraft, to be placed on the United\nKingdom registry as G-OBTO, is the first ever EASA certified aircraft to be\napproved with Garmin\u2019s immensely popular G3X Touch glass panel avionics suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/XCub.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16331\" width=\"298\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/XCub.jpg 879w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/XCub-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The inaugural customer, Gerhard Oberholzer, who intends to\nbase the aircraft at Fowlmere Airfield north of London states that: \u201cA key\npurpose of having an aircraft like this is to be able to travel across England,\nWales, Scotland and Ireland on business, enabling very efficient access to\noften remote parts of the islands \u2013 using the aircraft as a working tool.\u201d He\nalso notes that \u201cThe XCub, with its higher cruising speed and modern avionics,\ncoupled with an advanced autopilot, made a lot of sense. I&#8217;m very pleased with\nwhere we ended up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CubCrafters was awarded EASA certification for the XCub in\n2018 after having shown full compliance with all European airworthiness,\nsafety, and environmental requirements. The company then followed up the\ninitial EASA certification with a groundbreaking effort to offer Garmin\u2019s\nnon-TSO\u2019d touch screen glass panel avionics to European customers, the only OEM\nmanufacturer to do so in a certified aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The European market is very important to us in the\ncontinuing expansion of international XCub sales opportunities,\u201d said Patrick\nHorgan, president of CubCrafters. \u201cThere has been a lot of hard work getting to\nthis point with EASA. We are extremely pleased to see the market has responded\nand the first new XCubs are now headed for Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kamil Skorupski, who manages distribution of the XCub in\nEurope as part of the CubCrafters global sales network, is already seeing a\nkeen anticipation for the new aircraft. \u201cWithin a year we will have XCubs based\nin the UK, Iceland, Germany, and France\u201d he reports. \u201cInterest is strong and\nwill only grow as more aircraft arrive and European pilots can personally see\nthe style, safety, and utility the XCub offers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delivery positions for new EASA-certified XCubs are\navailable for mid-2021. European customers are encouraged to register their\ninterest with CubCrafters Europe at www.cubcrafterseurope.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first new European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified CC19 XCub has now shipped for Europe from the CubCrafters company headquarters in Yakima, Washington. The aircraft, to be placed on the United Kingdom registry as G-OBTO, is the first ever EASA certified aircraft to be approved with Garmin\u2019s immensely popular G3X Touch glass panel avionics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,114,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news","category-washington"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/XCub-dsc04671-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16332,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16329\/revisions\/16332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}