Approved for Flight in Europe, XCub Looks To Shake Things up
The first new EASA certified CC19 XCub has now shipped for Europe from the CubCrafters company headquarters in Yakima, Washington. The aircraft will be placed on the United Kingdom registry as G-OBTO. The inaugural customer, Gerhard Oberholzer, who intends to base the aircraft at Fowlmere Airfield north of London states that: “A key purpose of having an aircraft like this is to be able to travel across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland on business, enabling very efficient access to often remote parts of the islands – using the aircraft as a working tool.” He also notes that, “The XCub, with its higher cruising speed and modern avionics, coupled with an advanced