No, Don, I don't talk on the cell phone when I fly the `coupe. Don't shift gears either. Been called shiftless, tho ... The cell phone persons really get bummed out with us flyers. It seems when an air bourne station hits their net, all the nodes light up. Not just one or two, like the land bound tramsmitters. Recently, in Oregon, a flyer and his family went down. He flew into a thunderstorm in the dark; another reason not to fly at night. Any way, the surviving person called, and the cell phone persons triangulated her position. Got the heliocoptors out and picked her up. Could this be the end of Flight Service as we know it? GPS has already put down LORAN and the VOR. I think that aviation as we have seen it so far is not ready for any thing new. With the high cost of certification, I don't see much happening. Read about the new Sport Pilot rating. Seems no medical, except self certification, like balloonists and soaring pilots. And can fly planes up to 1200 pounds gross. Drat! My 415C is rated at 1260. With a weight loss and some kinda flap or other "stall" speed reducer, the Ercoupe could make the come back it so richly deserves. Percy in Portland
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