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Brian, Thanks for the kind words about the site. Everyone is free to link to my website or publish its address. My layout and design are simple as can be, but I've got some content, there. Some of those articles took 20 or 40 hours to research, write, and get reviewed and I'd like for the people who need the information to get it. As for liability on the websites, I think it follows normal journalistic liability. If I buy a book on how to wire my house and burn down the house, I bet I couldn't collect a dime from the author, even if I could show willful negligence. If I, as a computer professional, tell a client how to do something and make a serious mistake, I might be held liable. But if I, as your buddy, tell you something about computers and you do some damage, I don't think you can't get a dime from me (unless you can show I hurt you deliberately). If I, as an aviation amateur, make a website with scans of engineering drawings of a 55 year old aircraft, I only need to worry about the copyright on the drawings, but not the content. If someone tries to fabricate something and gets it wrong, they have to sue ERCO's memory, all I've done is act as a reporter or as a friend helping a friend. I don't think they could even sue Univair now, with the new aircraft liability law in place. If I had the resources to do it, I'd post those old engineering drawings on my site in a heartbeat and not lose a moment's sleep. The articles I have on my website took a lot of work. For the annual inspection one, I sent questionnaires out to five respected Coupe A&P/AI mechanics. (This was when I was editing Coupe Capers.) Three gave good responses. I combined their suggestions and sent the result to them for review then incorporated their comments into the final copy. Yet I can't guarantee that the checklist includes __everything__ that's needed for a perfect annual inspection. I do think it's better than anything else I've ever found. But as a friend helping a friend, especially since I'm not an aviation professional myself, I think I'm safe from liability suits even without a disclaimer. I just threw in the disclaimer to nail that down firmly. There IS no "official" source we can turn to, so all we can do is to help each other as much as we can. Ed Burkhead N3802H, Ercoupe 415-D Peoria, IL -----Original Message----- From: Brian Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 9:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'coupe-list' Subject: Re: [COUPERS] New to ERCOUPES Hi Ed, Reading your e-mail prompted me to visit your site. Very nice job! I admit I don't have time to read all the Ercoupe mail list, but I try. It took me a while to get the last batch of photo's posted "sorry folks". Have you had your site up for a while? I don't know how I missed adding your site to mine, but I do apologize. With your permission I will add it now. We have all talked about coordinating our web efforts, but as you will soon see these sites take on a life of there own. Never the less I think it will happen just by the nature of the web. I think it's sad but smart having a waver at the top of your page, and I guess I should add one also. God forbid some should misconstrue an opinion for fact and hurt themselves. I am sitting on about 600 meg of 1940 engineering drawings, all that I hand imported into pdf's. I'm afraid to post on them on the web, but there invaluable when you want to carve up a glove box out of cardboard or something. Is the waver the answer or could we be held liable for someone not following the rules and using a knowledgeable A&P to do the research and work. I digress. At any rate, Nice site and thanks for the additional knowledge base on the web. By the way folks, were you at the 2000 EOC Convention, and did you get your photo taken by Harry Francis. If so, try to find your self on the Convention pages and send me some text for under the photos. Brian Bailey N94106 http://www.ercoupe.net __|_()_|__ " " ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'coupe-list'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 8:28 PM Subject: RE: [COUPERS] New to ERCOUPES > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Scott, > > We've spent some significant time preparing just the kind of starter > articles you need. Please check them out at my website: > http://members.home.net/ed-ercoupe/ > > I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for there. > > You can also have my ENTHUSIASTIC endorsement of Coupes. I really need a > four-place but there's nothing on the market even close to affordable that I > could enjoy as much as a Coupe. > > Ed Burkhead > N3802H, Ercoupe 415-D > Peoria, IL > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 12:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [COUPERS] New to ERCOUPES > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > Hello, > > I am New to airplanes and Ercoupes and I was wondering if someone could > maybe give me a starter guide on owning my own Ercoupe. I am currently > an Instructor pilot in the AH-64D Longbow Apache for the ARMY so Im not > new to aviation just the things with wings :) > > Am very interested in the Ercoupe and would like some pointers on where > to start. > > Thanks > > Scott > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A -- Learn More. 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