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Patrick, That is indeed the ultimate solution! I might just do it; for sure after retirement. Paul --- Patrick Fisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Paul; > I have just the thing for you to solve your $$$$ > problem for tie-downs > and hangers. Ever consider moving to an airpark? > Build the house and hanger you want near a 3000' > turf runway. > Probably save you time & money in the long run. My > new home happens to > be at www.lonestar.texas.net/~tmoye located 55 miles > south of Atlanta, > GA. Plenty of nice lots available to park your > Ercoupe. > I hope to have one someday. But for now, I'm trying > to learn as much as > possible about these great little airplanes as I > can. > Cheers, > Fly Safe n Fly Happy, > Patrick > > > Paul Tanzar wrote: > > Ed, > > > > I envy you! I'm paying $70/mo for a tie-down. Even > if > > I could afford the $250-350 for a hangar, I > probably > > wouldn't live long enough to see my name make it > to > > the top of the waiting list! Even tie-downs aren't > > always available and a list starts for them also. > > $150/mo hangars are available if I'm willing to > drive > > 1.5 hours each way. > > > > The coupe I just bought was always hangared. > > Fortunately, during the ground-up rebuild, they > > zinc-chromated the s**t out it, wings and > fuselage, so > > it should hold up OK. I'll keep an eye on it and > I'm > > probably going to get on a program of CorrosionX > > treatments every other year to keep it corrosion > free. > > > > Paul > > > > Paul > > > > --- Ed Burkhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ----[Please read > http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > > > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Paul Anton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 7:05 AM > > > > To: ERCOUPE > > > > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Ercoupe losses > > > > > > > > I've not yet heard of an accident caused by > > > corrosion. > > > > > > > > Wasn't a wing failing responsible for the > Swiss > > > Cheese AD? > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > N2273H > > > > > > Paul, > > > > > > A wing READY TO FAIL was the cause. As I > recall, > > > John Wright, Sr., found a > > > wing with serious corrosion on an in-license > > > aircraft that had been actively > > > flying. The corrosion was serious but had not > been > > > found by any previous > > > annual inspections. > > > > > > This culminated a period in which he had been > trying > > > to get a usable wing > > > and every wing he got, for sale as ready to > install, > > > had dangerous levels of > > > corrosion. > > > > > > After finding the corroded wing on a flying > > > airplane, he took the batch of > > > stuff to the FAA and they insisted we shed some > > > light on the subject. > > > > > > I thank John for doing it. I'm sure that without > his > > > action, I would not be > > > able to say what I can say now: I don't know of > any > > > Coupe lost in flight > > > from corrosion causing an accident. > > > > > > Unfortunately, a fair number of poorly > maintained > > > Coupes have been lost on > > > the inspection shop floor. <sigh> Better there > than > > > in flight, for sure. > > > > > > When I bought my plane there were two for-sale > > > Coupes on the field. One with > > > a low time engine but airframe corrosion. The > other > > > with a high time engine > > > but no corrosion. I chose the airframe with no > > > corrosion and paid for a > > > major overhaul four years later. Now, 22 years > > > later, I still have a Coupe > > > with no corrosion. To keep it that way, I've > kept > > > it hangared for virtually > > > all the 22 years. Thank heavens I hate big > cities. > > > Enclosed hangar here is > > > $65/month. > > > > > > Buyer beware and buyer INSPECT!!! Trust but > > > VERIFY!!! > > > > > > Ed Burkhead > > > N3802H, Ercoupe 415-D > > > Peoria, IL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! 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