----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- It is indeed sad to read your story. Unfortunately, we live in a world where there are people who have no feeling about stealing from someone else. It does not matter how much it hurts the person, or how they suffer from the ordeal. Our prisons are so full, they know the law will let them off the hook if they are caught. The legal profession, in my mind did a grave injustice when they set a precedent that "The punishment cannot exceed the crime". When my mother raised me, I could EXPECT that the punishment would exceed the crime. Today, my mother would be jailed for the way she raised me! Before she passed away, I was smart enough to give he a big "I Love you" hug and tell he I that I really appreciated the way she kept this unruly kid in line. Several years ago we had an airplane fly into Delaware Airpark after midnight and the occupants broke into several airplanes and ripped off the radios and flew away. They had set off a silent alarm, but by the time the airport owner arrived they had done their dirty work. The only reason he knew it was an airplane was because he had checked the parking lot first. He did not have a clue an airplane was now sitting at the end of the runway. He drove his car out onto the ramp and the next thing he saw was the runway lights light up and an airplane taking off with no lights. They got away clean. I am fortunate in being able to keep my airplane in a secure, locked hangar. If I get to the point I can no longer afford that luxury, it will be put up for sal and I am done flying. Our society is going down hill very rapidly and no one seems to care. This makes me very sad. If I owned any of these parts, I would ship them off to you today- - no charge. George Frebert
On Fri, 04 Aug 2000 16:49:35 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > Greetings everyone. It has been some time since you have all heard from > me in any postings. It is time that I make notice of a recent incident > involving Ercoupe N87284 S/N 457. If anyone recalls I had been > searching for parts to continue it restoration. The aircraft has been > in storage for some time now. I recently recovered the aircraft so I > could begin it's restoration. Upon arriving at the airport where it was > stored, I climbed aboard to asses its condition. I immediatly notice > the control yokes had been removed. Although not visiable to me at that > time, I assumed they had been stolen. I did locate them later in the > tail of the airplane! I then noticed the fuel cap and float missing > from the Header tank. A piece of leather was in it's place covering the > hole that should have been occupied by the filler neck of the header > tank. Thinking the tank was installed I removed the leather piece to > look into the tank, only to find that I was looking at the belly skin of > the plane! The header tank had been stolen!!! > Noticing also that the cowling was very loose, I looked into the > engine compartment. Low and behold the nose gear and engine mount had > been removed and replaced with an unusable nose gear and a bent and > twisted engine mount!!!. The engine had been removed prior to my > purchasing the aircraft, So I was not expecting to find an engine under > the cowl. By this time I was very angry. I am sure that anyone that has > had that happen to them would be angry as well. > Well I guess at this point the aircraft is going back into storage > untill I can put together enough money to repurchase the new parts. And > as most of you know the header tank, float gauge and cap are no longer > in production for that early of an Ercoupe. > I wish you all Happy Landings. > > Ercoupe N87284 S/N 457 > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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