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Ah, Florida! We may get big winds but we don't have window scrapers! John Tim and Martha Briggs wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Ercoupers: > > Hello again, I am now living in Southern Minnesota, just outside > Minneapolis. My Ercoupe is now based at Crystal Airport (KMIC) and in a > hangar at Crystal Shamrock FBO. I picked up my stranded Ercoupe from Algona, > Iowa on December 22nd. An old friend who now flys Learjets drove me down > there to get it. It had the fuel pump repaired along with the rest of the > squawks as part of the annual. Nothing major came up on the annual > thankfully. I highly recommend Jim as a good IA at the Algona Airport. I > thought he was very fair and did a great job on 413. The flight back from > Algona was on a clear, cold day around zero degrees F. With just me aboard, > 413's climb exceeded 1000 fpm in the super-dense air! I about froze with no > cabin heater!! the OAT at 3,500 was -10F and within a half-hour, my hands > were aching!! A definite priority is to get my cabin heater installed. I > alternated putting my hands under my leg to warm them up. The LCD display > on my GPS would periodically "Freeze" up too. I had to cycle it on and off > to bring it back to life. Its been so cold I haven't ventured out to the > airport. I'm definitely missing the warm days in San Diego!! I'd be > interested to meet up with any Minnesota, Iowa or Wisconsin based Ercoupers > on a warm day here. Drop me a line!! > > Take care > > Tim Briggs > Erco 415G > N94413 > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.8 - Release Date: 1/3/05 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.8 - Release Date: 1/3/05 ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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