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Hi Chris,
We on the list all love our Coupes and it would be fun to think of new
ones
but when it was in production it was a time of a simpler and kinder FAA.
It
was a time when the FAA understood that producing safe aircraft was the
mission. Today the FAA's job is to see that they have a very large pile of
paper to hide behind and they in to many cases would not recognize and
aircraft part if it feel on them. It is sad but it is true that ERCO could
not produce Coupes today with the FAA the way they are.
If the OMB can get the lead out we may see some fine new aircraft that
will
have benefited from new designs and new technology but it is a fact that
the Coupe will not fit in the "Light Sport Plane" program and I fear that
there will be few of us left as we grow older and the medical becomes more
interesting we can see that moving to the Sport Pilot Program will be of
interest to many, we have already lost several of our best people to
untralights because of this. In my case I still can pass a medical and
will
look forward to flying my Coupes some day when I get time to get them
flyable but for now I also purchased a Luscombe 8-A so that I am ready for
the Sport Pilot program if or when I have trouble with the medical.
The last issue is that the Coupe is not a simple aircraft to build
particularly in small numbers. Some of the parts are very complex to build
unless you can gear up to build lots of them, like in the thousands of
them.
I would love to see it but it is just not in the cards for the Ercoupe and
do not hold your breath for a new Luscombe it will not happen any time
soon
and I think it will not happen at all. I fear the people trying to do it
are just not experienced enough with the FAA to get the job done as
evidenced by their track record.
Have a good day.
Best regards,
Vern
Chris Trent
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Just as a curiosity,
How many of you would be interested in restarting ERCO and the Ercoupe
Assembly Line?
-Chris
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