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There are three Ercoupes listed on Ebay, they are listed as not having been flown from 5-10 years and all are out of annual, One does not have a 'N' number listed and has resided in a hanger and barn for the past 10 years, one is shown by the FAA as 'current' but not having flown in 5 years and the third has not flown in 8 years and is listed by the FAA as Status 'in question' meaning someone reported a sale but no the new owner did not registered the aircraft. There was a recent news article about the FAA going after and assessing fines for those A/C with 'in question' status. Could it be that some of the missing Ercoupes will suddenly start appearing on the market? But hopefully not as parts aircraft. Food for thought. After the technical discussion at Daytona on corrosion, I had a discussion with Lynn about other hidden areas not yet mentioned by the FAA or others where you could find corrosion. When I returned home, I opened up the ailerons and took a look inside. One aileron had some minor skin corrosion covering about a 10" area that cleaned up nicely. The second when opened revealed some pretty bad corrosion on the reinforcement pieces ( lengths of angle aluminum riveted to the upper and lower skins). I had to order six new reinforcements from Univair today. Skins also cleaned up. Why these corroded but not the skins, who knows??. I figure about three to four hours to open and inspect each aileron. By the way, in both ailerons, the corrosion was at the wing tip end of the aileron. Rich Blair N99997 4J6 St. Marys, Georgia ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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