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Don, Actually, that was very well put. You bring up some good safety points that everyone should keep in mind, impaired or not. I didn't give much thought to how difficult any given plane is to get out of in an emergency until I happened to hear a talk at an EAA function from a guy selling emergency pilot parachutes. I suppose that you folks who have military flying training and experience have safety issues etched into your brain, but that is not necessarily the case for the rest of us. In the future, before buying or building a plane, I would certainly consider this factor, along with other factors of course. Spook --- DONALD BOWEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, Kim, > I sincerely hope you do not consider this post to be > insensitive; I do not intend it to be. I applaud > your courage and desire to fly unassisted. However > your previous posts indicate you have purchased a > very old airplane and you do not yet know how to > fly. These factors could prove to be a recipe for > disaster in the event you had to make an emergency, > off-field landing. I am fortunate to be unimpaired, > and have an ALON with lowered cockpit rails. Yet, I > find it difficult getting out of my airplane after > flight - possibly due to my advanced age. Again, > from what you have written, it appears that you > might be unable to egress the airplane in the > situation described above, or even in a landing > mishap. Then, too, there is your statement about > learning to fly in your Coupe. Gross weight > limitations always become a consideration when a > pilot and co-pilot (Flight Instructor) are aboard. > You might find your fuel capacity to be severly > limited, thus further decreasing your options. I do > hope you have considered these possibilities and/or > that I have misunderstood or misread your posts. One > thing for sure is that I, like all Coupers, wish you > the best of luck in whatever course you decided to > pursue. Don Bowen > ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
