PS, I've been a EOC member for I think 22 years. Even the almost 15 years my plane didn't fly.
--- In [email protected], "Mark H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ant that the truth about the coupes. I've worked on all types, > pipers, mooneys,beach,cessnas, T-6's, B-25's, stearmans, other > warbirds. But what do I own? And what forum am I in? I still own my > first plane N2877H, it's not a show piece, but everyone in the family > loves it. I will never sell it, it will go to my 7 year old when I > can't fly anymore. But the next plane that I'm going to do is going > to be a replica, I'm tired of Faa paperwork. And I'm an IA. You can > see my plane in the photos on this page, let me know what you think. > Mark 2877H > > --- In [email protected], "AJ DeMarzo" <noshitoal@> > wrote: > > > > Eliacim; > > > > Ah, too bad I didn't know about the tach. There's an almost new > one sitting in the cabinet of my Ercoupe room at the hangar! How did > the header tank cap work out? > > > > This is a WARNING to all you guys and gals that have the idea of > one day upgrading and possibly abandoning your Ercoupe ties. You > can't! You'll always come back to your first love! > > > > HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! > > > > Al DeMarzo > > Visit the Ercoupe Swap Page - Free and Easy > > http://www.ercoupeowners.com/swap/swapbook.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: heavensounds > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 3:58 AM > > Subject: Re: [ercoupe-flyin] RE: Type Club > > > > > > > > Ralph > > Bear with me for a second. With the things I got when I bought my > Coupe, I got a brand new cheap Chinese tach. Now that my Ercoupe tach > has gone bad, my A&P IA (quite correctly) won't sign the Chinese tach > as a replacement, so I had to buy a new, certificated one. My first > tought was to sell the Chinese tach on E Bay, but instead, I saved it > as the very first part for my Sonex (the poor man's RV?) Just a > simbolic baby step... > > Like you, I feel so limited by the whole TSO / certificated / > 337 / field approval process... > > Unlike you, I would try hard to keep the Coupe, even if I ever > get to build the Sonex. > > Best Regards > > Eliacim > > > > > > Now thatI inherited > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ralph Finch > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:38 AM > > Subject: [ercoupe-flyin] RE: Type Club > > > > > > > > I can only contribute opinions to this discussion, not > constructive suggestions, but here they are anyway. > > > > I was a member of EOC when I first bought my Alon in 2001, but > quit renewing a year or two ago. When it switched to an online > newsletter I quit noticing it and got the information I needed from > these email lists. Basically if I'm going to pay money for something > there has to be a value returned! I'm a member of AOPA, for > instance, for one reason: their lobbying and advocacy in Washington. > I don't read their magazine much these days. > > > > I certainly agree that we Coupers could be more effective in > dealing with the FAA. How that is to be achieved I leave to wiser > heads than mine. > > > > I look at the Coupes as I do aging parents: with great > affection and the wistful knowledge they are static or declining as > the world moves on. Whereas RVs and their kind are like children: > chaotic, energetic, and the future. Therefore next month--January-- > I'm going to start building an RV-9A, and in a couple of years when > it's time to put on an engine I'll sell my Alon to purchase the > engine. Not because I don't like the Coupe, but because I'm ready > for something almost twice as fast that I can put things on, like an > autopilot or solid state gyros, that are both better and cheaper than > the TSO's/certificated stuff. > > > > Ralph Finch > > >
