Couple of thought:
1. I wasn't aware there WAS a replica Ercoupe. Is there and how are
they advertised?
2. A "cheap and easy" way to do a fly-in is to just pick an already
organized fly-in and spread the word in the Ercoupe community to join
in.
I get a notice of a free fly-in breakfast or small community
having a local fly-in with airshow almost monthly during good weather
here in the Midwest (Ks/OK)
Dan
On Jan 1, 2008, at 9:56 AM, Mark H. 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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
>
>
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>
>
>
> ----- 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
>
