I've been chastised in the past by those who obviously know more than I about everything in life, but I'll again say that a strong owner's group should be able to make a very strong case for this one thing. ALL owners should be willing to ante up to fund the cause and THAT may be the single most problem at this time stopping any progress, whether real or proposed, introduced to make this happen. I don't think it fair for one or even a few of the owners out there to take this on by themselves so that the rest could benefit.
This story telling will go on for years the absolute absurdity of it all (on both sides) depresses me every time I see it. Al DeMarzo Visit the Ercoupe Swap Page - Free and Easy http://www.ercoupeowners.com/swap/swapbook.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark H. To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: c,cd,c/d ED, Woody, I was at a IA. renewal 2 years ago. The Faa was talking about not being able to change planes to fit in this group. After his talk I went up and talked to him. And yes he was on the side of the coupers, but his exact words were we can thank the C120-140 club for wrecking it for us. They were still working out the details on the new regs. He said the C120 groupe came in and said we have a STC that will lower the gross on our planes. It called for taking out the 2nd seat and doing alot more. The FAA said we don't want this, and said that no modifications could be done to meet the new catigory. I said that I agree with that, but that an airplane that was origanly and certified under the 1320 lbs. should be able to go back. When all it would take is to rerig the elevator and not have to remove anything. Then I said it's nuts for a coupe owner to have to sell his D-model and buy a C-model to get in the light sport. He agreed and said that once it got though that he would make my sugestion. So ther still may be some hope. But I think that it would take a very big push from a big grope of people to get it done. Mark --- In [email protected], "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Woody, > > P.S. There's no such thing as a "C/D" model. There're only the "C", the "CD", "D", "E" > and "G". Any aircraft paperwork that says C/D should be examined extra carefully and > resolved since someone has messed up the paperwork somewhat. > > Reference: Aircraft Specification A-718 and A-787, both of which are linked from my > Coupe page. > http://edburkhead.com/Ercoupe/index.htm > > Ed >
