I went flying a couple of days ago in my Grumman Tiger. My friend and I flew to a nearby airport for hash and eggs, then on to another airport where I did some instrument approaches for practice. Total flight time was two hours and we used 20 gallon...$100.00 worth. Afterward, I said to my friend if we flew the Ercoupe, while we would not have done the instrument practice, we would have had just as much fun just flying low and slow at economy cruise and we would have used 7 gallons...$35.00. Bottom line is there are airplanes that are great for the mission of getting from point A to point B quickly and there are planes that are simply fun to fly low and slow with no where to go. For my wallet, low and slow is great!
Glen From: Rick Green Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ercoupe-tech] LSA dilemma for owners The recent Threads on the scrap Ebay plane illustrates a new problem. Those of us with the C or CD have seen the value of the Aircraft rise. But it is only a "real" value if you plan on selling it. Otherwise, the impact is that the costs of parts and maintenance rise. The Ebay plane might have been a good buy at $1500-2000 for spare prop, gas tanks, center section, etc. It does not look like a good rebuild project in an economic sense. Personally, I like the quiet satisfaction that I can afford to go out flying when the 15 gph plane owners are sitting around the coffee table grumbling about fuel. I hope we don't outprice ourselves! __________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Glen Glen Davis 917 297 1111 www.ishootpictures.com www.ercoupepilot.com
