Hi Donald, We are all born ignorant. The antidote is knowledge.
Take each of your "aviator friends" up for a ride in strong crosswinds when they can't fly their planes ;<) They will learn and not forget. Regards, WRB -- On Mar 28, 2010, at 11:50, Donald wrote: > I have only had my coupe for four months, but when discussing it with > my aviator friends, almost always comes up the question "Does it have > rudder pedals?" > When I reply that it does not, invariably the response is "Oh you need > to install rudder pedals, they came out with the pedals later because > they found that you cannot land an Ercoupe in a crosswind without > them". > I don't think anyones opinion was changed by my explanation.
