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Flew to Wendover and back to Ogden across the Great Salt Lake and the Bonneville salt flats today. It is a trill every time I do it. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Darwin Girdauckis <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 6:07 PM Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: Selling the Coupe ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Ed Burkhead wrote: Darwin, Coupes, on the other hand, can more easily be used for flying trips. . I flew over the mountain range east of Salt Lake City, then over Salt Lake City itself, all at 12, 400' and it was a thrill to be up there with the airline traffic in it's pattern a few thousand feet below me. Then it was special to fly over the edge of the Great Salt Lake, then the salt flats to Wendover with visibility of 150 miles. Flying through the pass west of Wendover, Utah, during climbout from a fuel stop and flying up the Columbia River George east of Portland were magical in the low-wing Coupe. Flying over Crater Lake was something I'll never forget, as well as up and down the Pacific Coast, (a few nervous yards out over the ocean). Then I flew to Glacier National Park and across the Great Plains back to Iowa. I sure recommend you find a way to make trips like that in your Coupe. Wow Sounds fantastic! I have a number of trips planned that the coupe will fill the bill better than the challenger. I have relatives scattered all over western Canada. Most are easily less than a day away. First though I want to spend a fair amount of time in the circuit & get comfortable with the coupe & crosswind. After a few trips I want to go out to see my sister in New Brunswick. That should be lots of fun! This coupe won't have mode C for a while so I'll have to stay to the smaller airports. Our club wants to get pictures of the local grass strips for a web page & I think the coupe should make a great photography platform. The coupe is coming together nicely, the wings are painted & back on, the lights are all back in & working. The instruments & radio are in but not yet hooked up. They were cutting new lexan for the side windows today. Got a look at the prop , in beautifull shape, not a scratch or nick any where.It's a 7148 Mcaully . I assume that is a standard climb prop for 85hp.The sump & carb are back on the engine. We have 2 coalators, One mounts on the firewall while the other goes on the carb with a bracket. Not sure which to use??? The carb is a stromberg with a mixture lever on it. Everything is rigged as a 415c.(have decided to fly at 1260 lb to start with then later get a split elevator, the cover over the fuse tank is already stainless) The tail height has not been set yet but will be before we fly it. Still need the baffles put on the engine , Prop mounted , Sparkplugs in, exhaust system on & cowling installed. Windshield interior & battery to go in yet. Darwin ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ====================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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