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WELL SAID ERCOUPE N 37130 1941 SERIAL NO 97 COYT JOHNSTON ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] RE: Nationals and Tow Bar > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Gentlemen, > > I am the guilty party for getting this started. Thus it would be wrong of me > to keep bow out now and leave some of you on your own. Here is my story. A > few facts to start with. > 1) I am a brand new coupe owner > 2) This was my first Ercoupe convention > 3) I am an A&P and IA > 4) I have owned two 1940 Piper J5A's and a 1946 Cessna 120 ( In other words > antique aircraft) Plus several other newer airplanes. > 5) I thought the Coupe convention was great and I was very glad I went. > 6) I thought the maintenance seminar was very informative and depressing at > the same time. > My original comments were brought about by the feeling that after the > meeting I might have wasted my money by buying the coupe. I think that no > one wants serious information swept under the rug. It's information that > helped me reinspect my airplane when I got home. Fortunately I have no > problems at this time. My way of thinking is that, yes we all need > information but on the other hand there are different ways of presenting this > information. I thought that when Jr. sat down and John Sr. took over I > learned a whole lot of useful information. I was in the Piper type club > during the time when wood spar AD's where coming out requiring more > inspection holes. Aronica has had the same problem. The information was > presented that "hey we have a problem, but we are all going to work through > it and keep our airplanes in the air". My perspective after the meeting was > that most of the airplanes here are not airworthy and unless you have a > thirty-thousand dollar airplane it's probably scrap. Also the idea that the > FAA is out to put us out of the air is crazy. The FAA has reason to believe > that more inspections are needed on the spar center section. Is this reason > to think they are trying to get us out of the air? From the talk I heard, > you would think the feds are making us cut our airplanes up and burying > them. The statement was made during the meeting "that we do not need to give > the FAA any more information about the ercoupe so they can have ammo for > ad's" and that was later followed up by the statement " I have talked to the > FAA about issuing an AD on the steering rod" > In conclusion: We do not need to be calling the FAA and Univair people > morons and fools and painting a dooms day picture for coupes. We should be > giving out all the information available about these problems and get our > heads together to overcome them. I have never had a problem getting a field > approval or a 337 passed through the feds. Maybe it's because we treat each > other with mutual respect and talk through our disagreements. I have > repaired Moony B's with spar cap corrosion and many other airplanes with > corrosion. We can overcome this problem! We can! Lets be more optimistic. > I want my coupe to fly on it's 100 birthday. > > Tim > ================================================================== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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