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Paul, I'll share with you and the others how I found my Alon. I started looking for a small two-seater plane back in January. Got a ride in a Coupe, and knew I didn't need to look at any other type of airplane. Now, how to find one? I'm in Northern California and when I looked at Trade-A-Plane, they always had a few Coupes for sale, but they were always in Texas, or Arkansas, or upstate New York. Not wanting to travel so far, I needed another method. Now this does require some computer skills, but if you don't have them, you probably can find someone who does. I downloaded the FAA database for aircraft registration as a text file, loaded it into MS Access database, then filtered and sorted so I ended up with only Er/Aircoupe owners in N. Calif. Then I wrote a letter in MS Word, used mailmerge, and sent that letter to all those owners, about 100, saying if they had a nice Coupe, would they consider selling. I got 15-20 replies, some useful, some not. I screened as best I could over the telephone, and ended up visiting maybe half of the repliers. The Alon I bought was the last one I visited and I got a good plane, well-maintained and improved by the previous owner, at a fair price. Maybe this will work for you in your area. Ralph Finch > I'm new to the list and looking for a Coupe to buy in the > midwest area. I'd prefer something nice rather than a project. > Prefer a model E or at least the split tail mod done to a a > C/D/CD. Thanks for any leads. > > Paul Hamer > Blair, NE > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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