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Very well put, Vern. Thanks. Syd Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > >Jon > >We know that you have your aircraft on a program in Canada where there are >no rules and you can do what you want and I am pleased for you as this >makes you happy. You do not have to be concerned with such fun things as >certification of parts and traceability of parts. You can go to the >hardware store and get what ever you think you need and use it. > >The rest of the world still treats certificated aircraft as just that and >the next buyer has the reasonable expectation that he is getting a proper >aircraft with all real parts in it so that he need not worry about it >falling out of the air do to some shade tree hardware store maintenance. >This all starts at manufacture of the aircraft with a quality system and >when an aircraft is finished and certificated it is identified by a "Data >Plate" so that we will all know what it is and that it was properly built. >We then go through a system of prescribed maintenance (AD notes and 100 hr. >or Annual inspections) to maintain that safe to fly condition. We call that >an Airworthiness System. It is what stops people from gathering up a bunch >of old parts, some from Ercopues and some from whatever and making up a >flying devise that looks kind of like an Ercoupe and selling it to some guy >that just wants a safe and fun aircraft to fly and relies on the system to >provide that protection. If we just collect old parts and make up a bogus >Data Plate them there is no protection for a new buyer or the people that >this flying device would try to fly over. > >If it were not for this we could have some junk yard just making parts that >look like aircraft parts and selling them with no regard to your safety. >How would you like to buy a propeller that some guy made out of old pop >cans in his basement. Perhaps you would like to buy a wing I fixed with >bondo to cover the exfoliating corrosion it looks real good and should >last a long time. > >You the Canadian's have trashed your safety system please do not trash >ours. > >Best regards, >Vern > > > > > Jon Page > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "[email protected]" <[email protected]> cc: > 11/10/02 08:07 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Lost Data Plate > Please respond to > Jon Page > > > > > > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any >advice in this forum.]---- > > >Harry. > It's quite possible I'm ignorant of some of the facts, but if Univair >has blank plates, what's stopping you from getting one, using a number >stamp, and filling in the correct numbers? It's still the same # and >the same plane. Personally, I would find a nice piece of stainless and >make my own and say nothing to anyone. After all it's only an >information tag that must have the right numbers on it. Stone me if >I'm wrong! > Jon >Page > FLAK >MAGNET > >========================================================================= ===== > >To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > > > >========================================================================= ===== >To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > >. > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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