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I'll second that, that's GW. We students can't learn without asking, listening, and watching. -Michel On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Paul Tanzar wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Thanx for sharing your account of what happened. > You've given the rest of us a chance to think ahead as > to what to watch out for and steps we might employ to > recover. We all learn from each others experiences. > > Paul > > --- GW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > I wrecked mine on January 13. I landed normally, > > hit a bump on the runway, > > got airborne again, and proceeded to porpoise 10 or > > 12 times, each time > > coming down at a very steep nose-down angle. Then > > it would shoot back up > > nose-high, stall, and come down again. It was > > hitting so hard that I could > > see the whole front end flop upwards when it would > > hit. It ended up with > > serious buckles right and left, popped rivets in the > > rear spar, warped > > belly, burst seal in the struts, bent mount, ruined > > tire, and stringers > > popped loose. It did $10,900 worth of damage to the > > plane and it was > > totaled. Right after I'd finally fixed it up to > > where it was a good plane, > > naturally! I decided the best thing to do was just > > to buy the best plane I > > could so that is how I ended up with the > > Taylorcraft. I almost didn't buy > > another plane at all. Avemco was excellent on the > > claim but the problem was > > that I couldn't get anybody to come and fix it. > > They were going to give it > > a chance to be fixed but nobody ever came to get it. > > GW > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 ==^================================================================
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