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Maybe that particular problem might not have happened, but in an Ercoupe, a very low time (and apparently inadequately trained) student COULD very easily get into a high sink rate situation near the ground that he couldn't recover from. The result would be very similar. I really don't think an Ercoupe makes a better primary trainer than a C-150 and certainly not a C-172. Cessnas may not be as much fun to fly for experienced pilots, but they have very forgiving flying qualities for a trained student. The Ercoupe has teeth that will bite just as hard, they are just in a different place. Rich Linder -----Original Message----- From: Jon Page [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 00:01 To: ercoupe Subject: [COUPERS] Bad landing ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Yesterday, as I drove past the local airport, Qualicum Beach B.C. I saw a Cessna sitting at an odd angle off the side of the runway in the long grass. I drove around the field and had a look. As it turns out a student on his first solo flight had a slight problem. It looks like he was not properly taught how to compensate for side drift on landing. He ended up about 150' off the pavement. I don't think he was hurt, but it looks like the Cessna is most likely a write off. The top cowling was gone, the prop was wrapped around the engine, the nose wheel was bent back flat aginst the fuselage, the left main gear was gone, the left wing tip broken and the wing skin wrinkled, the fuselage was buckled down just behind the rear window, the left elevator slightly bent up, and the lower cowl bashed in. This is no doubt a real blow to a small school with just the one C-172. You could most likely get this fixer-upper quite cheaply. One doesn't like to sound too smug, but we'd like to think if he'd been in a coupe, it might not have happened. Jon Page. FLAK MAGNET. ==^================================================================ 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 -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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