Hey Jack,
I'm listening! I got the tank back from Bruce the other day. I sent
it in to
the paint shop, and I've now got it back. I talked to the A&P, and he
says he'll
install it the week of Jan. 10th. We had the carb gone thru, to make
certain it was
OK. It was full of the crud that was falling off the tank walls, and into
the fuel.
Anyone who thinks the screens in our fuel lines will stop everything is
nuts. Much
of that fine precipitant. made it into the carb and cruded it up.
Luckily, all it
needed was a good cleaning. Everything else was OK! Anyway, the bottom
line is, I
should be ready to go up around the 15th of Jan. Have you recovered to
the point
that you can go up yet. Let me know.Larry Jack Gocha wrote: > Coupers > I can't start to tell you guys and gals how much your individual words of > encouragement have affected me emotionally. Some of you in the past have > really got under my skin and occasionally I just couldn't hold my tongue. > But even those that I considered to be the worst of you have given me > positive reinforcement when it comes to selling this wonderful Ercoupe. > Because of this outpouring of sentiment I feel I owe you all a heart felt > thank you as well as an apology as I sit here with moist eyes writing this. > I don't know if you will understand where I'm coming from because I am a > strange guy. I have always been a guy that wanted to lead instead of > follow. I enjoy the feeling of just me and my coupe being up there alone > exploring the air "above" the ground. I sometimes even enjoy it more than > having someone up for the first time, which also adds to my joy of flying. > I am definitely a perfectionist, thinking that no one does anything as well > as me and therefore always wanting to "do it myself". I look forward to > hanging around U42 which is a 10 minute drive from my house as well as > hanging around [EMAIL PROTECTED] and hanger flying. > I'm 71 years old but I am not getting ready to die, instead I am hoping > and planning to get back to: family, hunting, fishing and camping with my > wife dogs and grand kids. > This life moves sometimes at a frantic pace causing us to sacrifice some > things we love for other things we love just as much. For me flying fits > that category and no one and no thing can erase the many memories I have. > "I don't mind getting older as long as I don't get OLD". > There is a second but most important facet of this milestone in life. My > younger wife and I didn't know if we could afford the additional expense of > owning an airplane. I told her I only knew of one way to find out for sure > and that was to buy a plane. Although I now have my coupe in a condition > that satisfies me and is almost safer than the FAA expects. Someone said > that flying is a big hole in the sky that can only be filled with money. I > sometimes think now that the coupe is "done" the expenses will be much > lower from here on. But if getting older does one thing it makes it harder > to kid ourselves. I think most of you will agree that there is always > something else that needs fixing or replacement and as long as we own a > plane the expenses will surface. > I am retired and my wife had to go back to work partly to help finance my > thrill of flying. In view of all this my mind is made up (yes I'm very > stubborn too), N103JF (Rudy the red nosed Ercoupe) is for sale and will be > sold. As you all know these are wonderful little "Twin Tailed Tigers" and I > can only hope whoever buys this one will truly enjoy and appreciate it as I > have. > I hope this helps explain to all of you, how I feel and why I am going > against your suggestions and wishes. I feel you have all become my friends > and even though I have got carried away and spilled my guts, I felt I owed > you a very sincere explanation and a THANK YOU! I plan on staying around > this group and I will definitely hitch rides, might even get up in Larry > Wilken's "new coupe" (30 miles away), sometime in the future. > > Thank you my friends > Jack Gocha > (N103JF?) > > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________________________ > Get your favorite topic delivered daily. > http://www.topica.com/t/11 __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Get your favorite topic delivered daily. http://www.topica.com/t/11
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