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Considering that USAAF aviation cadets were supposed to solo a Stearman in just a few hours of instruction, perhaps it's not too out of step with those times. On the other hand, one might fairly ask: "Why would you risk someone's life to prove that it is just possible to take off, steer, and land an airplane unaided with just over an hour's worth of instruction? By what interpretation of the concept of 'responsibility' could an instructor, knowing how many things can go wrong (like carb ice), set another soul off in complete responsibility for his own life, just to prove that it can be gotten away with, once?' On the basis of getting it up and down in one piece, and no more, I suppose it also might be done in a 172. That doesn't make it the right thing to do, though. Greg At 01:44 PM 12/12/2003 -0500, Mitch Hines wrote: >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any >advice in this forum.]---- > > >Hi Folks, > > >Dann Shively, from Sacramento, CA, sent me a story telling the tale of his >father in 1948, who solo'd an Ercoupe after less than an hour of dual >instruction. > >Sure this sounds like one of those dubious tales you may have heard ( may >have told) hanging around the airport when the weather was too bad to fly. >But this one is complete with a newspaper clipping from 1948 to back up the >story. Have a look - >http://www.ercoupe.org/coupeflyingstories/ShivelySolo.htm > >Regards, > >--Mitch > > > > >Mitch Hines >Alon A-2 Aircoupe >N6369V > > >Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical >and insignificant, if not utterly impossible. > > - Simon Newcomb, 1902 > >========================================================================= ===== >To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm >Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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