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If my perception's of the process is correct, the FAA registrations are separate from the FAA certifications. That's why you get two sets of data back from the FAA when you ask for a CD copy of the paperwork. You shouldn't rely on the "registration" to determine if a 'coupe is LSA. The FAA registration folks don't seem to be in direct contact with the airworthy certification folks. So they will usually just copy whatever the last registration says, or worse, whatever the submitter wrote down as the make/model. This is my belief as to why you'll do lookups in the FAA registration website and find our birds listed under makers "Univair", "ERCO", "Engineering and Research", "Ercoupe", "Aircoupe", "Forney", "Mooney", and another dozen other variations... some are correct, but some are outright wrong (ex: "Ercoupe"... that is the craft name, not maker!). Now go over and look at the airworthy certificates part of the FAA website... they only list "ERCO", "Forney", "Alon", "Mooney", etc... this is correct. They are concerned with EXACTLY who made what and what models they made. So where am I going with all this? Look at the paperwork sent to the FAA involving airworthiness... your STCs, 337s... etc... If any say anything about modifying in accordance with requirements to make it a model D... THEN IT IS. The A&P signed it, the IA signed it, and FSDO signed it. It is done. Now what the folks in registration say doesn't matter. They don't look into model changes like that (after all, VERY few planes can actually have a model number changed!). Just to be funny now (but to prove a point), you could probably get them to issue you a registration saying "Model 707-400", but that doesn't mean you can legally fly with a full compliment of flight attendants. Now try to get a 337 to say you have a "Model 747-400"... I bet it won't make it past anyone. - Jason ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
