sounds like the coming of a new "T Shirt" a
Ercoupe flying by a Champ used as a wind sock.
Earl J
--- Mike Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Doesnât anyone have a photo of a Champ on a pole?
>
> How about raising funds for a Champ project then
> ceremoniously burning it at
> the National Ercoupe Convention?
>
> Donât get mad, get even! ; )
>
> BR,
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 30/1/08 15:18, "Dan Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > 
> > Hi Bill,
> > No apologies necessary for the comments or long
> post. I'm basically in
> > agreement with you.
> >
> > In general Mr. Berge's technical inaccuracies were
> relatively minor however;
> > the tone and comments were needlessly snide,
> derogatory, & repetitive.
> >
> > No doubt I am biased towards the Coupe however; I
> didn't write an article in a
> > national publication pushing my biases. I did
> write the letter with some bias
> > in an attempt to off-set what Paul had written.
> The blog was the more
> > appropriate place for a number of the comments
> that were published in AC.
> >
> > As you point out my post to the blog was largely
> redundant however; judging by
> > Mr. Berge's PETA jokes he didn't get it the first
> time (and admittedly
> > probably won't get it the second time).
> >
> > If the AC article had not come out with the snide
> comments it did, I would
> > have been laughing right along with you & Mr.
> Berge about the PETA comments.
> > I have not totally lost my sense of humor, however
> I have become probably a
> > bit tired of Coupe jokes. My sensitivity to that
> humor depends upon the
> > venue & tone / intent of the speaker.
> >
> > You points about ambassadorship are well taken.
> That is where the energy is
> > better spent, and I do try to promote such things
> in the Region 7 Newsletter &
> > web site when the opportunity arises.
> >
> > I'm sure that my comments on the blog will be torn
> apart, with 'humor' by Paul
> > & others. Meanwhile, I'll happily keep flying my
> Coupe.
> >
> > Point well taken. No anger or flames here....
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Dan Hall
> >
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 6:31 AM
> >>
> >> Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Ercoupe Wars, news
> from the front !!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dan:
> >>
> >>
> >> In response to your request for input, I read
> this current post as well as
> >> opinions given in the two links you provided.
> >>
> >>
> >> Itâs clear that Paul Berge has a bias against
> the Ercoupe but I would
> >> classify his inaccuracies as minor. Itâs
> also clear that you have a bias
> >> toward the Ercoupe and I would suggest that the
> defensive tone of your
> >> response did little to alter any opinion. Your
> follow up is repetitive.
> >> The Ercoupe is not as bad as Paul reports nor as
> good as we believe. Itâs
> >> just an airplane. Whenever I hear myself or
> others speak of the Ercoupe as
> >> some sort of shrine to the airplane gods, I think
> back to my first Ercoupe
> >> adventure:
> >>
> >>
> >> My son and I flew to the College Park Convention
> and as part of that, we
> >> toured the factory where most of our airplanes
> were made. While waiting in
> >> line, I struck up a conversation with the woman
> next to me who turned out to
> >> be Fred Weicks daughter. Iâm sorry that I
> canât remember her name but she
> >> was real tall and real nice. The line was long
> so we talked a whole bunch
> >> and when the conversation turned to her flight
> training, I asked if she
> >> learned to fly in an Ercoupe. She gave me a
> funny look and said oh no, my
> >> father insisted that I learn to fly in something
> with rudder pedals! I
> >> love Ercoupes, and I think Fred Weick was a
> brilliant engineer, but Iâm not
> >> sure that he shared the same reverence for the
> Ercoupe that we do.
> >>
> >>
> >> To my mind, the folks that fly these things are
> more important than the
> >> airplane and thatâs the key to ambassadorship.
> The best way to change
> >> opinions about this misunderstood aircraft is
> simply by being good
> >> citizen-pilots. There are so many examples:
> All the folks that give eagle
> >> flights, Syd leading flights into Oshkosh and
> Sun & Fun, Lynn Nelson
> >> flying his grandson around the country and
> taking the time to write a crazy
> >> good log of the adventure, Linda flying into
> LAX. This is where the
> >> battle is won. In terms of good press, the most
> wonderful thing about the
> >> Ercoupe is how it has allowed folks to fly that
> canât use their legs so well
> >> or donât have legs. That video telling the
> story of how an Ercoupe was
> >> modified to allow Kim Blackseth to fly is
> awesome. Kim is a C-6
> >> quadriplegic and for motivation, I keep a picture
> in my shop of Kim being
> >> lowered into that airplane by his friends using
> some fabricated sling.
> >>
> >>
> >> Our cause is better served by scaling back our
> sensitivity to criticism.
> >> Brent suggests that we have lost our sense of
> humor and he may be on to
> >> something. Mine is not completely gone though.
> Although those two PETA
> >> vignettes that appear on the Hanger Flying
> Theater site were fundamentally
> >> mean spirited, I was able to see the humor and I
> did in fact laugh. (yikes)
> >>
> >>
> >> I hope that I have not hurt your feelings Dan.
> Itâs not my intent and you
> >> can take comfort in the fact that no one on this
> list will share this view
> >> and I suspect a summons from the Ercoupe
> tribunal is forthcoming where I
> >> will be found guilty of heresy and burned at the
> stake.
> >>
> >>
> >> My apologies for such a long post.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Dan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 1:49 am
> >> Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Ercoupe Wars, news from
> the front !!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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