First flight in our "new" Ercoupe...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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A few months ago a group of us "pilots with kids" realized that our
pilot-rated children could no longer afford to fly even the clapped-out
rental 150s at our local FBO. Over a few beers, we started plotting a way
to help.
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That's a great story and a nice little project. I don't have much time in
an Ercoupe, but my first flight in one definitely changed my impression of
them.

As far as the starter goes, a lot of pre-60's model aircraft have those
types of starters. They are actually kind of nice because instead of having
a starter solenoid, you provide that function by pulling out the starter
knob. It's one less thing to go wrong, although sometimes you need to make
minor adjustments to the linkage to get it to work right.