--- Begin Message --- Title: RE: Ercoupe Memories........415-Edid you mean to send this to me or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Tom
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From: JOHN SCHESTAG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 1998 8:36 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ercoupe Memories........415-E
Thanks for asking.......After flying the Ercoupe for many years from San
Jose to Tampa, central Mexico, all over the Southwest, etc., I started
getting Swift fever, then Navion fever and finally Bonanza fever.... and
currently own my second one. I traded in my Ercoupe on the Bonanza at
Hayward Aircraft Sales.....someone saw my coupe and it was sold before
they got it as a trade-in. I could only afford one shelter, airplane
insurance, etc.. I almost kept them both and probably should've. I had
too many close calls with my Ercoupe at places like Tahoe on a hot
day....... Then an engineer from IBM bought it and mirror polished it
completely. It was later dismantled and prior to it's planned
restoration, was sold in pieces following a court dispute over storage
at an airport. Many years later, a friend of mine had an airport picnic
in Corona, California with the wives, kids, etc., and I met Bill Bayne,
a couper now living in Texas who ended up owning my old Ercoupe. He had
my old logs, etc., and I went through the pages wth my heart pounding
hard with joy! Fred's son , Don "owned" the same plane for one flight
as he had to take title in his name for insurance purposes when he flew
it from the factory to Sky Haven Airport on Phoenix to an Ercoupe
dealer. Don and Fred laughed and laughed when they both had to admit
that Don, did indeed, once own my plane.....actually he was the first
owner in the log! Bill told me tonight that the FAA grabbed the
original N94838 number and gave it to a 1983 Cessna 152! I didn't think
the "N" number ever left the plane. So....that's what happened to my
poor old (beautiful) Ercoupe and Bill still plans to restore it and
keeps it at Ercoupe Airport, Texas......as per the local sectional
chart. Thanks for your interest, John
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