There's a picture of this plane on the internet. I'll go look for the URL (address) and send it to you. You wouldn't recognize it as a descendent of a coupe unless someone told you it was. Now if I can just find it.
A Demarzo wrote: > > Just before I left the group some months ago, we had this discussion. If I > remember correctly, Erco built only one and it's now somewhere in Ohio and > reportedly flying! Anyone else remember? > > Ron Miller wrote: > > > If you like old articles the august, 1946 issue of Flying magazine has > > a great article on the Ercoupe with a cutaway drawing that is real > > neat. Anyone that wants to see it I could scan it and E-mail it to you > > which brings me to a question for the group. The last paragraph says > > and I quote " Erco has a twin engined five place two control plane in > > the works now." Has anyoine ever heard this before and what happened to > > it and how far along did they get???? inquiring minds want to know?? > > Ron Miller > > N?????? > > STS > > Santa Rosa, CA > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Eat your hearts out, Coupe memorabilia collectors. > > > Today my son presented me > > > with page 123 out of the July 1945 "Flying" magazine > > > - a full page > > > advertisement for the Ercoupe - all framed and ready > > > to hang on the hanger > > > wall or wherever. The ad is by Engineering and > > > Research Corporation, > > > Riverdale, Maryland, "Makers of gun-turrets for Navy > > > bombers, propeller > > > profilers, automatic punches, riveters, > > > stretch-press, metal shrinkers and > > > sheet metal formers." The ad extols all the good > > > things we know about the > > > Coupe - tri-cycle landing gear, certified > > > spin-proof, etc. The empty weight > > > is 725# with a 65 HP engine. My! How we have grown > > > over the years!! My > > > empty weight is 924# !! In those days you really > > > could carry two, full fuel, > > > 50# baggage in 1260# gross. Anyway, it's a nice > > > little item, obtained from > > > the internet, maybe from one of you?? And I thank > > > my son, who likes my Coupe > > > almost as much as his Grumman Tiger. Wayne N3544H > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Have a good one! If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents, then someone, somewhere is making a penny. Bill DuCharme - Senior/Special Projects Manager (CIA) Certified Internal Auditor, (PP) Private Pilot JCPenney Direct Marketing - Controller's Department (972) 881-4012 Address: 2700 W. Plano Parkway, Plano TX. 75075 Unit #9230 Netscape Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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