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
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