This is from the archives dated 11/25/2003
Andy A. N93609 Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] the book Mitch Hines Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:01:47 -0700 ---[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- I don't know of a book about Flying to Alaska in a 'Coupe, but Steve Lewis has a website that chronicles his flight to Alaska, you can read his "Memoirs of a Shrub Pilot" at http://www.lordjoe.com/Coupers/ShrubPilot.html If not Alaska, how 'bout the Mojave Desert in an Ercoupe...... "Adventures of a Desert Bush Pilot" by Sylvia Winslow. Explore and enjoy the vast Mojave Desert of decades ago with Sylvia, Slim And their small plane, Buttercup. 130 Pages. Members and Non-members $5.95 http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~matmus/Mailinfo.html Regards, Mitch Hines Alon A-2 Aircoupe N6369V Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible. - Simon Newcomb, 1902 _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Craparo Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:34 AM To: Ercoupe Flyin Group Subject: [ercoupe-flyin] Adventures with a Dessert Bush Pilot Last week I found a very clean copy of Sylvia Winslow's memoir of her time exploring the Mojave fifity years ago with her husband Slim in a 1946 415 C... I read the book this weekend and enjoyed it. I have never seen it in any of the Ercoupe "reading lists" that are shared here. Did/does anyone know the Winslows? The airplane, 94373, is currently registered to an owner east of Temecula, CA in Aguanga. Best, John
