Here in the UK I find the young controllers ask for type twice, goodness knows what it is recorded as. I gave up Erco¹ very quickly as that was completely unrecognised.
Funnily enough I was going to ask the forum if anyone else uses ERCO! Best regards, Mike On 19/8/08 03:06, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > Lately it seems that every time I call ATC for flight following, the > controller asks me what the 4 letter identifier for an Aircoupe is. Half the > time when I tell them that it is E R C O, they either make a remark like "That > can't be right" or "How'd they come up with that?" Then I have to explain > that ERCO built the original Coupes, and yes, E R C O really is the four > letter identifier for the airplane. > > Does this happen to everyone or is it just me? It's starting to border on the > comical now. What happened? Did all of the old controllers who knew what > Ercoupes were retire last year? Or is it just in the south east that the > controllers don't know an Aircoupe from a Chevy Coupe? > > Best Regards, > > Wayne DelRossi > Alon Aircoupe N5618F > > "Life begins at 50...... knots." > > > > > It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here > <http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047> . > [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ercoupe.co.uk Alon A2 Aircoupe A-188 G-HARY --
