Sorry, I replied to the wrong post here. That is what I get for tying to reply to messages and eat fried chicken at the same time.
Kevin1 --- In [email protected], "Kevin" <kgass...@...> wrote: > > That is Bob Deaton's "Honey". He flew it from southern California to the > convention in Middletown and took home the longest distance flown award. > > Kevin1 > > > > --- In [email protected], "Erik" <gamestern269@> wrote: > > > > I fly from KTWF in Southern Idaho. I take cupcake all over the > > Western states and can easily get over 11,000' fully loaded. I have a > > C85 and run it full throttle everywhere. Every year for Fathers Day I > > go to the Smiley Creek fly in with my honey and young son and can take > > off from the 7000'+ elevation grass strip and climb over the 9500' > > mountains nearby to head south. Yeah the climb rate is low- but the > > plane can do it! I think cupcake holds the Ercoupe altitude record > > (class A airspace) when a friend and I flew down the Owens valley in > > CA earlier this year. Point being is the Ercoupe is a capable X-C > > plane if you don't mind stopping each 4 hours. > > >
