Awesome web site , I have been practicing the incredible privilege of Private Pilot for over two Years and have logged a majority of my time in various Cessna single engine aircraft . I've over the last two weeks developed an infatuation with the ercoupe . I've done a lot of research and the more I read , the more I want one . One of the finer things I find about flying is discussion among Pilots and great conversation starters , what better than an Ercoupe ? I look very forward in the near future to being the proud owner of one , I'll keep everyone posted . Safe and Happy Flying !! pilot29902@yahoo.com
Loved your site. Thanks for hosting it. Jim Hutton Bowmanville, Ontario Canada
Loved your site. Thanks for hosting it. Jim Hutton Bowmanville, Ontario Canada
After owning and flying a C140 (77062) for about 20 years I find I am craving an Ercoupe. I want a rag wing without pedals. Steve Monahan Billings Mt.
Great page! William Jones N6559Q A2
I loved your site and enjoyed learning more about the history especially its military history. I owned a ercoupe for about three years which had navy markings with a c90 engine that flew about as fast as a Cessna 150. My friend and I who flew that 150 would fly formation cross country from Carney OK to Ponca City Ok for Hamburgers. This Airplane has such great visibility and is so easy to fly. I soloed with one hour of instruction in it. Eventually racked up about 400 hours in the plane. My coupe had rudder petals, which made the coupe even more crosswind capable-crabbing on approach till nearly ready, then rudder adjustment and landing straight ahead wings level, or you could land crab style , or wing low. My wife loved this airplane too and with absolutely no prior flying experience could fly it straight and level with the best of them. I cry when I think that I sold the plane and now am coupeless, a miserable condition that is hopeless. I want my coupe back! Sincerely Michael Sapp @ msapp@pisp.net
nice job
GREAT SITE. I USED TO OWN N 93735 SER. NO. 1053. I FLEW HER 5 YEARS. GREAT FLYING. I MISS HER A LOT. DOYLE W. LEWIS, KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE
A little nostalgia in looking over the web site. I used to own N3919H back in the 50's. Robert A Vogelei, 10 Ben Hogan Drive, Hendersonville, NC 28739 E-mail ravjsv@ioa.com
A little nostalgia in looking over the web site. I used to own N3919H back in the 50's. Robert A Vogelei, 10 Ben Hogan Drive, Hendersonville, NC 28739 E-mail ravjsv@ioa.com
Just doing a little research on a first plane to buy and came across Ercoupes. Pretty interesting. This might be a fit for someone with limited flying funds and low time.
Artie I'm writing this in your guest book before I've looked at your site. Like you I love fling, but I'm a want a be. I remember when the coupe first came out. Love it's look's then and still do. Someday I hope to go up in one. Bob
I forgot to say that imp from West Virginia, and would love to read stories about flying. Bob
Well this time I'll get it right. I live very close to the Wheeling Ohio County Airport. Drop in there sometimes and give me a call, you bet I'll be right there. RlS800@webrv.net (Bob)
As an owner of a Mooney Cadet (alias, single tail ercoupe) I really enjoy researching the history of such a fun little airplane. Trying to decide if I should join the type club. Maybe I can make some of the fly-ins in the future. Mike Boyette (samiboyt@aol.com)
Thanks for a nice look at the Ercoupe. One of my greatest regrets in life has always been a desire to fly but just never learned. Would love to have an Ercoupe. FRW
NICE LOOKING RIDE-- MAKES ME WANT TO HEAD FOR THE AIRPORT BO CALDWELL
Neat web site....... Bob Morgan Jefferson City, MO
Hey Art, We agree with your love of Ercoupes! Please add the 2004 E.O.C. National Flying Convention, on June 17th thru 20th, at Knoxville, Iowa to your events calendar. Registration info., pictures, airport info., contributors, etc. can be found under 2004 Conv. at www.ercoupe.org and will be updated regularly between now and June. We should be adding an events and forums schedule between April 1st and April 15th and updating it as necessary also. Hope you can make it! Jack Arthur, and J.M.(Mike) Abrahams Co-chairmen
nice job! Plenty of useful info for the novice 415-D owner, like me! Keep 'em flyin'! -Rob Miley
Great web site! We (Dayton Eagles Flying Club) owned 3789H a 1949 85HP Modified Continental Engine, 415-CD Ercoupe during 1963 to 1967 in Dayton, Ohio. Great little airplane. Flew out of Dayton (OH) Municipal Airport with commercial jet aircraft patterns hot and heavy. Be careful making mid-field take offs behind departing 707.s ... wing tip vortex can be very exciting when at low altitude and calm winds. Control tower always made favorable comments on this beautiful airplane. egilley@mchsi.com in Gulf Breeze, Florida 22 March 2004
I'm Nicolas from Argentina you have an excellent plane, this is a cool page
YOUR WEB SITE IS NICELY DONE. THE ERCOUPE IS NOT ONLY A HANDSOME DESIGN, BUT A REAL ENGINEERING ACCOMPLISHMENT. I NEARLY BOUGHT AN ALON BACK IN THE EARLY '60'S. I STILL REGRET NOT DOING IT. I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A FOUR PLACE PROTOTYPE BUILT AT ONE TIME. IF SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT OR SEE A PICTURE. SOMEONE OUGHT TO PUT THIS BIRD BACK INTO PRODUCTION WITH MORE HORSEPOWER AND MAKE IT FOR FOUR SOULS, AND RETRACTABLE GEAR.
I am owner of an Ercoupe 415 d - Mat. LV-NIT I read English bat I cant write. Your page is wonderful an I like to take the chance for sending a Photo of my Ercoupe. Please connect to mainet@arnet.com.ar - regards Alberto Jorge Mainetti - Castelar - Argentina
VERY ENJOYABLE AND INFORMATIVE
What a lovely, fun little bird. I enjoyed your site. Happy Wing, David Drake Nevada City, Ca.
Hi Artie, nice homepage. I own the only airworthy Ercoupe in The Netherlands. I am director of Texel Int'l Airport and you can find a picture on www.texelairport.nl Click on register and on N. Click on PH-NCE Regards, Ed de Bruijn
Thanks for hosting a wonderful site on the 'Coupe. Cheers Robert Pionteck & Bettina Latty, Cold Lake Alberta Canada CF-LAV, 1946 Erco 415 C/CDX Ercoupe, S/N 719 chinnook@telus.net
Nice. Thanks. I especially enjoy the photos of Fred. What a debt of thanks we all owe him! He really got it right, and few have since. Tom Hammer, N93890
Wonderful. I was looking for some information to make a scrapbook about Ercoupe for my father-in-law. He helped build them in the 40's. His 90th birthday is in May, 2004. He forgets a lot but will never forget the Ercoupe. Thanks for the help. Elizabeth Bittenbender, Northern Virginia
Thanks, I enjoyed your web site, fly safe.
Thanks for bringing back many pleasant memories. I soloed in Ercoupe 415C NC3165H in September 1945, just after my 16th birthday. Had to give up dreams of a flying career due to college and family expenses, but did spend several years with an aerial mapping company (Aero Service Corp,. Philadelphia) but always in a ground job. A great website, and really appreciated by those of us who never owned their own Ercoupe. Still enjoy seeing one on rare occasions. Bob Freer, rkfreer@aol.com
like your pics owner ercoupe 415d in uk
Nice to see committed guys like you who fly just becuz " you can" Regards from downunder (Australia) Peter Vernon
Nice to see committed guys like you who fly just becuz " you can" Regards from downunder (Australia) Peter Vernon
You have a great site. This is one of my airplanes I would like to own.
A very good site. I love to look at all the old birds and Dream. I'm trying to start a homebuilt kr2 but would love to get a coupe or an old tail dragger. Thanks to you and all that keep these planes flying and in good shape. Best wishes and Happy Landings. Jim Drew. Winslow, Ind.
Educational and very interesting. I plan on buying a 1947 415D soon . You talked me into it-sort of. Hope I can get used to the unconventional landing procedure, I fly a Cessna 150 now. I have never flown an Ercoupe as yet. I hope to enjoy the Ercoupe (3200 hours) as much as you are enjoying yours. Sincerely, Joel Moore joelmoore75@sbcglobal.net Hope AR
Educational and very interesting. I plan on buying a 1947 415D soon . You talked me into it-sort of. Hope I can get used to the unconventional landing procedure, I fly a Cessna 150 now.I have never flown an Ercoupe as yet. I hope to enjoy the Ercoupe (3200 hours) as much as you are enjoying yours. Sincerely, Joel Moore joelmoore75@sbcglobal.net Hope AR
First off, I am a novice on this computer thing. I am only 63 and vowed never to use one. I am a prospective coupe owner. Am looking at a 58 Forney, With a corroded left wing and found this link while looking for one. My original reason for thinking of a coupe was the prices. After doing a little research I am very much impressed. It is neat that there is so much support out there for a guy like me that has only flown Cessna and piper, to be able to research and ask dumb questions about an airplane that has gone unnoticed all my flying life. I thank all of you ercoupe groups for the information and support. Best wishes Tom Foster Spokane Wa.
I have been looking for a coupe and can't fine the right one. I have but $13000 cash to spend and maybe I am asking to much for to little. I have loved this old plane for years!
I have been looking for a coupe and can't fine the right one. I have but $13000 cash to spend and maybe I am asking to much for to little. I have loved this old plane for years!
I'm just about ready to buy one... And I can't get enough. It's a true infatuation. Thanks for the web site. Michael in Wisconsin.
I enjoy visiting your sight every time I get the urge to fly, and can't. Patrick C. King Dripping Springs, Texas
Thanks for the Great Site! After logging 158 hours in Ultralights during the past 3 years I've been fortunate to find a very nice '46 Ercoupe that will be up there flying with the rest of you. Fascinating aircraft and group of followers! Anyone in TEXAS, feel free to contact me. THANKS! Mike Owens 972-422-3059
Henry Berliner was my maternal grandfather. I remember going to the factory on a Saturday when I was five years old, for my first ride in the Ercoupe prototype. My grandfather piloted, and I sat on my father's lap in the passenger seat. We were just about to take off (on the factory strip) when someone in another plane landed on top of us and clipped the tail. That was the end of my first "flight". We lived in Washington, D.C, and summered on the Delaware coast. More than once, my father and grandfather would arrive by plane (Ercoupe, of course), with my grandfather piloting. By the time I finally got to ride in it, at age fourteen, my grandfather had stopped piloting, and I was taken up by Philippe Aukenthaler, who, only a year or so later, crashed it into some telephone wires in a rainstorm. He totaled the plane, but fortunately walked away with everything else except his teeth. I am so delighted to find that my grandfather's plane is still remembered and appreciated. I had no idea anyone was still flying it. Thank you, Juliet Cunningham Oliva
Hi! I enjoyed the website! Where can you get an Ercoupe and what do they cost? Dan Newland
Currently I am saving up money for an ercoupe, and keeping busy by surfing ercoupe sites to get information, etc. Great site. In looking at online aircraft sale sites, I did come upon this item, a Skyfarer for sale in Texas. Thought that you might be interested, given that you mention the Skyfarer on your site as one of the sister designs to the ercoupe: http://www.planelistings.com/ViewListing.cfm?LN=459 Best, Frederick Kier
Wonderful experience, I have always felt close to this airplane. I am 69 years of age and not licensed but I tell myself if the right airplane came along I think I would go for it. Thanks again.
Hello. Just yesterday, a fellow employee here at Baltimore County Traffic Signal Shop told me about an aircraft at a nearby private field in Glen Arm. It is an old Aircoupe, with torn fabric, and has not been flown for about 15 years. I visited your site to learn about Aircoupes. I knew from my Dad that the aircraft were originally built in College Park, Maryland, by Engineering Research. I am going to take another look at that aircoupe. Many thanks for all of the information. David A. Kraus, Perry Hall, MD.
Great website and if it has pictures of coupes, then even better. Keep up the good work. Alan Fairclough N87333 TEXASAVIATORS@aol.com http://members.aol.com/texasaviators
Great Site. Aviation is much richer because of people like you.
Great Site. Aviation is much richer because of people like you.
Neat web site. Your picture are super. That instrument panel has a lot of go-gaas, I'm envious. Do you have a better group of pictures of your interior? I'll visit your site again. Thanks, Vester Sheeley, Palm City FL
I am in the process of buying a 46 415C/75hp and have been researching the flying characteristics of the Ercoupe. The one I will be buying is serial #229 and needs some work in the wing walk areas on both sides. I figure to do most of the dumb work myself and leave the smart work for the real mechanic. I sure would like to up the useful load somehow so I could take my son along. We are both 240#s so there isn't much left for a picnic basket or gas. It is neat to be able to find out so many things on your site. Keep it up! Thanks, Tom . tomstoy@comcast.net
Nice Ercoupe! Jeff Griffiths Overland Park, KS
Nice web page. I'm restoring a 1949 G Model Ser # 5040. Hope to be finished by next Spring 2005 Bill Esther 656 Mooney St. Independence, Or. 97351 503-627-5127
Nice web page. I'm restoring a 1949 G Model Ser # 5040. Hope to be finished by next Spring 2005 Bill Esther 656 Mooney St. Independence, Or. 97351 503-627-5127
What a great site this is for a great aircraft. Frank Pirnat Palm Coast FL
I would appreciate any help you might give me in finding a restored eircoupe cd. I find it necessary to fly the new la. tsteele1@kc.rr.com
THIS IS A GREAT WEBSITE. I LOVE THE HISTORY BEHIND THE ERCOUPE. I HOPE ONE DAY THAT I MAY SOMEDAY OWN A ERCOUPE.
I love the Ercoupe. Very nice!!!!!
A great job on this site! I enjoyed it a great deal. I am currently looking for a 415C or 415CD that meets the new sport category specs. Just looking, can't buy it yet! Your site has helped me make up my mind that this aircraft is the one that I want. I have always wondered where the JATO PAC came from, now I know! Thank You!
I love planes and I love the webpage Candice 12 y Gauteng South Africa
I enjoyed visiting your website. Although I've flown in many different planes (including homebuilts and ultralights), I will always remember my first ride in an Ercoupe when I was about 14. Eventually, I would like to own one myself. I liked the in-flight pictures and would like to see more. Jeff Oliver Kerman, CA
very interesting reading especially so, as I had no idea what a ercoupe 415 looked like or indeed the spec was. I normally fly robins.
Nice site with good information. I find these planes very interesting, and I hope I find one to fly sometime. Dave Muraski, Pennsylvania.
Great site. I fell in love with the Ercoupe at age 20 and always thought I would have one. 20 years later my Dad moves close and announces he is buying a 67 Ercoupe. What a great airplane, I am in love at 40. Thanks for the great site . Greg Howard in Oklahoma
Just got here. Will let you know.
Great site! Really enjoyed the pics of Fred. I was forced out of flying 14 years ago for medical reasons. I owned a Piper Sennaca twin and always flew IFR. When I left flying I always said if I got to return it would be low, slow, and simple. The new sport pilot license is letting me back in and I have purchased a C model Ercoupe N99891. It had a ground up restoration by Francis DeFord 25 hours ago and is a no radio, no gyro ceconite winged Ercoupe. I am thrilled to be returning to fly the way flying was meant to be done, looking out the windows instead of at the panel. Did the first steep banked turn of my life not looking at the panel the last time up. What a thrill to be able to finally own the plane I have always loved the looks of. Thanks for the work of this site. bob
Just ran across your site. It is great, and contains a lot of information on the Ercoupe. I first saw one parked beside alt U.S. 90 in Escambia County, Florida in about 1947/48. The owner would use the highway for his airstrip. He was building a small house for himself there and left the aircraft parked there unattended many times. A friend and I used to look it over pretty closely. We both thought that it was a really neat little plane. Sometime later, the owner died of a heart attack while working on his house. I never knew what happened to the plane, but it disappeared after sitting there for several months. I have loved airplanes since I was a child, and if I could ever be able to learn to fly, I think that the Ercoupe is the plane I would want to own. Thanks for your great site.
I found this web accidentally and thoroughly enjoyed it. thanks for making my day a great pleasure to visit your site. mine is www,gflyguy@aol.com
Very nice site Art. I wish you the best of luck with your plane, I have not flown my 46 cd in almost two yrs. now. I hope to be finished dong things around the house soon and get back into the air. I used to fly about 250 hrs a yr. here in Ct. Jim
After I just bought another Ercoupe (my last one was in the late 60's I really enjoyed your site. Hope to stay in contact with other Ercoupe owners. I live on LL10 (Private AP in IL)
Nice site. Dick Walker 3345H http://www.geocities.com/ercoupe45h/
Great web site, I have always wanted to learn to fly but, life got in the way. Now the family is grown but I have medicals that would prevent my getting a private ticket. Thank all of you who worked so hard to get the sport pilot rating and aircraft certification passed. I have loved the coupe since riding in one with a college friend in the early 60's. I hope that the coupe fits into this class so I can finally get in the club (the many who are proud to be ercoupe pilots) and find my own little bird. Does anyone know which models are compatible with the new Light-Sport Aircraft certificate?
Great site! I'm looking into buying a coupe. Thanks for the information I got from your site. Carl L. Walborn Phoenix, AZ.
As a "Coupe Nut" I've throughly enjoyed your website. Well conceived and executed....Well done. A.W.Barber, Greenwich, NY
have found an early model ercoupe on a diserted transient area on a private field,it looks as if i might be able to aquire this plane and after hearing all the positive responces from ercoupe owners i hope ill be able to get some advice along the way to restoration. seriousvices@hotmail.com
I just reviewed your website--and it is GREAT !! I'm an old WW2 and Korean vet (Navigator/Bombardier) who never got a pilot license but have been a flying enthusiast for these many years--I recently joined an EAA chapter here in FT Lauderdale FL and one of our members has an Aircoupe a 1946,I believe--He appears to so enjoy it I'm so jealous I could spit---Now with the new Sport Pilot category and having a drivers license is enough to fly these small low horsepower planes makes me want to go AGAIN--If anyone knows of a flyable Aircoupe for sale let me know and thanks for a great website--SY Gaynes---- syjac@sbcglobal.net
very good
Thank you for your efforts. I'm getting some background as a potential buyer.
Very nice site - My son and I will be taking our first lessons under the new Sport Pilot rules in an Ercoupe next week. We are both looking forward to the experience. Joe Mascari jm13169@aol.com
Really nice site. I just bought an ercoupe 415-c with a O-75 engine and less than 800 total hours. It was completely dis-assembled when I got it and hanging in a barn for 25 years. When I say completely I mean completely. Surface corrosion is so minor you can brush it off with your fingers, I think. I am really excited about the plane. I have all logs. It is going to be quite a project getting it back together but all the parts are there. I am not a pilot but I love it already.
I have liked this airplane ever since I was a teenager when I had my first flight in one. I became a mult-engine IFR pilot Helicopter pilot for a career. I flew for 20 years and am now out of it but I would like to get back in the sky in some capacity. The ercoupe to me would be the weapon of choice. Nothing will be a helicopter with the doors off crusing down a river bed but I think I could get used to the coupe. Do you know of any that are for sale or could you direct me to some sites where they can be had. A vary nice web site and very informative. Mike Stockton Almonte Ontario Canada Mike@Canhydro.com Thanks again
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