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Thank you! Small world lol, and I'm related to a Mathis family in that area. Thank you for the care you've provided to the old girl!

@@travellintravis6373 It was love at first sight when i saw it. A pleasure to help care for her, keep flying man! I'm sure I'll end up over that way at some point. See you then.

Thank you, will do!! Having a blast but need to get back up there some more. Yeah they do have a fun history. So simple yet so well engineered!

That's the one!

That's awesome, they seem rare until running into folks like yourself. I've only been in the one, that's actually very interesting to hear. But have noticed instruments always seem set up differently in videos.

Not a cult….but truly a family.

Thank you so much! I appreciate that and totally agree, that old bird gets a lot of attention lol. Means a lot to me too, this one was my dad's along with a fun story, brings back childhood memories and all. Thanks again, and whenever that day comes this little plane will appreciate that hug!

That's awesome, thank you so much Lynn!! That means a lot, was hoping these could be helpful in addition to the fun of it. Cheers to learning together!

Thank you!! Will do, and I appreciate the feedback. And I appreciate you hanging in there, agreed that split screen and blur is definitely not ideal.

Yep lol

Yeah lol thanks for hanging in there. I'll do the whole go pro thing eventually, just some initial shots right now..

@@travellintravis6373 A wonderful airplane - sadly all MY Ercoupe-ing is in Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 - lol

Well I'm with you, love that simulator! That's where most of my miles are by far lol. That Ercoupe model in the sim drives me a little nuts though, the landing needs fixing. Thing keeps gliding and doesn't want to come down. Hope they fix it soon because it's a beautiful model beyond that.

She is an absolute beauty!! That's awesome, and nice paint job. Happy Flying!!

N2687H here. Either of you flying to osh this year?

@@onepropmind welcome!! I wish, will probably be a few years before I pull that off but definitely aiming for it!

So true, it's definitely surprised me to see how different they each seem to be. This one could use a few upgrades lol. Hope that training goes very well, and looking forward to that!

Mine all bounce all over the place 😂😂😂😂

Lol this sounds trollish but I'll engage. As mentioned in the video, particular wind conditions that day led to the decision of pointing further down the runway. Gusty wind interacting with a hill/mound by the start of the runway was causing some extra turbulence there. Plus the Ercoupe doesn't pose a threat to overshoot the sub 3k runway. But keep trolling, and thanks for the comment!

Will do, thank you! Got a little more on the way but hopefully down the road a lot more. My goal is to take over caring for this plane, which is kind of a family heirloom, and join you in the Ercoupe owners club 😎. Sounds like you should be making some of these vids too!

@@travellintravis6373 I'm still getting instructions on flying the Ercoupe safely. I started to learn to fly (C150) in the late 70s, but never got to finish. Now I'm retired, so I am going for it. BTW, my son and I have a PA28 140 but he took it to A&P school with him. I'm frustrated though because of bad weather in Idaho still. Global Fake Warming.

@@lynnkramer1211 that is awesome, sounds like you've got a big head start on this! I hope finishing that Ercoupe training is going well, especially with summer rolling in now. I've finally started a position making this Ercoupe dream of mine a more affordable reality. Maybe one of these days we'll run into each other at one of those Ercoupe fly-ins!

Hi Lynn! Definitely not too late, thanks for asking! I don't have mine yet, that's actually an instructor with me who happens to be my cousin. Was hoping I would be able to get by with an LSA, but that Ercoupe is just over the requirement and needs a PPL. I think the LSA would take 20 hours while the PPL needs 40. Racking up as many hours as I can with my cousin to save a lot of money, and beyond that for the fun of it. Ideally I'd like to get this done within a year, but we shall see how realistic that ends up being.

@@travellintravis6373 I don’t understand what you mean by “the Ercoupe is just over the requirements and needs a PPL.” Do you mean that your Ercoupe is not LSA qualified? I.e. gross weight is 1400, not 1320? By the way, there is no LSA rating. LSA refers to the aircraft. The certificate is Sport Pilot. Cheers!

@@kenthompson3730 yeah that's all I mean, it's just over the weight limit. We weren't sure and were hoping I could get away with the sport certification, since the Ercoupe is all I'm really planning to fly. But due to the weight of this one I need to go PPL.

After some time with it in the sim I can see why, she is an absolute beauty and a whole lot of fun!