Ercoupe Air-to-Air

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This video, produced for Belgium's most popular aviation website Fabke's Airshow Page (www.airshows.be) shows some beautiful images from a recent air-to-air session with an Erco Ercoupe over the Rhine valley near Frankfurt.
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[@tomjones7057]

Love these vintage planes.

[@2005CessnaPilot]

I'd never considered buying an Ercoupe until recently. I really like to open cockpit option for the hot summer Florida days I'm often flying in. Looks like a really stable aircraft. Also, since many of these can qualify for LSA her in the U.S. I'd expect that they will appreciate in the years ahead. Thanks for a really nice video, guys. Danke Shoen!

[@ajl9791]

Beautiful air to air footage !!! Sharp paint and layout. Enjoyed your video!! Thanks

[@Aero360Aviation]

Great video! I loved the history lesson with it too.

[@ThinkingManNeil]

Great vid! Really enjoyed the air-to-air footage and the commentary. Cheers, N.

[@jcr3rd]

Great video flying the Ercoupe. That Ercoupe is a great little plane.My dad owned an Ercoupe back in 1950. I was only a few years old then. That's one of the easiest planes to fly. No rudder pedals. No spin!! Wish they still made them or something like them. I'm paraplegia paralyzed from the waist down. To old to buy an Ercoupe now. If I was a young man and couldn't walk I'd have one. Thanks for sharing. JC

[@luckyhanger1326]

that plane just looks beautiful!

[@Next0mancer]

beautiful footage :0

[@achaemenius]

wonderful planes! great video!

[@born_again_torinos]

I had a 1947 ercoupe. I loved that plane.

[@albertogarciaarango2411]

Beutiful plane and video of this important model of aircraft

[@servicarrider]

To this day one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built. Pronounced err-coupe.

[@bluemarshall6180]

servicarrider Eeeerrrrrr..... 🤔

[@servicarrider]

Err.

[@jimmytiler5522]

When in 1969 I was in high school our summer project,we always helped me dad with a summer project, we bought a bar find which was a 1947 Ercoupe. I mean it was in a barn and this little old lady sold it to me dad for I think $1700.00 dollars. We took it all apart trailered it back to our home recovered the wings polished the aluminum to mirro finish and painted the same color scheme as this one in the vid. Except the wings to had RWB with stars. The engine was rebult by a registered mechanic and all was inspected as we went on the rebuild as the FAA inspector wanted to see what we did to the ribs and spars in the cloth wing.We reclothed it as well.Like building an rc airplane only larger. Then my brother and I would hand toss the propellar with me dad in the cockpit of course no wings and would start the engine to see it run.the neighbors always new we were abit odd,lol! We just thought weveryone did this in their summer time off. So the flying was great me dad taught each of us how to fly this since he was a B-29'er pilot in WW2 and before he flew b-29'ers he was and instructor teaching on the AT-6 kids how to fly readying them for war.So it was so easy and of course we respected this and always looked over the plane in pre-flight checking everything from draining some gas to check by taste for any water. I would love to buy one and get me liscense but am 65 now and thats for younger ones to enjoy.

[@hoagybob]

You guys did a great job with the narration and filming. Sweet shots of the planes from all angles. I especially love the below and trailing view as it clearly shows the genius of Fred's design. Two thumbs up. If you ever come to SF you'd be welcome to borrow my 415-E N94809

[@davidtalbott1503]

Beautiful ! I used to live near Frankfurt, (Hanau)

[@tumor480sm]

Company A 122 maint Battalion 1966

[@petemcquade9740]

This is just wonderful! Thanks so much for posting it.

[@altonkenne579]

Iv only seen one in my 61yrs around and flying airplanes it was nose down in cactus and mesquite pilot was killed trying to do a spin the aerocoupe had an emblem on the dash that said absolutely NO spins

[@karga2tilki]

gibt es so eine Flugzeug möglichst mit O200 und Seitenruder auf dem Markt in Deutschland?

[@johnmckenna8989]

...I much prefer the original flat windscreen....CF-RGD (415C,...1946)....(Canada)....best upgrade by far is the double fork nose wheel ....

[@eeros4192]

nice.

[@mkshffr4936]

Mini Mitchell.

[@0nem1leh1gh]

Schon viel gehört vom dem Flieger. Wusste garnicht, dass es D zugelassene Maschinen gibt.

[@michaelpilot1000]

The Ercoupe airplane broke apart in flight while maneuvering. The pilot and a passenger were on a local flight and did not return. The wreckage was located strewn over an area of grassy hills. The wings and empennage sections were found separate from the main fuselage. The owner of the airplane had flown with the pilot just prior to the accident flight and reported that the pilot had been doing aileron rolls. The airplane had flown about 4 hours since its annual inspection. Prior to that time, the airplane was damaged during a hard landing and sat, unrepaired, for 2 years. Post accident examination of the airframe revealed extensive corrosion through the wing walk areas and wing spar center section, with corrosion affecting at least 20 rivets that secure the web to the upper spar cap. A Safety Board metallurgist determined that the area of the wing spar center section corrosion could not have been detected through current inspection methods and procedures.

[@altonkenne579]

Cute little aircraft but I prefere taylorcraft

[@michaelpilot1000]

LARGEST INVENTORY of USED ERCOUPE PARTS ANYWHERE for SALE Parting out over (70) 1946-1967 Ercoupe’s, Forney's and Alon’s We also sell used engine parts. Major Credit Cards accepted (45 day money back guarantee)

[@bluemarshall6180]

R. Michael Pitman Can buy it in a Grocery store.

[@michaelpilot1000]

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