Ercoupe To Mc Clellan Airfield with Juan Browne

[@blancolirio]

Thanks James! That was "Brilliant" I'll post a link and a shout out...stby for incoming...Juan

[@eldonfox]

You're a chatty right seat, Juan! Love that airliner drawl! 😆

[@blancolirio]

@@eldonfox having a little fun with James....lol

[@coreyballard8359]

Quite a bit of great banter from you. Remind me of my first flight instructor. Always asking the questions that matter - where are you going next, who do you have to talk to next, what airspace is along the way.

[@toddav8s]

blancolirio Hey there! A big shout out to Juan and James!!! Love that Ercoupe. My uncle had one in the 60’s no rudder pedals. I think he told me it was either difficult or next to impossible to spin. I recall the ailerons and rudder pedal were interconnected. I guess that would keep the ball in the center. Hey Juan, I’m the former AA’er with the Congestive Heart Failure. Is there any way to reach you to talk about medical and AME’s. I’m not sure how to get a hold of you. You can text me at 949.290.1065. See ya, Todd Alan

[@toddav8s]

So much for the “Sterile Cockpit.” Hahahaha. Oh wait, that’s an Ercoupe! Not a 777. Okay 👌 Hey James snd Juan, great to see McClellan again. Reminded me of Mather Alert days, with BUFF’s Cocked and Locked. Ohhhh, Alert Shacks/Sheds. Ugh! Todd Alan

[@IamDoogy]

That gleaming Ercoupe is a thing of beauty and has become one of my favorite airplanes. To me, it's up there with the DC 3 and the deHavilland Mosquito, as far as aesthetics. The Ercoupe seems to be the embodiment of the style of its era.

[@MrWATCHthisWAY]

It’s nice flying with Juan’s expertise because it’s a check ride even if you didn’t want one. You dare not mess up your landings and you greased the Mc Clellan Air Force Base landing, home, almost but good enough. Great job!! I think Juan really enjoyed the trip also and getting to operate the radios again and fly. It’s challenging when you fly with such a highly proficient pilot with so many type aircraft. Great pilots always want to discuss aircraft systems. Thank Juan for radios and charts, but you did a great job James as PIC with Juan critiquing your ever move. But it makes you a better pilot and we may never be perfect but we can always get better. Great video loved it!!!

[@ChrisB257]

Big plus here having Juan on board! Hope he can soon resume his flying in the Mighty Luscombe. Great video James. :)

[@UncleEarl97]

Juan at 18:47 upon landing, "we made it, whew" too funny! Too bad he didn't make a show of kissing the ground after landing! I'm a Juan/Blancolirio subscriber, so I had to watch this. Great video, and chat between you too. Beautiful airplane!

[@pilotdane1]

Me too - and I'm a pilot as well - can you imagine the amount of sh$t running down his leg with Juan beside him???? LOL

[@froggie6608]

Absolutely beautiful Ercoupe, also known as a Scarecoupe back in the day.

[@oldftrpilot2593]

Duckybob or airscoop.

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

Those things need an O-235 with 125 hp. The wing is too small too. Climbs too shallow, glides like a rock.

[@markfrench8892]

Also known as the Poor Man's P-38.

[@pappybo49]

You two sound like an old married couple. Fun flying with Juan on board? It looked like you both were enjoying yourselves. I know I always enjoy flying with you, James

[@JamesGood]

That's funny, Steve. And probably true! Juan's a hoot.

[@hebdomatical]

Steve Bodine: Any relation to Rich Bodine?

IFR...I Follow Road 👏🏻 Beautiful day for flying

[@tjkoker]

Hi James, I first fell in love with the Ercoupe in 1971 at the age of 14. I rode my bike to Long Beach airport in SoCal and would climb inside one at a local aircraft broker. I would pretend to fly it. I received my pilots license at 19 but never got the chance to fly in one. The dream is still alive and I still can feel the yoke in my hands and the leather seats against my "bum". Thanks for your videos and great perspective. Cheers.

[@JAMESBOND-zz5bh]

I figured Juan was going to be a pain in the arse to fly with. Good to see you two in the coup!

[@JamesGood]

Haha, complete pain in the arse!

[@bartgoins1782]

@@JamesGood his arrogance definitely was showing.

[@prof.heinous191]

@@JamesGood Next time gaffer tape and tranquilisers...

[@IamDoogy]

@@bartgoins1782 Juan is a seasoned veteran. A wise person would welcome the instruction.

[@TigerDriver66]

Bart Goins This is what CRM sounds like. You’ll be very grateful for this sort of communication between pilots when you’re on your next commercial flight.

[@caahacky]

I expected Juan to shout kablammo but it was too good a landing.

[@Chris_A_]

Or Juan coulda said, "You missed the number 3 wire Son. That's a go around".

[@johnpowell5433]

James, not ever having watched one of your videos before, I have to admit that seeing the thumbnail with Juan's name was what first attracted me. That said, what a little beauty the Ercoupe is in the all-metal finish! Your being British came as a surprise and I must watch a few more of your vids to suss out your back story. You two make good 'air amigos' and you should do another collab with Juan sometime. Cheers!

[@JamesGood]

Thanks, John, welcome aboard! My channel is quite different to Juan's (much less information), but riding along in the Ercoupe and watching this beautiful country slide along below seems to be entertaining for some people as well!

[@johnpowell5433]

@@JamesGood : I visited friends in Santa Rosa a few years back and got to see some of the country. I never got to see Mt. Shasta, aside from when Erik Estrada from the TV show CHiPs was advertising blocks of land for sale up there. It sounded pretty good! The Ercoupe is entirely new to me and it was interesting to read the Wiki entry and understand the exchange between you and Juan as you taxied out at NCA, driving her like a car. Great video work!

[@901EE]

You gentlemen are having WAY too much fun!

[@paulsautocm]

Love it, Juan keeps busting your chops, and then he keeps making his little comments "hows the fish finder... Thanks for putting this up.

[@junoboom]

2 of my favorite pilots in one flight. Thanks for the trip out guys!

[@raymondshaw7186]

Brought back old memories...my neighbor had an Aerocoupe and he took me up back in 67 when I was 12. First flight in an airplane and I loved every minute of it

[@flyingkub]

Nice to have a friend act as a flight examiner, rather than self loading bagage! He sounds like a fun chap. Great video.

[@foxtrot789]

Great friendly jabbing the whole time - nice video!

[@paulmadruga9786]

Juan you sure are a brave man drinking that much coffee, even tough its a short flight! :-)

[@planespotter4494]

Drinking coffee on a date means you have to poop on that date. Is it the same on a light aircraft flight with no "Bathroom"?

[@icare7151]

Thanks to the “Mighty” Juan Browne for the vectors to your awesome channel. Nice flying! Thank you for the fun and educational presentation!

[@JamesGood]

Glad you enjoyed, Kent!

[@lshuster]

Glad to see my two favorite pilots working together! Nice job guys!

[@doninventura9474]

I enjoyed the view from the tail mounted camera.

[@santa-johnenoch2625]

Thank You Sir-James! Taking Juan for a ride was very entertaining! 👍😎❤🎅❤😎👍

[@JamesGood]

Thanks, Santa!

[@craigpennington1251]

That's a lot of coffee and it's gonna want to come out soon too. Really nice Erocoupe and another great flying adventure.

[@robertpitchford1786]

Flying with Juan is an education! Great trip!

[@rodgerhecht3623]

Ahh my two favorite pilots to watch on KZbin. Jaun is such a pro.. and always trying to make others better, and to fly safer. Why in hell would they call a ercoupe a scarecoupe. That is one sweet flying plane.

[@kenthompson3730]

People make fun of Ercoupes because they’ve never flown one and know nothing about them.

[@bobwhalen5017]

That looked like a fun flight with Juan aboard. You are lucky to have friend like Juan , he has such wealth of knowledge and seems to be just an all around nice guy..

[@abelincoln95]

That Ercoupe is like a pin-up girl, gets your attention... In the best way....

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

I’ve seen a few videos now, enough to really love that particular machine. Prettiest 73 old I ever saw. My dad took me up in an Ercoupe in the mid 60’s. I distinctly remember him showing me the no rudder feature. I didn’t know that there was a simple conversion available until this video. Was good to Juan up there too, audio and video is great in all your videos James. Be safe.

[@fxpthl]

What a fun flight that was and with your jovial buddy Juan! Thanks for sharing another fun afternoon in the skies of Nevada County!

[@COMtnPilot]

What a beautiful little airplane! Thanks for sharing!😎

[@johnblecker4206]

That 1948 Ercoupe is one of nicest planes I ever saw.

[@Van_The_Man]

Fun riding along. from the jump seat, with you guys!

[@la_old_salt2241]

Very cool. My dad was an engine mechanic on the RC-121 Warning Stars at McClellan AFB 1958-1961

[@kennethblackwell1137]

Go James Go....luv the little Ercoupe on fun adventures. I catch you, Juan, & Mikey McBryan (Plane Savers) on KZbin for my airplane fixes.

[@rallycrosscraig]

Great to see, and what a beautiful little plane

[@rames1651]

Well done. Loved the banter between you two.

[@kpdvw]

Good to see Juan back in the cockpit!

[@16480287]

Good to see my favorite two pilots on a adventure together !

[@robertborchert932]

Juan and James! Outstanding. You just brought back a childhood memory for me, looking back at the Ercoupe's twin tail! At 11:00, love the new Go Pro angle from your tail, James! Cool catch of the 205 at the end...spent many days aboard these in Orange County. This one has no belly tank, hehe.

[@blancolirio]

Yes! Very photogenic plane!

[@hillearybrown7083]

Thanks for letting me fly along !! Ercoupe is my favorite private plane, Like you said it is like a mini B 25

[@garydrew2360]

You are keeping your Ercoupe nice and shiny.

[@alanmorris7634]

Thanks for the ride gentlemen and thanks to Juan for introducing me to your channel. I enjoyed the trip and radio coms. Now to do a little research on MCCLELAND AFB. BTW just finished Top Gun by Dan Pedersen. Great read

[@huberttrimmel9245]

two fun guys in a fun airplane .. does’t get much better!

[@SgtBooker44]

Every video with Juan is a flying lesson. We should all be able to log it.

[@thesailjunkie]

An absolutely BEAUTIFUL aircraft.

[@JamesGood]

Thanks, she's a good one. I got 11 hours in her this weekend, up to the Hood River fly-in in Oregon.

[@g6rcteam81]

I bought an Ercoupe after seeing these videos.

[@JamesGood]

Good choice! :)

[@rebekahleonard2884]

Thank you for making my not so God day much better...here from Blancilirio. Journey mercies!

[@JamesGood]

Welcome, Rebekah!

[@jays2002]

Nice job James. Excellent commentary Juan ;) Good work gents.

[@rickcowan7527]

What a treat to see two of my favorite AeroKZbinrs paired up in this video. Juan Browne is so engaging, knowledgeable and spirited! And your Ercoupe Adventures are always superb, James.

[@reckemroysrc3764]

Beautiful ERCOUPE. like the open cockpit Flying. Nice to see Juan in the copilot's seat. 👍🏼👍🏼😎✌🏼✌🏼

[@okbrancho]

That was fun to watch. I’m a new follower from Juan’s channel. I went ahead and downloaded this plane for Xplane and flew around the bay this morning. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@JamesGood]

Thanks, Kevin. I have that X-Plane Ercoupe as well, I made a 94805 skin for it. I also did an accurate KGOO! Unfortunately the flight dynamics are not very good on that Ercoupe model, I thought.

[@okbrancho]

James Good very cool! I love your Ercoupe!

[@okbrancho]

Did you release KGOO in Xplane? I think I’d like to try flying out of there as well. Perhaps a KSQL TO KGOO is in my future. (Virtually) =)

[@vsetkoumiera7683]

Juan Browne sent me, SUBSCRIBED !!!

[@dennisharrington6055]

Thanks! I flew my ‘coupe coast to coast (to coast to coast), border to border, and to three of the four corners. If you fly with a passenger, you better like each other REAL good!

[@JamesGood]

Very cool, I did CA to WI last year, loved every minute. And yes, my wife Diane is my best passenger!

[@jkd2377]

Thanks again for a great outing, James (and Juan).

[@Ranchhand323]

Juan sent me. Great video and camaraderie. Nice plane James !

[@markbattista6857]

Beautiful aircraft , always a favorite of mine .

[@joewilliams5072]

Hi James. Glad you got to visit my friend. On Friday Coulson was doing touch and goes in their Firehawk up here.

[@CarrotDugTooDeep]

Gorgeous plane! Watching with a giant smile on my face. Thanks for the video and please stay safe!

[@JamesGood]

Thank you, Carrot, glad you enjoyed! I will do my best to stay safe!

[@greggb3079]

Over from the Blancolirio Channel, great flight. Not a pilot myself, but it appeared that you were on somewhat of a checkout ride... Ha, ha, ha... All good, all good... Have subscribed and hit the bell icon. Thank you sir.

[@JamesGood]

haha, I appreciate that, Gregg! Blancolirio check ride, it was a tough one. :)

[@Peasmouldia]

Very nice aeroplane. I'm a long time Juan subscriber, so I knew this would be worth a gander. Thanks.

[@JamesGood]

Welcome, Ian!

[@mattc.310]

From Juan's channel. Must have missed the link. That was a fun video. I'm glad I came across it. Nice looking airplane you have there. Subscribed.

[@JamesGood]

Thanks for subscribing, Matt!

[@bobwilson758]

With the "mighty " & the coupe now that's some fun flyin !

[@dozermedic18]

Very cool James, to you you and Juan together. Two of my favorites 😉

[@lloydlewis8380]

That was fun to watch. Thanks, James

[@harrisongould9460]

What a beautiful plane, shiny from all angles. I loved how you "questioned" Juan's his radio skills and he put you back in your seat. I also love how you don't have to talk to anyone...I flew like that as much as I could. Happy flying.

[@homertalk]

Blancolirio is the man, I watch everything of his. Tell him you want a shout out on his channel.

[@edchester1773]

I was born in 47 and still going strong too! sweet ride...........................................

[@aporiac1960]

Juan keeping up or even outdoing James on the 'banter.' What a great character!

[@FrederickRH1]

Great job on your flight and even better on your video. Nice guest you had BTW👍👍😊😊

[@edwardgrim7003]

Laughing the whole video, truly enjoy watching the two of you on this flight. Almost had the feeling Juan was working on his truckers tan with the window in the down position. Thanks the fun ride, you guys should do it again, maybe next time in the mighty Luscombe!

[@janrobertbos]

by far the nicest little plane ever..............!!!

[@peregrinussolutionsllc6010]

Very cool video and Beautiful video! Tthank you for sharing! I really appreciated the extra tidbits of information about the Ercoupe while you were taxiing and flying. My A&P and his son just picked up an Ercoupe that I'm angling for a ride in ;-). Your video is very inspiring; the canopy that opens looks amazing! You just earned another Thumbs Up and New Subscriber :-).

[@peregrinussolutionsllc6010]

IFR, I follow Roads Love it hahahaha Thanks again! Best regards, Christian @ www.peregrinusS.com

[@JamesGood]

@@peregrinussolutionsllc6010 Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed! I hope you get to ride in that Ercoupe soon. :)

[@peregrinussolutionsllc6010]

@@JamesGood Thanks! Looking forward to checking out your other content as well :-D

[@fbrew1]

What a great plane. Thanks for the video.

[@robodabbler]

What a beautiful Ercoupe! Here from Juan Browne's channel.

[@oldftrpilot2593]

Back in the day I used to drive an F111 out there and pick up a rebuilt one and cruise back to New Hampshire. We had to gas on the trip west but could make it one hop back with a 50 kt tailwind.

[@danielgoodson703]

Used to live in Durham and Portsmouth. Would bike to an area near the end of the runway at Pease during alert(s) to watch the FB 111s and KC 135s roar by. Now and then the pilots would wave at me. Private airshow.

[@richardburguillos3118]

Came on over from Juan’s channel... That was a blast watching and listing to both of you. Great flight.

[@Paughco]

Good one! Thank you for posting.

[@r08800]

That canopy is the best !!

[@JamesGood]

I think that it's a great design too!

[@666mrgene]

Nice trip...well worth our Patron support...keep it up :)

[@sweetpilot55]

James! Eric here, Nancy and I really enjoyed this video! She laughed and laughed. I'm with you on the altitude control. Hardest part of getting my instrument rating was trying to maintain the altitude within 50 feet! Ha! Juan has a mighty autopilot to do it for him in the 777. Ha! Looking forward to your next video adventures!

[@ECS-Dad]

Thought I saw you on Juan's video of the conference so came over here to see if you covered it. Lo and behold, there's you and Juan headed to McClellan. Nice video.

[@mikeratcliff1446]

Great job. Looks like a lot of fun.

[@wesvasher]

Please make more videos with Juan, this was so much fun to watch. Blancolirio is the best!

[@marknesselhaus4376]

I have always loved and wanted an Ercoupe.

[@harrisla123456]

Wow!!! A really fun Hilarious and entertaining video!!! Very enjoyable. Don't let Juan fly your plane!!!!!

[@MacCryoBaby]

Liked and subbed. Really enjoyed the ride! I keep seeing Juan in various places probably thanks to my blind obediance to the ubiquitous KZbin algorithm. Juan's my fav. A consummate professional at whatever he sets his mind to. Fabulous flying with you both today! Looking forward to our next flight together.

[@johnaustin6673]

nice to see Juan in a plane

[@dozermedic18]

I shoulda watched The Whole video before commenting. 😂Oh my goodness, Juan is killing me. Try to keep it between the ditches Captain 😂🤣 I’m sure you had fun though James 😉😳

[@JamesGood]

haha, he's got a response for everything! :)

[@TheBobWood]

Fun flight....You guys crazy!

[@tyrionlannister6769]

James....Nice, Polished Errrr.Coupe...!

[@Individual_two]

Fun flight! Juan seemed to be having a blast!

[@JamesGood]

We had fun!

[@RedDawnAviation]

I was at that convention, EXSPENSIVE! But informative!

[@16480287]

Love your flight check list !

[@JamesGood]

I didn't video the whole thing! :)

[@16480287]

@@JamesGood I love it seriously ! I remember going thru a lengthily list on the C-47 and wished we could condense it ! but being in the Military you had to go thru it even though you had it memorized but my comment brought back my memories of going thru it! Never messed with a small plane check list so watching you made me think how great it would of been to do it by memory which was a no=no ! When I did a maintenance check on the airplane I did use my Memory because being the crew chief I did the engine start daily and taxi check every day and forgot how many times a day ! But when it came to flight , out came the list !

[@Mr.Laidukas]

Now you both are professionals, speaking about plane systems like you now you stuff perfectly. That is how it should be for everyone flying.

[@scienceobrien8335]

That was a blast to watch while I’m out on my ltd too! Thanks guys!

[@MattThornton87]

A most wonderful 20mins of aviation pleasure! Superb video with great interactions with Juan. Your Ercoupe is a beauty! Best wishes & happy flying 😀✈️

[@mattthor7740]

What a beautiful aircraft!!

[@davidstevens8432]

Nice meeting you at KOVE for the fly-in. I'm the guy with the 59 FORNI. Sadly sold... maybe another one some day soon...

[@SChristmas-he2vx]

Owned and flew Coupe 99391 two years in TX / 350 hours. Long live Coupes!