Hood River 2023 - ErcoupeTV - Part 1

A new travelogue in the 1948 Ercoupe. We travel through California and Oregon for the WAAAM Fly-In at Hood River.
Part 1 sees us departing Nevada County Airport, and arriving into Lake County, Oregon.

[@randybranson1009]

My carb heat knob does the same thing...wants to creep in when landing. But I was taught and did teach my students to keep the carb heat applied until on the ground to avoid icing at reduced throttle settings. I know you were taught differently assuming you'll have full power should a go around be needed. Only, it's a real shocker with carb heat off to advance the throttle and find you have no power due to carb ice. So, if a go around is needed, full power, carb heat in. easy. I'm preaching but had a fellow CFI in Hawaii practicing engine out with a student and when landing was ensured, they advanced the throttle and got nothing. Forced them into the sugar cane field, destroyed the airplane.

[@low_lead]

Love That sunrise exterior shot! absolutely stunning.

[@JamesGood]

Thank you. GoPro's are pretty cool!

[@denniscollins9682]

James HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and yours, Nice video and great memories of WAAM.

[@JoeCoolPilot]

Excellent video and flight! Really enjoyed it. Happy new year! Fly safe.

[@JamesGood]

Happy new year, Joe! And same to you and yours.

[@flyingkub]

Happy New Year James. Great video, strange to have such a strong tail wind and then be calm on landing and very little turbulance, must be some Santa magic dust in the fuel 🙂

[@JamesGood]

I think it's California/Oregon magic! Seems to happen quite often out here, although that day the tail wind was particularly strong up high. Happy New Year!

[@flyingkub]

@@JamesGood I think I have the opposite here, I always seem to have a head wind.

[@johnmay2786]

What a magical smooth flight James, the sunrise colours, the lakes, reservoirs and cloudscapes all combined for a great watch. Thank you and looking forward to part 2.

[@keithwatts7459]

Hi James, Hapy New Year. That was a beautiful morning flight. I'm planning on heading there next year!

[@cincinnatusjeffery]

Another adventure!!!

[@lynnkramer1211]

Nice scenery and learning about our geography in the NW.

[@glennstubbs8232]

Happy New Year! Nice start to a great trip.

[@victorcurmi9631]

Happy New Year from down under, to you and your family James

[@Jack-ne8vm]

17:22 odd ripples in the mountains. Lake County AWOS sounded like a real person!

[@SChristmas-he2vx]

Got to fly a hop with Ercoupe legend Paul Prentice in my Coupe at Bowie Tx back in 2002. Also met Coupe designer Fred Wicke at a Coupe fly in 80's. Both signed my logbook. Great memories in 99391 and 3676H.

[@JamesGood]

Wow, I'm sad that I never got to meet Fred Weick, I would have loved to have done so. I'm currently reading his biography 'From The Ground Up', which makes me think I have met part of him.

[@SChristmas-he2vx]

@@JamesGood he was brilliant and took some time with me to discuss Ercoupe and Cherokee wings. A very kind gentleman. I believe the fly in was at lake Wales FL? I can check my log book. Paul wrote an Ercoupe book "Fly about adventures and the Ercoupe" as well. Your plane is beautiful btw...Regards.

[@grahamaindow8894]

Thanks for another superb video James. Amazing scenery and 94805 looks even shinier! Can't wait for the WAAAM Hood River episode. Cheers and Happy New Year to you, Diane and Charles.

[@pjsministry7316]

Great flight. Glad to see you back. Billy - N99601 kk

[@Marv4yer]

Enjoying watching this trip. It was a pleasure meeting you at the fly-in. I will be interested in seeing how you document all the stuff at WAAAM.

[@GlennWhitcomb]

Great video James. I am glad to see Lake County on here, when I fly to Reno I'm thinking this will be one of my stops. Thanks for sharing.

[@neilbarriskell7840]

Happy New Year James, all the best for 2024. I do enjoy these series when you put them out. Nice way to start the year, and as always I wasn’t disappointed.

[@JamesGood]

Thanks Neil, all the best to you as well.

[@18robsmith]

Lovely early morning flight 🙂 Happy New Year to you and your family

[@HeavyMetalHorizons]

Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to another great series from you! The Into the Desert series was fantastic.

[@JamesGood]

Happy New Year to you three as well!

[@joewilliams4142]

That early morning light sure is nice for video ! I noticed your oil pressure at same settings is a bit higher than mine, BUT…temp is about the same. Hoping to see the boys here next summer for my chicken drop as part of their tour.

[@JamesGood]

We'll definitely try our best to be there, Joe!

[@randybranson1009]

Nice groundspeed, just remember how great it was when you turn around and go the opposite direction! You seem to get lots of time on your tail cam. Mine always seems to go batteries dead when I want to use it. I've got the GoPro remote but it doesn't seem to talk to the camera when on the tail. My iphone is set to control my in-cockpit camera and often wants to communicate with the tail camera. I guess I need to unsync both and resync only the in-cockpit one...then sync the remote again to only the tail??? I dunno. But, once I do that, I still have no knowledge of how to actually make a video. (Not near as computer literate as you). Really nice video! looking forward to seeing some of your painted Ercoupe models before I order mine.

[@apfelsnutz]

Happy New Year ! James, am I seeing 10,000 on the Altimeter...? That's almost the Jet Stream for the Ercoupe isn't it...

[@JamesGood]

:) I've been up to 11500. Kinda useful when the terrain is at 8500! Happy New Year to you!

[@apfelsnutz]

Hah, I remember, you took the Ercoupe quite high on the first trip to Oshkosh...@@JamesGood

[@lisakienholz9828]

Thanks for posting. I'm hoping to get my Luscombe up to the Hood River flyin from So Cal - I haven't flown that route - looks like a good option.

[@JamesGood]

It's a little riskier than the I-5 route up past Shasta (the sea of trees over to Quincy), but after that, about the same. I kinda like this one though. And the I-5 route isn't exactly comfortable as you go past the Crags. Let me know if you do it, maybe we can fly together!

[@lisakienholz9828]

@@JamesGood I have flown up/down the 5 a few times. I like the idea of flying this route together. I'll make a note to reach out to you over the summer to see if it works in both of our schedules. :)

[@JamesGood]

@@lisakienholz9828 Cool! The biggest problem with the Hood fly-in is the September timeframe. I was blocked out from going for 3 years due to intense wildfire activity around then, almost IFR conditions. Hopefully we get some better years coming up!

[@lisakienholz9828]

@@JamesGood Yep! I tried to fly up to Oregon/Washington those same years. I finally went early June this past year to get ahead of the fires. I made it but I dealt with am fog and rain instead. Finger's Crossed! Weather, even in CA, has been the most challenging to me flying this Vintage VFR airplane - I'm a planner and weather hasn't been participating with my plans. :) Thanks again for sharing and let us "fly" along with you.

[@looneytunes47]

Hey there James this is Rj the Rc Pilot that met you and your co-pilot at the Malin Airport today during your quest for petrol for the Erocoupe i wanted to ask you it you knew Mark from Skywagon University KZbin Channel since he lives in your area and is a Brit as well as an amazingly pilot well educated in the world of Cessna.s? Mark knows more about cessna planes than the people who run cessna Lol

[@JamesGood]

Hey RJ, thanks for leaving a comment! I do know Mark, a little bit. He makes good videos. Thanks so much for hooking us up with fuel today, Gus was super helpful at Toole Lake. I hope you had a good time flying?

[@looneytunes47]

@@JamesGood That i did James Say hi too Blancalirio Juan Brown for me i absolutely love his channel as well. Cheers Mate

[@garyhand6480]

James, just a magic flight and was wondering did your son ever get that home built finished????

[@yowser8780]

Great video... have a new camera ?

[@JamesGood]

Thanks! I've had it for a while, but this is the first video I think I've edited with it. It's a Hero 11 for the tail. Upgraded the Hero 7 I was using before.

[@protoCall7]

Happy New Year James! Beautiful scenery on that one. Quick Ercoupe question for you when you have a moment -- how do you adjust the elevator trim?

[@JamesGood]

There is a trim control on the left cockpit wall, beside the yoke. It moves for and aft. Always have it set to the aft position for takeoff and landing, move forward in cruise. I seem to be very good at covering it up in my videos. Will show it in a future one!

[@gawebm]

Why not take 80 and head north from there? Such a minor detour as opposed to mountainous terrain you flew over. Wife and kid to think about - I don't get it. The best advice I heard was a bit of a joke. "What does my plane say when I close the hangar door after a flight?" "Next time I'll kill the SOB!"

[@JamesGood]

It's a valid observation... I've done this trip multiple times following I-5 up from the valley, that route has its risks as well, going up past the Crags. I would miss flying around my local area, if I decided it wasn't worth the risk. I know the risk, and mitigate best I can. I wouldn't drive (or bike) to the airport, if I wanted to remove as much risk as possible. You buy the ticket, and you take the ride...