Camping with the Vintage Ercoupe, The Gathering Of Luscombes, 2023

[@kevinphillips9408]

Another wonderful video. Thank you

[@agenttex]

Thanks so much for reminding me of my own Great memories with my dad!!! That stuff means SO MUCH to a kid - for life…

[@Airsally]

Great trip, good to see you and Charles enjoying time together, and seeing him get some stick time.]

[@JodelFlyer]

Always nice to see you and Charles flying together. Great boy’s time! 😎👍

[@NOELTM]

With James+Charles & Juan+Pete ( the blancolirio channel ), Nevada County Airport is blessed with wonderful Father and Son aviators. Thank you for sharing your adventures!

[@glennmullis1477]

❤ This is absolutely the best way to enjoy a delicious breakfast of homemade Belgian waffles and rich coffee on a relaxing Sunday morning... while watching & enjoying your beautiful video. The scenery, the environment, the commentary between you both... all of it so great! Your beautiful Ercoupe is truly magnificent. ❤

[@JamesGood]

Well, thank you for a lovely comment to read after uploading. Glad you enjoyed, Charles says he wants waffles now!

[@rmiller640]

Was there the weekend after for Skywagon fly-in. Good to see you at Nevada County fly-in last weekend

[@JT-py9lv]

I love flying in to a remote location for breakfast. Thank you for sharing.

[@JoeCoolPilot]

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing! Fly safe.

[@coppi60]

It makes me feel so good every time I see you and Charles flying and having a good time:) Keep it up!!!

[@kaasmeester5903]

Such a lovely aircraft. Used to fly an RC model of one, that looked very similar in silver and black livery. A perfect model for lazy Sunday flying, and from what I've heard the full size one is rather gentle and forgiving as well.

[@JamesGood]

It is, that trailing link gear is wonderful.

[@joewilliams4142]

How did I miss this one until today ?????

[@josephcooksley3219]

Nice flight

[@scottmiller4711]

Nice video. You should get a cushion to elevate Charles seat height in the cockpit.

[@grahamaindow8894]

Super video James.👍👍👍

[@JamesGood]

Cheers, Graham. We're coming to England in a few weeks, summer hols. Might try and get to Duxford!

[@grahamaindow8894]

@@JamesGood It will be great to see you. We only live a 45 minute drive away from Duxford.

[@18robsmith]

@@JamesGood Hopefully you've made your weather booking this year ;-) It would be great to catch up with somewhere or other.

[@randybranson1009]

Nice video James. The ole CFI comes out in me when I watch your landings and I wonder why you turn off carb heat with reduced power (on left base for 29 in this video). I was taught and made sure my students ALWAYS kept carb heat on when the power is reduced for landing. Carb ice can form even with warm weather and should power be needed for a go-around let's say, you may be shocked that ice has formed and power is not there. Even when flying in Hawaii (where I got my PPL) carb ice can form pretty easy. A fellow CFI was with a student and pulled power for a simulated engine out over the sugar cane fields. However, he forgot to pull carb heat (C152). When he told the student landing was assured and said power up, the C152 did not power up (carb ice) and they crashed landed into the sugar cane. Destroyed one of the best C152s the club had. As well, cost mega bucks to retrieve the plane and pay the farmer for the damaged crops. If we can get carb ice in Hawaii in the summer and even Alabama in the summer (high humidity), you certainly can get it in the California mountains. Sorry, the CFI in me came out and I had to "teach" a moment.

[@JamesGood]

Hey Randy. Thanks for the info. I used to turn carb heat on, and keep it on from downwind. I've changed my thinking a bit on it since then. Nearly all of my Ercoupe landings are 'power off from abeam the numbers' these days. I check no carb ice on the downwind, then take it off again, as you saw. That came from some conversations I had with the guys around the airport, about having full power instantly available if I needed it. I will think about this and maybe reconsider that.

[@randybranson1009]

@@JamesGood It goes back to the whole go-around training with regard to having full power available. Mix rich, carb heat in, full power all in basically one fluid movement. You’ll definitely not have full power (if you have any) if you end up with carb ice and need to power up for a go around. You’ll be behind the power curve quickly and you know how well the Coupe flies below 60 mph…like a brick! (And the Piper isn’t much better).

[@johnfitzpatrick2469]

G,day James from Sydney Australia. Looks like fun, plenty of forestry. I thought the ATIS was altimeter 5000? I could be mistaken. 🌏🇭🇲 (No- I was mistaken 3007) lesson learnt.

[@kenthompson3730]

I think the Density Altitude was 5000. Altimeter setting could never be even close to 5000! 31.00 is about as high as it can go. And that’s some very high pressure.

[@ronrandall9215]

Fun to watch charlie growing up. How is the homebuilt coming along?

[@JamesGood]

We haven't been involved with the RV too much after the wings got completed, but Juan's forging ahead.

[@ronrandall9215]

Are you going to Oshkosh this year?

[@JamesGood]

I don't know, maybe! If we can swing it, but too early to tell at this point. If we can, I think we'll be incognito in the Warrior. At the rate Charles is growing up, might be last year he wants to do it with us. :(

[@ronrandall9215]

I hope his interest in flying continues as he grows up. young men's interests change along the way. I had 10 great years flying with my dad.

[@toodie6980]

@@ronrandall9215 You are most fortunate Ron, I too learned to fly gliders at 14 continued until I was too old to fly an longer. It does happen a lot in the Soaring families. Now that's a great sport too. I also became a PPL with towing capability flying a Super Cub out of Livermore private field. Flew off and on with my Dad also....for over 40 years.

[@leeoldershaw956]

Get Charles to pump the gas and check it also

[@JamesGood]

Good idea, need to get him doing that. With oversight, as PIC, of course!