Ercouping in Alaska (FSX)

First screenies from my new compu. First flight of the Erco (Engineering and Research Company) Ercoupe was in 1937. Beautiful little bird. (ofcourse I had to use a floatable one) There's still a lot to install and to "refine", but I'm airborn again!

 

Freeware Ercoupe for FSX

Orbx scenery

Freeware HDE-V2 clouds

 

A short flight in Alaska, near Anette Island.

 

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The landing in the reply****

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Thanks for looking :)

GREETS!!

Some interesting facts about the Ercoupe: :cool:

Long time no see or hear. Thanks Jan for sharing a plane that you rarely see especially with pontoons. Great looking pics, enjoyed them all. Kenny

Thanks Kenny :) Here's one without pontoons:

 

Looking good Jan! Let's hope your new computer is more reliable. We missed your cheery disposition. :rolleyes:

 

Here are a couple of nice Ercoupe shots I took at a small airshow last summer. :pilot: -- Bob

 

 

And your water landings. :p;) Wait a minute, I gotta check my screenshots folder, those shots look alot like mine. :mad:

 

Just kidding Jan, don't go getting all spun up on me now. :D Your puter is doing one heck of a job buddy, your shots look sensational! :)

Thanks Bob and Adam, much appreciated! :):) Bob, thanks for the great pictures! :cool: Adam, there'a still a long way to go. I have difficulties in tuning the graphic card. :eek:

Not every day you see a low wing GA float plane. Don't recall seeing that before. Great sets of shots. I had to put on my sun glasses to look at that bright plane Bob posted. Good luck getting your new computer tuned in. Jim

Jan this is absolutely amazing, the set of shots is typically your awesome style and the Ercoupe is and amazing aircraft too from 1937, it looks so much like a post WW2 model, like the Cessna 170 and its ilk, so it is ahead of its time. thank you for sharing. best wishes... :pilot: :cool: :cool: :cool:

Super pics. of your pretty Ercoupe Jan. I especially like the foul weather shots. :cool: :cool: :D Glad you are getting your new computer set up like you want it. :)

nice shots

Jim, Khalid, Larry and Eddie, thank you all for the great comments! :):)

Not so fast, young man! For the record....great shots of a fantastic little aircraft!:cool: I've seen wheels, I've seen pontoons. Now for some skis and a nice downhill landing on the Matterhorn, if you please;) Yo-de-lay-ee-hooo!

Thanks VERY much Zipster! :)

 

I'll do the Matterhorn landing perhaps another time, but I have this for you:;)

 

 

Nice shots, and safe choice of plane too. No more worries of sinking the plane while attempting to land.:cool::)

Thank you Bernardo! :)

As a former Ercoupe owner (N99462) with several hundred hours and several thousand miles on her, I appreciate Jan's post, although I never saw the float version. The twin fuselage version did exist, a one off, that was seen at airshows for a while, but it has been reported that little was accomplished by the addition of the second fuselage. Nice shots, Jan, nice water landing for a change!

Thanks very much Klee! :)

 

N99462. Is that you in the cockpit?

I don't know, can't see my face, but probably. unfortunately I have very few pictures of me in that cockpit. That's on a grass strip in southern Florida... there were lots of those back then. But that's my airplane, for sure, for sure! Boy, oh boy was she fum!

It's a real beauty my friend!! :cool::cool::cool: