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    Recommendations on DC area FBO's Outside SFRA

    I suppose College Park isn’t an option because of the PIN needed? They have a cool little museum there, but I hardly see much GA traffic whenever I go there.
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    Hudson River Corridor @ Night - Photos

    Amazing!! Is it difficult to coordinate a flight through the VFR corridor? That being said, any suitable places to land in case of engine trouble?
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    Southern California to Mid-Atlantic in an Ercoupe

    @BiffJ Thanks very much for your advice! I think we will plan to climb to around 9-10k on our first leg and see how the plane performs. Then we can figure out from there which route would work better based on the initial performance and weather. Looks like 2-2.5 hour legs will work best for us...
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    Southern California to Mid-Atlantic in an Ercoupe

    @Joey4420 thanks for the info. I’ll check and see what kind of prop is on the plane also. What kind of takeoff distances are you seeing when it’s higher density altitude?
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    Southern California to Mid-Atlantic in an Ercoupe

    @Fearless Tower in your real world experience is that realistic or did you see a bit better performance? Wondering if I need to seek out airports with suuuuuuper long runways for this voyage in the western parts.
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    Southern California to Mid-Atlantic in an Ercoupe

    Ok that makes sense. Yep someone from the EOC sent me the performance tables for takeoff. Ummmmm wow. 6000 ft density altitude and 60 degrees is 5000 ft to clear a 50 ft obstacle.
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    Southern California to Mid-Atlantic in an Ercoupe

    Ok that makes a lot of sense. Looking st the southern route it looks like there are some higher altitude areas also? What do folks rely on for performance tables for the Ercoupe? The closest I could find was a C150?
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    Southern California to Mid-Atlantic in an Ercoupe

    Thanks everyone for the additional info and insight! We will take a look at those routes and have more questions shortly Seems like Albuquerque would be more direct, while El Paso would take us much more south. @Fearless Tower do you see any major issues taking the Albuquerque route?
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    yet another C140A owner

    @GeorgeC Congrats!! Hopefully I can make a trip out to Freeway over the next few weeks and come see your new 140! Where was it ferried from?
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    Southern California to Mid-Atlantic in an Ercoupe

    @Fearless Tower I’ve been in an Ercoupe with two people and full fuel and we were getting around 5-600 FPM on a hot summer day in MD. That was in a C-85. This plane has an O-200 if that makes much of a difference? I’ll take a look at the airports along the way to see what we can find...
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    Southern California to Mid-Atlantic in an Ercoupe

    @Fearless Tower - thanks for the info!! I weigh about 160 and my friend is about 190 if that helps at all. Yes I’ve been in some Ercoupe’s and realize they are pretty small. We’ll learn to deal with it lol. I’m picking it up near LA and then was looking at some routes east. How would the...
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    Southern California to Mid-Atlantic in an Ercoupe

    I’m looking at buying an Ercoupe that’s based in Southern California. I am looking at taking a week to fly it back with my college roomate who’s a CFI to the Mid-Atlantic area. He’s based in Denver and is much more familar with the west than I am. That being said, I’m looking for recommendations...
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    Sun N Fun 2018

    If anyone is flying back up the east coast on Saturday or Sunday and would like a safety pilot please let me know!
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    Greetings From Colorado

    Welcome! Do you fly aerobatics in the Rans S-7?
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    What is the cheapest plane to fly?

    You could add a mosquito to that and fly for an hour or more, correct? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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