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Hi Ron. I’m kind of late to the party but welcome to the Ercoupe world. I assume you have things figured out by now. I have owned my 415-C for about six years. I love it. C-85 Stroker engine that lets me cruise right at 118mph. That’s a pretty decent cross country plane that’ll outperform any...

There’s a lot of misunderstanding with Ercoupes. Its a great plane. Very capable and easy to fly. Inexpensive to buy and operate. I only had about ten hours in one when I landed it with a 25 knot direct crosswind. I knew the theory so went for it. I have no pedals so I held a pretty good crab...

Well, this could go on forever... The title of this forum is "Lessons Learned." Similar to the "Flying" magazine column "I Learned Flying From That." I learned a lesson. I honestly feel that I was alert and aware of my surroundings, especially after realizing that the the Ag plane was not...

Tarheel, thank you for offering an insider's voice of reason.

I don't see how you can possibly infer that ANYONE was taking off downwind. Shall I draw you a picture? Pretty strong winds out of the South so active runway is 17. #1 Sprayer had been doing touch and goes on 17. In order for me to get to 17 I have to taxi, on the runway, all the way from...

No sir. No content was edited from the OP. Only a spelling error. The reference to cheap gas was in a later thread, not the OP. And, at $2.80 a gallon, it is, indeed, among the cheapest gas stops anywhere around Houston.

Obviously, regulations and common sense are two very different things. And "public airport?" It's the difference between driving on your own driveway or ranch road and being out on the interstate. You have to do things a little differently. I don't understand why so many people responding to...

Interesting.... I watched him do two other touch and goes while I was topping off gas. Could be any number of reasons he was doing touch and goes. Mechanic test flight. Pilot checking out a new plane. Rookie pilot getting some practice in. It does not change the situation of flying into...

MauleSkinner, were you there? No? I thought not. Well, I WAS there and I assure you it was the same plane.

Never said it was "big" or "busy." But it is public airport and I know that, being some of the cheapest gas around, it may pilots who will not be familiar with rogue cowboy duster pilots. And it doesn't have to be big and busy to be hazardous. Only takes two planes... Again, a remark on the...

No, it wasn't possible that I was taking off down wind with 16 kts, gusting to 20. I was taking off on the same runway this guy had just taken off of. He made one circuit and came back to land. Definitely the same plane. Their operation is on the other side of the runway from the FBO. He...

You can't have it both ways. If they don't have radios, or are too freakin' lazy to use them, they need to go by "See and Be Seen." And flying non standard patterns 50-100 feet AGL does not allow that. One guy took off and flew his pattern below tree tops so I couldn't see him anymore. After...

1. There was no lead plane with a radio. Neither plane, if they had a radio, was using it. 2. A cub or another GA plane, whether not equipped with radio or experiencing radio failure, would not be flying patterns in stealth mode (like drug runners), 50 to 100 feet off the ground so...

I wouldn't have made him go around if he had used a radio, or had flown a pattern high enough for me to see him. He had just flown right by me when he took off. If they don't want to deal with other planes they need to stay out of public airports. Or get a freakin' radio.

Nope, the pilot is the Puerto Rican guy from West Side Story. Career change, don't cha know.

I was doing a little aviating a few days days ago and flew into a small town airport with cheap gas. (KELA- Eagle Lake Texas) One N-S runway. No taxiway so you have to back taxi on the runway. After I topped off, I taxied to the South end of the runway, preparing to taxi on the runway to the...

I had 7074 recently with DFW Bravo, Dallas departure, Waco, and Houston Approach. VFR FF.

The PC version shows a chart with your selected route. The mobile app does not. Not sure it's needed. I just like maps.

When I was flying my "new" Ercoupe home from Dallas area (KTKI) a couple of weeks ago, I got my code from Ground at KTKI, and was able to keep the same code for the two hour flight home through DFW Class Bravo, Dallas Approach, Waco, and Houston Approach. Made life a little easier for this...

I was thinking about this just the other day. I fly an Ercoupe, recently purchased. The datum line is the firewall. If I lean forward just a little, the plane gently dips the nose. So... maybe I could lean way back for a little nose up action. Lean forward for nose down. I'll have to try...