Strange plane

[Shepherd]

So I don't know if I'm imagining things as I approach my dotage, but I saw a plane the other day that looked like an Ercoupe on steroids.
It had the same overall shape, twin rudders, tricycle gear, same canopy shape, except was much bigger, it had (at least) four seats. I could see four seatbacks as it turned away from me. It was taxiing away from me as I was taxiing in so I didn't get a great look, and no picture.
Anyone have any ideas what it might be, or was I hallucinating?

 

[steingar]

Obviously hallucinating. You need to either discontinue your use of recreational chemicals or up the dose.

 

[Silvaire]

Only 4 seat Ercoupe ever was built by the Thrasher brothers - didn't catch on though.

 

[DavidWhite]

Bellanca cruisemaster?

 

[dukeblue219]

Don't know if any of these are flying in the US, but the Miles Mercury has a similar metallic look with four seats, tri-gear and twin-tails.

http://www.airteamimages.com/miles-mercury_OY-ALW_-private_126747.html

 

[jpower]

Bellanca cruisemaster?

That's a taildragger, no?

 

[docmirror]

Beech 18?

 

[dukeblue219]

Beech 18?

Doubtful... I think it would be obvious to any pilot that the Beech 18 has way more than 4 seats, and OP would have mentioned if it was a twin.

 

[AggieMike88]

Bellanca cruisemaster?

Saw a nice example of this at 52F (Northwest regional) earlier this year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellanca_Cruisemaster

 

[DavidWhite]

That's a taildragger, no?

They've also been configured in tricycle

 

[jpower]

They've also been configured in tricycle

So they have!

 

[Shepherd]

So they have!

Bingo! Mystery solved. I wasn't expecting 3 vertical fins, so I missed the one in the middle.

 

[Dan Thomas]

The Cruisemaster was the daddy of the Bellanca Viking. Wooden wing, tube and rag fuselage. Still a beautiful airplane.

Dan

 

[Piloto]

Only 4 seat Ercoupe ever was built by the Thrasher brothers - didn't catch on though.

Looks like a siamese twin.

José

 

[Greg Bockelman]

Wonder what the single engine performance is like on that thing.

 

[DavidWhite]

Wonder what the single engine performance is like on that thing.

Probably on par with the regular ercoupes no-engine performance

 

[Silvaire]

Check out the link, they did loops in the thing and apparently they were the original "World's shortest runway" performers as well.