“CAVU, baby.” That’s how I greeted my flying buddy, Mike, on Saturday morning when he answered his phone. “How about hopping in the Ercoupe and flying out for a $100 Hamburger?”
We had talked about heading to York, Pennsylvania for lunch, but as I was planning the flight I came across two PIREPS saying that the [...]
Landing a new (new to me) airplane requires a slightly new skill set, or a period of transition from another airplane to the new one. In my case, the new plane is an Ercoupe, which is a “fun” aircraft and a joy to fly.
The other day I was perusing a thread entitled, “Biggest Landing Challenge??” [...]
OK, flying the Ercoupe on a windy day is easy but getting the video “right” was not. But this is a first attempt and I used a cheap Flip Video Camera. Actually the camera does a nice job, but it did not like imaging the propeller. I actually shot 20 minutes of video of the [...]