These are, obviously, based on pictures of one particular Ercoupe. However, other than color scheme, these are representative of the Ercoupe (Aircoupe, Alon, Mooney M10) fleet that still remains airworthy and actually flying today. The Ercoupe featured on these checks was manufactured in Riverdale, Maryland, in August of 1946. It still takes to the skies several times every month. These Ercoupe Checks start at only $12.99 a box for singles (duplicates are a bit higher).

There are also matching Ercoupe Address Labels available for only a few extra dollars:

Note that these are also representative of the Aircoupe and Alon versions of the original Ercoupe. There might, however, be slight variations observable, especially with the canopy mounting/sliding arrangement of the Alon. These are the only personal checks available (that we know of) with images of our favorite antique airplane.

For those of you with a small (or large) business we know you may have a need for business checks. One of the best places to shop on line for business checking account items is at the Business Checks Store. That site is affiliated with and presents products from one of the premiere checks printing companies – and offers a sweet discount coupon to help you save money. While the expense of check printing is not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, saving any amount of time and money is a help to the bottom line.

Note that we mention the Mooney M-10 above. The Mooney variation still resembles an Ercoupe for the first half of the production run. Then they removed the “twin-tail” and replaced it with the traditional look of the Mooney “reverse” vertical stabilizer (and, some say, ruined the handling of a fine performing aircraft).

If you would like to “show off” your Ercoupe – no matter what model – I would certainly like to explore the best way in which to do this – at zero cost to anyone. If interested, please leave a “comment” below.

Today was not a day to take a passenger and load up to gross takeoff weight. The ol’ Conti may have been born with 75 horses, but even with proper care (and great compressions at last annual), those horses don’t seem quite as limber as [I'm sure] they did 63 years ago.