Last week there was one perfect evening for a bit of local flying. Some airplanes just love landing on grass runways. On this beautiful September evening three planes and their pilots were having fun (practicing & learning) and were frolicking in the pattern, a Citabria, a C-172 and an Ercoupe. This video shows a greaser landing [...]
I have not yet had an opportunity to go to AirVentures in Oshkosh – and don’t know if I’ll ever take my Ercoupe that far. However it would be fun to watch the ‘Coupes landing one right after the other. Jose Gilbert, of Vero Beach, recently uploaded this video to share such a happening. He [...]
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 [...]
