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I suppose College Park isn’t an option because of the PIN needed? They have a cool little museum there, but I hardly see much GA traffic whenever I go there.

Amazing!! Is it difficult to coordinate a flight through the VFR corridor? That being said, any suitable places to land in case of engine trouble?

@BiffJ Thanks very much for your advice! I think we will plan to climb to around 9-10k on our first leg and see how the plane performs. Then we can figure out from there which route would work better based on the initial performance and weather. Looks like 2-2.5 hour legs will work best for us...

@Joey4420 thanks for the info. I’ll check and see what kind of prop is on the plane also. What kind of takeoff distances are you seeing when it’s higher density altitude?

@Fearless Tower in your real world experience is that realistic or did you see a bit better performance? Wondering if I need to seek out airports with suuuuuuper long runways for this voyage in the western parts.

Ok that makes sense. Yep someone from the EOC sent me the performance tables for takeoff. Ummmmm wow. 6000 ft density altitude and 60 degrees is 5000 ft to clear a 50 ft obstacle.

Ok that makes a lot of sense. Looking st the southern route it looks like there are some higher altitude areas also? What do folks rely on for performance tables for the Ercoupe? The closest I could find was a C150?

Thanks everyone for the additional info and insight! We will take a look at those routes and have more questions shortly Seems like Albuquerque would be more direct, while El Paso would take us much more south. @Fearless Tower do you see any major issues taking the Albuquerque route?

@GeorgeC Congrats!! Hopefully I can make a trip out to Freeway over the next few weeks and come see your new 140! Where was it ferried from?

@Fearless Tower I’ve been in an Ercoupe with two people and full fuel and we were getting around 5-600 FPM on a hot summer day in MD. That was in a C-85. This plane has an O-200 if that makes much of a difference? I’ll take a look at the airports along the way to see what we can find...

@Fearless Tower - thanks for the info!! I weigh about 160 and my friend is about 190 if that helps at all. Yes I’ve been in some Ercoupe’s and realize they are pretty small. We’ll learn to deal with it lol. I’m picking it up near LA and then was looking at some routes east. How would the...

I’m looking at buying an Ercoupe that’s based in Southern California. I am looking at taking a week to fly it back with my college roomate who’s a CFI to the Mid-Atlantic area. He’s based in Denver and is much more familar with the west than I am. That being said, I’m looking for recommendations...

If anyone is flying back up the east coast on Saturday or Sunday and would like a safety pilot please let me know!

Welcome! Do you fly aerobatics in the Rans S-7?

You could add a mosquito to that and fly for an hour or more, correct? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@Flyhound - great points thank you for that. I've got about 125 hours and need some dual instruction before I feel comfortable soloing again. Another concern I have is the feasibility of selling the aircraft if I need to down the road. It seems like a lot of aircraft I've been looking at have...

So the general consensus is that leasebacks don't seem to be the preferred method of owning and keeping your plane nice :) I'm talking some more with the flying club this week. It seems like they have a pretty rigorous maintenance standard and keep up the aircraft well. @DaleB - Can you...

@George - Do you primarily fly out of there? Someone on the forums said all 8A's had probably been ground looped ;) They do look very cool! Have you flown one? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@JCranford - How many members are in the club? The one I'm looking at currently has 6 and I'd be the 7th. The plane right now flies maybe 15 hours a month so essentially there would be no scheduling issues right now. ADSB Out (Garmin GTX 345) was recently installed so that's a plus as well. The...

I'm looking into finding a partner or two, that would be ideal. If anyone on here is interested PM me :) Hangars are hard to come by in this area it seems, so a fabric plane may be an issue if it needs to be stored outside. Regarding ELSA vs SLSA, since I have basically no experience with...