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This is the website for the Golden State Ercoupe Owners Club, Region 7
(California).
CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST NEWS!
The Ercoupe is a very fun airplane to fly. Slide open the windows on a
warm summer day and you have open cockpit fun. We believe that it is one of the
finest airplanes ever designed.
The Ercoupe plane is a member of the family of planes known as Ercoupe or
Aircoupe. The Ercoupe was designed between 1936 and 1940, with the first flight
of the prototype in 1937. Before WW2, 112 were built and approximately 5,000
were made immediately after the war. About 400 more were built between 1958 and
1969. The original name was derived from the name of the company, ERCO, which
stood for Engineering and Research Corporation. When later companies
manufactured the plane, it was called the Aircoupe.
Designed by Fred Weick and a small team, the Ercoupe was the first plane to
incorporate much of the original research that Weick performed as the assistant
chief of the NACA aerodynamics division. These new features include the
inability to be held in a spin, the tricycle landing gear to improve landing and
take-off safety, the fully cowled engine, and a control system in which the
rudders are linked to the ailerons to simplify controlling the airplane. All
these features were invented by Fred Weick and his team.
(Photo:
Dan & Anna Marie in 68H over the Golden Gate Bridge)
This is an informational site for mutual assistance and aid for other Ercoupe
owners, see the DISCLAIMER
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