An entry in my first log book dated 05/27/1972
N99552 Ercoupe 415C Ellington CT to Katama (Martha's Vineyard) to celebrate our first wedding anniversary . I had a total of 63.2 flying hours.
An entry in log book #3 dated 06/01/2008
N99552 RV9A New Bedford MA to Martha's Vineyard to celebrate our 37th wedding anniversary. Total hours to date 5972.
A little history. My wife Sandi and I were married May 28 1971, and bought the Ercoupe in November of that year. Tough flying in New England in the winter but the plan was to get my private so we could fly somewhere for our first anniversary. Got the private in the Ercoupe May 8th 1972.
Sold the Ercoupe several years later to a buyer in Canada, so the number was changed. When looking for a number for our RV9A, I found that N99552 was still available. Now came the challenge to get the 9A finished and through Phase 1 in time for our anniversary. Since our anniversary fell in the middle of the week, we moved it back a few days to the week-end which gave me a little more time.
Completed the 40 hours yesterday, and today we re-lived the flight of 36 years ago in a different plane, with the same number.
What did my wife think of her first ride in a 9A...loved the plane, and loved the visibility with a tip-up. She's looking forward to flying again like we did in our other planes.
What did I think of flying the 9A with a passenger and picnic stuff...never even noticed the difference from the previous 40 hours and no passenger.
If you have a similar experience, would love to hear it
Regards to all
Jack and Sandi
N99552
N99552 Ercoupe 415C Ellington CT to Katama (Martha's Vineyard) to celebrate our first wedding anniversary . I had a total of 63.2 flying hours.
An entry in log book #3 dated 06/01/2008
N99552 RV9A New Bedford MA to Martha's Vineyard to celebrate our 37th wedding anniversary. Total hours to date 5972.
A little history. My wife Sandi and I were married May 28 1971, and bought the Ercoupe in November of that year. Tough flying in New England in the winter but the plan was to get my private so we could fly somewhere for our first anniversary. Got the private in the Ercoupe May 8th 1972.
Sold the Ercoupe several years later to a buyer in Canada, so the number was changed. When looking for a number for our RV9A, I found that N99552 was still available. Now came the challenge to get the 9A finished and through Phase 1 in time for our anniversary. Since our anniversary fell in the middle of the week, we moved it back a few days to the week-end which gave me a little more time.
Completed the 40 hours yesterday, and today we re-lived the flight of 36 years ago in a different plane, with the same number.
What did my wife think of her first ride in a 9A...loved the plane, and loved the visibility with a tip-up. She's looking forward to flying again like we did in our other planes.
What did I think of flying the 9A with a passenger and picnic stuff...never even noticed the difference from the previous 40 hours and no passenger.
If you have a similar experience, would love to hear it
Regards to all
Jack and Sandi
N99552