Hi all I'm afraid that I've only sent this to Wayne, so here it's for all of you on the list. Kind regards
Coert ----- Original Message ----- From: Coert Munk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 12:28 AM Subject: Re: Longest Ercoupe Flight? Hi all What I have on details of this aircraft is the following: c/n 4780 ERCO 415CD Ercoupe NC94669 OO-EXC Intercontinenal Aeronautics (Intair) Pvba., Antwerpen 8 August 1947 (CofA 710) (based Antwerpen) arrived in New Zealand 9 October 1947 cancelled 22 October 1947 ZK-AQX November 1947 H.B. Newton, Urenui 8 March 1949 Auckland Aero Club, Auckland 15 February 1955 G.N. Wells, Auckland 24 September 1960 W.J. Jamieson, Hamilton 10 March 1961 J. Rennie Car Sales Ltd, Auckland 1968 M.H. Jensen, Auckland withdrawn from use, engine used for Jodel D.11 ZK-CKG 11 February 1972 P.W. Beck, Auckland 1985 airworthy, not confirmed 1998 reported as stored near Auckland by mr. P.W. Beck PLEASE GIVE MORE INFO! Kind regards Coert Munk 415D s/n 4765 PH-NCE (my a/c came in the same batch to Europe in 1947!) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 9:35 PM > Subject: Re: Longest Ercoupe Flight? > > > > Sometime back I related that I had heard that an Ercoupe was flown to New > > Zealand from Europe. Somebody said that would be very difficult and > doubted > > that it had ever happened - I don't blame them - it sounds sort of > unlikely! > > So I wrote to my friend in New Zealand who originally told me the story > and > > asked him for confirmation. We are both Avid amphibian homebuilders and > have > > corresponded for years sharing problems and giving encouragement. We both > > finished and flew them, by the way. Anyway he says Yes, it really > happened. > > Flt. Ltn. Harold Newton, DFC landed in Auckland in Oct. 1947 having flown > > solo 13,000 miles on a 75HP engine from Antwerp, Belgium in an Ercoupe > > weighing empty 750lbs. My friend goes on to say this was the smallest > plane > > to do this right up to 1989. My friend says he saw the plane soon after > it > > arrived and he recalls the cockpit filled with an extra fuel tank. He was > > told the pilot was a flier in the Berlin Airlift and had, like many > others, > > had a "sideline business". Because of currency restrictions the only way > to > > get his cash into New Zealand was to buy the plane and import it. My > friend > > says the plane is still flying but the man who flew it from Belgium is now > > dead, having spent the rest of his life as a farmer. I wish my friend had > > quoted from some publication so the story could be researched, but he > didn't. > > I know my friend, Stuart very well and he isn't likely to be blowing > smoke. > > I believe!! Wayne Hannah N3544H, Shelton, WA >
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