The Paul E. Garber facility is part of the Smithsonian, and once the primary storage and restoration location. With the opening of the Udvar-Hazy facility at Dulles, emphasis has, of necessity, been more of reorganization of available exhibits for exhibition and less on restorations. There is a restored IL-116 ERCO inline four engine (as originally fitted to the first production Ercoupe when it was a model 415 before its conversion to a 415-C when the Continental was substituted before sale) in the "Engines Exhibit" there.
The museum at College Park is entirely different and not part of the Smithsonian. Ercoupes there (one complete and one cutaway) were donated by private parties. That one has a skullcap is incidental and of no more significance than observing a skullcap on a coupe at an airport. Regards, WRB -- On Jun 16, 2010, at 12:21, Donald wrote: > > > I assume you are speaking of serial number one at the Graber facility, > are they making any progress at all on that one? If you are > interested, look in the photos section on your left, my Macy's poster > is there with serial number one on the poster. > > --- In [email protected], Glenn Putnam <putp...@...> wrote: >> >> a friend just came back from College Park Md .He brought a photo of >> the Coupe in the museem first thing I noticed was the skull cap >> spinner Glenn >> >
