Simviation Forum - RATO Ercoupe

Mar 27^th, 2005 at 1:24pm

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Here's a link to a fun Ercoupe page... has pix of that RATO 'coupe as well as some other real oddities.
http://bassace.com/ercoupe/ercoupe_history.htm

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Reply #1 - Mar 27^th, 2005 at 6:11pm

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Awesome!

Haha absolutely awesome!

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Reply #2 - Mar 27^th, 2005 at 9:49pm

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Imagine making a RATO... with the canopy open!! Yippee!!

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Reply #3 - Mar 28^th, 2005 at 4:55am

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Well. I never knew that. Quote:

The first American manned flight of an aircraft propelled by rocket thrust alone was made by Boushey on August 23, 1941.

In an Ercoupe of all things. Amazing. Shocked

Woohoooo.........! Wink

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Reply #4 - Mar 28^th, 2005 at 10:29am

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Well. I never knew that.
In an Ercoupe of all things. Amazing. Shocked

Woohoooo.........! Wink

I know, I was expecting the first rocket flight to be in some rocket-only airplane, at least something with an ejection seat. But a Ercoupe isn't exactly a standard military test plane. Hilarious nevertheless. Wink

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Reply #5 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 11:58am

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I know, I was expecting the first rocket flight to be in some rocket-only airplane, at least something with an ejection seat. But a Ercoupe isn't exactly a standard military test plane. Hilarious nevertheless. Wink

Nor is the massive Aerospacelines Pregnant Guppy, which was also used in JATO/RATO tests...
http://www.allaboutguppys.com

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