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RATO Ercoupe

Postby beaky » Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:24 pm

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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Re: RATO Ercoupe

Postby Saratoga » Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:11 pm

Awesome! :o :D Haha absolutely awesome!
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Re: RATO Ercoupe

Postby beaky » Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:49 pm

Imagine making a RATO... with the canopy open!! Yippee!!
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Re: RATO Ercoupe

Postby Hagar » Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:55 am

:o Well. I never knew that.
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. :o Woohoooo.........! ;)
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Re: RATO Ercoupe

Postby Saratoga » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:29 am

:o Well. I never knew that.
In an Ercoupe of all things. Amazing. :o Woohoooo.........! ;)


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. ;)
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Re: RATO Ercoupe

Postby GWSimulations » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:58 am


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. ;)

Nor is the massive Aerospacelines Pregnant Guppy, which was also used in JATO/RATO tests...
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