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I used to live north of Dallas and drive by the Addison Airport everyday to get to work. The first time I saw their Stearman out flying, I almost attended because I couldn't keep my eyes off of it.
I always wanted to take a flight in it, but the money always found other ways to be spent.
The Stearman's cheap (and the T-6 relatively so); check the Skyraider, P-51, and Corsair!
 

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upload_2018-1-21_15-36-59.png This is my current favorite. 1947 Ercooupe 415 C/D. My personal ride and lots of fun.
 

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View attachment 112836 This is my current favorite. 1947 Ercooupe 415 C/D. My personal ride and lots of fun.
I've always wanted to try an Ercoupe. I've flown the Alon Aircoupe, but not the Ercoupe. (For those not familiar, the Ercoupe came first, and had no rudder pedals; the Aircoupe was a later variant, and did have controllable rudders.)
 

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I've always wanted to try an Ercoupe. I've flown the Alon Aircoupe, but not the Ercoupe. (For those not familiar, the Ercoupe came first, and had no rudder pedals; the Aircoupe was a later variant, and did have controllable rudders.)

Addition of rudder pedals was a common modification to the originals. A lot of folks tried to talk me out of buying one at all; but, if I was going to, they said to be sure it had the rudder pedal mod. Too bad it never worked out.
 

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Never was a fan of the rudder pedal mod. The rudders aren't terribly effective anyway
being that only one deflects at a time and they're small. Adding pedals serves only to ruin
the fun of crabbing it right down on the ground.
Which is not the way most of us were trained
but incredibly entertaining and perfectly safe.
 

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