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The Ercoupe:
Henry Berliner, of the Berliner helicopter fame, founded the Engineering and Research Corporation (ERCO) in 1930 and acted as its President and Chief Executive Officer. In 1937, Berliner purchased 50 acres of land in Riverdale, Maryland, just across the road from College Park Airport, and built the large ERCO factory and airstrip. One of ERCO's most significant achievements was the development of the Ercoupe.
The Ercoupe contained many innovative design features that produced an aircraft that was safe, easy to fly, and certified by the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) as "characteristically incapable of spinning." The aircraft was designed by Fred E Weick, a noted aeronautical engineer, who before coming to ERCO in 1936 worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). |