Simplicity of operation, making it possible to pilot the plane much like a car is driven, is a feature of the lightweight Ercoupe announced recently. It is driven by a sixty-five horsepower engine that develops a cruising speed of 105 miles per hour. Fuel mileage is approximately twenty-six miles per gallon under normal conditions. Rudder pedals have been eliminated, the plane being flown entirely by the control wheel. Ailerons, rudder and nose wheel are all mechanically coordinated so that turning is accomplished in the air, as on the ground, by turning the wheel right or left. Proper bank is always maintained in turns at any speed. Makers of the Ercoupe claim it will not get out of control, that it will not spin. A tricycle landing gear eliminates the danger of nosing over, making landings safer. The cabin seats two comfortably side by.side.