Aeronca 11 Chief

what is it?

The Aeronca Chief is a single-engine, light aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear and two seats in side-by-side configuration, which entered production in the United States in 1945. Designed for flight training and personal use, the Chief was produced in the United States between 1946 and 1950. The Chief was known as a basic gentle flyer with good manners, intended as a step up from the 7AC Champion, which was designed for flight training.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · high wing · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 161 km/htop speed
• size 612 kgmax take-off weight
• built 2,300made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 80 years ago, in 1946.
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1946

introduced

1946

number built

2,300

role

light utility aircraft

makers

Aeronca

engines

1× Continental A-65

length

6.2 m

wingspan

11 m

height

2.1 m

max take-off weight

612 kg

top speed

161 km/h

cruise speed

153 km/h

range

—

wings

high wing

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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