Aeronca Chief family

what is it?

The Aeronca K series, Aeronca Chief, Aeronca Super Chief, Aeronca Tandem, Aeronca Scout, Aeronca Sea Scout, Aeronca Champion and Aeronca Defender were a family of American high-winged light touring aircraft, designed and built starting in the late 1930s by Aeronca Aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 169 km/htop speed
• seats 1passengers
• size 522 kgmax take-off weight
• built 13,700made 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 89 years ago, in 1937.
• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1937

number built

13,700

role

civil utility aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Aeronca

engines

1× Continental A-65

crew

1

passengers

1

length

6.4 m

wingspan

11 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

522 kg

top speed

169 km/h

cruise speed

158 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,572 m

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

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