Aeronca Sedan

what is it?

The Aeronca 15AC Sedan is a four-seat, fixed conventional gear light airplane produced by Aeronca Aircraft between 1948 and 1951. Designed for personal use, the Sedan also found usage in utility roles like bush flying. The Sedan was the last design that Aeronca put into production and was the largest aircraft produced by the company.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 208 km/htop speed
• seats 3passengers
• size 930 kgmax take-off weight
• built 561made 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 79 years ago, in 1947.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.4 m: about 3 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

1947

introduced

1947

number built

561

role

light utility aircraft

makers

Aeronca

engines

1× Continental C-145

crew

1

passengers

3

length

7.7 m

wingspan

11.4 m

height

2.1 m

max take-off weight

930 kg

top speed

208 km/h

cruise speed

183 km/h

range

—

ceiling

3,780 m

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