Bunking Off

Bunking Off

POSTWAR CHAMPIONS

Aeronca Aircraft - Part Four

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Adrian Bleese
Jul 24, 2026
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Aeronca’s immediate postwar designs would draw on their experience with the prewar Chief and the Wartime L-3. The side-by-side seating of the new Model 11 Chief would echo that of its prewar namesake but it was a totally new design using many of the same parts as the tandem aircraft which, although very similar to the Defender, was also something comple…

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