Turbulent Years in the American General Aviation Industry." By the time the company ceased production in 1951, Aeronca had sold more than 17,000 aircraft, including more than 2418 Chiefs, according to ...

The author, an aviation journalist and flight instructor, fulfilled a lifelong dream of flying a 1946 Aeronca Champ, a plane her mother had flown in her youth. The author's flight with the Champ's ...

“We took off from here and were just flying around,” recalls Wayne LeQuire of that Sunday plane trip in his small two-seater Aeronca 7AC. LeQuire, the pilot, had Pam Kagley with him as they took off ...