Mystery Airplane Contest – December 2024

I'm sure many Flyer readers can identify with aircraft built by Aeronca or the later Champions, Citabrias, and Decathlons that evolved from Aeronca designs. The Aeronautical Corporation of America (Aeronca) was founded in November 1928 at Cincinnati, Ohio, and became the first United States factory to produce a commercially successful light sport aircraft. Backed by money from the Taft family (think a U.S. Senator and a Supreme Court Justice), Aeronca produced over 17,400 aircraft until production ended in March 1951 and design rights were sold to Champion Aircraft of Osceola, Wisconsin.

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