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Old Aeronca Photos from Russ David Beckner

I am going to blame this project on Pete, he is the one who dug up the old memories that I like the looks of the Aeronca L.
Many decades ago I had a collection of photos and had done initial drawings when I was in my teens.
So over the past few days I dug up what data I could and started what I would call a "lookalike". Can you imagine that.
This is shown with a Lycoming on the nose, not a small radial as it should be. At some point I will draw a Leblond or Warner but being nether of them are within my means to acquire this just might turn to be my next build project.
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Charlie, plan on a Verner.

I like the look of them, chatted with a rep out at Kosh last year while on a walk with a friend who is building a Hatz. Their website is made for children with pictures flashing by that I cannot seem to stop. I will try again later.
 
You guys keep filling my head with ideas. There isn't enough time left to accomplish all of these dreams.


How about a scaled down Consolidated Commodore with two of these Verner or Rotec engines?
 
I tend to question if there are any documents or even enough photos available to draw a fair representation. Do you know the status of the one up in Canada?
 
Which one are you talking about Charlie? If it's the Commodore, I was told by an old Pan Am boat captain that all the left over flying boats were destroyed for scrap.
 
Cool! They are cozy about where it is "Northern Canadian Lake". Looks like it may be in Takla Lake in the middle of British Columbia since Vancouver and "Heritage Act of BC" is mentioned. Look at the side view drawing. That plane must like to porpoise with the step located so far aft. The freight would have to be loaded way aft to control the CG.


A guess on my part, was that it was on a ferry flight to Alaska. https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=664m It was owned by AIRCRAFT EXPORTING CORP effective 6/15/1942 and sank on June 18, 1942.
 
Pete there are definitely plenty of flying boat ideas to choose from.
And the Russians are kings of the weird ground effect flying machines.
This seems to be a interesting watch although I’ve not had time to complete it.

https://youtu.be/_InRDPcaxDo


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Keep in mind these are all photos I'm simply reposting from the owner, who's been posting them on FB. I'm just the share-er-er.

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I find the overhead conveyor system fascinating. Somehow you don't expect something like this in a small airplane factory. Must be because of the large volume which they had right after the war.
 
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Sometimes a manufacturer is issued a single N number for flight testing purposes so that they can perform the production flight tests. Then those planes are assigned their regular numbers. It is possible these were to be for export and the number was for temporary use.
 
Maybe they were waiting to add the last digit until the paperwork came back from the FAA? Is there a "sell-off inspection" or anything like that for a manufacturer to register a new N-number?
 
I do know that Piper had a single number they painted on the unpainted planes for flight test purposes. We had one for the Twin Bee which we used before the final paint job. The same number was used on each plane. When a production certificate is issued, the manufacturer flies the planes before an airworthiness certificate is issued but it still must have an N number on it.
 
This is not an old photo, but it is the neatest Champ I have ever flown. Belongs to Col. Myles Rohrlick and his son Mark - two good guys. I brought it from the Denver area for them three years ago.

Plenty of gas and an O-200 with wood prop. Turns 2575 on climb out, and keeps up with a heavy 160 Super Cub.
 

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Who would have dreamed the best thread on SC dot org would be a thread about Aeronca's.
 
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