Aeronca 11 Chief

The Aeronca 11 Chief is a two-seater monoplane with high wing and fixed traditional train of school and American sport.

Development

In spite of its name, the Aeronca 11 Chief was not an evolution of the Aeronca 50 Chief prewar, but the two-seater version coast beside the 7AC Champion. Drawn by Raymond F. Hermes this apparatus was developed parallel to the Champion, the two models having more than 70% of common elements (aerofoil, empennage, gear landing, engine mount,…) the objective being to reduce to the maximum the production costs. The Chief was built only on the Municipal Airport of Dayton, with Vandalia where buildings were rented to produce this apparatus. The factory of Middletown, which will provide a certain number of subsets to the starting of the production, was absorbed too much by the production of the `Champ'.

Chief did not have same success as the Champion, even if a little more than 2.300 specimens were built. The production ceased in 1950, one year before Aeronca ceases producing light planes. If the license of the Champion were yielded to Champion Aircraft Corporation, that of the Chief was sold with a certain E.J. Trytek of Syracuse, N.Y., which conceded a license with Hindustan Aircraft Ltd. The Super Chief was thus still built in India between 1958 and 1968 like Hindustan HUL-26 Pushpak.

Acquired by Bellanca with the beginning of the year 1970, the rights are today property of American Champion, but none the projects of revival of the production of this model succeeded to date.

Various models

Aeronca 11AC Chief : Certified in 1945 (ATC-761) with a Continental engine C-65-8 of 65 ch, this model started to leave factory at the beginning of 1946. 1862 built specimens.

Aeronca 11AC Scout : a certain number of Chief were delivered with an interior installation minimized like very economic planes of school.
Aeronca 11ACS Chief : Also known like Aeronca S11AC , version seaplane with floats.

Aeronca 11BC Chief : Version of the 11AC to Continental engine C-85-8F of 85 ch, 180 built specimens, first specimens being delivered in June 1947. This model is characterized outside by the appearance of a dorsal edge in front of the drift to improve longitudinal stability.

Aeronca 11BCS Chief : Also known like Aeronca S11BC , version seaplane.

Aeronca 11CC Super Chief: Evolution of the 11BC with a more important authorized total weight and a larger beach of centering, a lengthened aerofoil of 2,5 cm, a more luxurious interior installation. 276 specimens built as from 1948.

Aeronca 11CCS Chief: Also known like Aeronca S11CC , version seaplane.

Hindustan HUL-26 Pushpak : 154 Super Chief licensed product by Hindustan Aircraft Ltd between 1958 and 1968 for the needs for the Indian flying-clubs. This apparatus is characterized by a slightly modified vertical stabilizer.

External bonds

http://aeronca.com
Hindustan HUL-26 Pushpak

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