couple of thousand airplanes!
Well, on to a couple of places now... Want to keep your Champ or Chief in tip
top shape and see how they did it in 1947?
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| Aeronca 7AC Champion Ads and an Early 11AC Chief Ad..... | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Aeronca started advertising in earnest during the 1946 and early 1947 period. After that time, the ads were fewer in magazines, undoubtably due to the fact that no amount of promotion could cure the fact that the aviation market was simply flooded with Aeroncas. In early 1947 Aeronca moved all production back to Middletown, Ohio and the airport was rapidly filled with unsold Aeronca's on the flight line. At that time, the 11ACS, the Scout was introduced to try and simulate the market, but even that didn't sell very well. The lower price wasn't low enough. The Scout ad will be on the next web page along with 11AC and 11CC Chief ads! | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Here is an early ad for the 11Series Chief, published in January of 1946. Its interesting that the final paint scheme apparently wasn't finalized, since we have a Chief without it! The interior tubing is certainly post-war, the tail has the rudder balance, but the engine cooling cowling, the McDowell starter and the jury struts are all off. The wheel pants are different in this artist's imagination. The ad is really for dealers to sign up for an Aeronca dealership in the post-war years. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| There is a little bit of debate on what an original windshield on the Aeronca Champion is supposed to be like. Is it flat or a bubble? Well here is an ad from the original supplier of the Aeronca windshields to the factory which helps us figure this one out. You can also get a good view in the color video tape "Aeronca, the Plane you'll want to Fly" which I highly recommend to anyone interested in classic airplanes. Call the National Aeronca Association for a copy (their address is on the Aeronca mailing list web page on the main page....). | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Here's the second serial number Chief (the first one is always proof loaded to destruction)....the prototype Aeronca 11Ac Chief....I don't know if "Sleek, racy, streamlined" is really what Aeronca flying is all about, but it did end up selling a couple of thousand airplanes! |
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| Did you catch that it was one of the prototype Champs in the plexiglass ad? Well, on to a couple of places now... Want to keep your Champ or Chief in tip top shape and see how they did it in 1947? |
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