The L-16 Grasshopper is the militarized version of the Aeronca Champ and was used extensively in the Korean and Vietnam wars as an observation/liaison aircraft. Trevor Edie is a qualified fight ...

It could have been a contender: while ACA’s much improved 7EC was the best Champ of all – and popular with owners – it only saw limited production | Words: Bob Davy – Photos:Keith Wilson My first ...

Devised by Aeronca’s Chief Designer Ray Hermes (who also designed the Champ) it was built with eighty per cent commonality of parts, offering several advantages and enabling Aeronca to keep the price ...

Gary Mack submits a weekly column noting the latest plane activity in Plainview.

D. Miller / Wikimedia The Aeronca Champion has risen up the list from fourth place in 2023 to its current place as the second-cheapest certified plane in 2025. While many vintage aircraft have seen ...

Schulte, a designated pilot examiner with over 50 years of experience, was in the Aeronca Champion 7EC when it crashed on April 29, 2025 The Redding and North State aviation community is mourning ...

Two people were on board the plane – an Aeronca Champion 7EC – when it crashed, according to a statement from the FAA. The sheriff's office says the pilot of the plane died; the passenger was ...

The Aeronca Champion 7EC crashed in a field in southwest Cottonwood just before 3:30 p.m. with the two people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration reported. The single-engine plane went ...

On Wednesday, the FAA confirmed that the aircraft was a single-engine Aeronca Champion 7-EC. The plane went down in a wooded area near Cottonwood, north of Phyllis Road. The plane was registered to a ...

Witnesses said that a vintage single-engine Aeronca Champ experienced a problem shortly after takeoff when the plane veered to the left, clipped a powerline and crashed into a parked pickup truck ...