Aeronca 11AC Chief Bodmin air show 2022,unusual and very tidy little plane review.

[@stefanwhite375]

Wonderful 😃

[@thestanleysadventures8229]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

[@johnorth345]

Greetings, I have a 1948 Aeronca Super Chief with a C90 in it. Love it.

[@thestanleysadventures8229]

Amazing planes aren't they 👍🏻

[@pahoskins]

I've owned both the Chief and the Champ at different times.. Great airplanes. Lots of fun on floats and skiis..

[@thestanleysadventures8229]

Wow must be amazing landing on water !! Scary to to be fair

[@oldamericaniron5767]

I have a 1938 Chief, up exhaust continental 65. Learned to fly and soloed in it. Haven’t flown in 4 years, hope to get back at it.

[@thestanleysadventures8229]

Great little planes aren't they! I'm sure ull be back in the sky's again soon enjoying her again 👍🏻

[@TheRidders]

Yay Pete!

[@thestanleysadventures8229]

Lovely and very knowledgeable guy! A pleasure to talk with and a great day out.

[@ronfry3324]

Continental started build agricultural engines but they also built and still do build aircraft engines. The 065 did not start out as an agricultural engine. It was and always wll be strictly an aircraft engine. And interestingly at one point Aeronca actuall used laminated cardboard ribs. That practice didnt last long, although I have seen wings with them.

[@thestanleysadventures8229]

Wow ! It amazed me how delicate the plane seemed before but now your saying they tried laminated cardboard as a construction method oh my !! Hope you enjoyed Pete's description?

[@ronfry3324]

@@thestanleysadventures8229 They were not and still are not as fragile as you think. They are pretty tough ole birds. There have been several over the years that got away from the person trying to hand crank them, took off, flew around for awhile pilotless, crashed and were still rebuildable. Not many netal planes can claim that.

[@thestanleysadventures8229]

@@ronfry3324 very true indeed, And very impressive to! Pete and Martin (the guy who was giving all the information as we walked around the planes) were very knowledgeable guys and made it an amazing and very informative day out.

[@ronfry3324]

@@thestanleysadventures8229 if your intereated in Aeroncas, there is a very good book out there by a Mr. Bob Holinbaugh. He was an engineer for Aeronca. Great stories and pictures. He owned the second 11AC Chief ever built. I live 6 miles from the old Aeronca factory. My Uncle Maurice Fry was a test pilot for them and was killed testing an L3 Aeronnca. Wing folded up on turning down wind. A strut bolt was installed incorrectly. Bobs book has a great picture of him with an L3 after he had the engine ripped off and made a successful emergency landing in a corn field. They are great sturdy aircraft.

[@thestanleysadventures8229]

​@@ronfry3324 wow that's sad! but but interesting, would love to go up in one to, there's another one in a different video iv done which had a much more powerful motor that looked like it would be amazing fun!!

[@kmrerk]

obnoxious noise, drowns out your really interesting comments.

[@thestanleysadventures8229]

Sorry mate what do you mean?

[@thestanleysadventures8229]

My knowledge is very limited so I have to leave it to the people that know there stuff to fill us in, sorry if my questions aren't great.

[@jaser3312]

@@thestanleysadventures8229 the wind noise on your mic. Get a foam cover for it.

[@thestanleysadventures8229]

@JaseR33 I need to get a separate mike, That was just a gopro on its own sorry

[@bobswan6196]

@@jaser3312 I could hear everything clearly enough