If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
L-3F Aeronca
I am looking for someone who knows what the L-3F was used for. I have a
rather detailed history, but can not determine the WW-2 use. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
L-3F Aeronca
On Mar 8, 6:34 pm, "William L Butler" wrote:
I am looking for someone who knows what the L-3F was used for. I have a rather detailed history, but can not determine the WW-2 use. In a book my mother boought for my husband probably 20 years ago "Vintage Flyers" by Eric Preston there is the following: "AERONCA L-3 Employed in the Clivil Pilot Training program, the Aeronda Tandem has already proven itself to be a safe and reliable aircraft. When the military showed interest in an observation verison, Aeronca responded immediately. Modified, somewhat, from civilian models (i.e., the "Tandem" and the "Defender"), the L-3 was used primarily as a liaison airplane. Although it was not very fast, it proved to be extremely useful. Often flown from fields, beaches and roads, it functioned with equal tenacity as an artillery spotter or a message courier. It was used to deliver paperwork and supplied between units and to flu replacement parts to downed aircraft or inoperative front line equipment. Always an adaptable and utilitarian airplent, the two- place L-# was a welcome addition to any squadron. Produced in Middletown, Ohion, as the first of Aeronca's tandem nodels, this series later gave way to the postwar Champions." We have restored and owned a few a few of the differences I remember are the wing bolts are about 2-3 times bigger than a normal Champ, the wing spars were a lot thicker and the bare wing (no covering or dope on it seemed a lot heavier), and instead of cables running to the tail there was a piece of ?chrome moly tubing from the stick to the back of the airplane. I also believe the bare fuselage was heavier so possibly it had thicker tubing or a different kind of steel. I know with Champs and Citabrias the -AC, BC, or other dash letters at the end indicate some type of change like addition of a dorsal fin and reinforcing bars in a Champ for a bigger engine, addition of flaps on a Citabria, but I can never what those letters signify. Sometimes it's just a different engine. Hope this info is helpful. Also Buzz Wagner in South Dakota (we call him Mr. Aeronca) has a lot of the STCs and parts for Aeronca and knows just about everything there is to know about them. Carol (and Tom). |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
WTB: Aeronca Champ | [email protected] | Aviation Marketplace | 7 | July 13th 06 10:04 PM |
HELP:Aeronca Champ or J3 Cub V speed? | [email protected] | Piloting | 11 | May 31st 06 06:58 PM |
WANTED AERONCA CHAMP or L-3 | [email protected] | Aviation Marketplace | 0 | March 6th 06 04:23 PM |
Aeronca 15AC Sedan | JAX | Owning | 8 | June 9th 05 03:28 PM |
Aeronca Champ wanted | [email protected] | Aviation Marketplace | 1 | March 21st 05 09:34 AM |