BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:07616f65f36745bf811c646221b1452c CATEGORIES:Presentation, Disscusion, Class or Movie SUMMARY:Movie: After Meeting Get Togather LOCATION: DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\nAfter tonights Meeting we will be showing the "Areonca" Aircraft Movie for those that wish to stay\n\n\n"Aeronca, contracted from Aeronautical Cor poration of America, located in Middletown, Ohio, is a US manufacturer of e ngine components and airframe structures for commercial aviation and the de fense industry. In the 1930s and 1940s, the company was a major producer of general aviation aircraft, and also produced the engines for some of their early designs."\nOrigins\n\nThe Aeronca Aircraft Corporation was founded N ovember 11, 1928 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Backed by the financial and political support of the prominent Taft family and future Ohio senator Robert A. Taf t who was one of the firm's directors, Aeronca became the first company to build a commercially successful general aviation aircraft. When production ended in 1951, Aeronca had sold 17,408 aircraft in 55 models.\nAeronca C-2 registered CF-AOR in the Canada Aviation Museum, Rockcliffe (Ottawa) Ontari o, 2006\n\nProduction began with the Jean A. Roche-designed Aeronca C-2 mon oplane, often called the "Flying Bathtub", in 1929. The next major model wa s the Scout of 1937, a two-seater, which was developed into the Chief and S uper Chief the next year.\n\n\nIn 1937 there was a major flood at the Lunke n Airport, resulting in the entire airport area being washed away. Aeronca' s factory was destroyed, along with the tooling and almost all of the very early blueprints and drawings. At this time a decision was made to move the operation to a more stable area. Middletown, Ohio was chosen, and the comp any has remained there ever since. All of the airplanes produced from the s tart of production in 1929 to 1937 are known as the "Lunken" Aeroncas. The first Aeronca built in Middletown was produced on June 5, 1940, and after t his time all Aeroncas were built here.\n World War II\n\nThe Defender, a ta ndem trainer version of the Chief with a higher rear seat, was used in trai ning many of the pilots who flew in World War II. Several observation and l iaison aircraft designs were also produced during and after the war, includ ing the L-3, L-16 and O-58.\n1940 Aeronca 11AC Chief Postwar\n\nIn 1945, fo llowing the end of World War II, Aeronca returned to civilian production wi th two new models, the 7AC Champion and the 11AC Chief. While the Champ sha red its tandem seating arrangement with the prewar tandem trainer and the C hief shared its name with the prewar Chief designs, both were new designs. A benefit of the concurrent development was that the new designs had about 80% of their parts in common. Nevertheless, the Champ was favored by the pu blic, evidenced by its outselling its sibling at a rate of 4 to 1. Between 1945 and 1951, nearly 8,000 Champions were manufactured; while over the sam e period, approximately 2,000 Chiefs were produced.\n1946 7AC Champion New ownership\n\nAeronca ceased light aircraft production in 1951, and in 1954 sold the Champion design to the new Champion Aircraft Corporation of Osceol a, Wisconsin, which continued building variants of the Champion as well as the derivative design, the Citabria. In 1978 Aeronca planned to start aircr aft production again with production of a prototype Foxjet ST600. The proje ct was eventually cancelled due to lack of WR-44 engine availability. [1] A eronca now builds components for aerospace companies including Boeing, Nort hrop Grumman, Lockheed and Airbus. In its 23-year history as a general avia tion and military aviation manufacturer, Aeronca produced 17,408 aircraft s panning 55 different models.\n CONTACT:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. // DTSTAMP:20260610T113947Z DTSTART:20111115T021000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR