We are always adding things to our website or making progress in our mission to preserve Aeronca history. Please return often to view our current update or to review our past updates.
New Archive Document - Image Gallery - Right side view of Aeronca LC NC17450. Appears to have Civil Air Patrol logo on fuselage.
Website Change - Store Item - 11AC Combo Kit - Now available - Printed and bound - This is both 11AC Service Letters and Helps Hints, bound seperately.
Website Change - Store Item - 11AC Helps Hints Collection - Now available - Printed and bound - All 27 Helps and Hints that apply to the Aeronca 11AC - 94 pages.
Website Change - Store Item - 11AC Service Letters Collection - Now available - Printed and bound - All 9 Service Letters that apply to the Aeronca 11AC - 30 pages.
New Archive Document - Drawing - 7-1065 Electrical Installation - 7EC
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5450 Final Assembly C-1 - Three View Drawing
New Archive Document - Advertisements - 1940 Aeronca Presents Another and Still Greater Champion - THE NEW CHIEF - High-res scan of a 1940 advertisement from an unknown magazine featuring a maroon with red pre-war Aeronca Chief, either an 65CA or...See more
New Archive Document - Advertisements - 1940 Aeronca Presents Another and Still Greater Champion - THE NEW CHIEF - High-res scan of a 1940 advertisement from an unknown magazine featuring a maroon with red pre-war Aeronca Chief, either an 65CA or 65LB. Notice the extended pitot tube. This must have been a test ship. See less
New Archive Document - Advertisements - Aeronca's New Tandem Trainer - Color advertisement from unknown magazine from 1940. Features NC26243. Left profile of blue with orange 65TL. Two men in front of airplane examining paperwork. 65C Chief in the background.
New Archive Document - Image Gallery - Seven men kneeling in front of Aeronca K, NC18871. The tag on the photo indicated 1937. The men are not identified. This is not the original picture, it appears to be ink jet printed. From the Wally Baldwin collection.
From the Museum Director - A video of the early success of making wing rib gussets with a die cutter and an arbor press.
Website Change - Enhancements and fixes - Added coupon codes. Checkout improvements to copy shipping address into billing address.
From the Museum Director - Our first Coupon Code for the Aeronca Museum store. 30% off gifts and apparel with code GIFTSANDSHIRTS30. This includes Aeronca flags, Fearless Aeronca Aviator shirts, Champ challenge coins, Museum shirts, etc. www.aeron...See more
From the Museum Director - Our first Coupon Code for the Aeronca Museum store. 30% off gifts and apparel with code GIFTSANDSHIRTS30. This includes Aeronca flags, Fearless Aeronca Aviator shirts, Champ challenge coins, Museum shirts, etc. www.aeroncamuseum.org
We are a small museum with the goal of preserving Aeronca and American aviation history. If you are new to the museum Facebook then I hope you enjoy viewing our previous posts. You can join our passion by becoming a member for $35.
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BTW, we are seeking writers and researchers to help us document Aeronca history to be posted in the online archive. If you like historical research and can write, please reach me at the web's contact me page. -Todd See less
Website Change - Store Item - Aeronca Challange Coin
From the Museum Director - Aeronca 15AC "Sunkist Lady". N1074H. More history has been posted to the Aeronca Museum online archives. In early 1949 Bill Barris and Dick Riedel broke the world flight endurance record that had stood for 10-years, by f...See more
From the Museum Director - Aeronca 15AC "Sunkist Lady". N1074H. More history has been posted to the Aeronca Museum online archives. In early 1949 Bill Barris and Dick Riedel broke the world flight endurance record that had stood for 10-years, by flying this Sedan 1008 hours without landing. We have recently posted 25 news stories and 6 image gallery photos. Very interesting history, including three failed attempts before succeeding the fourth time.
A few months later another Aeronca "City of Yuma" broke that world record again at 1124 hours, thus relegating the Sunkist Lady to the forgotten history books.
The purpose of our Museum is to preserve Aeronca history like this. We could use help in capturing other Aeronca history. If you like research and writing, please considering volunteering your time to our museum.
Do you like what we are doing? Please share. And support us by joining our museum. We would appreciate your support. See less
New Archive Document - Image Gallery - Postcard from April 1949 with a postal cancelation stamp to commemorate the recording breaking endurance flight of Bill Barris and Dick Riedel in Aeronca 15AC Sunkist Lady. Signed
New Archive Document - Image Gallery - Ground crew exchange fuel contains to Bill Barris and Dick Riedel in Aeronca 15AC Sunkist Lady during the 1949 endurance flight based out of Fullerton, CA.
New Archive Document - Image Gallery - Dick Riedel and Bill Barris get a haircut on 4-26-1949 after breaking the world flight endurance record of 1008 hours in Aeronca Sedan Sunkist lady.
New Archive Document - Image Gallery - Ground crew Frank Miller, Llyod Golbach, Don Janson exchange fuel contains to Bill Barris and Dick Riedel in Aeronca 15AC Sunkist Lady during the 1949 endurance flight based out of
New Archive Document - Image Gallery - Ground crew Frank Miller, Llyod Golbach, Don Janson exchange fuel contains to Bill Barris and Dick Riedel in Aeronca 15AC Sunkist Lady during the 1949 endurance flight based out of Fullerton, CA.
New Archive Document - Image Gallery - In 1949 Dick Riedel and Bill Barris of Fullerton Air Service piloted Aeronca Sedan 'Sunkist Lady' into the endurance flight record books by staying aloft 1,008. They were welcomed
