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New Archive Document - Drawing - 5402 Rib - Wing Station #8 & 9
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5401 Rib - Aileron Bay Station #11-12-14-15
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5396 Plate - Carry Thru - Drag Truss
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5395 Fitting - Fastener For Nose and Trail Rib
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5394 Plate - Wing Drag Truss Wire
New Archive Document - New Service Letter - SL49 - Conversion of Model 7GC to Model 7EC
From the Museum Director - New photos of the E-113 engine has been added to the museum's online archives. The E-113 engine is a two cylinder aircraft engine of 36 HP to 40 HP built from 1931 to 1939. It was used on the Aeronca model C-3 and K airp...See more
From the Museum Director - New photos of the E-113 engine has been added to the museum's online archives. The E-113 engine is a two cylinder aircraft engine of 36 HP to 40 HP built from 1931 to 1939. It was used on the Aeronca model C-3 and K airplanes. It weighted about 120 LBS. The earlier E-107 version was used Aeronca's first airplane, the C-2, in 1929.
The prototype engine was designed for Aeronca by Harold Moorehouse and later refined by Ray Poole and Robert Galloway for production. Aeronca was forced to design and build their own engines because in the 1920s there were no small, light, reliable and affordable aircraft engines available.
This engine, when combined with the lightweight C-2 air frame, launched the light aeroplane industry in 1929. Aeronca lead this new market of small airplanes and engines for a few years until Continental and Lycoming engines entered the market and used on Taylorcraft and Piper aircraft. By 1938 the market outgrew the E-113 engines. So Aeronca also begin building airplanes with the flat-fours from Continental and Lycoming.
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New Archive Document - Image Gallery - Aeronca KC NC19790 - Front Right quarter view - Two unidentifeid men in the photo.
New Archive Document - Image Gallery - Aeronca KC, NC19790. Last registered in Alaska.
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5371 Bushing - Flying Wire Bolt Station #10 - C-2, C-3
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5370 Hold Down Clamp C-3
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5369 Bolt - Drag Truss and Beam Butt - C-2, C-3
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5368 Block - End - Compression - Spar End - C-2, C-3
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5348 Strap Assembly - Flying Wire Station #10 - C-2, C-3
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5267 Washer - Tapered - 3/8 inch - C-2, C-3
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5345 End Vision Rib - C-2, C-3
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5260 Brace - Trailing Edge - Corner - C-2, C-3
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5259 Drag Wire Assembly - C-2, C-3
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5247 Rivet - Aluminum - Wing Tip Tube - C-2, C-3
New Archive Document - Drawing - 5196 Trailing Edge Cap Strip - Wing - C-2, C-3
