Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily.
Today’s Top Pick is a 1941 Aeronca 65CA Super Chief.
The Aeronca Chief reached the market just prior to the United States’ entry into World War II and was meant to offer buyers more comfort than the typical bare-bones light aircraft that proliferated at the time. While aircraft like its cousin, the Aeronca Champ, and rival, the Piper J-3 Cub, were aimed primarily at the trainer market, the Super Chief was meant more as a personal aircraft with added details like interior upgrades and toe brakes when many light airplanes had heel brakes.
This 1941 Aeronca has 2,298 hours on the airframe and 235 hours on the engine. The panel includes the basic VFR instruments that a pilot in 1941 would expect, such as an altimeter, tachometer, turn and slip indicator, and airspeed indicator. This aircraft is covered in Ceconite fabric from 1980 and has always been hangared. It has a 17-gallon fuel tank and the useful load is 463 pounds.
Pilots looking for a back-to-basics vintage tailwheel aircraft that can carry two people back in time to an era before airways and ADS-B should consider this Aeronca Super Chief, which is available for $31,900 on AircraftForSale.
You can arrange financing of the aircraft through FLYING Finance. For more information, email info@flyingfinance.com.
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