The L-16 Grasshopper is the militarized version of the Aeronca Champ and was used extensively in the Korean and Vietnam wars as an observation/liaison aircraft. Trevor Edie is a qualified fight ...

I have always preferred the Aeronca Champ over its more-famous rival, the Piper J-3 Cub, because as a solo pilot you sit in the front seat instead of the rear, and as a result can actually see ...

Some also like flying with the Chief’s control yokes instead of the Champ’s sticks. This 1947 Chief has 1,903 hours on the airframe and 936 hours on its Continental C85 engine.

Manatee County deputies responded to reports of a downed aircraft at 14108 U.S. 41 in Palmetto just before 10 a.m. Witnesses said that a vintage single-engine Aeronca Champ experienced a problem ...

The Aero Space Museum of Calgary's collection grew by one plane this week — a 1946 Aeronca Champion donated posthumously by Aevult Schlenker, who passed away in May at age 87. "He was always ...

Manatee County deputies responded to reports of a downed aircraft at 14108 U.S. 41 in Palmetto just before 10 a.m. Witnesses said that a vintage single-engine Aeronca Champ experienced a problem ...

DULUTH — Two people were killed when a small vintage plane crashed in the Pequaywan Lake area north of Duluth on Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed. The two-seat 1946 Aeronca Champion went ...

Police in Chester County said the small two-seater - 1940s-era Aeronca Champ - lost altitude just after taking off at New Garden Airport and crashed just before 9 am on Wednesday.