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Description
| Manufacturer: | Aeronca | |
| Base model: | L-3 | |
| Designation: | L-3 | |
| Nickname: | Grasshopper | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1942-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Liaison | |
| See Also: | O-58 | |
Specifications
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Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Andy , CA | In 1953, I lived in a very small town in Michigan. As a 17 year old I worked at the local Chevrolet dealer. One of the mecanic, Bill Bailey, owned a L3 that he kept at the local farmers strip. He took me for a ride one evening and I was hooked! The farmer, Bill Wessler, gave instruction and offered to teach me to fly if Bill Bailey would let me use the C3. He did!! Not only that, I asked him if my foster brother could do the same and he agreed. We both soloed with 6 hours,and flew the wings off of it. No licese,no medical nothing. those were the days 02/17/2008 @ 16:49 [ref: 19700] |
| Andy , CA | In 1953, I lived in a very small town in Michigan. As a 17 year old I worked at the local Chevrolet dealer. One of the mecanic, Bill Bailey, owned a C3 that he kept at the local farmers strip. He took me for a ride one evening and I was hooked! The farmer, Bill Wessler, gave instruction and offered to teach me to fly if Bill Bailey would let me use the C3. He did!! Not only that, I asked him if my foster brother could do the same and he agreed. We both soloed with 6 hours,and flew the wings off of it. No licese,no medical nothing. those were the days 02/17/2008 @ 16:47 [ref: 19699] |
| Frank Wicks Schenectady, NY | While I continue to fly in Cessnas the only airplane I owned was an Aeronca Defender in 1962.
I was an entry level engineer at General lectric aircraft engines in Lynn. I bought it for $600 for the prpose of taking flight instruction. After one flight the instructor concluded it was too low in performance for him to instruct. I subsequently took instruction and soloed in a rental Aeronca Champ and cross country in a Piper J3 Cub. I then went back to flying the my Defender. Over three months I made many long cross country flights throughout New England and New York. Had some great experiences and a lot of fun. Someone suggested it might perform better with a differentpitch propelleer. I flew it down to New Bedford, bought a used wooden propeller for $ 50, changed it on the field. I think it cruised 72 mph before and 72 mph after. It cruise a little faster with a passenger in front. It trimmed up better. The annual was due in October of 1962, an estimated $800 ws required for re-fabric, so I sold it for $400. I had a lot of fun and am still nostalgic recalling my adventures with it. 01/12/2008 @ 09:49 [ref: 19267] |
| Garry Swain Mesquite, TX | Back in the mid 1970s I had a 46 7AC and use to fly with a friend who had an L-3 Defender N31811, a 1940 65TF. He still had it when he died a year ago and his wife has asked me to help her sell it. He had the wings off and uncovered when he got sick stopping the project, and had fitted it with wing tanks he was supposed to have gotten a field approval for (I am looking for that paperwork, but it was not with the logs.) It has Seconite which may need to be recovered now, but he had light sanded the fuselage to repaint it. It has the original Continental 65A. I have no idea what it is now worth, but would be very interested in any comments, information, or offers. I know it is a true Warbird, and qualifies as a Light Sport Aircraft. (I would love to take on the project, but have two planes in my hanger now.) My cell# is 972-965-6474. 12/06/2007 @ 15:24 [ref: 18822] |
| Robert F. Herb Aloha, OR | I and a partner of mine, Ray Crawford, Owned an L-3 in 1955. We bought this fine (ugly) aircraft while we were building up time for our private pilots' license. We were stationed at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma and flew out of Lawton Municiple airport.
We paid $400 for this aircraft, N50728, and put about 100 hrs on it between the two of us. It was great for building up hours. When we sold it for $400, we calculated that it cost us just $1.52/hr to fly including gas, hanger, maint and relicense. Ray went on to become one of the most revered aeronautics instructors in MI and I got caught up in the growing electronics industry in Oregon. I have pictures of our "gem" and have many fond memories of the plane that had the inscription under the seat "Property of Signal Corps, U.S. Army." 04/13/2005 @ 23:58 [ref: 9949] |
| Raymond COLINOT Montreuil, QC | For scale model documentation, i\'m looking for an AERONCA L3
three sights drawing. Anticipated thanks Regards R. Colinot 03/04/2003 @ 04:07 [ref: 6355] |
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