Aeronca 11 Chief

The Aeronca 11 Chief is a single-engine light aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear and two seats side by side, designed and built by Aeronca Aircraft and produced in the United States between 1946 and 1950. It was a gentle flyer intended as a step up from the 7AC Champion trainer, with a well-appointed cabin. Despite sharing the Chief name with the prewar models it was a new design, developed in tandem with the Champion so that the two shared between 70 and 80 percent of their parts, and the Champion outsold it by nearly four to one. Upgraded versions followed as the 11BC and the 11CC Super Chief, and a very similar design was built in India by Hindustan Aeronautics as the HUL-26 Pushpak.