Aeronca C-3

The Aeronca C-3 was a light plane built by the Aeronautical Corporation of America in the United States during the 1930s. Derived from the C-2 and introduced in 1931, it added room for a passenger seated next to the pilot, which made flight training much easier, and it was powered by a new 36 horsepower Aeronca E-113 engine. In 1935 the distinctive razorback shape gave way to the roundback C-3 Master, with an enclosed cabin and a proper door, priced at only $1,895; 128 Masters were built that year, of 430 C-3s in all. A strengthened version was built in England under licence as the Aeronca 100. Production halted in 1937 when the aircraft no longer met new US airworthiness standards, although a grandfather clause let existing aircraft keep flying.