American Champion Citabria Explorer

The American Champion Citabria Explorer is the current name of the model 7GCBC, a two-seat light single-engine airplane with tandem seating and fixed conventional landing gear, built for training, utility work and personal flying and certified for aerobatic loads from plus 5 g to minus 2 g. Champion Aircraft introduced the 7GCBC in 1965 as a close sibling of the 7GCAA, with a 150 horsepower Lycoming O-320 and spring steel main gear legs, and its larger wing with flaps made it the most utility minded Citabria; the Turkish Army used it for observation. American Champion reintroduced it in 1994 as the Explorer with metal-spar wings and a 160 horsepower engine, and also builds a High Country Explorer with a 180 horsepower engine and larger wheels.