Aeronca C-3

The Aeronca C-3 is a light aircraft built by Aeronca from 1931 to 1937. The aircraft was thought to be easy to fly, easy to train on, and cheap to operate, leading to widespread success. Aeronica stopped building the C-3 in 1937 because the design did not meet new government safety rules.^[1]

Variants

C-3

C-3 Master

Aeronca 100

Aeronca 300

Ely 700

Surviving aircraft

• A-125 – C-3 on display at the Western North Carolina Air Museum in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
• A-189 – C-3 airworthy at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon. It is a floatplane and was built in 1931.
• A-194 – C-3 in storage at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. It was built in 1931.
• A-215 – C-3 airworthy at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon. It was built in 1932.
• A-246 – PC-3 airworthy at the Eagles Mere Air Museum in Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania.
• A-258 – C-3 on static display at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in San Diego, California.
• A-288 – C-3 under restoration at the Wright Experience in Warrenton, Virginia.
• A-600 – C-3 airworthy with Paul A. Gliddon in Goathland, North Yorkshire.
• A-603 – C-3 airworthy with John Illsley. It was flown to South Africa from England in 1936.
• A-610 – C-3 airworthy with Nicholas S. Chittenden in Lostwithiel, Cornwall.
• A-614 – C-3 on display at the Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.
• A-668 – C-3 airworthy at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
• A-673 – C-3B airworthy at the Port Townsend Aero Museum in Port Townsend, Washington. It was built in 1936.
• A-695 – C-3 on static display in the terminal building at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• A-717 – C-3 airworthy at the Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel, Pennsylvania. It is marked as NC17404.
• A-730 – C-3 airworthy at the Frasca Air Museum in Urbana, Illinois.
• A-754 – C-3 airworthy at Cole Palen's Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Red Hook, New York. It is registered as N17447.
• AB105 – Aeronca 100 airworthy with the Wingnut Syndicate in Warkworth, Auckland.
• 526 – C-3 in storage at the Shannon Air Museum in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
• 623 – C-3 airworthy at the Golden Wings Flying Museum in Blaine, Minnesota.
• Unknown ID – C-3 under restoration at the Aeronca Museum in Brighton, Michigan.
• Unknown ID – C-3 on display at the Wings of History Museum in San Martin, California.
• Unknown ID – C-3 under restoration at Generations in Aviation in Jacksonville, Florida. Built in 1932. registered NC12496
• Unknown ID – C-3 on static display at the Florida Air Museum in Lakeland, Florida.