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Let me know how it goes. The lady that sews the envelopes for the Millers lives in my airporthood. I'd be curious to see if he actually has a pattern for the 50C/65C, or if he is thinking that all pre-War Chiefs are the same. It would be a risk, but might be worth trying the 65CA envelope on your 50...

By the way, the wings and tail surfaces on all the pre-War Chiefs are the same. (Not true between pre-War and post-War.) According to the drawings, the fuselages have some pretty significant changes between the 50C/65C and the 65CA, including a wider cabin. Aft of the cabin appears to be the same tu...

Clyde,

Envelope makers probably don't know that the 50C has the same fulselage as the 65C. You may want to contact them again to see if they have it indexed under 65C.

Todd Trainor

Steve,

Try these drawings at aeronca.com, in the drawings section.

4-657 Frame Assembly - Ventral Fin
4-658 Fin Assembly - Covered Ventral
4-909 Fin Installation - Edo Model 1400 Float Ventral

Todd Trainor

The Aeronca logo flags are now available at http://www.aeronca.com/store The flags are 3'x'5' outdoor nylon with a binding and two grommets. Two logo styles are available. $38 each plus $2 shipping. While supplies last. Aeronca_Traditional_White_BG.jpg Aeronca_Traditional_Yellow_BG.jpg Aeronca_Tall_...

I am leaving for a 14 day business trip. I will try to determine why Firefox is not working in February when I return. I will have to download Firefox. Is Firefox giving any clue as to what the issue it? And exactly at what point is it failing? When you click on "View" you should get the P...

Senior, Try it again. If it does not work, contact me offline at ttad@aol.com and tell me what browser you are using. I just tried it and it worked.... However, I noticed a double slash in the URL where a single slash should be. It still worked with my Internet Explorer, but it might now work with o...

Here's another way to show your Aeronca pride. I am accepting pre-orders for Aeronca logo flags. Go to http://www.aeronca.com/flags/ to submit your pre-order request. If I get 40 pre-orders, I will order them. The flag will likely be a 3' x 5' white nylon/poly outdoor flag with the Aeronca logo. $38...

Check out the Service Letters section of Aeronca.com. It now contains all the Chief and Champs Service Letters *AND* Helps & Hints. And just last weekend, I finished scanning and posting all the Pre-War Memos. Go to www.aeronca.com/docs In reply to an old posting below, all user registrations at...

Yes.. I can ship outside the USA. For international recipients the shipping charges are different. Please use this link if you live outside the USA. http://www.aeronca.com/dwgs/Order_Drawing_DVD_International.asp I use International Priority Mail for shipping outside the USA. Todd Trainor ttad@aol.com

The collection of Aeronca drawings from the Aeronca.com website are now available on DVD at no charge. A $2.50 shipping fee applies. http://www.aeronca.com/dwgs/Order_Drawing_DVD.asp The DVD contains 926 Aeronca factory drawings of various Aeronca models. Including the K, 65CA, Champ and Chief, and ...