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AERONCA 7 Champ Public Release

And actually, the L-3 predates the Champ. The Champ was first flown around the end of the war and the L-16 is the Army (L-16B) and USAF/ANG (L-16A) version. Some of them (L-16Bs, maybe?) had a larger tail and some window differences, but many Champs have been painted to match them and Lagaffe's model is definitely close enough for use in the sim! (Very happy to let him work on the Canso now vs doing every Champ variant!)

A Korean-era L-16 Army scheme:
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I'd love to see a USAF/ANG and/or CAP paint, if any of our talented livery artists are interested:



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(Actual L-16s with the bigger tail)

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Some cool Florida CAP shots here:

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Aeronca L-16 Plane

History, photos and information on the Aeronca L-16 used for search & rescue by Civil Air Patrol FL301.
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Well, "Cricket" and "Droopy" are uploaded. They are definitely fictional. Apart from this being the incorrect model and the one scheme being based on an O-1 livery, the fonts are not quite accurate, the placement of elements is approximated, and other details are creations of my own; but until someone with the talent for precision and accuracy tackles one of the above schemes, maybe some of you will enjoy them. I had fun making them, but I think I need to do less painting and more flying for a while.

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@lagaffe, thanks again, and I'm really looking forward to what you're doing with the Catalina.
 
Folks, for me it flies even better in MSFS 2024. If you have that sim, try it. For some reason, I cannot get the spats in 2020, but no problem in 2024. On my set up I get smoother fps in 2024 too.

Cazzie

Screenshots from MSFS 2024

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Yeah, FS2024 is still not without its problems, but I almost always get smooth performance, which was never true of FS2020. The Champ's a beaut and works perfectly there.

With the Decathlon out and the Scout coming up this month, we're gonna have a really nice lineage of these planes!
 
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