Aircraft N9078E Photo

N9078E, 1946 Aeronca 11AC Chief, C/N: 11AC-710
78E with a coffee stop at the Chowchilla airport. The thermas (seen on the tail) was always on my preflight checklist.
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S B J Contact
Airport 2O6
Chowchilla Airport
Upload Date 2016-06-06
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Date Taken 2016-06-05 19:27:42
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E as it flys over 1Q4 near Tracy,Ca. around 1977-78. 78E is being superbly flown by future Northwest 747 Captain Wes., photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, The advantage of a tailwheel. 78E in central Calif. in 2001. This area has a lot of roads like this that can be safely landed on.This is why tailwheels are so neat!, photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E with Chief 42E in the distance, over San Andreas,Calif. flying to Westover airport on this beautiful fall day in California!, photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E flys south in the Calif central valley.In the distance to the west is seen Mt Diablo (3865 ft)which is the most prominent landmark and can be seen for a hundred miles.On VFR days it made navigation easy., photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, The view from 78E. Pretty tall mountains when you only have 65hp up front. The high peaks are around 12 thousand feet.With (abundance of) patience,a good Chief will take you any place you care to go.Must be why they have a 5 hour fuel supply., photo by S B J
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