Photos of Aircraft N9078E

N9078E, 1946 Aeronca 11AC Chief, c/n 11AC-710
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E at the Fremont airport not long befor it closed in 1986., at Q59, photo by S B J
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@ Q59
Aircraft N9078E, 78E near Seattle,Wa. flying south on the way back home to Calif. after a year at Port Townsend,Wa. 78E always seemed to fly better and faster when heading home., photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E with 48Z & 59X at Tracy. Found 3 planes to be a bit much., at TCY, photo by S B J
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@ TCY
Aircraft N9078E, 78E at a private strip in the Calif Mother Lode on a beautiful day., photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E being fueled.The usual procedure in the desert was a bike, gas can and a hose., at L61, photo by S B J
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@ L61
Aircraft N9078E, 78E on short final at the 20th annual Watsonville flyin.Watsonville on Memorial Day weekend kicked off the flyin season.The following weekend was always the Merced flyin & airshow.In the 70s & 80s they were both not to be missed., at WVI, photo by S B J
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@ WVI
Aircraft N9078E, 78E in flight., photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E doing a fly by in 1978.78E spent many hours flying in & around the mts seen in the distance, landing on many dirt runways there-some easy-some not.Fantastic time back then!! I for one sure miss those days., at Q59, photo by S B J
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@ Q59
Aircraft N9078E, 78E out in the country in the calif central valley foothills., photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E in slip configuration. The slip is something the chief is extremly good at. It has excellent rudder and aileron control., at Q59, photo by S B J
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@ Q59
Aircraft N9078E, Thought this picture of a chief from a chief was interesting. Like two for one., photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, Going back together again., photo by Unkown
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E shown what it is very good at,off field landing.The chief is a very good and capable plane and I very much enjoyed (most of) the 2K hours I was fortunate to fly them., photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E making a low level/ high speed pass (maybe scratch the high speed) at the old Fremont airport back in 1977., at Q59, photo by S B J
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@ Q59
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 flying out of the SF Bay Area to the north. Calistoga (when it had an in town airport) was our destination this day as it often was., photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E after landing on private strip (now closed due in part to a fatal C150 crash) in central calif. around 1994. There were many strips like this in the Mt Hamilton area,most of which are now closed.This strip is now part of Henry Coe state park., photo by S B J
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Aircraft N9078E, 78E- Made a quick stop at Eagleville airport (now closed ) in NE Calif. 78E flew over 10 hours this day. It was a long day! Easy to understand (headache around hour 8) how the term airknocker came about., photo by S B J
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