Aeronca C-2 - Ottawa, Ontario - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

The following is from the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum's Website:

Highlights:

An ultra-light monoplane designed in 1929 by Jean A. Roché and built in the U.S. by Aeronautical Corporation of America (Aeronca)

Designed as a cheap and simple flying machine for the amateur pilot; credited as triggering an American boom in light aircraft

Appeared during the Depression and its relatively low price made it a popular civilian aircraft

Known as "the flying bathtub" due to its unusual shape; its steel tube fuselage and its wooden wings were covered with doped cotton fabric

First C-2 in Canada was displayed at a Montreal air meet in 1930

First flight was on October 20, 1929

Artifact no.:
1967.0632
Manufacturer:
Aeronautical Corporation of America
Manufacturer Location:
United States
Manufacture Date:
1931
Registration no.:
CF-AOR
Acquisition Date:
1967

History:

The C-2 was designed to be a cheap and simple flying machine for the amateur pilot. Built at the beginning of the Great Depression, it appealed to those who could not afford larger more expensive airplanes because of its relatively low price. After the C-2 appeared at a Montreal air meet in 1930, the Aeronautical Corporation of Canada was formed in Toronto. This company imported and sold 17 C-2s and C-3s during the 1930s. Approximately 515 C-2s and C-3s had been made when production stopped in 1937.

A C-2 was flown higher than 6 000 m (20 000 ft), and one fitted with special fuel tanks remained aloft for 26 hours. The C-2 was dubbed the "flying bathtub" due to its unusual fuselage contour.

Current Location:

Reserve Hangar, Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Provenance:

Purchase

Manufactured in 1931, the Museum's aircraft was the eighth C-2 built by Aeronca. It was originally sold to G. A. Dickson of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; it then passed through the hands of several owners. A more powerful engine was installed prior to the Museum acquiring it in 1967. The Museum replaced the original vertical tail with that of a late-production C-3.

Technical Information:

Wing Span 11 m (36 ft)
Length 6.0 m (20 ft)
Height 2.3 m (7 ft 6 in)
Weight, Empty 184 kg (406 lb)
Weight, Gross 317 kg (700 lb)
Cruising Speed 105 km/h (65 mph)
Max Speed 129 km/h (80 mph)
Rate of Climb 137 m/min (450 ft)
Service Ceiling 5,030 m (16,500 ft)
Range 322 km (200 mi)
Power Plant one Aeronca E-113, 36 hp, horizontally opposed engine

Reference: (visit link)

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Aeronca C-2 Tail Number: (S/N): CF-AOR Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Canada Aviation and Space Museum inside / outside: inside Other Information:: Canada Aviation and Space Museum - Ottawa, Ontario Opening hours Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission fees Adult $15, Youth (3-17) $10 Senior (age 60+) / Student $13 - Free on Thursday from 4 to 5 PM An additional 5$ entrance fee to visit the hanger where this aircraft is located will need to be purchased before the visit takes place. You will be escorted by a tour guide. Tours of the hangar are scheduled for 11 AM and 1 PM. There is paid parking on site. Taking photographs is allowed. Access restrictions: You will be briefed by the tour guide at the commencement of your tour and he/she will explain the activities that you may have to restrain from within the hangar. There are barriers on the floor that serve to prevent visitors from approaching too close and touching the aircrafts.

Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)

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