Aeronca L-16 是一款由艾容卡飛機公司 製造的陸軍聯絡機。它廣泛服役於韓戰 期間。它本質上是艾容卡 冠軍 的軍事化版本。從1955年起,大部分飛機調往美國民間航空巡邏隊 。[ 2]
L-16源自艾容卡 冠軍 ,主要取代於美國軍隊服役的L-4草蜢式聯絡機 。L-16整體上具有更好的性能、穩定性、可視性和舒適性,但其安全特性與L-4相比,則是好壞參半。[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
一架1956年製造的Aeronca 7BCM,2011年塗裝成L-16A
L-16A (7BCM Champion)
376架供美国空军国民警卫队 使用,[ 1] 曾於1950年開始部署在韓國 ,共509架[ 6]
L-16B (7CCM Champion)
美國陸軍 版本的Model 7AC ,作為教練機使用[ 6] [ 7] 共100架[ 2]
3-view line drawing of the Aeronca L-16
^ 1.0 1.1 Swanborough and Bowers 1964, p. 33.
^ 2.0 2.1 Andrade 1979, p. 130
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^ Davisson, Budd. "Comparing the Classics: The Aeronca Champ," (页面存档备份 ,存于互联网档案馆 ) EAA/Sport Aviation, June 1997, Experimental Aircraft Association , as reproduced on the author's website, retrieved 2016-02-01
^ Air Training Department, The Artillery School, U.S. Army, "The New Grasshopper—L-16 互联网档案馆 的存檔 ,存档日期2018-09-21.," (semi-official U.S. Army tutorial written to guide pilots transitioning from the Piper L-4 to the Aeronca L-16) The Field Artillery Journal , Nov-Dec 1947, United States Army
^ 6.0 6.1 Eden and Moeng, 2002. p. 44.
^ Harding 1997, p. 13
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