PilotPhotog Aeronca Champ Airplane & Pilot Bio, L-16 and Trevor Posted: March 19, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025 The L-16 Grasshopper is the militarized version of the Aeronca Champ and was ...

Florida authorities say a small plane collided with a vehicle as it was trying to take off at an area airport.

The aircraft for sale today is not as common as its relative, the popular Aeronca Champion, but some pilots prefer the Chief, in which the occupants sit next to each other instead of in tandem.

Two men were injured in an Airport Manatee crash on Tuesday after a small plane crashed into a unoccupied pickup truck during a takeoff.

Two people were injured when a small airplane crashed near Manatee Airport after officials say the plane clipped a power line during takeoff and landed on a pickup truck at the airport, according to ...

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said around 10 a.m., an older Aeronca Champion, a two seater plane, was having difficulties taking off. It then veered off to the north, clipped a power line ...

Deputies responded shortly before 10 a.m. to the privately owned airport, 15108 U.S. 41, Palmetto, where witnesses reported a vintage single-engine Aeronca Champ experienced a problem just after t ...

Manatee County deputies responded to reports of a downed aircraft at 14108 U.S. 41 in Palmetto just before 10 a.m. Witnesses said that a vintage single-engine Aeronca Champ experienced a problem ...

The plane involved was an Aeronca Champion carrying a pilot and passenger. Authorities said they were taken to the hospital in unknown condition. First responders did not immediately say if anyone ...

Witnesses said the "single-engine, vintage aircraft" — later identified as an Aeronca Champ — began experiencing problems shortly after takeoff. Deputies said the plane began to lose altitude ...