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Aeronca Aircraft Corp 15 Sedan

Top of the Aeronca line was the 4-seat 15AC Sedan, (built 1948-1951) a high-wing monoplane powered by a 145 hp Continental. The last civilian airplane to be produced by the Aeronca Manufacturing Corp., the 15AC Sedan (ATC 802), was also Aeronca’s first four-seater airplane. A prototype (NX/NC39800) appeared in 1947, and production began in 1948. The Sedan soon became a familiar sight at civilian fields. It featured an all-metal construction with a metal-skinned single-spar wing and fabric-covered, welded, steel-tube fuselage. Optional Franklin 165 hp engines were fitted into a few 15AC Sedans. Another option put the Aeronca on floats, and that version was called the S15AC.

 

 

The final production test flight took place on 23 October 1951, piloted by Earl Balon, after 561 had been built.

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