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 Post subject: Found on Craigslist
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 Post subject: Re: Found on Craigslist
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What is a C-6? The ad says its from a C-6 trainer.

Could they have meant an L-6?

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Franklin 6A4-200-C6 six-cylinder

But being a 4 cylinder, probably this :

Another dual control aircraft Aeronca continued to develop and produce for the civil market was the Model 65 'Defender'. The US Army also acquired second-hand a number of these Aeronca two-seat cabin monoplanes of various types for pre-glider training purposes. Of the Defender type, the US Army impressed four configurations into service. The L-3D with a Franklin 4AC-176-B2 engine ....

Powerplant - One 65 hp (48 kW) Lycoming , Continental or Franklin 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine on detachable welded steel-tube mounting.

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Warbird Kid wrote:
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If I had a grand I'd buy it.



Such a deal I could make you! I've got 3+ of them...

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Warbird Kid wrote:
http://newlondon.craigslist.org/atq/1951147487.html
If I had a grand I'd buy it.



Such a deal I could make you! I've got 3+ of them...

Well then....... lets just discard that whole grand nonsense shall we?... :wink:

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