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Show that EFATO Turnback on the runway from about 700 agl and up at least. Sim at alt. is BS. I took turnback training on 2 kinds in 1995. There is a lot of BS on sim at alt Turnbacks. We did them on the runway too. Show it from 700 or up agl.. You are fooling yourself i see.

1957 ! I was with her ! MOHAN BARIDHARA GULSHAN DHAKA BANGLADESH AND BEYOND.

Slap-in a Honda Motor! OMG, you're flying an impending engine failure! Nice Aircraft, but, to be in-the-air, the MOTOR must Work, and provide decent Power...

Last on your check list before take off should be , E , for eventualities. What you are going to do if you have a engine failure on take off at 50 100 and 400 feet .

An Impossible turn is not only after take off if done bad. It can happen also on GRM like that accident you showed doing GRM over a house and he stalled it by turning bad. Also on Box Canyon Turns, Circling Approach turns and even on Short Final turns too. It is a turn that due too low or too tight or done wrong WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLETE. AN IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLETE TURN.

That sure looks like fun!

cute little bugger........unique plane...engine sounds healthy

Gostei da doçura do vôo do Aeronca. Muito legal. Parabéns SBSL

Wow! I'm no pilot but your video made me think back to my childhood where I'd take my uncle's Flying Dutchman sailboat out on the ocean with a couple of friends (or my girlfriend ;-) to just have some fun or a peaceful sail! Getting her into the water was just as casual as you were, taking it out of its hangar, getting her prepped and ready to go, and then cleaning her up at the end was very reminiscent of my times with that beautiful sailboat! Thanks!

Beautiful,thank you man.

Great video, but please do away with the repiticious music in the background, it brings back unhappy memories of waiting on the phone for someone to answer, ( prudential take note)

You speak like a Brit and dress like a Yank. I had a hard time reconciling the two until I learned we share the same sense of humour and passion for flying. Well done, old man!

Thank you very much.

I would worry about getting out in a hurry. Love the sound of the two-banger. Does the C3 have serious adverse yaw to deal with?

How does that tail skid work on hard surface runway?

Truly amazing, a history and a tribute, many thanks from an old Aeronca Champ fan....

Fun video. However, the impossible turn actually requires closer to 270 degrees of turn, not 180 degrees.

That choke position is hilarious !

Please do a special on Wrong Way Corrigan

What were the 'religious reasons' for not making an earlier film about the Vauxhall?

My first airplane was a `47 Aeronca Chief. In 2 years I flew it 430 hours and moved up to a Cessna 140. I hated the 140 and got an RV-4.

I remember Air Southwest emerging from BRAL/ Brymon. We were all very surprised when it shut despite allegedly being very well supported from the start. Great job with the Aeronca.

Point the nose down, lay off the Gs, she’ll come right around. That’s something I’m going to practice. If you can make the turn, then it must have been possible.

Loved the roulette comparison, nothing more true!

A beautiful ugly airplane!!!

The fuselage taper has the bottom match the grade on which the little plane sits: very artfully designed.

That sure is beautiful country you get to go flyin over.

That plane doesn’t look right without you sittin in it.

Many years back I had an Aeronca AC15 Best plane I've ever flown, And used to practice short circuits and really steep turns descending at the beginning of the run way, Always using a side slip, And never seen anyone else practicing landings like that, and often thought to myself, Why don't other pilot practice same turns, as one day they may need to do it, And i can see them sweating it, from not practicing it Mine were always done power off, and could put it down within a few feet of roll Then I used to watch other pilots always taking huge circuits, and often wondered why they do that, since many of them, would never make it back to the run way if they had a power failure, That plane you got is a real antique and I wonder what it was stressed for, probably not aerobatic, But looks like a real challenge with such little power and a slow climb rate.

Beautifully made video, beautiful and cute classic airplane, all great.The issue of the "impossible turn", "semi-impossible turn", "russian roulette turn", or however you call it, the records show "the turn" winning the odds battle, even sometimes against pilots especialized on safety, as it happened this year. Nose down to Designed Minimum Maneuvering Speed (DMMS), mostly straight ahead with few mild turns, consistently better the odds, which we pay with the non-renewable life-credit-card. Fly as if some emergency is always going to happen. Flying is too good to be spinning a one bullet chamber about it. Happy skies to all!

My darling wife bought “Winging It” for me many years ago. An excellent book and an enjoyable read.

Generala-Aviation's Extremely Fat Taildragger! Looks like a fun little airplane! I can imagine it was the model for the little airplane in the Barney Bear cartoon.

Not all turnbacks are impossible turns as you said too. That comes from ignorants of turnbacks. I learned the 2 kinds in 1997. You practice them level flight at Vglide speed over a one mile highway section at 1,k feet over it. Sim a runway between less than a mile between on ground. With a left crosswind first. Thats is the runway. Fly along at Vglide speed with some flaps to see better. sim a take off, LET THE CROSSWIND PUSH PLANE TO SIDE OF RUNWAY for one minute. (sim a minute of climb but dont). So Stay level first few times. Sim a partial power engine fail after a minute. Do a Teardrop Turnback first, not the harder Hook turnback. Troubleshoot on first leg of Teardrop Turnback. Turn Vglide 45 on second leg of Teardrop Turnback.

Valve guides in car engines are usually 'dry', ie not lubricated. A little oil when you install the valves maybe- in the guide- but that's it. Maybe your Jap is different?

Ahhh! I really enjoyed this ride along! It looks like a fine old flying machine! It really makes me appreciate the modern amenities of my 41 Chief! 😂 mainly the extra cylinders and oleo gear. But also the lack of flying wires and I think my Chief has bigger doors! 🤣

Beautiful flight. This is what flying is all about.. Thanks for a great video.

Thank you.

ABOUT AS QUAINT AS ONE CAN GET ID SAY.

Looks like a cub who let itself go..

I was watching the aileron balance cable. There was only small movement; I suspect the aircraft has good roll response?

Is that a Briggs & Stratton engine?

Proper flying by the seat of your pants ! really great to see, many thanks for sharing.

Fascinating. Thx!

Very nice video. Kind of nostalgic; I know Mr. Jefford's daughter Carmen who is a geologist in Alaska. I also had an Aeronca 7 AC with an 85hp. Very fun and forgiving airplane. Thx!

I did this in a Super Cub. My engine quit at 400 feet with a glider on tow. I waggled my wings as I did not want the two rope to drop into the field of an irate farmer who had threatened holy hell if we dropped another tow rope into his field located at the end of our runway. I had been told this was common practice with some of the other pilots. At the very least I figured we would lose the rope. When the glider pilot did not respond to the signal, I kicked him off and turned 180 degrees back to the field. Needless to say I did not have sufficient altitude to pull the nose up and stop the windmilling propeller. The spinning prop served as a massive air brake slowing the aircraft down, necessitating a very steep angle of descent. As I rolled around out of the turn at zero altitude, I had my eyes glued to the wing tip to watch it just brush the grass as I leveled out to align with the grass strip. The remaining momentum carried me up the hill to a stop directly in front of of the fuel pumps. When I looked up at the float gauge, I realized the cork ball had stuck in the tube at the halfway mark. My mind had painted the red fuel I thought I saw underneath. No one on the field ever realized what had happened. Later, while talking to another tow pilot, I mentioned the stuck cork float. He asked why I would use the fuel gauge as all he ever did was count the number of tows. "Why not count the number of tows?" he asked? And that is exactly what I did after that incident. Oddly I had always used time to gauge my fuel in other types of flying as I had been ingrained with the idea of never trusting a fuel gauge, but I never thought I could misread a sight gauge. What saved my life was hundreds of hours of Ag flying, where I was conditioned to always put the nose down and always go under, never over wires, (and on occasion, bridges). Thus my first instinct is to always put the nose down. If the nose is kept level in a turn the aircraft quickly loses airspeed. The steeper the turn the quicker the airspeed loss. If the nose is pulled up even slightly in a turn without power, the aircraft will stall immediately and the turning moment will result in a spin. This is the dreaded stall/spin scenario that kills pilots turning back to a field after a power loss. When I went to retrieve the tow rope I expected to be blasted by the farmer meeting me at the door with tow rope in hand. Sure enough he answered the door with the tow rope in hand, but as I was about to apologize he handed me the rope and said; "no need to apologize, I saw the whole thing". Turned out he had been a pilot in WWII. As I managed the glider operation, I banned the glider pilot (A West Point "ring knocker") that had ignored the signal, from flying when I was managing the field. Worse he had been carrying a student glider pilot with him when it happened. The lesson learned was never, ever trust ANY fuel gauge - period; always fly by the clock. And always keep the nose down in a turn, especially at low altitudes. Better to hit the ground flying in control then to stall and spin in.

beautiful machine

Nice to see the C-3 flying and flying well. Sweet hanger set up too.

Liked your comment about the wheels, think you're right!

Always wondered how a pilot could squeeze into a C3 cockpit, now I know! Great video thanks.

Simply beautiful!