Rolfe Gregory

THE AERONCA K was produced during 1937 by the Aeronautical Corp. of America, at Cincinnati, Ohio. It had a wing span of 36 feet, carried two people side by side in a cabin of fair size and provided a wheel control instead of the usual stick. Although almost 500 were produced in only about one year, it was actually somewhat of a stop-gap or transitional airplane between the popular C-2's and C-3's ("flying bathtubs") produced earlier, and the Aeronca Chief, about 1200 of which were built between 1938 and 1942. By today's standards, the Aeronca K was somewhat underpowered. Most were produced with the Aeronca E-113 two-cylinder horizontally-opposed aircooled engine of 40 hp. Even though the little engine was very reliable, it surely did vibrate! The airplane was also available, later in 1937, with the smoother running, four-cylinder Continental A-40.