Bought Another Taildragger! 1939 Aeronca Chief! Gotta keep em Flying!! 

We get "cheesy" about our 1947 Aeronca ALL THE TIME. The lines, that vintage smell, the "potato-potato" sound of a C-85 with straight pipes at idle and the fact that 75 years of pilots have cared for and been cared by this 800 pounds of alloy steel, iron, aluminum and wood & fabric. The best part is we don't abuse her but we fly it hard in the PNW and it loves it.

Congrats Joe! The world needs more little yellow airplanes to fill the sky's.

You nailed the essence about what makes these special. Even the smell of them is a draw. Love the pants. Had them on our Champ. Really classes it up. Great acquisition!

Reminds me of my Piper J4! Great airplanes. Love your stuff! You fly the way I teach!!

Congratulations man! What a buity! I love these airplanes. I live in south east part of Norway and in Cali/Mellein Colombia. My localprivate airport here is ENJB Jarlsberg Airport Tønsberg. We also enjoy vey old airplanes. We must keep them flying. Excellent work. Best reg., John in Norwauy and Colombia.

Woe even the Oringinal instruments are beautifully restored. 😊

Very Cool Plane Joe, you must be very pleased with her..

That tach!!!❤

Nice, what a beauty!

Definitively you are my hero! Two airplanes and a wife... my absolute hero!!! Congrats for another beautiful airplane.

My family owns a 1950 Aeronca 15AC. I get the privilege of caring for and flying it. Old taildraggers are awesome! Pure stick and rudder flying. The newest aircraft I've ever flown is a 1966 C172G.

SWEET! Taildraggers rule!😉

Love your philosophy on these older planes---- couldn't agree more !! Glad that Aeronca Chief has you as its new owner, be careful and don't get that nice ole J-3 jealous of your time with the Chief---😀 Hey I am having to transition to eye glasses ( at 67 ) and I think the tach on that Chief is perfect ---ha !!!

Love the simple panel

My very first airplane ride was in a chief! Will never forget it.

Sorry, it’s not OCD but rather CDO which is in alphabetical order. 🤔Beautiful plane.

Wow what a gorgeous airplane dad and i had a 47 chief not even close to this I love the panel and everything about it, you are going to be the envy of everyone at the airport thanks for taking the time to post this ,,

So Badass dude

She's a sweetheart!! ❤

Congratulations! I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

Nice airplane 👍🏻 Not as classic as the Cub but still a beautiful piece of history. Congrats!

Great airplane , congratulations and let it talk to you.

Oh wow ❤. I absolutely love this!

very nice

Simply awesome

Very cool.

Lovely plane. How does it compare to the Cub?

How about that Luscombe in the background???

Beautiful plane Joe. I note the wing is so much like the cub in shape and almost no dihedral. What engine did they use?

Will you do any flying from the right seat for shits and giggles? I have flown my kitfox from the right seat a few times, but like the Chief, I don't have brakes on the right side.

Considering that you're a CFI, any chance you'll be doing a 'Teaching Mrs. C to fly' video series? OTOH, if it's a worlds colliding sort of thing, I understand. ;-)

What’s up with that exhaust? 65 hp continental? What is the empty weight?

Now get a Funk!

Did you tell your wife before you bought it this time? Haha!

Joe : the question is will your mechanic be able to get parts for a 1939 aircraft ??