Aircraft Information
> Aircraft Make: American Champion Model: 7/8KCAB Nickname: Citabria or Decathalon
> Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Airplane SE Piston
> FAA Category and Class: Airplane Single Engine Land
> Engine Description: single piston
Aircraft Experience
> As of: 6/25/2024
> Number of Hours Flown: 15
> Number of Times Flown: 11
> Other Aircraft Models Associated: none
First Flown Information
> Sequence First Flown: 164
> Date First Flown: 8/13/2009
> Location First Flown: Skagit Regional Airport, WA (KBVS)
> Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: Rich Stowell
Recollections: This venerable design escaped my gaze until 2009 when–as part of an FAA training program–our local Flight Test office decided to hire the famous instructor Rich Stowell to fly his Decathlon to our area and administer tailwheel and aerobatic refresher training. I fell in love with the design’s light and responsive controls and its relatively well-behaved ground-handling characteristics.
I went on to get checked out in a Citabria at Fox Field, near Lancaster, CA (nearby Edwards AFB, where I spent quite a bit of time doing Boeing testing) and I’d take it to my brother’s place in central California during weekends off. Both models are wonderful taildraggers.
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