TYPE: Two-seat lightplane.

PROGRAMME: American Champion 7GCAA Adventure relaunched 1997. Model 7GCA originally certified 17 November 1959 and 7GCAA 30 July 1965; these built up to 1980.

CUSTOMERS: First series totalled 396 built; American Champion delivered 12 in 2002 and nine in the first nine months of 2003, increasing overall production to 479.

COSTS: US$81,900 (2002).

DESIGN FEATURES: As for Aurora.

FLYING CONTROLS: As for Aurora except elevator movements +28/-24°.

STRUCTURE: As for Aurora.

LANDING GEAR: As for Aurora.

POWER PLANT: One 119 kW (160 hp) Textron Lycoming O-320-B2B flat-four engine driving a two-blade fixed pitch Sensenich 74DM6S8-1-56 propeller. Fuel capacity as for Aurora, oil capacity 7.6 litres (2.0 US gallons; 1.67 Imp gallons).

ACCOMMODATION: As for Aurora.

SYSTEMS: As for Aurora.

AVIONICS: As for Aurora.

EQUIPMENT: As for Aurora.