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Rob Arndt · Guest

Ascender 1931 = 1pChwM; 26hp Aeronca E-107 pusher; span: 38'0" length:
19'0" to 23'3" (uncertain); ff: 12/1/31 (p: Z Granville). Zantford
Granville, Robert Hall. Canard configuration with a forward rudder and
elevator; used extended Aeronca wings. POP: 1 [X757N] c/n Q-1, claimed
to have been built in about one week at a cost of $500. Crashed in a
low-level spin on 1/1/32 and was scrapped.

R/C Model of it: http://www.hrunway.com/EddiePsAscender.jpg

French Modeling Page on it:
http://www.master194.com/maquettes/eric/geebee/index.htm

Need original photo. It exists, on covers of old aviation mags but
pics too small to post.

Word was that the origin of "Ascender" was from the factory view of
the machine "Ass- ender".

Rob