held company industry general aviation founded 1988 headquarters rochester wisconsin key people jerry mehlhaff sr. president and co owner char mehlhaff vp cfo and co owner jerry mehlhaff jr. vp engineering products champ citabria scout super decathlon website amerchampionaircraft.com american champion aircraft corporation located in rochester wisconsin is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft . founded in 1988 on the acquisition of the champ citabria scout and decathlon it has been producing replacement parts for these aircraft since that time ; it has as well been producing new aircraft since 1990 . the champ citabria decathlon and scout designs were obtained from bellanca which had acquired champion aircraft corporation in 1970 . while bellanca was responsible for the design of the scout the designs and type certificates for the champ citabria and decathlon originated from champion aircraft corporation . aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by model name first flight number built type american champion 7ec champ 1944 2 seat general aviation aircraft american champion 7eca 7gc citabria 1964 2 seat general aviation aircraft american champion 8gcbc scout 1974 500 2 seat general aviation aircraft american champion 8kcab decathlon 1970 1 000 2 seat general aviation aircraft american champion 8kcab super decathlon 1990 1 050 2 seat general aviation aircraft american champion 8kcab extreme decathlon 2012 30 2 seat general aviation aircraft external links edit american champion citabria american champion aircraft website wikimedia commons has media related to american champion . v t e american champion aircraft champion citabria decathlon scout companies aeronca aircraft corporation champion aircraft corporation bellanca aircraft corporation american champion aircraft corporation v t e champion aircraft aircraft champion lancer citabria decathlon companies aeronca aircraft corporation champion aircraft corporation bellanca aircraft corporation american champion aircraft corporation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american champion & oldid 703236297 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in wisconsinracine county wisconsinamerican companies established in 1988manufacturing companies established in 1988privately held companies based in wisconsinhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 4 february 2016 at 09 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view