American Champion 7GCBC Citabria Explorer

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High wing single piston engine light aircraft. Includes High Country Explorer variant.

American Champion 7GCBC Citabria Explorer

Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Sport

Design & construction

Primary structure

Steel tube

Wing

Fabric-covered

Landing gear

Fixed tailwheel

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

None

Avionics architecture

Analogue

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Wing position

High

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

Certification

Part 23

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
American Champion 7GCBC Citabria Explorer	1965 / 1964		Production: 4 (2025) GAMA: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC Citabria Explorer. Development of Citabria program with elongated wingspan, relaunched in 1994.
American Champion 7GCBC Citabria High Country Explorer	2004 / 2004		Higher-powered variant.

Airframer

American Champion Aircraft Corporation

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