Bellanca Super Decathlon

Categories: Aircraft
    • Two-seat light plane
    • Conventional gear
    • Developed from the Citabria planes
    • Steve Fossett flew the plane when he went missing in September 2007
    • A Bellanca Super Decathlon found in Mammoth Lakes on September 29, 2008, was confirmed to be Fossett's planeThe Independent: Fossett's Wrecked Plane Found in Mountain Area (October 2, 2008)
  • The Bellanca Super Decathlon, developed from the Bellanca Citabria plane, is the type of plane Steve Fossett was flying at the time of his disappearance. Officials found a Bellanca Super Dethalon in the mountains area near Mammoth Lakes on September 29, 2008 that was confirmed to be Fossett's plane.The Independent: Fossett's Wrecked Plane Found in Mountain Area (October 2, 2008)

    The Bellanca Super Dethalon is a small two-set conventional gear light plane. The Dethalon planes were developed in the 1970s by the Champion Aircraft Corporation. Production was taken over by Bellanca Aircraft Corporation and then later by another company called American Champion Aircraft Corporation.

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