Plus— View the video. POWER SCOUT Lycoming muscle for American Champion’s flagship BY ALTON K. MARSH T o find the American Champion factory, head southwest from Milwaukee, away from the frenetic highways along the Chicago corridor, and west to the quiet country roads through Rochester, Wisconsin. Even in this town of 1,100 people, few know there is an airplane factory making tailwheel models on the farm next door. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE FIZER AOPA PILOT • 44 • DECEMBER 2011