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Newsletter 07-2 VOL XXIX #1 1 February 2007 I n t e r n a t i o n a l F l e e t C l u b N E W S L E T T E R Editor / Publisher From the Editor make it available to everyone who’s Jim Catalano interested and share the wealth of in- formation we all have, I’m drawn into 8 Westlin Lane It’s been great to hear from so the future. Cornwall NY 12518 many of you over the last few months, So hang on to that strut and since the Fall Newsletter hit your step safely into the future: check out E-Mail mailboxes. Thanks so much for the o u r n e w w e b s i t e a t [email protected] great cards, letters, e-mails and web.mac.com/fleetclub! The site will phone calls. help us share even more information Telephone Remember the First Law of and images as well as newsletters – 845 - 534 - 3947 Wing-walking? “Don’t let go of what past and present - and will widen our you’ve got until you’ve got a firm reach to others who might be interes- Fleet Web Site grasp of something else.” I’m feeling ted in Fleets. If you’d like to give up web.mac.com/fleetclub like one of those guys right now: I’m paper/snail-mail delivery of your Fleet poring through the Fleet Club archi- news, see the last page of this issue. ves, delving deeply into the history of Fleet Net Remember that the site and the airplane and am awed by the skill the newsletter are only as good as the groups.yahoo.com/ and dedication of the generations of information YOU provide. Please send groups/fleetness builders and flyers; like many of you, your stories, memories, pictures and I’m reluctant to let go of that rich past. advice. Cover Photo We continue to restore and maintain 1931 Model 7D Fleet these museum pieces we own, fly and Jim N86V SN. 404 love. But at the same time, as I’m working with my sons on the new Designer website, learning how to use techno- Jesse Catalano logy to bring the history to life, VOL XXIX #1 2 February 2007 MEMBERS WRITE to help out. It will be made up of parts from George Gregory, Dick Coughlin, Ed Moore, John Brian Coughlin, Cazenovia, NY Barker and many more. Last fall I made a huge decision. After much de- bate, I decided to sell my Fleet 16B and buy back my father’s Fleet Model 1. The Fleet 16B that I sold was George Gregory’s old project (he bought it from my father in 1962); he owned and worked on it for over 30 years. This is the Fleet that inspi- red George to get the Fleet Club going again. I bought it from his wife Vivian (who sadly died in December ’05) after George died in 1997. It was complete but had never been assembled or flown. Within a year I had it flying and enjoyed it greatly. I sold it to a friend who plans to fly it often at Old Rhinebeck in their shows which would make George very happy. Edward Coughlin, Age 6 in 2006 Note fabric my father saved when he had it recovered in 1965 (taped to fuselage). Willi Reif, Summerfield, FL I had my first airplane ride in a bi-plane in the ‘30s from Roosevelt Field when it was a large pasture. Flew combat missions in China during WWII, and fly an Aeronca Champ now for the last 35 years. I’ve been giving seminars at the EAA Sun ‘n Fun convention and met Sandy [Brown] there about 8 years ago. Even though I’ll never have a Fleet, I enjoy the reading. Blue skies and tailwinds. Fleet N649M at Old Rhinebeck in the 1960’s Buddy Wehman, Summerville, SC I purchased my 1939 Fleet 16B, (now converted to I bought Fleet 1 N649M from Ed Moore, which he a 16R) in 1985. It has been in flying mode ever bought from my father, Richard Coughlin, in the since I bought it in Sand Springs, OK, except for mid ‘70s. My brother, sister and I all took our first the times it was receiving attention from the airplane rides in this machine. I plan to repaint it toolbox….numerous times, but never more than a to look the way my father had it painted in the ‘60s few months at a time. I came up with a one-of-a- and ‘70s. (He died in ’03.) My father had been a kind starter several years ago. I used the direct WWII Navy vet so he naturally leaned toward an drive Eclipse starter, and added my own invention early Navy scheme and often wondered if his Fleet for the ‘starting mechanism for the starter.’ It has ever saw service as a USS Akron blimp machine. been working great ever since the initial installa- The 16B and Model 1 are actually quite different- tion. I wrote an article about the process for the handling machines, in spite of their nearly identical Newsletter years ago. airframes. I must admit I like the 16B’s higher gear and front seat solo over the Model 1, but the Mo- del 1 has a shorter take-off and landing roll and more of an antique look and feel. The solution is Keith Anderson, Des Moines, WA to turn the big pile of Fleet parts I have into a 16B. My 16B should be in the air this summer! Hopefully my son and daughter will be old enough VOL XXIX #1 3 February 2007 Bruce E. Graham, Cashmere, WA Made a good 3-point landing, but caught a wingtip on a tree. Result: twisted fuselage, wiped off the I do not own a Fleet but have a lot of Fleet dra- gear, got all 4 wings and lost a jug on the engine. wings and have helped on the restoration of seve- Progress to date is that the fuselage is straight and ral. I’m a retired machinist and make parts for res- back on the landing gear, with new center knuck- toring antique airplanes. les. Next phase: new wood spars and several ribs. Oh yes, I’m also looking for a new, more mo- Rick Neubauer, Port Orange, FL dern fuel shut-off valve to replace the 7A1 that was in the firewall. I have a Fleet 16B, serial #285, N4512. This air- plane was owned by my father who purchased it in Russ Lassetter, Cleveland, GA 1983. It was last flown by me in 2003, however, the covering is very weak so I’ve disassembled it I don’t have a Fleet but I’m listed in the Resources for rebuilding. My father passed away 2 years ago Section. I’d love to restore a Fleet or similar, if you and I know he was counting on me to rebuild her know anyone who needs my services. because he learned to fly in the RCAF in 1941. Frank Baldwin, Troy, MO Bill Knox, Woodstock, GA A Mr. Catalano helped me get my A&P years ago I have had a Fleet 2, serial #108 (NC2404 now ow- at Burgard Aviation School in Buffalo, NY. [Editor’s ned by Rudy Wohn of Easley, SC) and Fleet 7, se- note: Yup. Uncle Don was also a master parachu- rial # 402 (NC63V owned by someone in Arizona). te-rigger and in the late ‘50s-early 60s used to I’m sorry I sold either one of them as I enjoyed drag me around with him on his Saturday pick-up/ flying the Fleet more than I have any other planes, drop-off rounds to all the small airports in western including a Waco UPF-7. I always look forward to NY state.] reading the next issue. Maurice Finkel, Shelbyville, IN Robert Zilinsky, OX-5 Aviation Pioneers My Fleet days go back to when I was in enginee- and Historians, Willowbrook, IL ring at Canadair. Twelve of us chipped in $100 We spend our summers in our log cabin in the each and bought the Fleet Model 7 which was to- mountains just south of Jackson Hole; was there tally restored by the aircraft company. We flew it when Doc Blue “went swimming”. In fact the first on wheels in the summer and on skis in the winter. time we drove into town, these two trailers passed The registration was CF-ASL. I never could find us with fuselage and wings. I told my wife, “That any information as to what happened to it. We sure looks like Doc Blue’s airplane!” It was! Had now have a Cessna 150 and a Cardinal 177. Brent and his son for dinner a few weeks later and got the rest of the story. I’d get his Fleet, but son Another Jim Uber Update Mark just got a basket case 1929 (year I was born) Alexander Eagle Rock A-13 with a 170 HP, 6-cylin- A successful runup of the newly overhauled Kinner der Curtiss Challenger, plus a 165 HP Comet. R-55 in our Fleet was conducted Oct. 21 under Whichever engine turns out best will go into her as “threatening” skies. True to form, the beast was this airplane used both at one time. Some day I’ll cantankerous on the first start, requiring 26 "pulls" own a Fleet. to finally get it running smoothly.
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