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. Jim Birke got plenty of exercise, and Max's apron has a very large mudhole where he was pulling it through.We ran it ~ 0.1 hr (tach time), securing early out of Clifford W. Davidson, Kenmore, WA concern for proper break-in procedure.After the This past year we started the restoration process normal "poppin-"n-carryin on", the old girl settled N41971, a 1939 Fleet 16B, R56, serial #519. into it's normal, uneven rumble, covering part of Twenty years ago the 7A1 fuel shut-off valve was the airframe with assembly oil. On a subsequent not fully open and starved the engine on take-off. restart, Yours-truly took a tumble in the mud trying VOL XXIX #1 4 February 2007 to pull it through.Even after such a short run, the My aircraft of choice now, is a Bushby Mustang ll I compression was impressive.We put some preser- built in Regina, and completed in 1981.! I have vative in the oil, and will shortly "cork-it-off" for the 1100 hours on it now and it has been a marvelous winter.I have some refinishing to do on the cabane machine.! I fly it from CYCD (Nanaimo, BC) on struts, before I consider re-attaching the wings. Vancouver Island. !! Editor’s Note: If anyone is interested in John’s ar- Inquiry from John Underwood About CF- ticle and photos, let me know. BYW from September Newsletter John Underwood !([email protected]) Now You See It, Now You Don’t responds: Remember the FREE Fleet mentioned in the last issue? Brent Blue reports that the Flaglor went to I consulted the CAHS Register, which indicates Tom Flaglor, Ken's nephew in East Tennessee, so it that it started life as the Noury N-75, S/N 1, with a stayed in the family. It has a lien on it--only stipu- 75-hp Continental A-75.!Registered owner, J.O. lation is that it has to be flying in five years. We Noury, Stoney Creek, Ont. BYW subsequently be- hear he may have it flying as early as this coming came the property of Fleet Aircraft, Fort Erie, and summer! was redesignated as the prototype Fleet 80 Ca- nuck,!S/N 001.!!It was re-engined with an 85-hp C-85-12J.BYW had a further eleven owners, the News from Buck Hilbert last of which was K. Foss, Grand Centre, Alberta.! Buck admits he’s sorry he sold his 10F! Despite It was retired for reasons unknown, 22/9/60.!!I some health problems and setbacks, he remains have a picture of! BYW as the Noury Noranda T- active in EAA government affairs and maintains a 65, with the X-suffix.!The specifications sheet indi- deep and intense love of Fleets and other small cates that it had a 65-hp Cont. at this stage.!!! The airplanes. He likes Armstrong starters, wind- registration application is! dated 9/3/45.!!The air- shields, and tail draggers since he grew up in craft was tentatively priced at $2,400. Maybe you them, still dreams about them, and says he always can get a line on K. Foss or his family to learn the will. Buck writes: “ I'm currently working on a final disposition.!! The Canadian Aviation Historical Champ project. Hopefully, as time goes on, I'll Society might also be helpful. have this one up and flying. Some sentimental at- tachment for this one. My first job after WW-2 as a And then this came last month: flight instructor was with an operator at Sycamore, Illinois, about twenty miles South of here. In May of John Veale ([email protected]) '46 we took delivery on this airplane with seven I was poking about the internet this evening and hours and fifteen minutes on it. I used it as a dual typed in CF-BYW, the aircraft I first soloed on (on ship for it's first thirty-five hours and then left that skis) on Great Slave Lake in the Canadian sub-Arc- scene. Now, fifty years later, I have a real "beater" tic April 7th, 1959.! Up popped the Fleet Club to restore. It's taking one heck of a lot of restora- website and newsletter.! I paged down with in- tion effort, believe me.”! ([email protected]) terest and came across a letter from a fellow in Regina Saskatchewan who was wondering about this airplane.! Interestingly I had lived in Regina Fleet Fan and Author – and More Cat-Ta- from 67-95, though I don't recall running across les him.! I wrote him tonight and told him about my experience with CF-BYW. As it happens, I ran John Underwood, “a Fleet fan from way back” au- across this airplane quite by accident while touring thor of a hopefully soon-to-be-published book on Stan Reynolds Museum in Wetaskwin Alberta, the subject which will feature several hundred illus- Can. a few years ago.! I then wrote a little article trations of Fleets worldwide, each with a good sto- about this for our EAA Chapter 679 newsletter here ry or at least a good!anecdote. The project started on Vancouver Island*.! I was editor at the time.! some years ago with an article on Fleets for “Air Classics” and has been expanding for decades VOL XXIX #1 5 February 2007 into book form. He writes: “We live in Glendale, New member Mike McComas bought Fred the home!of!"Bert"!Kinner, whose!family!remain Johnson’s Fleet 16B, s/n 301, N39601and flew it friends.! We once had three Kinner engines, all at- home to Texas from Nappanee, Indiana. A great tached to the same airplane, which was also a lo- open-cockpit cross-country adventure! cal product.!!!!This was the sole surviving Kreutzer Air Coach, NC612, which we repatriated from Mexico.!! It is now domiciled in Greg Herrick’s air museum near Minneapolis, Mn.”

John also sent these Cat-Tales: I had a friend, Joe Jacobson, who made the mistake of taking his cat with him in his brand new Cessna Airmaster.!! The cat freaked out and went ballistic as soon as he realized where he was; that is, several thousand feet above his normal bailiwick.!! He began leaping about the cabin, shredding something with each landing.!Joe was pretty bloody when he finally got the Cessna back on the ground and, of course, you can imagine what the upholstery looked like.!I forget the cat’s name, but he remained on the job for many years thereafter, except that Joe never Mike McComas, Fred Johhnson, Ron Fernick again took him flying.

Another friend and former neighbor, Al Phelan, had a little black cat at old Dycer Airport in the early ‘30s.!!Al was broker Charlie Babb’s pilot. When the INTERNATIONAL Babb company moved to Glendale in 1934, Al brought the cat with him when he ferried!a Fokker from Rogers. Within a few hours the cat disappea- New Zealand red and was not seen again until weeks later so- Hi all. I am looking after the one and only mebody from Rogers called to say the cat had Fleet in New Zealand, a 16B that belongs to reappeared, bedraggled and half-starved.!He had Graham Orphan and was bought from Sam John- worked his way back to Dycer Field clear on the son in 2004 (or thereabouts). I am currently going other side of Los Angeles, some 20 miles as the through the process of putting it on the NZ CAA crow flies. register, where hopefully it will wear the registration ZK-AGC. This was the registration of the one and PROUD NEW OWNERS only other Fleet to have graced Australasian skies. It was bought brand new but had a very short li- fespan having been written off when two fellows tried to fly it between two haystacks at dusk! The Jim Record purchased Brian Coughlin’s Fleet info on our aircraft is as!follows: Canadian Forces 16B, s/n #547, B5R, N410K. Hopefully we’ll see it Number 4793, Stationed at #21 Elementary Flight over the skies of Rhinebeck this summer. Training Squadron, Struck On Force March 4, 1941, Struck Off Force October 18, 1943, Mfg. Se- Sale Pending: The stewardship of N86V is in the rial Number 668, US Registration Number N128H. process of being handed over to Jack Ballard in Check us out at www.classicfighters.co.nz and Pennsylvania from Paul Moore. Jack is waiting im- www.omaka.org.nz !Jay McIntyre patiently for good weather here in the Northeast to Blenheim NZ get acquainted with the Kinner - Fleet experience. ([email protected])

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Seibert in California referred Jay to Hugo and Chris the Beloit Airport (44C). For more information, Bartel. Stan also wrote: “I too am the proud ow- c h e c k t h e C h a p t e r 6 0 W e b s i t e : ner of a Fleet, a 1929 Model 2, S/N 154, NC 431K, http://web.mac.com/eaa60 powered by a Kinner 125 hp B54. Since the 1980s it has been undergoing a complete restora- tion…however, it’s been slow-going. I need to give Calendar Alert up my day time job. As a point of interest my wife Dan Simonsen wrote to alert IFC Newsletter readers Sandy and I will be coming to NZ in February for that there is a Fleet in the 2007 Vintage Airplanes the “Flyinn Tour” at Geordie Hill Station.” Calendar – as the February pin-up! Note Dan’s new contact information in the “Resources” section of Holland this issue. Jaap Mesdag, Nederhorst den Berg, Holland Fleet Model 7, B-5, 1929, #290, NC724V This aircraft is part of the Early Birds Collection. FOR SALE I’d like to find a speed cowling for the engine.

Germany Kinner B-5 and R-55/56 head gaskets. They are precision waterjet cut from .032 copper – Juergen Freytag & Crew, Moos, Germany very nice. I am selling them for $15 per piece or The restoration of my Fleet (1929 Model 1, S/N 53, $65 per set of five (plus $5 shipping). Anyone that NC8640) is slowly making progress. Meanwhile would like some please let me know. John Ma- I’ve got a good bit of the paperwork done. As the chamer ([email protected]) winter weather is settling I have prepared the han- gar and my workshop for the winter work which I am planning for the end of this and the start of 1930 Model 7 next year (rebuilding the ailerons and building a I am 75 years old, health is failing and I can’t fly! tool for rib production). N682M is in excellent shape. Fresh 165 HP War- ner w/STC resting on new Fairchild 24 Warner I will surely ask for some help with the one or other mount with round cowl. On-board battery charger, issue along the (long) way of restoration. My main shoulder harnesses, 1 Curtis Reed and 2 new problem in the moment is, that I've got the Fleet in wood props/w hubs. Call Jim Castrey in Vancou- the box, so I never saw one assembled. I already ver, WA at (360) 254-4919. made the first contact to the Fleet operators in the Netherlands (Lelystadt Airport) and I will try to spend a weekend there and have a close look at their Fleet. WANTED

Sooner or later I will have to start looking for an engine, preferrably a Warner Scarab SS-40 Airworthy 16B rudder and fin; fabric not necessa- (145hp).. ry. Brian Coughlin (315) 436-2217

OTHER NEWS Anyone who’s converted from the K5 to the B5 have any K5 stuff lying around the barn? Heads, rockers, covers, pushrod shrouds, carbs, mags, Midwest Pankace Fly-In Breakfast exhaust collector? For a Kinner Sportster project Charley Humphrey ([email protected] The Club received an invitation from the Beloit-Ja- nesville, Wisconsin EAA Chapter to their Spring Fling Pancake Breakfast, Bi-plane Fly-in Invitational Looking for the following parts, or drawings to and Drive-in Car Show. It’s Saturday, May 19th at make parts, for Model I (Warner) Fleet; VOL XXIX #1 7 February 2007

5P091 Bracket, Throttle Control Bell Crank Data Plates and Decals 5P092 Bell Crank, Throttle Control Noel Allard 14155 Briarwood Drive, Menahga, MN 5P093 Rod, Bell Crank to Throttle 56464-3550 (218) 732-5100\ Condition not important. [email protected] Also need a source for the correct nails to attach Fleet wing ribs to the spars.They are described as; Electric Starter Overhauls 18 Gauge (.048" dia.), Spiral Shank, Flat Head, R.B. Aero, Inc., Van Nuys, CA 91405, Repair Sta- steel nails, 1/2 and 3/4 inches in length. Originally tion #YL2R323L they were probably brass or zinc plated. We are looking for enough to rebuild two sets of wings. Falcon Wooden Propellers (formerly Fahlin) Paul Seibert, Sonoma, CA ([email protected]) (405) 288-6778 [email protected]

Jaap Mesdag is looking for a Speed ring for a Mo- Fleet Aircraft Company del 7 (Kinner 125) for the Early Birds Collection I Hugo Bartel (814) 832-2694 Lelystad, Holland (website: www.vroegevogels.org; e-mail: [email protected]. Fleet Drawings Order the “FleetCD” from club

RESOURCES Fleet Hardware The Ragwood Refactory (541) 746-6572

Air Starters Fleet Ribs Gene Breiner (717) 776-7608. FAA approved air John Barker (802) 295-9079 starter installations. Kinner parts and kits. Fleet Spars Airworthiness (Standard) Certificates for Fleets Lyle Sindlinger (800) 929-2631; Larry Kampel Ent. Gene Breiner (717) 776-7608. (717) 432-9688 or 432-4849

Aluminum Castings Flying Wires Mystic River Foundry (Sher and Phyllis) (860) 536- Steen Aero Lab (704) 652-7382; A. Wheels (215) 7634 843-7637; Gary Routh (800) 517-9278, www.flyingwires.com Antique Cylinder Overhaul We can overhaul your antique cyliner to original Fuel Tanks new limits. Nation Aviation Inc. (866) 867-2295 John La Noue, (415) 893-9984 or 244-1816

Cable Splicing – Navy Tuck Splices Kinner B5 Prop Nuts Bald Eagle Aviation (703) 477-1577; Gene Breiner Jon Nace, 14314 Ireland Rd., Mishawaka, IN (717) 776-7608 46544 (574) 259-9002;

Cadmium Plating Kinner Parts and Overhauls C&G Aircraft (972) 441-3199; Bass Plating (860) Antique Aero Engines, (805) 525-9464 243-2557 Fleet Aircraft Co., (814) 832-2694

Carburator Repairs Kinner Pistons Airmotive Carburator Co., 479 W. Riverside Dr., EGGE, El Segundo, CA (562) 945-3419 Burbank, CA (818) 845-7455; Electronic Manufacturers Associated, 9707 Mason Manuals ASve., Chatsworth, CA 91311 Thomson’s Aviation Library, 20014 El Mirage Air- [email protected] port Rd., El Mirage, CA 923001-0001, [email protected]; (760) 388-4215; fax (800) 243-2640. VOL XXIX #1 8 February 2007

Essco Aircraft, 877-318-1555 (toll free), 1-330- enough to include. 644-7724, 888-249-4165 (toll free fax), 1-330-644- 0886 (fax) [email protected]. How to Read Your Mailing Label Photographic Negatives of Old Fleets of the Past There are 5 pieces of information on the first line, A.R. Kreiger, 5856W. Dickens Ave., Chicago, IL each separated by a slash [/]: 60639 Model # / Serial # / Registration # / Status of Air- craft / year of your last donation to the newsletter. Photograph Your Aircraft If there is a question mark [?] instead of a year, we Don Simonsen, 206 Savannah Trace, Ruston, LA have no donation record. If you see two slashes 7127n together, that data is missing and we would like to hear from you about it. No data between the sla- Restorations shes means there is no record of you owning an Custom Air, 202 Aviation Blvd., Cleveland, GA aircraft. Also note regardless of how many aircraft (706) 348-7514 you own, there is only space on the label to note one. The label information is provided because we Watson Propellers really need your help in updating the whereabouts FAA Certified repair station (WOKR-041-L). Re- of all the Fleets. conditions all makes of wooden propellers and manufactures new props, experimental category. Recent Donations (408) 270-7509 or 683-2290 Guy Watson ([email protected]) Many thanks to the following members who made donations to the newsletter fund since September Wing Tip Mold 2006: Club Property. Currently Mark Laurin has it at (315) 687-9506 Keith Anderson William Knox Frank Baldwin Russ Lassetter Jack Ballard Mike McComas MEMBERS INFORMATION Jim Castrey Jaap Mesdag James Coonan Rick Neubauer Brian Coughlin Michael O’Neal Electronic or Paper Editions of the News- Clifford Davidson Earl Peacock Wayne Edsall Jerry Reider letter Maurice Finkel Willi Reif Glenn Firth Tom Roche With the increasing cost of paper and postage, Juergen Freytag William Sieg and concerns about the environment, we want to Larry Frost John Skube make sure that we’re not wasting resources. If you Bruce Graham Jim Uber would prefer NOT to receive the paper version of Larry Harmacinski Buddy Wehman the newsletter by US Post Office mail, and would Erling Johannesson Dale Weir prefer to read it on the website and view photos in Terry Judge Robert Zilinsky living color, please let us know ASAP via e-mail: [email protected]. Making Donations Your Photos for the Newsletter/Website There are no dues required for Fleet Club member- We love including your photographs in the news- ship. Donations of any size are welcome and letter and on the website. If at all possible, digital most appreciated, however, to support the produc- photographs are ideal. We can also scan good tion and mailing of the newsletter and website. quality photographic prints and will return them if PLEASE make checks payable to Jim Catalano; it you indicate that’s your preference. Generally, pho- is no longer possible to open a separate bank ac- tocopies of photographs don’t reproduce well VOL XXIX #1 9 February 2007 count for the club without a lot more paperwork, Membership Information Form tax ID#s, etc., given new banking security regula- tions initiated since 2001. I now have a simple Use this form to become a member of the club new account in my name, dedicated to newsletter and become part of our database, or to change activities, but in order to deposit checks, they any information in your existing file (e.g. change of must be addressed to me. To facilitate internatio- address or telephone number), or to report the nal donations, members can wire funds directly to purchase or sale of a Fleet. the account; please e-mail Editor for instructions.

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