EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher Tom Poberezny Vice-President, Marketing and Communications Dick Matt March 1993 Vol. 21, No.3 Editor-in-Chief Jack Cox Editor CONTENTS Henry G. Frautschy 1 Straight & Level/ Managing Editor Espie " Butch" Joyce Golda Cox Art Director 2 AlC News/ Mike Drucks Computer Graphic Specialists compiled by H.G. Frautschy Olivia L. Phillip Sara Hansen Jennifer Larsen 4 AeroMail Advertising Mary Jones 5 Vintage Literature/ Dennis Parks Associate Editor Norm Petersen 10 The FAA and Revising AlC 43.13/ Feature Writers Larry D ' Attilio George Hardie, Jr. Dennis Parks Staff Photographers 11 Dave and Pat Eby's Cessna 140/ Jim Koepnick Mike Steineke Carl Schuppel Donna Bushman H.G. Frautschy Editorial Assistant Isabelle Wiske 14 N3N on Floats at EAA Oshkosh '75/ Norm Petersen EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC" OFFICERS 16 What Our Members Are Restoring/ President Vice-President Espie "Butch" Joyce Arthur Margan Norm Petersen 604 Highway St. 3744 North 51st Blvd. Madison, NC 27025 Milwaukee, WI 53216 919/427-0216 414/442-3631 18 First Annual EAA Ski Plane Fly-In/ Secretary Treasurer Norm Petersen Steven C. Nesse E.E. "Buck" Hilbert 2009 Highland Ave. P.O. Box 424 Alberi Lea, MN 56007 Union, IL 60180 23 Pass it to Buckl 507/373-1674 815/923-4591 E E. "Buck" Hilbert DIRECTORS John Berendt Robert C. "Bob" Brauer 24 Mystery Plane/ 7645 Echo Point Rd . 9345 S. Hoyne Cannon Fails, MN 55009 Chicaw.IL 60620 George H ardie 507/263·2414 312/ 79-2105 Gene Chase John S. Copeland 2159 Carlton Rd . 28·3 Williomsbur8 Cf. 26 Welcome New Members Oshkosh. WI 54904 Shrewsbury. MA 1545 414/231-5002 508/842-7867 27 Calendar Phil Coulson Geotge Doubner 28415 Springbrook Dr. 2448 Lough Lane Lawton. MI 49065 Hartford. WI 53027 28 AlC Chapter Listing 616/624-6490 414/673-5885 Page 18 Charles Harris Stan Gomoll 3933 South Peoria 1042 90th Lane. NE 30 Vintage Trader P.O. Box 904038 Minneapolis, MN 55434 Tulsa. OK 74105 612/784-1172 918/742-7311 FRONT COVER ...The 1950 Cessna 140A restored by Dave and Pat Eby, Wichita Dale A. Gustafson Jeannie Hill Fails, TX is pretty even on an overcast day during EAA Sun N' Fun '92. The Eby's 7724 Shady Hill Dr. P.O. Bcx328 Cessna has won numerous awards, including a "Best Classic - award ot Sun N' Indianapolis. IN 46278 Harvard. IL 60033 317/293-4430 815/943-7205 ~~:::=-=3 Fun, and "Best Custom Class B- at EM OSHKOSH '92. Photo by Mike Steineke. shot with a Canon EOS-1 equipped with an 8G-2oomm lens. 1/125 sec. at f5.6 on Robert liCkteig Robert D. "Bob" Lumley 1708 Bay Oaks r. 1265 South 124th St. Kodachrome 64. EAA photo plane flown by Bruce Moore. Albert Lea. MN 56007 Brookfield. WI 53005 507/373-2922 414/ 782-2633 BACK COVER ... Noted aviation photographer Howard Levy snapped this shot of the Naval Aircraft Factory N3N·3 flown to Brennand's Seaplane Base in Gene Morris George York 115C Steve Court. R.R. 2 181 Sloboda Av. Oshkosh in 1975. Owned by Tom Ahlers and Fred Niedner of St. Charles. MO. the Roanoke. TX 76262 Mansfield, OH 44906 single center-float equipped biplane was the first open cockpit biplane flown 817/491 -9110 419/529-4378 into the seaplane base during an EM Convention. S.H. OWes" Schmid Copyright © 1993 by the EM Antique/Classic Division Inc. All rights reserved. 2359 Lefeber Avenue Wauwatosa, WI 53213 VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091·6943) is published and owned exclusively by the EM Antique/Classic Division, Inc. of the Experimental 414/771 -1545 Aircraft Association and is published monthly at EM Aviation Center, 3000 Poberezny Rd., P.O. 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THE EAA SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks Madison, WI 53717 New Haven. IN 46774 of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above association is strictly prohibited. 608/833·1291 219/493-4724 STRAIGHT &LEVEL we can determine how it might affect the aircraft. Hand-propping an aircraft your aircraft. At the February Board accounts for 75% of the accidents in meeting we had a full reporting of your this category. Refueling fires account Antique/Classic insurance program. I for 25% of the accidents in this cate­ would like to relate some of this infor­ gory. You can go to any a irport and mation to you. It is important that I find someone on that airport who has a point out that in talking to the under­ horror story to tell you about hand­ writers I learned something we all know, propping an aircraft by yourself when but which should be emphasized. As someone is not helping you. Folks, a aircraft have been stored for the cold piece of rope is a cheap alte rnative to winter months, and then are brought out having your aircraft torn up because it to be flown in the spring of the year, the got away from you whi le you are hand­ by Espie "Butch" Joyce pilots and owners should carefully check propping. Let's pay attention to this. the ai rcraft over for airworthiness. We (These two items will be the subject of Your Antique/Classic Board of Di­ also need to be extra careful as far as fly­ articles during the coming months in rectors met February 12, 1993. Several ing is concerned - proficiency is down VINTAGE A IRPLANE - HGF) items of interest transpired at this meet­ for a number of people by this time of The other accidents were those that ing that I thought you might like to year si nce they have not been flying dur­ were not pilot related. Hangar fires ac­ hear about. It was reported that as of ing the winter months. counted for 11 % of the accide nts here. February 12 we have 8,214 members. On hand from Home Insurance Weather related while aircraft is on the The division is retaining 88.1 % of our Company in Dallas, Texas, was Tim ground, either being blown away from members, which is outstanding, even Williams, Underwriting Manager. tiedowns or hangars coll apsing on air­ when compared with other organiza­ From AUA, Inc. we were briefed by craft account for 45 %. Engine failures tions in aviation. The Antique/Classic Norma Johnson and Mac McGee. The 11 %, and vanda li sm or theft 33% . Division now has 18 active chaplers. I Board has asked me to highlight some These are items that are felt to be really would also like to let you know that we of the information that h as come to beyond the control of the individual. welcomed a new Advisor to our Board, li ght, based on the statistics of insur­ Knowing these figures will hopefully Mr. Joe Dickey. Many of you know Joe ance activity, including the accidents make you more aware of the possibili­ - he and his bride Julia have been in we have been able to track through the ties of what can happen to you while charge of our Type Club Headquarters program. These accidents are from a operating your aircraft and, therefore, at Oshkosh for the last several years. two year period and I will address them make you a safer pilot. As I have said He and Julia have done an excellent job in two ways. First off, let's talk about before, we cannot afford to lose any in­ for us and I look forward to working when a pilot was at the controls of an dividual or any aircraft. Please be care­ with Joe as an Advisor to our Division. aircraft. Of the accidents that have ful out there. We discussed your publication, VIN­ been tracked, ground loops account for Next month in your April issue of TAGE AIRPLANE, at this meeting 47%. Gear up landings account for VINTAGE AIRPLANE there will be a and H.G.