STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

CHANGING OF THE GUARD

the position of leadership for our era ments I have developed with Paul, of aviation. I have been lucky to be Tom and their staff. These dedicated part of this growth and I hope I have people have been supportive of all the contributed to it. by Bob Lickteig projects and programs requested by My heart breaks a little at the your Antique/Classic board of direc­ thought of all the time we have spent tors. I have been blessed with a dedi­ together investing in each other, de­ cated board of officers, directors and pending on and always receiving the advisors and I wish to thank them again Getting a divorce or losing a loved help to solve a problem or attain one for their contributions and continued one of umpteen years must feel like of our goals, the ups and downs we support. this . fought together. We won some and we The EAA Antique/Classic Division For the past five years my job has lost some. We argued about some is membership-oriented with pro­ been like a friend to me, but even old things, we agreed on others - sacrific­ grams, projects, group participation friends have to part company some ing for each other and putting every and our main line of communications time. These friends, the members of ounce of effort and will into making - our monthly magazine THE VIN­ EAA and the EAA Antique/Classic Di­ things work right and earning a few TAGE AIRPLANE. When you vision, will always be remembered by more gray hairs along the way. Do you analyze it, the membership really di­ me . remember waking in the middle of the rects your division and that's the way I had been active in the Antique/ night with an idea and getting up to it should be. If your leadership fulfills Classic Division for a number of years make a note of it? At my age, if I didn't the needs and desires of our members, and with the resignation of a member I would not be able to recall it in the your Antique/Classic Division will of the Antique/Classic board, I was morning. This type of effort by volun­ continue to be successful. elected to the office of vice president. teers is what makes America great and This June issue of your magazine in­ I attended one meeting in that capacity, exhibits the spirit of EAA. cludes a ballot for the election of the and to my surprise, my predecessor of The effort we all put forward for our officers and directors nominated. I five years' service resigned and the Antique/Classic Division participation challenge every member to vote for the members of the board elected me their in the annual EAA convention is a tri­ candidate he feels will be the best per­ president. bute to this spirit. We all know the 12 son to continue the objectives of our I was the new guy on the block with to 14 hour days with hundreds of deci­ division. The new officers and direc­ all the responsibility of this important sions and thousands of questions to an­ tors will be announced and installed at and demanding position. I learned a swer, the responsibility we share for the EAA Antique/Classic annual busi­ lot and I learned it quickly. It was the success of our Antique/Classic ness meeting Friday, August 5, 1988. either that or fall on my face , which I group events and the wonderful sigh of I would like to close with an old did a few times along the way, too. As relief when the final curtain comes saying - you never leave a place you I said, I made good friends, both per­ down and all the aircraft are headed love - you take a part of it with you, sonal and professional. Over the past home. But - oh, what fun - and the leaving a part of you behind. five years I witnessed the yearly satisfaction of a job well done. So one more time, welcome aboard. growth of your division and stood tall I will miss my association with EAA We're better together, join us and and proud that we collectively attained Headquarters and the working arrange­ you have it all .• PUBLICATION STAFF PUBLISHER Tom Poberezny Tti~ VICE-PRESIDENT MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Dick Matt EDITOR Mark Phelps JUNE 1988 • Vol. 16, No.6 ART DIRECTOR Mike Drucks Copyright ce 1988 by the EAA Antique/Classic Division, Inc. All rights reserved. MANAGING EDITOR/ADVERTISING Mary Jones ASSOCIATE EDITORS Norman Petersen Contents ' Dlck Cavin Straight and Level/by Bob Lickteig FEATURE WRITERS 2 George A. Hardie, Jr. AlC News/by Mark Phelps Dennis Parks 4 EDITORIAL ASSISTANT 5 Letters to the Editor Carol Krone STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS 6 Vintage Literature/by Dennis Parks Jim Koepnick Carl Schuppel 8 Members' Projects/by Norm Petersen Jeff Isom 9 Calendar EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC 10 Vintage Seaplanes/by Norm Petersen DIVISION, INC. OFFICERS 11 Stinson 108-2/by Norm Petersen President Vice President R. J. Lickteig M.C. "Kelly" Viets 14 Time Capsule/by Dennis Parks 1718 Lakewood Rt.2, Box 128 Albert Lea, MN 56007 Lyndon, KS 66451 16 Taylorcraftsmanship/by Mark Phelps 507/373-2922 913/828-3518 19 To Oshkosh via J-3/by Ed Rogers Secretary Treasurer George S. York E.E. " Buck" Hilbert 20 Annual Business Meeting Page 16 181 Sloboda Ave. P.O. Box 145 Mansfield, OH 44906 Union, IL 60180 23 Volunteers: A Book of Heroes/ 419/529-4378 815/923-4591 by Art Morgan and Bob Brauer DIRECTORS 24 Interesting Members/by Phil Coulson John S. Copeland Philip Coulson 9 Joanne Drive 28415 Springbrook Dr. 26 Welcome New Members Westborough, MA01581 Law1on , MI49065 617/366-7245 616/624-6490 27 Mystery Plane/by George Hardie WIlliam A. Eickhoff Stan Gomoll 41515th Ave., N.E. 1042 90th Lane, NE 28 Vintage Trader St. Petersburg, FL 33704 Minneapolis, MN 55434 813/823-2339 6121784-1172 FRONT COVER . .. It's not often that you see a pre-war Taylorcraft. Dale A. Gustafson Espie M. Joyce, Jr. A.C. Hutson's red and black beauty was on the line at Sun 'n Fun '88 7724 Shady Hill Drive Box 468 and flew home to Georgia with an Outstanding Aircraft award in the Indianapolis, IN 46278 Madison, NC 27025 Antique category. (Photo by Sandi Lowich) 317/293-4430 919/427-0216 Arthur R. Morgan Gene Morris BACK COVER. , , Boeing 80B. Built as the final model 80A, NX-234M 3744 North 51 st Blvd. 115C Steve Court, R.R. 2 was ordered with the nose of the fuselage raised to provide for an Milwaukee, WI 53216 Roanoke, TX 76262 open cockpit. It was later converted to have an enclosed cockpit. 414/442-3631 817/491-9110 Though built in 1930, the era of the Ford "Tin Goose", the rag and tube biplane model 80 provided for some passenger innovations. The sea­ Daniel Neuman Ray Olcott ting was leather upholstered, arranged three across, two on the left, 1521 Berne Circle W. 104 Bainbridge one on the right. The cabin had heating, lighting and forced ventilation. Minneapolis, MN 55421 Nokomis, FL 34275 There was also a bathroom with hot and cold running water in the basin. 612/571-0893 813/488-8791

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ADVISORS The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by EAA Antique/Classic Division , Inc. of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. and is published monthly at Wittman Airfield, Oshkosh, WI 54903· Robert C. "Bob" Brauer John A. Fogerty 3086. Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh, WI 54901 and additional mailing offices. Membership rates for 9345 S. Hoyne RR2, Box 70 EAA Antique/Classic Division, Inc. are $18.00 for current EAA members for 12 month period of which $12.00 IS Chicago, IL 60620 Roberts, WI 54023 for the publication of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation . 3121779-2105 715/425-2455 ADVERTISING - Antique/Classic Division does not guarantee or endorse any product offered through our advertis­ Robert D. "Bob" Lumley Steven C. Nesse ing. We invite constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise obtained through our advertising Nl04W20387 2009 Highland Ave. so that corrective measures can be taken. Willow Creek Road Albert Lea, MN 56007 Colgate, WI 53017 507/373-1674 Postmaster: Send address changes to EAA Antique/Classic Division, Inc., Wittman Airfield, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086. 414/255-6832 VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3 on Anirong Island near Infanta, Flying Bobcats hit 50 Quezon Province. Oshkosh ' 88 marks the 50th an­ 'The day before the Japanese attack niversary of the Cessna T-50 Bobcat, on Pearl Harbor, Paul "Pappy" Gunn also known as the "Bamboo Bomber". flew No. 63 to deliver Major Joseph Other designations for the airplane in­ Stevenot to Paracale , Camarines clude AT-8 , C-78, AT-17, UC-78 Norte. The plane was damaged on JRC-I and Crane. There will be awards landing and it could not be flown back and gifts for all owners and members to Manila. Pappy Gunn returned to Compiled by Mark Phelps of the Flying Bobcats. For more infor­ Manila the next day via train . War with mation contact Jon Larson, Founder, NPRM 88-2 Japan was declared shortly thereafter 3821 53rd Street SE, Auburn, Wash­ and in the general confusion it is not ington 98002. Telephone 206/833­ Your efforts have not gone un­ known if the Beech 17 was repaired noticed. At the end of the comment 1068. and flown out of Paracale. period on the NPRM, over 60,000 "My friend sent one of his people Biography of Clyde lee pieces of mail flooded the FAA, over­ down to Paracale to check out a possi­ whelmingly in opposition of the Mode ble basket case but it turned out to be Clyde Ice reaches the age of 99 on C rule. Among the letters received at a Stearman skeleton-the Philippine May 28, 1988 and will celebrate his 800 Independence Avenue, was one air force used them as primary trainers. birthday with the release of a biog­ signed by 18 U.S. senators. The sena­ I reconnoitered the area myself several raphy written by Rhonda Sedgewick. tors said that the NPRM is, "a gross times from a T-33 and turned up noth­ The book, Sky Trails outlines the life overreaction by the FAA," to what ing else. of a true South Dakota pioneer, born Congress intended when it passed Jack M. Hurdle, II, Major, USAF" before statehood on his father's Hand legislation favoring the increase in County homestead. His 60-year in­ Mode C-required airspace. It pays to volvement in aviation has earned him let your elected officials know how you Dorothy Weick suffers heart attack the title "Father of Aviation" in South think. At present, the FAA is proces­ Dorothy Weick, wife of Ercoupe de­ Dakota. Clyde currently lives across sing its information in preparation for signer Fred Weick, suffered a heart at­ from the Spearfish Airport in Spear­ its final ruling, due June 30. The Ad­ tack this spring but is recovering nicely fish, S .D. The city celebrates its cen­ ministrator has admitted that the scope on medication and a special diet, ac­ tennial this year and one of the year's of the NPRM will need to be reduced. cording to Coupe Capers the Ercoupe highlights is the celebration marking What remains to be seen is how re­ Owners Club newsletter. Clyde's 99th birthday. Sedgewick's duced the restricted airspace will be. book of the aviation pioneer's life is Some have said that the FAA prop­ available for $12.50 from Quarter Cir­ osed outlandish measures in hopes of White Bird search continues cle A Enterprises, 1159 State Highway getting half of what it asked for. Others Ric Gillispie, executive director of 450, Newcastle, Wyoming, 82701. have also said that it was necessary to The International Group for Historic go to extremes in order to shock the Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) reports Antique instrument repair pilot population into response. It's up that a search party will return to the to us to maintain consistent contact Looking for someone to repair the remote area in Maine for the fourth with both the FAA and our elected of­ instruments on your antique or classic year to continue its search for l'Oiseau ficials so that misinformation and false airplane? Experts in this field can be Blanc, The White Bird. Charles impressions do not grow until unfair hard to find. EAA Director Informa­ Nungesser and Francois Coli took off and unworkable legislation such as 88­ tion Services, Ben Owen reports that in the Levasseur PL-8 on May 9 , 1927 2 arise again. John Wolf and Co., 4741 Sherwin in an attempt to fly from Paris to New Road, Willoughby, Ohio 44094, tel. York. TIGHAR believes that the two Staggerwings lost in the Philippines 216/942-0083 is capable of repairs made it as far as Maine before they ran on a variety of antique instruments. Major Jack Hurdle II, USAF, re­ out of fuel and crashed near Round The company specializes in auto cently returned from the Philippines Lake, Maine. Gillespie says, "We now instruments but works on aircraft where he spent some time on the trail believe we have established a very instruments as well. of Beech Staggerwings, serial numbers clear trajectory for the aircraft through 63 and 253. He writes: the trees which corresponds with Corrections "A Mr. Elizalde acquired his Beech Coli's own planned heading. Our task 17 (ser. no. 253) from the bankruptcy now is to follow that line and try to Inflation has raised the price of the liquidation of PATCO (Philippine Air find out where the wreck came to rest. " Antique/Classic picnic to $7.00, from Transport Co.). On February 26, 1941 In July 1987, TIGHAR discovered $6.00 as reported in last month's issue. Elizalde received the airplane as paid some metalic traces in the acid soil on For tickets contact Chairman Steve compensation from the company. the site. Gillespie says, "We are not Nesse, 507/373-1674. Also, those try­ "Ser. no . 63 arrived in the Philip­ trying to convince anyone that the de­ ing to reach Antique/Classic Particip­ pines sometime early in 1937. On De­ bris we dug up is definitely from ant Plaque Chairman Jack Copeland cember 8, 1937 it made the news when l'Oiseau Blanc, but what we've found should try his correct number, 617/ it was chartered by General Valdez to so far leads us to believe that our 366-7245 - one digit off from that search for a Stinson that crash-landed search will be fruitful." reported last month .•

4 JUNE 1988 Letters TO The Edito'<.m1 .-~----...'. ""!"'~- .'IiIW"'''' • " I •

Dear Ben (Owen),

Please find some copies of old photos of an aircraft a mate and I built in our 20's. It has an 8 hp Henderson 4 motor. When he died six years ago his widow and I decided that it should go to "Famous Australian Aircraft" at Parafield Airport, and is on exhibition alongside a replica of Kingsford Smith's plane, the Southern Cross. This replica has been on many flights since building. It was built from plans of the original plane. The Famous Australian Aircraft Assn. is hoping someone will sponsor this plane to Wittman Airfield, Oshkosh, not flown, but crated over. We believe it could earn many dollars flying about America - joy flights, exhibitions, etc. There is some exciting history that goes with it. Can you help us? Maybe with Testing before finishing touches - cowling, etc. Contact. The engine starts and some contacts, etc.? The Southern my mate Clem's trousers are sucked by the propeller draught. That's me with my Cross replica cost $1.5 million to build, leg against the strut, my left hand on the choke and right on the throttle. half of which was used in general ex­ penses, and half on the plane itself, and there is no more in the kitty, hence the need for sponsorship for a showing in the U.S.A. It would encourage your Aussie coun­ terpart if you could contact and have a yarn with Ian Ritchie, clo Southern Cross or Famous Australian Aircraft Pty. Ltd., Hangar 54, Airport Parafield, 5106 Southern Australian or phone 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on 08-250-9612. After hours 08-252-2110. Yours Sincerely,

Don Coutts 14 Frome Avenue Hampstead Gardens Finished aircraft in Clem's back garden, Burnside, Australia. South Australia 5086 Gentlemen, Dear Editor,

It is my understanding that the OX-5 Re: Identification marks on Boeing B­ Club's headquarters is in your area. 1, back cover April '88. Dear Mark, I 1938 I soloed an OX-5 powered "Although there was no federal Commandair biplane. I accumulated licensing of U.S. aircraft at this time, the I am sorry to have to inform you that several hours of solo time on that par­ N-ABNA reflects an unofficial system my father, C. G. Taylor, designer of the ticular airplane before someone else set up by a board of insurance under­ Taylor Cub and Taylorcraft, passed landed it 25 feet in the air and washed writers." (Quoted from an article by Pete away the 29th of March 1988 in Hous­ it out completely. My instructor was C. Bowers appearing in WINGS ton, Texas. C.G. was bedridden the Roger Gardner, and if the OX-5 Club magazine, April 1972). past year and frustrated because, al­ pleases, I would like his address. I un­ Cordially, though ill with Parkinson's Disease, his derstand he lives in California. mind was good to the end. His contribu­ I hold License No. 174812. What is Robyn Clark tion to aviation is well known and I still the yearly dues for the Experimental Aerographics have E-2 Taylor Cub SIN 27, the oldest Aircraft Association membership? Also 1764 Montecito Circle alive. OX-5 Club dues? Livermore, California 94550 Hoping to hear from you in the near Sincerely, future, I remain ... (See this month's Vintage Literature Very truly yours, page 6- ED.) Col. Bob Taylor (EAA 44670, AlC 5335) David S. Ring 5855 St. Rt. 40 797 Violet Avenue Tipp City, OH 45371 Hyde Park, NY 12538. by Dennis Parks Library/Archives Director

Uoderwritel'$' Laooralo.ries' Aircraft Recister. Nationality' and Registration Mark: N-ABCB . Owne,: LMC I}rillinc and I'roducinc Co_ Station; Wichita, KID . D ellcriptio~ of RegillteredAircraft Manufactun·r: E. M. Laird Co. Ty ~ : "Swallow." Serial No. 11 3. Len!:th: P ft. 4 in. Span: 36 ft. Hei!: ht: 8 ft. B tn. Engin.,; OXS. Dead Load: 1350 lb. Full Load: r~~~~~al 2150 lb. Usdul Load: 800 lb. Air Speed: 85. Servict' ~ C.. !Iing: 17.000. Fuel Radills. 3 hr. N-ABCB: the first civil aircraft marked in the United States in accordance with the provisions of the International Air Convention. Major and Mrs. Schroeder flew on this ship last fall from Chicago to the Kansas City and Omaha meets.

Underwriter's Laboratories' The Aircraft Register defined air­ tion mark will identify aircraft regis­ Aircraft Register craft according to ownership or use as tered for private use. State, Commercial or Private. State "The registration and nationality aircraft included military aircraft, marks will appear once on each side of The February 6, 1922 issue of A VI­ police or customs aircraft. Such air­ the fuselage or nacelle and also once ATION printed the first list of Amer­ craft being government owned or oper­ on the upper and lower wing surfaces ican Aircraft Registrations. This came ated were not subject to registration. of the airplanes. The letters will be of about through the Convention for the Commercial aircraft included air­ a size sufficient to pennit identification Regulation of Air Navigation signed as craft used for the purpose of any pro­ while in flight and at considerable and/ part of the Paris Peace Conference. fession, trade or business when one or or elevations from the observer. The Though the United States did not ratify more persons or freight are carried for nationality mark will also appear on the treaty , the letter "N" had been as­ hire. Private aircraft are those not State each side of the rudder. The registra­ signed to the United States for use on or Commercial. tion mark will serve as the "call sign" its aircraft. Aircraft intended for international of the aircraft in all radio or other sig­ During the summer of 1921 the Un­ use were to show the capital letter "N" nalling." derwriters' Laboratories in Chicago preceding the registration marks as a The Underwriters' system was not opened up a register for pilots and air­ symbol of American ownership. Air­ popular, with only 33 aircraft regis­ craft at the request of the National Air­ craft not flying abroad need not show tered by the end of 1922, and the sys­ craft Underwriters Association the registration mark . tem ended in 1926. (NAUA) of New York. The markings were to be displayed Among the well-known owners to The members of the NAUA were as explained: appear on the register were: Grover thereafter required to register the air­ "The mark will consist of alphabeti­ Loening, Vincent Astor and Harold craft which they insure against "fire, cal symbols shown in capital letter, Vanderbuilt all registering Loening Air theft, collision, stranding, sinking or thus "ABCD or BMUL," etc. These Yachts. Also listed was Buck Weaver other hazards." Similarly the members registration marks preceded by a dash with a Waco 4 and the Chicago were to recognize the register for air­ will follow the nationality mark "N" Tribune with a Curtiss Seagull . craft pilots as a condition of all policies for ships flying across national bound­ Thirty-three aircraft were registered issued thereafter. aries. A bar underlining the registra­ by the end of 1922. The most numer­

6 JUNE 1988 ous of the types registered was the Cur­ N-ABCC A vro 504K N-ABCG Curtiss JN4 tiss JN4 with 12 on the list, followed Akers Airphoto Corp., Chicago Diggins Aviation , Chicago by Laird Swallow and the A vro 504 both with four registered . N-ABCD Laird Swallow N-ABCH Curtiss JN4 The first 10 registered are as follows Nimmo Black Airport , Chicago Diggins Aviation , Chicago with N-ABCB actually being the first one to be registered. N-ABCA A vro 504K N-ABCE A vro 504K N-ABCI Curtiss JN4 Water Becker, Newark John Hambleton , Baltimore Aero Corp. , Minneapolis

N-ABCB Laird Swallow N-ABCF Loening Air Yacht N-ABCJ Curtiss JN4 LMC Drilling Co. , Wichita Loening Aeronautical, New York John Metzger, Chicago .

Menasco C-4 by Norm Petersen What makes these two photos in­ teresting is the subject: A "factory new" Menasco C-4 engine of 125 hp! It was recently removed from the fac­ tory crate, after nearly 50 years in stor­ age, by Glen Scott, service manager at Scott Aviation, Meacham Airport, Ft. Worth, Texas 76106, (817/626-6770). To check for internal rust and corro­ sion, Scott opened the crankcase cover and to his surprise there was absolutely no rust or corrosion of any kind! The cover was reassembled to the engine and a new coat of blue paint was given to the engine as the old paint was flak­ ing off after all the years . A new set of exhaust pipes was fabricated as the old ones were rusty. The result is a spanking jewel of a rare engine that has never been run . Scott would like to locate a No. 10 spline hub so he could at least hear the Menasco run . The engine is Serial No. 312, however there is no date of man­ ufacture on the data plate. Anyone with information should call Glen Scott at the number listed above .•

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7 MEMBER'S PROTECTS ... u

by Norm Petersen

These two photos of Mooney " Mite" N6033V, Mite at Oshkosh. John used to fly it into Wash­ SIN 130, were sent In by owner Robert Ington National Airport on business trips In the Schneider (EAA 303655) of P.O. Box 128, early 1960s! Miamiville, OH 45147. The photo at right shows Bob reports the M18LA has 1,675 hours total Robert at Oacy Airport, Harvard, Illinois on the and Is powered by a 65 hp Lycoming 0-145. The way to Oshkosh '87. The second, taken at Osh­ first owner was a Captain In the Mexican Army kosh '87, shows Robert and John M. Owelle, from where the " Mite" found Its way to the Charlotte, NC, who owned N6033V from 1960 to southeastern U.S. for many years. N6033V Is 1965 and was amazed to find his old Mooney one of 20 M18LA's remaining on the U.S. register.

Linn Hower's J-3 Cub tually to northern Idaho where Jeff Armstrong The two photos depicting the rebuild on the owned It at Bayview. In 1985, Linn Hower 1941 J-3 Cub, N40821 , SIN 7523, were sent In bought the Cub and proceeded to learn the art by Linn Hower (EAA 297587) of 655 K Street, of float flying. He put In 80 hours on floats dur­ Idaho Falls, 10 83402. Ing the first summer before starting the total This particular Cub has gone through some 20 rebuild of the airplane. owners since It came off Piper's production line On November 17,1987, N40821 once again took on September 6, 1941 . Most of Its life was spent to the air (on wheels) with Its 0-200 Continental In Minnesota where It eventually was put on engine providing the "go." Linn expects to put floats In the northern half of the state. After the floats on before long and get back Into the bouncing around the lakes, the Cub was pur­ swing of flying off the water. Most of his chased by John Karl (EAA 63106) of Oshkosh, takeoffs start at 4,500 feet MSL and above so WI who rebuilt the airplane and Installed a left he needs all the power he can musterl hand seaplane door. From Oshkosh, the wood­ We look forward to seeing a picture of Linn's spar seaplane found Its way to Iowa and even­ Cub on floats on some mountain lake.

This very nice looking Republic RC-3 "Seabee" with Its red, white and blue paint scheme was the pride and Joy of John C. Anderson (EAA 223280) of Bay City, Michigan. John passed away In July, 1987 and his son, John C. Ander­ son, Jr. (EAA 304197) of 3140 Hidden Road, Bay City, Michigan reports that the Seabee N875HA, SIN 129 Is looking for a good home. The airplane has 560 hours TT and 230 SMOH plus a long list of options. Additional Information may be had by writing John Anderson Jr. at the above address. John Jr. and his wife Deborah have a new baby girl named Elizabeth Ann Anderson. How's that for classy Initials 1 8 JUNE 1988 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

JUNE 10 - DENTON, TEXAS - 26th Annual JUNE 24-26 - PAULS VALLEY, OKLAHOMA ­ sociation, EAA AlC Chapter 1 Fly-In at Gilbert Texas Chapter Antique Airplane Assn . Fly-In, Oklahoma City Chapter of AAA Fly-In. Contact: Field Municipal. Contact: Rod Spanier, 502 Denton, Texas Municipal Airport. Contact: Bert George Blackmore, 4051789-6281 or Bud Sut­ Jamestown Avenue, Lakeland, FL33801, 813/ or Mary Mahon, Rt. 1, Box 69A, Justin, TX 817/ ton, 405/392-5608. 665-5572. 648-3290. JUNE 25-26 - ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS ­ AUGUST 26-28 - SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY - JUNE 10-12 - MIDDLETOWN, OHIO - 4th Na­ 12th Annual New England Regional EAA Fly-In Sussex Air Show '88. Contact: Paul G. Styger, tional Aeronca gathering, celebrating the 60th sponsored by EAA Chapter 726. Vendors, flea Airport Manager, P.O. Box 311 , Sussex, New anniversary of Aeronca, including tours of the market, food, trophies. Contact: Richard Jersey 07461 , 201 /875-9919. Aeronca factory and the U.S.A.F. Museum. Walsh, Municipal Airport, Orange, MA 01364, AUGUST 27-28 - WATKINS, COLORADO ­ Banquet on Saturday night with speakers and 627/544-8189. Balloonfest/EAA Chapter 660 Air Show. Con­ judged aircraft awards. Contact: Jim JUNE 29-JULY 2 - AMES, IOWA - Ercoupe tact: 3031751-1981 . Thompson, Box 102, Roberts, IL60962, 217/ Owners Club National Convention, Ames Air­ SEPTEMBER 3-4 - GEORGETOWN, CALIFOR­ 395-2522. port. Contact: Shirley Brittian, 2070 Hwy. 92, NIA - Gathering of Taildraggers at JUNE 11-12 - HILLIARD, FLORIDA - Florida Ackworth, IA 50001, 5151961-6609. Georgetown Municipal Airport. Contact: P. O. Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Associa­ JULY 8-10- 16th Annual Taylorcraft Fly-In/Reun­ Box 1438, Georgetown, California, call (days) tion, EAA AlC Chapter 1 Fly-In at Hilliard Air ion at Barber Airport, three miles north of Al­ 916/677-9009, (eves) 916/333-1343. Park. Contact: Rod Spanier, 502 Jamestown liance. Food, fellowship and flying. Chat with SEPTEMBER 9-11 - DENVER, COLORADO­ Avenue, Lakeland, FL33801, 813/665-5572. the people who built your Taylorcraft. Contact: Twin Beech Association 1st Annual fly-in meet­ JUNE 11-12 - MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA ­ Bruce Bixler, 216/823-9748. ing at Centennial Airport. Contact: Twin Beech Northwest Louisiana Fly-in, DeSoto Parish Air­ JULY 9-10 - CELINA, OHIO - 4th Annual North­ Association, P. O. Box 8186, Fountain Valley, port. Sponsored by EAA Chapter 343, Flying west Ohio Stearman Fly-In, Lakefield Airport. CA 92728-8186. Events, aircraft judging, camping. Louisiana Contact: Jim or Allison Zimmerman, 419/268­ SEPTEMBER 10 - JENNINGS, LOUISIANA­ Championship Fly-In Series Event NO. 2. Con­ 2902. Southwest Louisiana Fly-In, Sponsored by tact: Larry Pierce, Route 5, Box 585, JULY 9-10 - NORTH BEND, OREGON - 1988 EAA Chatpers 529 and 541 . Trophies. Shreveport, LA 71107, 318/929-2377. North Bend Air Show at North Bend Municipal Louisiana Championship Fly-in Series Event JUNE 12 - AURORA, ILLINOIS - EAA Chapter Airport. Major air show performers, civilian and NO. 3. Contact: Bill Anderson, 211 Bruce 579 Fly-In/Drive-In breakfast and airportlFBO military displays and f1y-bys. Contact: North Street, Lafayette, LA 70533, 318/984-9746. open house, Aurora Municipal Airport. Contact: Bend Air Show, 1321 -0 Airport Way, North SEPTEMBER 10-11 - GREELEY, COLORADO Alan Shackleton, 3121466-4193 or Bob Rieser, Bend, OR 97459, 5031756-1723. - Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In. Sponsored Airport Manager, 3121466-7000. JULY 10 - WILLIAMS, ARIZONA - 3rd Annual by Colorado State EAA Chapter. Contact: 303/ JUNE 14-19 - OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA Fly-In Breakfast at Williams Municipal Airport. 798-6086 or 3031751-1981. - Aerospace America 1988 Air Show and Sponsored by EAA Chapter 856. Awards and SEPTEMBER 16-18 - JACKSONVILLE, IL­ Trade ExpoSition. Contact: Tom Jones, Air displays. Contact: Larry Ely, 6021635-2978 or LINOIS - 4th Annual Byron Smith Memorial Show Director 405/681-3000. 2151. Stinson Fly-In and Reunion at Jacksonville JUNE 16-18 - LAKEVIEW, ARKANSAS - Na­ JULY 16-17 -LOMPAC, CALIFORNIA - Annual Airort. Seminars, fly-outs, contests. Camping tional Meyers Association Fly-in and Seminar Cub Club Fly-In and Dance. Contact: 8051736­ at field. Contact: Loran Nordgren, 815/469­ at Gaston's Resort. Contact: Wm . E. Gaffney, 3579. 9100, 4 West Nebraska, Frankfort, IL60423. 26 Rt. 17K, Newburgh, NY 12550 JULY 16-17 - SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK­ OCTOBER 1-2 - PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA - 3rd JUNE 17-19 - EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA - 6th Northeast Flight '88 Air show at Schenectady Annual Louisiana EAA Convention, sponsored Annual West Coast Travel Air Fly-In. Join the County Airport, sponsored by American Red by EAA Chapters 614 and 836. Trophies, ban­ biplane fun . Contact: Jerry Impellezzeri, 4925 Cross and Empire State Aerosciences quet, camping. Final Louisiana Championship Wilma Way, San Jose, CA 95124. Museum. Contact: Steve Israel, 518/382-0041, Series Event. Contact: Jim Alexander, 2950 JUNE 18-NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA-16th Northeast Flight '88, 419 Mohawk Mall, Highway 28W, Boyce, LA 71409, 3181793­ Annual Colonial Fly-In sponsored by EAA Schenectady, NY 12304. 4245. Chapter 156 at Patrick Henry Airport. Contact: JULY 17-22 - FAIRBANKS, ALASKA - Intema­ OCTOBER 6-9 - CELINA, OHIO - 13th Annual Chet Sprague, 8 Sinclair Road, Hampton, VA tional Cessna 170 Association Convention at International Cessna 120/140 Association 23669, 8041723-3904. Fairbanks Intemational Airport. Convention Convention Fly-In at Lakefield Airport. Contact: JUNE 19 - ANDERSON, INDIANA - EAA Chap­ site: Sophie Station Motel. Contact: Convention Terry Zimmerman, 419/268-2565. ter 226 Fly-In Breakfast. Contact: 3171378­ Chairmen, Rick and Cheryl Schikora, 1919 Lat­ OCTOBER 7-9 - THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA ­ 0590. hrop, Drawer 17, Fairbanks, AK 99701, 907/ Florida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic As­ JUNE 19 - FRIENDSHIP, WISCONSIN - 8th An­ 456-1566 (work), or 907/488-1724 (home). Re­ sociation, EAA AlC Chapter 1 Fly-In at nual Father's Day Fly-in at Legion Field spon­ member the time difference. Thomasville Municipal Airport. Contact: Rod sored by Adams County Aviation Association. JULY 21-22- DAYTON, OHIO- Dayton Air and Spanier, 502 Jamestown Avenue, Lakeland, Pancake breakfast at 0730. Static displays, Trade Show at Dayton Intemational Airport. FL 33801, 813/665-5572. crafts, antique engines, etc. 60 miles due west Contact: Rajean Campbell, 513/898-5901. OCTOBER 7-9 - TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA­ Oshkosh VOR. Camping. Monitor 122.9. Con­ JULY 22-24 - COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS - Funk 31 st Annual Tulsa Fly-In. Contact: Charlie Har­ tact: Roger Davenport, 608/339-6810. Aircraft Owners Reunion. Contact: Ray Pahls, ris, 3933 S. Peoria, Tulsa, OK 74105, 9181742­ JUNE 23-26 - GRAND LAKE VACATION RE­ 12724 E. Ashbury Circle, Apt. U-104, Aurora, 7311. SORT, OKLAHOMA - Intemational Bird Dog CO 80014, 303/695-4983. OCTOBER 7-9 - TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA ­ Association annual meeting and fly-in at JULY 29-AUGUST 5 - OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN 8th Annual National Bucker Fly-In. Contact: Golden Falcon Airpark, Grand Lake Vacation - 36th annual Intemational EAA Convention Frank Price, Route 1, Box 419, Moody, TX Resort. Contact: Phil Phillips, 505/897-4174. and Sport Aviation Exhibition at Wittman Field. 76557, 817/853-2008 . • JUNE 23-26 - HAMILTON, OHIO - 29th Annual Contact: John Burton, EAA Headquarters, National Waco Reunion. Contact: National Wittman Airfield, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086. Waco Club, 700 Hill Avenue, Hamilton, OH AUGUST 20 - WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA ­ 45015. Florida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic As­

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9 VINTAGE SEAPLANES by Norm Petersen

This month we feature another of John Finiello's 1946-47 photos from Toronto, Canada. The seaplane is a DeHaviliand DH89 "Rapide" mounted on Edo YD-6470 floats. This nearly all-wood biplane Is powered with two DeHaviliand Gypsyqueen six-cylinder engines of 245 hp.

The second photo is the very same aircraft photographed at Oshkosh '82 when owner George LeMay of Calgary, Alberta brought the fully restored C-FAYE to the convention. Note how the "seaplane" enlarged fin is still in the same configuration.

10 JUNE 1988 /Tln/on 108-2 by Norm Petersen

When it runs off with the "Best of Type" award at Oshkosh '87 and then takes one of the "Best Restored" awards at Sun 'n Fun '88, one begins to suspect we have a first quality resto­ ration on hand! Suspicions are con­ firmed as you look over a beautiful ma­ roon Stinson 108-2 "Station Wagon," N389C, SIN 108-3389 built in 1947 and owned by Boyd A. "Butch" Walsh (EAA 95866, AIC 11988), Rt. 1, Box 306A, Arrington, VA 22922. Butch runs an automotive shop and manages to be a farmer, as much as 24 hours a day allows. Besides maintain­ ing his own landing strip on the farm, he manages to do some excellent resto­ ration work on old airplanes. This is what caught the judges' eye. The 180 hp Franklin is displayed as nicely overhauled parts & pieces before final assem­ Born in Connecticut, Butch ended bly. This rather rare version can be STC'd for auto gas, yet gives outstanding perfor­ up after four years in the Marine Corps mance with the constant-speed propeller. living in Marion, Indiana some IS years ago. The Stinson, N389C, had a 108-3 in back of a hangar. Being beaten Stinson and haul the whole come up for bids at a salvage yard and curious, he walked behind the hangar works home, including the six-cylin­ Butch won the bidding. He patched up to find a raggedy old "dash 3" with a ders for the engine. the old girl and flew it for a couple of piece of engine on the front including Butch discovered the engine was a years before deciding on a ground up a constant speed propeller and a prop 180-hp version of the Franklin 335 restoration. He had previously con­ control on the dash. The more Butch cubic inch that was designed for a con­ verted a Tripacer to a Pacer, so he was looked, the more interested he became! stant speed propeller. The complete not totally green to the rebuilding The cylinders were off the engine and unit was STC'd for a Stinson 108-3 by game. it had been sitting out in the weather Univair. Figuring the powerplant and One day during his travels Butch for about two years. Butch negotiated prop would be a great addition to his landed at another airport and while tax­ with the owner for a year before he 108-2 (small tail) Stinson, Butch ma­ iing around, noticed the sizeable tail of was able to purchase the weather- jored the engine with assistance from George Heinley, P. O. Box 482, Jewett, Texas 75846 (phone 214/626­ 5122), who is one of those rare me­ chanics who knows Franklin engines inside and out (subspecies: Wrenchus Spinnerus Franklinosis). While all this was going on, the McCauley constant speed propeller was sent for overhaul, which resulted in the exchange of some good old Yan­ kee dollars for a beautiful, mint condi­ tion propeller with zero hours since major. The airframe of the 108-2 Stinson was taken down to bare tubing and carefully inspected for damage. It was apparent that the left landing gear fit­ tings had been replaced at one time or another but everything else was in fine shape. Surprisingly, there was no rust­ Butch Walsh slides the switching panel into place, just above the transponder and through on the longerons and every Narco Mark 12. False panel is primed and ready for finish coat. Note prop control on bracket below instrument panel. Assist handles on each door frame are a Stinson piece tested perfect. A thorough trademark. sandblasting was followed by epoxy VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11 primer and the rebuild began in ear­ nest. Butch put in time on the project every day so he could see the progress. (Other rebuilders, please note!) The new engine had a vacuum pump on it so Butch was able to use the old boot cowl for a pattern and build a brand new one without the vent uris sticking out in the breeze. In addition, he put in new glass all the way around plus all new control cables and pulleys in the control system. Stinson uses bearings in the ailerons and flaps and these were all replaced. As Butch says, "Everything works nice and smooth. You get in bad weather and you have all kinds of little gremlins in the airplane - at least it seems that way - and the smooth controls seem to eliminate such problems." The recovering job began on Thanksgiving Day when Butch started putting Stits fabric on one wing. He Ah, the joys of fabric! Butch pulls the Stits fabric to proper tautness with an iron. A was pleasantly surprised at how easily IiHle patience with this kind of work is a real help! the covering went, especially the coats of Poly Brush and Poly Spray. (Re­ order and much preliminary work done make it work without "shimmy," how­ member, Butch runs an automotive ahead of time, the actual rebuild took ever the chance to use a relatively new shop and has had gobs of experience only five months! The cowling from Scott was too good to pass up. He ad­ with a spray gun.) The Stits process the IOS-3 was used to house the ISO-hp mits it does a dandy job on both sod was used up through silver with the Franklin engine as it employed Uni­ and hard surfaces. normal sandings between coats. vair's nosebowl, which juts forward The Stinson was covered with Stits A new instrument panel blank was one more inch to mate with the propel­ process up through silver when secured from Univair and Butch was ler spinner. Butch's automotive background started able to build a most attractive panel When everything was assembled, to show. Looking around for a dark that looks like the original, yet has the including the original cowl latches, maroon to match the original Stinson few extra faces and equipment neces­ things looked pretty sharp. The factory color, he chose to use DuPont "Cen­ sary for flight in the 19S0s. With care­ original aluminum wheel pants were re­ tari" acrylic enamel for the final color ful attention to detail, a new interior done and carefully installed. The Scott coats. Butch admits he would rather was done in matching colors that really 3200 tailwheel was transferred from have used Stits all the way, but the looks original. Again, the workman­ the IOS-3 to the 10S-2. Butch had en­ particular color he was looking for ship is first class. joyed excellent flying with the old wasn't available.The resulting finish Because Butch had all his ducks in Maule tailwheel and learned how to on the airplane reveals the touch of the artist. It is extremely well done and would make a Stinson factory inspec­ tor nod his head in approval! Moving the entire ISO-hp engine unit to the dash-2 airframe was a first for Butch and the FAA. The original STC for this installation was done by Uni­ vair on the lOS-3 only. Butch worked hand-in-hand with the FAA throughout the installation and when everything was finished and checked, the FAA gave him a "one time approval" for the lOS-2. Butch was pleased with the FAA inspectors during the project and admits they were really good to work with and often very helpful. Butch has put over 100 hours on the Stinson since the rebuild and is very pleased with the results. The \SO-hp Franklin engine is STC'd for auto fuel (the 220-hp versions needs 100 octane) and at a normal cruise of 24 square, Extremely sanitary engine installation with its unique constant-speed propeller caught the engine burns 9-1/2 to 10 gallons the judges' eye at Oshkosh '87. Note the fine workmanship on the cabin headliner. per hour. This yields a cruise speed of 12 JUNE 1988 With the final coats of paint finished, the Stinson fuselage is towed to the airport for final assembly. Note the careful detailing and the absolutely straight fuselage stripe.

120 mph - not much faster than a up and starts making crazy offers of Franklin engine and was the forerunner 165-hp Stinson, however, it gets off big money!" of the 108 series of airplanes. Although the ground much faster and hauls a big One thing you may say about such the parts situation for Franklin engines load with ease. Butch says everyone a situation: It keeps you moving! Dur­ is critical, airframe parts are available who rides in the plane remarks about ing the last 15-plus years, Butch has from Univair in Aurora, Colorado. As the acceleration on take off. "It really rebuilt a PA-22120, a Cessna 170, a Butch says, "No matter what, the pastes you back in the seat!" couple of Stinson 108s and thrown in American pilot is going to find a way The McCauley constant speed pro­ for good measure - he moved his wife to stay in the air." peller is governed to 2,800 rpm, but and daughter and shop to Arrington, The annual trip to Oshkosh and the when you open the throttle on the Virginia in 1979. And when I inquired big EAA Fly-In has attracted Butch for 335 cubic inch engine, it winds up to about any more airplanes sitting seven years . He and his wife enjoy the an immediate 2,800 - hence the around, he replied, "I found another Convention to the utmost. As he says, excellent acceleration. Butch thinks \08-2 in the weeds and took it home "It is the only place in the world where the combination of this engine and pro­ for rebuild!" Besides this, Butch also you can restore your faith in humanity peller is exceptional. As he says, "The has a Stinson lOA built in 1940 that for another year." only real problem with the airplane is needs a rebuild. This pretty little three­ To Butch Walsh and the thousands of that wherever I take it, someone comes placer is powered with a 90-hp EAAers like him, we can only say, "Amen".

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13 The Time Cap_s_u_'_e______B~y_D_en_ni_sP_s_,k_s_

Photographs are time capsules . . . a fleeting instant frozen forever . . . preserved for future generations to use as a peephole to the past. The EAA Foundation has thousands of negatives that have been donated by photographers . . . or their estates . . . who attended great events of the 1930s like the Cleveland Air Races or simply haunted their local airports to photograph the airplanes passing through. These priceless peeks at aviation's Golden Age deserve to be seen . . . and we intend to present a few of them each month in this new feature. Any additional light readers can shed on any of the aircraft is welcomed. This month's photos are from the Schrade Radtke Collection.

Clayton Folkerts second racer for the Na­ tional Air Races the SK-2 appeared at the 1937 races as "Toots". It did well in the hands of Harold Neuman picking up three firsts, two seconds and one fourth. The racer crashed in 1937 at St. Louis. After a rebuild it showed up at the 1937 Nation­ als as shown in the photo as " Miss De­ troit". During the races Rodger Don Rae earned three seconds and a fourth.

The Folkerts Special, which was built for the 1930 Cirrus Derby and raced for many years, appeared at the 1937 Nationals as shown as the Whittenbeck Special. Pow­ ered by a 90 hp engine the plane did 142 mph at the 1930 Nationals and had its best speed of 187.65 mph under the con­ trol of Harold Neuman at the 1935 Nation­ als.

Waldo Waterman formed the Waterman Arrowplane Corporation in 1935 to pur­ sue the design of an inexpensive, simple aircraft for the private owner. The Bureau of Air Commerce funded the " Arrowbile" pictured here. A two-seat, roadable, tail­ less airplane, the Arrowbile was powered by a 10Q-hp liquid-cooled Studebaker en­ gine driving a pusher propeller through six V-belts. The wings and propeller are easily detachable and the engine then drives the rear wheels for roadable oper­ ation. Cruise airspeed was 102 mph and the Arrowbile landed at 45 mph.

14 JUNE 1988 The rapidly growing aerial mapping in­ dustry of 1938 was no doubt excited by the appearance of the first airplane de­ signed solely for mapping and photo­ graphic purposes. The Explorer, a pro­ duct of the Abrams Air Craft Corp. of Lansing, Michigan provided excellent vis­ ibility for the pilot through the use of a pusher design and a glass enclosed pilot compartment. With a supercharged en­ gine and oxygen for the crew it was cap­ able of high altitude work.

In 1935 Chester Loose introduced his third racer at the Nationals. As an em­ ployee of the Monocoupe Corporation he helped build the racing Monocoupes flown by John Livingston. The 1935 racer (NR13686) was a midwing design powered by a 266 cu. in. Lambert. The aircraft did not race because of unstable flying characteristics.

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15 Sandi Lowich

AYLORCRAFTS~SHI

A rare, prewar Taylorcraft on the line at Sun 'n Fun '88.

by Mark Phelps

16 JUNE 1988 Florida dewdrops on the tail of A.C.'s antique, 1939 Taylorcraft.

A.C. Hutson walks his airplane.

ThiS 1939 Taylorcraft started on its road to recovery from a warehouse in Miami. It was lodged atop an office cubicle when A. C. Hutson (initials only) found his airplane in 1978 . It had Unique pitch trim system uses two "flippers" below the horizontal stabilizer. wings and a fuselage but no rudder or vertical stabilizer. A.C. had been look­ ing around for an Aeronca when an acquaintance told him about the forlorn Taylorcraft. "I ended up with it and fell in love with it ," he says. The Taylorcraft is A.C. 's first com­ plete rebuild although he says he has worked on several airplanes . As a young fuel boy at the local airport, he had a lot of exposure to aircraft shop work. In the course of his involvement in aviation, A.C. worked on a lot of peoples' airplanes and helped out on other recover jobs while in the process of redoing the Taylorcraft. A.C. is a civilian pilot, originally from Louisiana. He started as a flight instructor and gravitated toward Miami where he flew large cargo planes to the islands and South America. He flew as an engineer and copilot on Electras and Prewar Continental A65-3 has top-exiting exhaust stacks. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17 reupholstered the. seats and sewed the headliner. Most of the rest of the parts came directly from Taylorcraft. The engine is a Continental A65-3 - original of course. The vintage of the engine is evident by the top exhaust stacks. Later A65s had bottom-routed exhaust. "The cylinders were hard to find as you may imagine," says A.C. Three came from Florida and the fourth was rounded up in Flowery Branch, Georgia (what a name for a southern town!) . A.C. did his own engine work with the help of A&P, AI Bill Breem. "It's been a joy to put together," says A.C. The prop is a more modem unit, as evidenced by the number of lamina­ tions , but the Sensenich Bros. decal is 1939 vintage. A.C. got the decal from Bill Loudon in Minnesota and recoated Round wheels and the big tachometer, often discarded when older Taylorcrafts were the prop with Stits epoxy varnish. A.C. modernized, are prized relics today. reports no flaking of the varnish to date. He has flown the Taylorcraft about 25 hours since completing the rebuild wound up with Delta Airlines. He flies two fellows who were slttmg on a in August 1987, "after three moves and out of Atlanta and lives in Griffin, bench if they knew where he might two children." Georgia. find a big old tachometer for an early A.C. is a dedicated antiquer and has Small planes have always fascinated Tcraft. They did and A.C. got his tach never owned anything newer than a A.C. and led to his search for an an­ at a small grass strip in upstate New 1940s vintage airplane. He lives right tique. The Taylorcraft qualifies for that York. on Brookbridge Airport in Griffin and category by virtue of its prewar pro­ All of A.C. 's instrumentation is has his hangar right at the house. "I've duction date . Several aspects of the original. He has a simple airspeed indi­ got an old Kinner Bird in the back of 1939 model distinguish it from later cator and non-sensitive altimeter. the hangar that I'll eventually get to Taylorcrafts, including its oversized "That was another hunt ," he says, "for work on," he says, "I just found an tachometer and the trim system, which the non-sensitive altimeter with a six engine and I'm hunting a few parts for consists of a pair of aluminum "flip­ o'clock set knob on it." The primer is it. " pers" located below the horizontal the original spring-loaded type. Rather Take your time, A.C. If the Bird stabilizer. The flippers form two addi­ than unlocking it, pulling it out and comes out as nice as the Taylorcraft, tional control surfaces that pivot up and pushing forward, you just pull it out it'll be worth waiting for, including a down to adjust the pitch trim of the and it retracts on its own. A.C.'s wife new set of parts-chasing stories .• airplane. A.C. says that locating parts was both the most difficult and the most enjoyable side of rebuilding his Taylorcraft. "The sheer job of hunting down parts is what I really enjoy. I've been able to find almost everything I've needed so I got to where I enjoyed that more and more as I went along . Meet­ ing the people." One example of A.C. 's patented parts-chasing technique is the story of how he got his tachometer. The original large tachs are extremely rare and tough to find, let alone obtain. After the war, it seems that most early Taylorcrafts and Aeroncas were mod­ ernized with smaller units and the old, oversized tachs wound up in the trash . A.C. says that he was on a trip to visit his wife's mother in Buffalo, New York when he and his brother-in-law were hanging around at the Niagara Falls Airport. Out of the blue he asked A.C.'s airplane has original, cable-actuated Shinn brakes. 18 JUNE 1988 TO OSHKOSH VIA J-3 (or, ((The Trip That Only Comes Once A Year") (thank goodness.')

by Ed W . Rogers ======(EAA 175258, AIC 10519) ======2605 County Oaks Ct. My father, my son Scott and 1 took Aurora, IL 60505 on the hand-held, I listen to a voice the motor home to Oshkosh '87. I had saying "Wittman Field is closed for planned to sleep in comfort: air-con­ Route 20 and the tollroad . As we cross arrivals to allow numerous departures. ditioned , no-bugs, dry, in-a-bed-with­ it the time looks fine, ground speed Aircraft inbound , please hold at sheets, don't-worry-Scott-there-will­ works out to 72 mph (tailwind!). The Ripon" be-a-ton-of-Cubs-there-so-we-don 't­ checkpoints come up right on time as In the time it takes me to go from have-to-bring-ours comfort . Illinois gives way to Wisconsin. From Waupun to Ripon they open and close My first hint of trouble came at 1,600 feet above the ground we work the field twice (things happen slower the J-3 forum. The question was raised: our way North-Union, Harvard , Wal­ in a Cub!) . "How many of you flew in and are worth, Lake Lawn, Whitewater, 1-94, As I approach Ripon, things get seri­ camped with your airplane?" No one Watertown and Horicon come and go ous. We turn and follow the railroad raised their hand. Scott snickered. and are checked off the sectional tracks , both of our heads are on a We walked the antique and classic (which gives more detail than the Shell swivel, looking for traffic . This is the aircraft camping area. One , mind you road map I have as a backup). most crowded piece of sky in the just one, J-3 was flown in by it 's We approach my planned fuel stop world! Between Ripon and Fisk, I see owner/restorer, who was camped with at Waupun. I know, I know-it's only two other airplanes, one is a south­ her son. Scott giggled. Well , Scott. been just over an hour. But you can't bound twin well above me and far, far Even Dad isn't perfect , but we have have too much gas, unless you're on away; the other is a Bellanca Viking, Grandpa with us and what would we the ground on fire! Besides, YOU gear down, flaps down, hanging in the do with him? drink two cups of coffee, ride in the sky on it 's prop. It roars by me like Tuesday night Grandpa pipes up: front of a J-3 with the door open and I'm standing still! "Sure is hot. I've seen all the T-6s like a 16-year old flying and let me know Wittman Field is in sight. I am now the one 1 had when you were born. how long you last before you decide to in a gaggle of planes on a right down­ Gee, no B-24s this year. Ifyou've seen "stop for gas"! wind for 27 . I am close-in because of one airshow, you've seen them all. 1 I call unicorn on the hand-held , my speed and high because the Cub wonder what's happening at home check the windsock and slip her in . sinks like a rock with the power now," etc., etc., etc. Scott laughed. Pavement, not grass; but wide pave­ back.I'm nervous: first Oshkosh land­ Wednesday morning, six a.m., Ol­ ment. No sweat! Okay, we're down . ing. EVERYONE in the world is son Airport. Scott is loading the camp­ Wait, now we're down. Oops­ watching. What if (heaven forbid) I go ing gear. 1 am preflighting and topping okay-here goes-yes-now we're off the runway or ground loop , or the tank. Scott says, "Dad, have you down. Stop laughing Scott; we still otherwise screw up what is turning out noticed that I'm taller than you now?" made the first turn-off (ground loop?). to be (what else) a crosswind landing. No, Scott. I'm blind. "Did you know And the guy on the tractor, the one URGH. they did a study of teenagers and dis­ mowing the grass alongside the run­ A calm professional voice fills my covered that stuffing them into way, he FELL off-he did NOT jump headset: "Yellow taildragger on right, cramped quarters can cause them to be off and run away! downwind to 27. If you copy Oshkosh rejected by the college of their choice, We taxi up to the gas pumps and tower, rock your wings." thereby ruining their lives?" Really? shut down. I climb out and saunter That's me! Wag, wag. Okay, Scott, you can sit in the back. (okay, okay .. .! run) to the office. The "Okay. Maintain your altitude as Wednesday morning, 6:40 a.m., FBO must be an old Cub pilot: he you cross 27 , plan on touching down Olson Airport. We taxi out across the doesn't say a word , just points to a in front of the tower. Do you under­ still damp grass. Oil pressure at 40 psi, door. stand?" the oil temp is off the peg, 1,700 rpm, Refreshed , I ask him to fill her up. Wag, wag. mags okay, carb heat also. Controls In front of me is a DC-3. It takes 600 "Okay. Cleared to turn in from are free and correct. Lock the brake, gallons. I take every bit of seven gal­ there . Cleared to land, 18 ." do a 360 for traffic, and we trundle out lons. Mr. FBO is not impressed . God bless him . onto the runway. Stick is all the way Taking off, I note that the rate of I turn into the wind, right down that forward and slightly cocked into the climb is not quite that of a Harrier. beautiful broad runway. The power is wind. Forward on the throttle, 2,150 Must be getting hot outside. Maybe it's back. Carb heat on. Lower, lower, rpm. The tail comes up and the stick due to bugs on the leading edge. Or, stick coming back, back, back. Light comes back to neutral. Work the ped­ maybe, what with all the air traffic as a feather, I make the best full-stall, als, power back to 2,250 and set the through the area, the air has been worn three-point of my life, at Wittman field , airspeed at 50 mph (what do you ex­ thin. There MUST be a logical expla­ at EAA show center, in my airplane, pect-it's a Cub). As we climb out, I nation. It can't possibly be due to my Cub, WITH MY SON! swing around and steady up on 350 TGPW (Total Gross Pilot Weight!). You couldn't have knocked the degrees magnetic. Heading north once again , I take out smile from my face with a hammer! I note the time. First checkpoint is the Fisk arrival instructions. Turning I'm home . • VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19 Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the EAA Antique/ Classic Division will be held on Fri­ day, August 5, J988 at 9:30 a. m. (Central Daylight Time) at the 36th Annual Convention of the Experimen­ tal Aircraft Association, Inc. Wittman Airfield , Oshkosh , Wisconsin . Notice is hereby further given that NOTICE the annual election of officers and di­ rectors of the EAA Antique/Classic Di­ vision will be conducted by ballot di s­ tributed to the members with this June issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee, OF EAA Antique/Classic Division, Wittman Airfield, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 25, 1988 . E.E. "Buck" Hilbert, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, submits the following list of candidates: ANNUAL President: Espie M. Joyce, Jf. Ray W . Olcott Secretary: George S. York Directors: Robert C. Brauer William A. Eickhoff BUSINESS Charles W. Harris Robert D. Lumley Arthur R. Morgan Eugene E. Morris MEETING

the past 12 annual conventions, serv­ ing in a variety of capacities in aircraft parking and flightline safety activities, Robert C. "Bob" Brauer including assistant to the Flightline Chicago, Illinois Safety and Aircraft Parking Chairman. For the past three conventions he has Bob received a degree in electrical served as the co-chairman of the engineering from Illinois Institute of Flightline Safety and Aircraft Parking Technology in 1971. He served as a Committee. plane captain in P2Y Neptune aircraft He was appointed an advisor to the for the U.S. Navy reserve NAS , Glen­ Antique/Classic Board of Directors in view from 1958 until his honorable dis­ 1986 and presently is co-author of a charge in 1962. series of volunteer recognition articles Bob holds a private license with an in The Vintage Aitplane. instrument rating. He joined EAA in Bob earns his living as an electrical 1972 and the Antique/Classic Division engineer. In addition to his Antique/ William A. "Bill" Eickhoff in 1975 after volunteering to work on Classic Division involvement, he has St. Petersburg, Florida regular Convention and pre-Conven­ served as an officer for six years in tion flightline duties. EAA Chapter 260 as treasurer and sec­ Bill's interest in aviation started in Bob has been an active volunteer for retary. the late 1960's when he had his first 20 JUNE 1988 flight in a J-3 Cub with Freddie Quinn, An avid aerobatic participant and per­ clip wing Cub and a 1953 0-35 his father-in-law . He later obtained his former, Charlie has served five terms Bonanza. private pilot license. His dedication to as President of EAA lAC Chapter 10 . I joined EAA in 1963 and am a flying , building and restoring aircraft He has been co-chairman of the Tulsa lifetime member. I am a long-time led to his involvement with the Sun 'n Fly-In at Tahlequah, Oklahoma for member of the Antique/Classic Divi­ Fun EAA Fly-In, some 14 years ago . over 10 years and has served as a sion. I was appointed to the Board of Bill has been a member of EAA since senior co-chairman since 1983. He was Advisors in 1981 and was elected to 1972 and participates through Chapter one of the key figures in organizing the Board of Directors in 1984. 47 in St. Petersburg. Bill has served as the First Annual National Biplane Fly­ president of the Sun 'n Fun EAA Fly­ In in Bartlesville, Oklahoma in June In for the last five years. He is also a 1987 and currently serves as Chairman member of the Florida Sport Aviation of the Board of Directors of the Na­ Antique and Classic Association . tional Biplane Association . Bill is a principal of Eickhoff & Charlie's service in the U.S . Navy Pieper, Inc ., an independent registered during 1945-46 was followed an edu­ investment management company. cation at the University of Tulsa. He Bill , his wife Suzy, and their son is now president of Oklahoma's largest Justin live in St. Petersburg, Florida. transportation leasing company. His peers elected him to receive the Out­ standing Oklahoma A viator A ward presented by the Oklahoma A viator newspaper in 1984. One of the more memorable aviation events in Charlie's life was receiving his biennial flight review in the EAA's Spirit of St. Louis replica on Sep­ tember 30, 1977 , 50 years to the day that Lindbergh flew over Pawhuska . . Robert D. "Bob" Lumley . the day he was born . Colgate, Wisconsin

A native of Athens, Georgia, Bob Lumley currently lives in Colgate, Wisconsin where he is a superinten­ dent for a construction firm . Bob started flying in 1968 after serving two years in the Army. He soloed in 1968 in a Piper PA-II and now holds private and commercial pilot certificates. Pre­ sently he owns and flies an Aeronca Charles W. Harris Chief. Tulsa, Oklahoma Bob first attended an EAA Conven­ tion in 1975 and joined the organiza­ There are those who claim that Char­ tion the following year. In 1982 he lie Harris' all-consuming interest in joined the Antique/Classic Division. aviation started that day in 1927 when He has been very active in volunteer Lindbergh, on his coast-to-coast tour activities related to the Convention; for with the Spirit of St. Louis, flew over the past five years he has served as his home in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. It chairman of the Antique/Classic Fly­ was the day Charlie was born . Out. He has also served as co-chairman At the age of two, Charlie received Espie M. Joyce, Jr. of the Antique/Classic Volunteers and his first airplane ride in his father's Madison, North Carolina has been a perennial volunteer helping OX-5 Travel Air. He soloed when he with the ongoing repairs and mainte­ was 16 and currently owns and flys an My father started flying three years nance necessary to keep the Antique/ impressive collection of show-case before I was born so I have been Classic Headquarters Red Bam in airplanes, including a Piper J-3 C65, around airplanes all my life. At age 11 operating condition. For the past two Culver CFA Cadet, two Luscombes a cropduster and friend gave me my years Bob has been acting as Chairman (8A and 8F), a Swift and two factory first flying lesson. I soloed at 16 and of the Pioneer Video project - a pro­ Pitts (SIS and S2A). received my private license the follow­ gram undertaken by the Antique/ He is a member of 27 aviation or­ ing year. I earned my commercial Classic Division to capture on video as ganizations, including the Type Clubs license during college in 1964 and later many aviation greats as possible. for each of the airplanes he owns; he received my instrument rating. Bob, who is a member of Antique/ is a life member of EAA, a "regular" I still own the airport my fat her and Classic Chapter 11 and serves as its Oshkosh attendee and a member of I first owned jointly in 1947. activities director, has been an advisor EAA's Antique/Classic, lAC and War­ Among the planes I have rebuilt are to the Antique/Classic Board of Direc­ bird divisions . He is serving his third several J-3 Cubs and two Monocoupes, tors for the past two years. term as President of EAA AlC Chapter a 90-A and a 0-145. In 1967-68 I built 10, of which he is a Charter member. a Pitts Special. I presently own a 1940 VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21 avid builder of models. His first plane tired from this position. He served as ride was in a Bellanca 14-9. During president of the Chapter from 1981 World War II he worked in his father's through 1985 . Ray is a Century Club aircraft repair business on what would member of EAA and has been and still be some fantastic antiques today . is very active at Oshkosh every sum­ Gene began flying lessons at age 15 mer as co-chairman of the Manpower and at age 18 had his commercial Committee of the Antique/Cl assic Di­ license before high school graduation. vision. He started flying for American Airlines He currently owns a Cessna 180 in 1955 and currently is a captain on which he he has completely restored DC-lOs. inside and out. One of his four grand­ He has owned several antiques in­ children is also an EAA member and cluding an American Eaglet which was helps at Oshkosh every year, as does Arthur R. Morgan named Reserve Grand Champion at his wife , Jo, who helps in the Red Oshkosh '76. He joined EAA in 1964 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Bam. and the Antique/Classic Division in Ray was appointed an Advisor to the 1975. Gene has served as an antique Antique/Classic Board in 1983 and Art Morgan began flying in 1961 judge since 1977 , an advisor since was named Director in 1985 . and received his private license in 1979 and a director since 1983. In 1962. In 1965 he went on to get his 1978 he was instrumental in forming commercial rating. EAA Chapter 685 at Hampshire , Il­ He has been a member of EAA since linois. 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford, Illinois. Art was one of the first to start build­ ing a KR-I and although he did not complete his project, he was instru­ mental in the completion of two of the little birds. In 1974 he and his wife, Kate, purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C, which he promptly rebuilt . After two years of flying the Luscombe, Art and several friends organized the American Lus­ combe Club. The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 . Art served the EAA as a Museum George S. York volunteer for several years; as Classic Mansfield, Ohio parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as Antique/Classic parking chairman. George learned to fly in the U.S. Art has been a Director of the An­ Navy during World War II. He soloed tique/Classic Division since 1978 . Ray W. Olcott an Aeronca Chief in March, 1943 at Nokomis, Florida Helena, Montana, and as a Naval Av­ iator, flew Martin PBM Mariner flying Ray was born and raised on a farm boats in the SW Pacific. near Bishop Airport, Flint, Michigan . He graduated from Ashland College He began flying there in 1935 while in Ashland, Ohio and was hired by working as a line boy. There wasn't Gorman-Rupp Company where he is much pay but there was a lot of flying, currently Manager of Product De­ which began in a C-3 Aeronca. After velopment. George became interested his days in the Army Air Corps, he in vintage and homebuilt aircraft in continued to fly. In 1945-46 while in 1957 and has since restored several Indiana, Ray and his wife Jo operated Aeroncas, a Taylorcraft and recently a small airport for the city. He kept his completed restoring a Beech D17S. He Taylorcraft in a barn on the field. They is a charter member of the Staggerwing later moved back to Flint where he Museum and is SecretaryITreasurer continued to fly . and Newsletter Editor of the Stagger­ Ray started to work for the Railway wing Club. Express Company in 1939 and fre­ George joined EAA in 1962 and has quent moves of his residence as an of­ been an active judge at Oshkosh since ficial of the company curtailed his fly­ 1970. He is Chairman of the Classic Eugene E. Morris ing, but he never lost interest. Judging Committee and has been on Roanoke, Texas In 1976 Ray and Jo moved to Florida the Antique/Classic Board of Directors as managers of a condo R V resort and since August of 1980 . • Gene was bitten by the airplane bug Ray became active in the local EAA at the age of 10 when he became an Chapter 180. In June of 1987 they re­ 22 JUNE 1988 YOLUtl,.EERS A Bool< Of Heroes By Art Morgan and Bob Brauer

In all the stories we have told about vol­ servers in the camping area are getting unteers, one committee has never been ready to rally if needed (God bless 'em). mentioned, the Antique/Classic Division But she motions them back and in the truest Security Committee. Headed by that scion tradition of the Western gunfighter stands of average intelligence, with looks that tall on her tippy toes, looks him in square would break a brick, Dave Shaw (just kid­ in the chest hair and says, "Mister, look ding, Dave). He is ably assisted by one around you. There are about 5,000 people Tom Auger (pronounced O-Jay). These near us right now who will come to my two people and their dedicated group of defense if I yell for them." She put her volunteers are the ones who work all night hands on the front collar of her button-up protecting our aircraft and campsites from blouse and said, "Now here's the way it is. the overly curious. If you're not back over that fence with your They ride the minibikes up and down the two kids right now, I'm going to rip this countless rows of aircraft 24 hours a day blouse open and holler 'rape' so loud you'll during our Convention. In addition, they think the Queen Mary just docked in your stand at the pedestrian gates making sure sinus cavities." She would have, and he that those who enter qualify to enter. Secu­ knew it, too. Quicker than spit this giant rity volunteers also ride fence patrol to of a man and his kids cleared that fence make sure that some of our more inventive and were last seen kicking up a cloud of enthusiasts don't climb the fences in their dust down the road to pay to get in. Our hurry to get to all the pretty planes ­ heroine calmly climbed on her bike and forgetting somewhere along the line to pay proudly rode off into the sunset looking for at the gate. more fence-jumpers. This is a true story, As you all know by now, our volunteers so help me. come in all shapes, sizes, ages, points of This tip of the "Oshkosh Kepe" goes to origin, walks of life and backgrounds-but those guys and gals of the Antique/Classic only two genders (that I know of anyway). Security Committee. These people are out This story concerns a very charming young there 24 hours a day in rain, cold, blowing, lady, married, mother of two great teenage hot, dusty or nice and they love it. They Members of the fence patrol. kids and a dynamo on a minibike. are there to stop people, sometimes even One fine summer afternoon, she was as­ In a single bound, over the fence he you, from smoking under the wing of our signed to fence patrol, a job she loved and goes, followed by his two teenage sons and airplanes. Who else is there to stop people did, and still does, very well. She was in the blink of an eye they are strutting from climbing allover your pretty bird asked to patrol from the Theater in the down the field set on collecting the Gold when you're off enjoying the Convention? Woods to our southernmost boundary. This for "fence-jumping-with-two-kids". But That's right, the security committee is there stretch of fence is exclusively in the aircraft they were spotted by a sharp-eyed camper to keep all those cameras from swinging camping area, an area teeming with people who called security. Quick as a flash our into the surface of your poly-paint. as well as airplanes. Because of the minibiking heroine was rounding up the And none of these people must have a crowds, it is the favored spot for that ever­ fence-jumpers using all the skills of a "home where the buffalo roam"-because popular summer olympic sport, "fence motorcycle cop, air show pilot, rodeo rider they hear a lot of discouraging words. Very jumping". Contestants come in many and mother of two teenage sons of her own. few of us have come up to one of these categories; single, with spouse, with Now you' ve got to picture this. Here she green-vested volunteers and said, "Hey, friends, with spouse and family or with is, all five feet two inches, 110 pounds of thanks, I know I shoudn't have been smok­ enough equipment (beer cooler, lawn her, dressed in white blouse, jeans and ing under the wing of that airplane," or chairs, strollers ... ) to load a moving van. Western boots standing eyeball to "Listen, I know that you couldn't tell that Any combination of the above is covered beltbuckle with three very big guys, six­ I'm the owner of that airplane and therefore under the "free-style" rules. footish, the father a 200-plus pounder and I. may lean on it or climb on it. You're So here we are with our pert, well­ his two sons not far behind. doing your job, trying to protect my pride trained volunteer riding her minibike along "Mister," she says, "you just jumped the and joy so thanks a lot." No, that doesn't the fence and a field full of the faithful fence." "Yea," he growls, "so what?" "Let happen very often but still these fine people enjoying the Convention. And here he me see your tlightline passes," she coun­ come back every year to do the same job. comes. Our first contestant in the "me and ters. "I forgot 'em." "How about your EAA Well right here, right now I will. OJ} my two kids" category. This guy is big. He card?" "Okay, okay. I ain't got one." behalf of EAAers everywhere, THANKS! works darn hard for a living and it shows Here's where our heroine really gets tough. We couldn't do it without you. "Stand tall, in his broad shoulders, thick neck and trim "Okay then, back over the fence," she says. y'all." waist (a lot like me, right?). He snarls, "I ain't going." Some of the ob­ "Join us and you have it all ." •

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23 INTERESTING MEMBERS IEdison D. Heins I by Philip Coulson (EAA 71350, AIC 572) 28415 Springbrook Drive Lawton , MI 49065

I met Ed briefly at the Rockford Fly­ In in the early 1960s around 1963, I believe. He had brought a real nice Waco UPF-7 up from the Dayton, Ohio area but it would not be until 1975 that I would get to know the Heins family . This all came about at the annual Waco reunion at Hogan's Airport, Hamilton, Ohio. The Heins family, Ed, his wife Edna, and their three sons, Mike, Pete and Andy had their one of a kind Waco CRG at the fly-in for the first time after an extensive restoration (what's a Waco CRG, you ask? - More about Ed Heins in the cockpit of "Bird III". that later). Also, I had flown our Waco INF to the reunion for the first time, 1941 E. Later, while stationed at Self­ the invasion of France by dropping so it just seemed natural that we would ridge Field with the 40th Pursuit paratroopers and towing gliders. Ed get together at the hotel and later at the Squadron of the 31 st Pursuit Group fly­ also served as personal pilot to General banquet. As the years passed, we ing P-39s, Ed felt he had made the Paul L. Williams, commander of the looked forward to seeing each other at wrong choice of the services, as by troop carrier command. In this capac­ these fly-ins and other activities . now he felt if you were going to fly it ity Ed said he was more of an onlooker Through these meetings, Ed's past should be behind a radial engine. At than anything else as the General was slowly came out. Here are some of his the time, only the Navy had modem most anxious to see how things were flying adventures. radial-engine fighters. Later he was going. His C-47 "The Bird III" had a Ed, a native of Jackson, Michigan, able to transfer to the 60th Transport special compartment from which the joined the Army Air Corps in 1940 Group and received his multi-engine general directed troop carrier opera­ after graduation from Jackson Junior training in a Martin B-IO. The group tions in the air in these invasions. In College, where he was a member of then transferred to Westover, Mas­ early 1947, Ed resigned from the Air the first civilian pilot training program sachusetts. There they were to receive Corps at the rank of Lt. Col. After that held at the college, soloing in a Piper their C-47s-then off to England. he got away from flying as many mil­ J-3. Primary was at Parks Air College, While in this theater, Ed participated itary pilots would do. But by 1957 the flying PT-19s and PT-13s. Basic in the longest, massed, unescorted, urge to fly again became too strong Training was at Randolph Field, non-stop troop carrier flight ever suc­ and Ed, along with a couple of friends, Texas, flying BT-9s and BT-14s while cessfully performed. The flight trans­ bought a Ryan PT-22. Later they there. ported paratroopers from the United would sell the Ryan and buy the Waco Then, on to Kelly Field for advanced Kingdom to North Africa on the night UPF-7 mentioned in the beginning of training, graduating in the class of of November 7-8, 1942. After drop­ this article . In 1962 Ray Brandley ping the troops they had to find a place (President of the National Waco Club) to land. As there were no friendly air­ got together with Ed and his sons and fields, this was the job of the men they they started restoring the one and only had just dropped. Ed found a sandy Waco CRG, as mentioned earlier. field to set his C-47 down and found a Now, what is the Waco CRG you ask? shady spot to sleep until that afternoon Well, let's go back to 1925. when an airfield was captured and they During that year, Henry Ford set could return to it. After this, Ed partici­ about to stimulate interest in aviation pated in the invasions of Sicily, Italy in a unique manner. The Ford Motor and France. During this time he served Company established the Edsel Ford for three months as General Mark Trophy for a commercial airplane re­ Clark's personal pilot on the general's liability tour. Under terms laid down tours of the 5th Army front in Italy, Ed by Ford, only bona fide aircraft man­ described Clark as a swell guy, a real ufacturers could compete. Planes had soldier and close to his men. After re­ to have speeds greater than 80 mph . Edna and Ed Heins. turning to England, Ed participated in Each plane was required to carry , in 24 JUNE 1988 The Heins' sole remaining Waco eRG. addition to the pilot, a payload of .5 manufactured in August, 1930 was re­ other fly-ins in the Dayton area. pounds per cubic inch of their engine tained by the Waco factory until De­ Three years ago at the Waco reun­ displacement. This payload could con­ cember, 1931 when it was purchased ion, a fellow Waco owner and ex-DC-3 sist of passengers or ballast. The by Holland Duell, an attorney in New pilot, Jack Greiner, arranged to take course was divided into IO legs, De­ York. In May of 1932 it was nearly his biennial flight review in one of the troit to Fort Wayne; then to Chicago; destroyed in a landing accident. It was Hogan's DC-3s. Later he was telling to Omaha via Iowa City; to St. Joseph; then shipped back to the Waco Com­ Ed about it and suggested that Ed also to Kansas City, to St. Louis; to In­ pany for a complete re-manufacture. get reacquainted with the good old C­ dianapolis; to Columbus; to Cleveland; In 1934 Andy Stinnis of Long Island, 47. At first Ed refused but at the urging and to Detroit-nearly 1,900 miles. As New York acquired the CRG and flew of his family and friends, Ed, Jack and the years passed, the scoring formula it until 1954 using it as a sky-writer. Hogan's check pilot were once again would change each year, more to dis­ Once again it changed ownership and airborne in the DC-3. After a pass over favor small airplanes such as Waco, once again it was destroyed in a land­ the field, the plane was soon out of Travel Air, etc . A drastic change of ing accident in 1956. Incidentally the sight. About an hour later it returned this kind made the 1930 formula look other CRG, NC660Y was converted to with Ed in the left seat. There was a hopeless to anything but a multi-engine a Crop Duster and totally destroyed in slight crosswind from the left of the transport, however, since Waco 1938. active runway . As the old DC rounded airplanes had won the tour in 1928 and Now enter Ray Brandley. Ray ac­ out the left wing slightly low the left 1929, the Waco Company designed quired the remains and he and Ed, main wheel squeaked on, then the and engineered two special straight­ along with sons Pete and Mike, started right-a real greaser. After 38 years, wing Wacos using the NACA M-18 the restoration. When they started the Ed's 6,000 hours in C-47s all flooded airfoil. These were designed specifi­ project all that was left was the fuse­ back and he proved he still has the right cally to win the sixth National Air Tour lage, a crushed tail group, one upper touch. which would give Waco permanent wing panel and the opposite lower To close this article I would like to possession of the Trophy. The two air­ wing panel. As Ed is fond of saying, recall a breakfast conversation I had craft NC600Y and NC660Y were de­ "it's a ground up restoration." During with Ed, Edna and their youngest son signated as CRG. the process Ed and his sons bought out Andy down at the Mount Vernon, Ohio As fate would have it , John H. Ray's interest. The project started in annual fall fly-in sponsored by the Livingston and Arthur J. Davis placed 1964 and was completed nine years Ohio chapter of the Antique Aircraft second and third respectively in these later. The test flight was made by Association. I asked Ed what were Wacos powered with Wright J6-7, Harold Johnson, a well known pilot in some of the airplanes he had flown 240-horsepower engines. They were the Dayton, Ohio area. over the years. Here are some of them: narrowly beaten, by what else? None Due to medical problems, Ed P-39, Martin B-IO, C-33, C-46, C-47, other than a Ford 7-AT Trimotor. By doesn't fly solo anymore, but still en­ A-26, B-17G, B-24. The list goes on­ now the tour was 4,828 miles overall. joys the right seat with sons Pete and Cubs, Wacos, etc. But as Ed says, Art Davis, pilot of NC600Y-the Mike; Andy, a student pilot, will have airplanes are just part of it. It's more Heins CRG-averaged 148.4 mph, to finish up his private license before like family and friends. Airplane Livingston's speed 148.3 mph, the two he can take Ed for a ride. Ed and Edna people have a special air about them. fastest entries in the tour. NC600Y are regulars at the Waco reunion and I agree. Don't you? VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

The following is a listing of new members who have joined the EAA Antique/Classic Division (through December 15, 1987). We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members' common interest is vintage aircraft. Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members.

Adams, John R. Jr. Flanagan, Marc Larlbee, Stephen F. Rex, Robert L. Buckeye, Arizona Houston, Texas Ypsilanti, Michigan Montello, Wisconsin

Almquist, Brian Fox, Oliver Laue,Doug Roe, Michael W. Snohomish , Washington Okeechobee, Florida Lebanon, Tennessee Lothian, Maryland

Alsperger, Ronald C. Galbari, Geff C. Lee, John Roode, Edward J. Round Lake Park, Illinois Miami, Florida Lilburn, Georgia Hyde Park, Massachusetts Rossiter, Bryn Beretta, Frank Garland, J.A. Lee, Kevin P. Berkshire, England Prairieville, Louisiana Naples, Florida Beulah, North Dakota Rousseau, Dean Berryhill, Robert B. George, John Logan, Ian Burlington, Vermont St. Petersburg, Florida Hudson, Wisconsin London, England Sears, Ronald C. Bill, Richard L. Gibson, Billy L. Longarettl, Geronimo Pontiac, Michigan Allegon, Michigan Farmingdale, New Jersey Fortaleza-Ceara, Brazil Seely, Richard L. Blndl, George Gonzales, Lawrence Love, Ken Olympia, Washington Waunakee, Wisconsin Fremont, California Dunedin, Florida Sell, Terri Bless, Horst Gossner, Louis M. Lutter, Jeffrey L. Oshkosh, Wisconsin Offenburg, West Germany Los Osos, California Watertown, Wisconsin Sharkey, John P. Block, Harlan Hall, Bernt Macy, Robert F. Tampa, Florida Fresno, California Skovde, Sweden Cherryvale, Kansas Sherk, Ronald Bonner, Carl L. Hampton III, James William Miller, Eric J. Plymouth, Indiana Umatilla, Oregon Huntsville, Alabama Oshkosh, Wisconsin Smith, T. Gunter Boudreau, Tommy Hanson, Lanny Mitchell, Dave Mobile, Alabama Tyler, Texas Glasgow, Montana Mountain View, California Snyder, Robert L. Piqua, Ohio Brown, Jerry A. Hartl, Stephen J. Money, Henry Franklin, Indiana Neosho, Wisconsin Panama City, Florida Solomon, T. G. Sussex, England Capouch, Michael Hawley, Steve Moore, Chester M. Medaryville, Indiana Cayman Island, British West Indies Wenatchee, Washington Stenger, Michael Bartow, Flordia Carson, J. Hilton Higgins, Carl W. Moore, Patrick Greenville, North Carolina Eau Claire, Wisconsin Columbus, Ohio Sullivan, Michael C. Nekoosa, Wisconsin Chanal, Pierre-Yves Hinchcliffe, Joseph Morols, Howard J. Genas, France Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin New Franken, Wisconsin Thomas, Richard E. Brooksville, Florida Colanero, Danna A. Hinterberg, John C. Morton, Charles G. Paulsboro, New Jersey West Bend, Wisconsin Lebanon, Missouri Toblson, Norman M. Aurora, Colorado Cottrell, Steve Huber, James P. Olmstead, J. Steel Lake Worth, Florida Wichita, Kansas Tampa, Florida Torgerhagen, Bernt Brumunddal, Norway Damron, Jim Jerviss, Stanley L. Park, Seung Barrington, Illinois Rochester, Minnesota Flushing, New York Trice, Dick Miami, Florida Denlinger, John R. Johnston, Donald W. Penny, Donald Turso, William T. Rancho Santa Fe, California Prior Lake, Minnesota Arlington, Wisconsin Miami, Florida

Drake, C. G. Jones, Robert F. Pryde, Thomas R. Van Alstine, E. J. London, OntariO, Canada Clearwater, Florida Philipsburg, Pennsylvania Los Angeles, California

Durham, Jay Kenessey, Frank L. Randall, Richard Van S S Lochner, Jasper Drexel, Missouri Port St. Lucie, Florida Nottingham, England Rustenburg, South Africa

Fagre, Ray Jr. Knight, Charles B. Redlich, Paul M. Watson, Davis R. Coeur D'Alene, Idaho Bessemer, Alabama Farmingdale, New York Columbus, Georgia

Fischer, Wayne R. Laperal, Desiderio Resse, Fred L. Weidlich, Thomas Littleton, Colorado Manila, Philippines Penn Valley, California Scottsdale, Arizona.

26 JUNE 1988 by George A. Hardie, Jr.

The modem lines of this cabin me once again emphasize the three­ monoplane indicate it is of a late vin­ fold purpose of this column . Besides tage, but it doesn 't resemble any par­ the entertainment of "trying to stump ticular design and thus is a mystery. the experts" and the obvious value of The photo was submitted by Gerard reviewing the many and varied aircraft Pahl of Kalamazoo, Michigan who designs which have appeared over the writes that it was flown by his father years, it is also intended to identify in the Tiffin, Ohio area. Answers will obscure and unknown designs to ex­ be published in the September 1988 pand the historical record . The un­ issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE. known homebuilt featured in the Deadline for that issue is July 10, March issue is a good example of the 1988. many forgotten pioneers whose iden­ No answers were received for the tity is lost to history. We value your Mystery Plane in the March issue. Be­ interest and enthusiastic participation, fore I'm accused of presenting a so keep the answers coming! • "sleeper" to you faithful readers, let

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25e per word, 20 word minimum. Send your ad to LIMITED EDITION POSTER The Vintage Trader, Wittman Airfield Oil by CHARLES H. HUBBELL; Doolittle's '31 Bendix­ Oshkosh, WI 54903-2591. winning Laird SUPER SOLUTION commemorating OSHKOSH '87 and Ihe replica displayed in the museum. A beautiful piece of history for your den for $10. AERONAUTICA GIFT SHOP or direcl from : AIRCRAFT: ings, photos and exploded views, Complete parts LEONARD M. PETERSON and materials list. Full size wing drawings. Plans 309 Robert Ave. Rockford, IL 61107 Collectors - Antique/Classic 1940 Stinson Model plus 139 page Builder's Manual - $60,00, Info 10, TIAF 2202,05, TSOH 1327,55, Fabric Aviatex Pack - $5,00. Super Acro Sport Wing Drawing ­ Endura, Estate sale, Very good condition, $12,000, $15,00. The Technique of Aircraft Building ­ Canadian OBO. Slim Sherk 604/392-2185. (6-2) $10.00 plus $2,00 postage. Send check or money order to : ACRO SPORT, INC., Box 462, Hales Corners, WI 5313Q, 414/529-2609, Collectors Dream - 1941 DH82A British Tiger Moth. Rare and exceptional condition, For informa­ AIRCRAFT tion , call George Leacock, 613/392-8422 or write to 111 Prospect Hill, Trenton, Ontari o, Canada K8V 2V5, OWNERS ENGINES & ACCESSORIES: 1929 Golden Eagle Monoplane - 7G Ken Royce SAVE MONEY ... 120 hp, 665 TIAF, 305 SMOH. Restored 1976, NEW W-670 Continental 220 hp Cylinders. Dacron cover. March annual. 206/284-7035, (7-2) Brand new aircraft cylinders, Never been on an engine, These are not tank engine cylinders, FLY AUTOGAS $130.00 each outright. Ready for shipment. Call SWIFT - Good for pattems, Make your own 813/355-3991 , (6-3) kitplane. $1 ,200, 409/835-5589, (6-1)

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