VA Vol 29 No 9 Sept 2001
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STRAIGHT AND LEVEUButchJoyce 2 AlRVENTURE AWARDS 4 VAA NEWS/ HG.Frautschy • 5 AEROMAIL • , • 6 A MIRACLE OF THE AIR/ James Whittaker • 9 MY FIRST AIRPLANE! EvCassagneres 12 TYPE CLUB NOTES/ RobertG. Lock 14 A FIVE-YEAR PAINT JOB/ Budd Davisson 19 WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING/ H G. Frautschy & Norm Petersen 21 MYSTERY PLANE! HG. Frautschy 24 PASS IT TO BUCK! Buck Hilbert 27 NEW MEMBERS 28 CALENDAR 30 CLASSIFIEDS www.vintageaircraft.org Publisher TOM POBEREZNY Editor-ill-Orie! scon SPANGLER Executive Director, Editor HENRY G. FRAUTSCHY VAA Admillislralive A ,'isistant THERESA BOOKS Executive Editor MIKE DIFRISCO Contributing Editors JOHN UNDERWOOD BUDD DAVISSON Art/Photo Layout BETH BLANCK Photography Staff JIM KOEPNICK LEEANN ABRAMS Advertisillg/Editorial Assistalll ISABELLE WISKE SEE PAGE 31 FOR FURTHER VINTAGE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INFORMAT ION s EL by ESPIE "BUTCH" JOYCE PRESIDENT, VINTAGE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION I've been attending EAA port are on their agenda, and we're working closely with AirVenture Oshkosh for 29 EAA to be sure our input is added and we're kept abreast of years, and this year's event the latest developments. was one of the best! The an As contemporary aircraft owners are beginning to real tique aircraft were some of ize that their airplanes are older, too, we're seeing the best that we have seen. restorations like Bragdon's Cessna 210 Oune 2001 Vin Restorations just continue to get better each year. tage Airplane). These are enormously useful airplanes that Years ago, when you walked the flight line, you'd see a can be used daily if necessary, but they still look great on wide range of antique aircraft restorations. Some were the fly-in flight line. Does that sound familiar, classic good, some were so-so, and a few were outstanding. As the owners? movement has progressed, the number of excellent It takes time for these restorations to come to the sur restorations has continued to increase. When you talk to face. I've even had to come to grips with it. My Luscombe members on the flight line, a shift in attitude toward is one of my favorite airplanes, but I can't use it for all my restoration is also evident-people seem to take their stew flying needs. I also own a Beech Baron that fits in the ardship of these magnificent old aircraft quite seriously. Contemporary category. It's 37 years old now, and I con That attitude is now permeating the ownership ranks of sider it equal in my desired capabilities to a new Baron. It Classic category airplanes, as ever-increasing numbers of will do most any task better than its new brother, and it's classic airplanes are appearing on fly-in flight lines all over cheaper, too. I have no problem going to the hangar, load the country. Sure, there are still plenty of airplanes some ing it up, and flying to the islands or anywhere else. I times referred to in classified ads as "good fliers," airplanes probably won't be doing this in the Luscombe, but I have that members have not yet restored to near factory condi thought that it would be fun to do so. At least it would tion. For others, a good clean restoration doesn't have to not take Customs long to inspect the Luscombe! With the be a factory original, but one that is useful for them. Ex realization that the Baron can now be judged just like any tended ski tubes, extra fuel tanks, and items that increase classic or antique, I've embarked on a custom recondition the airplane's utility are often what people add to their air ing program. planes. There's plenty of room for all in vintage aviation, In doing so, I've gained a new pride of ownership in my and you'll often see examples of every style and level of Contemporary class aircraft. When I land somewhere new restoration at EAA AirVenture and your local fly-in. on a cross-country, the tower might ask, "What year is Still, it's funny how many of us still don't think of clas your Baron?" It's nice to pull into the FBO for fuel or an sic airplanes as "old." The youngest classic is now overnight stay and have the line guys tell you how great coming up on its 46th birthday! I guess you could pin a the airplane looks. I appreciate it when they ask if I'd like lot of that attitude on the basic utility these great air to park it in their hangar overnight. I think that they en planes still offer. More than once in recent times I've joy seeing good-looking airplanes, too. heard of a person looking seriously at one of the newer One thing to keep in mind is that most of these younger lightplanes and while researching discovered that a re people who are working at the FBOs now cut their teeth cently restored classic offered more utility for less cost! on the contemporary class of aircraft. Just like many of us The choices for an individual who wants four seats in the long desired a Travel Air or Cub of our own to fly, in the airplane are even more limited. Take, for example, a future contemporary aircraft will be the ones they will 1950 Cessna 170. It offers a 115 mph cruise speed, 8 gph want to own. and four seats, a great going places machine. But we do The EAA Vintage Aircraft Association has taken the have to accept that it is old. Since it left the runway at lead in highlighting the issues facing older aircraft, and Wichita 51 years have passed. working with the type clubs, we've gained an ear at the The Contemporary category (1956-1965) is right on its FAA to discuss these issues. We're fortunate to have peo heels, with the youngest of its planes firmly in middle age ple working for the FAA, such as Mike Gallagher, who with 36 years under their wheels. The FAA and other agen not only understand the issues we're confronted with, cies consider aircraft "old" or an "antique" at 25 years, and but also are actively working with us to help solve the owners of these younger airplanes are also coming to grips problems. We will have more on these subjects in future with the subject of aging aircraft. Aging aircraft are a high issues. Let's all pull in the same direction for the good of priority issue at the FAA, and we're not just talking about aviation. Remember, we are better together. Join us and old 727s. Our airplanes and their maintenance and sup have it all. ..... VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1 EAA AIRVENTURE 2001 VAA AWARDS David Bates Best Custom Class B Gold Lindy Faribault, Minnesota Cessna 140, N773SH Grand Champion-Antique Marty Lochman 1940 Piper J-5A Cub Cruiser, NC329S5 Champion-Replica Newalla, Oklahoma Carl Brasser Vickers Vimy FB27, NX71 MY Brentwood, Tennessee Peter McMillan Best Custom Class C San Francisco, California Piper PA-1S-150, N75SSE Grand Champion-Classic Loren Kopseng Grumman Mallard, NC2950 Champion Golden Age (191S-1927) Bismarck, North Dakota Steve Hamilton Ryan M-1, N2073 Carson City, Nevada Andrew King, Best Custom Class 0 Lovettsville, Virginia Cessna 195, N9S54A Grand Champion-Contemporary Martin Madden Beech 35-B33 Debonair, NS622M Champion-Silver Age (1928-1932) Somis, California James Lynch Fairchild FC-2W2, N13934 Lawton, Oklahoma Greg Herrick Jackson, Wyoming Bronze Lindy Silver Lindy Contemporary Champion Bronze Age (1933-1941) Beech H35, N547SD Spartan Executive, NC17667 Vintage Reserve Grand Larry VanDam Kent Blankenburg Champion-Antique Riverside, California Groveland, California Boeing Stearman E75, N713WW Scott White TEXTRON FINANCIAL AVIATION Champion World War II Era 1943-1945 Orient, Ohio FINANCE DIVISION JUDGING Beech D17S Staggerwing, N9597H SPONSOR'S CHOICE E. P. Wiesner Vintage Reserve Grand Stinson SR-6A, NC15127 Castle Rock, Colorado Champion-Classic Max & Rene Davis Aeronca 11AC Chief, N9526E Waconia, Minnesota Paul Gould Bronze Lindy Sardinia, Ohio Classic Vintage Plaques Vintage Reserve Grand Antique Champion- Contemporary Best Class I (0-80 hp) Piper PA-22-10S Colt, N5549Z Mooney Mite M1S, N4149E Outstanding Customized Aircraft Dennis Beecher Ben Workman Waco ZPF-7, N29962 Martinsburg, Pennsylvania Zanesville, Ohio Leslie Whittlesey Coto De Caza, California Best Class II (81-150 hp) Bronze Lindy Cessna 140, NC2437V Runner-Up Customized Aircraft Antique Michael Midtgaard Boeing Stearman A75J1, N570SN Minneapolis, Minnesota Charles Luigs Bandera, Texas Champion-World War II Military Best Class III (151-235 hp) Trainer or Liaison Aircraft Ryan Navion, N4012K Silver Age (1928-1932) Stearman N2S-3, N131 5N Robert Kane Outstanding Open Cockpit Biplane Douglas Devries Wilton, California Great Lakes 2T-1A, NS41H Redlands, California Cameron Saure Best Class IV 236 hp & up Reynolds, North Dakota Champion-Transport Category Cessna 195, N2134C Boeing S307 Stratoliner, George Dray Outstanding Closed Cockpit Monoplane NC19903-NASM Stratoliner Novato, California Monocoupe, N543W Restoration Crew Robert Coolbaugh Federal Way, Washington Best Custom Class A Manassas, Virginia Taylorcraft, BC-12D, N39911 Champion-Customized Aircraft Lee Bowden Runner-Up Closed Cockpit Monoplane Boeing Stearman E75N1, N3976B Independence, Iowa Curtiss Robin, N263E 2 SEPTEMBER 2001 Glenn Peck David Abrams Outstanding Beech Multiengine Maryland Heights, Missouri Salem, New Hampshire Beech G18S, N933GM Carla Payne Bronze Age (1933-1941) Best Luscombe Fort Worth, Texas Runner-Up Closed Cockpit Monoplane Luscombe 8A, NC45504 Spartan Executive, NC17616 James Zazas Outstanding Cessna 150 Ken & Lorraine Morris, Carthage, North Carolina Cessna 150, N7835E Poplar Grove, Illinois Robert Unternaehrer Best Navion Brunswick, Missouri Outstanding Closed Cockpit Biplane Ryan Navion, N4891 K Waco ZOC-6, NC16203 Charles Stites Outstanding Cessna 170/172/175 Les Cashmere Chapel Hill, North Carolina Cessna 172C, N1499Y McAlester, Oklahoma Randall Hockenberry Ft.