VOL. 30, No. 7 JULY 2002

STRAIGHT & LEVELlButchJoyce

2 VAA NEWS/H.G. Frautschy

4 MYSTERY PLANE/H.G. Frautschy

6 PAUL RINALDO REDFERN THE FIRST AVIATOR TO FLY SOLO ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN SEA/ Thomas Savage & Ron Shelton

10 JOHN MILLER RECALLS ... AVIATION IN THE 1920s/John M. Miller

13 HE SAID ...SHE SAID/Ken Morris

17 NEW LINDBERGH EXHIBIT MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S EXPANDED EXHIBITION SHOWCASES THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF CHARLES A. LINDBERGH! H.G. Frautschy

21 PASS IT TO BUCK/Buck Hilbert

22 CALENDAR

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Publisher TOM POBEREZNY Edltor-In-Chlef scon SPANGLER Executive mrector, Editor HENRY G. FRAUTSCHY VAA Administrative Assistant THERESA BOOKS Exeo.tive Editor MIKE DIFRISCO Contributing Editors JOHN UNDERWOOD BUDD DAVISSON Graphic Designer OLIVIA L. PHILLIP Photography Staff JIM KOEPNICK LEEANN ABRAMS

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EAA AirVenture's a Comin'

s I write this there's about a of the field are not present during month to go before many of the midday and often make other Aus will gather in Oshkosh for arrangements for their evening EAA AirVenture. There's plenty to meal. We realize that may very do as we get ready. Like many of well be a /I chicken and egg" syn­ formation on this year's event. you, Norma and I will have to work drome and that there may be a On a more serious note, I've no­ a little harder and get quite a bit ac­ need for other meals, so we'll ticed that we've seen an increase in complished before we can take two closely monitor comments to re­ the accident rate for tailwheel­ weeks off to work and enjoy EAA fine our operation. VAA Director equipped airplanes, primarily AirVenture. We'll see you there! John Berndt is the chairman for during the landing phase of flight. Let me take just a few lines to ex­ the Tall Pines Cafe, and he'll be It seems that some folks have let press my appreciation to those of operating it entirely with volun­ their feet fall asleep over the winter you who were able to contribute to teer help. We hope the Tall Pines months. All of us can benefit from the 2002 VAA Friends of the Red Cafe will become a morning gath­ a little dual instruction every year, Barn campaign. Your generosity will ering spot for members in much even when we feel we're at the top enable the VAA to better serve VAA the same way the Red Barn's porch of our game. Little bad habits can members during the convention. is on the north end of our area. creep into our flying, and having In the past, we've chosen to pro­ One of the reasons the Red Barn an instructor along is cheaper insur­ vide services to both members and is so popular can be summed up in ance than paying the deductible the general public that, for what­ one word-hospitality. And the and increased rates after an acci­ ever reason, were needs that were chairperson who personifies hospi­ dent claim following a ground loop. not being currently addressed. tality is VAA Host/Activities Also, be sure to keep your air­ Here's a prime example: the VAA Chairman Jeannie Hill. Believe me, craft tied down when you're Tall Pines Cafe. For many years the that short title doesn't completely hand-propping an aircraft. Be sure association has asked for a greater describe all of the things Jeannie your buddy knows this, too. Sur­ level of food service on the south does. Like many of us, she wears a prisingly, a number of accidents end of the airport, and unfortu­ bunch of different hats, organizing that have occurred due to inatten­ nately, the needs of our members the VAA picnic, VAA information, tive hand propping occurred when and our fellow EAA fly-in campers media relations, the VAA fly-out, a buddy of the owner was flying were not being met. and a few other odds and ends that the airplane. I've always been extra Now, with an opening on that always seem to come across the in­ cautious when flying someone end of the field made available to formation desk in the Red Barn. If else's airplane, but I guess that isn't us, we will be starting a food serv­ you need to find someone or some­ always so. It probably would be ice in the mornings. To be certain thing on the field, stop in and prudent to assume your friend we're meeting the immediate ask-if the volunteers there don't does not know as much about needs of members in that area, know, it's a pretty good bet they propping the aircraft as you do, so we're going to be pretty conserva­ can find out. take the time to explain how to tive with regard to its initial This year's convention, the 50th treat your airplane. If he's really a operations . The VAA Tall Pines such event for EAA members, is friend, he won't be offended. In Cafe, located to the south of the shaping up to be a great time, both fact, taking the time now may save ultralight area runway, will operate in the vintage area and around the your friendship. only in the morning, serving entire convention grounds. There's Let's all pull in the same direc­ breakfast from 7 a.m. until 9 a.m. plenty to see and do, so plan on tion for the good of aviation. It's been our observation that most spending an extra day or two. Take Remember, we are better together. people camping on the south end a look at www.airventure.org for in­ Join us and have it all......

VINTAGE AIRPLANE YAA NEWS

COMPILED BY H.G. FRAUTSCHY

EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH R.W. "Buzz" Kaplan VAA MESSAGE CENTER 2002 HIGHLIGHTS Just as this issue was going to If you would like to leave a message This is the 50th gathering of press, we learned of the death of one for people you know who frequent the EAA members for their annual of antique aviation's staunchest sup­ VAA Red Barn, stop by the information convention, and EAA AirVenture porters, EAA President's Council desk. You can write them a message in promises to be a great event, with member R.W. "Buzz" Kaplan. Buzz our "notebook on a string," and we'll plenty to do and see. Each day was killed in the crash of his recently post their name on the marker board so has its own special theme: completed Curtiss Jenny. Mechanic they'll know there's a message waiting • Members' 50th Celebration Brent Langer was critically injured in for them. Sure, cellular phones and Day: Tuesday, July 23 the crash. walkie-talkie radios are great, but some­ • Countdown to Kitty Hawk Day: Buzz, of course, has been an active times nothing works better than a Wednesday, July 24 VAA member and vintage airplane hand-scribbled note! . Sounds of Speed Day: Thursday, enthusiast for decades, often bring­ July 25 ing some of the most unusual aircraft LINDBERGH'S • Recreational Aviation Day: Fri­ we've ever seen at an EAA conven­ 75th ANNIVERSARY day, July 26 tion, including the Savoia-Marchetti This year we commemorate the • Salute to American Airpower S-56 amphibian and the Curtiss 75th anniversary of Charles Lind­ Weekend: Saturday, July 27 Robin on floats, not to mention his bergh's solo flight across the Atlantic. • Salute to American Airpower epic collaboration with Sam Johnson We'll have a special celebration at Weekend: Sunday, July 28 to create a pair of Sikorsky S-38 am­ the VAA Red Barn, sponsored by His­ . Kids' Day: Monday, July 29 phibions. Our deepest condolences toric Aviation. We'll remember Each day is chock-full of activi­ to his family and many friends. Lindbergh's epic flight the morning ties and events, so be sure to see the of Friday, July 26. Check in at the full schedule of events for each Red Barn for the exact time. day's theme at www.airventure.org. ARE YOU AFRIEND OF You'll also find each day detailed in THE RED BARN? FRONT COVER: The roar of a radial, the lines that are pure 1930's Art Deco, the your copy of the official EAA Air­ If so, be sure to check in at the infor­ Spartan Executive is a rare, highly sought Venture Oshkosh 2002 program. mation desk at the VAA Red Bam. There, after aeronautical treasure. Ken and we'll issue you your special name badge, Lorraine Morris bought their dream airplane in pretty rough shape, and have put an VAA PICNIC and we'll let you know what the sched­ exceptional amount of work into the airplane Tickets for the Wednesday, July ule is for our tram tours of the VAA area. to bring it up to showplane condition. Photo 24, annual VAA picnic held at the We can also point out the location for by Don Parsons, shot on 100 ASA Fuji slide film. Photo plane flown by Lorraine Morris. Nature Center will be available for the Ford Tri-Motor rides. If you have sale at the Red Barn for $8. Note any questions, feel free to ask for Theresa BACK COVER: Freedom Formation-From the earlier date. Tickets must be Books, the VAA administrative assistant. Sea to Shining Sea is the title of this patriotic watercolor by Lonni Sue Johnson, 345 purchased in advance so we know If you need to call her in advance of Hayes Road, Cherry Valley, New York 13320. how much food to order. Tickets your arrival (we won't have the tram Originally done as a holiday card in the after­ will be on sale at the Red Barn schedule until the week of the conven­ math of September 11th, she painted this larger version to, in her words, "highlight the prior to the start of convention. tion), you can call her at EAA need to pull together to go forward: It was The delicious home-cooked meal, headquarters, 920-426-6110. selected to receive an Honorable Mention including both beef and chicken, ribbon during the 2002 EM Sport Aviation Art Competition. will be served after 5:30 p.m. OTHER EAA AIRVENTURE NOTES Lonnie Su,e is an accomplished water­ Trams will begin leaving the Red Even if you've flown into Wittman air­ colorist, with her artwork published in lead­ Barn around 5 p.m. and will make port each year for decades, you need to ing international magazines and newspa­ pers. A freelance illustrator since 1976, she return trips after the picnic. Type have a copy of this year's NOTAM with has illustrated 9 books, and designed cards Clubs may hold their annual ban­ you. Be sure you're familiar with its con­ for The Museum of Modern Art. A private quets during the picnic. Contact tents, and your arrival will be less stressful pilot since 1996, she now owns and flies a Cub from her rural New York studio at Jeannie Hill (815-943-7205) and for all involved! You can get your copy of Watercolor Farm. she will reserve seating for you so the required NOTAM online at www.air­ You can reach Lonnie Sue and view you can all sit together. venture.org/2002/f/ying/notam.htmi other aspects of her art at www.lonniesue.com

2 JULY 2002 FLY-OUT FRIENDS OF THE RED BARN HONOR ROLL The annual fly-out to Shawano is Saturday, July 27. The sign-up sheet Our thanks to those listed for their generous support of the Vintage Aircraft Association's activities and programs during EAA will be at the desk at the Red Barn, AlrVenture Oshkosh. and the briefing will be at 7 a.m. the morning of the fly-out. This year Jaime P. Alexander...•... Council Bluffs, IA Jennifer S. Ledman • ..... Gaithersburg, MD the meal will be provided at the Shawano airport, so there will be no David K. Allen ...... Elbert, CO Jimmy Leeward ...... • . • •..... Ocala, FL need to leave the airfield. We're Lowell T. Baker ...... Effingham, IL Earl F. livingston ...... Albuquerque, NM hoping to have a good turnout this Lawrence A. Bartell ...... Waukesha, WI Russ C. R. Luigs ...... Bandera, TX year to make up for the weather David A. Belcher ...... Abington, MA Robert D. Lumley .. • .•...•. Brookfield, WI cancellation last year. The commu­ Steve Bender ...... Roanoke, TX Robert Maher.....•...... N. Augusta, SC nity of Shawano is a big supporter Jesse W. Black, III...... Maplewood, MN W. Saxon Moore ...... Tulsa, OK of VAA and puts forth a lot of effort Raymond B. Bottom, Jr...... Hampton, VA Frank J. Moynahan ...... • Clearwater, FL to sponsor this event. It does a great Robert C. Brauer ...... Chicago, IL Eugene E. Nabors ...... Berlin, MI job, and we hope you'll help us Jerry A. Brown ...... Greenwood, IN William E. Nelson ...... Juneau, AK thank Shawano by joining us. Col. Harvey S. Browne ...... Ferndale, WA Boynton L. Nissen ...... Troy, MO Bruce L. Campbell ...... Aguila, AZ John and Anna Osborn ...... Kerrville, TX CD WRITER Peter Chamberlain ...... Beds, UK Richard and Sue Packer ...... Radnor, OH As more of David Clark ...... Plainfield, IN William E. Parent ...... Redmond, WA us use digital Geoffrey E. Clark, MD .. . .. Portsmouth, NH George Parry ...... Ventura, CA photography to capture our Sydney B. Cohen ...... Wausau, WI John M. Patterson ...... Frankfort, KY memories of spe­ Larry Collins ...... Lake City, MI John M. Patterson...... Lexington, KY cial events, we're caught by one Douglas J. Conciatu .... Sterling Heights, MI Don E. Petty ...... Saticoy, CA fact of life-those little Compact Jack Copeland ...... Northborough, MA Allan L. Plapp ...... Poplar Bluff, MO Flash or Smart Media cards don't Michael J. Damone....'. Bloomfield Hills, MI Louis S. Radwanick .. . . . Virginia Beach, VA always hold all the pictures we'd Martin A. Ditmore ...... Las Cruces, NM Theodore Reusch ...... Anaheim Hills, CA like to take. We're going to help Francis E. Donahue . . . Wappingers Falls, NY Dean Richardson ...... Stoughton, WI you with this dilemma by offer­ William Dunn ...... Liverpool, NY Milton Ruesch ...... Medford, WI ing to download your images and Doug Ferguson ...... New Market, NH Sally E. Ryan ...... Mounds View, MN burn them to a compact disc William Fields ...... Hazard, KY Shuji Saitoh ...... Kita Ku, Sapporo, Japan (CD), all for a nominal fee. Bring Thomas G. Rock ...... Rockville, IN Doug Schiller ...... Warrenville, IL your digital camera to the VAA Henry G. Frautschy ...... : . . Oshkosh, WI John A. Schlie ...... Cocoa, FL Red Barn, and see how easy it is to savor your stay in Oshkosh. Ray Fulwiler ...... Algoma, WI S.H. OWes" Schmid ...... Wauwatosa, WI Timothy M. Gallagher ...... Poplar Grove, IL William B. Scott ...... Reno, NV Richard Giannotti ...... Brookhaven, NY H. Burkley Showe ...... Columbus, OH RED BARN STORE Robert L. Graham ...... Chandler, AZ Bob Siegfried ...... Downers Grove, IL The VAA Red Barn store, chock­ Arthur F. Green ...... Palos Heights, IL Charles Starr...... Niceville, FL full of great VAA logo merchandise Dale A. Gustafson ...... Indianapolis, IN Gary W. Sullivan ...... Santa Fe, NM and other great gear, will be open all Frank D. Hargrove ...... Beaverdam, VA Pau l Tanzar...... Chicago, IL week long. Show your VAA mem­ Charles W. Harris ...... Tulsa, OK Ronald E. Tarrson ...... Chicago, IL bership card (or your receipt Bob Harris ...... La Mesa, CA Donald E. Terry ...... Grand Island, NE showing you joined VAA at the con­ C. F. Henderson ...... San Marcos, CA Carson E. Thompson ...... Elmhurst, IL vention) and you'll receive a 10 percent discount. Greg Herrick...... Jackson, WY James D. Timm ...... Tempe, AZ On the evening of Thursday, July Buck E. E. Hilbert ...... Union, IL Carl and Pat Tortorige ...... Quincy, IL 25, there will be a special VAA Alex D. Hudnall...... Lynn Haven, FL John R. Turgyan ...... New Egypt, NJ members-only sale. Bring your VAA Peter N. Jansen, Jr...... Seattle, WA Robert O. Tyler ...... Great Falls, VA card and you'll receive an addi­ Butch Joyce ...... Madison, NC Lawrence A. Wedell ...... Montclair, CA tional discount on specially priced Norma Joyce ...... Madison, NC Russell Wi lliams ...... Issaquah, WA merchandise. The VAA members­ Larry Keitel ...... EI Segundo, CA Howard G. Wilson ...... Los Angeles , CA only sale will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Jack J. Kopf...... Alameda, CA Joe Yoakum ...... Ft. Worth, TX See you there! Steve and Sharon Krog ...... Hartford, WI continued on page 26 VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3 BY H.G. FRAUTSCHY

APRIL'S MYSTERY PLANE COMMAND AIRE

structor in the Chicago area ton, in July 1991, I was surprised named Dwight Morrow. (In 1942 and thrilled to see a restored the airport was enlarged and be­ Command-Aire arrive (q u ietly) came the renowned Naval Air with a Wright J-6-7 up front. Station-Glenview.) Naturally, I took a half-dozen pic­ Lymburn, Princeton, Minnesota; While attending the annual tures and have enclosed two and Jun Amendola, Bellevue, EAA fly-in at Arlington, Washing­ prints. The man on the left is Washington.

A number of you recognized our April Mystery Plane and its now very rare engine. Here's our first note: Your April Mystery Plane is a Command-Aire powered by the unique and noisy six-cylinder Curtiss Challenger twin row radial engine. In the early '30s my father and I had our very first airplane ride in a Command-Aire, with its short stack Challenger banging away, at the old Curtiss-Reynolds airport in Glenview, Illinois. The pilot was a well-known aviator/in- 4 JULY 2002 184, issued in July of 1929. The frame visible at the rear of the rear cockpit raises a question as to its purpose. It will be interesting to see if the photo had an explana­ tion for it.

And Dick Harden, Rickfield, Minnesota, also noticed a few de­ tails: Must be getting ready for a high altitude fl igh t . Note the way the pilot is dressed with no snow on the ground. And the extra hatch structure around the rear cockpit headrest. owner/pilot Robert Locke of And from Ed Kastner, Elma, New Visalia, California. Since then I York, we have this addition: We didn't get an explanation as have not seen Locke and his It is a Command-Aire Model 5C­ to the tubular frame's purpose, so Command-Aire at any of the Ar­ 3, powered with a Curtiss if any readers can fill in the details, lington events. Challenger engine of 185 hp. It we'll pass them along. Our thanks Cheers! was built in Little Rock, Arkansas, again to Bruce Mi ll er of Harahan, Jim Stubner by a company of the same name, Louisiana, for sharing this photo Mercer Island, Washington under Approved Type Certificate with us......

THIS MONTH'S SEND YOUR ANSWER TO : EM, VINTAGE VIA E-MAil. SEND YOUR ANSWER TO MYSTERY PLANE AIRPLANE , P.O. Box 3086, OSHKOSH , WI [email protected]. COMES TO US VIA 54903-3086. YOUR ANSWER NEEDS TO BE SURE TO INCLUDE BOTH YOUR THE COLLECTION OF BE IN NO LATER THAN AUGUST 15 FOR IN­ NAME AND ADDRESS (ESPECIAllY YOUR PETER BOWERS, CLUSION IN THE OCTOBER 2002 ISSUE OF CITY AND STATE!) IN THE BODY OF YOUR SEATTLE, VINTAGE AIRPLANE . NOTE AND PUT "(MONTH) MYSTERY WASHINGTON. You CAN ALSO SEND YOUR RESPONSE PLANE" IN THE SUBJECT LINE.

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5 A Columbia Aviator and His Stinson Detroiter Remembered Paul Rinaldo Redfern-

The first aviator to fly solo across the Caribbean Sea

THOMAS SAVAGE AND RON SHELTON

aul Redfern is an aviator whose short career is hardly known Poutside of the area in which he lived and flew decades ago, but his legacy is being kept alive though the efforts of a group of South Carolina aviators and the South Carolina State Historical Society. At age 16 Redfern built and flew a biplane-type glider on the outskirts of Columbia, South Carolina. In his sophomore year industrial arts class at Columbia High School, he built a full-size biplane without an engine. It created a local sensation when dis­ played at the University of South Carolina and resulted in his not Redfern in his homebuilt biplane at the field of the Redfern Aviation Company. graduating the following year with his senior class. Because of his After graduating from high school flight. Gertrude and Paul did not demonstrated skills and talent and Paul Redfern earned his living as an have any children, and she never re­ with his parents' permission he left aviator. In addition to his small bi­ married. She died in 1981 and is the area upon the completion of his plane he acquired and flew a Curtiss buried in Detroit. second year in high school to work Jenny IN-4 and a de Havilland DH- Paul Redfern attempted to fly as an inspector at the Standard Air­ 4. He operated out of his airport in from Brunswick, Georgia, to Rio de craft Factory in Elizabeth, New Columbia and later out of one he es­ Janeiro, Brazil, in August 1927, a dis­ Jersey. When the factory ceased pro­ tablished in Toledo, Ohio. tance of 4,600 miles. If he had been duction in February 1919 he Paul married Gertrude Hildebrand successful he would have flown re-entered high school in Columbia. in Toledo, Ohio, in 1925. They lived 1,000 miles farther than Charles At Benedict College, where his fa­ in Toledo while Paul worked as an Lindbergh did in his flight to Paris, ther was on the faculty, he designed aviator for her father and operated France, three months earlier. Red­ and assembled a small biplane from an airfield he established in the area. fern did not arrive in Brazil, and spare parts and a used World War I They eventually moved to Savan­ neither he nor his airplane has ever aircraft engine during his senior year nah, Georgia, when Paul accepted been located. He was 25 years old in high school. During this time he employment as an aviator with the when he attempted this ill-fated established the first commercial air­ United States Customs Service. flight for fame and fortune. field in Columbia at the present site Gertrude's last contact with Paul Redfern used a Stinson Detroiter of Dreher High School. He soloed took place on August 25,1927, just SM-l, a high-wing monoplane with a from this field in his small biplane. before he departed for his historic Wright J-5 Whirlwind engine, the

6 JULY 2002 Gertrude Hildebrand Redfern surfaced, as the captain and Redfern sitting and crew of a ship, then docked in New Paul Redfern stand­ Orleans, reported their unexpected ing next to the encounter with him and his brightly biplane he built and colored airplane. flew as a high school This unexpected encounter took senior. place on August 26, 1927, at approx­ imately 3:00 p.m. and lasted about 45 minutes. The ship was the Christ­ die Stinson tried to ian Krogh, a Norwegian steamship. persuade Redfern It was near the island of Trinidad that two days of fly­ and about 165 miles off the coast of ing "was more than Venezuela. Approaching the ship a man could stand." from the north, Paul Redfern began He was unable, how­ to circle the ship at a low altitude. ever, to convince He wrote a note on a piece of paper Redfern to take an­ asking the captain to point the ship other pilot with him. toward land, and to wave a flag or same type of engine used on Lucky Redfern had the Detroiter painted handkerchief once for each 100 Lindy's Spirit ofSt. Louis. According to green and yellow with white letter­ miles. He signed the note. (His fa­ Aircraft Circulars, National Advisory ing. The author notes that green and ther later verified his handwriting Committee for Aeronautics, prepared yellow are the colors of the Brazilian and signature.) He put the note in a by the Stinson Aircraft Corporation flag. On both sides of the fuselage carton and dropped it toward the and published in Washington in just behind the engine were the ship. Unfortunately it landed in the 1927, "The Stinson Model SM-1 was words "Port of Brunswick." In bold ocean. A crewman dived into the the first monoplane of the illustrious letters behind the wing's trailing water and retrieved the carton. After 'Detro iter' series and successor to the edge was "Brunswick to Brazil." In the captain read the note he had the popular SB-1 cabin biplanes. The first large letters on the upper and lower ship turned to point toward SM-1 ever built won the 1927 Ford wing was the registration number is­ Venezuela and blew the ship's whis­ Air Tour, flown by Eddie Stinson him­ sued by the U.S. Department of tle two times. Redfern lined his self. Thirty-six planes were reported Commerce, NX773. plane up with the direction of the built in 1927, and many were used in Among those monitoring the ship, wagged the wings of the air­ attempts to set world records . Al­ flight nothing was heard from any­ plane in appreciation, and began though comparatively large, the SM-1 one by the time Redfern's fuel would flying away toward Venezuela. performed and handled well and have been exhausted by 4:30 p.m. When Redfern did not arrive at could be landed in the traditional on August 27. By that time the fes­ the airfield in Rio de janeiro as cow pasture. The factory price was tive atmosphere in Rio de janeiro, planned, a massive sea, land, and air $12,000 to $12,500 and included where the president of Brazil and search took place and lasted for sev­ such standard equipment as inertia­ the movie star Clara Bow planned to eral days. After his encounter with type engine starter, metal propeller, greet him, had ended with the the Norwegian ship became known, wheel brakes and wings wired for knowledge that he and his plane there were successive expeditions to navigational lights. Pontoons were were down, but nobody knew where French and British Guyana and also available. /I and when. And there was no news Venezuela. Reports filtered in that Redfern went to the Stinson Air­ until September 8. It is not hard to Paul Redfern had been seen crossing craft factory in Detroit to supervise imagine the agony his wife, parents, the Orinoco Delta and going in a the installation of additional fuel three sisters, flight committee, and southern direction toward Boca tanks and other modifications in the many friends experienced during Grande. A small group of natives re­ Stinson Detroiter. "With Eddie Stin­ that time. His wife, Gertrude, spent ported that they had seen him flying son in the second seat, Paul took off most of this time in seclusion. His near St. Cathhert, British Guyana. in the modified Stinson at 9:40 a.m. father, Dr. Frederick C. Redfern, None of the sightings proved fruitful. on August 5 and reached Brunswick, spent most of August 27 and 28 at No trace of Redfern or his Stinson Georgia, at 7:40 p.m. He averaged 86 Th e State Newspaper in Columbia Detroiter was found. mph on this nonstop flight," ac­ awaiting word, which never came. After a lull of several years there cording to Redfern's father. john Then on September 8, as reported in was another series of expeditions in Underwood states in his book, The the Atlanta Journal, the last written the mid 1930s, prompted by multiple Stinsons: A Pictorial History, that Ed- communication concerning Paul reports that a white man on crutches

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7 was being held captive by an Indian tribe after he had fallen from the sky. These reports became so frequent and persistent in various newspapers and on the radio that the U.S. gov­ ernment became concerned and got involved in the renewed search for Redfern. The Smithsonian Institution sponsored one expedition. The last expedition took place in 1938 when A large number of observers and Paul's parents contracted Theodore supporters gathered to watch the Waldeck to search for their son and UJdeparture of the Stinson SM-l o his airplane. On April 28, 1938, a re­ b from a runway on the beach at Sea port was sent from Georgetown, iE Island, Georgia. British Guyana, with the headline "U.S. Searching Party Reports Redfern Redfern (right) and a colleague be­ Dead." The report went on to say side the Stinson SM-l. that the Waldeck group, led by Theodore Waldeck, an ex-World War which Redfern's wife sought to have they were made "because Angel was I pilot and his author wife, Jo, who him officially declared dead." Mrs. known for his bombast, especially had spent considerable time in the Redfern was quoted as saying, "I be­ when he was trying to raise money, Guyana wilderness, reported that lieve my husband perished, as did and because it seemed incredible they had found the spot where the many other ocean fliers." Also, "she that Redfern actually had managed aviator fell in Venezuela. Their report said she believed that the scientific to reach Venezuela." Jimmy Angel is was based on a statement by a native expeditions by trustworthy agencies best remembered today for discover­ who said that he had seen Redfern's have proven conclusively that her ing the highest waterfall in the plane crash into some trees. The husband was not alive but had per­ world in Venezuela, which is named Waldecks were not able to get to the ished at sea." for him, Angel Falls. spot because of a wetter-than-usual In an article published in Art of During their research, Lowe and Bell season. The area in question was full Flight, artist/author Robert Carlin found a map and crash location for of sinkholes, poisonous snakes, and states that in 1982 Gene Lowe and Redfern's airplane that had been devel­ black widow spiders. The Waldecks David Bell got together for the pur­ oped at that time by Henri Villard, a returned to Columbia to discuss pose of locating the Stinson consular official, in Caracas. Quoting their findings with Dr. and Mrs. Red­ Detroiter. Gene Lowe is identified as again from Robert Carlin, "Villard fern. Although the Redferns initially a former World War II pilot who has compared Angel's data with that of accepted the Waldecks' conclusion located a number of lost and wrecked Christian Krogh's crew and found an that Paul was dead, they later planes, including a Stinson Detroiter immense amount of commonality in changed their minds, believing that SM-1 from the Greenland ice cap all of it." Lowe and Bell then located their only son had landed else­ where it had been for 40 years. David Marie Angel. They were unable to talk where and that he was still alive. Bell is described as a successful au­ with Jimmy because he died in an air­ They had heard from famed pilot thor of a number of aviation books, plane crash in 1956. Marie talked about Jimmy Angel who reported a dif­ including one containing a chapter her experiences as a co-pilot on many ferent location for the final resting about Paul Redfern. of her husband's jungle flights. She de­ site of their son's airplane. They After a careful study of the avail­ scribed Paul Redfern's airplane, and also had communicated with an able materials, Lowe and Bell how it seemed to sink deeper and American engineer named Lee decided to give credence to a report deeper into the jungle canopy over Dennison. Altogether some twelve made by a well-known jungle bush time. She told how the plane's cover­ expeditions were made to South pilot named Jimmy Angel. Angel ing had deteriorated until all that America between 1927 and 1938. had reported that he had flown over remained to mark the site was "the Before the Waldeck expedition Redfern's plane many times. He also sun's light on the cabin glass." This in­ was completed Gertrude Redfern stated that as time passed the air­ terview with Marie Angel was recorded came to the conclusion that her plane settled deeper in the jungle. for further reference as needed. husband was dead. A clipping from Although Angel had given a lati­ Lowe and Bell found one more a January issue of a Detroit newspa­ tude-longitude fix on the wreck, credible piece of evidence. This was per states that on "January 4, 1938, Robert Carlin states that these re­ a report by an American engineer, a circuit judge granted a petition in ports were not believed at the time Lee Dennison, who reported seeing 8 JULY 2002 EAA Chapter 242 to Commemorate a plane fly over Venezuela's Cuidad produced a movie about him, Too the 75th Anniversary of the Redfern Flight Bolivar plaza. He took note of the Hot To Handle, starring Clark Gable. airplane's green and yellow colors In 1969 a plaque was dedicated at August 25, 2002, will be the 75th an­ and copied down the number Sea Island, Georgia, and placed adja­ niversary of Paul R. Redfern's historic flight. NX773. He also recalled seeing a cent to the beach from which On Saturday, August 24, EAA Chapter 242 thin line of black smoke trailing Redfern took off in August 1927. will host a one-day aviation event. A morning ceremony is scheduled to remember and back from the nose of the plane as it Gertrude Redfern was present and honor Paul R. Redfern. A Stinson Detroiter turned and flew off toward the participated in the dedication. A SM-2 will be present. Among the honored southeast. Lowe and Bell referenced Stinson Detroiter SM-2 flew over­ guests will be one of Paul Redfern's a book published in 1942 by Denni­ head during the ceremony. nephews, who currently lives with his wife in son entitled Devil Mountain that In 1982 a plaque was dedicated at Sumter, South Carolina. He was born shortly after Paul's flight. His mother named him includes a chapter about his en­ Dreher High School in Columbia Paul Redfern Jennings after his uncle. Dur­ counter with Redfern's airplane. stating that Redfern established the ing the ceremony a 20-inch wingspan stick Robert Carlin painted what he first commercial airfield at that loca­ and tissue model airplane of the Stinson viewed as Redfern's last moments in tion and was lost attempting the Detroiter SM-1, painted and detailed to look the air based on the information in flight to Brazil. exactly like the one Redfern flew, will be ac­ cepted from master modeler David Smith of Dennison's book. The authors are fa­ Chapter 90S of the Experimental Columbia. Bob Coble, mayor of Columbia, miliar with Lee Dennison's Aircraft Association at St. Simons, and Dr. Miles Richards of the University of documentation about Paul Redfern Georgia, was named for Redfern when South Carolina History Department, an au­ in the book Devil Mountain. This is it was formed in 1988. The service thority on Paul Redfern, will each deliver one of several documents that indi­ provided to fliers stopping at the club's remarks . The owner and pilot of the Stinson Detroiter SM-2 will re-enact Redfern's take­ cate Redfern flew over the Caribbean airfield while on their way to the EM's off in 1927, which will include a female Sea from Georgia to Venezuela. Also annual Sun 'n Fun Fly-In in Florida is representing Gertrude Redfern slipping into important is the information pro­ provided in Redfern's memory. the cockpit for a final embrace and kiss. Af­ vided by Jimmy Angel, and later The South Carolina Educational Tele­ ter a low pass over the airfield the pilot will verified independently by Marie An­ vision Corporation, commonly known fly south until the airplane is out of sight. The ceremony will then conclude with the gel to Robert Lowe and David Bell. as SCETV, produced a video about him dedication of a plaque stating that Paul Ri­ Carlin writes that Lowe and Bell in 1988 which has been shown yearly naldo Redfern was the first aviator to solo have flown over the most likely crash during the month of August. the Caribbean Sea, with a missing man fly­ site numerous times. He describes the Russell Maxey, who attended high over of vintage aircraft and the dropping of a jungle as very "formidable" with no school with Paul Redfern and con­ wreath by a local aviator. In addition to the 75th anniversary trails cutting through it. He states with sidered him a personal friend , remembrance, the theme of the event conviction that Redfern's airplane will authored a book entitled Airports of will be the spirit of aviation adventure be found because "Lowe and Bell will Columbia in 1988 that he dedicated and exploration. Several ladies in avia­ see to that. They know it's there." An to Paul Redfern, and several pages tion will participate, including one who interesting postscript is that the au­ and many pictures are devoted to will make the first public flight in an air­ plane that she built. Prior to and after thors of this article recently learned the Redfern story. the ceremony EAA Chapter 242 pilots that Lowe and Bell are pseudonyms. On August 24, 2002, a plaque will will volunteer their aircraft and their time Robert Lowe is actually Robert Carlin, be dedicated at Owens Airfield in to implement the Young Eagles program. who is now deceased. David Bell is ac­ Columbia stating that Paul R. Red­ Spectators will have the opportunity to tually Dale Titler, who has extensive fern was the first aviator to solo the observe and photograph a large group of vintage, antique, and homebuilt air­ files about Paul Redfern. He is the Caribbean Sea. This plaque will be planes , including the Stinson Detroiter author of Wings ofMystery, first pub­ temporarily displayed in the EAA SM-2 and a 1929 Travel Air Civil Trans­ lished in 1966 and revised in 1981, 242 clubroom until moved to the port. The spectators will also have the both of which contain a very informa­ renovated 1929 Curtiss-Wright opportunity to visit open hangars and ob­ tive chapter about Paul Redfern. Hangar at the airfield. serve various airplanes under construction and/or restoration by EAA members . As a result of his brief but illustrious Lunch will be provided at a reasonable career and his daring final flight, Paul Authors cost by EAA 242. The film Too Hot To Han­ Rinaldo Redfern has been remembered Ron Shelton is the curator ofScience dle starring Clark Gable, will be shown by in the following manner to date: and Technology at the South Carolina a local theater, and the SCETV Redfern A street in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is State Museum and a member ofEAA story will also be available for viewing. For more information on this commemoration, named for him. Chapter 242. contact Ron Shelton, 803-898-4921 or An airfield was named for him on Tom Savage is a retiree and volun­ [email protected], Tom Savage, Sea Island, Georgia, which later be­ teer at the South Carolina State 803-622 0096 or [email protected], came the location of Redfern Village. Museum and a member ofEAA Chap­ or Xen Motsinger, 803-796 5984. In 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ter242......

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9 John Nill,r R,(alls • • • Aviation in the 1920s JOHN M. MILLER

t may be hard to believe but there was a time, less United States were Rand McNally state maps that showed than a lifetime ago, when there were no U.S. flying railroads (no roads), towns, and terrain such as mountains, regulations (or even drivers' licenses in New York). rivers and lakes. Those that were sold for aviation were IConnecticut had some very restrictive aviation reg­ printed with red isogonal magnetiC lines, known airfields ulations beginning in 1911, but they are mostly gone (not airports in those days), and known elevations of peaks now except for destructive taxes, of course. and various areas. I still have a mint condition Rand Mc­ When I started flying in late 1923, at 18, one of my Nally Directory of Air Fields and Camp Grounds, vintage great attractions to flying was the absolute freedom in 1923, which does not list a single airfield with a paved the air. There were no aviation regulations at all. We runway in the United States. There were none. Brakeless, were free as the birds. Up there aloft one was completely tailskid-type airplanes and paved runways were not at all alone-liberated. Without radio there was no way to compatible. The first paved runway I ever saw or landed communicate for help, so it was imperative to be self-re­ on was in 1929 at Miami, built by Pan American Airways liant, or to learn how to be. Flying for Fokker 3-Engine airplanes, which was the great adventure of the time. had tail wheels. It is now MIA-Miami The airplanes were almost all Up th,r, aloft International. The first airplanes with WW I surplus types, mostly the Cur­ nose wheels were the old Curtiss Pre­ tissJN-4 or the StandardJ-1 biplanes WW I pusher biplanes. Those nose with two open cockpits. They had on, was wheels were fixed, not steerable, and no electrical systems, no radios, no had a brake shoe that bore down on lights, no flaps, no airspeed indica­ (ompl,t.ly alon.­ the tire, which was out in front of the tors, no interphones, no engine pilot, who was out in front of every­ starters, no heaters, no navigation thing else, in the cold wind. systems, no fog-flying instruments, lib,rat,d. About 1932 Waco provided a new and no wheel brakes, only a tail- caste ring nose wheel on the Model N skid. The shock absorbers were simple rubber bungee cabin biplane, but pilots were very suspicious of it. It cords that produced great bounces if the landings was ahead of its time. The tailwheel and taildragger air­ were not good 3-point. The altimeter had a single planes were directionally unstable on the ground, so hand, which made a partial circle to 15,000 feet or so, they often ground looped, which means to reverse di­ an altitude entirely unattainable by these airplanes. rection very violently and destructively. The early We would set them to ground level. Flying was practi­ tail dragger airplane's only braking was provided by the cally a continuous emergency! friction of the tailskid on the sod. On a paved surface There were not even carburetor heaters, so dead-en­ runway there was practically no effective braking. gine landings were routine when the carburetor iced and Without brakes, the most effective directional control caused mysterious engine stoppages, resulting in excit­ during the ground roll was with opposite aileron. ing, happy deadstick landings or sad ones. Carburetor While on the ground in its tail down position, the icing was not yet understood. Curtiss had partly solved fuselage blanked out the rudder, which made it ineffec­ the problem on the OX-S engines, thinking that the tive unless a blast of power was used, which of course, trouble was simply a failure of the gasoline to properly increased the length of roll. vaporize, so they had installed permanent heaters, By 1928 or so, the installation of brakes helped which reduced the power. To get any real altitude, we shorten landing rolls. Flying the real brakeless tailskid had to disable them. The air mail pilots did finally dis­ airplanes, the true tail draggers, is now a lost art. The cover the carburetor ice solution, but most of us flying modern type of steerable nose wheel is a great safety peasants knew nothing about carburetor ice. I was a improvement, providing inherent directional stability member of the old NAPA, National Air Pilots Associa­ during the ground roll. The interim types, with brakes tion, formed by the air mail pilots, and read of the icing and tail wheels, were suitable for paved runways. They problems in their newsletters. included larger airplanes such as the DC-3 and B-1?, Navigation was done by a WW I magnetic compass and which had pilot lockable tail wheels. The Lockheed a pencil line on the map. The only maps available in the Constellation and Douglas DC-4 airliners were the first 10 JULY 2002 large steerable nosewheel airplanes. flight check for an ATP, I was limited to the turn and My fondest memories are of flying those old bi­ bank indicator. (Eastern Air Lines' old test.) planes in the days before regulations . There was In the early 1920s, it was seriously proposed to have complete freedom of the air, and we all took advantage the army regulate all fl ying. The flying community, of it. One sport that I enjoyed the most on a fine sum­ such as it then existed, squashed that idea, and so a mer day was to fly up into the scattered, fluffy clouds long period without regulations continued until the and play around in them. It was both fun and valuable Air Commerce Act of 1926 went into effect in 1927. practice. Instrument flying first started in 1926 by Then licensing and flying regulations started coming Howard Stark and was barely beginning to be practiced into effect; they became mandatory in 1928. Barn­ after the Lindbergh flight in 1927. By the time I was storming became difficult under the new regulations, flying for a living in 1928, it was very rare for any air­ so it soon ended. . plane to be flown on instruments, and then only by The period from 1919 to 1929 was the barnstorming the air mail pilots who had learned from Howard. So, era, flown mostly with WW I surplus aircraft, but with the clouds were sterile of airplanes. some new production aircraft from 1926 to 1930. The In a Jenny devoid of instruments, I could fly through surplus aircraft were open biplanes, mostly 2-seat train­ the clouds without losing control. But if the time re­ ers, unfit for cross-country passenger carrying in quired to get out the other side was too long, I would get commercial operations due to their short range, low into the classic spiral dive and plunge out of the bottom speed, low load capacity, and low safety record. Also, the in a turn opposite to what I had sensed, just as Howard war surplus or pre-war designed surplus engines did not had described in his 1926 pamphlet. It was exhilarating have a long life or the best reliability. fun to plunge into the clouds, dive Flying during that period was lim­ through the cloud valleys and ited mainly to flight instruction, sport canyons, circle the white peaks and If you wond.r.d flying, local passenger hopping, and castles, and spin down through a itinerant barnstorming. The latter was cloud to break out of the bottom. The why th. old tim. my forte and very successful with a new Jenny was perfectly docile in a spin production, excellent airplane designed and would spin as long as I could specifically for barnstorming, the New count, recovering in one turn. It was pilots oft.n wort Standard D-25. It was a 5-place open bi­ fun to loop up into the bottom of a plane with the latest engine, the Wright cloud and come out of it on the back­ thos. whit. scarv.s, J-5 of 225 hp (the same type as used by side of the loop. Lindbergh on his famous trans-Atlantic All such flying was valuable prac­ flight, which of course temporarily tice in maneuvering, which became it originat.d to wip. stimulated barnstorming). instinctive. Later, in the early military The year 1927 was the busiest barn­ fighter biplanes, I would practice in­ th. oil from th.ir storming period. That was also the verted maneuvers and even flying most lucrative year for the famous through clouds inverted, using a tum Gates Flying Circus. But at the end of indicator. Being up there was like fac.s and goggl.s. the season the new regulations and bouncing around on a big soft mat­ inspection system grounded all of tress. When pulling out of a dive with one of those faster their war surplus planes and put the Gates Circus out of fighters, the wingtips made vortex trails of visible vapor. business. They had carried at least a quarter of a million When the sun was directly behind, the little rainbow cir­ passengers on short hops, safely (fortunately), probably cles on the brilliant white clouds had the shadow of the more. I worked as a mechanic for the Circus that sum­ airplane in their centers, a fine target for a simulated col­ mer of 1927, before getting a plane of my own. I lision, ending inside the cloud. acqUired a Hispano-Suiza powered StandardJ-1, the With the later military fighters, which were equipped same as those used on the Circus, but I carefully over­ with turn indicators, I would get valuable practice in hauled the airplane and had no trouble getting it some extremely turbulent clouds-good practice for licensed. I sold it in 1929 and taught the new owner to later thunderstorm flying in my airline career. Aerobatic fly in it. He flew it for several years and it is still in exis­ practice of that sort was valuable in developing instinc­ tence, being restored. tive flying. The airplane would answer my thoughts, From about 1925 to about 1929 a number of open­ without me thinking about which way to move the con­ cockpit, three-place open biplanes were designed and trols. I taught myself profiCient instrument flying with placed on the market. Most were powered by the ancient the guidance of Howard's pamphlets. My engineering pre-war designed Curtiss OX-5 engine, which was built training was of great help in understanding the reasons in large quantities during WW I and used mainly in the for everything involved. It paid off, for when I took my IN-4 Jenny. There was a great surplus of those engines, so

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1 1 they were used in the newly designed biplanes of various only change allowed in the airplane itself was a cover for makes, such as the Waco, Swallow, Eaglerock, American Ea­ the front cockpit to reduce drag and removal of the front gle, Travel Air 2000, and others. Walter Beech and Lloyd windshield. The pilots would fly the races with a light load Stearman were associated in the production of the Travel of fuel and no passenger. I even saw some take the front Air 2000. The 8-cylinder, 90-hp, water-cooled V-8, OX-5 en­ seat cushions out to reduce weight! However, I know that gines had exposed valve rocker arms that were not even when the airplanes were flown at high speed, the wings covered by cowling. They were lubricated between flights were at a very low angle of attack, thereby flying at low LID by means of an ordinary squirt type oilcan. You had to stick ratio with high drag. I won a few of those races by secretly its spout into the little oil holes in each of the rocker arms loading heavy sandbags in the covered front cockpit of a and give it a shot of oil. Thus, a lot of surplus oil would Travel Air 2000 and flight testing to get the right load for blow back into the faces of the pilot and passengers in the maximum speed. The wings then flew at higher LID angle open cockpits. of attack and the fuselage was pOinted better into the air If you wondered why the old time pilots often wore stream. It would take longer to take off, but I would later those white scarves, it originated to wipe the oil from their gain on my competition and win. I was challenged as hav­ faces and goggles. The original OX-5 90-hp engines had a ing souped-up the engine, but the losers never did find out single magneto but the later ones, the OXX-6, rated at 110 about the heavy sandbags. They didn't know much about hp, had dual magnetos. There were fewer of those. When aerodynamics, if anything. I could have used a passenger the single magneto failed (and it often happened) there was for weight, but the cockpit would be open and create un­ a dead engine landing to be made in a hurry, either a rather wanted drag. I had a snap-on cover for the cockpit. happy occurrence or a disaster. Beginning in about 1926, As I remember, the first production cabin airplane was some new engine designs, including the Warner and Kin­ the Stinson cabin biplane with the early Wright J-4 radial ner, began to appear mounted on the nose of those biplanes engine of 200 hp. It was of typical welded steel tube fuse­ and later on the cabin types. lage and wood wing construction and fabric covered. One The era of open-cockpit biplanes powered by the 90-hp of those was used by Howard Stark to fly the mail, and in OX-5 engines engendered a new air show sport, the popu­ which he developed the method of using the turn and lar OX-5 races. The engines had to be unmodified, and the bank indicator to recover from the often fatal spiral dives and to safely fly in fog. Fairchild produced a very successful cabin monoplane with a radial engine and Robertson Air­ craft, in St. Louis, put a 3-place cabin monoplane on the market, the Robin, with an OX-5 engine. The company and its design were later acquired by Curtiss-Wright, and they installed a 165 hp Wright radial engine in the Robin. That was the plane used by "Wrong Way" Corrigan for his re­ markable flight to Ireland. They were some of the first U.S. cabin airplanes built in any quantity. Lockheed developed their outstanding all-wood Vega and the Orion, which were used for record 'round the world and trans-Atlantic flights, the latter by Lindbergh, for many long distance exploration flights. Bellanca built a fine "I don't know, Howard. Maybe cabin airplane that was flown nonstop to Germany by if we'd used Poly-Fiber we'd Clarence Chamberlain, and Clyde Pangborn flew one in have finished it on time." the first nonstop flight across the Pacific, Japan to We­ natchee, Washington. Absolutely! And because Poly-Fiber doesn't support . Actually the Europeans were far ahead of the United combustion, fire wouldn't have been as big a worry, either. The gargantuan Goose would have been lighter States in producing cabin airplanes, but in very low num­ and stronger, too, able to fly even higher! What a bers. This was the era of the steel-tube fuselage, wood wing shame Poly-Fiber wasn't around back then. Timing is spars, and fabric covering. The first monoplanes began to everything, huh Howard? appear with the same type of structures, such as the 6-place * Really easy to use * The best manual around Stinson Detroiter and the Travelair 6000 with Wright radial * 40 years of success * Nationwide EM workshops engines, later to be replaced by the metal aircraft of today. * New step-by-step video * Toll-free technical support Just as occurred in the years following World War I, great 800-362-3490 advances in aircraft design resulted from World War II . In fact, our Bonanzas and Barons are direct design descen­ www.polyfiber.com dents of airplane design technology learned by the .·mail: [email protected] engineers at Beech Aircraft Co. The design of the Bonanza FAX: 909-684-0518 A i rcraf t C oati ngs started before the war ended......

12 JULY 2002 KEN MORRIS

have done some flying for a myself how to fly this Spartan so I arguably the coolest airplane ever built. local aircraft broker in the could demonstrate it for prospective Any uncertainty was immediately past. Then one day several buyers. I was so excited that I didn't relieved once airborne. It flew as years ago, I got a call asking want to wait for the "telephone good as it looked! I'd like to say it re­ me to come over and teach checkout" from the owner. quired massive male strength and The telephone skill to handle, but except for the Lorraine and Ken Morris, Spartan Executive owners from checkout con­ ground visibility being poor (there is Poplar Grove, Illinois. sisted of this sen­ none over the nose) and it being a tence: "You won't typical taildragger, it was a two-fin­ have any prob­ ger intuitive airplane that was a lem; land it just dream to fly. like a P-S 1." Yeah, I knew the dream was too good to great advice. I be true. The asking price for this one haven't been in was out into the next millennium. one of those ei­ For us anyway. But I had my chance ther. Armed with to fly one. It was quite an honor to this vast knowl­ fly one of only 34 ever made. I had edge of a Spartan arrived! Unfortunately, the first guy Executive I was I demonstrated it to, (the blind lead­ ready to go forth ing the blind), bought it. No more and commit avi­ Spartan to fly and a sad day for me.

(/) z ation with, in my "Ken, what are you doing next o (/) ex: humble opinion, week? You aren't going to believe it, ct z g VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13 Here's a shot you don't see very often; the landing gear is in transit as Ken cruises in the art deco flying sculpture. but I have another Spartan for you was new, and it had less than 100 been oil on the right side of the to pick up in Texas/' said the broker. hours on it since a major overhaul. windshield, but for some unex­ "No kidding," I said. The owner Unfortunately, that was in 1980. plained reason it seemed to start had decided it was more than he Armed with a handheld VHF flowing with great enthusiasm. Even needed to deal with, and I was to transceiver and a portable GPS, Dad though a little oil looks worse than bring it up here where the broker and I blasted off chasing daylight. it really is, we figured we'd rather be could clean it up and sell it. It Other than the mouse nests and safe than sorry. (Now we think of needed it...bad. It was Father's Day spent sunflower seeds flying into this.) When a big hole over Newton, weekend 2000, and I thought my my face, the takeoff was unevent­ Kansas, opened up, we thought we dad might enjoy an adventure. So ful. Climbing on top of the haze, should investigate and warm up. we met in Dallas and flew to Amar­ wearing Texas clothing (cutoffs and Slight left crosswind, wing down, illo via Southwest Airlines. a T-shirt), I immediately became left main, right main, left aileron, When we got there, four hours aware of the standard lapse rate, es­ more, more, tail down, full aileron, late because of thunderstorms in pecially since the large 4-inch main just a little right brake, where the Dallas, it was ready to go. Fuel, oil, air vent between the rudder pedals hell is it? Grab. Left brake. Grab. and about 65 pounds of radios that had no shut-off. This great ventila­ Tailwheel shimmy. Grab, shimmy, were so old they couldn't spell VOR. tion system was soon augmented grab, shimmy, grab. Stop. That was It had a VAR the operation of which by the door, which popped open, exciting! "What a piece of... " My has been explained to me several causing lots more mouse food to be dad just laughed. times, and I still don't get it. The relocated throughout the cabin. At I went into the FBO to get lots of technology was somewhere between about this point we realized that paper towels. Some for me, most to LF and VOR range (I think). the high pitch stops on the prop wipe down the Spartan, and a few to It sported the N number it was were set incorrectly because the stuff into the vent. given after the war when it was re­ rpm would not come back to what Oil was coming from the vented turned to civilian life from the CAA I wanted for a cruise rpm in the filler cap-the oil had apparently (Civil Aeronautics Administration Spart-o-sphere. Then to make mat­ been over serviced. After fueling (or is it Authority?». Its interior was ters worse, the haze became we knew Rockford was not in the redone in 1951, but it still needed broken to overcast. At least it was cards before dark, so we figured to some work. The unpainted skin was running well, and once we got go as far as daylight allowed. Espe­ also unpolished. The original grabby through Oklahoma, the sky was cially since only two navigation Goodyear multi-disk wheels were at­ supposed to be clear. lights worked, there was no rotat­ tached to heel brakes. The engine Then things got worse. There had ing beacon, and the landing lights 14 JULv 2002 one hand on the yoke, one hand on the radio .. .oops, out of hands. Radio in the lap. I could still hear. "Cleared to land, Runway 25." "Roger (whoever he is)." Left main, right main, STAY OFF THE DARN BRAKES, keep

(/) the tail up, aileron, that's it, hold z g the tail up. a: it "Spartan 836, say parking." z 8 Hold it up, no brakes, just hold it. "Spartan 836, Rockford." Hold it up, more aileron. After restoration, the panel's new equipment blends neatly with the beautifully exe­ "Spartan 836, how do you read?" cuted interior done by Lorraine, who has a particular affinity for aircraft upholstery. Slowly fly the tail down, that's it. There it sat, the "Spartan 836, Rockford." stepchild it was, proud Shimmy, grab, shimmy, grab, as ever. Not a drop of grab, "Darn," stop. oil on the ramp! (That "Spartan 836, Rockford, say scared me.) After fuel­ parking." ing (it liked gas), we Luckily, the radio had fallen out were off. It was a per­ of reach during the landing, and I fect morning to fly, not was able to calm down before I spoke a ripple en route. In to the tower. spite of all its quirks, we In spite of it all, I knew Dad and I realized it flew remark- had a good time. I hoped whoever In Amarillo, Texas, Gene Morris cleans the wind- ably straight. bought it would give it a good home. shield of the Spartan before he and son Ken ferry I figured I might as It deserved the best because it was the airplane to northern Illinois. well go to my house way ahead of its time and a real first and park it in the treasure. were suspect. Not to mention that yard for a "photo op. " After all, Maybe I could take Lorraine for a I didn't even know if it had any in­ there's no way Lorraine, my wife ride someday. I hoped she wouldn't terior lighting! and fellow airline pilot, would even fall for this thing. It would be too Whoever ends up with this was consider such a monster. Especially much work, too much money, too really going to have their hands full. with the work necessary, and her much time, just... too much. It did "What a piece of.. . " beloved Bonanza would have to go. look good in the yard, though. The next leg was less everything. Oh well, I'd get a picture anyway. Close to a dream is better than Less long, less high, less cold, less Shimmy, grab, shimmy, grab, never having dreamed... Be happy mouse stuff, less oil. Dusk and as­ shimmy, grab, stop. "What a piece with what you have... The grass is phalt met in Centerville, Iowa. Less of..." always greener. .. (Who comes up brake, less shimmy, much less ex­ I got a nice picture, but I wished with these dumb sayings, anyway?) citement. It was great hospitality the Spartan were more polished. I I knew Lorraine had too much from a great town. hoped it didn't leak all over the on her mind then. She and Janet Father's Day dawned a perfect day. lawn I was trying to grow. I decided had just finished their first air race, Calm, not a cloud to be seen. The ho­ I better get it to Rockford before it coming in 10th place, the highest tel owner gave us his car to take to the fell apart. One more leg. rookie finish ever. If she showed airport. "Just leave the key in it. I'll get My dad chased me in my Cessna any interest when we got back, it later," he said. 140 for the ride home. No GPS maybe we could check it out. I sure We had left the airplane on the needed for 13 miles, just the hand­ hoped she didn't like flying it. It ramp, chocked. (I couldn't find the held VHF. It was the first time we had would still be waaaay too much tiedowns on the ramp in the dark.) I to use the radio on the whole trip. money. I thought I could let her had no idea what to expect. It could Tower said, "Straight in, Runway give me a ride, though. have been a smoldering aluminum 25, report two out." No headset, just She flew it.. . and, she liked it...a pile for all we knew. The airport man­ held up the radio to my ear and lot! We bought it...ouch! I knew it ager greeted us and couldn't have fought the Pratt & Whitney for at­ was the right move. All I had to do been nicer. tention. One hand on the throttle, was chase it till she caught it. (I 'm

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15 She Said By LORRAINE MORRIS

n June 2000, my friend, Janet, and 1 participated in the Air Race Classic, an all women's ~ o cross-country air race. We were g? I It having a blast, zooming across the z o country, when a local aircraft broker 0 asked my husband, Ken, to bring a Spartan Executive from Texas to Illi­ nois for the broker to sell. Ken took his dad with him, and they went on to Rockford to "see" the airplane. He Ken, on the other hand, has always their own adventure. [ should have was right; it needed a lot of work. But wanted a big round engine for his known something was going to hap­ he was also right in that it was all stuff very own. I could see his eyes light up pen, because when the two of them we could do (I thought). The next when he looked at the Spartan. Sev­ get together, look out! Looking back, thing 1 knew, he had pulled it out. He eral times his lower lip stuck out (kind 1 believe they were conspiring said I could see it better in the sun­ of like a pout) when he said, "Please? against me. light. (Yeah!) "Hey," he said, "want to Can we get it?" So we had "the talk." I We kept in touch with cellphones go for a ride in it?" (He was really was a little concerned that the Spartan and traded stories of our adventures working it!) So we piled in and away would not get used as much as our each evening. Ken was always refer­ we went. "Boy, Lorraine, you look Bonanza, and that our ability to just ring to this Spartan in such glowing great in the airplane." Did I mention get in and go would be drastically re­ terms as, "What a piece of..." Well, he is a major schmoozer when he duced. I was also giving up my baby, that is just Ken's way of saying the air­ wants something? the plane I had spent months looking plane was going to need some work. While we were out flying, he for, and that was going to be tough. 1 was thinking that 1 was happy landed at our house. (We live on Ken assured me that I would get that he got to fly a Spartan again. He Poplar Grove airport in northern Illi­ checked out completely in the Spar­ was hired by the broker to demon­ nois.) "Let's put it in the hangar," he tan, and that I would be able to get in strate another Executive the previous said, "just to see if it will fit." Good and go whenever I wanted, just like year, but it sold so fast he didn't get grief! So, we put it in the hangar, with the Bonanza. He also kept say­ to fly it much. He has always drooled and yes, it fit. Right about now, I ing, "Besides, you will look soooooo over Executives, so it was great that could see that he was hooked. Bad. coooool in it!" (That's right, he ap­ he could fly another one. When the He said we could do our own little pealed to my vanity.) race was finished, Ken and janet's pre-buy while we had it in the So, we bought it. We sold my Bo­ husband, Scott, flew out to Massa­ hangar, out of the sun. So, we took nanza. We sold my Cessna 150 chusetts in our (read my) Bonanza to off panels, went through the logs, taildragger. We sold just about every­ pick us up. and realized that we were going to thing to get a dumb airplane. How The whole way home, Ken kept have a lot of work ahead of us if we much sense does that make? You dropping hints about the Spartan. were crazy enough to buy it. The air­ should have seen the big smile on "Golly, gee," he would say, "it is in plane seemed mechanically sound, Ken's face. I thought it was going to pretty bad shape, but it is nothing but it needed major cosmetic work. split. How often does a wife get the we couldn't do!" And, "You know, We put it back together and flew it chance to make her husband's dream we could fix it up and make a few back to Rockford, picked up our Bo­ come true? Especially when she gets bucks." Or, "Boy, Lorraine, you could nanza, and flew home to do some to fly his dream, too. So I guess it was really do a good job on the interior!" major figuring. not really such a sacrifice for me at all. 1 think I heard him say, in an itty­ If someone had ever asked me what I must admit I am enjoying it, too. bitty voice, "Oh, by the way, we my ideal airplane was, I would have When we bought it, the plan was would definitely have to sell the Bo­ said my Bonanza. It is practical, easy to fix it up, fly it a little, and then sell nanza if we bought the Spartan." By to fly, fairly fast, and efficient, and I it for a profit. It somehow changed to the time we got home, he 'fessed up can push it around by myself. It is not fix it up, keep it a while, and then sell that he had told the broker to hold one of those planes that takes a long it. Now Ken plans to keep it forever! the airplane and not do anything to time to get ready before you go flying. We brought the Spartan home on it while he talked to me. I have fairly simple requirements; I July 12, 2000, and started The Restora­ The next morning, he took me over just want to fly. tion. But that is another story! .....

16 JULY 2002 NEW LINDBERGH EXHIBITION Missouri Historical Society's expanded exhibition showcases the life and legend of Charles A. Lindbergh

H.G. FRAUTSCHY

harles A. Lindbergh's cal Society has owned a sister ship to the constantly growing collection time in St. Louis, the Spirit ofst. Louis. This ship was of trophies, medals, and gifts show­ Missouri, might have formerly owned by Tallmantz Avia­ ered upon him as he and his flight been brief, but his tion and was one of the airplanes were celebrated around the world. impact on the city's used during the filming of the 1957 Later, Lindbergh and his bride, fame and aeronauti­ movie The Spirit ofSt. Louis, starring Anne, donated the collection, by cal glory has been Jimmy Stewart. The airplane was then numbering almost 15,000 unparalleled. The Spirit of St. Louis originally a Ryan B-1, SIN 153, but items. For many years, the bulk of gave the city the type of positive Tallmantz modified it to serve as the collection was not available for name recognition that would make one of the movie airplanes. It was public viewing, but with the com­ any public relations staff giddy with later purchased by the Friends of the pletion of the new Emerson the results. Missouri Historical Society and pre­ Center, there is now expanded Seventy-five years after the flight sented to the society in 1963. space for exhibits. took place, the man who put it all Displayed at the world's fair in We visited the new building and together is still the subject of books, New York in 1965, the replica was were intrigued by the variety of arti­ articles, and intense scrutiny. flown over the city of St. Louis in facts on exhibit. From "Lindbergh's Charles A. Lindbergh's life was a fas­ 1967. Placed on display in 1975 in Trunk" (which, by the way, is not cinating and sometimes wearisome the terminal at Lambert Interna­ actually located within the main journey, as he fought to keep his pri­ tional airport, it was removed in Lindbergh exhibit but retains its vate life out of the headlines yet 1998 and restored by Langa Air in place in the permanent exhibit recognized that the fame he ab­ East Alton, Illinois, with support "Seeking St. Louis," located on the horred could also be used to further from the Society, Save-A-Connie second floor of the Emerson Cen­ the causes for which he felt a pas­ Inc., and Trans World Airlines. ter-be sure to see it, too!) to a sion. In the early days after his solo The newly expanded Missouri sealskin kayak presented to the flight across the Atlantic, furthering History Museum now has space to Lindberghs on their trek through the cause of aviation was his main accommodate the airplane, so it the frozen north, the artifacts are goal, but by the end of his life, fight­ now hangs in the atrium of the So­ spellbinding. ing for environmental causes ciety's Emerson Center. While it's certainly best seen in became a true passion. Shortly after his epic flight, person, here are a few photographic Since 1962, the Missouri Histori- Charles Lindbergh lent the society highlights of the exhibition:

Entering the exhibit, you're greeted by this interesting iconic artwork painted in 1928 by Theodore Labonte entitled Lindbergh Atop the World. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17 Thousands of objects and commemorative gifts were created and given to Lindbergh. A sampling of the jewel­ After a short exhibit of artifacts and photographs of Lind­ encrusted models, engraved plates, and medals struck bergh's childhood and the beginning of his aviation just for the occasion are on display. (Below) Some gifts career, visitors to the exhibition come to this case where have an interesting history, such as the pair of German the set of flying togs worn by Lindbergh on his trans-At­ silver terrestrial and celestial globes, circa 1700, which lantic flight are hanging. In the background is a cutaway were sent to Lindbergh by William Randolph Hearst. section of the cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis, complete Hearst tried to persuade Lindbergh to star in a movie with a simulated instrument panel and the rubber life raft with Hearst's mistress, Marion Davies. Lindbergh tact­ lying on the stringers aft of Lindbergh's wicker seat. Stu­ fully refused, and in passing conversation he mentioned dents and staff from Parks College of St. Louis University how impressed he was with the two globes pictured. The built the cockpit section. next day, the globes were sent to Lindbergh. While he ap­ preciated the gesture, Lindbergh didn't take the bait, and the globes be­ came part of the Missouri Historical Society's nearly 15,000-object Lindbergh collection. The other objects in the photo are a gold jewel box presented to him by the city of St. Louis and a silver and rhinestone model of the Spirit made by Agnini & Singer, Jewel­ ers, of Chicago.

(Above) Many of the items he carried on his famous flight are on display, includ­ ing a canteen, pilot'S license, passport, leather notebook, and a flashlight. (Left) Other items include the The sealed decanter holds Armbrust cup, a device for con­ oil drained from the Spirit densing drinking water using of St. Louis after the flight. seawater as a cooling agent (far right), and the St. Christopher medal slipped into his personal belongings before his flight.

18 JULY 2002 For more information, (011425.450.6088 or www.icomamerica.(om

~ ... _"":.... I... • A')t;ACA Qlcc.n... lrnuL....A;. .. ~...... t ..M..Ifr .. .L...... rl.. ..I"nM I.. , AI) , The magnificent globe of the Earth was a wedding present presented to Charles and Anne Lindbergh by B. Franklin Ma­ honey, owner of Ryan Airlines when it built the Spirit of st. Louis. In the background are a series of display cases with artifacts given to Lindbergh during his national tour during the late summer and early fall of 1927.

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~~~ Aspects of Lindbergh's later life are also detailed in the exhibition, including the controversy surrounding Lind­ bergh for his isolationist views prior to World War II. Artifacts from his " America First" movement and phono­ graph recordings of his speeches are on display.

Hanging in the atrium of the Mac­ Dermott Grand Hall of the new Emerson Center at the ex­ panded Missouri Historical Society is this replica of the Spirit of St. Louis.

The new Lindbergh exhibit opened in May, and it next year, it is on a national tour. Its first stop will be will be open to the public until January 5, 2003. There the EAA AirVenture Museum! The exhibit will be on is much more to see and absorb in the exhibit, includ­ display July 12 through October 5, 2003. Other stops ing the proclamation and medal for the Orteig Prize, are planned, including the North Carolina Museum of Lindbergh's Congressional Medal of Honor, and the History, November 8,2003, through February I, 2004. first Distinguished Flying Cross ever issued, presented The Missouri Historical Society's Missouri History to Lindbergh after his historic solo flight. For more in­ Museum is located on the north side of Forest Park in formation, be sure to visit www.lindberghexhibition.org. St. Louis, at 5700 Lindell Boulevard. Hours: daily, 10 If you're unable to take a trip to St. Louis to visit the a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call 314-746­ exhibition, you may be able to see it when, starting 4599 for information......

20 JULY 2002 PASS IT TO BUCK

BY E.E. "BUCK" HILBERT, EAA #21 VAA #5 P.O. Box 424, UNION, IL 60180 The National Museum of Naval Aviation

THIS YEAR DOROTHY A 'D I DROVETO Sun World War I through the present may 'n Fun. It gave us a chance to visit our not be of interest to all of our mem­ in-laws and outlaws and every wind­ bership, but this is one of the finest sock along the way. We took 10 days museums I've visited in years. Really, just driving a circuitous route. there is something for everyone. Our who had volunteered many years be­ One of the greatest attractions we EAA AirVenture Museum is the best of fore to help restore a gondola from revisited was the National Museum of the best, of course, and the Museum one of the blimps. He stayed on and is Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Florida. of Flight at Seattle's Boeing Field might now a senior member of the restora­ For those of you who have not been be a close second, but this one is Navy, tion staff. We had a delightful "inside" there for several years, and for those Marine, and Coast Guard, and in­ tour and an even better tour of the who have yet to see the place, I could­ cludes some of the airplanes I was so outside displays. n't recommend a more pleasant and much in love with when I was a young There were so many airplanes I've enlightening visit. boy, some I saw in World War II and known and loved, most dating from The improvements since our last Korea, and, of course, the latest in jets my first desires to fly. I can't begin to visit back in 1986 are next to unbe­ as well as some real oddballs no one describe all of them. There were Navy, lievab le. The displays, the pristine has ever seen. Marine, and Coast Guard airplanes of restored aircraft, and artifacts from I was so impressed that after about 20 every type and size. Take a look at the minutes of ogling I had to present myself pictures, and put this one on your to Capt. Bob Rasmussen. He heads up "Places to See" list. this wonderful facility, and he really is Over to you, (( something else. An accomplished sculp­ tor, painter, and administrator, you'll find his work all through the museum.

Period artifacts can do a lot to enhance the presentation of an aircraft on display. This WWI era poster is displayed along with a Cur tiss IN-4, covered and painted on one side so the public can see the wooden structure beneath.

The NC-4 , the first to cross the Atlantic in All sorts of naval aircraft goodies, like the 1919. It took 19 days to fly the four-leg trip, Grumman FF-1 , flank the tubby Grumman F­ but the pioneering Navy crew made it! The 3-F. Actually, it's a Grumman F-23 painted airplane has a grand total of 54 hours of to represent the FF-1 , the first fighter sold flight time on it! to the Navy by Grumman.

When I complimented him on the facility and especially his work, he was most modest and dodged my compli­ The National Museum of Naval Aviation has ments by lauding his staff and the more rare airplanes than you can name. people who do the work. In the con­ Here's one of them, the Curtiss T5-1. It versation I mentioned I'd like to see was the first carrier-based airplane specifi­ the restoration center. Despite a man­ cally designed for carrier use. It appeared in This really great sculpture by Capt. Bob May 1922, two months after the U5S Lang­ power shortage, he set us up for a Rasmussen shows naval aviators from ley (CV-1) was commissioned. The T5-1 also personal tour, and, man, did we ever WWI, WWII , Korea, and today engaged in, served the Navy as a floatplane. Designed get a tour! Our guide was a 2S-year do­ what else, a conversation that begins with , by Curtiss, it was also built by the Naval Air­ "There I was , right on his tail. .. " craft Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. cent, a former lighter-than-air type

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21 FLY-IN CALENDAR JULY 20-21-Dayton, OH-1st Eastern Region Nat'l Aviation Heritage EAA FLY-IN SCHEDULE 2002 Invitational cOinciding with 2002 NORl1IWEST EM RY-IN EM EAST COAST RY-IN Dayton Air Show. Co-sponsored by www.nweaa.org www.eastcoastflyin.org Rolls-Royce North America, NASM, July 1()'14, Arlington, WA September 13·15, Nat'l Aviation Hall of Fame and Reno Toughkenamon, PA Air Racing Assn. No more than 50 air­ EM AlRVENTURE 0SII(0SIf craft are selected for each Invitational. www.airventure.org EM sot/I1IWBT R£GIONAI. RY-IN Applications are due by June 15. For July 23-29, Oshkosh, WI www.swrfl·com details on eligibility and judging crite­ September 27·28, Abilene, TX ria, entry application, etc. contact EM GOUlEN WEST REGIONAl. RY-IN Ann, 703-621-2839 www·gwfly-in.org fAA SOUIIIEAST R£GIOIW.. RY-IN The following list ofcoming events is fur­JULY 21-Burlington, WI-10th Annual September 6-8, Yuba County www.ser{i.org nished to our readers as a matter of Group Ercoupe Flight Into AirVenture. Airport (MRV) October 4·6, Evergreen, AL information only and does not constitute ap­Wheels up at noon. Everyone welcome proval, sponsorship, involvement, control or to join. Info: 715-842-7814 fAA M11).EAS1EJIN RY-IN COPPEIISTA1E fAA RY-IN 419447-1773 (telefax) direction ofany event (fly-in, seminars, fly JULY 24-0shkosh, WI-VAA Picnic at www.copperstate.org AirVenture. Nature Center Pavilion, 6­ September 6-8, Marion, OH October 1()'13, Phoenix, AZ market, etc.) listed. Please send the informa­8 p.m., Tram at VAA Red Barn begin­ tion to EAA, Att: Vintage Airplane, P.O. Box ning at 5 p.m. Type Clubs may reserve VIRGINIA S1lIIE fAA RY-IN 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086. Informa­tables. 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Tickets are $25 each and early purchase is highly rec­ ommended. Reservations at szegor@bellan­ EAA Celebrates a ca-championclub.com or 518-731-6800 Century of Powered Flight Eastern Cessna 190/195 Association, Rn 'n Feather, Winneconne, WI, 6 pm. with the most exciting and most Reservations 44().777-4025. Limit 40 peo­ loved aircraft designs of the century! ple. Cost is $25. Someone will be at the table in the Type Club Tent Wed.-Fri., 1-2 pm Q: Looking for a fun way to support taking care of last minute changes and to fill cancellations. If you can provide a ride to EM programs, plan your month and enjoy some Winneconne, please stop by the tent and let of the finest examples of aviation photography? us know. Moth Club Dinner, Pioneer Inn, 6 pm social A: World of Flight 2003 accomplishes all three. hour, 7:30 pm dinner. RSVP Steve Betzler, fax 262-5380715 or e-mail Q: Planning on attending [email protected] EM AirVenture 2003 and other regional EM Fly-in's? Saturday. July 27. 2002 Dates and websites are listed Cessna Owner Organization & Piper Owner A: Society Brat Fry and Rxin's, Nature Center for your convenience. Tent, 6 pm, $10 at the door. Stop at Booth 1049 for reservations. Twin Beech ASSOCiation, Pioneer Inn. To Place Your Order By Phone Call: American Waco Club, Inc./Waco Classic Aircraft 1-806-843-3612 Corp., American Legion Hall near Lake (Outside U.S. & Canada 920-426-5912) Winnebago. 6:30 pm cocktails, 7:30 pm din­ Order Online: ner, chicken or Swiss steak. Adults $15, WWW.EAA.ORG Children 12 and under $5. Tickets must be purchased ahead of time in the VAA Red Barn Store from Linda Brown or Ruthie Coulson, or at the Classic Waco Exhibit, Pat Horgan. Further information can be obtained at our Friday forum or call 616-624-6490.

22 JULY 2002 AUGUST 100Toughkenamon, PA-EAA SEPTEMBER 7-Cadillac, MI- EAA Ch. Airport. Static display of vintage & Ch. 240, 28th Annual Fly-In/Drive-In 678 Fly-In/Orive-In Breakfast. Wexford homebuilt aircraft. Awards in various Pancake Breakfast. 8:00 a.m. New County Airport. 7:30-11 a.m. Info: categories. Info: 631-589-0374 Garden Airport (N57) . Young Eagles' 231-779-8113 SEPTEMBER 20-21-Bartlesville, OK­ Rally. Admission free. Info: 215-761-3191 SEPTEMBER S-Mt. Morris, IL-Ogle 46th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In. AUGUST ll-Aubum, IN-Hoosier County Pilots Assn. & EAA Ch. 682 Frank Phillips Field. Type club forums, Warbird Fly-In/Orive-In and Airplane Fly-In Breakfast at Ogle County Airport static displays, exhibits. Admission by Auction. Oekalb County Airport. (C5S)(Barnette Field). 7-12 noon. Info: donation. Info: Charlie Harris 918­ Pancake/Sausage Breakfast. 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John S. Copeland Gene Morris 1A Deacon Street 5936 Steve Court Roanoke, TX 76262 North'fo~~~§~~4~tS 01532 817-491-9110 [email protected] [email protected] MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION Phil Coulson Dean Richardson 1429 KingsJ/;nn Rd EAA AVIATION magazine not included). (Add $15 28C1~~~~';J?m~fr for Foreign Postage.) 616-624-6490 StoulJl;~i7_8~Jl589 Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Associ­ [email protected] [email protected] ation, Inc. is $40 for one year, induding 12 issues of Roger Gomoll Geoff Robison SPORT AVIATION. Family membership is available WARBIRDS 1521 E. MacGregor Dr. for an additional $10 annually. Junior Membership Current EAA members may join the EAA War­ 3i~~~t~r~~~5t~1 New Haven, IN 46774 507-28S-2SIO 260-493-4724 (under 19 years of age) is available at $23 annually. birds of America Division and receive WARBIRDS pledgedriYe@mSI1Com chie{[email protected] All major credit cards accepted for membership. magazine for an additional $40 per year. Dale A. Gustafson S.H. "Wes " Schmid (Add $16 for Foreign Postage.) EAA Membership, WARBIRDS magazine 7724 Shady Hills Dr. 2359 Lefeher Avenue and one year membership in the Warbirds Divi­ India3ntrz~_~~366278 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-771-1545 VINTAGE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION sion is available for $50 per year (SPORT dale([email protected] [email protected] Current EAA members may join the Vintage AVIATION magazine not included). (Add $7 for Aircraft Associaton and receive VINTAGE AIR­ Foreign Postage.) DIRECTORS PlANE magazine for an additional $36 per year. EMERITUS EAA Membership, VINTAGE AIRPLANE EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine and one year membership in the EAA Current EAA members may receive EAA Gene Chase E.E. "Buck" Hilbert Vintage Aircraft Association is available for $46 EXPERIMENTER magazine for an additional 2159 Carlton Rd. P.O. Box 424 Oshkosh, WI 54904 Union, IL 601S0 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not in­ $20 per year. 920-231-5002 81S-923-4591 cluded). (Add $7 for Foreign Postage.) [email protected] EAA Membership and EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine is available for $30 per year (SPORT lAC AVIATION magaZine not included). (Add $8 for ADVISORS Foreign Postage.) Alan Shackleton Current EAA members may join the Interna­ P.O. 80x 656 tional Aerobatic Club, Inc. Division and receive Sugar Grove, IL 60554-0656 630/466-4193 SPORT AEROBATICS magazine for an addi­ FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS 103346.1772@mmpuserve_com tional $45 per year. Please submit your remittance with a check or Steve Bender Dave Clark EAA Membership, SPORT AEROBATICS draft drawn on a United States bank payable in 815 Airport Road 635 Vestal Lane magaZine and one year membership in the lAC United States dollars. Add required Foreign Roanoke, TX 76262 Plainfield, IN 46168 Division is available for $55 per year (SPORT Postage amount for each membership. 817-491-4700 317-839-4S00 sst l()()@y.rorldnet.att.net [email protected] Membership dues to EAA and its divisions are not tax deductible as charitable contributions.

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