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EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher Tom Poberezny Vice-President, Marketing and Communications Dick Matt October 1992 Vol. 20, No. 10 Editor-in-Chief Jack Cox Editor CONTENTS Henry G. Frautschy Managing Editor 1 Straight & Level/ Golda Cox Espie "Butch" Joyce Art Director Mike Drucks Computer Graphic Specialists 2 AeroMaii Olivia l. Phillip Sara Hansen 3 AlC News/ Advertising compiled by H.G. Frautschy Mary Jones Associate Editor 5 Vintage Literature/Dennis Parks Page 9 Norm Petersen Feature Writers George Hardie, Jr. Dennis Parks 9 EAA Oshkosh '92-More Antiques Staff Photographers and Classics/H .G. Frautschy Jim Koepnick Mike Steineke Carl Schuppel Donna Bushman Editorial Assistant 13 Steve Pitcairn's Workhorse Mailwing/ Isabelle Wiske H .G. Frautschy EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC, 17 Custom Antique Champion OFFICERS President Vice-President Eicher's Monocoupe 90AL/ Espie "Butch" Joyce Arthur Morgan 604 Highway SI. 3744 North 51st Blvd. H.G. Frautschy Madison, NC 27025 Milwaukee, WI 53216 919/427-0216 414/442-3631 22 Pass It To Buck/ Secretary Treasurer Steven C. Nesse E.E. "Buck' Hilbert E.E. "Buck" Hilbert 2009 Highland Ave. P.O. Box 424 Albert Lea, MN 5(fJJ7 Union, IL 60180 flJ7/373-1674 815/923-4591 23 What Our Members Are Restoring/ Norm Petersen DIRECTORS John Berendt Robert C. "Bob' Brauer 7645 Echo Point Rd. 9345 S. Hoyne Cannon Falls, MN 55009 Chica~o.IL 26 Mystery Plane/George Hardie flJ7/263-2414 312/77 -21 05 Gene Chase John S. Copeland 2159 Carlton Rd. 28-3 Williamsbur8 Ct. 27 Calendar Oshkosh, WI 54904 Shrewsbury, MA 1545 414/231 -5002 508/842-7867 28 Welcome New Members Phil Coulson George Daubner 28415 Springbrook Dr. 2448 Lough Lane Lawton, M149065 Hartford, WI 53027 30 Vintage Trader 616/624-6490 414/673-5885 Charles Harris Stan Gomoll 3933 South Peoria 1042 90th Lane, NE Page 17 P.O. Box 904038 Minneapolis, MN 55434 Tulsa, OK 74105 612/784-1172 918/742-7311 FRONT COVER . An airplane designed to do hard work - Steve Dale A. Gustafson Jeannie Hill Pitcairn's magnificent PA-7 Mailwing looks as though it is ready to head 7724 Shady Hill Dr. P.O. Box 328 Indianapolis, IN 46278 Harvard, IL 60033 out on another mail run. EAA OSHKOSH '92 photo by Carl Schuppel. 317/293-4430 815/943-7205 t;:;;~;::=~ shot with a Canon EOS-1 equipped with an 80-200mm lens. 1/250 @ f7 .1 Robert UCkteig Robert D. "Bob" Lumley on Kodachrome 64 . Cessna 210 photo plane flown by Bruce Moore. 1708 Bay Oaks r. 1265 South 124th St. BACK COVER . "The Big Bellanca", an acrylic painting by well known Albert Lea, MN 5(fJJ7 Brookfield , WI 53005 Canadian aviation artist Robert Bradford, depicts a ski-equipped flJ7/373-2922 414/782-2633 Bellanca 66-70 "Aircruiser". More details on the action in the painting is Gene Morris George York written in this months "A/C News" on page 3. Reproduced courtesy of 115C Steve Court, R.R . 2 181 Sloboda Av. 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SPORT AVIATION and the logos of EAA, EAA INTERNATIONAL Dean Richardson Geoff Robison CONVENTION, EAA ANTIauE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUBS, WARBIRDS OF AMERICA are ® registered 6701 Colony Dr. 1521 E. MacGregor Dr. Madison, WI 53717 trademarks. THE EAA SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks New Haven, IN 46774 608/833-1291 219/493-4724 of the above associations and their use by any persen other than the above association is strictly prohibited. STRAIGHT & LEVEL the simplest aspect of aviation -just a love just not very enthusiastic about spending of flying. Thanks Paul. September 19th his day at the airport with his mother. I this year will hold a special place in my paired Sammy with Brad and they went mind for quite some time to come, as this flying. When they returned he was grin was the day that EAA Chapter 8 of ning somewhat, but didn't have a lot to Greensboro, North Carolina, held their say. We flew another group and Sammy Young Eagles day at the Burlington, walked up to me and said "Mr. Joyce, do North Carolina Airport. Sue Dusenbury, you think you could work me out another EAA Director and member of the Chapter ride in an airplane? I really enjoyed that!" (and future president of Antique/Classic Kay told me later that day that Sammy told Chapter 3) was the ramrod for this event. her, "Mama, you know, sometimes I need She organized it with the help and par to listen to you more, because you were ticipation of the North Carolina Depart right about today . I really enjoyed it. ment of Transportation, the Burlington Sometimes you are right about some Airport Authority and volunteers from things." It appears the Young Eagles pro several different organizations. I had gram gives more than just a flight ex volunteered to be there and participate in perience. We also found that a lot of kids this event. I planned to take my 172 had their younger brothers and sisters with Cessna down on Saturday morning and them. The kids to be flown were supposed help fly these young people, but my plans to be eight years and up, but the younger were foiled. I have a bifold door on my ones wanted to know why they couldn't hangar and the electric motor burned out, also ride, so we ended up taking just about thereby trapping my Baron, 172 and Cub everyone up. A lot of parents wanted to by Espie "Butch" Joyce inside my hangar! I had very good go when they went to board their children. response from the door people, but it was I didn't know what to expect from the a Friday when this happened, and they young people that were to participate in Here it is, October again, one of my were unable to get a motor until Tuesday. the Young Eagles rally. I was pleasantly favorite times of the year to fly . In North I had to drive down to Burlington to see if surprised. I have to say that the children Carolina, we don't really have to worry I could be of any help. Upon arriving, I were fantastic. Before the day began, about the thunderstorm activity that we went out on the flight line to help organize some of the people were not so enthusias normally have in the summer. Skies are the pilots and passengers. We were able tic about participating in the flying, the clear, with little haze, and it's just a great to fly approximately 100 kids that day. All seminars, etc. At the end of the day, we time to fly! Fly-In activity is frantic of them were very enthusiastic when they all sat around the registration desk and during the months of September and Oc returned. I don't recall seeing any young visited with each other. Everyone decided tober. I would love to attend all of them, person that was not really thrilled. The that they were so enthusiastic happy, and but at times there are 2 or 3 on the same pilots were very patient and explained proud of the things that they had ac weekend. Our Oshkosh Convention is quite a lot about the aircraft. Each flight complished during the Young Eagles Day, now history - I won't go into all the details lasted approximately 15 minutes, and that we all are already talking about or about the awards, since you read about each person in the aircraft had a chart ganizing another day, at another airport. them in last month's VINTAGE mounted on a hardboard so they could This is an excellent program and I hope AIRPLANE. I would like to take this spot different landmarks.