The Membership Newsletter for The Spring 2013 Over the Beach - 2013 By Boom Powell When is Warbirds Over the ly new, but after missing last year’s Beach? show, her return is most welcome. May 17-19. The air shows are And lastly, the Polikarpov PO-2 from 1 pm to 3:30 on Saturday (Night Witches). and Sunday. Both days have live entertainment throughout. What other new airplanes are in the Saturday there is a steak dinner MAM collection? and hangar dance. In the Cottbus Hangar is a FW- Military Aviation Museum 190D “Dora.” Originally fi tted with What new aircraft will fl y this a 2,000 horsepower Jumo 213 en- www.MilitaryAviationMuseum.org year? gine the Dora’s performance bested The DeHavilland Mosquito that of the P-51. The Messerschmitt Virginia Beach Airport will make its highly anticipat- Me108 won sport fl ying contests in www.VBairport.com ed, premier performance. Her the 1930’s resulting in Willi Mess- fl ights in New Zealand were erschmitt designing the Me 109. Fighter Factory so popular the roads to the air- www.FighterFactory.com port were jammed. The FW 44 Will the Me 262 jet fi ghter fl y? Stieglitz “Goldfi nch” is a fully Yes, the world’s fi rst jet fi ghter aerobatic trainer. will again do impressive fl y-bys. The is not real- Continued on page 2 Inside this Issue: Albatros D.Va 2 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines: Return of the Wooden Flying Proms 2013 Wonder: Mosquito Flies By Jonathan R. Lichtenstein, Air Show Commentator Again 3 The setting sun glinting off Flying Proms holds the prospect of a few Flying the Fokker Dr.1 polished brasses, richly var- surprises, on and off the stage, in keep- 4 nished hardwoods, fi nely ten- ing with the spectacle’s British heritage. Spring Break at First sioned strings, and expertly Imported from the UK in 2011, ours is Landing State Park 4 tuned instruments heralds the fi rst and, so far, only authentic Fly- one thing: the return of the ing Proms in North America, inspired by “Warbirds & Wings” constituent members of the the ’s archetypal Aviation Summer Camp 5 Virginia Symphony Orches- event. Lending an air of authenticity, Museum’s NAS Oceana tra to the Military Aviation Mark Whall, commentator for Shuttle- Bus Tours 5 Museum in Virginia Beach. worth’s Proms, will once more lend his As dusk settles over the aero- voice to the proceedings. Himself in his Second Annual Plane Pull 5 drome on 1 June, 2013, we third season as Associate Conductor of Speaker: WWII Veteran, all shall be expectant of an- the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Ben- Hans Meyer 6 other evening’s entertainment jamin Rous will again oversee the pro- by the Museum’s collection gram’s musical component. Surmounted Hangar Happenings 7 of piston-engined thorough- by some of the latest additions to the Mu- Event Calendar 7 breds, in concert with the Vir- seum, the consonant chords of our newly ginia Arts Festival. Now in its restored will have Seventh Glide-in a Success 8 third installment, this year’s Fireworks above the Virginia Symphony Orchestra Continued on page 2 PAGE 2 VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2

Albatros D. Va Warbirds..Continued from page 1 By Felix Usis Albatros-Flugzeugwerke was a German air- tional support was added to the wing struc- Will the 262 takeoff and land at the VB craft manufacturer for the Luftstreitkräfte ture. Even after the alterations, pilots were Airport? (Imperial German Air Service) during the advised not to dive too steeply, which hard- No, the jet is based at the Suffolk Great War (1914-1918). One family of ly raised their morale. Manfred von Rich- Airport. Arrangements are being aircraft manufactured was the Albatros se- thofen was particularly critical of the new made to watch the 262 fl y at Suffolk. ries of fi ghters. The Albatros D.V traces its aircraft. In a July 1917 letter, he described Another way to get a close look at lineage back through the D.I, D.II, and the the D.V as "so obsolete and so ridiculously the Me 262, and other aircraft in our D.III models and was generally regarded as inferior to the English that one can't do any- collection, is to visit the Festival of the best of the series. thing with this aircraft." British tests of a Flight at Suffolk May 4-5. captured D.V revealed that the aircraft was The Albatros fi ghter family was beautiful- slow to maneuver, heavy on the controls, What else is new? ly streamlined. It has a semi-monocoque and tiring to fl y. The Luftwaffe Hangar from Cottbus plywood fuselage, consisting of a single- is complete, battle damage and graf- layered outer shell, Deliveries of an fi ti left by a Polish worker are vis- supported by a improved Alba- ible. Two buildings have been added minimal internal tros, the D.Va, to store parts which were scattered in structure. It con- began in October temporary storage places. The bricks sisted of plywood 1917. The struc- near the WWI Hangar are a control frames and spruce tural problems of tower from the former RAF base at beams on which the Fokker Dr.I Goxhill. were attached and the mediocre molded plywood performance of Any advice for attending the airshow? panels. This was the Pfalz D.III left As airshow fans know, come early, lighter and stron- The museum’s Albatros the Luftstreitkräfte stay late. Come on Friday also--the ger than the fabric- with no viable al- three day package is a bargain. Go skinned box-type fuselage then in common ternative to the D.Va until the Fokker D.VII to www.VBAirshow.com and save use, as well being easier to give an aerody- entered service in the summer of 1918. money by ordering tickets in ad- namically clean shape. vance.  Despite its well-known shortcomings and By late 1916, the D.III was showing signs general obsolescence, before production that it had become outclassed by newer Al- ceased in April 1918, 900 examples of the Flying Proms..Continued from page 1 lied types, such as the SPAD, , D.V and 1,612 of the D.Va were built. As , and Royal Aircraft Fac- of May 1918, 131 of the D.V and 928 of the the last word, before ceding center-stage to tory S.E.5 fi ghters. Development of the D.Va aircraft were in service on the West- the Virginia Symphony, for a twilight con- Albatros D.V began and by early spring ern Front. Numbers declined as production cert performance. Surely music to the ears 1917 the prototype fl ew. It entered service ended, but the D.Va remained in use until of all in attendance, by your patronage, we in May 1917. It retained the twin 7.92mm the Armistice (11 November 1918). trust the Flying Proms shall endure as one synchronized Spandau machine guns that of the Arts Festival’s best and brightest.  fi red through the propeller disk. The engine Military Aviation was the 180 hp Mercedes (a 160 hp Mer- Museum’s Albatros D.Va cedes with an increased compression ratio). The D.V immediately began experiencing The Military Aviation Museum’s Albatros side several other Great War replicas. Un- structural failures of the lower wing, too D.Va was originally built in the mid-1970s til recently it was displayed at the Fleet many fatal. These crashes were caused by by master craftsman Art Williams and his Air Arm Museum (FAAM) in Yeovilton, a tendency for the lower wing to fl utter and team at Williams Flugzeugbau at Guenz- Somerset, England. Although its airworthi- disintegrate during sustained dives from burg, 35 miles east of Augsburg in southern ness certifi cate has not been renewed since high altitude. It proved diffi cult to remedy. . Williams Flugzeugbau was one of 1990, it is expected to be fl ying again soon Structural testing of the aircraft revealed the fi rst companies to build highly accurate at the MAM. nothing. It was not until a more detailed Great War reproductions, and go to the ex- aerodynamic analysis was conducted that it pense of making quantity runs of the Ger- The Museum’s Albatros D.Va is painted was found that the lower wing’s single spar man lozenge fabric. in the markings of D.Va D5397/17, fl own was positioned too far aft, thus permitting during December 1917-January 1918 by Lt the manifestation of the fl utter symptoms. Our Ranger-engine Albatros D.Va was reg- Hans Joachim Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel istered to the Surrey-based Leisure Sport of Jasta 5.  In order to prevent the twisting of the single company in August 1978, and fl ew along- spar of the lower wing under stress, addi- VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2 PAGE 3 Return of the Wooden Wonder: The Mosquito Flies Again By Gavin Conroy After nearly eight years and thousands of Warren saw a great opportunity to take up ther weather damage. Moving the airplane hours of restoration by AvSpecs, De Havil- that challenge and the Museum was delight- from Alberta to Vancouver was not that land FB 26 Mosquito KA114 spent a few ed to be able to make it all possible. The fi rst straightforward, and due to deterioration, months fl ying in New Zealand before head- task was fi nding an original restoration proj- the aircraft broke in half whilst being loaded ing to its new home at the Virginia Beach ect. Any original parts that could be sourced for the move. It had spent several years at Military Aviation Museum. The Mosquito from an original airframe were crucial to the museum in their storage facility before fl ew three displays on September 29 in the help give the airplane an identity as well as being purchased by the Military Aviation hands of seasoned and former mili- speed up the restoration process. Glyn knew Museum in 2004 and subsequently shipped tary pilots Dave Phillips and Keith Skilling, of a partially complete aircraft in Canada so to New Zealand. The aircraft was in poor during a New Zealand airshow put on in the Museum provided funding for him to go condition and to make matters worse, the honour of this very aircraft. and inspect that airframe. He was very posi- wings had to be shortened with a chainsaw tive about using that airframe as the basis for in order to get it into a shipping container. a restoration project, so the Museum pur- chased it for the rebuild. This airplane was Once back in New Zealand the AvSpecs built by de Havilland’s Canadian based fac- team unloaded the aircraft and set about re- tory in Toronto. It fl ew for the fi rst time in moving all of the useable parts and fi ttings. early 1945, but was too late to see any com- Although the woodwork was in terrible con- bat service, so was fl own directly into storage. It enjoyed a very short stint of fl y- ing in Novia Scotia, TheTh MMosquito i completely l l unpacked. k d and then once again entered storage, this Returning the Mosquito to the sky had been time in Western Can- a mammoth task loaded with challenges but ada. due to the determination of AvSpecs and this team of three, we have witnessed something Once the war was The Mosquito at its new home on the museum runway that would have been unthinkable when the over, thousands of last fl ying Mosquito crashed at an English former military aircraft could be purchased dition, most of the metal parts could be used airshow in 1996. Using wood in the airframe by the public in various countries. Many again. Alternatively, patterns could be eas- was a stroke of genius during WW2. Howev- headed straight to the various scrap yards, ily drawn up from damaged components to er, time has taken its toll on many of the air- but in this case a farmer purchased KA114 produce new ones. This was a lot easier than frames left and most would not be capable of in 1948 and took the aircraft to his property starting from scratch, especially when plans fl ight. Deterioration of the wood and natural in Alberta, storing it outside on his farm. were extremely hard to come by. break down of the animal glues and fabric TThe project was slow to get go- has not helped the “Wooden Wonder,” so ining initially due to the wood that new techniques had to be developed be- wwas required to build an airwor- fore a Mosquito could fl y again. ththy machine being very hard The relationship between AvSpecs’ to source. After a worldwide managing director, Warren Denholm ssearch, a suitable supplier was and the Museum goes back many years. eeventually found in Norway and AvSpecs completed a successful restora- ththe project picked up pace. It took tion of their Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk for GGlyn Powell just under three years the museum and they had discussed the to build the wooden airframe and possibility of future restoration projects. oonce completed, it was transported Meanwhile Glyn Powell had begun re- to AvSpecs at the Ardmore airport. storing his own Mosquito in a work shop Photo of Mosquito in fl ight by Gavin Conroy TThe team there had been restor- near Auckland. He had enlisted the help ing hydraulic and electric systems, making pipes, and constructing new cowlings of a boat builder to help produce moulds for The aircraft was saved from being scrapped and other parts from scratch. the fuselage as well as to build the wings but unfortunately the weather took its toll and tail section. All of this was to be done to and its condition deteriorated badly over the Many new parts were sourced as the aircraft the original specifi cations but using modern years. A reprieve came in 1978 when it was had no engines or landing gears when it ar- glue, fabric and other materials that would acquired by a local Canadian museum, who help the Mosquito stand the test of time. put the aircraft under cover to prevent fur- Continued on page 6 PAGE 4 VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2 Flying the Fokker Dr. 1 Triplane by Nelson Eskey Anthony Fokker’s WW1 Dr.1 Triplane, in- fl ow over the rudder so after you’re lined power on usually just result in a “mush”. troduced in 1917, is probably best known up for takeoff it’s power up and stick full Drop the nose, add some power and she just for being the mount of Snoopy’s nemesis forward to get the tail up level so you have fl ies right out. You can do fairly small diam- . “The Red Baron,” airfl ow over the rudder, directional control eter “fl at turns” with some rudder, opposite after fl ying it, told Fokker it “climbed like and can see straight ahead. The plane is , power and watching your airspeed. a monkey and maneuvered like the devil,” short-coupled (short distanced between the Strange feeling, but I can see why Rich- and that pretty well describes the“Tri’s”or thofen said what he did about the Tri, cause Triplane’s abilities. He scored the last 20 of you could really whip it around the sky, if his 80 victories while fl ying it before being you needed to; like somebody shooting at shot down and killed while fl ying one in you! I fi nd it easier to fl y it just by “feel”or April 1918. “the seat of your pants.” Trying to “keep the ball centered” all the time is just an exercise I’m lucky enough to fl y 3 of the Military Avi- in frustration! To me it’s more tiring trying ation Museum’s and each one fl ies to fl y the Tri straight and level for an hour or a little differently. None of the 320 built are so, than just doing some “fun fl ying” for the known to exist today, so ours are full sized same length of time. replicas. They have steel tube fuselages and The Fokker coming in for an “easy” landing. tails, wooden wings, are covered with mod- OK, we’re through playing and it’s time to ern synthetic fabrics and have some mod- wheels and rudder) and can be fairly “squir- land so you go to your “busy feet, pay at- ern (by earlier standards) amenities such relly” on takeoff and landing so you need to tention” mode. Check for cross-winds, and as brakes, tail wheels (instead of tailskids) pay attention and do a little “foot dance” on hope there’s none, keep the pattern pretty and a starter on one. You still hand-prop the the rudder pedals at times to keep it going close (it doesn’t glide very good, power off, other two. They also have the more “mod- the right direction! It doesn’t care for cross- i.e. like a brick!). Depending on the wind, I ern” (1930) Warner Scarab radial engines of winds and the close gear, short wing span use 60 to 70mph and 1200 to 1400 RPM on 145 and 165 H.P. Sweet sounding engines. and tall wings combine to make it “tipsy” fi nal, and pull the power off just before, or Finding mechanics, who know how to work if it starts to swerve or ground-loop. That’s just after touch-down. I make a fl at wheel on these older engines, do fabric work and where the “axe handles” or tip skids under landing and keep the tail up as long as able wood work is becoming harder and we’re the lower wing tips come in handy, keeping for good airfl ow over the rudder for direc- fortunate to have some who know the “old” the wing tips off the ground at that point. tional control. When the tail comes down I stuff and are willing to teach the younger With all the lift from three wings (plus one hold full aft stick and keep it straight with ones an almost forgotten trade. I like that, between the wheels) she fl ies off after a the tail wheel, trying not to use brakes till especially since I fl y em! pretty short run. Once off the ground it’s a we’re about stopped and taxiing in. You’re fun plane to fl y but has no stability at all, not through fl ying till you’re parked, shut When you fi rst climb in the Tri and get so you’re constantly fl ying it. The rudder down and chocked. Then you can stop hold- settled in the seat, one of the fi rst things is really sensitive with the elevator and ai- ing your breath! No, just kidding, cause I you notice is that you can’t see a darn thing lerons a little less so but still pretty quick. would rather go right back up! straight ahead except machine guns and You can “turn on a dime”, slow it down to wings. The center wing has curved cut-outs 35 or 40mph indicated and, with power on, I’ll see ya at the museum. I’ll be the one at the fuselage so you can lean your head fl y along straight and level about 25 or 30 with the Big Smile on his face! Come to down and see ahead, left or right, when you degrees nose up, and still have aileron con- think of it, all the guys who fl y out here have S-turn while taxiing. When sitting in the trol. Stalls are pretty gentle and with a little big smiles on their faces!  3-point position, the wings block the air- Spring Break at First Landing State Park by Mike Potter At the end of a gentle drive of a mile or two Powell, and Mike Potter to conduct two in the background as an introduction to her of wetlands and “Spanish Moss,” lies the in- one hour sessions at the park to tell area talk about women in the war industries. terpretive center at First Landing State Park. residents about the museum and its mission. Each year, during the school system Spring Mike Potter gave a presentation with audio Museum volunteer Nelson Eskey had Break, the park invites representatives from and video about the museum, “Boom” Pow- planned to fl y the Stearman over the event Virginia Beach museums and other attrac- ell used photos and video to talk about fl y- between the two talks, but the cool weather tions to showcase their venue for parents ing the Storch, the Fokker Dr.I, and the Cur- and strong winds made the venture unsafe. and their children to experience at the park. tiss Pusher, and Doris “Rosie the Riveter” The kids were excited to try on “Boom’s” Baker used her rivet gun and a 1940’s video fl ying headgear, but the younger ones This year, MAM responded to the invitation of women on the assembly line with the by tasking volunteers Doris Baker, “Boom” song “Rosie the Riveter” by the Vagabonds Continued on page 6 VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2 PAGE 5 “Warbirds and Wings” Aviation Summer Camp The Museum’s NAS July 15-19, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Oceana Bus Tours The Military Aviation Museum is excited by building and fl ying their own gliders, to hold its third “Warbirds and Wings” and then further their knowledge by build- Enjoy a memorable, close-up tour of the US Aviation Summer Day Camp July 15-19 ing a model airplane. Kids will also learn Navy’s Master Jet Base, NAS Oceana, home of this year. During this fun-fi lled learning the basics of rocketry, learning how rock- to almost 300 F/A 18 Hornet and Super Hor- experience, children will spend the week et motors work, then put their newfound net strike fi ghter jets. Watch the awesome at the Virginia Beach Airport amongst the skills to practice by building and launch- power of our military aboard a British-style largest private collection of operational ing their very own model rockets. Ground double decker bus as these jets streak across vintage and reproduction aircraft in the crew training; learning all of the important the sky! And while on the NAS Oceana base world! They will have the thrill of being safety measures and hand signals required tour, you’ll also have the unique opportunity up close and personal to vintage World War to handle aircraft on the ground, will also to tour the Aviation Historical Park and see I and World War II era fi ghters, bombers, be a part of this week’s agenda. Children the jets that have been proud to call NAS trainers, and seaplanes, learning everything will enjoy two fi eld trips that week; one to Oceana their home base for more than 60 about them, as well as general aviation. the Museum’s own Fighter Factory and one years. Get up-close and see the Tomcats, yet to be determined. At the Factory, they Panthers, Banshees and more… the aircraft In the curriculum, the children will learn will get to see fi rst-hand how these mag- that helped make US history! the fundamentals of fl ight; how factors nifi cent fl ying machines have been beauti- This tour is in partnership with the Military such as lift, drag, thrust and weight affect fully restored to their former glory and can fl ight, as well as a brief history of fl ight observe and talk with the mechanics who Aviation Museum. from one of the Museum’s pilots. They will make them soar again. The fi nal day will put their newfound knowledge to the test be marked with demonstration fl ights of Photo IDs required for all passengers over several of the Museum’s restored age 16. No backpacks allowed. aaircraft and a picnic with games and pprizes. Tour Days: Monday - Friday, June 10th - August 30th, excluding July 4th TThis promises to be quite the experi- eence any young aviator won’t want Tours depart from and return to the 24th to miss! The 5-day camp will be for Street Kiosk at 24th St. & Atlantic Ave. cchildren ages 9-14 years old and will bbe held from 9:00am to 4:00pm. The Tickets are available Mon-Fri, 9am-12pm Last year’s fi eld trip to the Fighter Factory cost is $200 per child.  at the 24th Street Kiosk. Second Annual Plane Pull Departure Time: 11:00am (returns at ap- by Carine McCandless proximately 1:15pm) Promise Places Charity would like to thank necessary resources for families of special Ticket Prices: Jerry and Elaine Yagen, and the entire staff needs children. Adults – $14 at the Military Aviation Museum for their Seniors (60+) – $10 continued support in hosting our 2nd An- This year, teams of all ages, types and sizes Children (5 to 12) – $10 nual Plane Pull Event. – Army, Police Dept, Sheriff’s Dept, cor- Children under 5 are free. porate and community groups, wrestled On April 20th, our community came out on the concrete in a tug of war with “Wild in full force to raise funds and aware- Cargo” the museum’s WWII B25 Mitchell. ness about providing appropriate, inclu- Many were dressed in custom T-shirts and sive housing within a neighborhood en- themed costumes. The Pinups For Patri- vironment for mentally disabled adults in ots Girls joined us again and charmed the , as well as advocacy for crowd. The antique cars and war-era mili- tary aircraft graced the tarmac as the teams battled the B25 Bomber. All of the kids had a ball with the carnival type treats and games, face painters and made-to-order balloon animals.

The 1st place trophy for fastest pull time went to returning Champions, Army

Continued on page 6 The fastest pulling Army team PAGE 6 VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2

WWII German Fighter Pilot - Hans Meyer Plane Pull..Continued from page 5 by Ed Dillingham Team “305th PSYOP Company The Anglers.” The 1st place fundrais- At an age when most boys are worried about Ultimately shot down and wounded by the ing trophy went to “Team Evanger.” pimples and prom dates, our April guest Russians, Hans recovered in a German hospi- The Best Costumes Award went to speaker was fl ying over the Eastern front in tal towards the latter stages of the war. When “Rosie’s Riveters.” Most Creative one of the Luftwaffe’s hottest fi ghter planes. he was well enough to walk, Hans was told Theme went to “Torts Illustrated” that since the Luftwaffe was all but “kaput”, from the personal injury law fi rm of he was now in the infantry. He was given Shapiro, Lewis, Appleton & Favalo- a rifl e and sent off to fi ght the Soviet Army. ro, and the Most Spirited prize was awarded to the team of staff from A frequent visitor to the museum, our guests California Pizza Kitchen from the often fi nd Hans near the museum’s Russian Virginia Beach Town Center. I-16 Rata, one of the aircraft Hans bested in combat. Clearly, his experiences are enough Theh Fockek Wulflf Mark your calendars and save the to fi ll a very interesting book, and to the date – The 3rd Annual Promise Places delight of our guests, he has done just that. Plane Pull will be held on Saturday Our museum has been fortunate to have lo- Hans, along with co-author Lar Stampe has April 19th, 2014! Plan ahead to come cal resident and former WW II German fi ghter chronicled his wartime experiences in his join in the fun at The Military Avia- pilot Hans Meyer discuss his experiences as biography, which he autographed for our tion Museum! a 17 year old German fi ghter pilot. As a 16 guests after his talk. year old in a German For more information about Promise glider club during the The museum looks for- Places, please visit us at www.prom- last years of the war, ward to continuing our iseplaces.org.  Hans was drafted into relationship with Hans, the Luftwaffe as an en- and to having him return listed ME-109 fi ghter as a special guest again pilot and soon found soon.  himself fl ying and fi ght- ing for his life against Soviet aircraft. WWII veteran, t HHans MMeyer Park..Continued from page 4 Mosquito..Continued from page 3 September 27 would see everything come to- seemed to have just a bit of diffi culty rived. As there are not many Mosquitoes be- gether for the plane’s fi rst demonstration test ing actively restored to airworthy condition, fl ight. grasping his lecture on the “aerody- gear legs, tires and other necessary bits are namic principles of full length leading only available if one knows where to look. A A large crowd had gathered, followed by edge slats.” brand new pilot seat with the makers tag still cheers and clapping as the Mosquito roared attached was found on eBay. into the sky in the hands of Dave Phillips The director quickly received a nice with Warren as the crew member. The Mos- note from one of the parents about The engines needed to be found and two for- quito looked great, fl ew for 30 minutes, be- what a wonderful time they had learn- mer New Zealand Mosquito Merlin 25’s were fore returning to Auckland International. It ing about the museum, enclosing a found in complete with original en- was hugely satisfying for the whole restora- photo of their son with “his” helmet gine mounts which were purchased for the tion team to see their wonderful creation tear- and goggles on.  project. These were sent to California to be ing up the sky above Ardmore and fi nally the restored by Vintage V-12s. world now again had an airworthy Mosquito.

Choosing a paint scheme for any aircraft is a The aircraft was disassembled in February diffi cult task and a lot of different ideas were and packed into three large ocean shipping thrown around before a 487 Squadron RNZAF containers for transport across the Pacifi c color scheme was fi nally chosen by AvSpecs. Ocean, through the Panama Canal, and on to America. The Mosquito arrived at the mu- This was an English based RNZAF squadron seum on April 14th and two team members made up of Kiwi crews. Once the airplane was from AvSpecs arrived on April 6th to help painted, the team fi nished off a huge amount the Fighter Factory reassemble the plane. It Lt to Rt: ““Rosie,” Rosie ” Doris of smaller jobs. These included the addition will make its fi rst public display fl ight in the Baker (volunteer), pilot, of four replica machine guns and the fi tting of at the Warbirds Over the Beach Boom Powell and the Park four 20mm canons under the nose, complete airshow on May 17/18.  Ranger is Jennifer Huggins with original ammo boxes. VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2 PAGE 7 Hangar Happenings Historic Train at the Airport Valentine’s Day Hangar Dance By Stephen Chalker This year’s Valentine’s Day Hangar Dance In case you haven’t noticed there is a new to late 1930’s. The locomotive was sold was amazing! Music by Terry Chesson, addition to the museum next to the Ger- new to brickworks “Grenzhof”, Fischbach food by Cuisine and Company along with man Cottbus Hangar, our very own rail- a. B. outside of Friedrichshafen and owned over 80 dancers with Swing Virginia made road! When our own museum acquired a by the -Wohlfahrt GmbH. The lo- the night one to be remembered! We are museum in Germany, part of the collection comotive remained in use until 1976 when looking forward the next one already! Mark was what the Germans call a Feldbahn or it was acquired by the museum that we ob- your calendars because the next hangar Lorenbahn, literally a fi eld train or tipper tained it from. dance will be February 15, 2014. train. These were narrow gauge railroads used to bring in lumber, clay, peat, or any Our second locomotive is a Krohnke place there was quantities of material to be Lorenknecht Servant with a 6 horse- transported. They were easily moved and power Duetz diesel engine. This not permanently fi xed in place and are still little fellow could be easily moved in use today in many European countries. from place to place and handled by one person. We have two locomotives, one of which is so small you might not recognize that it is The cars are modifi ed “tipper” cars a locomotive. The larger one with the cov- with the dump tipper removed. ered cab is a Gmeinder 15/18, 15/18 being These almost certainly came with the the amount of horsepower it has. The exact Gmeinder locomotive and were used in an date of manufacture is unknown, the records industrial application. As you can see, with being lost, but was probably built in the mid the tipper removed they could be used for the movement of large caliber shells for coastal gun emplacements.

Both locomotives appear to be in working order and current plans are to return them op- erational status. Who knows, maybe in the future you will be hearing. “All aboard,” here at the museum! 

Event Calendar MAY 10-12 - Hot air balloon rides 17-19 - Warbirds Over the Beach (WWII Airshow) 25 - Double Decker Bus and Jag at the Strawberry Festival Parade JUNE 1 - Crime Solvers Pig Pickin’ 1 - Flying Proms Symphonic Airshow

JULY 15-19 - Aviation Summer Camp PAGE 8 VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2 Seventh Glide-in a Success by “Boom” Powell Members of the Tidewater Soaring Society During a break, hoping lift conditions would Grunau, which most pilots of the Luftwaffe (TSS) brought three gliders to the Virginia improve, the glider pilots were invited to learned on, and the Laister-Kauffman TG-4 Beach Airport by trailer and a fourth was see the museum’s newly acquired Grunau which was used to train USAAF pilots who aero-towed from the Garner Gliderport by Baby glider. Every one of them volunteered went on to the huge CG-4 combat gliders the TSS Citabria. They set up on the mu- to help with the restoration to get this his- used at D-Day and in Operation Market seum ramp near the B-25 and had begun torically signifi cant glider back in the air. Garden. assembling the gliders when the Glasfl u- Next year’s airshow will be the only one in gel Libelle released from the towplane and the world which will have fl ying examples The two Schweizer SGS 1-26 gliders are soared overhead for almost 30 min- of two major training gliders of WW2; the old enough to be within the Museum’s pur- utes. Visitors got an up close look viewv although they were never military. at the gliders and asked questions at TheT sleek, modern ASW-19 provided an the TSS information tent before the examplee of how far the development of sail- gliders were towed, one by one, by planesp has come. With its grass runway and golf cart down the runway for their airbornea views of Back Bay and the Atlan- launches over the dinosaur park. The tic,t the Virginia Beach Airport is a wonder- sea-land convergence Pungo is be- fulf location for soaring. For Glide-in 8# in coming famous for did not appear, thet fall, here’s hoping the lift is better.  but some of the fl iers still managed

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