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of these people to see if you could be w, "" trying of help. Uto register these ~people" " in advance of A/C Parking & Flight Line Safety Art the fly-in this year. Morgan 414/442-3631 As we will not be having the River A/C Forums John Berendt 507/263 boat Cruise this year (because the boat 2414 has been sold), Steve and Jeannie are Antique Judging Dale Gustafson 3171 planning something special for our AI 293-4430 C Picnic this year. This event will be ,. Classic Judging George York 419/529 held on Sunday night of the conven € 4378 o tion. This is a good opportunity to have ~ A/C Manpower Gloria Beecroft 2131 a good meal without the hassle and the ~ 427-1880 traffic and lines at different restaurants o Q Parade of Flight Phil Coulson 617/624 on this busy night. 6490 Our A/C Parking area is once again by Espie uButchu Joyce Headquarters Staff Kate Morgan 4141 being expanded with the movement of 442-3613 the Ultralight area to west of the air A/C Security Jim Mahoney port. The showplace camping will Q{lJt AlC Press Larry D'Attilio 4141784 have a new portable shower located in It seem possible but soon 0318 the south tree line. Also, we have been it will be time for EAA Oshkosh '90. A/C Maintenance Stan Gomoll 6121 promised that the present showers will It is difficult for a person (unless they 784-1172 be improved. have been involved as a volunteer) to Interview Circle Charles Harris 9181 As you can see, we are working hard imagine how much planning goes into 742-7311 to make your visit to Oshkosh 1990 in putting on this event. Type Club Headquartes Joe Dickey the A/C area a good one. Please drop In the Antique/Classic area of the 812/342-6878 by A/C Headquarters and meet convention alone, we have the follow A/C Picnic Steve Nesse 507/373-1674 everyone. Sit on the porch and make ing: A/C Flyout Bob Lumley 4141782-2633 yourself at home. I . A/C Headquarters building Hall of Fame Union Dean Richardson This month you will find the Offic 2. Three tents , including the 608/833-1291 ers and Directors running for election. type clubs, OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Welcoming Committee Jack Copeland Please mail in your ballot or proxy. and workshop tent. 617/366-2745 These people are willing to put forth a 3. One judges' trailer Membership & Chapter Booth Bob good deal of work to make your A/C 4. The volunteer building Brauer 3121779-2105 Division the best. One of your Direc 5. Four parking posts for air Photo Contest Jack McCarthy 3171 tors, Dan Neuman , has decided to re craft 371-1290 tire as a Director of the A/C Division. 6. One manpower post A/C Flight Safety Buck Hilbert 8151 Dan has served your Division with de 7. One membership & chapter 923-4591 dication and loyalty. Dan's input to our post AlC Pioneer Video Jeannie Hill 8151 activities will be missed. Dan, we all 8. Fifteen golf carts 943-7205 wish you the best. Bob Lickteig, the 9. Forty tables & 130 chairs OX-5 Pioneers Bob Wallace 301/686 past president of your Division, was This list can go on and on . These are 9242 selected to fill the unexpired term of only the material things. Volunteer Host Judith Wyrembeck Dan Neuman. I would like to welcome In my mind, the high quality of our Data Process Thomas Auger 715/287 Bob aboard. His knowledge and ex Chairmen and volunteer staff make the 4262 perience will be most welcome. A/C area of the convention the best. AlC Workshop George Meade 4141 Should any of you have any input We have over the past years been trend 926-2428 for the good of the A/C Division, setters. To keep this trend going, the please contact me and I will get back Chairmen need the help of volunteers. I need to make you aware of some with you as soon as possible. Volunteers like you. details related to these activities. If you Let's all pull in the same direction I would like to list these Chairmen wish to participate in the Parade of for the good of aviation. Join us and so you might, if interested, contact one Flight, you need to contact Phil Coul- have it all!!. 2 JUNE 1990 PUBLICATION STAFF PUBLISHER Tom Poberezny VICE-PRESIDENT MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Dick Mall EDITOR Mark Phelps MANAGING EDITOR Golda Cox JUNE 1990 • Vol. 18, No.6 ART DIRECTOR Mike Drucks Copyright © 1990 by the EAA AntiquelClassic Division. Inc. All rights reserved. ADVERnSING Mary Jones ASSOCIATE EDITORS Norman Petersen Dick Cavin Contents FEAnJRE WRITERS George A Hardie. Jr. Dennis Parks EDITORIAl ASSISTANT 2 Straight and Level!by Espie "Butch" Joyce Isabelle Wiske STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS 4 A/C Newslby Mark Phelps Jim Koepnlck Carl Schuppel Jefflsom 5 Letters to the Editor EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC. 6 Members' Projectslby Norm Petersen OFFICERS Page 5 President Vice President Espie ' Butch' Joyce Arthur R. Morgan 8 Vintage Seaplaneslby Norm Petersen 604 Highway SI. 3744 North 51st Blvd. Madison. NC 27025 Milwaukee. WI 53216 10 Vintage Literaturelby Dennis Parks 919/427-0216 414/442-3631 Secretary Treasurer George S. Yo rk E. E. "Buck" Hilbe rt 14 Interesting Memberlby Charlie Harris 181 Sloboda Ave. P.O. Box 424 Mansfield. OH 44906 Union. IL 60180 419/529-4378 815/923-4591 16 Build a Flying Toboggan Iby Paul H . Keating, E.M. DIRECTORS Robert C. ' Bob" Brauer John S. Copeland 18 Father & Son Cessnalby Mark Phelps 9345 S. Hoyne 9 Joanne Drive Page 6 Chicago. IL 60620 Westborough. MA 01581 312/779-2105 508/366-7245 22 Photos by Kostonlby Ted Koston Philip Coulson William A Eickhoff 28415 Springbrook Dr. 41515th Ave. . N.E. Lawton. M149065 St. Petersburg. FL 33704 24 The Ferris Wheellby Jim Damron 616/624-6490 813/823-2339 Charles Harris Stan Gomoll 26 Notice of Annual Meeting 3933 South Peoria 1042 90th Lane. NE P.o. Box 904038 Minneapolis. MN 55434 Tulsa. OK 74105 6121784-1172 28 Pass It To Bucklby E. E. "Buck" Hil bert 9181742-7311 Robert D. ' Bob" Lumley Dale A Gustafson 1265 South 124th St. 30 Calendar 7724 Shady Hill Drive Brookfield. WI 53005 Page 22 Indianapolis. IN 46278 4141782-2633 31 Vintage Trader 317/293-4430 Gene Morris Steven C. Nesse 115C Steve Court. R.R. 2 2009 Highland Ave. 34 Mystery Planelby George Hardie, Jr. Roanoke. TX 76262 Albert Lea. MN 56007 817/491-9110 507/373-1674 S.H. oWes' Schmid FRONT COVER .. . Leon Seale. Jr. and son "Scoote(' (Leon III) close in 2359 Lefeber Avenue on the photo p la ne for a good look. Wauwatosa. WI 53213 (Photo by Jim Koepnick. Photo plane flown by Jim Dorman) 414m1-1545 DIRECTOR EMERITUS REAR COVER . .. Longtime EAAer. Ted Businger liked the old magazine S.J. Willman covers on the rear covers of recent Issues of II1NTAGE AIRPLANE so he 7200 S.E. 85th Lane sent along a collection of his favorites. one of which is featured here. Ocala. FL 32672 904/245-7768 Thanks Ted! 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John Lafferty, 1914·1990 It is with deep regret that we report the passing of John Lafferty (EAA 35501, AIC 8308) of Austin, Min nesota on April 22, 1990. John's life story was chronicled in the February 1990 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Our sympathy is extended to his wife, 1990 Taylorcratl Grace, their family, many friends and acquaintances and aviation people throughout EAA. - Norm Petersen .• Taylorcraft introduces Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, Ranger Patrol Model Tel. 304/291-AERO. Taylorcraft has introduced its new Ranger Patrol Model designed for law New PA-18 struts available enforcement, forestry service, pipeline Univair Aircraft of Aurora, Col patrol, construction survey work, orado announces that it now has the wildlife management and other mis new sealed type PA-18 lift struts. The sions requiring a rugged STOL air struts are FAA-PMA approved and craft. comply with Piper Service Bulletin The Ranger is available with either 910A. The struts are manufactured a 118-hp or 180-hp engine and a choice with a bushing welded at the wing at of tricycle or conventional landing tach hole and a sealed fork barrel gear. Short term delivery is available which prevents moisture from entering within approximately 120 days. The the strut. The inside of the struts is Ranger comes standard with clear coated with a preservativelsealant in Plexiglas doors with flip-up windows accordance with the Service Bulletin. for photo missions, 200-pound cargo These lift struts also include the larger capacity with an optional fold-down heavy-duty, heat treated 5/8-inch seat for a rear-seat passenger, offers a thread fork . The front strut is PIN choice of King or Narco avionics and U89497-02 and sells for $258.82. The IIMorrow loran, comes with a choice rear strut is PIN U89498-02 and sells oftailwheels and is certified on floats . for $182.47. Contact U ni vair Aircraft Contact Taylorcraft Aircraft Corp. Corp., 2500 Himalaya Road, Aurora, John Lafferty (Sales) at 165 Scott Avenue, Suite 102, Colorado 80011, Tel. 303/375-8882. 1914-1990
4 JUNE 1990 birds flying.
Walt Hankinson (EAA 275854, A/C 11908) A&P 148363063 Shiloh, New Jersey
Mystery cowl Dear Editor, Enclosed are two photos of a cowl I would like to identify. It is a NACA type measuring 32 inches in diameter and 12 inches deep and is apparently for a three-cylinder radial. Any help you can give me would be appreciated.
Sincerely , Richard Danio 12 Clinton Avenue Wallingford, Connecticut 06492 Tel. 203/269-1941
Autograph hounds - Only two threads engaged in nuts Dear Mark, securing structure (improper grip After reading Paul Whitesell's letter length to say the least). in April VINTAGE AIRPLANE my first - Notches cut in structural stringers thought was, "AMEN." After re-doing for clearances some of the work I paid an IA $380.00 - Auto valves in engines (bent after for, plus parts, this really hits home. 200 hours) My aircraft is a 1951 Tripacer with 125 - Propeller cut two inches shorter hp. It is pretty basic. The technology than data sheet allowance is older than the owner. The price of a - Number 10 screws in rudder cable Maule tester will be spent gladly. The end fittings instead of 1/4-inch bolts satisfaction and peace of mind will - No primary stops on ailerons surely lower tha probability of an - Not to mention the piles of illegal Front ulcer. To anyone contemplating doing paperwork (or lack of it) I've come his own work I highly recommend the across type club pertinent to the airplane, in my case the Short Wing Piper Club is Maybe there are a few A&Ps who a wealth of information. are out to make a quick buck off their licenses, but to conversely say that Sincerely, every owner is capable and has the Robert Farnsworth right to sign off his work is not the Pengilly, Minnesota answer. There are good and bad plum bers, electricians and movie actors Mr. Phelps, you're free to spend your money where I'd like to take issue with Paul you choose. Whitesell's comments about A&Ps. A good A&P and a conscientious Maybe his two brothers-in-law are in owner go hand in hand. Two pairs of competent with light aircraft. Put the eyes and ears is always better. While shoe on the other foot. As an A&P the A&P may know less than Paul who's been asked to sign off owners' about his particular Bonanza, he work I've seen ennumerable examples should know considerably more than of incompetence by folks citing the the average owner about what's air same "anti-autograph" rhetoric. For worthy and legal. The two should be Rear example: working together to keep these old VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5 MEMBERS~ PROJECTS by Norm Petersen
Good progress is being made on the restoration of Dennis' Lincoln Sport biplane. Dennis originally purchased the Lincoln as a dere lict, piled up behind a hangar at Monmouth, Illinois, from owner John Louck for the large sum of $85! (Yes, this is the same Capt. John Louck who barnstormed Ford Trimotor N414H.) After buying the Lincoln in 1948, Dennis stored the remains until last year when GarWilliams agreed to take on the restoration effort. An extensive, detailed investigation revealed this aircraft to be Serial No. 1 Lincoln Sport, the factory prototype! The three-cylinder Anzani en gine was in poor condition so another Anzani was purchased A smiling Dennis Trone (EM 584, AlC 9214) stands by his from Clarence Rates (EM 191114) of Necedah, Wisconsin. This latest restoration project, a 1927 Waco DSO, NC605N, SIN engine is being rebuilf by AI Ball of Santa Paula, California. Note 3006, which he recently acquired from the Peter Bryn the balsa wood streamlining on the gear legs and cabane struts. estate in Dazey, North Dakota. One of only seven Hisso powered DSO models still on the FAA register, this particu lar airplane is featured on page 116 of Juptner's Volume I - when it had been restored in the early 1950s by the same Dennis Trone in California! This time the restoration will be under the direction of Gar Williams of Naperville, Illinois and Dennis is looking forward to flying his "old friend" from 40 years ago. Upon disassembly of the big Hisso engine, Gar remarked that the quality of workman ship and engineering in the big V-8 is hard to believe for 1927!
Lincoln Sport instrument panel photo reveals a Jones Tachometer, Zenith Height Gauge (altimeter) and a Dixie magneto switch, all from the 1920's. Note the center-pivoted wooden rudder bar. Gar reports many of the original fuselage parts were in excellent shape and needed only to be cleaned up and varnished (after 65 years!).
6 JUNE 1990 Warren Williams of Littleton, Colorado sent in these photos of his nicely restored 1948 Aeronca Sedan, N1138H, SIN 15AC-149. (That's Warren standing by the door.) He found the Sedan on a farm in Ohio in November, 1981. It had not been annualed for 10 years and was full of rodent and bird residue. The restoration was started in May 1982 and completed in June 1983, just in time to go to the first Aeronca National Convention in Middletown, Ohio. The total time on the aircraft was 1,253 hours at rebuild and is now 1,710 hours. Warren admits the big, comfortable cabin is like a pickup with wings! "Just don't get in a hurry!" he says. Cruising speed is 105 mph and it gets out of his 5,680 foot strip just fine. Instrument panel in Warren Williams' Aeronca Sedan has been redone with many new gauges and a center stack radio pack age with Loran. Note the custom-built wooden control wheels that slip over the original wire-spoked ones and are fastened with flush wood screws. Should be nice and warm to the touch!
Not content to rest on his laurels (see April, '90, VINTAGE AIRPLANE, page 28, story of Old Blue) Mike McCann sent in the enclosed photo of his 450 P 8< W Stearman, which is rapidly approaching flight status. Painted dark green and white, the big biplane fea tures custom wheel pants, polished aluminum struts and a con trollable prop to harness the 450 horsepower. Perhaps Mike will send us a photo of the Stearman in the air over the colorful coun try around Homer, Alaska. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7 VINTAGE SEAPLANES by Norm Petersen
This 1947 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser with Canadian registration C-FFIR, is owned by Ken Striker (EM 350640) of Mississgua, Ontario, Canada. Mounted on an immaculate set of Edo 89-2000 floats, the PA-12 features a 150 Lycoming engine swinging a Borer seaplane prop, split seaplane doors on both sides of the fuselage, large overhead skylight, Canadian style aux. seaplane fins on both stabilizers, PA-18 "balanced" tail feathers and a full panel with Arnav 21 Loran and "the works". Other amenities include PA-18 wing flaps, dual water rudders on the floats and quick pump-outs in each float compartment. Ken uses the PA-12 to fly to his retreat on an island in Lake Huron on the eastem shore of Georgian Bay. He plans on his first visit to the Brennand Seaplane Base at Oshkosh this summer to attend the EM Convention.
With its silver floats nestled against the dock. the white with red and black trimmed PA-12 makes a pretty sight in the bright sun at Ken Striker's summer home on Lake Huron. Very few seaplane pilots could resist a chance to take this beauty for a trip around the lake on a day like this! Note original Grimes wingtip and rudder navigation lights. 8 JUNE 1990 Nestied against the dock in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada is this Stinson SR-9 mounted on Edo WA-4665 floats used for hauling fishermen by Rusty Myers Flying Service. Registered CF-HJY, the "Gullwing" had been converted to a P & W 985 and used the typical Rusty Myers colors of all red with yellow trim. Most Stinson Reliants used a ventral fin when mounted on floats, however, this one does not have the additional fin. The photo was taken by Norm Petersen in the summer of 1956 at Rusty Myers' base at Fort Frances.
Snubbed against the dock on Oak Island, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota is Beechcraft C18-S, N44573, SIN 7678, mounted on Edo 56-7850 floats. Owned and flown by Garland Bemhardt of Baudette, MN on Canadian fishing charter trips in 1976 and '77, the Beech featured a 10 seat interior, a range of 800 miles on its 253 gal. tanks and a cruise of 150 mph. Built in 1944 with float fittings installed, the C18-S was powered by twin 450 P & W en gines and is presently one of 59 C18-S models still on the register. Extras included a pilot hatch over the cockpit and a cargo hatch that allowed two 17-foot canoes to be loaded intemally! Note the three-foot wing extensions that helped on takeoff. Photo taken in 1977 by Norm Petersen. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9 VI~TAC3~ LIT~12Aru12~
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THE LlGHTPLANE AND THE sures in flying found heretofore in AVIATION PRESS - 1946 larger and more expensive planes ." Voyager. The end of World War II was a time THE RECEPTION "Brilliant performance, good looks , of high hopes and the prediction of a Of all these new light aircraft, which and economy are obtained at low boom in the civil aviation industry. For ones had the best reception? Which price ." - Swift. a time this was reflected in civil aircraft ones were written about the most in A post-war trainer that will earn its production which went from 1,900 the popular aviation magazines; which designers plenty of pats on the back. " units in 1945 to more than 33,000 in got the best press? We will examine - Champion . 1946. A large part of this production the coverage from four of the aviation was in lightplanes, built to fulfill the publications in 1946 and see which air expected demand by returning military craft garnered the most coverage. The pilots. publications are AIR FACTS, AIR ••• There was indeed a wellspring of TRAILS , FLYING and SKYWAYS . new models for the private pilot. The Fall of 1945 saw the certification of AIR FACTS the first of the new post-war light ••• This compact size magazine created planes with the type approval of the and edited by Leighton Collins special Aeronca 7 AC Champion. By the end ized in safety and pilot reports for the of 1946, 18 more lightplanes would be private pilot. Thus it is no surprise that certified. These included the Aeronca AIR TRAILS in 1946 there was a lightplane on every Chief, Globe Swift, Stinson Voyager, AIR TRAILS was a large-format cover. These cover photos were done Cessna 120 and the Ercoupe. magazine that was a combination of a by the well-known aviation photo modeling magazine and a general avi grapher Hans Groenhoff. On the cov ation magazine. It was unique in its ers were: the Bellanca Cruisair, Com two-page color center photographs of monwealth Skyranger, Erco Ercoupe, ••• airplanes, most of which were done by Cessna 140, Piper Super Cruiser, Erco the famous aviation photographer Ercoupe (on floats), Bellanca Cruisair Rudy Arnold. During 1946, five of Sr., Culver V, Luscombe Silvaire, Re NATIONAL AIRCRAFT SHOW these center section photos were of public Seabee, Beech Bonanza and the This booming market was reflected lightplanes . These were: the Common Navion. in the coverage of the First National wealth Trimmer, Fairchild 24, Piper AIR FACTS was known for its inci Aircraft Show by SKYWAYS maga Super Cruiser, North American Nav sive pilot reports done by Collins . The zine which produced a special is ion, Taylorcraft BC and the Funk magazine was also the first to print a sue in December 1946. This issue had Model B. post-war pilot report with its review of almost 200 pages, 100 of which were Lightplanes also appeared on the the Stinson Voyager in the November devoted to the show. The lightplane covers of five issues. These were the: 1945 issue. During 1946 he did reports section had pictures and specifica Stinson Voyager, Piper Cub (twice; on eight planes. These were the: Er tions on more than 40 new aircraft. one on floats), Aeronca Champion and coupe, Cessna 140, Piper Super There were also 15 lightplane man Taylorcraft Be. Cruiser, Bellanca Cruisair Sr., Culver ufacturers with full-page advertise Starting in January 1946 AIR V, Republic Seabee, Beech Bonanza ments in the issue. Both Aeronca and TRAILS began its series of Pilot Re and the North American Navion . Taylorcraft had two-page ads. The ports done by William Winter and Some of his remarks: "With a good others were: All American, Beech, Alexis Dawydoff. Five appeared in cruising speed and range, ailerons that Bellanca, Cessna, Culver, Funk, 1946. These reports were about the always work, and a gear that paints on Globe, Hockaday, Johnson, Lus Stinson Voyager, Globe Swift, Piper landings, the Ercoupe should get a lot combe, North American , Piper and Super Cruiser, Erco Ercoupe and the of new people in the air." "Spring steel Waco. Aeronca Champion. landing gear, flaps, good flying qual The planes all received positive ities, and a healthy cruise all make the comments. 140 fun to fly and a lot of airplane for ••• "Offers all the comforts and plea $2995.00." - Cessna 140. 10 JUNE 1990 January, 1946 FLYING 7
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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11 ••• There's More than a Plane FLYING FL YING magazine was an avid sup porter of private flying and had articles in this Picture! on Iightplanes and post-war private fly ing starting with the January 1945 issue. During 1946 it printed more than a dozen articles on the subject. On 11 of the 1946 covers there was a light plane. These were the: Erco Ercoupe, Trimmer Amphibian, Aeronca Cham pion, Culver Model V, North Amer ican Navion, Miles Gemini, Cessna 140, Grumman Widgeon, Taylorcraft BC, Luscombe Seaplane and the Stin son Voyager. The other cover was a Noordyun Norseman on floats . During the year FLYING had six pilot reports of the new Iightplanes. These were the: Stinson Voyager, Cessna 140, Globe Swift, Erco Er coupe, Culver V and the Aeronca Chief. These reports were done by Max Karant, Managing Editor of the SON: Look, Dadl This low..- cowl line lets you see magazine. Among Karant's reports: the ground from the pilot'. seat, even after the plane hat landed! "The Voyager is one of the best tail
FATHII: So I've noticed-and did you lee these big down airplanes we have handled on the doors on both sides of the Aeronca Chief'. cabin, and ground. It has better than average vis the roOm there il inside? ibility forward, the tail wheel is steer MOTHER: I like the looksofthi. plane .. . it'sddinitely able." "The Culver V is an excellent amart ... and the price certainly i. re""",able! addition to the post-war private-plane DEALER: You're all on the trade, but proud to be one of them, because to I market. But it will attract more than there'. more than a plane in this picture! one you've got to deliver S«V1ce at the usual amount of sneers for no other Aeronca is one company that hal a pilln Imow your busin.... Th..-e', a book1 reason than the fact that it is a step as well as a romplett line 0( penonal you can get by sending lot to Aeronl Aircraft Corp., Dept. AT·I, Midd!etoJ forward ." Ohio. It's caned "Aeronca, the PI You'll Want to. Fly," . and .tells all. • •• (Eq>Orl Acency - Aviqwpo, Inc.• 25 Bca~l St., New Yo SKYWAYS planes. For a lone time they've been SKYW A YS was unusual compared promoting the idea 0( airstrips every· where, eo people can /ly their own planet to the other magazines discussed in that anywhere. it used artwork instead of photographs for its covers . These stylish color ren And Aeronea'. picking it. dealers the derings were done by Ren Wicks, same way-all over the country. I'm Cecil West and Jo Kotula. Eleven of the 1946 covers had lightplanes de picted. These were the: Piper Cub (on Skis), Beech Staggerwing, Grumman has an important message Widgeon, Fairchild F-24, North Amer f.,.. air-minded people ican Navion, Johnson Skyrocket, Culver V, Bellanca Cruisair, Beech Bonanza, Cessna 140 and the Piper Sky Sedan. PAGE 22 Of the magazines discussed, SKY AIR TRAILS January, lY46 WAYS had the largest number of pilot reports for the year. Selby Calkins and 12 JUNE 1990 Roger Delvin who did the reports had Funk F2B, Beech Bonanza, Piper Sky adopted for the Beech, and it does what a very busy year in flying and reporting Sedan and the Johnson Rocket. it is supposed to do. Other planes will on 13 new planes. These were the: The remarks included: "From spin have it. Let's make no more fuss about Trimmer Amphibian, Stinson Voyager ner to tail wheel the Funk airplane is a it here ." -- Bonanza ISO , Republic Seabee, Piper Cub clean , honest, well-mannered ship . It Super Cruiser, Globe Swift, Taylor will grow upon its owners like a good craft Twosome, Aeronca Champion, hunting dog or a smooth gaited horse" Callair A-2, All American Ensign , "The vee-tail works, it has been ••• AND THE WINNER IS To determine which of the new lightplanes received the most exposure in the four magazines studied, the total number of covers and pilot reports are counted for each aircraft model. Read ers of the four magazines in 1946 would have been exposed to 34 light planes from 26 manufacturers either on the covers or in pilot reports . Piper had the most coverage as a manufacturer with nine articles or covers for the Cub and Super Cruiser. For individual models, the most re ported was the Ercoupe which ap peared on three covers and had three pilot reports . Both the Stinson Voyager and the Cessna 140 were next; they each appeared on a combined total of five covers and pilot reports. No airplane model appeared on the cover of all four of the magazines in 1946, but four of the planes appeared on the covers of at least three different publications. These were the Culver V, Navion, Cessna 140 and the Piper Cub. Other planes with good exposure were the Beech Bonanza and the Globe Swift -- each of these appearing on a combination of four covers and/or pilot reports. D I would like 10 Simpli·Fly Ihe New Culver in a demon.lralion. ••• D Plea.e .end me lileralure on Ihe New Culver " V", NAME______BEYOND 1946 ADDRESS ______..,.- Indeed 1946 was a high-water mark in the return of the private plane and CITY______STATE ______personal flying , but the market went CULVER AIRCRAFT CORP., DEPT. MO, WICHITA 1, KANSAS sour. In 1947 sales fell off to 15 , 617 units, and dropped to 3,545 by 1949. AIR FACTS May, 1'J4b But it was an exciting time of creative growth shown by the American light plane manufacturer. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13 INTERESTING MEMBERS Meanwhile Franny's first employer, the former airport manager, had found his way to Cheyenne, Wyoming and had a job with United Air Lines and in 1936, called Franny and offered him a mechanic's slot. Franny accepted and went west to the high country to give it a try. It wasn ' t long before Franny was back in New England and eventu ally landed a job with Sikorsky in Bridgeport, Connecticut, working on the legendary S42s and S43s. Franny 's reputation as a quality and meticulous worker was growing and in 1940 he was lured to the South and the spraying and dusting business by another dis placed New Englander. This was fol lowed by a stint in Houston which brought an offer from Phillips Pet roleum Company in Bartlesville, Ok lahoma. Franny accepted and moved the family to Bartlesville where they Francis "Franny" Rourke years. Hi s first view of any airplane have resided the last 48 years. (EAA 2059, AlC 5274) was on Armistice Day, November I I , Franny's career with Phillips in 1919 at the age of four as the planes cluded 10 years of not only mechanic A Craftsman's Craftsman overflew the downtown parade in duties but flying co-pilot on Lock Beacon Falls, Massachusetts. A forced heed's 12s and 18s, DC-3s and Doug by Charles W. Harris, Director, landing of a DH4 near his home had las A-26s . In the meantime, Franny Antique/Classic Division him there as fast as his little legs would had been doing some dusting and EAA #96978, AlC #2158 carry him; the aviation bug was biting . spraying and also had been assisting a He attended grade school in Beacon Phillips chemist in researching and de Falls and high-school in Naugatuck. signing a carrier for a herbicide that High-school brought French class and Dow Chemical had perfected. After a When a man has spent a lifetime in French class brought hooking from close call in the A-26 he vowed if he grass roots aviation , it must be gratify school to walk to the airport and even were going to die in an airplane, it was ing to look back, recount the years and tually talking the airport operator at not going to be at someone else's hand! mentally tick off the changes he has Bethany, Massachusetts into an ap He quit Phillips and went into the dust seen occur. It must be more gratifying prenticeship. This was 1932; a job was ing and spraying business, and in doing to know that when he does elect to lay rare. Franny had an apprenticeship so, flew the first successful liquid her down the tools of the trade, he leaves "job," however there was no pay to go bicide spraying ever done. In the next a legacy of champion level restorations with the job. There was, however, the 10 years, dusting and spraying oc and reputation of craftsmanship of thrill of the airplanes and the learning cupied most of Franny's time, but his such quality that he is known nation of the aviation trades. Eventually reputation as a splendid craftsman con ally for his skills. Franny and his young aviation buddy tinued to grow and grow. More and Franny Rouke (EAA 1059 - a char Johnny Korzen became teenage mana more pilots were bringing their ter member of EAA Chapter LO , Tulsa gers of the Bethany, Massachusetts air airplanes to Franny for repair, upgrad and EAA Antique/Classic Chapter 10, port. Their experience grew; they ing and annuals. Franny's many years Tulsa) of Bartlesville, Oklahoma is a worked on a Ryan B-1, a J-5 Lockheed of training and experience were now man of such reputation and talent. Vega, an Ireland amphibian , Birds, serving many people very well. More Franny was 75 years young in April, Great Lakes, Curtiss Robin, a Hisso and more Franny was being asked to 1990; going strong, and is presently Eaglerock, etc . Little or no money create restorations of the finest quality . restoring a Luscombe 8F, a Bird bi changed hands on repairs. A dentist As he responded to these requests, his plane, an American Eagle biplane and had his Gee Bee Model A completely reputation grew. a Hisso Travel Air 3000. He has just rebuilt in exchange for a set of tires for A simply beautiful upgrading of a completed an outstanding 1930 Fleet Franny's old car and $100 in cash. 528 hour total-time J-3C 65 was fol open biplane, and has no plans to slow And, oh yes, the dentist offered to pull lowed by a gorgeous Kinner INF Waco down! all of Franny's back teeth. The 1930s rebuild. As these two winners emerged A displaced New Englander, Franny were trying years for a young mechanic from Franny's shop in the late 1970s has lived in Bartlesville for nearly 50 trying to make a living in aviation. and early 1980s, Doug Rounds asked 14 JUNE 1990 The sheer size of the Travelair 6000 made Franny's restoration of the machine one big job! It took some 2'12 years! Franny to take on the task of complet Champion at Blakesburg in 1985 . named Grand Champion Antique. ing the redo of his BIG Travel Air From December 1984 to February Fran is held in such high esteem by 6000. Franny accepted and they loaded 1986, he moved Charlie Harris' 1942 his friends and associates that he is the dismantled 1931 model monster Culver LFA Cadet from an average considered the dean of aircraft restor onto two trucks and two trailers in cen machine to one so good it was named ers in the Oklahoma area. His depth of tral Georgia and trucked it the 900 "Best In Class" and/or "Best Ok knowledge of the antique and classic miles to Bartlesville. For the next three lahoma Antique" in 1987, 1988 and aircraft amazes some of the young years, Franny waved his mechanical 1989 fly-ins. Pete Ettinger's Model 2 mechanics - of course, it's a bit dif magic on the big bird (with a lot of Fleet was finished just in time to be ficult for them to remember that help from Doug and a lot of friends) named "Best In Class" at a 1989 fly-in. Franny was there when virtually all of and when it was finally done, it was After this kind of success the obvious our treasured old airplanes were intro promptly test flown, tweaked and early question would be , "what are you duced or were near new! the next morning in August 1983 , was going to do for an encore?" Well , in Beyond family, airplanes have been off to Blakesburg, Iowa where it pro the shop at this time is an original nat Franny's entire life. From a teenager ceeded to steal the show its first time ural aluminum Lu scombe that is de actually managing an airport and work out. The machine was returned to BVO stined to appear in 1991 or 1992 as an ing on airplanes for a living to an hon for a new cowl and post fly-in check authentic, original 1949 8F Deluxe; a ored level of respect and esteem at age out. Forty-five days later in September big Bird biplane is moving along and 75 , there have been very few days that 1983, Doug returned to Bartlesville, an American Eagle biplane is right be Franny has not been at his airport shop loaded up the black and orange hind the Bird! A rare Hisso Travel Air making his or someone's airplane a machine with wife Bonnie, son 3000 has just gotten in line for its better and safer machine. Nathan, Franny and Clarence Clark of facelift! All thi s from a gentleman who In addition to EAA, Franny is a Bartlesville, the test pilot who had works alone and has quietly moved member of AAA, QBs, OX5 Aviation made the first flight 50 years before, into the fourth quarter of a century. It Pioneers, National Biplane Associa Roger Gaughan, and flew off to really pays to enjoy what you are tion and Early Birds. He is a member Tahlequah where the black & orange doing. and regularly attends meetings of EAA beauty was named Grand Champion Franny fell in love with the open bi Antique/Classic Chapter lOin Tulsa. Antique. This airplane was now a far planes during his days of dusting and In 1985 and 1986 he acted as consul cry from the one that the legendary spraying in Mississippi in 1940-41 . tant to Phillips Petroleum Company as lohnson Flying Service flew out of The Travel Air 2000/3000/4000 series they restored the legendary 1927 Dole Missoula, Montana for 31 years as they airplane were the mainstays of the pre Race winning Travel Air 6000 delivered smoke jumpers into the war dusting business. Franny never "Woolaroc." The hangar which he oc mountain wilds for so long. It is the forgot hi s Travel air love and in the cupied for so long on Frank Phillips same airplane that appeared in "Only middle of the 1970s began to craft him Field at Bartlesville has been acquired Angels Have Wings" with Cary Grant, self a beautiful blue and silver OX5 by the National Biplane Association lean Arthur, Rita Hayworth and 2000 which looked as new when he and will be used as the National Bi Thomas Mitchell. The airplane is now finished it as it did the day 50 years plane Center. owned by Delta Air Lines and appears before when Walter's people rolled it Franny's legacy will live on in the in many of their current television out and Clarence Clark got in and flew airplanes he has crafted for longer than commercials. it. Franny later sold his machine to most of us will be around. Where A 1929 General Artistocrat was next Don Sharp of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma would we be without those few men to in line; it came out to be Reserve Grand who took it to Denton where it was whom we owe so much! • VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15 POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY January, 1926 'J{OW Ui lJ!ade a Willged Toboggan , IROM the extraordinarily Fgraphic pen of a New York mining engineer comes this ac tual record ojwinged toboggan ing at the Sunnyside Mine, near Silverton, Colo. The altitude of this mining camp is 12,500 J eet above sea level, and th e winters there are Jrom Septem ber first to July first. Snow usu ally falls even in July and August. The author was the chipJ engineer and Harley Tryon the timekeeper qt this mine. ' , .. / ' . Wjngs fitted to a toboggan add immea· aurable thrills to the sport of coasting By Paul H. Keating, E.M. LAYING and racing with death From the carpenter shop next after across each section of the wing. Shingle down a 1000-foot slope of frozen noon I obtained some strips of pine, nails driven into the strips served to Psnow and ice may not appeal to some muslin (used for wrapping ventilat anchor the wires. some as a pastime, but the palling ing pipe), and · some piano wire. The Each cross length was drawn until all monotony of life in a Colorado mining toboggan itself was of standard design, gave approximately the same hum when camp, up on the Continental Divide, 18 in. wide, 9 ft. long, with a curl in picked. The diagonal wires also were where the snow is 50 feet deep and the front 9 in. high., adjusted to the same pitch by putting a mercury is below zero for months, makes The wings of the Dragonfly, as we lock washer around the intersection and life seem very drab. Anyt.hing with a later christened the toboggan, were, made drawing it by a wire toward the back of kick in it is welcome-anything. of a framework of knot-free pine strips, the frame until the tone of the wires was Two of us, Harley Tryon and myself, covered with muslin, which was painted about even. were the charter and sole members of th~ with hot paraffin to make the fabric Suicide Club, builders and operators of airtight. ORDINARY unbleached muslin was the only amusement device of its kind Two strips 1 by 2 Y2 in. and 11 ft. long stretched over the entire frame, fast ever recorded, the toboggoplane. were fastened together by four cross ened every 2 in. with carpet tacks. The Tobogganing is not a slow sport in pieces 1 by 2 Y2 in. by 4 ft. 3 in. Notches center or "cockpit" then was cut out and itself, but like other speed sports, each or mortises were cut in the longer strips the loose edges tacked down. After descent must be a little faster, go a little to take the shorter ones, as illustrated, prying the frame from the floor, to which farther than the preceding, or it loses its and a single sixpenny nail was driven into it had been lightly nailed during the thrill. each joint from the outside. truing-up process, the muslin was painted A toboggan' on a hard frozen crust will The frame was laid on a floor and with very hot paraffin. develop a speed greater than free fall in a trued up with a steel square. Piano Two holes were drilled in the top of the given vertical distance, for much the wire, about No. 22 gage, was then strung curl of the toboggan 1 ft. apart, and three same reason that an ice boat can go much as indicated and drawn very tightly turns of ordinary baling wire held the faster than the wind that drives it. It around each crosspiece and diagonally wings in place along the leading edge. takes longer for the given vertical dis r--;-:;;-~----- ,,~o'------_-{ The rear edge was fastened similarly tance to be covered, but at the end, the to the iron eyebolts al ong the side of actual speed down the slope is greater. the toboggan. A continuous guy of pi The "why of" this is out of place here, ano wire was strung from the front tip but it's true. ( of one wing through eyebolts in the So, when I say that we hit the bottom floor of the sled to the other wing tip, of the hill going more than 200 miles and d-awn tight. an hour, I know the speed is under The next thing was to try it. "lith estimated. But even this palled after a the cushions in time. Keeping a toboggan upright is pl ace, it looked much like riding a bicycle, or balancing every bit a dragon a canoe, for at high speeds a very small fly, but as a pas irregularity on the surface can have senger carryingde GUY \VI RE FROM TIP TO TIP , disastrous effects. Our instruction from THROUGH' EYE BOLTS ON INCLINATION OF vice, we concluded Old Man Experience on this point came (Continued on page 103) in sudden and enormous doses. But in a I~WING short time there wasn't a hill around the SIDE VIEW camp that could offer a "kick." We A wire braced frame· could ride them all to a standstill. work of 1 by 2}1' in. ,trip. I. covered with ONE night, after a somewhat dull paraffined muslin to (orm toboggan party, the idea was sug wing. for the tobollan gested to build a set of wings on the toboggan. Maybe it would fly! J suggested it, and Tryon said, ''If The original DraAonRy after many perilou! you'll build it, I'll ride the thing." trips down a Colorado mountain aide 16 JUNE 1990 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION We Make a Winged Toboggan We Make a Winged Toboggan EAA (Conl;nued fro,. pa,e 72) Membership in the Experimental it would take a rather high rate of new kick in each descent, or flight, as Aircraft Association, Inc. is $30.00 you please. insurance. for one year, including 12 issues of Harleyand I dragged it up themountain Fifteen feet off the ground was per the next afternoon to our preferred start haps the maximum attained, but con Sport Aviation. Junior Membership ing point, which was about 500 ft. above sidering the speed and the construction (under 19 years of age) is available the camp. He had bargained to try it of the machine, that was plenty. at $18.00 annually. Family Member first. But I liked Harley Tryon, and Between 25 and 30 trips were marked ship is available for an additional inasmuch as the idea and workmanship up before the crash. Confidence and the $10.00 annually. had all been my own, my conscience be almost inevitable contempt of danger came apprehensive. I was afraid to try through familiarity, brought the sport to it first; so was he, though neither of us a sudden finish. ANTIQUE/CLASSICS would admit it to the other then, although It was early in April, 1925, three EAA Member - $18.00. Includes we did later. months before any signs of spring appear one year membership in EAA An We flipped a rJin, and it was still his at that altitude, when the Dragonfly made turn first. But suppose the thing actually its last flight. A light, gusty wind was tique-Classic Division, 12 monthly did fly and had a crash! I hated to think blowing. Harley went down the first trip, issues of The Vintage Airplane and of all that work being lost in a first flight and after coming back up the hill warned membership card. Applicant must crash, and I wouldn't get a chance to me to look out for the breeze. be a current EAA member and must ride it. So we compromised and decided I sat as far forward as I could upon give EAA membership number. to ride it together the first time down. starting, and the irregular air pressure We should have preferred also to com on the way down made me hesitate, but Non-EAA Member - $28.00. In promise on the distance of the first tryout, it was too late. When nearly to the cludes one year membership in the but could not, because the mountain was bottom I slid back, but I had waited too EAA Antique-Classic Division, 12 so steep that we had to go up to this long and slid back too far. The front of certain point in order to get a footing to the machine raised to a horizontal posi monthly issues of The Vintage Air climb aboard. tion, and then kept right on going up. plane, one year membership in the Harley always had ridden behind to do I had some recollectiorur of bending my EAA and separate membership the steering. We took the same position; head back and seeing the snow above me, cards. Sport Aviation not included. although now I was in the "cockpit," about 20 feet away, and then we started and couldn't roll clear of the thing if it for each other, the snow and I. The next became necessary or desirable. I remember, some one was pulling on one lAC of my legs, which were the only part of me Membership in the International E CLIMBED on. That hill never I could move. Everything was crammed Aerobatic Club, Inc. is $30.00 an W had looked so high and steep, nor with snow-eyes, ears, nose, mouth, nually which includes 12 issues of the frozen crust so hard and smooth. collar, and I couldn't get my breath. .. Are you ready?" Harley called. I Harley told me later that the toboggo Sport Aerobatics. All lAC members answered, and we started. plane had just kept right on rising, and are equired to be members of EAA. The pick-up was immediate and terrific, when well upside down I had left it and with the sensation in the stomach of plunged head first through the crust into going down in an elevator. Faster, the snow. WARBIRDS faster! The tears were streaking across Something like that must have happened Membership in the Warbirds of my temples from the icy wind. I couldn't for my face was like a piece of raw beef America, Inc. is $25.00 per year, breathe, or at least didn't, in the excite steak for two weeks. I was thankful that which includes a subscription to ment. Only one thought remained- the crust had broken at all, as it was Warbirds. Warbird members are hang on! . hard enough to support the heaviest man required to be members of EAA. Two-thirds down we struck a small without giving way. drift, and for a hundred feet beyond, The Dragonfly came down sideway~ and though it was less than half a second in crumpled a wing. The next few days time, there was no sound of the toboggo we stayed inside, and a snowslide came EAA EXPERIMENTER plane's scraping the frozen snow. At crashing down our favorite speedway, EAA membership and EAA EXPERI the speed we were going the actual lift which closed toboggoplaning for the MENTER magazine is available for was small, but the fact that it actually' season-perhaps forever. $28.00 per year (Sport Aviation not had lifted us for a 100-ft. jump was included). Current EAA members demonstrated by our tracks. While t here Is no question about the may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER At the bottom of the hill was a lake, danger of making one of the toboggo 1000 ft. across, frozen and covered by planes for u se on mountains such as for $18.00 per year. 20 ft. of snow or more. We coasted Mr. Keating d escribes, the addition of across this flat to the far side, started up wings to a toboggan will add ,Im mensely to the sport of coasting on FOREIGN the opposite hill, and soon stopped. ordinary hills. The toboggan skims The next time Tryon went alone. He along the snow much as a hydro MEMBERSHIPS sat well forward in the cockpit, and half plane rides on the water, and at mod Please submit your remittance with way down the hill there were unmis erate speeds there Is no danger of Its a check or draft drawn on a United rising far in the air. takable signs that the Dragonfly was States bank payable in United going to leave the ground. When Harley States dol/ars. reached where the bottom should have been, he was 10 ft. off the ground going like a shot. He landed straight and even, and finally came to a stop. Make checks payable to EAA or the After that we alternated rides, with We are reprinting this in our J une division in which membership is more or less good natured rivalry for issue in hopes that anyone crazy desired. Address all letters to EAA height, distance, and near-accidel)t risks. enough to want to try this will get over or the particular division at the fol The sport never became dull . It was it before any snow falls. -Ed. lowing address: never even reasonably safe on such steep . hills. It never failed to offer a EAA A VIA TION CENTER OSHKOSH, WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800 OFFICE HOURS: 8:15-5:00 MON.-FRI. 18 JUNE 1990 On May 21, 1956 Leon Seale, Jr. a 1950s found their way into private young F-94C all-weather interceptor hands through the role of dealer dem instructor pilot took home a little toy onstrator. If a customer liked what he Cessna 120. At the time, he was saw, the airplane could be his on the stationed at Moody AFB in Valdosta, spot. As a dealer, Robinson Flying Georgia. It wasn't a very fancy Service was entitled to a 20 percent airplane compared to his big Air Force discount, bringing the final price of the jet, but over the years he toured in the Cessna to $2,211.60. This included the two-seater throughout the southeast, optional steerable tailwheel ($15), west to the Grand Canyon and all up Dual brakes ($24.50) and cabin heater by Mark Phelps and down the eastern seaboard. In ($30). As the spartan model of the 1201 Photos by cluded in the logs is an IFR flight to 140 series, NC 76458 was delivered Boston using VHF transceiver and a without an electrical system, interior Jim Koepnick low frequency radio range receiver. appointments or, of course, flaps . The One leg of that trip involved an orien airplane came with a wooden prop and tation procedure from Hartford , Con limited instrumentation. necticut to Bridgeport and an instru It wasn't long before the Cessna ment let-down using a hand-drawn began to grow some more accessories. chart - certainly one of the pioneer In November 1948, an electrical sys IFR efforts in a light airplane. tem and Harvey-Wells transceiver Before making the trip, Leon had were added . In 1951, the Cessna as installed a set of gyros, a rear window sumed the role of trainer and was kit and a rear jumpseat. At the time, graced with some structural modifica his three-year-old son, Leon III, alias tions , three-inch landing gear exten "Scooter" could stretch out full length sions (which place the wheels three in the back of the Cessna and sleep inches forward to combat noseovers) while Mom and Dad flew up front. In and a McCauley metal prop. 1969, Leon Jr. retired from tha Air It was mid-1954 when the Cessna Force and returned "home" to Mound retired as a trainer and became a per ville, Alabama a small community in sonal airplane . Sgt. Clifford Good, the west-central section of the state. based at Moody AFB in Georgia The little 120 was practically retired, bought it. He sold the 120 to Lt. Gor too, when the family bought a Cessna don Smith in October 1955 and the 206 to share the hangar and small pri radar intercept officer installed a vate strip by the house. The two-seater Ruleto metal wing kit. A few months flew sparingly and when Scooter later, Smith sold the airplane to an F moved to Lakeland, Florida in 1982, 94C instructor named, you guessed it, his father got an idea. Scooter said, "A Leon Seale, Jr. couple of years later Dad brought the When Leon decided to "donate" the plane down, handed me the logs (there airplane to his son in 1985 , he flew it are no keys) and invited me to spend from Moundville to Lakeland. At a my money on it awhile ." fuel stop in northern Florida, he had a quart of oil added by a lineman and quizzed the man about the filler cap. History "I asked him is he was sure he had put The story of NC76458 actually be it back on securely and he assured me gins some 3,562 hours before Mr. he had. I should have checked myself, Seale first bought it in 1956. It left the but the man was a mechanic and I Cessna factory 10 years earlier. Serial didn't want to embarrass him. Besides, Number 10891 was flight tested on he had sealed up the entire cowling and November 25, 1946 and delivered to it would have been a big scene to undo Robinson Flying Service in Sikeston , it again. I learned my lesson, though. Missouri as a demonstrator. Many air Now I don't care who I embarrass. I craft throughout the late 1940s and check for myself." VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19 It should come as no surprise that Restoration the cap was not securely fastened after In early 1988 , Scooter decided that all and about 100 miles north of Lake the little Cessna deserved a facelift. land, Leon watched in horror as he lost After all, more than 4,000 hours on his oil pressure all at once. He made a the tach represents a lot of trips around precautionary landing on a logging the patch. He started with a general road , replenished the sump with three cleaning, decorroding and chromating quarts of oil from the baggage com of inspection panels and various in Scooter used to sleep on the rear bench partment, wiped the oil from the side terior and exterior parts. He replaced seat of the Cessna 120. of the airplane and nervously took off the brake linings and all the tail wheel again after running the engine for a hardware, including springs and while to ensure that there was no im chains. Next came the windows , mediate damage. windshield and skylights as well as as- 20 JUNE 1990 ssna sorted nuts, bolts, grommets and mold dressings in kit form . Installing the in and revenues permit." ing. All external screws were replaced terior kit and assorted other tasks con With 4,257 hours' total time, along with yards of channel rubber. sumed the next few months and a con Cessna N76458 has averaged 120 The instrument panel, door posts and siderable dose of patience. Last to be hours per year over its 34 years. Leon other interior areas were refinished. By installed were the new carpet and seats Seale, Jr. was the airplane's fifth June 1988, the 120 was ready for its upholstered to match the aircraft trim owner and third individual owner. It's new coat of Alumigrip base paint color. been in the Seale family since Scooter applied expertly by Hawk Aviation on Scooter currently uses a panel-slung could curl up and sleep on the tiny Vandenberg Airport near Tampa, Icom IC-A20 handheld radio with an jumpseat - and from the looks on the Florida. The blue and gold trim was intercom and two headsets . He reports faces of these two pilots, it's going to done in Dupont Imron. Texas Aerop that the radio works fine with an exter remain in the stable for many years to lastics in Roanoak, Texas supplied the nal antenna attached. Future plans in come .• molded interior panels, headliner and clude a panel update as soon as "time VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21 EAA OSHKOSH '89 Photos by TED KOSTON 22 JUNE 1990 VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23 THE FERRIS WHEEL to speak, in that magically gentle way dark. He and many other barnstormers he occasionally used when he talked taught themselves to fly at night on just by Jim Damron about the "olden days." That's what I such evenings . The money was the in (EAA 274119, Ale 12289) used to call them when I was a small centive, and the sun went down very boy. slowly in the flatlands of the Midwest. He said that back when he was a It was really a good learning system, young barnstormer, following the car he said; the ground got just a little har In March of 1971 myoid man retired nivals from one show to the next and der to find each time you came back off the DC-8 after 28 years with Delta hauling passengers, he became a regu in to land, but you got just a little better Airlines. I was a fairly new second of lar carnival trooper; one of the "car at it each time, too. And you had to be ficer with United Airlines the follow nies," well-known and accepted by the careful and learn fast with all your cus ing summer, and we had just spent the others. He often acted as aerial ad tomers watching every landing you day at the Antique Airplane Associa vance man, showering the next town made. A bounced landing would be tion's annual fly-in in Ottumwa, Iowa. down the road with handbills from his bad for business, a ground loop would With my uncle and another retired airplane, and otherwise drumming up put you out of business. Delta Airlines pilot, we were driving business with an occasional wing When he finally had to hang it up from the airport back to the Hotel Ot walking act or a couple of after too many hours of flying that was tumwa when we came to a small carni "barnstormer" loops. more like persuasvie levitation, he'd val. It was a typical midwestern 40 On a typical hot summer day with shut down the OX-5 and pull off his miler set up in a hayfield just outside the temperature hovering in the 90s helmet. Together with his dirty face, of town. There were colored lights, he'd regularly load two passengers in and clean eyes that had been protected music, cotton candy, laughter, an oc the front cockpit of his trusty OX-5 by the goggles, the helmet was his free casional scream and, of course, there powered Waco 10 and haul them pass for a ride on the Ferris wheel. was a Ferris wheel . around the carnival in a wide, low cir Greasing the OX-5 and other minor Dad said, "Stop the car, I want to cuit for a dollar a head. It passed for a maintenance could wait until morning. ride on the Ferris wheel!" living. He'd amble through the crowded The other retired pilot was driving On a very hot day this seemingly midway, helmet in hand, occasionally and he didn't argue. Dad's brother, Ed, simple flight could become no insig winking at the local girls, and sidle up a country doctor and a pilot also, sure nificant aeronautical accomplishment. to the big Ferris wheel for a cool and didn't. He and I had both known the At those temperatures, and with two relaxing ride in the relative stillness of sometimes-cantankerous old man big farm boys waving from the front the night air. The quiet alone must much too long for that. Getting along cockpit, the OX-5's water temperature have been a tonic . with Dad had always been one of my would hover near boiling as they clat As I sat up there at the top of the chores and I had gotten quite good at tered down the bumpy hayfield gaining big wheel on that long ago summer it. He claimed he had enough trouble just enough airspeed to barely stagger evening listening to his calm reminisc just getting through life's other chal off the ground. Oftentimes 200 feet ing, I felt the privilege of his company, lenges without having to get along with was the absolute ceiling on such a and it seemed like time had turned back me to boot. flight. The throttle was bent to full to the 1930s. In the distance an old The old man and I made our way open and stayed there. airplane labored free of the earth over through the crowd to the Ferris wheel. Many times he would roll gently into at the Ottumwa airport. The low rum I didn't ask why. I knew he'd tell me that first turn after takeoff with the ble of its slow-turning engine attested when he got ready for he was a great airplane shuddering slightly near the to its seniority. story teller and I could feel one coming edge of a stall. Looking apprehen It was on occasions like this I came on. sively at the water temperature and the to understand that pilots don't just fly The shadows were growing long as airspeed he would swear to himself that airplanes, they literally invented them. we stood waiting in line for our tickets . if he got back on the ground without Today as I enjoy the broad spectrum It was cooling off, and the air was per boiling the water in the engine he of my EAA friendships, which include fectly still in that best time just before would quit flying until evening when nearly every kind of aviator, I am again sunset when even a marginal student it cooled off. But, of course, you're reminded of our unique heritage. We pilot can solo. Neither of us spoke. invincible when you are young, he would do well to remember those roots Soon we: were high above the carnival, said, and when more customers lined whenever we fly, build, and work on quietly rocking back and forth in the up with dollar bills visible in their airplanes. Consider them as well when cool still air. Somwhere a motorcycle hands, it was irresistible not to try it our rights and our freedoms are chal accelerated in the distance. Otherwise again. lenged. We are, after all, quite differ it was quiet, save for the muted sounds And so it would go, again and again ent from cowboys. They didn't invent of the carnival. Only then did he begin on a good day, until it began to get horses! • 24 JUNE 1990 THE VIDEO YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! IT'S GOTTA BE A JOIN EM'S EXCLUSIVE JENNY VitcluClu(,TM Tapes at discount prices! 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ORDER NOW - SUN 'N FUN HIGHLIGHTS "A Salute to Sport Aviation" 30 minutes of outstanding coverage of one of sport aviation's major events - prepared by EM's award winning video team. Order your copy now. $24.95 $19.95* - DELIVERY LATE JUNE 1990 (Billing will not take place until video is shipped) Ordering by mail or phone, add $3 shipping and 'Add $3 shipping and handling handling. Wisconsin residents add 5% sales tax. CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-843-3612 IN WISCONSIN 1-800-236-4800 or OUTSIDE USA 414/426-4800 MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED EAAAVIATION FOUNDATION, EAAAVIATION CENTER, P.O. BOX 3065 OSHKOSH, WI 54903-3065 NOTICE OF ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA Antique/Classic Division will be held on Thursday, August 2, 1990 at 10:00 a.m. (Central Daylight Time) at the 38th Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc., Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Notice is hereby further given that the annual election of officers and directors of the EAA Antique/Classic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee, EAA Antique/Classic Division, EAA Aviation Center, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086, and received no later than July 30, 1990. The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates: Espie M. Joyce, President; George S. York, Secretary. Directors: John Berendt, Bob Brauer, Gene R. Chase, George H. Daubner, III, William A. Eickhoff, Charles W. Harris, Jean Lehman Hill, Robert D. Lumley, Steve Nesse. Espie M. Joyce, Jr., Madison, North Carolina My father started flying three years before I was born so I have been around airplanes all my life . At age II a cropduster and friend gave me my first flying lesson. I soloed at 16 and received my private license the following year. I earned my commercial license during coll ege in 1964 and later received my instrument rating. Among the planes I have rebuilt are several J-3 Cubs and two Monocoupes, a 90-A and a D-145. In 1967-68 I built a Pitts Special. I presently own a 1940 clip wing Cub and a 1953 D-35 Bonanza. I joined EAA in 1963 and am a lifetime member. I am a long-time member of the Antique/Classic Division. I was appointed to the Board of Advisors in 1981 and was elected to the Board of Directors in 1984. I was elected president in 1988. George S. York, Mansfield, Ohio George learned to fly in the U.S . Navy during World War II. He soloed an Aeronca Chief in March, 1943 at Helena, Montana. He graduated from Ashland College in Ashland. Ohio and was hired by Gorman-Rupp Company where he is currently Manager of Product Development. George became interested in vintage and homebuilt aircraft in 1957 and has since restored several Aeroncas. a Taylorcraft and recently completed restoring a Beech D 17S. He is a charter member of th e Staggerwing Museum and is Secretary/Treasurer and Newsletter Editor of the Staggerwing Club. George joined EAA in 1962 and has been an active judge at Oshkosh since 1970. He is Chairman of the Classic Judging Committee and has been on the Antique/Classic Board of Directors since August of 1980. John Berendt, Cannon Falls, Minnesota John started flying in the late 1950s and had his interest in aviation renewed in 1967 when he discovered EAA Chapter 300 in Little Falls, Minnesota. He has owned an Aeronca Chief but is best known as President of the Fairchild type club since 1984 and editor of its newsletter. 'The Fairchild Flyer." John is a charter member of Antique/Classic Chapter 13 in Minneapolis and has been a volunteer at the EAA Oshkosh Convention since 1975 , concentrating his efforts on the 28 Antique/Classic forums, John has most recently served as an advisor to the A/C Division. Bob Brauer, Chicago, Illinois Bob received a degree in electrical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1971 . He served as a plane captain in P2V Neptune aircraft for the U.S. Navy reserve NAS. Glenview from 1958 until his honorable discharge in 1962. Bob holds a private license with an instrument airplane rating. He joined EAA in 1972 and the Antique/Classic Division in 1975 after volunteering to work on regular convention and pre-convention flight line duties . He was appointed advisor to the Antique/Classic Board in 1986 and elected director in 1988. Bob has co-authored a series of volunteer recognition articles for "The Vintage Airplane" as well as writing "Chapter Capsules" which appears on a regular basis. By profession, Bob is an electrical engineer. In addition to his Antique/Classic Division involvement, he has served as an officer for six years in EAA Chapter 260 as treasurer and secretary. Gene R. Chase, Oshkosh, Wisconsin Gene grew up in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and has been interested in aviation as long as he can remember. He was an avid model airplane builder and a typical "airport kid." His first ride was in a Stinson SR-5 in 1936. Gene joined EAA in 1961 and was active in Chapter lOin Tulsa. Oklahoma. Aircraft he has owned include a Curtiss Wright Junior and a Church Midwing which he restored and later donated to the EAA Museum. He currently owns a Heath Super Parasol . Taylor E-2 Cub and a Davis D-I-W. The latter two are licensed and flying. In 1973 Gene accepted a position with EAA and with his wife Dorothy, moved to Hales Corners, Wi sconsin . He retired as Senior Editor of Publications in 1987 and on May 5, 1989 was appointed as Advisor to the Antique/Classic Board of Directors. At the past two Oshkosh Conventions he served on the antique aircraft judging committee. 26 JUNE 1990 George H. Daubner, III, Hartford, Wisconsin My love for flying started when I was 12 and attended my first air show at the Hartford Airport. I realized then that I wanted to make flying a large part of my life . I started flying in 1969 and earned my private ticket in 1970. In 1974, I was hired as a co-pilot flying Beech 18s and to manage the Hartford , WI airport on weekends . In the mid-70s, the Hartford Airport was a hotbed for sport aviation. During that period of time, I was able to check out in many different types of antique and classic aircraft. They included a Cub, Stearman, Great Lakes and Luscombe, to name a few. During that period I al so learned the importance of sport aviation, and our need to fight for our right to fly. I'm currently the chief pilot for a Milwaukee based corporation, flying a 690 Comman der, and in my spare time I am restoring a 1939 Luscombe 8A, which I hope to have flying in late '90 or early '91 . William A. "Bill" Eickhoff, St. Petersburg, Florida Bill's interest in aviation started in the late 1960' s when he had his first flight in a J-3 Cub with Freddie Quinn , his father-in-law . He later obtained his private pilot license. His dedication to flying, building and restoring aircraft led to his involvement with the Sun ' n Fun EAA Fly-In, some 14 years ago. Bill has been a member of EAA since 1972 and participates through Chapter 47 in St. Petersburg. Bill has served as president of the Sun ' n Fun EAA Fly-In for the last five years. He is al so a member of the Florida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Association. Bill is a principal of Eickhoff & Pieper, Inc., an independent registered investment management company. Bill , his wife Suzy, and their son Justin live in St . Petersburg, Florida. Charles W. Harris, Tulsa, Oklahoma At the age of two, Charlie received his first airplane ride in his father's OX-5 TravelAir. He soloed when he was 16. He currently owns and flys an impressive collection of showcase airplanes. Included are: a Piper J3C65, Culver LFA Cadet, three Luscombes, an 8A and two 8F's, a Swift, and two factory Pitts (SIS and S2A). He is a member of 27 aviation organizations, including the Type Clubs for each of the airplanes he owns. He is a life member of EAA, a "regular" Oshkosh attendee and a member of EAA's Antique/Classic, lAC, and Warbirds Divisions. He has served three terms as President of EAA, NC, Ch . 10, Tulsa, of which he is a Charter member. He has been Co-Chairman of the Tulsa Fly-In at Tahlequah, Oklahoma for over IO years and has served as a Senior Co-Chairman since 1983 . Charlie , is currently a Director of EAA's Antique Classic Division, and served as Chairman of the Interview Circle at Oshkosh '89 . Jean Lehman Hill, Harvard, Illinois As a native of Oshkosh, Wisconsin growing up just a few blocks from Wittman Airfield, Jeannie's interest in aviation peaked at an early age. After earning her degree in Audiology and her marriage to Richard Hill, she moved to Burlington, Wisconsin to restore a 1931 Kinner Bird biplane. Since that first restoration, Jeannie has restored two other vintage planes, a 1937 J-2 Cub and a 1933 E-2 Cub, the latter of which she soloed after completing it in 1980. At present Jeannie owns and flies the two Cubs, a Tri-Pacer and a twin engine Cessna Bobcat (Bamboo Bomber). Restoration projects include another E-2, an F-2 (three cylinder engine) Cub, a Pacer, another Kinner Bird and an OX-5 Bird. Jeannie has participated in every EAA convention held at Oshkosh. She has volunteered and chaired several committees. On May 5th, Jeannie was elected an Advisor to the Board of Directors. Robert D. "Bob" Lumley, Colgate, Wisconsin A native of Athens, Georgia, Bob Lumley currently lives in Colgate, Wisconsin where he is a superintendent for a construction firm . Bob started flying in 1968 after serving two years in the Army . He soloed in 1968 in a Piper PA-Il and now holds private and commercial pilot certificates. Presently he owns and flies an Aeronca Chief. In 1982 he joined the Antique/Classic Division . For the past five years he has served as chairman of the Antique/Classic Fly-Out. He has also served as co-chairman of the Antique/Classic Volunteers. For the past two years Bob has been Chairman of the Pioneer Video project - a program undertaken by the Antique/Classic Division to capture on video as many aviation greats as possible . Bob, who is a member of Antique/Classic Chapter II and serves as its activities director, has been an advisor to the Antique/Classic Board of Directors for the past two years . Steve Nesse, Albert Lea, Minnesota Steve was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota and grew up on a farm near there. Always having a deep interest in aviation, he received his private license in 1967. In 1975 he purchased a 1946 Navion from his father. After joining EAA in 1967 at Rockford, Steve has attended 23 consecutive EAA Conventions. A charter member of A/C Chapter 13, he served as vice-president for two years and is presently completing a two year term as president of that chapter. Currently he serves as Chairman of the A/C picnic and as co-chairman of the A/C Parade of Flight. After serving two years as an advisor he is presently a Director of the Antique/Classic Division. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27 PASS IT TO --l5 An information exchange column with input from readers. San Diego. The Fleet is runnin' great. The Glue Angels are back from another Ensenada, Mexico jaunt. Armin Holle's Starduster is going to be rebuilt by Buck Hilbert after the taxi accident and the San (EM 21, NC 5) Diego Air Museum Swallow PT is P.o. Box 424 about finished . Union, IL 60180 Phone calls: Dennis Trone, Galena, Illinois. Dennis, good luck on your Hisso Travel Air. Hope it ' s as good as your description . (See "Members' Projects," Page 6) Bill Woodward, Thompsonville, Michigan. Kinner engines are unduly character assassinated. A Kinner will run and run as long as it has spark and who is just finishing up his multi-en fuel. Roughly , I'll admit, but it'll run! Letter from Gene DeRuelie of Studio gine rating at Spartan. Also, Elsie, One nice thing about them is they let City, California. Gene, it 's great to Mrs. Laird, is doing fine; might even you know about a week in advance that hear from you again. It's a long time make Oshkosh again this coming year. they have a bellyache. Then you'd bet since Star Trek. It's nice to be brought Several newsletters have been com ter do something or you 're in for a bad up-to-date on the happenings out Santa ing in. The Aeronca, Varga, The time! Get rid of that metal prop, Paula way . I'm just hoping I can get Robin's Nest and the Mooney, as well though; a woodie will absorb the power out that way and see all the goin' s on. as the Cessna 170. All these are very impulses better and feel much Keep those letters coming! welcome and let me in on what is hap smoother. Nice letter from Matty Laird's pening in the outside world. They are Another letter - Bob Redner, West daughter, Joan Post. She brings me up most appreciated. Bloomfield, Michigan. Bob , thanks to-date on Matty's grandson "Matty" I got a call from Bob Von Willer in for letting me know I'm not the only 28 JUNE 1990 one who pulls the prop through before wife have come and camped at Osh didn't make too much! the first start of the day . Happy "splash kosh for several years now. He has gra Got a nice card from Duane and downs" with your Sea Bee. ciously invited Dorothy and me to Judy Cole. I don't think Duane will Letter from Ed Lockhart, Lakeside, come visit him in Tokyo. I had planned ever sit back and relax and let the California, including the Ode to to accept his invite last year, but the world go by. I talked to "Woody" Aerona. Ed, your public is waiting for cataract operation sort of blew that one Woods who flies with him using his more and more and more. So am I! away . We are going this spring, Decathlon, and Woody sez Duane You have a knack with the words and though. I want to visit as many of the never ceases to amaze him with his ex the typewriter that really gets it. Get members in Japan that I can. Many re pertise on the controls. Woody, al with it , please? member the barnstorming we did with though not a serious competitor, does More phone calls - Rick Sisson of the Swallow over there in 1982 when enjoy teaching aerobatics. His recent Wareham, Massachusetts called re United Airlines started service. This move to the Las Vegas area in anticipa garding a ring cowl for his Great time I want to meet Mr. Honda and see tion of retiring from United Airlines Lakes. Rick is flying the Lakes that his his airport too. will give him a lot more flyin' weather dad restored and with a grand total of than here in Illinois. 75 hours, all in taildraggers. He got My spirits have reached a new low his license in a Citabria with his dad here the past couple weeks. Being part instructing; he is now into aerobatics. of the Illinois Wing of the Civil Air I think this is just great. From talking Patrol, I became quite concerned with with him, he has his head on straight the effect random drug testing was and with his dad in the process of re going to have on my 422 pilots here in storing a Stearman, he's in for some the state. We asked and we couldn't more open cockpit biplane time. seem to get any answers from National Herb Morphew of Marseilles, Il "HE REPLIED, Headquarters, so we went after the linois called in to tell me he is doing guys in the Great Lakes Region CAP. an article for us on the Tillsbury Flash Still no answers, so we sent to the FAA racer flown by Art Carnahan. Herb is 'ENUF TO Great Lakes Region . They sent out the a contemporary of Bill Morrisey who man who heads the program, Randall was at Douglas at the same time he BUY ME A Read . was; they both retired back in the mid Randall came out on his day off and 1970s. Herb is from the Bloomington, MERCEDES.' " made a presentation to the Illinois A vi Illinois area and knows an awful lot ation Forum. This affects everyone about the early days of that area. I've who flies for hire, whether it be a bal been encouraging him to tell the story loonist, sailplane enthusiast, free-lance and I know he will. flight instructor, A&P etc. It's pretty Dave Colton from Canby, Oregon far-reaching and a program is to be in called to tell me he is planning to put place for each affected individual April an Aeroncopy kit together for the 15, 1990. (This has since been put off homebuilder who might be interested for at least one year. Cheer up, Buck! in building an Aeronca C-3 replica. If A nice card and an update from Jim -MP) he can do it at the price he says he can, Haynes who puts out a neat little news I listened for awhile and then when it'll be a real hot seller. letter called the Robin' s Nest for Robin it came time for questions, I asked how Tommy Atkinson, the L-5 driver owners. He sez one of the Robins is I was going to be affected . I'm a check from Las Vegas, is sporting a new fig coming back from South America after pilot for the CAP, strictly voluntary; I ure and a new leg. Says he'll be back being rescued from a museum that do free-lance instructing, BFRs, tail flyin' the L-5 as soon as he trains the went defunct. He also sent a nice pix dragger check-outs, whatever, usually new leg and foot to work the brake of his latest retoration - a Piper! for free or for gas and oil. I do A&P pedal. Tommy had some bad luck with Call from the San Diego Glue work on my own and CAP airplanes, that leg - had an infection that turned Angels ' reporter, Bob (Red Baron) again more for fun and usually to help real bad and they had to amputate. Van Willer. Armin Holle's Startduster out a friend. And I occasionally drive He 's doing great now, though, and lost is back in the air as of New Years Eve a school bus. Now my question is, will 60 pounds, too! day! Talk about a fast rebuild, Bob did one program suffice for all of these ac Roger and Janice Bacon of Mon the work using a NEW set of wings tivities? The answer was no! I need a rovia, Indiana have quit the corporate acquired from another Starduster different program for each. I think you pilot biz and have gone back to their builder, covered the whole package, can understand why I'm in a funk! I'm first love ~ restoring and building. painted it and Armin reports it's faster, about to become a private pilot or, bet Roger has done some beautiful work looks slicker and flies even better than ter yet, an ultralight pilot and get out and we can expect to see some more it did before. The Red Baron is now of all these activities that introduce of his efforts in the near future. working on the Staggerwing that ran people to flying and help make it a Hiroshi Morita, one of our Japanese into the Starduster. How about that? I little more affordable. I'm really in a members (we have more than 150), asked the Von if he 'd made any money quandry and don't know which way to called for help in locating a propeller on the deal. He replied, "Enuf to buy tum. Anybody out there got some sug hub for his Kinner B-5 powered Fleet me a Mercedes!" As the conversation gestions? II. Hiroshi and his beautiful actress proceeded, I learned it is a 1976, so he Over to you . • VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29 June 1-2 - Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Bi "EAA Oshkosh '90." Wittman Regional plane Expo '90, the National Biplane As Airport, Oshkosh Wisconsin . Contact sociation's Fourth Annual Convention and EAA, EAA Aviation Center, Oshkosh, Exposition. Frank Phillips Field, Bartles Wisconsin 54903-3086. Tel. 414/426 ville, Oklahoma. Free to members of NBA. 4800. For membership information, contact Charles Harris, NBA, Hangar 5,4-1 Avia August 18-19 - Schenectady, New York . tion, lones-Riverside Airport, Tulsa, Ok Northeast Flight '90 Airshow, Schenec lahoma. Tel. 918/299-2532. dady County Airport . Contact lohn Panoski, Northeast Flight '90, 419 June 1-3 - Mountai n View, Arkansas. Mohawk Mall, Schenectady, New York Cessna 190-195 Association Fly-in, at J2309, Tel. 5181382-0041. Ozark Folk Center near the Wilcox Airport. Contact Bill Terrell, PO Box 340, Hill Orange Airport. Contact lames O'Connell August 19 - Brookfield, Wisconsin. 5th sboro, Ohio 45133-0340, Tel. 513/3 93 at 413/498-2266. Annual Ice Cream Social sponsored by 1339 or Cliff Crabs, 25575 Butternut Ridge EAA Antique/Classic Chapter II at Capitol Rd., N. Olmsted, Ohio 44070-4505, Tel. June 23-24 - Longview, Texas Gregg Drive Airport. Contact George Meade, 2161777-4025 (eves). County Airport. Wings Over East Texas 5514 N. Navajo Avenue, Glendale, Wis Annual Air Show. Contact Robert Perry , consin 53217. Tel. 414/962-2428. June 1-3 - Merced, California. 33rd Rt. 2, Box 159BA, Kilgore, TX 75662. Merced West Coast Antique Fly-in. Tel. 214/984-7521. August 24-26 - Sussex , New lersey. 18th Merced Municipal Airport . Contact Annual Sussex Air Show. Sussex Airport. Merced Pilots Association, PO Box 2312, Call 201 /875-7337 or 702-9719. June 28 - July 1 - Mount Vernon, Ohio. Merced, California 95344 or call Dick Es 31 st Annual Waco Reunion . Wynkoop Air cola at 209/358-6707. port . Contact National Waco Club, 700 September 1-3 - Blakesburg, Iowa. Hill Avenue, Hamilton, Ohio 45015 . Tel Culver Cadet 50th Anniversary Celebra June 3 - Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania 513/868-0084. tion , Antique Field. Copntact Burke Bell , Skyhaven Airport . Fly-In Breakfast, 3795 Smuggler PI., Boulder, Colorado 8:00am-2:00pm. Contact Steve Gay, 80303 Tel. 303/494-0108 or Dan Nichol July 7-8 - Emmetsburg, Iowa. Second Skyhaven Airport, Tel. 717/836-4800 or son 713/351-0114. 717/836-3884. Annual Aeronca Champ Fly-in and fly-in breakfast. Emmetsburg Airport. Contact Keith Hamden, Box 285, Emmetsburg, September 8 - Chico, California. Chico June 8-10 - Middletown , Ohio . Fifth Na Iowa 50536. Tel 712/852-3810. Antique Airshow. Chico Airport. Contact tional Aeronca Convention. Aeronca fac Chico Antique Airshow Committee, 6 St. tory . Includes factory tour and visit to Helens Lane, Chico, California 95926. Tel USAF Museum. Contact lim Thompson, July 13-15 - Simsbury Connecticut. 2nd 916/342-3730. President, National Aeronca Association, Annual Northeast Stearman Fly-in at Simsbury Airport. Contact lim Kippen, J1 PO Box 2219, Terre Haute, Indiana 47802. September 14-16 - Tahlequah , Ok Tel. 812/232-1491. Crestwood Street, Simsbury , Connecticut 06070. Tel. 203/651-0328. lahoma (50 miles east/southeast of Tulsa). 33rd Annual Tulsa Fly-in and 10th Annual June 9 - Newport News, Virginia. 18th Bucker Fly-in. Contact Charlie Harris, Annual Colonial Fly-in. Sponsored by July 14-15 - lola, Wisconsin. Airport 3933 South Peoria, Tulsa, Oklahoma EAA Chapter 156 at the Patrick Henry Air breakfast and Old Car Show. Central 74105 , Tel. 9181742-7311. Bucker fans port . Contact Chet Sprague, 8 Sinclair County Airport, lola, Wisconsin. Call 414/ contact Frank Price, Route I, Box 419, Road , Hampton, Virginia 23669. Tel 804/ 596-3530. Moody, Texas 76557 , Tel. 8171772-3897 723-3904. or 853-2008. July 14-15 - Delaware, Ohio Airport, just June 10 - Aurora, Illinois Municipal Air north of Columbus ARSA. 9th annual EAA September 15-16 - Rock Falls, Illinois. port . EAA Chapter 579 Fly-In/Drive-In Chapter 9 Fly-In. Food, camping & more. Fourth Annual North Central EAA "Old Breakfast & Airport/FBO Open House; Contact Art TenEyk, 614/363-6443 or Alan Fashioned" Fly-in. Pancake breakfast Sun 7:30am-Noon. Contact Alan Shackleto, Harding 614/442-0024. day. Contact Dave Christansen at 815/625 Tel. 708/466-4193 or Bob Rieser, Airport 6556. Manager, Tel. 708/466-7000. July 20-21 - Collingwood, Ontario. Sec ond Annual Gathering of Classic Aircraft October 6-7 - Sussex , New lersey Air June 16-17 - Coldwater, Michigan . Sixth sponsored by Collingwood Classic Aircraft port . Fly-In sponsored by EAA A/C Chap Annual Fairchild Reunion, Branch County Foundation. Collingwood Airport (NY3). ter 7 and EAA Chapters 238, 73 and 891. Memorial Field. Contact Mike Kelly, 22 Contact Doug Murray, 5 Plater Street, Info: Bill Tuchler, 2011797-3835; Konrad Coldwater Drive, Coldwater, Michigan R.R. No. 3, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada Kundig, 201/361-8789/FAX 201 /36 1 49036. Tel. 517/278-7654. L9Y 3Z2. Tel. 705/445-5433. 5760; or Paul Steiger, Sussex Airport, 201/ 702-9719. June 22-24 - Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. July 20-21 - Coffeyville, Kansas . Funk Greater Oklahoma City AAA Chapter Fly Aircraft Owners Association Reunion . October 13-14 - Hickory , North Carolina in. Contact Dick Darnell, 100 Park Avenue Contact Ray Pahls, 454 S. Summitlawn, Municipal Airport. EAA Chapter 731 5th Building, Suite 604, Oklahoma City, Ok Wichita, Kansas 67209. Tel. 316/943 Annual Fly-In. Contact Norman Rainwa lahoma 73102. Tel. 405/236-5635. 6920. ter, 1415 Linwood Place, Lenoir, NC 28645 ; evenings 704/578-1919, or Lynn June 23-24 - Orange, Massachusetts. July 27-August 2 - Oshkosh, Wisconsin . Crowell, 113 Auld Farm Road, Lenoir, NC 14th Annual New England EAA Fly-in. 38th Annual EAA Fly-in Convention, 28645, 7041754-2723 . 30 JUNE 1990 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION EAA Membership in the Experimental Aircraft ASSOCiation, Inc. is $30.00 for one year, including 12 issues of Sport Aviation. Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $18.00 annually. Family Membership Where The Sellers and Buyers Meet... is available for an additional $10.00 annually. All major credit cards accepted formembership. FAX (414) 426-4873. 25e per word, 55.00 minimum charge. Send your ad to The Vintage Trader, EAA Aviation Center Oshkosh, WI 54903-2591. 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Quite a group gathered for the first flights, including Lou HoI land, who flew down from Kansas City. These flights were very success ThiS month's Mystery Plane will ap three passengers and a pilot, although ful, and the plane was used in a number peal to air racing fans. The photo is an alternate seating arrangement could of cross-country flights which we from the EAA archives, date and loca provide for two additional passengers. made to various points trying to prom tion not known. Answers will be pub Wingspan was 50 feet and power was ote the next step. lished in the September 1990 issue of a Pratt & Whitney Junior of 500 hp "Then came the 1929 bank crash and VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Deadline for Price at the factory was $12,500. this project crashed with it. Buckley, that issue is July 10. The famous designer, William B. the plane and most of the group were The March Mystery Plane is the Stout, was involved in the project. In taken to Los Angeles, where they Buckley Wichcraft LC-4, built in 1931 his book "So Away I Went," he writes: worked at the Northrop plant." by the Buckley Aircraft Co. of "They retained us to redesign and Only one answer was received for Wichita, Kansas. George Goodhead, build a four-passenger plane for them, this Mystery Plane. Cedric Galloway who sent in the photo, sent along a and we invested some money and time of Hesperia, California correctly iden copy of a company brochure which de with the group in starting the project. tified it as the Buckley. So once again scribes the airplane. Here are some in The result was the Buckley airplane, a we have rescued an unknown airplane teresting quotes from it: low-wing cabin plane very much like from obscurity .• 'The Buckley all-metal low-wing monoplane is the culmination of fifteen years of experimentation and engineer ing in the metal field and is the answer to the increasing demand for safety with speed and comfort in flying. 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