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STRAIGHT AND LEVEL By Brad Thomas President The Bylaws of our EAA Antique /Classic Division Antique/Classic Division state that our Officers and Directors shall serve two year terms, with two officers and half of the Directors to be elected each year, thus staggering the terms. As directed, the Board appointed a nominating committee of six Division members in good standing. Following the procedures as outlined in the Division Bylaws, the committee reports qualified nominating petitions have been received for each Officer and Director position open for election in 1982. Elsewhere in this issue is a resume of each nominee that includes a photo and a descrip• tion of the nominee's experience and background. been excused from specific duties during the Conven• From time to time in The VINTAGE AIRPLANE, tion this year. He will, however, be available for as• mention is made of our current Officers and Directors. signed duties. Some of you may wonder where they are during the A Trustee of the EAA Aviation Foundation and EAA International Convention at Oshkosh. Rest as• member of the EAA Capital Campaign National Steer• sured that each is present and endures a long week ing Committee, Director Morton Lester has been as• of functional activity to insure the success of the Con• signed duties during the Convention that will remove vention. To acquaint you with them during the upcom• him from the basic Division area; however, Morton's ing Convention, a brief description of the duties of roots lie with our Division and he can often be found each is given. with his friends in the Red Barn area. I, your president, am your Management Conven• Who can say enough about the leadership and volun• tion Chairman for the Division and can usually be teers who direct the parking of arriving aircraft during found in the general area of the Division's Headquar• our International Convention? Our Division handles ters at the Red Barn. Vice President Jack Winthrop about 50% of the show aircraft parking and flight• is Co-Chairman of the Division forum activities and line safety during Convention week. Our work begins assists in the daily programming of our Division• days before the official start of the Convention in set• related forums. Spending his entire week with the ting up the grounds with markers, numbers and the EAA Aviation Foundation's Mini-Museum, Secretary necessary requirements to prepare for the tremendous Kelly Viets directs the displays and programming. number of arrivals. Director Art Morgan will be our Treasurer Buck Hilbert has numerous assignments, Division's Chairman of parking and flightline safety basically with functions of the EAA Aviation Founda• again this year. Serving as Co-Chairman of our Divi• tion as a Trustee; but he can readily be seen daily and sion Management will be John Turgyan who will also gives assistance to the Division. perform as chairman of our picnic and entertainment Our Directors each have specific duties, beginning functions. Steve Wittman, appointed to our Division with Ron Fritz and Jack Winthrop who organize, sched• Board as a representative of our parent EAA Board ule and man our Division forum tent in the main forum has duties assigned to EAA functions. area of the Convention site. Our Division advisors, Ed Burns, Jack Copeland, After the EAA National Judging Committee was Stan Gomoll, Butch Joyce, Gene Morris, Roy Redman formed, Claude Gray relinquished his duties as Chief and Wes Schmid have various duties both during the Antique Judge to devote his time to coordinate the ac• Convention and at EAA Headquarters. Their continued tivities throughout the EAA Judging systems. Replac• effort, ranging from Convention manpower to over• ing Claude will be capable Dale Gustafson who has seeing our Division displays in the EAA Museum, served as Co-Chairman of Antique judging and awards greatly contribute toward the success of our EAA for several years. Antique /Classic Division. Heading up the Classic judging and awards will be Several thoughts prompted the comments this month. George York, who along with his volunteer judges, will Among our flying interests we read The VINTAGE AIR• have his hands full judging the estimated count of over PLANE and we attend the EAA International Con• 600 classic aircraft. vention at Oshkosh. The relation among our Officers, General press coverage of the International Con• Directors and Advisors and the membership appears vention is widespread and the Convention press head• dim at times. Who they are and what they do to make quarters is located near the FAA control tower. As your Convention a success is the primary motive in various requests are made for specific areas of the illustrating the volunteer effort given to make your Convention, Al Kelch and wife Lois have maintained organization what it is and what we want it to be. We a Division Press area to assist the media with their are proud of these many volunteers who spend count• requests regarding antique and classic aircraft. Al has less hours bringing our membership the pleasure and been responsible for many articles, radio spots, inter• fellowship that EAA and its Divisions are all about. views and even TV coverage we might not have re• When you attend a fly-in, meet at your local airport, ceived without his expertise. or attend Oshkosh, make it a point to visit these fine Director Bob Kesel has recently retired from his people and voice your appreciation for their volunteer business life, purchased property in Florida and has work to promote sport aviation. 2 JUNE 1982 ! ~® .... --. , .. '\ PUBLICATION OF THE ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC. OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION, INC. P.O. BOX 229, HALES CORNERS, WI 53130 COPYRIGHT © 1982 EAA ANTIQUE/ CLASSIC DIVISION, INC., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED JUNE 1982 VOLUME 10 NUMBER 6 OFFICERS President Vice­President W. Brad Thomas, Jr. Jack C. Winthrop 301 Dodson Mill Road Route 1, Box 111 Pilot Mountain, NC 27041 Allen, TX 75002 919/368-2875 Home 214/727-5649 919/368-2291 Office Secretary Treasurer M. C. " Kelly" Viets E. E. " Buck" Hilbert 7745 W. 183rd SI. P.O. Box 145 Stilwell, KS 66085 Union, IL 60180 913/681-2303 Home 815/923-4591 FRONT COVER ... This Fairchild BACK COVER ... Stinson Model T Tri- 913/782-6720 Office F­24W, N81 222, SI N W46123 received motor owned and restored by Chuck the Grand Champion Classic Award at Andreas, Bill Brennand and Byron DIRECTORS Sun 'n Fun '82. Owner is Martin D. Fredericksen of Neenah , WI . Photo by Propst (E AA 187781 , AlC 7113), 2607 Jack Cox at Sun 'n Fun '82. See story Ronald Fritz Robert E. Kesel John R. Turgyan Hirsch Ave. , Jacksonville, FL 32203. on page 6. 15401 Sparta Avenue 455 Oakridge Drive 1530 Kuser Road See Fly­In story on page 6. Kent City, MI 49330 Rochester, NY 14617 Trenton, NJ 08619 (Jack Cox Photo) 616/678-5012 716/342-3170 609/585- 2747 TABLE OF CONTENTS Claude L. Gray, Jr. Morton W. Lester S. J. Wittman 9635 Sylvia Av enue P.O. Box 3747 Box 2672 Northridge, CA 91324 Martinsville, VA 24112 Oshkosh , WI 54901 213/349-1338 703/632-4839 414/235-1265 Straight and Level .. By Brad Thomas . .. ... .. .. .. 2 AlC News .. By Gene Chase .... .. .. .... .. .. 4 Mystery Plane . .. 5 Dale A. Gustafson Arthur R. Morgan George S. York 1982 Sun 'N Fun Fly­In ... By Lois Kelch ........ .. 6 7724 Shady Hill Drive 3744 North 51st Blvd . 181 Sloboda Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46274 Milwaukee, WI 53216 Mansfield, OH 44906 The Waco ZPF­6 ... by Bob Wilson ... ... ..... ..... 10 317/293-4430 414/442-3631 419/529-4378 " L" Plane Lineage . , By E. E. "Buck" Hilbert . .. .. 12 The Restoration Of A Fleet " Cornell" ­ C­GCWC .. By Jack L. Stead ........ .. ... .. .... ... 15 AI Kel ch Roy Redman 66 W. 622 N. Madison Ave Rt. I , Box 39 Turkey Day At Kelch's ­ The Last Of The Best . Cedarburg, WI 53012 Kilkenny, MN 56052 By Ted Kaston . ........ .. .... , .. ......... .. 17 414/377-5886 507/ 334-5922 Notice of Annual Business Meeting and Election of Officers and Directors .. .. ...... .. .. ... ... 20 ADVISORS Borden's Aeroplane Posters From The 1930's . .. ... 22 . Ed Burns Stan Gomoll Gene Morris Calendar Of Events . 24 1550 Mt. Prospect Road 1042 90th Lane, NE 27 Chandelle Drive Letters To The Editor . .. ..... .. .. .. ... ... .. 25 Des Plaines, IL 60018 Minneapolis, MN 55434 Hampshire, IL 60140 31 21298-7811 6121784-1172 3121683-3199 John S. Copeland Espie M. Joyce, Jr. S. H. " Wes" Schmid 9 Joanne Drive Box 468 2359 Lefeber Road Westborough, MA 01581 Madison, NC 27025 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 617/366­7245 919/427­0216 414/771­1545 PUBLICATION STAFF PUBLISHER EDITOR Paul H. Poberezny Gene R. Chase Page 6 Page 10 Page 12 ASSOC. EDITOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS George A. Hardie, Jr. Norman Petersen Pat E"er Editorial Policy: Read ers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs. Policy opinions expressed in articles are solely those of the authors. Responsibility for accuracy in reporting rests entirely with the contributor. Material should be sent to: Gene R. Chase, Editor, The VINTAGE AIR- PLANE, P.O. Box 229, Hales Corners, WI 53130. Associate Editorships are assigned to those writers who submit five or more articles which are published in THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE during the current year. Associates receive a bound volume of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE and a free one­year membership in the Division for their effort. THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091­6943) is owned exclusively by EM Antique/Classic Division, Inc .. and is published monthly at Hales Corners, Wisconsin 53130. Second Class Postage paid at Hales Corners Post Office, Hales Corners, Wisconsin 53130, and additional mailing offices. Mem- bership rates for EM Antique/Classic Division, Inc., are $14.00 for current EM members per 12 month period of which $10.00 is for the publication of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE.

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