VOL. 32, No. 1 JANUARY 2004

2 VAA NEWS/H.G. Fra utschy

4 AEROMAIL

5 MYSTERY PLANE/H. G. Frautschy

6 2003 VINTAGE HALL OF FAME ALFRED KELCH/H. G. Frautsch y

8 PASS IT TO BUCK/Buck Hilbert

9 JOHN MILLER RECALLS TWO CLOSE ONES/Joh n M. Miller

10 THE MICHIGAN AIR TOUR BOYHOOD DREAMS NEVER TRULY DIE Bruce H. Carmichael

12 THE ALLEN 'S ASO WACO WHAT TO DO WHEN THE BASKET IS MOSTLY EMPTY /Budd Davisson

16 THE 2003 NATIONAL AIR TOUR THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME John Coussens and H.G. Fra utschy

21 THE 47TH ANNUAL TULSA REGIONAL FLY-IN SEPTEMBER 19-20, 2003, BARTLESVILLE , OKLAHOMA Charles W. Harris

24 THE VINTAGE INSTRUCTOR GPS GLITCHES BETWEEN THE EARS/Doug Stewart

27 NEW MEMBERS

28 CLASSIFIED ADS ~1FA~W EAA PUBLIC:ATIONS Publisher TOM POBEREZNY Editor·in·Chief scon SPANGLER Executive Editor MIKE DIFRISCO Front Cover: Jeanne and Dave Allen cruise past the EAA camera ship in the News Editor RIC REYNOLDS newly restored Waco ASO they rebuilt and then flew on the 2003 National Air Photography Staff JIM KOEPNICK LEEANN ABRAMS Tou r. For more on the Allen's restoration, see the article starting on page 12, TRISHA LUNDQUIST then flip to page 16 for more on the NAT. EAA photo by chief photographer Jim Advertising Coordinator JULIE RUSSO Advertising Sales LOY HICKMAN Koepnick. EAA Cessna 210 photo plane flown by Bruce Moore. 913-268-6646 Adve rtising/ Editorial Ass istant ISABELLE WISKE Back Cover: In a scene that hasn't been captured on film since the documen­ Copy Editing COLLEEN WALSH tary days of Martin and Osa Johnson , Thomas Schrade 's Sikorsky S-38, "The KATHLEEN WITMAN Spirit of Osa ," flown by Waldo Anderson, is fl anked by Dick and Patsy Jackson 's VINTAGE AIRPLANE Sikorsky 5-39, "The Spirit of Igor" as they fly north. Our thanks to photographer Executive Director, Editor HENRY G. FRAUTSCHY Gil les Auliard of I.A.P.A. in Newington, Connecticut for many of the images, VAA Administrative Assistant THERESA BOOKS Contributing Editors JOHN UNDERWOOD including this one that helped us fi ll out the NAT coverage. You can reach Gilles BUDD DAVISSON at [email protected]. STRAIGHT Be LEVEL ESPIE "BUTCH" JOYCE PRESIDENT, VINTAGE ASSOCIATION Kicking off 2004

'm putting my thoughts down takes me half a day to put together on paper just before Norma and 600 words for this column! His I depart for Kill Devil Hills, prodigious and well-written output I North Carolina, the site of the is quite an inspiration! plane. The magazine is a great bene­ Wright Brothers National Memorial. As we start 2004, the state of the fit to you as a member. It's the only The weather looks good, the Flyer Vintage Aircraft Association is good. publication devoted to vintage air­ built by The Wright Experience for This condition is a combination of all craft that is published 12 times a EAA is set to lift off the launching of the hard work and dedication of year for your information and enter­ rail, and 35,000 people are expected EAA's staff, VAA's own H.G. Frautschy tainment. Sure, you can read "feel to be there for the celebration. I'm and Theresa Books, the officers and good" articles in other magazines, sure there will be plenty of coverage directors, volunteers, and those very but how many of these large publi­ of the event, and we'll have an arti­ kind and dedicated individuals who cations really get down to the cle here in the pages of Vintage help VAA by contributing to the nitty-gritty, such as the recent article Airplane in the February issue. "Friends of the Red Barn" fund. Our on "How to keep your Tailwheel Writing for publication is one of membership has remained solid, but from Shimmying," or how to fly a the skills I've had to work on while has not increased as the staff and I tail wheel airplane. In 1991, your serving as your president. To some, had hoped this year. Vintage Aircraft Association had the like the late Winston Churchill, it Besides the downturn in the econ­ vision to put together an aviation comes easily. Recently, I was reading omy, one of the reasons that has insurance program with the help of an article about Churchill's writing contributed to us remaining steady AUA Inc. For the past 13 years, AUA and speaking abilities. He gave his in our total membership numbers is has guided this program through a first speech at age 13, and his last in the simple fact that we have an older number of different companies that 1963, two years before his death at membership base than other avia­ are no longer in business because of age 90. His collected speeches fill tion associations. None of us like to the consolidation of aviation insur­ eight volumes. He was said to have admit it, but we're all mortal, and ance companies. By holding this spent an hour preparing each some of our stalwart members have program together during this hard­ minute of a speech. He once wrote aged out this past year. ening of the insurance market, about his enjoyment of writing: To keep our membership num­ vintage aircraft can still be insured "Writing is an adventure," he bers solid, and avoid a downturn, in this insurance program. said. "To begin with, it is a toy and our membership committee has When it comes to aging aircraft amusement. Then it becomes a mis­ made a great effort in gaining new issues with the FAA, your VAA is tress, then it becomes a master, members this past year. So you can there, working closely with EAA, then it becomes a tyrant. The last see that maybe just a suggestion to a talking for all of the vintage aircraft. phase is that just as you are about friend that has a vintage aircraft to We look forward to continued to be reconciled to your servitude, join up with us as a member would progress in this area. you kill the monster and fling him be a great benefit to your Vintage You can see there is a need for the to the public." Aircraft Association. Vintage Aircraft Association to be He could really knock out the If we had each of our 8,700 mem­ around for the good of all of us who words in quick fashion, too. One of bers help us gain new members love older aircraft, and we can help the stories highlighted in the article during this next 12-month period, to keep them flying. Ask a friend to I read illustrated his enjoyment of our membership would grow a great join; it will be good for you, too! the task. One evening after dinner, deal. Increased membership num­ Let's all pull in the same direction he realized he had not finished an bers means a great base of people for the good of aviation. Remember, article. He went off by himself for from which to draw expertise and we are better together. Join us and two hours and composed 3,000 guidance, and we'd be able to add have it all. words. I was in awe! Sometimes it more to your magazine, Vintage Air­ Butch

VINTAGE AIRPLANE VAA NEWS

EAA Sport Pilot & Light­ GOOGLE SEARCHES Sport Aircraft Magazine VAA MEMBERS SITE Debuts in April Thanks to the staff in EAA's web depart­ For half a century EAA has dedi­ ment, we continue to add design features cated itself to making recreational and capabilities to www.vintageaircra(t.org. aviation more affordable to the av­ Now you can "Google" your way around ...... erage person, and it's launching its the site with the world's most popular ._---"':':!.."':!.-­_,------_ sixth decade in this effort with a search engine. Or expand your search to new magazine, EAA Sport Pilot & the World Wide Web by clicking on Ii.iiiij;"~~___"" Light-Sport Aircraft. Serving its "Search WWW" on the same page. This namesake audience, the 64-page handy search engine is also a part of the members-only section of all-color magazine begins its pub­ www.eaa.org. lishing life with its April 2004 issue. Starting early next year, VAA members will have access to a members­ "The sport pilot and light-sport only section of the VAA website, which will include a variety of archived aircraft rules will offer a great op­ articles from the pages of Vintage Airplane magazine. portunity to revitalize personal recreational flying," said EAA Pres­ Nominations for EAA Directors ident Tom Poberezny. "SP/LSA will Pursuant to the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc. bylaws, the presi­ remove the barriers of time and dent has appointed six members in good standing to act as the Nominating money that have prevented many Committee to receive nominations for Class III directors (three-year terms) people from earning a pilot certifi­ to replace those whose terms expire during 2004, and for a Class IV direc­ cate or continuing their flying tor (three-year term) to replace the director whose term expires during activities. The new LSA category 2004. Such nominations shall be sent to Committee Chairman Ron Scott will offer enthusiasts the opportu­ at N8708 Sky Lane, Rt. I, East Troy, WI 53120. nity to purchase more-affordable The terms of five Class III directors and one Class IV director as listed be­ ready-to-fly aircraft and aircraft low will expire at the 2004 annual business meeting held in Oshkosh, kits. This magazine, along with Wisconsin, and successors to these directors will be elected at that meet­ programs and services that we're ing. Such directors may succeed themselves. developing, represents EAA's con­ Class III Directors: Susan Dusenbury, Bill Eickhoff, Bob Gyllenswan, tinuing commitment to make Vern Raburn, Barry Valentine flying for fun more accessible." Class IV Director: Louis Andrew With the publication of the new According to the EAA Restated Articles of Incorporation, the Class IV di­ magazine, EAA will retire Experi­ rector must reside within 50 miles of the location of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. menter magazine, and its readers Nominations shall be made on official nomination forms available from will receive EAA Sport Pilot & Light­ Experimental Aircraft Association Inc., c/o Tom Poberezny, P.O . Box 3086, Sport Aircraft. Experimenter Editor Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086, or e-mail [email protected]. The nomination peti­ Mary Jones will edit EAA Sport Pi­ tion shall include a recent photo of the candidate and a brief resume of his lot, and the new magazine will or her background and experience. Candidates must have been an EAA mem­ continue to serve the interests and ber for the previous three consecutive years. Each petition requires a minimum needs of those who enjoyed Exper­ of 25 signatures of EAA members in good standing with their EAA number imenter magazine. and expiration date. Nomination petitions must be submitted to the chairman of the Nom­ One Dues, Pick a Magazine inating Committee, Ron Scott, c/o EAA Headquarters, P.O. Box 3086, Because EAA Sport Aviation and Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086, no later than March 3, 2004. Voting instruc­ EAA Sport Pilot & Light-Sport Air­ tions and procedures will be published in a forthcoming issue of EAA craft are equally important Sport Aviation. membership benefits that focus Alan Shackleton, Secretary on different aviation interests, to Experimental Aircraft Association Inc. better serve members more effi­ The annual business meeting and election will be held at the Theater ciently, EAA is launching "one in the Woods at 1 p.m. CDT on Sunday, August I, 2004, at Wittman Re­ dues, pick a magazine" with EAA gional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Sport Pilot. Starting in April, when to be held July 27 through August 2, 2004. people join EAA or renew their 2 JANUARY 2004 memberships they will pay the 2003 VAA Volunteers of the Year annual dues of $40 and select the For many years, the VAA has specially recognized a pair of volun­ magazine they wish to receive. teers who, by virtue of their unselfish service to their fellow members, Whether it's a powered para­ have been singled out to receive a special award. More than 400 volun­ chute, trike, or fixed-wing, if you're teers put in weeks of work for the VAA and its members. They served interested in buying, flying, and meals to hungry flight line volunteers, or perhaps they parked air­ maintaining light-sport aircraft planes in the South 40. They were behind the counter at the Red Barn, and their regulatory equivalents or worked in the Volunteer and Membership booths out on the flight and FAR Part 103 ultralights, EAA line. Perhaps they helped out in the Type Club or Workshop tents, or Sport Pilot & Light-Sport Aircraft is were out judging airplanes. Wherever you find them, take a moment for you, said EAA Editor in Chief and say, "Thanks!" Scott M. Spangler. If you're inter­ ested in flying, building, and restoring aircraft of all types, EAA Sport Aviation is your maga­ zine of choice. If members want both maga­ zines they can add the other for $20. What's more, EAAers can add either EAA Sport Pilot or EAA Sport Aviation at any time during their annual membership and the sub­ scription will be prorated based on the time left before their mem­ bership is due for renewal. In other words, the magazines and memberships will all be aligned to a single expiration date. Steve Peters, Columbia City, Indi­ Dyle Wilson, Trenton, Missouri, One dues, pick a magazine does ana, shakes Geoff's hand as he accepts the Flightline Volunteer of not apply to members who belong accepts the VAA Behind the Scenes the Year award from VAA Director to EAA's divisions and affiliate. Volunteer ofthe Year award. In and Co-chairman ofAircraft Park­ However, to provide all members addition to his work during the ing Geoff Robison. Dyle has been with streamlined, efficient serv­ day, Steve can also be seen (and a volunteer for more than a ice, over the coming year division heard on the radio!) during most decade, most ofthat time spent in memberships (and magazines) ofthe overnight hours, as he helps helping EAA and VAA members will be aligned with the expira­ VAA Security ensure everyone park their aircraft in showplane tion of the EAA membership. stays safe and secure. parking and camping. EAA's membership department is putting the final touches on the system now, and we'll have more process to make the maintenance such as hoses, plastic transparen­ details here next month. of older aircraft easier, progress is cies, wheel bearings, batteries, being made to create a new advi­ welded tubing, alternators, gen­ Material Substitution sory circular that will provide erators, regulators, and fabrics Advisory Circular guidance material for the substi­ and glues. In a follow-up to the series of tution of parts and materials for If you have examples of ma­ meetings that produced the Best vintage planes built more than terials you'd like to see on the Practices Guide for Maintaining Ag­ 30 years ago and weighing less list, and can provide engineer­ ing General Aviation Airplanes, than 12,500 pounds. Issues that ing justification (or at least EAA staffers Earl Lawrence and have to be addressed include 1) direction where that material Daryl Lenz represented EAA and the engineering data that is avail­ can be obtained), send us an e­ VAA during a meeting with the able to allow a determination as mail at [email protected] and members of the ad hoc FAA/in­ to fitness of purpose, and 2) ap­ we'll be sure to add it to the dustry committee. In an ongoing plication substitution examples consideration list...... VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3 AEROMAIL

Chapter Newsletters Paul Poberezny Sir, I received your letter yesterday, Dennis Smith, a VAA member from Houston, Texas, enjoys taking all sorts offolks and I wanted to let you know how for a ride. Here he's giving Faye Reimer, 76, ofHempstead, Texas, her first airplane much we appreciated getting it. Your ride over her hometown ofWaller, Texas. They flew out ofthe Skylakes airport. comments on our newsletter were perfectly timed. Keith Newman and I out in the tank, which would be dis­ is far less efficient, but will help. I have been talking about the newslet­ astrous. Other knowledgeable run this in all eight of my collector ter the past few weeks, and he was operators generally mix it with fuel (and new) cars, and if I were still fly­ concerned if he was on the right in a shaken 12-gallon can and add it ing, my 1936 Fairchild 24 would sure track with it. I felt he was. When he to the tank immediately before [fill­ have a unit on the Ranger. Many read your letter, he was quite pleased. ing the] tank (usually dusters or years ago the CAA did this on a new I told him that he had his answer for sprayers) . MMO is best used as an 0-235-C1 Lycoming, running it to sure. Keith's love of flying and his upper cylinder lube when drawn its TBO, and after finding no discern­ concerns for keeping our freedom to into the intake manifold from a nee­ able wear, the CAA approved it for fly is reflected in his editorials and dle valve regulated container at 1 aircraft use, but most unfortunately, his newsletter work in general. quart per 1,000 auto miles. This ratio I cannot locate this in my files. I appreciate your offer for snow. It actually increases available horse­ Lee Hurry is a real novelty here in southeast power by virtue of the lubricity Hopkins, Minnesota Texas, and just a little bit of it brings added to the upper cylinder and pis­ everything to a halt. I'll be watching tons as well as the valves and seats. Lee Hurry's letter has an interesting the skies. Additionally, its naphtha base dis­ tidbit. Do any ofour members recall the Thank you again for your letter, solves and removes carbon, CAA "approval" mentioned by Lee? If and thank you for bringing us to including old, hard material. This so, we'd love to hear about it. We have where we are today. loosens the rings and valves, conse­ no record ofit here at EAA . Clark Morong quently there's no more sticking. I Lee also included a few pages ofdata President, VAA 2 opened up my 60,OOO-mile flat-head and a rough sketch ofhis upper cylinder six in our '42 Dodge after I had been oiler for automobiles. There's too much Many ofus here at EAA headquarters, operating it with a homemade top data to publish here, but if you'd like a including our founder and chairman of oiler for several thousand miles and copy, we'd be happy to send it to you . the board, Paul Poberezny, spend time found all the carbon was gone, hav­ Please send an SASE to us here at EAA each month reading Chapter newsletters. ing been dissolved by the MMO. H~ and we'll pop a copy in the mail. We encourage each Chapter to send us a Some [of the carbon] blackened the No e-mail requests, please. copy ofyour newsletter each month so oil, but most went out the exhaust. You can contact Lee at collector­ we can better understand what issues are There was none in the heads and [email protected]. -Editor important to the members. -Editor the rings were as loose as new, as were the valves. I now have a factory IF YOU'D LIKE TO DROP MMO device made by Ampco in 1951, and US A LINE, SEND YOUR Within Robert Lock's article on ra­ still available from Vaco Corp., LETTERS TO: dial engines in the August 2003 issue 413/586-0978. I'm certain MMO will VINTAGE AIRPLANE h e included a reference to having remove/or vent the lOOLL crud accu­ P.O. Box 3086 OSHKOSH, WI 54903-3086 "used Marvel Mystery Oil in the fuel mulation Mr. Lock is experiencing, OR E-MAIL US AT for a time." MMO does not readily especially if it's used in the top oiler [email protected]. mix with fuel and can even settle device. Mixed with the engine oil, it 4 JANUARY 2004 lot Augy Pedlar from Michigan, navigator Vilas Knope, and passen­ ger Mildred Doran took off in fog and worse, soon returned for mo­ tor adjusting, and left again to "Go West" into the foul weather over the Pacific. Excellent Dole race coverage with aircraft photos, crew, and even colors is shown in BY H.G. FRAUTSCHY Aloha by Martin Jensen with the 1927 "Album" series by Russell MYSTERY ANSWER OCTOBER'S Plehinger in June 1967 EAA Sport Aviation, continuing in December 1967 [issue]. Russ Brown Lyndhurst, Ohio

A number of other members were able to correctly identify not only the airplane type, but also the exact example built. They were as follows: John Pugliese, Fresno, Cal­ ifornia; James Sturber, Mercer Island, Washington; Thomas Lym­ burn, Princeton, Minnesota; John Mader, Calgary, Alberta; and Charles F. Schultz, Louisville, Ken­ tucky. Other correct answers were Our October Mystery Plane is a factory color trim. received from Wayne Muxlow, pretty well-known antique. Its un­ Ill-fated Buhl Airsedan N-X Minneapolis, Minnesota; Clarence usual sesquiplane configuration is 291S, Miss Doran, with red wings Hesser, St. Augustine, Florida; Ed distinctive. Here's our note: and nose, white teardrop fuselage Kastner, Elma, New York; Ed Gar­ trim, and blue tail was entered in ber, Fayetteville, North Carolina; October's Mystery Plane is the the infamous 1927 Dole Pineapple Doug Rounds, Zebulon, Georgia; Wright WhirlwindJS powered five­ Co. Air Race from mainland San and Walter Albert and John place Buhl Airsedan CA-SA in Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii. Pi­ Bishop, Ocala, Florida......

THIS MONTH'S MYSTERY PLANE COMES TO US FROM JAMES BAYS OF GARLAND, TEXAS. ACCORDING TO ONE ARTICLE HE REFERENCES, IT DID FLY AT LEAST ONCE.

SEND YOUR ANSWER TO: EM, VINTAGE AIR­ PLANE, P.O . Box 3086 , OSHKOSH, WI 54903-3086. YOUR ANSWER NEEDS TO BE IN NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 5, 2004, FOR IN­ CLUSION IN THE APRIL 2004 ISSUE OF Vintage Airplane . YOU CAN ALSO SEN D YOUR RESPONSE VIA E-M Ai l. S E ND YOU R ANS W ER TO [email protected]. B E SURE TO INCLUDE BOTH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS (ESPECIA L LY YOUR CITY AND STATE!) IN THE BODY OF YOUR NOTE AND PUT "(M ONTH) MYSTERY PLANE" IN THE SUBJECT LINE.

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5 2003 VINTAGE HALL OF FAME H.G. FRAUTSCHY

ALFRED KELCH

om in 1918, Alfred Kelch engineering resulted in the found­ became enamored with air­ ing of Kelch Manufacturing, a planes and aviators at age company that pioneered a number B6 when his uncle Percy of plastic innovations, including Bricker bought a war surplus Cur­ the first plastic steering wheel for tiss Jenny and flew it to AI's the automotive trade. hometown of Lake View, Iowa. During that time, Al met and, Al Kelch designed the Even uncle Percy's crash landing of when he could finally afford it, original Lindbergh the Jenny didn't dampen his en­ married the lady who would be his trophy used by EAA thusiasm, although little Al was partner in all his endeavors, Lois. for the top awards at perturbed with his uncle for wreck­ As his business grew, Al was able EAA AirVenture. On ing "his" Jenny. to squeeze a few dollars out of the the left is the bronze He followed every report of budget and begin his collection of statue from the Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing, lis­ antique airplanes. He purchased a 1920s that served as tening with headphones to the Piper Cub for $250, and has since the basis for the first prototype Lindy family radio. While Al was in jun­ restored more than a dozen air­ shown here on the right. That first ior high school, his uncle returned planes, most of which he flew from Lindy was cast using dense armor to town with a Curtiss Robin, and his rural home and airstrip in bronze, and the finished product was Al was given his first flight lesson. Mequon, Wisconsin, where he and very heavy. A lifelong love affair with all Lois hosted many years of antique things mechanical has kept Al airplane fly-ins. EAA Lindy trophy we all recognize Kelch involved in automobile AI's interest in Lindbergh led today as one of aviation's most restoration, antique boats, and, of him to collect memorabilia, and prestigious awards for aircraft con­ course, airplanes. A career mixing one of the pieces he collected was struction or restoration. his talents in art and mechanical a small bronze statuette of the Al was one of the earliest mem­ famed pilot. Its bers of the Antique/Classic division, resemblance to and became lifetime member num­ the Oscar statues ber 6. In the mid-1970s, given in the film industry inspired Al to create the

A constant in his life, AI's Piper Cub. He also owns the "Num­ ber One Cub," powered by a Salmson radial engine. ~he ~ther constant in his Ii e hzs vzvacious w·F, L' ft., Al and I, e, OIS.

6 JANUARY 2004 AI's uncle Percy brought a Jenny to town, but man­ aged to crash it on Main Street. Little Al (far right, In dd·ti a I on to countless art fi . in coat and hat) was annoyed with his uncle for annual antique fly-in F; mrs, Al and Lois were hosts to an crashing "his" Jenny! ,or many years. he and Lois edited the division's magazine, Vintage Airplane, and he also served as the chairman of the Judging Committee. He and chief judge Claude Gray created the core rules for judging vintage airplanes, a set of rules that we continue to use to this day. He also founded the "Grand Champion Circle" in a successful effort to invite top award winners Al loves rare, unusual to the EAA convention. airplanes. Here's his While serving as the president Welch OW8M. of the Travel Air club, a visit to the Parish's in Tullahoma, Tennessee, inspired Al to add a porch to the convention headquarters of the di­ Al at work restoring his vision, the Red Barn. With the rare Curtiss-Wright design help of Pat Packard and the Travel Air 12Q. carpentry skills of Bob Lumley and other volunteers, the porch was added and continues to serve as a resting and gathering spot for members during EAA AirVenture. Al serves on a number of boards with aviation interests, in­ cluding the Sun 'n Fun board, and is affiliated with the Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York, and the Old Rhine beck Aerodrome museum. He contin­ ues to actively work on his collection of aircraft kept at the Brodhead, Wisconsin, airport. His most recent restoration project is a Travel Air 4000 formerly owned by Robertson Aircraft and flown One ofAI's many aviation friends, Ted Koston took this pretty shot ofAl in his by Charles Lindbergh. ~ Curtiss-Wright Travel Air 12Q next to the pond at AI's airstrip and home. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7 PASS IT TO BUCK

BY E.E. "BUCK" HILBERT, EAA #21 VAA #5 P.O. Box 424 , UNION , IL 60180 Winter and whatnot

The phone rings, and it's our lover, his talking about flying his friendly editor, H.G., bugging me open-cockpit Starduster Too on skis mous EAA Hall of Fame person. The about a column. in the dead of winter. I asked him wonderful gal who has been right By the time you read this, we'll be how cold it was. there since before and ever since EAA in the grips of another winter session. His reply was, "Don't make any started. Come on out and wish her No preaching to the choir. If you difference. Once it gets down to zero well! If you want to fly your skiplane aren't well informed as to the what, it just don't get any colder, and the into Pioneer, you have to make prior how, and when of winter flying, flying doesn't get any better than arrangements. This thing fills up then you just don't read or listen to this!" I'm also reminded of a couple I quickly, since we have only so many all the things that have been written know who spend their summer in up­ slots available for arrivals. You need to and told about it over the years per Ontario, Canada. They go south contact Sean Elliott, who heads up when it comes to the precautions for the winter. All the way to Duluth, EAA's Flight Department. E-mail him and preparations for winter flying. Minnesota. It's all in your mind, they at [email protected], or call his office at Me, I'm looking forward to some tell me. Make up your mind that 920-426-6801. fun times. I just came in from the you're going to have fun and enjoy, Here's one of the things I learned hangar where I've been looking at the and then it's a piece of cake. about winter flying: Carry a spare set skis for the Champ. It's time, I said, as I tend to agree. Being on skis gives of socks in your jacket pocket. If I looked at the weather report for the one the freedom you never have on your feet get cold, it's because your next couple of days. The weather guys wheels or floats. Every field that's socks are damp. As unseemly as it are promising 3 to 6 inches of snow. big enough becomes an airport. You may look, pull off your boots and It's coming! Walking in from the can fraternize with neighbors like put on the dry pair of socks. Your hangar, the little flurries are evident never before, and often when I flop feet will warm up quickly. Tuck the with the promise of a lot more. The in on one of my neighbors and after other pair back in your jacket temperature is hovering right at the giving them a ride, I'm invited in for pocket, and they'll be ready if you freezing level, and we are waiting hot cocoa, or even something have to repeat the process. expectantly. stronger. Everyone seems to be in an The increased performance of There is a lot to be said for winter exhilarated mood, exuberant, and your aircraft will really amaze you. flying. The air is nice and thick and full of Christmas spirit. Carefully pre-heat the engine like the fluid, making the engine, the prop, When the ice is nice and thick, it's books say, and take it easy so as not to overboost. It can be done. Some years and the airfoils behave beautifully. also fun to ski and skim along the icy back when I was flying in and out of The performance is really enhanced surfaces. That summer place becomes Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, for with the cold air. The airplane just even more accessible now, because United, our DC-8 takeoff data did not sort of leaps off the snow, and climbs you can land on the iced-over lake show temperature accountability like a homesick angel. The air is so and taxi right up to the lakeshore below -SO·F. There were mornings smooth, the scenery so bright and frontage. Watch out for the ice fisher­ when we had to wait, believe it or beautiful, everything so clean, that men; be sure you clear the area; and not, for the temperature to warm up you want to live forever. before landing, watch for those crazy before we could take off. Engineering Provided, of course, that you are fun-loving snowmobilers. That's was insistent that we could do dam­ suitably dressed in warm clothing, enough of a caveat for now. age to our engines if we overboosted the airplane heater is cooking, and Join your fellow aviators in the lo­ them because of the extreme density you have your sunglasses on under cal skiplane activity: the chili and of the air at those very low tempera­ your earmuffs. All the preparations bean fests and, if you can make it, the tures. Isn't that one for the books? fade into the background as the pure Pioneer Airport skiplane fly-in on Jan­ Put your snuggies on, get the pleasure of the flight soaks in. uary 24. That's a special one, where we heat up on your attitude, and it's, I recall after a conversation with also celebrate Audrey Poberezny's Over to you, '- I( Norm Petersen, a Minnesota snow birthday. You know her, our most fa­ (( ~tJ.C)C- 8 JANUARY 2004 ne evening in 1933 I was returning from a trip in my New Standard D-25 I LEARNED Obiplane and flying into the old Valley Stream, Long Island, THERE HAD ent reason at that same location. New York, airport. There was no ra­ Then one day in 1935 when I dio at that time, either on the was a member of the Marine ground or in the airplanes, so I did PREVIOUSLY Corps Reserve Squadron at Floyd not have any information about Bennett Field, there was a huge the wind except what I could judge BEEN A bank of sea fog just offshore, from the windsock. It showed a south of the field. We were flying good stiff south sea breeze. Grumman SF-2 biplanes. I was I entered a left downwind, de­ FATAL CRASH number three in a formation take­ scending for a south landing and off to the south, right toward that arrived at about 1,000 feet at OF A bank of clouds. The leader mis­ about midfield and about 70 mph judged the distance to the bank of lAS. As I started to descend, the clouds and flew right into it. airplane suddenly dived. A glance COMMANDAIR Number two pilot and I tucked at the airspeed indicator showed in close to the leader to keep for­ only about 35 mph. I let the plane BIPLANE mation in the dense fog. The dive and opened the throttle wide leader made a beautiful left climb­ until enough airspeed was re­ ing turn and we followed him gained, then leveled off with THAT HAD through 180 degrees and back out barely safe clearance above of the fog. ground. To say the very least, I SUDDENLY I spoke on the radio to compli­ was surprised and puzzled. ment him on his great smooth, After landing, I took off again climbing turn. He said that he did and repeated the downwind de­ DIVED INTO not even know he had been turn­ scent at a much higher airspeed. ing because his turn indicator-the Sure enough, there was a very THE GROUND only instrumentation in the air­ strong warm north land breeze plane-was dead as a doornail! above the strong cooler south sea He had thought he was going breeze, with a remarkably smooth WITHOUT ANY to climb out of the top of the fog line of separation between the two bank, straight ahead. We had en­ opposite winds. When flying to APPARENT tered the fog at less than 500 feet! the north against that strong north Fortunately, he held his climb air­ wind and descending suddenly speed, so did not descend into the into the strong south cool sea­ REASON AT water, and he did not have time breeze, the airspeed of the airplane to get vertigo with that dead turn quickly dropped at least 40 mph. THAT SAME indicator faultily assuring him I learned there had previously that he was straight ahead. been a fatal crash of a CommandAir I had run out of numbers for biplane that had suddenly dived LOCATION. my close calis, even before that into the ground without any appar- one. ~ VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9 The Michigan Air Tour Boyhood dreams never truly die

BRUCE H. CARMICHAEL ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE LATE WILLIAM HAGER

to have the life-sustaining iron had been working to fashion the mines close down, leaving a vil­ fabulous airplanes in which our lage of able-bodied men out of boyhood heroes charted the air work? A town with two out of trails. There was an innocence and three storefronts boarded up, faith in that time, telling us that kids who could not afford to go hard work and ingenuity was bound ne spring morning in 1969 to the movies even when the price to payoff. The amazing accomplish­ I stood at the edge of the was reduced to a nickel. At the same ments of a small group of daring Crystal Fa lls airport in the time, there was excitement in the aviators easily captured our youth­ OUpper Peninsula of Michi­ air! Men, alone and in small groups, ful imaginations. gan. The field was knee-deep in weeds, and a tattered windsock hung from its rusting ring. The sin­ gle cinder block hangar was filled with road equipment, countering the Haight Memorial Airport sign above the door. My thoughts drifted back to the early 1930s and the mar­ velous Stinson old Doc Haight kept in that hangar. I was sad to see the fragile interest in aviation that had existed here was now gone. As I gazed across the weed-choked field, a third of a century rolled away, and I was once again an 8-year-old boy. Filled with anticipation, I was riding in an ancient Cadillac touring car on my way to see the airplanes of the Michigan Air Tour visiting this field. In a gesture of defiance to the crushing Depression that gripped the country, my flamboyant neigh­ bor, Todd Webb, had lovingly restored the ancient car, a dapper symbol of a happier time. Donning a duster and goggles, he rounded up the neighborhood kids and pro­ ceeded to the air show. How can I portray the contrast of the poverty of the times with the hope and excitement generated by the sight of those early aircraft? How can I explain to my children, raised in affluence, what it was like 10 JANUARY 2004 As we neared the field we saw standing in the drugstore Wacos, Travel Airs, Gypsy Moths, asking for the latest copy of Stinsons, Bellancas, Fairchilds, and Flying Aces magazine. Old Stearmans roar around the circuit, Mr. Sheffer would always land, and taxi into neat rows along go through the same ritual, the fence. A tiny wire-braced mono­ peering myopically at the plane with its belly dragging on the rack and muttering, "Fly ground turned out to be the Aces, Fly Aces." Pretending Aeronca C-3, predecessor to the he couldn't see it. He would light plane, which would soon dis­ peer down over his glasses place the powerful biplanes of the and say, "Perhaps it isn't in 1920s as the private pilot's mount. yet./I I would point it out to The fragile beauty of an autogiro in him, and he would hand it steep descent against the northern down. I would stand rooted sky brought a look of wonder to up­ to the counter, thumbing turned faces. Suddenly a gasp arose through the exciting pages. from the crowd. "He has lost his Once I glanced up and saw landing gear." A few of us wore su­ his understanding, tender perior smiles as we recognized the smile. He knew an airplane sleek Lockheed Orion lap the field nut when he saw one. with unbelievable speed. The crowd There were other mem­ sighed as the wheels dropped down. ories of that bygone era. The pilot of the Detroit News cam­ The joy of the first airplane model row, Alaska. Jean Mermoz, French era plane barely had time to chop one had built that actually flew! Aeropostal pilot, was lost in the power before we surged around The many airplane sketches that South Atlantic; the Italian De him. I touched the cool smooth festooned school papers. The Pinedo in a fiery takeoff crash in smoothness of the air after New York; and Levanevsky, the takeoff from a sod field on Russian Lindbergh, "Lost between one's first airplane ride. The the North Pole and Alaska./I My Michigan Air Tour, however, closest high school friend van­ will always hold a special ished in his exploding P-38 when place in my memory. gunners in a flack tower hit it dur­ Slowly the past slipped ing World War II. After the war, so away, and the deserted air­ many colleagues lost in dangerous field once again came into test flying, including Dr. August focus. How strange this remi­ Raspet, who gave me my start in niscing would sound to most flight test. In spite of it all, the people, I thought. But then, magic remains. those children of the Depres­ If today you should attend a sion who became infatuated model airplane meet, a sailplane with aviation during the meet, an Experimental Aircraft As­ Great Depression will re­ sociation fly-in, an air race, an air member and say, "Yes, that is museum, or especially an antique just how it was. Where did aircraft gathering, there you will the magic go?/I see hundreds of boys. But these are Many happenings tended the boys of the 1930s, their h air to dim and cloud that thin and graying, but look at the leading edge of this streamlined magic. One by one our heroes, the light in their eyes! Yes, boys still. beauty and touched the future. pioneering long-range fliers, were The magic has not gone for us. As The pilots were demigods to us. lost pointing the way to today's air long as old airplanes are restored Standing, talking, smoking, and chew­ travel. Bert Hinkler of Australia hit and flown to air meets, the surviv­ ing gum with faces tanned by count­ a mountain in the Alps. Sir Charles ing children of the Depression will less hours in wind and sun. Thin, Kingsford Smith, first across the be there patting the airplanes, wiry, sun-wrinkled, a breed apart. Pacific, lost in a typhoon in the retelling the old legends, bringing I was the airplane nut of our vil­ Timor Sea. Round-the-world Amer­ back once more that special time lage who studied airplanes from ican flier Wiley Post lost in a crash and the memory of our boyhood morning until night. I remember with Will Rogers near Point Bar­ heroes. Bless them all...... VINTAGE AIRPLAN E 1 1 THE ALLENS'

What to Do When the Basket Is Mostly Empty BUDD DAVISSON

ave and Jeanne Allen on until they had a beautiful Taper­ the Straightwing project we knew don't know how to do wing that you'd have to look at the we'd eventually be doing." things the easy way. documentation to know it wasn't an Got that? They built a Taperwing They also have this original. But they didn't want a Ta­ Waco for practice!

D II thing about Wacos. And then there's perwing. What they really wanted I guess one reason we weren't their runway at Elbert, Colorado: it's was an ASO, straight-wing. afraid of such a big project is that we at 7,050 feet MSL and only 36 feet "When we started the Taper­ really didn't know any better," and wide. Like we said, they do nothing wing," Dave explains, "We knew we he laughs his often-heard self-effac­ the easy way. really wanted a straight wing but ing laugh. A major indication that the Aliens there weren't any to be had. Not in Incidentally, Dave looks so much don't let logic stop them from doing our price range anyway. We thought like Walter Matthau that you some­ enormous projects is the fact that about building one, but didn't know times have trouble looking him in they built their last Waco, a Taper­ if we could do a scratch-built project the face and, we apparently aren't

wing, from a homebuilt II kit. " like that, so we did the Taperwing the first to notice the similarity. Beginning wi th a welded up fuse­ because there was a basic kit already When we commented on it, he used lage, a bunch of wood, and a pile of available for it. To us, the Taperwing his usual reply, "Oh, really! Most drawings, they just kept on keepin' was nothing more than practice for people mistake me for Tom Cruise." 12 JANUARY 2004 Dave has been a round-motor bi­ when there was a lot for a young Air plane freak since he was in diapers. Force pilot to do. liMy mother said I used to sit astrad­ "I was put into Special Opera­ dle a couple of boards arranged like an tions, initially flying a Helio, and a airplane and make airplane sounds," buddy and I started volunteering to he says. "I used to race the local crop go to Vietnam. Again, I didn't know dusters around Fresno on my bike. I'd any better. We were young and in be running down along side the fields love with the Skyraider and we with them and constantly hanging wanted to be Sandy pilots. As hard out at their operation. as we tried, however, we couldn't get "Eventually, they put me to work orders to 'Nam. They were sending and at 11 years old I was flagging fields all sorts of officers over who had for them. I stayed with them for the families, but they ignored a couple of footloose Lieutenants. It didn't make any sense then and it doesn't now." Y BUILT Everything seems to hap­ pen for a reason and when Lt. Allen was assigned to fly C- 130s on rescue missions in PERWING England, it allowed him to make one of the most impor­ tant decisions of his life. "I had met Jeanne before I o FOR went to the Academy and we pretty much knew we were going to get married. But, I couldn't ask her to marry me CTICE! if I was going to Vietnam. When I found I was going to next four or five years and they were England, however, I said something even going to teach me to fly. Myavi­ to the effect of 'How'd you like to go ation career got short circuited, to England. And, oh by the way, however, when I was 16 and loading would you like to get married?'" chemicals. I got poisoned and was so The Allens come as a pair, and sick that my mom and dad said that you can find nothing, from their air­ was it for me and aviation." plane registrations to the card on Although he got the bug, so to their propeller at fly-ins that say speak, at Lawton Cropdusters in "Dave Allen." It is always "Dave and Fresno, he didn't actually get to fly Jeanne Allen." until some years later. "She's the other half of me. She's "In high school I figured that my hands-down the best thing that has way into the air to be sports and ever happened to me and if it good grades. I figured if I did well, I weren't for her, I doubt if I would could get a scholarship and then have done any of the things I've learn to fly." done. We're partners all the way That worked big time and he was through. She goes well past being awarded an appointment to the Air supportive. She encourages me and Force Academy. works right along with me getting "I don't normally talk about the things done, regardless of what it is." Academy because I'm about as far When it comes to airplanes Dave from being a ring knocker as you can says, "I never really outgrew the get. ] just wanted to fly and that round motor biplane thing and, seemed to be the way to do it." when our two boys grew up and He graduated and went directly to stopped asking for money, we de­ Jeanne and Dave Allen flight training. In 1969 he earned his cided it was time to do something wings and that was a period of time about a biplane. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13 wouldn't, just write a check and buy one. "For one thing, I was just an old ex-Air Force guy. There was simply no way I could spend that kind of money on an airplane. Then, when I went with the airlines, I kept getting furloughed and one year, between Jeanne and I, we had nine W-2 forms, we had worked so many jobs. Besides, I really like building stuff. I'm an old-time model airplane builder and there are times up here, when it's snowing and you're snug­ gled down in your warm shop building something, that it's really fun. I guess you could say that's my comfort zone. "We figured we could build or re­ build an airplane because we Mmmm, leather. That looks like a pretty Keeping the original style 4-inch instru­ wouldn't have to write one big nice place to sit for a 4,OOO-mile odyssey ments was high on the list ofthe check. We could go into it a little at a through the Midwest and east coast. Aliens. time and, when the money slowed =::--~~---~------. down, we'd slow down too. When we had money, we'd buy the big stuff. When you're building or re­ building from scratch, you buy some materi­ als, then you spent six months or a year working on it barely spending a dime. It's a good way to control the cash out-flow./I The first airplane project was the Nu­ WACO Taperwing kit that was being pro­ duced by Ernie Bodie. "The kit had a fully welded fuselage, which is what I wanted be­ cause I don't weld. It's The Aliens chose to have a Wright 1-6 one of those things I keep saying I'm power their A50, which technically makes going to learn, but I haven't yet. The it a C50. Relatively speaking, the 1-6 is kit had all the wood for wings, but it easier to support and maintain than the I­ was very much a scratch built kind S. The large number on the fin is the of project and I spent a long time ship's National Air Tour number. making parts./I "In the back of my mind I always "Around here the phrase 'round tude and 450s seem a little too knew the Taperwing was the wrong motored biplane' translated as 'Stear­ brutish for me. That's when I started airplane for our runway and, when I man,' but somehow they didn't quite looking at Wacos./I got it flying, I turned out to be right. make the grade for me. The 220 Although there were a number of When you're coming over the Stearmans couldn't handle the alti­ Wacos for sale, Dave couldn't, and threshold at 100 mph at a density al­ 14 JANUARY 2004 titude of 9,000-10,000 feet, the zigs had set for the airplane. instrument panel, the Allens had and zags get really close together and "What we wanted above every­ some serious decisions to make. that 36-foot runway becomes a side­ thing else was a reliable airplane that "We had a bunch of factory pho­ walk. Landings in the Taperwing we could fly without worrying too tos and wanted to be as original as were always a cottonmouth affair. much about it. This airplane was def­ pOSS ible, while still making the air­ "We knew a Straightwing, like an initely not going t o be a hangar plane usable. We had a few original ASO, would be much better for us. In queen. We wanted to fly it as if it instruments we overhauled but we fact, we had been looking for one for was a 'normal' airplane and take it refaced some modern instruments sometime. We eventually bought just about anywhere in the country. too. The altimeter, for one, however, what would have to be called not a "A]-5 is just too hard to support had to be an original because it was 'basket case,' but an 'envelope case' and we'd always be worrying about one of the old four-inch, nonsensi­ because basically all we had was an it. So, we installed a ]-6, which tech­ tive types and a newer altimeter envelope which contained the pa­ nically makes our airplane a CSO, would have looked out of place. perwork for a 1930 ASO Waco." not an ASO. The j-6, however, is "We weren't looking forward to Not having an airframe for a pat­ much easier to support because parts flying with a single-needle altimeter tern, the Aliens were going to have are more available. Plus, it's a more in some of the controlled airspaces to be creative, resourceful, and most reliable engine. [t may not be a mod­ we'd be flying into, but we didn't of all, determined. ern engine, but it's as close as we want to make that big of a change in "We got almost complete draw­ could get on this kind of airplane. the appearance of the cockpit. It ings for the wings from the "Dan Murray up in Longmont did turns out we shouldn't have worried. Smithsonian. For the fuselage, how­ the engine for us and we hung it on "We made the main panel look as ever, we worked with Mike Strong up a mount made by Don Gene." original as we could but we mounted in Powell, Wyoming, who had a pat­ "Scott Gregerson up in Pocotello, a little bitty 2-1/4" Becker radio and tern Waco 10 fuselage to be used in Idaho, is an expert in sheet metal and transponder in small side panels building a jig. He was already build­ had some original Waco parts that he down by my knees. The transponder ing one for himself and asked if we duplicated for us. That included the took care of our concerns about the wanted one too, so we worked with headrest and the tail cone. Dan did altimeter because in one of its modes him on it." the compound curved piece on the it will display a correct altitude to With a basic fuselage and wing top of the forward fuselage but we did the foot. It's really pretty neat." draWings in hand, the Aliens were most of the rest. john Cournoyer of Almost every antique project of well on their way to having their Creve Coeur, Missouri, made the alu­ any kind involves a photo or two of Straightwing. However, since Dave minum fuel tank. a specific airplane that becomes the was "weldingphobic," he sent the "A lot of the sheet metal, like the model for that project. This was par­ fuselage up to a Waco fabrication pieces between the cylinders, are ticularly true when it came to the speCialist to have the landing gear wire rolled and [ couldn't find any­ Allen's ASO. and tail built in their hard jigs. one to do it. So I located one of the "We decided early to replicate the "The wing drawings were actually elusive Pexto 322 wire rollers and Wacos flown by Art Davis and pretty good, plus I borrowed a wing taught myself how to do it. I was re­ johnny Livingston in various races panel from Mike Strong to use as ref­ ally worried about some of the parts and the 1929 Air Tour. That's where erence. Tim Bode made the metal because they were supposed to be some of the fairings came from and fittings for me, which let me concen­ compound curves and I expected continued on page 26 trate on the wood. them to give me real heartburn. Af­ "Compared to something like a ter I rolled them, however, I found With the 2003 edition of the National jungmann, Waco wings are actually they took on a compound shape on Air Tour now history, Dave and Jeanne are pretty crude. The spars are just big their own and I actually had to flat­ just as enthusiastic as when they started. chunks of lumber, so building the ten them out a little. At the end, as they gathered for their wings was a big project but wasn't par­ "The lower wing fairings are some­ goodbyes, Dave reflected on his and ticularly difficult. It took us about a thing we're proud of. It t urns out Jeanne's experience: "This has truly been year and a half to finish them all and that Waco actually had a drawing a magical history tour-not only for the that includes the center section, which and a part number for them, but you people who've been following us on the I patterned after an original [ had. seldom see them on an airplane. Dr. Web and have come out to see us land "Truth is, after doing the Taperwing john Patterson and his son had made and experience these magnificent air· wings, these were actually pretty easy a set for their Waco and I borrowed planes, but also for the pilots who've met because everything was square./I their patterns and made the fairings the outstanding people along the route." ASOs originally used the j-5 Wright out of .032. For more on the National Air Tour, as a power plant, but that early engine When it came time to do the cock­ please see the article starting on page 16. conflicted with the goals the Aliens pits and especially the rear VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15 4iiiiiiiiiiI~~The 2003 National Air Tour The chance of a lifetime

JOHN COUSSENS RE-CREATING TilE 192'j-I931 NA.TIONAL AIR TOURS

h roughout life I have come. When starting day dawned, We left the lakeshore fog of De­ learned that we never rec­ electricity filled the air as I ate break­ troit behind us and headed west ognize the most significant fast and headed to the airport. Low toward Kalamazoo, my Travel Air as­ Tmoments in our lives until fog heightened the drama as I signed to the slowest group of planes. they've passed. When a man named walked among ancient aircraft on That group included the two Sikorsky Greg Herrick introduced himself to the eerily silent ramp. During start­ Amphibions, and the awe I felt join­ me at AirVenture 2002 and invited ing ceremonies, we all listened ing those two majestic birds in me to fly my 1928 Travel Air 4000 intently as Edsel Ford II and Erik formation simply defies description. biplane in the 2003 National Air Lindbergh spoke of the history and Across the first four days, we Tour, I felt flattered. It sounded like value of our coming event. landed in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, a fun event. Looking back now, I re­ The first minutes of the tour are Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa, and alize how those few minutes with etched in my mind through the at each stop we were treated like visit­ Greg changed my life forever. sights and sounds of history relived. ing heroes. Young and old alike asked Thirteen months later, loaded Over 30 radial engines including for our autographs on programs and with camping gear, cameras, and Wrights, Pratts, Lycomings, and Con­ Air Tour posters, and hosts at each more than a little trepidation, I tinentals loafed their idle songs as I airport threw open both their hangars headed east from my home airport sat in my Travel Air, at the back of and their hospitality. in Arlington, Washington. Ahead of the ramp, watching dozens of pro­ Those first few legs held surprises me lay an 8,600-mile odyssey, with peller blades spin lazily in the and challenges, too, with winds caus­ over half that distance needed just brilliant sunshine. One by one: 26 ing a few pilots to delay departures, for the round trip to the tour's start­ planes with legendary names, iike and a fuel tank support breaking on ing pOint at Willow Run airport in Stinson, Fokker, Waco, Travel Air, one of the Ford Tri-Motors as it left Ypsilanti, Michigan. After two days Stearman and Sikorsky, staged on the Anoka, Minnesota. Time for re­ flying, I reached western Nebraska, taxiway. Edsel Ford II, whose grand­ pairs delayed that Ford for several leaving the Cascades, Rockies, and father started the original tours, hours and resulted in the plane high plains of Wyoming far behind waved the starting flag for every getting more than a little muddy me. After two more days, I joined up plane. Lifting from the pavement at when it reached Des Moines .... with fellow tour pilots Hank Galpin Willow Run left me speechless, as I fi­ Thunderstorms stood like sentinels and Clay Adams at Brodhead, Wis­ nally began the tour after over a year just west of Interstate 3S for our en­ consin, for the final flight into of personal planning, coordination, tire trip south from Anoka, and Willow Run. and sacrifice. In that moment every forced us to stay in Des Moines that The sight of the ramp at Willow sacrifice paled, every hurdle dropped night rather than continue to Run, filled with antiques from across from memory, every fear of failure to Kansas City per our schedule. A North America, gave just a brief start the tour fell away. Now I just radar snapshot, showing storms in glimpse of the incredible journey to had to finish .... a solid band stretching from Canada 16 JANUARY 2004 clear to the Gulf of Mexico, con­ firmed the wisdom of stopping short. Craig Schiller, Greg Herrick's righthand man, saved our bacon in Des Moines, arranging hotels for over 80 people and hangars for most of the planes at that first of several unplanned overnighters. Throughout the Tour, weather continued to alter our plans. During a scheduled free day in Wichita, the Stearman owners had arranged to fly to McConnell Air Force base to visit the very hangar in which their planes were built. Concurrently, I Edsel Ford waves the starter's flag for had planned to get all the Travel Erik Lindbergh recalls the fact that his each aircraft and NAT organizer Airs to their birthplace at Beech grandfather had planned on flying in Greg Herrick and author Tim 0'­ Field, and possibly visit the original one ofthe original air tours, but bad Callaghan give a "thumbs up" as Travel Air factory buildings that still weather kept him from the start. they taxi out for departure. stand within the Beech complex. Steady rains that eased occasionally but soaked us throughout the day scuttled both trips. Although the rains of Wichita gave way to beautiful skies from Kansas to Georgia, Hurricane Isabel lurked ominously in the Atlantic. Even as early as our first night in Kansas, Isabel's track looked likely to hit Kitty Hawk only a day before we planned to arrive. We watched TV weather each night and hoped for a reprieve. It never came. Typical of the vast majority ofthe tour stops, the local community of Wausau, When we reached Peachtree, Wisconsin, did their best to make the tour pilots and crew welcome. A terrific Georgia, the fearsome power of Is­ lunch was put on in one ofthe hangars, and mayor Linda Lawrence and local abel stood in our path. No pilot in Chamber ofCommerce members gave a short welcoming speech. the group felt willing to push its boundaries, so by unanimous vote we delayed in Peachtree to let the storm pass. But before the sun had set, our first day in Georgia took on an ominous hue. Miss Veedol slewed Sideways in fickle winds through a wrenching ground loop that col­ lapsed the left main gear up through her floorboards. OnJy a miracle saved its two pilots from injury. Our delay was the Miss Veedol crew's blessing, however, as several pilots pitched in and spent the entire extra day disassembling their once proud bird for her ignoble truck ride home. Two days after the hurricane passed, we arrived at Wilson, North A great sounding rag-tag ramp band was entertaining at various stops along Carolina. Scarcely 130 miles from the route. The band was composed ofmembers of the NAT crew and pilots. Kitty Hawk, Wilson was not only a Roger Gomoll, tuba, and Cra ig Schiller, drums, with Chris Grotewohl on banjo scheduled stop on the tour, but also and Pat Courtemanche and Ryan Mohr on guitars. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17 Greg Herrick is pleasantly surprised by The NAT planes line up for the first takeoffofthe tour from Ypsilanti, Michigan. Edsel B. Ford II, as Ford presents him with the family's "Spirit ofFord" award for his work in recreating the National Air Tour. Greg's vision ofthe three-week long event as one that would educate the public was borne out at each stop as hundreds ofpeople (and in a couple places, even thousands!) came out to look at the vintage air­ planes on the tour. Clark Seaborn and his Fokker Uni­ Ted Davis Flies NAT 27, a Travel Air versal crew. E-4000.

Travel Air NAT 2, flown by John Coussens.

At each stop, the crowds had to wait Clark Seaborn got a workout at each for just a while so that each aircraft stop, hand cranking the inertia could be serviced with fuel and oil. starter on the Pratt & Whitney Then the crowds were allowed to min­ mounted on the nose ofthe Fokker gle with the airplanes and aviators Is this guy having fun or what? Dick Super Universal. until it was time to leave. Jackson cruises along in the Sikorsky S­ 39 that took him and his wife, Patsy, as to fly out and circle the Wright furthest goal, if only overhead, and well as an army offriends and volun­ Brothers Memorial. Roughly half of now [ was heading home. Even so, on teers, over 40 years to restore. our planes made that journey. landing back at Willow Run, the rush I was the only pilot to travel clear of accomplishment overwhelmed me the furthest east we could travel from the West Coast, and circling as nearly a dozen of my fellow pilots where hotels were available and elec­ Kill Devil Hills felt like reaching the shook my hand before I could even tricity was still on. Even though a top of Everest. Viewing damage to climb from my cockpit. TFR over Kitty Hawk had been can­ the Outer Banks that ranged from In the 18 days we spent together, celed, the airstrips at both Kill Devil mild to unspeakable, however, made our group of 80 pilots, mechanics, Hills and nearby Manteo were closed that flight bittersweet. and volunteers grew from "you" and to non-emergency traffic. Although Through the last four days back to "me" and "them" to "WE." We caIne landing was out of the question, lo­ Ypsilanti, the spirit of the tour from Washington and Maine, Geor­ cal authorities blessed our proposal changed for me. [ had reached my gia, and Minnesota and everywhere 18 JANUARY 2004 The Lock family's pair ofNew Standards rest for a moment before start­ ing the day's labors. Both big biplanes hopped rides at the tour stops, often arriving ahead ofthe tour and stimulating interest in the event. The reproduction of the "Spirit of We­ natchee," the 1929 Bellanca Skyrocket built by EAA Chapter 424, was on the tour. Unfor­ tunately, the left main gear folded during some gusty crosswinds, so the Bellanca had to be trucked home to Washington state for re­ pairs. We wish them well, and ifyou'd like to know more about this adventurous project, Ted Beckwith and his wife Bev flew log on to www.spiritofwenatchee.org. what would be known as the small­ est airplane on the tour, their newly restored Great Lakes 2T-1A . A pair ofTri-Motors, a Stin­ son 6000-B, and the Skyways Ford pass in review paying their respects to the Wright brothers as they pass by the granite monument at The grand Champion Antique of Kill Devil Hills, North Ca r­ EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2003 was olina, only days after Waldo Anderson shep­ on the tour. Here's Ben Scott and his Hurricane Isabel slashed herds Thomas Schrade's spectacular Stearman 4E Speedmail. through the Outer Banks. Sikorsky S-38 around The sight ofan­ the midwestern skies of other Sikorsky southern Michigan. Amphibion offthe wingtip was enough to put goose bumps on anyone. Dick and Patsy Jackson's Sikorsky S-39 is fram ed by the tail A pair of 1928 monoplanes. Before being permanently retired, the ofthe S-38 "Spirit Hank Galpin in his Travel Air FAA 's DC-3, N34, participated in the ofOsa." 6000 flies offthe right wing of tour. Used to check airway beacons the Aviation History Founda­ and instrument approach systems, Kim Sailor was one of tion's Fairchild FC-2W2. N34 was once a common sight. the pilots and during the overnight stop at Lansing, Illinois, she was privileged to wear a dress designed by Amelia Earhart, nor­ mally displayed at the Amelia Earhart Birth­ place Museum in Atchison, Kansas. Join­ ing Kim at the tour stop The largest formation oftrimotors in many years pays their respects to was her fian ce, Tom Clay Adams, Travel Meigs Field, even as the bulldozers tear it up below. Williamson. Air pilot. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19 NAT Diary byH.G. Frautschy Echoing John's comments, joining the flew by at 500 feet. The group of Friends of National Air Tour, if only for a few days, Meigs Field supporters and their banner was the chance of a lifetime. I jumped at held high were clearly visible, and I'm sure the opportunity to hop in the second all of us felt the same frustration at the Sikorsky 5-38 built by the late Buzz Ka­ ability of one man to destroy such a valu­ plan's company, Born Again Restorations. able asset to the city of Chicago. We had all Owned by Buzz's partner in the project, looked forward to landing at that great Thomas Schrade of Las Vegas, the plane field, but Mayor Daley's destruction of was being flown on the first portion of the Meigs made that impossible. tour by the amiable Waldo Anderson. We It was an extraordinarily hazy day as we waddled down the taxiway past a beam­ flew north, and as I flew loose formation Even the spectators got in on the fun! ing pair of starters, Greg Herrick and the with the 5-38 along the lakeshore, there Ruth Coulson dressed up in period garb flag-waving Edsel Ford. Ford clearly en­ was no discernable horizon unless you for the tour's stop in Kalamazoo, Michi­ joyed his immersion in vintage aviation, if looked inland. Both Dick and I were mes­ gan. Ruth and her husband, Phil, later only for the morning. merized by the same vision, as we could joined the tour with the Waldo's Flying Over 20 years ago, I spent the very start see only the 5-38 framed in the windshield Service New Standards, which flew the of my professional career at Sikorsky Air­ frame and struts. No lake, no shore, just tour and hopped rides at each stop. craft and had a black and white photograph the haze tapering up to a bit of blue the fur­ of the Sikorsky 5-40 Pan American Am­ ther up you looked. The engine noise in between. We were doctors, phibion hanging by my desk. Never in my seemed to be far in the background, and lawyers, engineers, airline pilots, wildest imaginings would I have believed the two Amphibions were just suspended in and contractors. Our camaraderie we'd be seeing its two predecessors in the midair. It felt eerie. It truly was an amazing grew not from our occupations or air together, let alone me flying one, and sight, one that none of us will forget. hometowns, but rather from the then later the other. Flying magazine The next day's leg to Wausau, Wiscon­ common love of antique aircraft columnist Lane Wallace and I traded the sin, was with Ted Davis in John Coussens' that made us willing to give nearly a right seat of the 5-38, and we both mar­ Travel Air, which gave me a great opportu­ month of our lives in order to fly veled at the airplane's capabilities. With its nity to look at a number of the other ships the tour. Nearly all of us made it hull suspended below the wing, and the in the NAT flight. The lunch in Wausau, back to where we'd started, success­ twin outrigger booms stretching back to hosted by the Chamber of Commerce (in­ fully traveling over 4,000 miles the twin fins, it seemed that the parts were cluding VAA member Madonna McMahon) across 21 states, and we did it all to­ flying in formation with the hull! Even more was wonderful. Wausau was an original gether. Yet suddenly it was over. amazing was looking out the window and stop in 1928, and the home field of the Leaving Willow Run after the seeing Dick Jackson's incredible Sikorsky winner of that year's tour, John P. Wood. tour, the sky was strangely void of 5-39 restoration flying in formation. The Again, the people who turned out were fas­ friends surrounding me. For the first two Sikorskys were paired from the start cinated with the visit, and wanted to know time in my life, flying felt odd and until the 5-38 had to leave the tour be­ as many details as we could relate about empty and sad; the lump in my cause of a commitment to fly the airplane each aircraft. Greg Herrick's vision for the throat stayed with me clear into for a movie (it served as a stand-in for tour was vindicated each time we educated Iowa as I mourned the end of such a Howard Hughes' 5-43). the public about these grand airplanes. grand adventure. It seemed every direction you looked, Far too soon I, joined by my two chil­ The next day, though, off by my­ there was one of the tour's airplanes within dren, Alden and Jenny, headed home in self in the middle of Iowa, I smiled. I sight, and at each stop, there were times EAA's Ford Tri-Motor. They had been able thought back to gaggles of biplanes when it was hard to get away from the air­ to take a day off of school and fly to around me, to flying formation with plane for a few necessary moments, as the Wausau in the 5-38, including time spent the New Standards, to framing two groups of enthusiastic visitors would crowd standing up in the open hatch in the aft Sikorskys between my struts as we around and pepper you with questions. part of the cabin, enjoying the wind blast crossed the Chicago skyline .... Greg What fun! and the spectacular view. Before we de­ Herrick, along with thousands of peo­ H it was possible, the next day was just parted, we watched the tour flyaway, ple across the country, I want to thank as incredible. I flew with Dick and Patsy raising great clouds of dust as the aircraft you for dreaming so big. You were Jackson in their 5-39 from Lansing, Illinois, roared off (well, some just purr instead of right: flying the National Air Tour to Milwaukee, via the Lake Michigan shore­ roar) towards Minneapolis. At the risk of truly was the chance of a lifetime. line. Certainly the saddest segment of that making Greg and the NAT staff apoplectic, P.S . If you missed the tour, check leg was flying by the site of Meigs Field, I have to ask: www.nationalairtour.org and read the which they were actually bulldozing as we "Can we do it again?" e-mail updates! You'll get to share the tour as it happened! ...... 20 JANUARY 2004 Don Pellegrino's original 1936 Rose Parakeet A-1. It is Bill Byars of Okmulgee flew his rare Luscombe T8F to powered by a Continental C-90. Don flew 260 cold miles Bartlesville. It's powered by a Lycoming 0235 of 135 hp. from Rhome, Texas. THE 47TH ANNUAL TULSA REGIONAL FLY-IN September 19-20, 2003, Bartlesville, Oklahoma

CHARLES W. HARRIS, SR. CO-CHAIRMAN

could not have been better if one had set out to Senate, occupied the front and center space. On the south write the perfect script and then implemented side of the ramp parked right in the middle of all this fin­ that mythical, impossibly perfect plan. ery was Steve Patterson's gorgeous 1979 Aero L-39C The weather was beyond belief.. .simply be­ Czech-Russian jet trainer whose camouflage paint had Uyond the ability to conceive; absolutely sheer been polished to a high-gloss sheen. That's the way the clear cloudless skies in virtually total calm, overlooking ramp was parked, if you don't count the two glistening T­ manicured acres of thick grass parking; two incomparable 6s that were parked just west of Mulligan, or the C)-6 and Oklahoma Indian summer 60- to 75-degree days, back to the Yak 52 parked just behind the T-6s. The T-6s and the back; what could more perfectly set the stage for the Tulsa CJ-6 and Yak had arrived in the closest of practiced forma­ EAA Chapters to host the 47th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In. tion, further exciting the several thousand aviation fans A turnout of 323 grand grass-roots airplanes came from on the field admiring the show airplanes. near and far. The variety was seemingly infinite! How is it But the showcase ramp airplanes were just the tip of possible to park a 1929 OX-5 Command-Aire bathtub the iceberg. While we had a few airplanes on Thursday the cockpit biplane next to the most beautiful, highly pol­ 18th, Friday the 19th saw a healthy number arrive and by ished 1938 Spartan 7W; which is parked next to an Friday evening, we had nearly 100 aircraft in and grouped Executive parked next to a Grand Champion level 1936 into their respective categories. The body of the iceberg SR-8C Gull Wing Stinson, which is, in turn, parked next came into full view on Saturday as the airplanes began to to an equally spectacular 1937 SR-9E Gullwing, which is arrive in big numbers even before 8:00 a.m. The enjoyable in turn parked next to a pristine and rare 1931 Davis D1­ and pleasantly cool 60-degree temps and crystal clear skies W? These beauties were placed on the west perimeter of coupled with near total calm brought the airplanes into the Frank Phillips Field Ramp as Jim Younkin's stark white Frank Phillips Field like flies to a mid-summer outdoor DGA-6 Mulligan and u.S. Senator Jim Inhofe's brand­ picnic table. And come they did, seemingly every make spanking new RV-8, sporting the insignia of the U.S. and model that one can imagine-from Art and Betsy

Ken Clark of Tulsa shows us his rare 145-hp Wamer­ Ken and Lorraine Morris arrive from Poplar Grove, flli­ powered Fleet 1. nois, in their championship-level Spartan Executive. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21 Knowles' rare bathtub cockpit­ 47th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In brings the great music of the Big configured 1929 Command-Aire Balloted Grand Champions Band Era as background to the open biplane to Tom Gutmann's Grand Champion, Antique fly-in activities when Bill is not two brand new, fresh out of the 1938 Spartan 7W Executive , NC 17616 live on the microphone. box, European-import super slick Ken & Lorrai ne Morri s, Poplar Grove , IL Bill kept everyone alerted to composite 12S-hp CT2Ks, two of Grand Champion, Classic the high-profile arrivals, both as only three in the entire United 1953 Piper PA 20 Pacer to the personalities and airplanes. States. And they were all at Frank Sperandeo, Fayetteville, AR There aren't many fly-ins that Bartlesville! The display of fine Grand Champion, Contemporary have the great fortune of an­ show planes was impressive. 1967 Grumman Widgeo n, N 4453 nouncing arrivals such as Ken While we do not have a hard Mark Tri mble, Holl ister, MO and Lorraine Morris in their 7W count on all affinity type air­ Grand Champion, Experimental Spartan, or Jim Younkin in his planes, we know we had 16 1961 Corben Baby Ace, N 385T fabulous DGA-6 Mulligan, or Art Luscombes, 14 Short Wing Pipers, Jim Eck, Ponca City, OK and Betsy Knowles in their OX-S 13 Cubs, four or five Swifts, etc. Grand Champion, UltralightlSport Aircraft powered Command-Aire biplane, There was a batch of RVs, I would 1998 Team Air Bi ke, NX 61453 or, of all things in landlocked guess 12-1S, but we didn't get a Pau l Fiebich , Derby, KS northeastern Oklahoma, Mark good count or a good count on Grand Champion, Warbinl Trimble in his flaming red twin the 120/140s, 170s, 19Ss, but 1943 Fai rchild M-62A, PT-19, N 54712 300-hp Lycoming radial-powered there were a goodly number of Alan Brakefield, Goldsby, OK Grumman Widgeon amphibian! each group. Obviously, when 323 Chainnan's Choice And there are even fewer fly­ airplanes attend, there was a lot of 1943 Howard DGA-15P N 9599H ins that can announce forum everything on hand. Joe Dudley, Allen , OK,& Don Sharp, schedules, especially forums There are few, if any, fly-ins Pauls Valley, OK that include the chief of the en­ that keep their guests, patrons, tire FAA medical section, Dr. and staff as well-informed like the newcomers who might not know the Warren Silberman, who is t he best annual Tulsa classic does. The pub­ history of sport aviation, its people, thing that has happened to civil lic address system is up and its airplanes, and its lore. Bill pro­ aviation regulatory medical matters. operating early on so Bill Hare can vides the fly-in patrons with a He is a champion and without ques­ keep everyone informed on impor­ constant array of up to the moment tion, the best the FAA has ever had. tant happenings. Bill's vast reservoir information to assist the guests in The forums included sessions on of aeronautical knowledge is a golden staying current during the show. It is the already mentioned FAA medical resource to all, but most especially to this same sound system that also matters, aviation oils and lubricants,

A pair of fire-breathing 300-hp Ly­ John Smith ofGreensboro, Georgia, Terry Wallace ofBedford, Texas, owns comings powered Mark Trimble's fire flew his 210-hp custom Swift 760 this extremely rare 1931 Davis D1-W red 1967 Grumman Widgeon. It was miles to Bartlesville. It is powered by a 125-hp Warner. the Contemporary Grand Champion.

There are few custom Stearmans as fine Jerry Chappell ofPlains, Kansas, Joe Dudley ofAllen, Oklahoma, as Ruth and Dwight Hill's 450-hp has re-powered his 1950 Cessna 190 parks his 1943 Howard DGA -15P. It 1942 Boeing Model 75. The Hills are with a 360-hp Russian radial en­ was the fly-in's Chairman's Choice from McPherson, Kansas . gine. It goes! award winner. 22 JANUARY 2004 Cessna 120/140s, Cessna 170s, concluded and some of the airplanes, Flight Control Cables Cessna 195s, the Luscombe 8 series, which had been parked all the way Custom Manufactured! Swifts, Cubs, short-wing Pipers, from the FBO ramp south to the ter­ Mooney Mites and Culvers, experi­ minal building ramp, began to mental autopilots, the RV series of depart; we counted the ballots and experimental airplanes, ultralights, determined our winners. and light-sport aircraft, as well as a We held the awards dinner in the forum on Getting Your Experimental large lion the field" tent; the food Certificated. was excellent, the band and vocalists Each Cable is Proof Load Tested The big Phillips hangar south of outstanding, and the award winners and Pre stretched for Stability the FBO office was filled with people very deserving. all day Saturday buying things of in­ The 47th Annual Tulsa Regional * Quick Delivery terest to airplane people. In this area Fly-In had come to a conclusion. It *Reasonable Prices we owe FBO David Harding a huge was a picture perfect fly-in under ab­ *Certification to MIL-T-6117 vote of thanks for the use of the solutely ideal conditions in a superb & MIL-C-5688A hangar and the great Phillips avgas location. This is one show we don't discounted to $1.99/gallon. have to take on the road six weeks to *1/16" to 1/4" And, speaking of Phillips 66, we get right! *Certified Bulk Cable and were pleasantly and singularly hon­ The 47th was in the finest tradi­ Fittings are Available ored on Saturday morning by the tion of all of its predecessors. The visit to the busy ramp by newly ap­ planning and organizing committee ~McFa'lane Aviation Products pOinted Phillips Aviation Manager is already at work on the 48th, sched­ McFarlane Aviation, Inc. Steven McCullough, his lovely wife, uled for Bartlesville on September 17 696E. 1700 Road and their two children. They are new and 18, 2004; hold your breath! Baldwin City, KS 66006 800-544-8594 residents of Bartlesville and we were Our deepest thanks to the 200­ ['ax 785-594-3922 thrilled to have them out on the plus volunteers whose unreserved www.mcfarlane-aviation.com ramp to enjoy the wonderful Okla­ talent, dedication, and passion for sales@ mcfarlane-aviation.com homa weather, the people, and of airplanes and airplane people made course the airplanes. We showed this happen. Thanks! ...... Steve the Ken and Lorraine Morris perfectly polished 1938 Spartan Ex­ ecutive, which Steve had trouble believing was manufactured long be­ fore he was born! Please, everyone, remember Phillips is EAA's invalu­ able partner in fuel support for the Young Eagles program. Can you be­ lieve it has been 10 years since we initiated this Phillips 66-Young Ea­ gles Fuel program for EAA? Then Aviation Manager Jack Hammond was very gracious and warmly recep­ Steve McGuire's Mooney Mite is all dressed up in RAF garb, including a fun set tive to our efforts. Later Aviation ofradio call letters. Steve flew combat patrol over the fly-in to ensure its safety. Managers Jill Bogan and Mark Wag­ He's from Ponca City, Oklahoma. ner were highly supportive of the world of sport aviation. Steven Mc­ Collough represents a whole new fresh and inspired generation for Conoco Phillips Aviation Sales and will do extremely well; he is in­ volved! And, Allen Bretz, director, General Aviation Sales, has been there all the way! Thank you Phillips 66! What a huge support program this has been to now over 1,000,000 Young Eagles flights! Allen Brakefield, a fly-in regular from Goldsby, Oklahoma, was honored when By mid-afternoon, the forums had his PT-19 was named "Best Warbird./I VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23 GPS glitches between the ears

DOUG STEWART

"Cleared for takeoff, left turn on course approved," the tower instructed Thus I was me. Looking to the right to ensure that no one was on final (never trust any­ somewhat shocked one ... not even the tower controller), I taxied onto the runway. I applied full when my GPS power, and as the rudder gained re­ sponsiveness I lifted the tail. Shortly said the ETE thereafter the mains left the runway, and I was on my way back home after (estimated time en route) enough, there was the problem. In­ dropping my son off to return to was more than stead of saying KGBR (Great school after a weekend home. Barrington, Massachusetts) it said Observing local noise abatement 12 hours. KGRB (Green Bay, Wisconsin). procedures, I climbed through 1,000 Apparently a little bit of dyslexia feet MSL before turning left on course. This route was be­ had crept in as I programmed my GPS for the flight home. coming quite familiar to me, now that my son was attending And for those of you who might ask "Were you in a hurry school on the other side of the state from where we lived. I when you programmed the GPS?" the answer would have was getting to know all the landmarks that defined the to be in the affirmative. Had I not been familiar with the route like the back of my hand. It wasn't a long trip, just less route I might not have noticed the problem as quickly, and than 100 miles by 1 mile, but it always took a lot longer go­ might have found myself well off course, and perhaps even ing back home into the westerly winds. Back when I used to violating some airspace. fly the Mirage for my boss to this same airport, the trip Herein lies one of the traps of GPS usage ... and there are home usually took a little under half an hour. In my Super many traps. Whether because of haste, dyslexia, or a myr­ Cruiser it was more like an hour and a half trip. iad of other reasons it is quite easy to incorrectly enter a Thus I was somewhat shocked when my GPS said the waypoint into our GPS. If we do not have a chart with a ETE (estimated time en route) was more than 12 hours. I course line drawn on it, and if we have not plotted our also noted that the CD! (course deviation indicator) was true course and converted it to a magnetic course, we starting to drift off to the right, yet looking out the win­ might find ourselves rivaling Mr. Corrigan for "wrong dow showed that I was right on course, directly over the way" honors. highway intersection that lay under the course line on my Now, although I was in some rather congested airspace chart. I checked the bearing to fly, and the GPS said 300 underlying the Boston Class B area, I would have to keep degrees. Hmm ... I thought my memory was starting to my eyes in the cockpit while I reprogrammed the "direct go ... (those of you that know me, no comments!) . .. to" waypoint in my GPS. Fortunately I am rather intimately Wasn't the course home a little west of that? More like familiar with the use of my GPS, and this would not take 286 degrees? long to do, but it would have my eyes inside the cockpit for While I was looking at the "distance remaining" on the longer than I like when flying in busy airspace. GPS the dawn of recognition started to light up in my brain This is another problem that GPS can create. The prob­ as the sun started to settle to the horizon out in front of lem of too much "heads down" time. Even when a pilot is me. The GPS said I had 743 nautical miles to go until I familiar and conversant with the operation of a GPS, the would be landing. As I mentioned earlier the distance from time it takes to program and edit the GPS takes away from KOWD to KGBR is only 99 nautical miles. The next data time when our eyes should be looking out the window for field to check on the GPS was the waypoint field. Sure that embedded aluminum. And if the unit is new to you, it 24 JANUARY 2004 is all too easy to hit the wrong button and become totally "lost" as you try to get back to the screen you were origi­ nally viewing. (For those who know what buttons to push, it's also very easy to hit the wrong one when the turbulence starts to kick up.) Another problem that GPS has created is that of more Fly high with a frequent airspace incursion. Wait, you say, doesn't GPS give us much better situational awareness? Indeed it does. But if quality Classic interior we blindly accept what the GPS says without backing that Complete interior assemblies ready for installation up with a chart, and if we are using a less expensive unit Custom quality at economical prices. without a moving map, or have our moving map scaled • Cushion upholstery sets down to a small scale (to give better clarity to the map), we • Wall panel sets might not see that we are about to (or perhaps already have) • Headliners bust some airspace. Believe me, it is happening all too often. • Carpet sets At the seminars I give on GPS usage I like to ask the au­ • Baggage compartment sets dience the following questions. Please answer for yourself, • Firewall covers as well. • Seat slings 1. How many of you have a handheld or panel-mounted GPS? Many hands usually go up for this one. Free catalog of complete product line. 2. How many of you know how to program a "direct­ Fabric Selection Guide showing actual sample colors and styles of materials: $3.00. to" waypoint? Usually the same number of hands is held high. 3. How many of you know how to program a route on INC. your GPS? For this question the number of hands held up is Qil1~RODUCTS, 259 Lower Morrisville Rd., Dept. VA reduced by typically 50 percent to 75 percent. Fallsington, PA 19054 (215) 295-4115 4. And how many of you who know how to program a website: www.airtexinteriors.com route also know how to edit the route? At this point there Fax: 800/394-1247 are usually only a few hands being held up. I would like to say that if you cannot answer the last question in the affir­ mative, you still have a great deal to learn about your GPS. I would like to offer a few tips for better, and safer, use of WE'. GPS navigation systems. If the unit is new to you, take it home and learn how to use it in the "simulator" mode in the comfort and safety of your favorite easy chair. In the e... cockpit, in flight, is not the time to be learning how to use your GPS! If using a handheld unit, program your route be­ •••D fore engine start. (In the winter it might be better to program after engine start, but before taxiing, while the en­ gine warms up.) Whether you have a handheld or hese are the first tools you need panel-mounted GPS, do not attempt to program your GPS Tto buy when you re~cover your while you are taxiing. Too many runway incursions have airplane. Anyone who has used them happened as a result of this, and taxi collisions have oc­ will tell you they're the next best curred when a pilot busy programming a GPS fails to see the thing to having one of our staff right aircraft in front has stopped. Do not neglect to have current charts available and ac­ beside you. The VHS tape and the cessible in the cockpit, and use them. And last, but not least, DVD will give you the Big Picture, if you are a VFR pilot, do not get fooled into flying in visibil­ and the manual will walk you step ity conditions that would challenge you if you did not have by step through every part of the the security of your GPS. Remember, batteries die, external process. You're never on your own power connections fail, and satellite reception can be lost. If when you're using Poly~Fiber. you couldn't fly in the weather conditions with just a chart, a compass, and a watch, then you shouldn't be flying in those conditions with the GPS as your crutch. www.polyfiber.com GPS is certainly becoming the navigation system of to­ e-mail: [email protected] day. Learning the proper and safe usage of this system will be one more way of making the transition from good pilot Aircraf1; CoaUngs 800-362-3490 to great pilot! ...... 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designed to duplicate. II something like that.' But, we didn't re­ At some point every airplane project ally have any contacts or know approaches completion, which means :.....,;~~-~ ..."'"¥ anyone who could vouch for us and The following list ofcoming events is furnished to our it's time to start thinking about getting get us included. So, we just called Greg readers as a matter ofinformation only and does 1I0t con­ the airplane certified and registered. cold and told him what we had and stitute approval, sponsorship, involvement, control or direction of any event (fly-in, seminars, fly market, etc.) Sometimes that's as big a project as the that we'd like to come along. Just like listed. To submit an event, please log on to airplane was. that, he said, yes. www.eaa.org/evenrs/events. asp. Only if Internet ac­ cess is unavailable should you se nd the information "We don't know how this project "We're literally on cloud nine. First, via mail to:, AU: Vintage Airplan e, P.O. Box 3086, would have turned out if we hadn't had the airplane is exactly what we want but Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086. infomJation should be received four months prior to the event date. Richard Brandiger, a DAR, helping us the Air Tour puts us in contact with June 16-19, 2004-Lock Haven, Pa­ work out way through the certification some really heavy hitters and we have to 19th Annual Sentimental Journey maze. He 's an ex-FAA employee and pinch ourselves, it's so unbelievable./I to Cub Haven 2004. Fly-in, drive­ in, camp. Info: 570-893-4200 or not only knew the system, but also was Was the humungous project worth [email protected] a never-ending source of how-to infor­ all the effort? To hear Dave talk about July 27-August 2, 2004-EAA AirVenture mation. At every turn he was telling us it, it was. Oshkosh (KOSH) . www.airventuTe.oTg how we could do this thing, not how we "Every so often I'll be on short final couldn't do it. and I'll hear a little voice in the back "By the time we got all our paper­ of my head say, 'Hey, you did it. You're work in order we had gotten flying your own Waco,' and I have to approvals for exactly twenty 337s, tell you it just doesn't get any better some of which you wouldn't think than that." you'd need a 337 for. For instance, we If you spend long enough with used some Taperwing parts and de­ Dave and Jeanne for their euphoric signs but had to 337 them because grins to soften enough to allow them they weren't original to the ASO." to philosophize, you'll find that be­ "We don't know where to start neath it all, they think their big blue thanking people, but the American Waco is carrying a message. JUNE 18-20 Golden West EAA Regional FJy-Jn Waco Club has to be right on the top of "None of us are getting any younger Marysville, CA (MYV) the list. They were amazing in not only and on top of that the number of fly­ www.goldenwestflyin.org the support of the project but in the in­ able, or even restorable, antiques are JUNE 26--27 formation they freely gave us. getting harder to come by, and they're Rocky Mountain EM Regional Fly-In Longmont, CO (2V2) "And then there's our friend Ron definitely not getting cheaper. A lot of www.rmrfi.org Hasz who is the go-to-guy for all things folks are getting priced out of the game. JULY 7·11 mechanical. He has a way of knowing We don't see any younger folks coming Northwest EM Fly-In everything about everything and was a into our part of the aviation commu­ Arlington, WA (AWO) www.nweaa.org real guiding hand on this project." nity and that shouldn't be. If we, a When they got the airplane flying husband and wife, can do it, others can JULY 27·AUGUST 2 EM AirVenture Oshkosh in the spring of 2003, they say it was too. We did it the hard way, but I hope Oshkosh, WI (OSH) everything they hoped it would be others can see that there's a way you www.airventure.org and more. can get in to big antiques without hav­ AUGUST 27·29 "We're coming over the fence at ing to spend a fortune. You'll spend a Mid-Eastern EM Fly-In Marion, OH (MNN) least 20 miles per hour slower and visi­ small fortune maybe, but not a big one. www.eaa.orgj communicationsj bility is much better because the We've proven that. We wanted a big bi­ eaanewsj 030S22_merfi.html fuselage isn't barreled out like the Ta­ plane, couldn't afford it, but found a SEPTEMBER 18-19 perwing is. I'm still nervous as a cat on way to do it. Virginia State EAA Fly-In Petersburg, VA (PTS) landing, but nothing like it was with "On seeing our airplane, so many www.vaeaa.org the other airplane. II people say"... gee I wish I could, but I OCTOBER 1·3 You'd think that just getting such a can't ..." and the way I see it, if you Southeast EM Regional Fly-In monstrous project finished would be say you can't, you can't. But, believe Evergreen, AL (GZH) www.serfi.org excitement enough, but there was still a me, if we can, anyone can. If there is lot to come for the AlIens. one thing I hope people take away from OCTOBER 7-10 Copperstate EM Regional Fly-In "When Greg Herrick announced visiting with our airplane, and us, it is Phoenix, AZ (A39) his plans for the Air Tour we thought that it can be done. Simple as that. II www.copperstate.org 'Hey, we have an airplane with an Air Nicely said...... 2 6 JANUARY 2004 :.;;

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FOR SALE: 1941 AERONCA CHIEF. 1398 nAF, 1-800-WORKSHOP 115 SMOH, CONT. A65-8, SUPERIOR AIR PARTS MILLENNIUM CYLINDERS, SENSENICH WOOD 1-800-967-5746 PROp, scon 2000 TAILWHEEL, SHIELDED IGNITION, TANIS ENGINE HEATER, SLICK MAGS, AMERI-KING ELT, W/AERO M2000 SKIS. YOU CAN BUILD IT! LET EAA TEACH YOU HOW. $25,000. 715-362-4732 28 JANUARY 2004 VINTAGE Membership Services Directory'­ AIRCRAFT ENJOY THE MANY BENEFITS OF EAA AND ASSOCIATION THE EAA VINTAGE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION ~ EAA Aviation Center, PO Box 3086, Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 OFFICERS Phone (920) 426-4800 Fax (920) 426-4873 Web Site: http://www_eaa_org and http://www_airventure_org E-Mail: vintage @ eaa_org President Vice-President Espie ' Butch' Joyce George Daubner 704 . Regional Rd. 2448 Lough Lane EAA and Division Membership Services Flight Advisors information .... 920-426-6522 Greensboro, NC 27425 Hartford, WI 53027 336-668·3650 262-673·5885 800-843-3612 ...... FAX 920-426-6761 Flight Instructor information ... 920-426-6801 windsock@aoLcom [email protected] (8:00 AM-7:00 PM Monday-Friday CSn Flying Start Program ...... 920-426-6847 • New/renew memberships: EAA, Divisions Library Services/Research ...... 920-426-4848 Secretary Treasurer Steve Nesse Charles W. Harris (Vintage Aircraft Association, lAC, Warbirds), Medical Questions ...... 920-426-4821 2009 Highland Ave. 7215 East 46th St. Technical Counselors ...... 920-426-4821 Albert Lea, MN 56007 Tulsa, OK 74147 National Association of Flight Instructors 507·373·1674 918·622·8400 (NAFI) Young Eagles ...... 920-426-4831 [email protected] [email protected] • Address changes Benefits • Merchandise sales AUA ...... 800-727·3823 • Gift memberships EAA Aircraft Insurance Plan ... 866-647-4322 DIRECTORS Term Life and Accidental ...... 800·241·6103 Steve Bender Dale A. Gustafson Programs and Activities Death Insurance (Harvey Watt & Company) 85 Brush Hill Road 7724 Shady Hills Dr. Editorial ...... 920-426-4825 Sherborn, MA 01770 Indianapolis, IN 46278 EAA AirVenture Fax-On-Demand Directory 508·653·7557 317·293·4430 ...... 732·885-6711 ...... FAX 920-426-4828 [email protected] [email protected] Auto Fuel STCs ...... 920-426-4843 • Submitting article/photo David Bennett jeannle Hill Build/ restore information ...... 920-426-4821 • Advertising information P.O. Box 1188 P.O. Box 328 Roseville, CA 95678 Harvard, IL 60033'()328 Chapters: locating/organizing . . 920-426-4876 916-645-8370 815·943·7205 Education ...... 920-426-6815 EAA Aviation Foundation [email protected] [email protected] • EAA Air Academy Artifact Donations ...... 920-426-4877 john Berendt Steve Krog • EAA Scholarships Financial Support ...... 800-236-1025 7645 Echo POint Rd. 1002 Heather Ln. Cannon Falls, MN 55009 Hartford, WI 53027 507·263·2414 262-966-7627 [email protected] sskrog@ao\.com

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