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A Victorious V-77 Stinson Gullwing A victorious V-77 BY SPARKY BARNES SARGENT wheel facilitated ground handling. The majority of the AT-19s were sent to Great Britain via our govern- ment’s Land-Lease program during World War II, and the British military employed them for a variety of uses, ranging from training navigators and transporting personnel or cargo to fly- ing observation and aerial photo mis- sions. Yet their need was short-lived, and several hundred AT-19s were des- tined to become military surplus back in the States after the war. BONNIE KRATZ These hardy, five-place airplanes t a x i e d o n t o gullwings denoted N9116H’s Stin- were soon made available for civil- N9116H the flightline son Reliant heritage, but N9116H ian purchase and subsequently cer- in the vintage aircraft camping area began life as a military AT-19. The tificated as the V-77. They quickly just as the crowds had thinned for Stinson Aircraft Division of Vultee gained popularity in Alaska as bush- the day. The early evening sun ca- built 500 of these robust aircraft for planes—whether on wheels, pon- ressed its bright scarlet gull-shaped use as navigational trainers by the toons, or skis. While 134 V-77s and wings, setting them aglow atop a vel- United States Army Air Forces. Pow- 15 AT-19s remain listed on the FAA vet black fuselage. Freshly restored ered by a 300-hp Lycoming R-680, Registry, they are still a fairly rare to show status in August 2005, this the AT-19 had a wingspan of 41 feet sight to behold. In fact, restorer Mark victorious 1944 Stinson-Vultee V-77 11 inches, measured 28 feet 3 inches Henley hadn’t ever seen one until (AT-19) was making its first public ap- from nose to tail, and stood an im- he and his father went to look at pearance at the 2006 Sun ’n Fun Fly- pressive 8 feet 7 inches tall. It carried N9116H. Although the disassembled In at Lakeland, Florida. The judges, 38 gallons of fuel in each of its wing aircraft had been in storage for sev- along with many other pleased vin- tanks and was capable of cruising at eral decades and its major compo- tage aircraft buffs, discovered it there 120 mph while burning around 17 nents were stored in three separate the next morning, and it was soon to 18 gph, giving it a range of about locations, Henley knew it would be- proclaimed Custom Champion. 500 miles. It landed smoothly at half come his third significant restoration its cruising speed on widespread, project. “My father and I bought it Military to Civilian cantilever oleo landing gear. Hydrau- the night I looked at it,” he recalls, Those graceful, double-tapered lic toe brakes and a full-swivel tail adding, “I loved it from first sight.” 8 OCTOBER 2006 SPARKY BARNES SARGENT VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9 Wynne, Arkansas. Then he sold it to another friend of mine, and it sat again for years and years. Finally, this fellow decided he wanted to sell it, and I told Don and Mark about it. They bought it in the spring of 2004 and started restor- ing it to show quality.” Restoration and Challenges The V-77, at that point, had only 1,077 hours total time in service, but it desperately needed a heavy dose of tender loving care to bring it back SPARKY BARNES SARGENT SPARKY together into flying form. The ensu- Pilot Chris Emerson and owner Don Henley with N9116H. ing ground-up restoration took about two years overall, according to Mark Sixty Years Idaho, where it remained for six years Henley, who says he “was also doing The Henleys’ Stinson began its ci- before it went to Oregon and Colo- annual inspections, overhauling en- vilian life in November 1946, when rado. A decade passed and the Stin- gines, and making various repairs to it was sold by the United States’ War son changed hands again, landing other aircraft in the daytime during Assets Administrator via the Surplus in Arkansas. It languished there for that period of time.” Property Act of 1944, and it was pur- nearly a quarter of a century before Aircraft restorations can become a chased by a gentleman in Virginia for Mark Henley and his father, Don, concerted team effort, and the V-77 the sum of $1,500. Although its own- heard about it from family friend and was no exception. Don Henley, along ership varied, it remained in Virginia pilot Chris Emerson. with John Richey, was steadily in- until 1962. From there, it went to the “It had belonged to a friend of mine volved in the project. “The three of North Carolina coast, then to Tennes- who had planned to restore it,” re- us together put about 5,000 hours in see, and briefly back to Virginia. In calls Emerson, “and he had it for years, it, and it was a process. My son, Mark, 1970, N9116H found a new home in sitting in the back of the hangar in is the A&P, and he had restored two 10 OCTOBER 2006 SPARKY BARNES SARGENT The Stinson has ample space and horsepower to carry camping gear. “We bought it the night I looked at it; I loved it from first sight.” BONNIE KRATZ —Mark Henley AirVenture Lindy award winners—a After installing the fabric on the Henleys encountered a variety of 1946 Piper Cub and a 1947 Aeronca Stinson’s steel tubing and aluminum- challenges. For Don Henley, it was Champ—before taking on this Stin- faired airframe, Henley used the Air- “learning how to sew the hidden rib son. He’s a perfectionist, and he knows Tech coatings system, just as he had stitch that Mark taught me and then what it takes to do a quality restora- for his previous award winners. “It’s rib-stitching those gullwings, because tion. I am a house builder, and he’s an real user-friendly and has a really the depth of the wing varies, and it airplane builder, and there’s a tremen- good shine, plus it holds up well,” he has so many internal structures.” dous difference there. Mark has taught explains, adding, “I’ve had real good For Mark Henley, one notable me a lot in rebuilding this airplane.” luck with it, and I prefer it over other challenge that required some careful And when the airframe components paint systems. The color scheme came thinking was the wing installation. were completed and ready for the fi- from a Hallmark Christmas ornament “That was a head-scratcher, for sure,” nal assembly phase, Ross Jones gave that a buddy gave me—it was a minia- he recalls, explaining, “we ended up Mark Henley a helping hand. ture Stinson Reliant, painted black and making padded, carpeted slings that Nearly all of the Stinson’s major red—and I modified that scheme for hung from the ceiling to help slowly components had somehow survived the V-77. I used just a basic black and raise those heavy but fragile wings those long years of storage. There was asked Air-Tech to mix the exact color of into position so we could bolt them even a set of Fiberglas wheelpants red that I wanted, which they named on to the fuselage and install the that, while not original, were available Henley Red.” (That Hallmark Christmas struts. It took about two hours just to with the project. Just a few items were ornament is a model of Dr. Paul Sensor’s raise each wing, and we didn’t put a missing, such as the tail wheel, land- Stinson SR-8E Reliant.—Editor) scratch on them.” ing gear fairings, and the cabin inte- Even the Stinson’s powerplant, a rior (except for one seat). Mark Henley 300-hp Lycoming R-680 overhauled by Share the Knowledge fabricated new sheet metal panels for Radial Engines Ltd. of Guthrie, Okla- One of the most helpful aspects the Stinson and designed the interior homa, was included in the Stinson’s of a restoration can be making com- panels and upholstery for the cabin. overall color scheme. Its gold-tone nose parisons between your project and He took his design locally to Pat Roby, case matches the gold-tone instrument a similar model airplane (prefera- who installed the headliner, carved panel, while a thin gold accent trim bly airworthy). During the Stinson’s the foam for the seats, embossed the highlights the airframe’s paint scheme restoration, Mark Henley had the embroidered panels, and sewed the from engine cowling to rudder. good fortune to meet a friendly V-77 new gray leather upholstery. Throughout the restoration, the owner, Buddy Kirkland of Tennessee, VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11 SPARKY BARNES SARGENT PHOTOS SPARKY The Stinson logo is neatly embroidered in gold thread on the cabin upholstery. N9116H boasts a 300-hp Lycoming R-680 from Radial Engines Ltd. Note the gullwing style cowling, which pro- vides easy access to the engine and reveals the Stinson’s military heritage. This Lycoming nameplate is one of the finish details added by the restorer. Bright Henley Red paint and gold trim accentuates the Stin- son’s tail. BONNIE KRATZ 12 OCTOBER 2006 at a fly-in at Bartlesville, Oklahoma. “When I met him, he asked me what I was restoring, and I told him what it was. Most people hadn’t even heard of one, and he actually had one! So he took me flying in it, and that was real encouraging because I hadn’t even seen a complete V-77 at that point.
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