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COVERS CONTENTS FRONT COVER: In 1940, The Wings cigarette brand was advertised using a number of gimmicks, includ· 1 Straight and Level ing a prize of a Piper Cub given away each week on the radio program "Wings of Destiny. " Craig Bair's 2 VAA News award·winning Cub is one of those very airplanes. Read about it in Budd Davisson's story starting 4 on page 14. EM photo using Canon professional Friends of the Red Barn photography products by EM Chief photographer Jim Koepnick, EM photo plane flown by Bruce Moore. 6 Vintage Hall of Fame BACK COVER: "Setting the Record " depicts the single­ Espie "Butch" Joyce engine world speed record·setting ftight by the late by H.G. Frautschy Jim Wright in his amazing recreation of the Hughes H·1 racer. The FAI category C·1.d record was set at 8 The Vintage Instructor 304.07 mph on September 13, 2002 at the Reno­ Stead airport in Reno, Nevada. Thomas A. Smith, Winter Operations a professional artist specializing in aviation, was by Doug Stewart awarded an Honorable Mention ribbon by the jury of the 2004 EM Sport Aviation Art Competition for his 10 Reminiscing with Big Nick acrylic/ airbrush on canvas work. You can reach Mr. The Model 18 Smith in Tucson, Arizona at 52()'39&6429. by Nick Rezich STAFF Publisher Tom Poberezny 14 Not Just Another Cub Story Editor-in-Chief Scott Spangler The Bair Wings J-3 Executive Director/Editor H.G. Frautschy by Budd Davisson Administrative Assistant Theresa Books News Editor Ric Reynolds 19 Type Club List Photography Jim Koepnick Bonnie Bartel 25 Mystery Plane Production Manager Julie Russo by H.G. Frautschy Advertising Sales Loy Hickman 26 Pass It To Buck 913-268-6646 The Best of Buck Classified Ad Manager Isabelle Wiske by Buck Hilbert Copy Editor Colleen Walsh Kathleen Witman 30 Classified Ads Graphic Design Olivia Phillip GEOFF ROBISON PRESIDENT, VINTAGE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION

Speaking up for your airport

'Tis the season when the inside of on a continual basis, -not just when initiative. You as a member can help the hangar feels colder than the out­ they are suddenly threatened with clo­ out by asking your friends to join up side air, because in some cases, it is. sure. A continuous effort to keep your with us. If we are still into black ink No one warned me that my blood aviation facility perceived in the com­ at the end of the current fiscal year would thin over time to a point munity as a valued asset, as well as a (March I, 2005), be assured it will where I just have so little tolerance safety asset, is absolutely crucial and al­ be all about initiatives related to the of the cold weather. It used to be an ways the best approach to avoiding the membership drive and all of you fine acceptable notion to not hesitate in inevitable. We can all do more to assist folks who have graciously supported getting the airplane out on a 30°F day in educating the public and helping the Friends of the Red Barn fund. As I and go somewhere. Now I shiver at to maintain a positive image of these have mentioned in the past, the VAA the thought of going out on a 40°F­ facilities. continues its sound financial status. plus day. Yeah, yeah, I can hear all I promised the membership last We will continue to look to the future you snowbirds chuckling at me all month that I would keep you updated so that we are able to remain on firm the way from Florida ... or wherever on the business of your organization, financial ground. you're nesting this winter. I guess I'll so here's the long and short of it. The As mentioned in the December just have to wait out old man winter Board of Directors met in regular ses­ issue of Vintage, you will see the en­ at least one more year. sion on November 5. This meeting hanced benefits of the 2005 Friends It seems of late that more and more served as an excellent exercise for me of the Red Barn program in this issue GA airports are being threatened by to cut my teeth on, because an un­ of Vintage. I am certain I speak for the local politicians and real estate mo­ usual number of issues were at hand entire Board of Directors when I say guls who envision a better use for our for the Board of Directors to address. we all hope you will find these pro­ valuable, not to mention irreplaceable, As I previously alluded to, the Board gram enhancements beneficial and aviation facilities. Nearly every avia­ members have been paying close at­ of good value for your much-needed tion newsletter or website I read of late tention to our financial health. contributions. Again, for those of you has news of yet another airport on the We (the Board) are going to con­ who have supported this effort in the "targeted for closure" list. When is this tinue to capitalize on another mem­ past, you have our heartfelt gratitude. phenomenon going to stop? What can bership drive and enhance our cur­ And for those of you who have con­ or should be done? When one looks rent fundraising efforts, such as the sidered supporting these efforts in the closely at the efforts put forth by groups Friends of the Red Barn campaign. past, we hope you find these new lev­ such as Friends of Meigs Field and oth­ The membership drive is not just a els of giving appealing and reconsider ers, one can only wonder, "What else key initiative from a financial point supporting your organization. Please could have possibly been done to save of view; it is all about our strength keep in mind that all contributions that airfield?" I and many other ten­ as an association. Your former VAA to Friends of the Red Barn fund go di­ ants of historic Smith Field Airport in President Butch Joyce and the staff rectly toward offsetting the expenses Fort Wayne, Indiana, have recently ex­ were successful in earlier member­ involved in all the valued programs, perienced just such a threat to our own ship drives. The membership under benefits, and exhibits offered in the treasured airfield. More than two years Butch's watch was easily doubled, Vintage area during the annual EAA ago our local airport authority voted to and at one time nearly tripled. Even AirVenture event. close this facility, and in the aftermath though EAA has always been helpful Let's all pull in the same direction of unrelenting efforts by hundreds of with funding these direct-mail mem­ for the good of aviation. supporters of this airfield, that vote was bership initiatives, the age-old rule Remember, we are all better to­ eventually reversed. I firmly believe we of business always has an impact. "It gether. Join us and have it all. as aviators, enthusiasts, and supporters takes money to make money," and need to do a better job of preserving, that always means it's a bit of a roll promoting, and protecting all facilities of the dice to sign onto this type of

VINTAGE AIRPLANE Start Your Virtual Visit Here There's no waiting in line for the VAA Volunteers of the Year EAA AirVenture Museum virtual tour. Each year during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh two Just click on The Virtual Museum head­ special VAA volunteers are chosen: one as the Be­ ing on the left side of the home page at hind the Scenes Volunteer of the Year and the other www.airventuremuseum.org to see an ar­ as Flightline Volunteer of the Year. ray of virtual and interactive activities. This year's recipient of the Behind the Scenes Sit inside the cockpit of the XP-51 Volunteer of the Year is Paul Kyle, of Germantown, Mustang. Watch a first-person oral his­ Wisconsin. Paul has been attending EAA AirVen­ tory Timeless Voices video. Or cruise ture with his father, Leland, since he was a young around the EM AirVenture Museum man, and started volunteering as soon as possible. and explore innovative airplanes, He 's become a real "jack of all trades" and has such as the Aerocar, Loudenslager been particularly active in the Tall Pines Cafe before Shark, and Rutan VariEze prototypes. heading off to work a shift on the flightline. He's Missed some of the museum's web­ also been busy on many of the weekend work par­ Paul Kyle cast presentations? You'll find them ties we have during the spring and fall, helping keep archived there, too. See what's going the VAA buildings in top shape. on at Pioneer Airport, using the live Our Flightline Volunteer of the Year is Doug Mar­ webcam. Like the virtual museum, the tel (right), of Littleton, Colorado. In his "real life" webcam runs 24/7 year-round. Note Doug is a cardiologist, and he really looks forward some of these activities require the to spending a week away from it all and working the latest version of the Apple QuickTime flightline, directing and parking vintage airplanes in player or Macromedia Flash player, our area. Doug so enjoys his time on the line that which are easy and free to download. there are times when it's hard to get him to quit at the end of his shift! Joe Funk Passes Away The awards were presented during the fall VAA at Age 94 Board Meeting, held the first weekend in November. Our congratulations and thanks to Doug Martel and Joseph c. Funk of Coffeyville, Kan­ Paul Kyle, our 2004 VAA Volunteers of the Year! Doug Martel sas, who with his twin brother, Howard, built 365 Funk airplanes in the 1930s and 1940s, passed away EAA Seeks Nominations for by the membership, it is antici­ on December 2 at the age of 94 in Class I Directors pated that 15 Class I Directors Coffeyville, Kansas. Born in Akron, Pursuant to the Amended and will be elected at the 2005 annual Ohio, on September 17,1910, the Restated Articles and Bylaws of business meeting held in Oshkosh. brothers built just over 330 Funk Experimental Aircraft Association This number includes current Class airplanes in their factory that at Inc., the President has designated a I Directors, whose terms expire one time employed 100 people. nominating committee of six EAA during 2005, and additional Class (EAA has a donated 1940 Funk B in members to receive nominations I Directors as necessary so they its collection.) As a side business, for Class I Directors. Its members collectively compose at least 51 they also created and produced for are Chairman Ron Scott, N8708 Sky percent of the Board. The current the Ford tractor a power takeoff, Lane, Rt. I, East Troy, WI 53120; Class I Directors whose terms do which sold well. When the bottom lonnie Fritsche, W6305 Penin­ not expire in 2005 will continue fell out of the aircraft industry, they sula Court, Neshkoro, WI 54960; to serve. switched to transmissions and be­ Robert D. Lumley, 1265 S. 124th The terms of four Class I Direc­ came Funk Manufacturing, which Street, Brookfield, WI 53005; Fred tors expire in 2005: John Beetham, was later acquired by John Deere Stadler, 1718 Autumn Lane, Arling­ Mal Gross, Paul Poberezny, and Alan and continues to be the largest em­ ton, TX 76012-5437; Cody Welch, Ritchie. The individuals elected to ployer in the city of Coffeyville. Joe, 8529 Pineview Lake Dr., Linden, MI fill these seats will serve for three EAA #37967, continued flying until 48451; and Harry leisloft, 2787 Lei­ years, to expire in 2008. Class I Di­ the 1980s, and was often present at sure World, Mesa, Al 85206. rectors may serve for an unlimited the annual Funk Fly-in. His brother, In light of the modified gover­ number of successive terms. Howard, passed away in 1995. nance structure recently approved To achieve a total of 26 Class I 2 JANUARY 2005 Directors, an additional 11 Class ning a better than new, totally re­ hauled-to-better-than-new 160-hp I Directors will be elected. Upon furbished Piper Cherokee 140! The Red Gold engine from Teledyne election, initial term expiration EAA 200S Sweepstakes is under Mattituck Services. The new pow­ dates will be assigned to these 11 way, and this year we're making it erplant turns a new prop from so their expirations are staggered easy to enter and become eligible Sensenich Propeller of Lititz, Penn­ as required by the Association's Ar­ to win. Along with the Cherokee, sylvania, speeding the airplane to ticles and Bylaws. Class I Directors top prizes also include a brand new more than ISO mph. elected in 2006 and thereafter shall 2005 Harley-Davidson Sportster Art Mattson's Aircraft Modifica­ serve for terms of three (3) years. motorcycle, aJohn Deere X475 trac­ tions Research and Development By this notice, nominations are tor, and a Bose Aviation Headset x. (AMR&D) of Woodstock, Illinois, hereby solicited for the IS Class I Winning entries will be drawn and supplied the prop tip mods, vortex Director positions to be filled at the prizes delivered at the end of EAA generators, gap seals, and stabila­ 2005 annual membership meeting. AirVenture Oshkosh 2005. Imag­ tor tips, while Met-Co-Aire of Ful­ Nominations for these positions ine flying home from Oshkosh in a lerton, California, contributed the shall be made on official nomina­ "new" airplane! wingtips, and LP Aero Plastics Inc. tion forms available bye-mailing "This is the first time we're per­ supplied the windshield and win­ [email protected] or writing EAA, P.O. sonalizing the coupons and mailing dows. A King KLX-135A comm/ Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903­ them separately from the magazine GPS and King KT-76A transpon­ 3086, Attn: Judy Reader. directly to members," said Elissa der by Bendix/King was purchased Candidates must be current EAA Lines, EAA vice president of devel­ from Airtronics. Engine instrumen­ members, and the nomination opment. "Entering the sweepstakes tation is by Mitchell Aircraft Prod­ petition should include a recent is as easy as mailing them back." A ucts, Lake Bluff, Illinois, while the photo and a brief resume of the donation is not required to enter, engine pre-oil pump comes from individual's background and expe­ although a minimum amount of $1 George McCrillis of Oilamatic Inc., rience. Each petition requires the per coupon is suggested. Donations Englewood, Colorado. signatures of at least 25 EAA mem­ are tax-deductible to the extent al­ Custom interior, including the bers, including their EAA numbers lowed by law, and you can enter as modified pilot and copilot seats, and membership expiration dates. many times as you'd like. were designed and installed by Submit nomination petitions to The annual EAA sweepstakes Dennis Wolter of Air Mod, Batavia, Nominating Committee Chairman raises crucial dollars that allow the Ohio. Acoustical engineer Jon Tel­ Ron Scott, EAA Aviation Center, association to continue its impor­ lock installed a Skandia EASE sound P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903­ tant work in all areas of its mission: control system. New interior plastic 3086, no later than March 1, 2005. . preparing for aviation's future­ by Heinol & Associates, Tyler, Texas, If insufficient nominations are creating and expanding youth and brand new seat belts by Aircraft received, the board's Governance education programs like Young Belts Inc., Kemah, Texas, round out Committee will make additional Eagles; · preserving aviation's rich the Piper's special modifications. nominations of its own. heritage-proceeds help maintain, The annual business meeting restore, and operate vintage air­ FSDOs Officially Authorized to will be held during EAA AirVen­ craft that are part of EAA's flying Issue Sport Pilot Certificates ture Oshkosh, at the Theater in the heritage program and golden age of The FAA has released specific in­ Woods, Wittman Regional Airport, aviation at EAA's Pioneer Airport, the structions to its Flight Standards Oshkosh, Wisconsin at 10 a.m. sweepstakes program also provides District Offices (FSDOs) outlining COT on Saturday, July 30, 2005. support for EAA AirVenture Museum procedures for issuing student pilot Voting instructions and procedures operations, exhibit development, certificates to sport pilot candidates. will be published in a forthcoming public programs, and other activities; The document, N 8700.34, Is­ issue of EAA Sport Aviation and EAA · promoting access to the dream of suance of Student Pilot Certifi­ Sport Pilot. flight; and · protecting the right to cates to Sport Pilot Candidates, Alan Shackleton fly by allowing EAA to continue should clear up any confusion Secretary its advocacy mission on behalf of in the field regarding issuance Experimental Aircraft Association Inc. the membership. of student pilot certificates, says Not Your Father's Cherokee! Martin Weaver, FAA's Light-Sport Mail Could Hold Your Winning The slick, refurbished Piper in­ Aviation Branch manager. Ques­ Ticket in EAA 2005 Sweepstakes cludes a number of enhancements tions regarding the notice should Watch your home mailbox this and upgrades that belie its 1969 be directed to the Certification month for a special delivery that pedigree. Start under the cowl, and Flight Training Branch, AFS­ could ultimately result in your win­ where we've installed an over- 840, at 202-267-9374...... VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3 The Vintage Aircraft Association levels entitles you to a certificate of New for the current 2005 is a major participant in the world's appreciation along with a letter of fundraising campaign . .. largest annual sport aviation event­ acknowledgement of your gift. The SILVER LEVEL ($250) and higher EAA AirVenture Oshkosh! The Vin­ VAA is a nonprofit 501(c)3, so your donors, in addition to the above tage division hosts and parks more contribution to this fund is tax de­ mentioned items, will receive two than 2,000 vintage airplanes each ductible to the extent allowed by law. passes to the VAA Volunteer Party year from the Red Barn area and a special Friends of the of Wittman Field south to Red Barn cap. the perimeter of the airport. DIAMOND LEVEL $1 ,000 GIFT GOLD LEVEL ($500) con­ Approximately 450 ded­ PLATINUM LEVEL $750 GIFT tributors, in addition to the icated volunteers from all GOLD LEVEL $500 GIFT above mentioned items, will parts of the country, and receive one certificate for SILVER LEVEL $250 GIFT world, help make this an a flight on EAA's Ford Tri- unforgettable time for BRONZE LEVEL $100 GIFT Motor, redeemable during our many EAA AirVenture LOYAL SUPPORTER $99 OR UNDER GIFT EAA AirVenture or during guests. the summer flying season at The financial support for Pioneer Airport. You'll also the various activities in connection Your name will be listed as a contrib­ receive one ticket for a free breakfast with the weeklong event in the VAA utor in Vintage Airplane magazine, at the Tall Pines Cafe for the full week Red Barn area is underwritten by a on the Vintage Aircraft website, and of EAA AirVenture. yearly special convention support on a special display at the VAA Red PLATINUM LEVEL ($750) donors fund. This effort is the VAA's Friends Barn. (Please let us know if you do will receive two certificates for a ride of the Red Barn program. not want your name published.) on the Ford Tri-Motor redeemable This fundraising program is an BRONZE LEVEL ($100) and higher during EAA AirVenture or during the annual affair, beginning each year donors will also be presented with a summer flying season at Pioneer Air­ on July 1 and ending June 30 of the special name badge recognizing your port. You'll also receive two tickets for following year. As noted above, there level of participation. During EAA a free breakfast at the Tall Pines Cafe are six levels of gifts and gift recogni­ AirVenture, you'll have access to the for the full week of EAA AirVenture. tion. Red Barn Volunteer Center, a nice As added thanks, you will receive two Each contribution at one of these place to cool off. tickets to the VAA Picnic during EAA 4 JANUARY 2005 AirVenture, as well as a two-day auto two tickets to the VAA Picnic during At whatever level is comfortable for pass to park your automobile conve­ EAA AirVenture, as well as a full-week you, won't you please join those of niently close to the flightline. auto pass to park your automobile us who recognize the tremendously DIAMOND LEVEL ($1,000) do­ closer to the flightline. valuable key role the Vintage Aircraft nors will also receive two certificates This is a grand opportunity for all Association has played in preserving for a ride on the Ford Tri-Motor re­ Vintage members to join together as the irreplaceable grass-roots and gen­ deemable during EAA AirVenture or key financial supporters of the Vintage eral aviation airplanes of the last 100 during the summer flying season at division. It will be a truly rewarding years? Your participation in EAA's Pioneer Airport and two tickets for a experience for each of us as individu­ Vintage Aircraft Association Friends free breakfast at the Tall Pines Cafe als to be a part of supporting the fin­ of the Red Barn will help ensure the for the full week of EAA AirVenture. est gathering of Antique, Classic, and very finest in EAA AirVenture Osh­ As additional thanks, you'll receive Contemporary airplanes in the world. kosh Vintage Red Barn programs. VAA Friends of the Red Barn

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5 VIN T AGE HALL OF FAME Espie "Butch" Joyce H.G. FRAUTSCHY Butch Joyce's first logbook entry for a half-hour of dual instruction at age 10 in a]-3 Cub was made on Septem­ ber 9, 1954, but his roots in aviation go all the way back to his birth. His fa­ ther, Espie Sr., was a pilot and owned a variety of aircraft when his son was growing up next to the local airport near Mayodan, North Carolina. While in college and serving in the Butch and his human powered Army (where he served with the elite "flying" machine at the age of 3. Special Forces Green Berets), he built By age 5 he was allowed to walk a Pitts Special biplane and became an across the road and visit the small EM member, serving as EM Chapter airport adjacent to the homestead. 8's president during the 1960s. Butch's willingness to hop into Later in that decade, Butch became anyone's airplane to go for a ride involved with an aircraft group whose resulted in a couple of long "dis­ primary interest was older airplanes. cussions" with his mother! His pal That group, now VAA Chapter 3, re­ on many of his journeys across the kindled his love for antique and classic road was his dog, Studebaker. aircraft, and he would go on to own and fly a Staggerwing Beech, Mono­ coupe, UPF-7, Clipped Wing Cub, and a Model 35 Bonanza, among others. Starting on the Antique/Classic Board as an advisor in 1981, he was elected president in 1988, and held that posi­ tion until 2004, a span of 16 years. Butch says that he's most proud of the fact that in 1991, in cooperation with the Aviation Unlimited Agency, he initiated the creation of the VAA 1956-Butch's father, Espie Joyce Sr., with his Aircraft Insurance program. He credits brand new Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer. Butch would fly his wife, Norma, for keeping the pro­ this Tri-Pacer more than 1,000 hours and earn gram running well in an ever-chang­ his commercial pilot certificate in the airplane. ing insurance market. The program has grown to become one of the VAA division's most popular benefits, and has helped create growth that has seen the division's membership more than double, from 3,200 to 8,400 members. During that time he has also served as the chairman of VAA's activities during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. He was presented with the EAA Presi­ dent's Award in 2004. After stepping down as VM presi­ dent in 2004, Butch was elected to The Joyce Flying Service, circa 1956. The airport was on the Joyce family farm continue to serve on the VAA Board, property. As a young man Butch spent much of his time at the field, and was in­ where he will continue to serve the spired by many local pilots, including Charles Bailey, John Pace, and Ray Griffin, membership of the VAA. who taught young Butch the Flying Fanner act Griffin performed at air shows. 6 JAN UARY 2005 Aircraft Association brought Butch in contact with hundreds of volunteers. Just one of the many is shown here re­ ceiving her Behind the Scenes Volun­ ilPIPllt~O plenty elbow grease (along with a teer of the Year award, Sue Eichman. great paint job) to this early Bonanza during its res­ toration. Later, Butch would fly a twin-engine Beech Baron he had refinished in a similar color scheme.

The Monocoupe has been a fa­ vorite for decades, and Butch bought this 160-hp Monocoupe 90A in 1969 and flew it for a number of years. Butch has served the VAA division since the Antique/Classic days, starting in 1981 as an advisor. He began the Type Club tent in 1982, and has served as Below. Biplanes have always the chairman of convention activities. been a favorite of Butch's­ He served as president from 1988 until this UPF-7 was owned and 2004, a remarkable tenure unmatched flown by him, and while in col­ by any other VAA president. lege he built a Pitts Special.

In his early teens Butch started building a 1934 Ford hot rod, so he'd have something to drive when he turned 16. Both the hot rod and air­ planes competed for his interest that year, as he soloed a J-3 Cub. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7 DOU G STEWART Winter Operations

I was planning on leaving for the climates in the winter don't often and the sun is shining, even in the airport early this morning to meet a get to experience the phenomenal depths of winter, it shouldn't take client for tailwheel training in my performance that only a cold, high­ too long for that passive solar heat 1947 Piper Super Cruiser. The ther­ pressure day affords us in the win­ to do its thing. But if your wings are mometer outside my window was tertime. They don't get to experi­ a weather-beaten white, and haven't registering in the mid-30s (and this ence the truly CAVU skies that can seen a coat of wax in awhile, it could was just the first week of Novem­ only be found, at least up north, on be quite some time before they are rid ber), and the wind was making a those mid-winter days. Winter fly­ of their lift-defying contamination. moaning sound as it blew the last of ing certainly has some wonderful For many years, one of my win­ the dying maple leaves around the benefits, but it also has some spe­ tertime duties at the flight school corners of my house. Looking up at cial considerations. Let's take a look where I worked was the removal of the dark gray clouds whipping past at some of them. snow and ice from the tied-down overhead, I noticed that there were The first consideration I'd like to airplanes on the line. It didn't take snowflakes here and there. mention should be a no-brainer, yet me too long to realize how dark How could this be? Just a few every year there are pilots who seem colors and smooth, waxed surfaces weeks ago I was still wearing shorts oblivious to the fact that airplanes aided me in my job. Those aircraft and a T-shirt, and now I had to will not fly very well, if at all, when were quickly and easily "de-iced." think about winter operations. It the lifting surfaces have been con­ But those aircraft that had old, seemed like only yesterday that I taminated with ice, snow, or frost. chalky, and faded finishes some­ was concerned about density alti­ They manage to ruin perfectly fine times had contamination stuck on tude considerations, and watching airplanes when they crash as a result their surfaces until the tempera­ oil and cylinder head temperatures of an attempted takeoff without re­ tures rose above freezing. And there on the climb out. Today I would moving the contamination. I saw a were times when that might be have to think about the possibility pilot once, who started to taxi to the more than several days. of an engine preheat, and my own runway with at least 2 inches of pow­ I do hope that you are also aware body would need the extra warmth der snow sitting on the wings and that even a thin coat of rough frost of a pair of long johns for the cold tail of his airplane. He had thought could have the potential to prevent back seat of my PA-12. that the snow would "blow off the the wings from generating enough There was no escaping the fact wings" at the start of his takeoff roll. lift to allow takeoff. So, if you find that the time of year was here when Fly? "NOT," as one of my younger your wings frost-covered, and the I would have to change my men­ sons might say. sun and breeze don't have enough tality from warm-weather opera­ So if upon your arrival at the air­ strength to sublimate it (or you don't tions to winter operations. There port on a frosty winter's morn, you have the time to wait for the sun to are some pilots, like my friend find your wings, prop, and tail feath­ do its thing), be prepared to remove Tim, who, rather than deal with ers coated with ice, snow, or even just or polish the frost manually. At least the burdens of operating in cold frost, the first order of business will while you are vigorously rubbing the climes, move to southern locales. be to remove it. (Of course, if your wings down with an old towel, you'll In Tim's case I can hardly blame aircraft has been parked in a hangar, also be increasing your circulation, him. If I think that the back seat there might be other considerations raising your body heat, and getting a of my Super Cruiser is cold, it must if you find frozen contamination on wonderful red glow on your cheeks. still feel tropical in comparison to your airplane.) If the tops of your Now, if it has been cold enough the back hole of his Stearman. But wings are painted a dark color like the to leave frost, snow, or ice on those pilots who migrate to warmer Tennessee Red of my Super Cruiser, your airframe, then it is probably 8 JANUARY 2005 cold enough to warrant the pre­ heating of your engine. There are some folks who advocate keeping the engine preheating all the time while parked, utilizing an electri­ cal preheating device, and there are others who insist it is better to only preheat prior to each planned flight. (If only the heat generated by the arguments between these two opposing factions could be harnessed, I could easily reduce the electric bill for preheating my own airplane!) There are also those folks who prefer to use some form of forced hot air to preheat their aircraft. I guess whatever melts your candle .. .but regardless of how TAKE SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTING you preheat, it should be done if you care at all about extending the OUT OF HOMEBUILDING life of your engine, instruments, and avionics. HANDS-ON Your engine isn't the only thing HOMEBUILDER WORKSHOP that needs preheating; your instru­ SCHEDULE ments and avionics need that preheat as well. Not only is the oil in your Jan. 29-30 Denver, CO engine sump thick, but also every moving part in your airplane is going Jan. 29-30 Oshkosh, WI • Introduction to Aircraft Building • Sheet Metal Basics • Fabric Coveri ng to be sluggish. The gyros in your in­ • Composite Construction struments; the cables and linkages of • Electrical Systems and Avionics throttle; mixture and prop controls; • Cas Welding. Test Flying your Project and the displays on your avionics all need a preheat as well. Feb. 25-27 Griffin, GA • TIC Welding (Atlanta Area) My personal way of taking care of the preheating is to have a "Ta­ Feb. 26-27 Lakeland, Fl • Introduction to Aircraft Bu ilding nis" heater heating the oil sump (Sun 'N Fu n • Sheet Metal Basics • Fabric Covering and cylinders of the engine. I also Campus) • Composite Construction • Electrical Systems and Avionics have a small ceramic heater inside the cockpit. These are both plugged March 5-6 Dallas, TX • Introduction to Ai rcraft Building into an inexpensive 24-hour timer, • Sheet Metal Basics • Fabric Covering which I set to turn on about four • Composite Construction • Electrical Systems and Avionics hours before my expected depar­ • Cas Welding ture time. In this way the airplane is already warm when I get to the March 19-20 • Introduction to Aircraft Building airport. It is rare that I have a dif­ • Sheet Metal Basics • Fabric Covering • Electrical Systems and Avionics ficult start this way. The issues of getting our cranky aviation engines started in the win­ . ~ " . ' .~~ ter is worthy of a separate article, ~~ __ a"" _ so I'll deal with my techniques and the dangers associated with those techniques in the next article. In the meantime I guess I'll go dig 1-800-WORKSHOP those long johns out of their sum­ mer storage. It's feeling like it might 1-800-967-5746 be a long winter...... YOU CAN BUILD IT! LET EAA TEACH YOU HOW. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9 REMINISCING WITH BIG NICK

THE MODEL 18 Reprinted from Vintage Airplane August 1974 by Nick Rezich All Photos Courtesy the Nick Rezich Collection

The Model 18, like the Howard ect when the head-banging contest built so that when you jumped on factory, got off to a bad start, and the started. First, it was B.D. trying to tell the binders, the nose would come up climb-out was slow. When the first Gordon what to design, and second instead of pitching you over on your bids for CPTP and Army PT trainers was the stingy Board of Directors dol­ back. We had fun testing this gear! It were let, Howard's Board of Direc­ ing out a handful of chicken feed to was an odd feeling going down the tors could not make up their minds build it with. ramp at 30 or 40 mph and being able whether to get a piece of the action With the money allotted, Gordon to jump on the binders without find­ or not. The issue at hand was money. designed the original 18 around a ing yourself on the nose. Mr. B.D. DeWeese, our new preSident, 16S-hp Warner engine. His new de­ Throughout the design process, finally convinced them we could and sign was a slick one. The fuselage Gordon kept maintenance and ser­ should build the trainer. was steel tube with the rear-half fab­ vice in mind (something today's When the Board finally decided to ric covered and the cockpit forward engineers don't do). The 18 was a go ahead with the new project, it was section fitted with removable sheet mechanic's dream and a builder's too late. Fairchild, Ryan, Stearman, metal. The wings were two-piece­ delight. About halfway through the and Waco all had airplanes ready mono spar, all wood, full cantilever preliminary stress analYSiS, word to go. Howard went ahead with the panels. The tail group included steel came down that the prototype must project, and we built the new plane flippers and rudder and a wooden be in the air within 30 days! That to meet CAA certification require­ stabilizer and fin. The final layout took care of the preliminaries ... now ments and Army specs. looked great. it was full bore with everything be­ The first move by B.D. was to re­ Ted Linnert designed a beautiful ing right. Now! The main event of hire Gordon Israel as chief engineer. control system-all needle bearings the head-banging contest was to Gordon was happy to return to How­ and balanced 100 percent, aerody­ emerge! Eli Newberger, our chief in ard and was eager to get the new air­ namically and statically. The landing charge of stress (who is now with the plane designed and built. gear was the pride of Gordon Israel­ FAA), complained that he could not It was just a week into the proj­ it was an anti-nose-over gear. It was finish the stress analysis in time to 10 JANUARY 2005 release the prototype for flight. Gor­ about 5:00 p.m., during a meeting, I were eaten whenever a man had the don told him not to worry about the received a phone call from the paint time to take a bite or two. The corker flying, that he and Walt Daiber, our shop foreman informing me that the came one night when Frank Rezich test pilot, would take care of meeting primer would not dry. I told him to fell asleep lying on a sawhorse. Ev­ the flight deadline. With Eli settled give it another 30 minutes, and it eryone was taking bets as to when down, Gordon released the primary should be okay. he was going to roll off. I went home structure drawing . . . some com­ about midnight, and he was still on plete and some incomplete. dead center; as far as I know he never To meet the 30-day time limit, it I CAN WELL REMEMBER rolled off! was decided we would build tem­ COMING TO WORK After the tail group was fitted and porary jigs for the wings and fuse­ all controls checked out, the fuse­ lage and that we would build two IN THE MORNINGS lage went back to the paint shop for airplanes from these jigs. The first fabric covering. While the fuselage machine would be the flying pro­ AND FINDING was being covered, the stuff hit the totype, and the second the static fan! B.D. DeWeese and the Board of load test machine. The two fuselages GORDON ISRAEL Directors switched engines on Gor­ were built in a wood jig, much the don. They said the 165-hp Warner same as EAA homebuilders use to­ ASLEEP IN HIS was too expensive and we were to day. The wing jig was made of angle CHAIR AT A use the 125-hp Warner instead. Well, iron bolted together. The later per­ Gordon promptly told them in what manent jigs were all welded. You DRAFTING TABLE. particular part of their anatomies mayor may not believe the rest of they could insert the 125 Warner! this story, but believe-you-me, it is The head-banging ended with Gor­ true. With only 30 days' time and no Thirty minutes later he called again don losing the contest. additional help to build the first two and said it was still wet. I left the Using the small Warner meant all airplanes, the true Howard Aircraft meeting, and when I was 50 feet from new performance figures, new weight loyalty, craftsmanship, and ingenu­ the paint booth, I got the word-or and balance .. . in fact, new every­ ity emerged. should I say the smell? What I smelled thing firewall forward and no place All the available factory space was was not zinc chromate but enamel. to chop any weight other than in the being used to maintain a one-week No wonder it wouldn't dry! Tom finish. The first set of wings was fin­ production schedule for the Model Handler, the painter, had grabbed a ished by now, and the second set was IS, which we could not disturb. To 5-gallon pail out of storage and did already started, so it was too late to make room for the wing and fuse­ not check what it was. He opened it design or build a new, lighter wing. lage jigs for the 18, we removed the and it was yellow, so he dumped it When the smoke cleared, Gordon foreman's desks and the clothes lock­ into the pressure pot and started to jumped into his Dodge and headed ers from the wood shop and welding spray. What he was spraying was road for Andy Kluck's II Barnli where he shop and doubled up with the paint marking enamel that we used to paint could think in peace and settle down department and sheet metal depart­ the compass rose at the airport. Need­ with the aid of the spirits. ment. The rest of the 18 was built in less to say, I got ugly with him-and it In the meantime, Eli Newberger, corners . . . and at night. cost him a 30-day suspension. Ted Linnert, and Wally French re­ The first to burn the midnight oil This little mistake cost us a whole engineered the 18 to match the 125 was engineering. I can well remem­ day. The paint shop stripped the Warner. They made some changes in ber coming to work in the mornings enamel, re-cleaned and re-etched the the Number 2 static test airplane, but and finding Gordon Israel asleep tubing, and painted it that night­ left Number 1 alone; it was still full in his chair at a drafting table. B.D. in zinc chromate this time-so it bore on the flight-test plane. Harold would tell Gordon to go home and was ready for subassembly the next Bates joined the experimental group get some rest, but Gordon would stay morning. The experimental assembly in charge of engine installation, and on until he finished what he was department consisted of Mike Mol­ the airplane was fully assembled at working on so he could release it to berg, IISludge" Doyle, Frank Rezich, the factory and checked out; then the the shop for construction. Ted Linnert, and Gordon Israel. For wings were removed, and the ship Mike Babco and Conrad Wayne the next five days this bunch worked was trucked to the airport for final as­ built the first fuselage in two days. 16- and 24-hour shifts without any sembly, taxi test, engine run, etc. The fuselage was finished about 3:30 breaks. When the gang was hungry, While all this was going on, Eli p.m. and went to the paint shop for Gordon would give Frank Rezich $10 and his gang were working around routine zinc chromate prime. The and send him over to Monkey Faces, the clock building the II whiffle tree" cleaning, painting, and drying was a local gag and vomit shop, for a bag­ for the wing static testing, building scheduled as a three-hour job. At ful of sandwiches and coffee, which the drop test rig for the landing gear, V INTAGE AIRPLANE 11 A Model 18 with an NACA cowl. and working out some final figures was in the air! that; it spins nose down!" Walt was before the first test flight. We still had Walt climbed it out at max angle, skating on thin ice, however, because about five days left to meet the dead­ circled the field to about 3,000 feet, a few days later the wing failed at the line, and Walt Daiber was chomping and proceeded to run some stall torsion box with a lesser load than for at the bit to fly the 18. He had been tests. After about 30 minutes of flying which it was designed. running slow taxi tests, engine tests, around doing steep turns, dives, etc., This section was modi­ etc., plus test-flying the ISs. He had he returned to the field, made a per­ fied, and the airplane been given instruction from Gordon fect three-point landing, and taxied went through the cer­ not to fly the plane until engineering in with that same $%#*-eating grin tification tests with no released it. on his face. Gordon was so happy to other problems. Well, 01' Walt was nothing but a see his new design fly, he forgot all Our next problem big kid who loved to fly. One after­ about his "no fly" order. He jumped was production. We noon after all the squawks had been up on the wing, slapped Walt on the had to rearrange the worked off, Walt asked to run some back, and asked, "How was it?" Walt, factory to accommo­ high-speed, tail-up tests on the run­ still smiling, said, "Build it-it flies date both the 18 and way. Gordon said okay, but don 't fly like a toy!" the 15. In the mean­ it, and to make sure he wouldn't, The following weeks were spent on time, the sales depart­ Gordon instructed the mechanics the static load tests and keeping B.D. ment had sold a mess not to put the rear engine cowl on DeWeese away from the airplane. of 18s and wanted de­ and one side panel. Walt jumped Walt was about three jumps ahead of livery yesterday. Build­ into the cockpit, and my brother everyone in the flight tests, and again, ing the first 10 18s Frank cranked him up. As Walt taxied Gordon warned him not to spin or caused many red eyes; out, he had the grin of the cat that dive the airplane until the wing tests it was common to work just swallowed the canary. Yep, you were complete. Unbeknown to Gor­ three days straight! Yes, guessed it-when he got down to the don, Walt had already spun it. Walt I remember it well­ west end of the east/west runway, he let the cat out of the bag when the en­ going to work on Mon­ opened up the throttle, up came the gineers were installing the spin chute. day and going home tail, and about 200 feet later the 18 He told them, "Hell, you don't need for the first time on 1 2 JANUARY 2005 Wednesday smelling like a goat! The first Howard Model 18 at the factory test hangar. The 18, like the 15, was improved and modified on the production line by the mechanics, and it left the fac­ tory in traditional D.G.A. form. The first batch of 18s had an enamel fin­ ish on the wings and stabilizer. We used a process called "wipe-on," in which we finished the wood like furniture-sealer, filler, and color. This was supposed to be quicker and cheaper than the customary dope and fabric and did, indeed, result in a high-gloss finish. As it worked out, this was more time-consuming, until the airplanes and the summer the Board of Directors of the need expensive, and difficult to repair. heat met in Georgia, Oklahoma, and to install the 165-hp engine if we The high gloss was the only thing Texas. The operators complained were to survive. Then it was back to the method had going for it. This that the airplane would not perform the head-banging contest! Gordon was later changed to a dope and or climb in the 90°F temperatures. came out of the contest with the fabric finish. The wood covering Gordon was well aware of this situa­ larger lumps-a Kinner engine was was applied with tacking strips in tion and explained to the salespeople purchased and work began immedi­ place of permanently driven nails that you couldn't build an airplane ately on the new installation. This such as in the 15. The leading edge that was designed for 165 hp and fly program was a carbon copy of the 18 was a one-piece, curved section that it with 125 hp and expect anything as Gordon had originally planned it. we formed ourselves with a steam other than a pig. Sales wanted the plane yesterday, so forming jig. We also added check It wasn't long before the sales it was back to working all hours of valves to the brake reservoir cans came to a grinding halt. C.w. "Slim" the day and night. to keep from bathing the pilot with Frietag, our vice president of sales, Next month: The air show and hydraulic oil. an old-time pilot with many hours, the 18 develops a bad case of the The whole 18 program went well finally convinced B.D. DeWeese and spin shakes......

The Model 18 final assembly crew. In the center is Mike Molberg, the foreman who brought the wreckage of Mr. Mulligan back to Chicago. To his left is my brother, Frank, who is with Rockwellintemational working on the 8-1 bomber program.

VI NTAGE AI R PLAN E 13 is the airplane itself unique, but it son, Craig, who now owns the air­ 660b no " ~~~:~~r: also brings up a subject not many of plane, received a gift of 10 hours , l • is saying. us know much about: airplanes that of dual with his grandfather in the "No t another story about yet were produced for unusual purposes airplane. So, to say this airplane has another ridiculously expensive and how those that have survived been a part of the family for a long j-3 Cub!" compose an interesting collector's time is an understatement. Yes, we have to admit that this is area within vintage airplanes. In 1983 they decided to re-cover a story about a j-3 Cub, but hang in The Cub in question, NC37946, the wings, but in the process discov­ there. It's not just any j-3 Cub, and is a 1941 model that came into the ered dry rot in all four spars, so the you might learn something. We Bair family's life in 1978, when jerry wings needed a complete rebuild. Not certainly did. Plus, we met some in­ Bair of York, Nebraska, bought the wanting to take time from their ag teresting folks, and you will, too. airplane from its 19th owner. jerry operations to do the work themselves, Every airplane type in history and his father, Don, were aviation they farmed it out to a local mechanic has a circle of enthusiasts around institutions in that part of the Plains who took the airplane to his shop to it who know all the historical nit­ states, having been ag-operators work on it. That turned out to be a noids about it. However, quite often almost from the beginning of the mistake; the mechanic moved to the those of us outside the circle never concept. In addition, they oper­ East Coast, and it was 10 years before hear those tales, and that's the case ated an FBO and flight school on the Bairs were able to pry the airplane with the Bair Wings Cub. Not only the York Municipal Airport. jerry's loose and return it home. 14 JANUARY 2005 restoration workshops." Smith runs a series of ragwing Piper restoration clinics that take place in various locations around the country. They are considered a "must do" for those serious about that kind of restoration. "I attended his workshop in September of 1996 in Fort Collins, Colorado. I told Clyde I wanted the airplane to be absolutely original, but he took that with a grain of salt because he'd heard it many times in the past, and people apparently didn't follow through. Craig, who continued in the "I asked him about the pOSSibil­ family business and is now a third­ ity of my aircraft being a British generation ag-operator, took cus­ Flitfire, and he said he would look tody of the airplane and in 1995 into it when he got home after I began to work on it. He has done gave him my registration and se­ an excellent job of telling the Bair rial numbers.

Cub story on the signboard that II About two weeks went by, and accompanies the airplane, and it's I got a call from Clyde. He said, well worth reading. 'I have good news and bad news. "I decided that I wanted the air­ What do you want first?' I said, craft to be completely original, so 'Give me the bad news.' He said the I began research on what a 1941 Cub is not a Flitfire, but the good Piper Cub should look like. I had news is that it is rarer than a Flitfire: heard about a pre-war program in it is a Wings Cigarettes Cub. I asked which one Piper dealer in each state him how he knew this, and he said could acquire a Flit­ it was written in the Remarks sec­ !NUSIO'U I;-;;IJ ~M'I. O!" fire. Those were Cubs tion in the original factory records. Pipe, Cult Traine, ~ painted silver with "I asked him what he knew P,obobly 110 _ ~ght oWpione ho, onjoy.d .... popularity of .... Pipe, ::;;~ British markings. I about Wings Cigarettes Cubs, and Cub ITolne,. h io ...,y to fty and economical to maintain. Private ~ thought it would be he said, 'Not much, other than owners And it on ideal plone and it is IMino used extensively in .... pres­ ~ pretty neat if my Cub they were given away by the ciga­ ent CfVil Aeronoutics tro~ pro­ ~ gram. A var;.ty of ~ horsepower « was one of those Flit­ rette company in 1940 and 1941.' Brown &Williamson Tobacco engines contribut. to its perform­ ance ond economy of operation. ~ fires, but I couldn't He recommended that I call John Co. sold the Wings cigarette ~__ "F&-f_P~""" two _ ... _ ...... § figure out how to Stahly in Indiana because he had brand , and sponsored a of _.-,I­ ~ check on that. done a lot of research on Wings number of aviation·related I ae..... o =~-:-;:-::..::. u Cubs. I contactedJohn, and he said promotional items. In addi­ .... "" ...... _a_ _T_c-._-.. he had a Wings Cub, but it wasn't tion to the Wings collector restored to original. He then sent cards that featured illustra­ me copies of everything he had tions of the modern aircraft on the promotional program that of the day, the company sponsored the was called Wings of Destiny by the Wings of Destiny radio program on the cigarette company." Red Network of the National Broadcasting Finding out he had a rather rare Company (NBC). Each Cub was delivered airplane, Craig then became a real to an airport nearby the winning contes­ Wings-aholic and started scratching tant's home, and each side of the airplane "In the summer of 1996 some­ around for everything he could find featured the special logo you see here. one recommended I contact Clyde out about the Wings airplanes and Smith Jr. about what my Cub should what he'd have to do to make his look like to be original. Clyde gave absolutely authentic, right down me some very good information to the tiniest details. Then he got a but suggested I attend one of his boost in the originality department VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15 when Clyde Smith asked to hold one of his workshops in Craig's facility in York, Nebraska. "While he was there we made a list of everything I'd need to make the Cub original. The biggest items I had yet to locate where an original cowl­ ing, carburetor airbox, three-piece windshield, and the black-faced in­ struments. We then discovered by looking at other Cubs that this one had the cathedral ceiling. "I began looking everywhere for any original, pre-war Cub parts. I found the oil temperature gauge and compass in a friend's Cub that was in the raf­ ters of his hangar. Clyde found an oil pressure gauge. I already had the airspeed and altim­ eter, and Keystone Craig's meticulous work on the Continental engine is ap­ Because of his profession as an agricul- Instruments sup­ parent in the fit of the cowling and the "eyebrows" above tural sprayer, Craig Bair couldn 't make plied me with the each bank of cylinders. the trip to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture Waltham tach and 2004, so his friend Dan McNeill of Placer- 0 v e r h a u led the ville, California, brought the Wings Cub to other instruments. the convention. "For a long time I didn't have an original primer, then found one just sitting on a bench at another friend's shop in Missouri." The search for parts for an airplane such as this often takes weird and serendipitous turns. For instance, Craig was asked to ferry a 1929 Great Lakes from New York state to Kansas for a friend. While he was weathered-in in New York, he called Mac MacVicor, who had been recom­ mended to him as someone who might have Cub parts. "I told Mac I needed a three-piece windshield, and I could hardly believe it when he said he had a brand new, 60-year-old one that was still in its factory wrappings. The Pyralin plastic was good only for patterns, but the windshield strips were perfect. "I also told him I needed original-type cables that had a braided splice. Mac said he hadn't done the five-tuck splices he thought they needed for years and recommended I contact Ken Cassens at [Old] Rhinebeck Aerodrome about it. Ken in turn recommended I call Andrew King. "We called King's father, who said that Andrew was out of town for about a week and to call back. So, that was that for the time being. The weather was lifting, and I headed west. "I stopped in Kankakee, Illinois, for fuel and was at the counter paying for my fuel when a gentleman came 16 JANUARY 2005 Clyde Smith Jr., lagwing Detective

Clyde Smith Jr. provides a service analogous to being a genealogist: he has all the Piper records for al l ragwing Pipers and can tell you things about your airplane you never suspected. He can also pOint out special models many of us never knew existed. For a pa ltry $15 he can supply you with such obscure information as the se­ rial number of the prop that was originally on your airplane when it rolled out of the factory. Or the engine's original make, model, and serial number. He can also tel l when it was manufactured and when it actually rolied out the door, which are sometimes quite different. He can also verify the original color, the color scheme, and how the airplane was originally equipped. One of the most important services , however, is in the records column Noted restorer Andrew King was enlisted marked Remarks. This is where factory personnel recorded anything unusual to create a set of accurate control cables, about the airplane. This is where it indicated that the Bair's Cub had been built complete with Roebling roll splices. for the Wings Cigarettes Company to be used in its Wings of Destiny program. Clyde said, "What I need to work from is the airplane's N number and the serial up and asked me if I was the one number. However, people should know that the serial number and the fuselage flying the Great Lakes and wanted number aren 't the same thing. Often, people call all panicked because their fuse­ to know who I was delivering the lage doesn't match the serial number, and they think they have a problem when airplane to. It turned out he knew they don't. The serial number is on the dataplate, while the fuselage number could both the seller and the purchaser. I be a number of places, depending on the model and age of the airplane." about fell over when he introduced What kinds of things does Clyde sometimes ferret out for his customers? himself as Andrew King. "In checking this one particu lar J-4, I found it had been built specifically for "I told him he was just the guy the CAA with a full electrical system, IFR instrumentation, and radios. I some­ I'd been looking for and had been times theorize it was headed for the Forestry Service or something, but don't told he could splice up cables for know that for a fact. "The airplane was painted orange with black trim and had my Cub. He said he would be happy the CM logo on the door. " to and corrected me and said the Some of the better-known Cub variants like the Flitfires pop up from time original cables were not five-tuck to time. spliced, but Piper used the Roebling "I show eight Flitfires still on the registry and just recently had the fun of tell­ roll splice. I sent him myoid cables ing a lady in Seattle that her Cub was an original Flitfire. At this point, I think I've for patterns, and a month later I located all the Flitfires. " had a beautiful set of brand new A Cub variant that is practically unknown was identified by Piper as a Cub Sport. control cables just like they had "These airplanes were produced in 1938, '39, and '40 and were greatly been made in 1941." upgraded airplanes. They had red leather interiors, spinners, strut cuffs, and In the course of trying for origi­ wheelpants. Considering that 6,600 out of the original 14,000 Cubs built are nality, Craig wanted to re-cover the still registered, there are probably a lot of undiscovered Sports out there . airplane in Grade A cotton, but was "There are also a bunch of TG-8 gliders around that have been converted with unsuccessful in finding a supplier. Then in a chance conversation the addition of an engine. They are easily identified because the fuselage num­ with Dip Davis at Superflite, Davis ber, not the serial number, starts with a G. I know of only four TG-8s left in their said he'd gotten a brochure from original configuration. " someone who was making certified Another rare variation is the HE-l, an ambulance model based on the J-5/ cotton, but he'd thrown it away. PA-12 airframe. Sensing Craig's concern, however, "There were 100 HE-ls built, but I know of only eight left. But who knows what Davis went through the garbage, may turn up in a barn somewhere." found the brochure, and the Bair So, do you have a special airframe hiding under that fabric you fly around on Wings Cub now had a bolt of air­ weekends? Call Clyde and find out. craft cotton on the way. Clyde Smith Jr. Besides scrounging around for 570/748-7975 Wings Cub parts, Craig was constantly Box 721 doing the same for Wings Cigarettes Lock Haven, PA 17745 memorabilia. E-mail: [email protected] "I was at a flea market in Lincoln, VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17 Nebraska, and found a We only had to Wings Cigarette poster adjust the right and asked the dealer if he rear strut to correct had anything else hav­ for a slight wing­ ing to do with Wings. He heavy condition. asked why, and I told him I have test-flown about the Cub. A lady in many aircraft, but the booth behind us asked this one meant the me if it would be okay if most to me. It was she tried to find the fam­ just like my first ily who had won the Cub solo flight. Flying in 1941. used Phillips screws on the instru­ around in this airplane reminds me "It was only a few days later ments and to fasten the panel to why I learned to fly. when I got a call from the nice lady the boot cowl. The photo also "In June of 2004, Mr. and Mrs. who was really excited. She had clearly shows black wrinkle finish Robert Nivers drove over to see found the Nivers family, and Rich­ paint on the instrument panel, car­ the airplane for the first time since ard Nivers had been the winner. His buretor heat well, throttle plates, 1941. Robert even went for a ride. brother, Robert, was still living in and fuel shutoff well. We would He also brought along several pic­ Omaha. The family couldn't be­ have never known that without tures and other bits of memorabilia lieve the airplane had survived all that photograph. about 37946 for me to keep. It was these years and were very excited "When finishing the airplane, quite a thrill for us." to hear from me. They said Richard we followed Piper Report 381 with The story of the Bair Wings Cub was still alive, but in a rest home in two exceptions: we didn't use ni­ shows that many threads of history Burbank, California, suffering from trate dope, and we painted all metal can weave themselves together into Alzheimer's disease. parts with Air-Tech poly paint." an artifact that simply can't be du­ "Robert collected everything he The Wings Cubs were clearly plicated: the Pearl Harbor connec­ could find about the Cub and sent identified by a distinctive Wings of tion, the fact that the Nivers sur­ copies to me. He said that he re­ Destiny logo on the side, and that vived along with the airplane, the membered the day of the Cub give­ had to be duplicated exactly. discovery that the Bair's family Cub away vividly because he sat in his "Clyde had an original photo­ was a rarity, those first 10 hours of parent's 1938 Buick and listened to graph of a Wings Cub, and between flight with granddad. the news about the attack on Pearl that one, others supplied by the These kinds of things can't be Harbor: the presentation giving the Nivers, and my original posters, we orchestrated. Fate somehow made Cub to Nivers took place the morn­ had solid references to work from. a series of decisions that com­ ing of December 7, 1941." My helper's brother, Greg Elliott, bined to say that this airplane and While researching the screws and is a professional sign painter, and these people should survive, and bolts for the airplane, Craig had been he said he really wanted to paint they would find their way into the told by reliable sources that all of the the sign on the Cub. Greg made up hands of someone like Craig Bair, screws were slotted, not Phillips, and a full-size drawing from the post­ who wanted to see that those bits of course it was all Type One cad­ ers and pictures and sent it over for of history should be treated with plated, not Type Two. So, he bought us to proof. It looked identical to the care and respect they deserve. enough bolts and screws to do the the originals. In December of 2003, Like we said, this isn't just an­ entire airplane and sent them all to Greg drove over from western Ne­ other J-3 Cub story. United Plating in Tulsa, Oklahoma, braska on a Friday and began to to be re-plated in Type One. hand-paint the sign on each side P.S. "Clyde Smith overhauled the of the Cub. By Sunday morning, Did we mention that the Bair engine for me in Lock Haven and we had two exact duplicates of the Cub tied for Antique Reserve Grand had a new nose bowl made by Free­ Wings of Destiny signs on 37946." Champion and won a Silver Lindy man Aviation. He was almost done According to Craig, the reassembly at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2004? with the engine when a friend and after painting was easy because they Not too shabby! And did we mention I drove over to help him finish. had completely assembled the entire that in the course of the interview While there, I went through the airplane before it was covered, so all it was discovered that Craig's father literally tons of Cub pictures Clyde the fairings had been trimmed and gave this writer his first three hours has. While doing that, I found an drilled and the rigging was done. of dual instruction in the late 1950s? original picture of a 1941 instru­ "The first test flight was on March The threads of aviation history often ment panel and noticed that Piper 20, 2004, and went without a hitch. cross in unexpected places. .... 1 8 JAN UARY 2005 TYPE CLUB LIST This information is listed on our website, www. vintageaircraft.org, throughtout the year. Anytime you have changes related to your listing, drop a note in the mail detailing the changes (use the format you seen on these pages). Send your note to: Editor, Vintage Airplane; Vintage Aircraft Association; P.O. Box 3086; Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086 or e-mail it to [email protected].

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Box 328 Jim Mulvihill 805-968-1274 Harvard, IL 60033-0328 46 Eagles Nest E-mail: [email protected] 815-943-7205 Dues: Postage Donation Kerrville, TX 78028 Web: http://aeronca.westmont.edu 830-896-7604 Dues: None, contribute with discussion at e-mail American Bonanza Society E-mail: [email protected] Publication: Electronic form only Nancy Johnson Web: www.I-19bowwow.com P.O. Box 12888 Dues: $30/yr US; $35/yr Canada; International Aeronca Association Wichita, KS 67277 $45/yr Int'l Buzz Wagner 316-945-1700; Fax: 316-945-1710 Publication: Quarterly Magazine; Monthly Box 3, 4011st Street East E-mail: [email protected] Email Newsletter Clark, SO 57225 Web: http://www.bonanza.org 605-532-3862 Dues: $50/yr. Cessna 180/ 185 International Club Fax: 605-532-1305 Publication: Monthly (ownership required) Dues: $20/yr. Dave Hayden Publication: Quarterly Twin Bonanza Association 21910 S. Gardner Road Richard I. Ward Spring Hill, KS 66083 T-34 Association, Inc. 19684 Lakeshore Drive 913-884-2187; Fax: 913-884-2167 Charles H. Nogle Three Rivers, MI 49093 E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 925 269-279-2540; Cell: 269-251-2636 Dues: $25/yr. Champaign, IL 61824-0925 Hangar: 269-279-7616 217-356-3063 Fax: 269-279-2540 Cessna 195 International Club E-mail: [email protected] Bob Reiss, President Staggerwing Club Web: www.twinbonanza.com 9493 La Jolla Farms Road P.O. Box 550 Dues: $35/yr US & Canada; $45/yr Foreign La Jolla, CA 92037 Tullahoma, TN 37388 Publication: Quarterly 858-457-5987 931-455-1974 Fax: 858-552-8453 Fax: 931-455-1994 Bucker Club E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] A. Gordon Clement Web: www.cessna195.org Web: www.staggerwing.com 2225 Peachford Lane Dues: $25 to join, future assessments as Dues: $25/yr. US, $30/yr. Foreign Lawrenceville, GA 30043 required, won't exceed $25 in any yr. Publication: Quarterly 770-995-1798 Publication: Quarterly E-mail: [email protected] Twin Beech 18 Society Dues: $22/yr US & Canada Cessna Owner Organization Lorraine Carter $27 Foreign in US Funds Randy Augustinak P.O. Box 550 Publication: 6/yr P.O. Box 5000 Tullahoma, TN 37388 lola, WI 54945 931-455-1974 Cessna Airmaster Club 715-445-4053, ext 118 E-mail: [email protected] Gar Williams 888-MY-CESSNA Web: www.staggerwing.com 9 So. 135 Aero Drive E-mail: [email protected] Dues: $50/yr. Naperville, IL 60564 Web: www.cessnaowner.org Publication: Quarterly 630-904-8416 Dues: $48/yr. E-mail: [email protected] Publication: Monthly World Beechcraft Society Steve Oxman Cessna T-50 "Bamboo Bomber" Cessna Pilots Association 8609 S. 212th Paul Anderson P.O Box 5817 Kent, WA 98031 1210 Highway 35 Santa Maria, CA 93456 866-732-3927 Hudson, WI 54016 805-922-2580 Fax: 253-395-3354 715-549-6327; Fax: 715-549-6328 Fax: 805-922-7249 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.worldbeechcraft.com Web: www.cessnat50.org Web: www.cessna.org Dues: $60/yr. US Dues: Call Club for Info Dues: $45 US, Canada, Mexico; $55 Int'I Publication: 6/yr Publication: Quarterly Publication: Monthly VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19 Eastern 190/ 195 Association Culver Dart Club Great Lakes Club Cl iff Crabs Lloyd Washburn Brent L. Taylor, Editor 25575 Butternut Ridge Road 2656 East Sand Road P. O. Box 127 North Olmsted, OH 44070 Port Clinton, OH 43452-2741 Blakesburg, IA 52536 440-777-4025 419-734-6685 641-938-2773, Fax: 641-938-2093 E-mail : [email protected] or E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.aaa-apm.org Dues: $15 initial , then as required Dues: $15 Culver PQ-14 Assoc. Publication: (3) 16 pg. Newsletter Publ ication: 4/ yr, approx. Ted Heineman 29621 Kensington Drive The American Yankee Association Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 International Cessna 120/ 140 Association (Grumman) 949-495-4540 Mac & Donna Forbes, President Stew Wilson P.O. Box 669 P.O. Box 1531 Alamance, NC 27201-0669 Ercoupe Owners Club Cameron Park, CA 95682-1531 336-226-4582 Carolyn T. Carden 530-676-4292 E-ma il : [email protected] P.O. Box 7117 E-mail: [email protected] Web : www.cessna120-140.org So. Brunswick Station, NC 28469-7117 Web: www.aya.org Dues: $25/ yr; $35/ yr. Overseas 910-575-2758 Dues: $40/ yr. Publication: Bi-monthly. Annual Calendar E-mail: [email protected] Issue & Membership Handbook/ Directory Web: www.ercoupe.org American Hatz Association, Inc. Dues : $30/ yr. Chuck Brownlow Publication: Monthly, Coupe Capers International Cessna 170 Association , Inc. P.O. Box 10 Velvet Fackeldey Weyauwega, WI 54983-0010 P.O. Box 1667 Ercoupe Owners Club - Wisconsin Wing E-mail: [email protected] Lebanon, MO 65536 Judi Matuscak Web: www.weebeastie.com/ hatzcbl/ 417-532-4847 6262 Brever Road Dues: $20/ yr. [email protected] Burlington, WI 53105-8915 Publication : Quarterly Web : www.cessna170.org 262-539-2495 Dues: $35/ yr. E-mail: [email protected] Hatz Club Publication : Flypaper-monthly; The 170 Robert L. Taylor News-quarterly P. O. Box 127 Fairchild Club Blakesburg, IA 52536 John W. Berendt, President 641-938-2773 West Coast Cessna 120/ 140 Club 7645 Echo Point Road Fax: 641-938-2093 Randy Thompson Cannon Falls, MN 55009 [email protected] 4379 Hwy 147 507-263-2414 Web: www.aaa-apm.org Lake Almanor, CA 96137 E-mail: [email protected] Dues : $15/ yr. 530-357-5440 Web: www.fairchildclub.com Publication: (3) Hatz Herald [email protected] Dues: $15/ yr. Du es: $20/ yr. Publication: Quarterly Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association Publication: Bi-monthly Greg Burnard Tillsonburg Municipal Airport Fairchild Fan Club 244411 Airport Road Corben Club Robert L. Taylor Tillsonburg, OntariO, Canada N4G 4Hl Robert Taylor P. O. Box 127 519-842-9922; Fax: 519-842-3292 P.O. Box 127 Blakesburg, IA 52536 E-mail: [email protected] Blakesburg, IA 52536 641-938-2773 Web : www.harvards.com 641-938-2773; Fax: 641-938-2093 Fax: 641-938-2093 Dues: $50/ yr. [email protected] E-mail : [email protected] Web : www.aaa-apm.org Web: www.aaa-apm.org Heath Parasol Club Dues: $15/ yr. Dues: $15 William Schlapman Publication: 3 Publication: (3) 16 pg. 6431 Pau lson Road Winneconne, WI 54986 Culver Aircraft Assoc . International Fleet Club 920-582-4454 Dan Nicholson Sandy Brown 723 Baker Dr. P. O. Box 511 Howard Club Tomball , TX 77375 Marlborough, CT 06447-0511 Edward R. Moore 281-351-0114 860-267-6562 P.O. Box 50 E-mail : [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] West Mystic, CT 06388 Dues: Contact Club Web: http://users.ntplx.netj-flyboy/ 386-760-8766 Jan .l-May 15 Publication: Contact Dues: Contributions E-mai l: [email protected] Publication: 3-4/ yr, approx. Dues: $30/ yr. Publication: Quarterly Culver Club Brent Taylor Funk Aircraft Owners Association Interstate Club P.O. Box 127 Thad Shelnutt Brent Taylor Blakesburg, IA 52536 2836 California Av. P.O. Box 127 641-938-2773 Carmichael, CA 95808 Blakesburg, IA 52536 Fax: 641-938-2093 916-971-3452 641-938-2773, Fax: 641-938-2093 [email protected] E-mail : [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.aaa-apm.org Web: www.funkflyers.org Web : www.aaa-apm.org Dues: $15/yr. Dues: $12j yr. Dues: $15/ yr. Publication: (3) 16 pg. Publication: 10/ yr. Publication: (3) Interstate Intercom 20 JANUARY 2005 Continental Luscombe Association American Navion Society International Comanche Society Jim & Patti Sani, President & Secretary/ 16420 SE McGillivray #103 Skip Dykema Treasurer Vancouver, WA 98683-3461 5604 Phillip J. Rhoads Ave. , 10251 E. Central Ave . 360-833-9921, Fax: 360-833-1074 Hangar 3, Suite 4 Del Rey, CA 93616 E-mail: [email protected] Bethany, OK 73008 559-888-2745 Web: www.navionsociety.org 954-661-1454 E-mail: c/[email protected] Dues: $50/ yr. Fax: 405-491-0325 Web : www.luscombe-cla.org Publication: Bi-monthly [email protected] Dues: $20 US, $27 Canada Web : www.comancheflyer.com $35 Foreign. US Funds Navion Type Club at Navion Skies Dues: $64/ 1st yr. , $60 add 'i yrs. Publication: 6/ yr Raleigh Morrow Publication: Monthly, 50 pages P.O. Box 2678 Lodi , CA 95241-2678 Piper Owner Society Luscombe Association 209-367-9390 P.O. Box 5000 Steve and Sharon Krog E-mail: [email protected] lola, WI 54945 1002 Heather Lane Web: www.navionskies.com 866-MY-PIPER Hartford, WI 53027 Dues: $45/ yr. Fax: 715-445-4053 262-966-7627 Publication: Monthly, & via e-mail. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail : [email protected] Web: www.piperowner.org Dues: $25 US & Canada Parrakeet Pilot Club Dues: $48/ yr. $30 Foreign Barry Taylor Publication: Monthly Publication: 6/ yr Box 127 Blakesburg, IA 52536 641-938-2773, Fax: 641-938-2093 Short Wing Piper Club, Inc Luscombe Endowment E-mail : [email protected] Eleanor and Bob Mills Doug Combs Web: www.aaa-apm.org 309 Main Street, Suite 4 15815 E. Melrose St. Dues: $15 Halstead, KS 67056 Gilbert, AZ. 85296 Publication: (3) The Parrakeet Pilot 316-835-3650 (0); 316-835-3307 (H ) 480-650-0883 [email protected] [email protected] Brodhead Pietenpol Association Web: http://www.shortwing. org Web: www.luscombes.org Donald Campbell Dues: $30/ yr. Publication: Electronic 221 N. LaSalle St, Ste 3117 Publication : Bi-monthly Chicago , IL 60601 Web: http://www.pietenpol.org Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Supercub.org Dues: $10/ yr. US William E. Gaffney, Secretary Steve Johnson Publication: Quarterly 24Rt.17K P.O. Box 901465 Newburgh, NY 12550 Kansas City, MO 64190 International Pietenpol Association 845-565-8005 816-741-1486 Robert L. Taylor Fax: 845-565-8039 Fax: 816-741-5212 P. O. Box 127 Dues: Postage Fund Donation E-mail: [email protected] Blakesburg, IA 52536 Publication: 5-6 per year Web: www.supercub.org 641-938-2773, Fax: 641-938-2093 Dues: Donations [email protected] Monocoupe Club Web : www.aaa-apm.org Frank and Carol Kerner Dues: $15 Porterfield Airplane Club 1218 Kingstowne Place Publication: (3) 16 pg. Chuck Lebrecht 91 Hickory Loop St. Charles, MO 63304 Ocala, FL 34472 636-939-3322 Cherokee Pilots Association 352-687-4859 [email protected] P.O. Box 1996 Dues: $5/ yr. Web: www.monocoupe.com Lutz, FL 33548 Publication: Quarterly Dues: $25/ yr. 813-948-3616, 800-292-6003 Publication: website Dues: $34 US, $36 Canada & Mexico, $44 Foreign Rearwin Club Publication: 11/ yr. Robert L. Taylor Western Association of Mooney Mites P. O. Box 127 Cub Club (WAMM) Blakesburg, IA 52536 Steve and Sharon Krog Wm. L. Vandersande 641-938-2773 100 S. Westwood st. #2 1002 Heather Lane Fax: 641-938-2093 Hartford, WI 53027-9045 Porterville, CA 93257-7704 [email protected] 262-966-7627 , Fax: 262-966-9627 559-782-1980 Web: www.aaa-apm.org E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Dues: $15 Web: www.cub-club.com/ home.htm Web: www.mooneymite.com Publication: Rearwin Register Dues : None Dues: $30 US/ Canada, $35 Foreign Publication: Via e-mail Publication: 6/yr. International Ryan Club Piper Apache Club John R. Hodges N3 N Owners and Restorers Association John J. Lumley 6749 Sproul Lane H. Ronald Kempka 6778 Skyline Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80918 2380 Country Road #217 Delray Beach, FL 33446 719-637-0978 Cheyenne , WY 82009 561-499-1115 E-mail: [email protected] 307-638-2210 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ryanclub.org E-mail: [email protected] Web : www.piperapache.com Dues: $15 electronic subscription, $20 print Dues: $20/ yr. Dues: $35/ yr. (U.S.); $25 print (International) Publ ication: Quarterly Publication: Bi-monthly on web Publication: Quarterly VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21 1-26 Association (Schweizer) Taylorcraft Owner's Club Western Waco Association Lisa Sergent Bruce Bixler, II Barry R. Branin 7100 Christy Creek 12809 Green Bower, N.E. PO Box 706 Morehead, KY 40351 Alliance, OH 44601 Groveland, CA 95321 606-780-4953 330-823-9748 209-962-6121 Fax: 606-780-0196 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.taylorcraft.org Dues: $5/yr. Web: www.126association.org Dues: $12/yr. Publication: Occasional Dues: $15/yr. Regular; $25/yr. Sustaining; Publication: Quarterly $300 life membership Publication: Bi-monthly MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT ORGANIZATIONS Virginia/ Carolinas Taylorcraft Owner's Club Stearman Restorers Association Tom Pittman Rt. 6 Box 189 Florida Antique Biplane Association, Inc. Jack Davis Larry Robinson 7000 Merrill Ave. Appomatox, VA 24522 10906 Denoeu Road Box 90, Chino Airport 434-352-5128 Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Chino, CA 91710 E-mail: [email protected] 561-732-3250 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.vctoc.org/ Fax: 561-732-2532 Web: www.stearman.net Dues: $10/yr. E-mail: [email protected] Dues: $35/yr. US, $45 Overseas Publication: Quarterly Dues: $48/yr. Publication: 4/yr. Publication: The Flying Wire Travel Air Club International Stinson Club Robert L. Taylor National Biplane Association Tony Wright P. O. Box 127 Charles W. Harris 2264 Los Robles Road Blakesburg, IA 52536 P.O. Box 470350 Meadow Vista, CA 95722 641-938-2773 Tulsa, OK 74147-0350 530-878-0219 Fax: 641-938-2093 918-622-8400 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Fax: 918-665-0039 Web: www.aeromar.com/swsc.html Web: www.aaa-apm.org E-mail: [email protected] Dues: $30/yr. Dues: $15 www.nationalbiplaneassn.org Publication: 11/yr. Publication: (3) Travel air Talks www.biplaneexpo.com National Stinson Club Dues: $25 individual; $40 family; George Alleman Travel Air Div. of Staggerwing Museum add $10 foreign 1229 Rising Hill Road West Foundation, Inc Publication: Quarterly Placerville, CA 95667 Karen Garrick 530-622-4004 voice & fax P. O. Box 550 North American Trainer Association (T6, E-mail: [email protected] Tullahoma, TN 37388 T28, NA64, NA50, P51, B25) Dues: $20 US & Canada; $25 Foreign 931-455-1974 Kathy & Stoney Stonich Publication: 4/yr. [email protected] 25801 NE Hinness Road Web: www.staggerwing.com Brush Prairie, WA 98606 Stinson Historical and Restoration Society Dues: $40/yr. 360-256-0066 or 360-896-5398 (or Stinson 108, Antique Airplane Publication: 4-5 per yr. E-mail: [email protected] Association) Web: www.NorthAmericanTrainer.org Robert Taylor Travel Air Restorer's Association (TARA) Dues: $45 US & Canada; $55 Foreign P.O. Box 127 Publication: Quarterly, "NATA Skylines" Blakesburg, IA 52536 Jerry Impellezzeri 641-938-2773 4925 Wilma Way Fax: 641-938-2093 San Jose, CA 95124 Talldragger Club E-mail: [email protected] 408-356-3407 Asa Dean Web: www.aaa-apm.org E-mail: [email protected] 16216 N 34th Way Dues: $24/yr. Web: www.travelair.org Phoenix, AZ 85032-3119 Publication: (3) SHARS Dues: $15/yr. 602-622-8335 Publication: Quarterly E-mail: [email protected] Swift Museum Foundation, Inc. (Swift Web: www.taildraggerclub.orgjtdc Association) American Waco Club Charlie Nelson Phil Coulson WWI Aeroplanes, Inc. P. O. Box 644 2815 Springbrook Dr. Leonard Opdycke Athens, TN 37371 Lawton, MI 49065 15 Crescent Road 423-745-9547 269-624-6490 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 845-473-3679 Web: www.swiftparts.com www.americanwacoclub.com Dues: $42/yr, $47 Foreign Dues: $35/yr. Dues: $35 US, $45 Foreign Publication: 2 Journals, each 4/yr. Publication: Monthly Publication: Bi-monthly

West Coast Swift Wing American Aviation Historical Society Mark Kadrich National Waco Club Bruce Cunningham 2836 Autumn Estates Andy Heins 2333 Otis Street San Jose, CA 95135 50 La Belle St. Santa Ana, CA 92704 408-313-6263 Dayton, OH 45403 714-549-4818 E-mail: [email protected] 937-227-1326 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.napanet.net/-arbeau/swift E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.aahs-online.org Dues: $15/yr. Dues: $20/yr., $25 Foreign Dues: $39/yr. US Publication: Monthly Publication: Bi-monthly Publication: Quarterly 22 JANU A RY 2005 Cross & Cockade National Air Racing Group Society of Air Racing Historians Bob Sheldon , Secretary Betty Sherman Herman Schaub 14329 S. Calhoun Ave 1932 Mahan Avenue 168 Marion Lane Burnham, IL 60633 Richland , WA 99352-2121 Berea, OH 44017 708-862-1014 509-946-5690 440-234-2301 Dues: $15/ yr. E-mail : [email protected] Web: www.airrace.com Publication: Bi-monthly Web: www.pylon1.com; www.aafo.com Dues: $20/ yr US - $23 others Dues: $15 US, $20 outside US Publication: Bi-monthly Eastern Reg. U.S. Air Racing Association Publication: Monthly Jack Dianiska, President 26726 Henry Road Taylorcraft Foundation, Inc. Bay Village, OH 44140 National Association of Priest Pilots Forrest A. Barber, Exec. Dir. 440-871-3781 (NAPP) 13820 Union Ave. NE Mel Hemann Alliance, OH 44601-9378 Flying Farmers International 127 Kaspend Place 330-823-1168 Kathy Marsh Cedar Falls, IA 50613-1683 Fax: 330-823-1138 P.O. Box 9124 319-266-3889 E-mail : fbarber@a/liancelink.com Wichita, KS 67277-0124 Dues: $20 Web: www.taylorcraft.org 316-943-4234, Fax: 800-266-5415 Publication: NAPP Dues: $10/ yr. E-mail : [email protected] Publication: Quarterly Web: www.flyingfarmers.org OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Dues: $25/ yr. Elmer H. Hansen The Howard Aircraft Foundation Publication: 6/ yr. 12220 N.E. 39th Street Edward R. Moore Bellevue, WA 98005-1217 P.O. Box 50 United Aying Octogenarians 425-885-0299 West Mystic, CT 06388 Herbert Sloane E-mail: [email protected] 386-760-8766 P.O . Box 11114 Web: http://ox5pioneers.org E-mail: [email protected] Montgomery, AL 36111-0114 Dues: $20/ yr. Dues: $30/ yr. 334-832-2413 Publication: 6/ yr. E-mail: [email protected] Publication: Quarterly Dues: Dues: $12/ yr. Piper Aviation Museum Foundation Ninety-Nines, Inc., International Deaf Pilots Association Russell C. Nelson Women Pilots Organization Jeff Willoughby One Piper Way Elizabeth Lundin 13 Fox Valley Drive Lock Haven , PA 17745-0052 4300 Amelia Earhart Road O'Fallon, MO 63366 570-748-8283 Oklahoma City, OK 73159 Web: www.deafpilots.com Fax: 570-893-8357 405-685-7969 Dues: $35/ yr, active pilots E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 405-685-7985 Publication: yes Web: www.pipermuseum.com Dues: $30 per year E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ninety-nines.org Int'l Fellowship of Flying Rotarians Publication: Quarterly Dues: $65/ yr. Tom Surowka, World Sec.jTreasurer Publication: Bi-monthly 203A Rubens Drive Seaplane Pilots Association Nokomis, FL 34275-4211 Michael Yolk 941-966-6636, Fax: 941-966-9141 4315 Highland Park Blvd, Suite C Vintage Sailplane Association E-mail: [email protected] Lakeland, FL 33813 George Nuse Web: www.iffr.org 863-701-7979 4310 River Bottom Drive Fax: 863-701-7588 Norcross, GA 30092 International Liaison Pilot & Aircraft E-mail: [email protected] 770-446-5533 Assoc.(ILPA) Web : www.seaplanes.org Dues: $15/ yr. Bill Stratton Dues: $40/ yr. Publication: Quarterly 16518 Ledgestone Publication: Bi-monthly San Antonio, TX 78232 210-490-4572, Fax: 210-490-4572 Waco Historical Society, Inc.Waco Aircraft Sentimental Journey to Cub Haven, Inc. www.centercomp.com/ ILPA/ index.html Museum John L. Buchan, Fly-In Director Dues: $29/ yr US Marla Boone, Dir. of Membership P.O. Box J-3 Publication: Liaison Spoken Here P. O. Box 62 Lock Haven, PA 17745-0496 Troy, OH 45373-0062 570-893-4200 International Wheelchair Aviators 937-335-WACO; 1-5 pm Sat.-Sun. Fax: 570-893-4218 P.O. Box 2799 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Big Bear City, CA 92314 Web : wacoairmuseum.org www.sentimentaljourneyflyin.com 909-585-9663, Fax: 909-585-7156 Dues: $20/ yr. Dues: $12 single, $17 family E-mail : [email protected] Publication: 4/ yr. Publication: Quarterly Web: www.wheelchairaviators.org

Lake Amphibian Flyers Club Silver Wings Fraternity Women in Aviation, International Marc & Jill Rodstein Bud O'Brien Dr. Peggy J. Chabrian 7188 Mandarin Drive 820 Harper Dr. 101 Corsair Drive Boca Raton , FL 33433-7412 Algonquin, IL 60102 Daytona Beach, FL 32114 561-483-6566 847-658-6934 386-226-7996 Fax: 240-376-4875 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 386-226-7998 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.silverwings.org Web : www.wai.org Dues: $56/ yr. Dues: $25/ 1st year, $15 renew Dues: $39/ yr., $29 students Publication: Newsletter: "Lake Flyer" Publication: Quarterly Publication: Bi-monthly VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23 "Great Program! I bought a Ford at a great price, no sales games. Keep up the good work EAA!"

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THIS MONTH'S MYSTERY PLANE COMES TO US FROM THE EAA BOEING AERONAUTICAL LIBRARY. Send your answer to EAA, Vintage Airplane, P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086. Your answer needs to be in no later than February 10 for inclusion in the April 2005 issue of Vintage Airplane. You can also send your response via e-mail. Send your answer to [email protected]. Be sure to include your name, city, and state in the body of your note, and put "(Month) Mystery Plane" in the subject line.

O C TOBER ' S MYSTERY ANSWER The October Mystery Plane came to us from the collection of Edward Beatty of Ruskin, Florida. Longtime members might remember Ed and his wife when they were co-chairs of the Flying Cinema at EAA Oshkosh a number of years ago. No one sent us an e-mail on this Mystery Plane, and none of our regular mail-in contributors sent in a note either. I'll leave it to Edward to fill us in on this biplane'S identity: "The plane is the Woodson Express. I think it was built in Defiance, Ohio, sometime in the late '20s or early '30s. A local pilot from my hometown of Huntington, It appears that only one was built, since both Indiana, was a test pilot for Woodson during that time, registrations that appear within the database on Aerofiles. and this picture was among some of his possessions com, based on the work of the late Lennart Johnsson when he passed away. There were several aircraft built with data compiled by Vincent J. Berinati, show only in the Defiance area during that time, and I think some one serial number for both aircraft registrations. of them were built in Bryan, Ohio, which is only a Woodson Express 2A, sin 11 short distance from Defiance." Woodson Express 2-A, sin 11 VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25 E.E. "BUCK" HILBERT

The Best of Buck Reprinted from December 1988 Vintage Airplane

Hand propping! blades snapping unexpectedly but it wasn't a fun experience. I just finished another of my VFR, can catch even the most experi­ I almost got my head knocked 1,OOO-feet-above-ground-level, no nav, enced once in a while. Recently, at off about 10 years ago at Osh­ no comm cross-countries. It was Oshkosh as a matter of fact, Mike kosh, not by a prop but by Bill fraught with the usual weather Wilson from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Haselton, who was propping my and servicing inconve­ Fleet. Bill swore I "did niences, and the open it" to him . Here is the cockpit was pretty cold, most experienced person but it was fun. There was I'd ever hoped to find, one thing common to all but because of an im­ my stops, though, that re­ pulse-coupling malfunc­ quires comment. Finding tion, there he was with a someone to hand-prop busted hand. my airplane when it was The lesson here: Never, time to leave. ever assume that all is safe All of the insurance when you are at the busi­ policies have hand-prop­ ness end of a prop. Be­ ping clauses in them. fore you even touch the Usually they don't abso­ thing, go to the cockpit lutely forbid the practice; and look at the switches they just won't cover you and the engine controls if a qualified person isn't for placement and posi­ at the controls. I find tion. Brief the cockpit that the qualified person person on exactly what at the controls is not the you and he want to do, problem-it is the person and establish communi­ at the propeller that gives cation that assures both me fits! of you know exactly what Trying to get someone your and his intentions to prop usually goes like are. Make commands to this, "Can you prop me?" each other loud and clear "Well, I did it once when so statements are heard I was in college. Guess I and understood. Then do can do it." Or, "Way sure! I've been showed up with his hand in a cast. the job correctly. around all kinds of airplanes all Now, here is the PT-22 "king" of Don't ever, as I like to term it, my life! Pawnees, Cherokees, and Iowa and half of the rest of the "make love" to a propeller. Treat it Tri-Pacers, I can do it!" And then country. His Kinner bit him! Since like it's hot, always! Never assume he grabs the prop about 3 inches then, he has been bugging me for a that the throttle, the switch, and from the tip and promptly sticks starter installation (that I keep tell­ the mixture are in a safe position. his head into the plane of rotation. ing him I don't have). A moment Make sure they are! And I cringe. of inattention, and he caught it. Don't be timid or afraid of the Propping an airplane is practi­ Fortunately the broken thumb and prop. Grasp it firmly about halfway cally a lost art, and I'm glad. Those badly bruised hand wi ll be okay, out from the hub, and use your 26 JANUARY 2005 Flight Control Cables body weight to pull it through running for home. One woman Custom Manufactured! while you step back as you pull. had tried to take a shortcut taxi (You step back so you are out of route and wound up in a shallow the way as you swing it.) For­ ditch. The two of us hung onto get that old Hollywood stance of the her aircraft's wing struts in swinging your leg up and under the rain and lightning and wind the plane of rotation. That stuff until it passed over, and then we went out with the battery ignition pushed the Cub up onto the taxi Each Cable is Proof Load Tested engines of World War 1. Also make strip; she got in while I waited and Prestretched for Stability sure the area behind where you are at the business end to prop it. I going to step is clear and that the called, "Switch off," and she re­ *Quick Delivery ground is firm and clear of slippery plied, "Switch off," and promptly *Reasonable Prices mud or ice patches-and specta­ turned it to "both." I carelessly *Certification to MIL-T-6117 tors. More than once I've had to grabbed the prop with two hands & MIL-C-5688A caution bystanders to stand clear. and almost immediately got *1 / 16" to 1/ 4" "If this thing starts, I'm going to whacked across the back of both run right over you getting out of hands with the advancing blade. *Certified Bulk Cable and the way." Man, oh, man, did that hurt. For Fittings are Available Another oft overlooked point: a week I couldn't even unbutton a "'-McFarlane Most engines are eqUipped with an button, and that, friends, is why I Aviat ion Products impulse coupling for easier start­ respect the propeller end as I do. McFarlane Aviation, Inc. ing. It retards the spark for starting I could confess to the couple of 696 E. 1700 Road Baldwin City, KS 66006 or anytime the engine is turned times that the Swallow chased me 800-544-8594 at slow speeds, usually below 400 across the airport because I had Fax 785-594-3922 rpm . By swinging the prop hard the throttle open when it started, www.mcfarlane-aviation.com enough to exceed the rpm limit and I could also tell some more sales@ mcfarlane-aviation.com of the impulse, you negate its tales of defective ignition switches i . ~ :! VISA ' purpose. If you hear that impulse that in effect were on "both" when I ~•••~~~--~· ~' ~~' ~•••~__ click, its working. If you don't hear they said "off." There was an air- I it, there is a good chance you'll get worthiness directive note on the a kickback. So, the best method of old A- 7 ignition switches in the propping is to pull that prop so early Champs and T-Crafts back in you get the best effect from that 1946 and '47 where the brass con­ impulse. Firmly, but not too fast. tacts wore and bridged all the posi­ InCidentally, that impulse­ tions together. Anytime the switch • MIL SPEC and RFI SHIELDING coupled magneto is the only one was out of any detent, both mags CONDUIT ASSEMBLIES custom made that is firing when the key is in were hot. I still see these swi tches per your specifications the "start" position on most mag being used in restorations today. switches. In the start position the Watch out for them. They've been • Original equipment style Braided non-impulse mag is not operat­ in the junk box for years and have Conduits in Aluminum. Brass or Stainless Steel ing until you release it back to the been resurrected because they are "both" position. neat-and authentic for sure. But • We carry a complete line of AN - MS Find out which mag has the they can be dangerous. Electrical Fittings. Backshell Adapters impulse, and then put the switch Things are lookin' up. I've been and Specialty Fittings on that magneto for the hand­ getting phone calls from some of • We also have full machine shop prop start. the members who either have com­ capabilities for any custom I could go into great d etail as ments to make about the column applications you may require. to how many lucky escapes and or would like information. One • Rebuild your Warbird back to some of the weird experiences I've call was to ask why an antiquer Original! had over the years propping air­ would pose beside an ultralight. planes, but I'll spare you by men­ Another was to ask some advice on tioning only a few. My first learn­ a Fleet restoration, and a couple ing experience was about a week more were for little details and just after getting my first job at the to talk. Keep 'em coming. old Elmhurst Airport in Illinois. AIR/FLEX INDUSTRIES Over to you, ~/1 L 2538 SUPPLY STREET, POMONA , CA 91767 There had been a sudden summer Buck tfL/1ACJG- Tel. 909-392-8474 storm, and our students came AI RFLEXIN DUSTRI ES .COM VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27 The following list of coming events is furnish ed to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval, sponsorship, involvement, control or direction ofany event (fly-in, seminars, fly market, etc.) listed. To submit an event, send the in­ formation via mail to: Vintage Ai/plane, P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086. Or e-mail th e information to: [email protected]. Information should be received four months prior to the event date.

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