TABLE OF CONTENTS OKLAHOMA AVIATOR ISSUES

• January 2000 o Luscombe Moves Toward Certification o From Mike…- welcome to the new Oklahoma Aviator o From Barbara…- introduction to readers o Joe and Mary Honored With 1999 Clarence E. Page Trophy o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- complex vs. high-performance airplanes o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Two Boys in Church o Remembering Mary and Joe- Bill Pogue o Former WASP Shares Her Story- Barbara Huffman o To Visit Tulsa o Piggy-Back Landing-- Everybody Walks Away Safely! o Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II- Barbara Huffman o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder o The Real Flying Nun o Living With Your Plane: Oklahoma Aviator to Feature Airparks o TASC To Host Astronaut Weekend o EAA Scholarship Applications Now Available Online o Backing Into Aviation- Randy Harris

• February 2000 o Angel Flight: People Flying People in Need o From Mike…- challenges of newspaper publishing o From Barbara…- fear of radio communications o World’s Busiest o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Are You Current? o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Barons of the Sky o OKC Mayor to Speak sat OK Pilots Assoc o The Huffman Prairie Flying Field o Dynamic Propeller Balancing- Doctor Dan the Prop Man o Check Rides Tips: “Stress Rides”- Nan Gaylord o Living With Your Plane! o The Living With Your Plane Association o Tenkiller Airpark- Joe Cunningham o Tenkiller Airpark Announces Joe Cunningham Memorial o Patty Wagstaff Crowd Overflows Tulsa Technology Center o Robert Ragozzino Plans Round The World Flight in a Stearman o State Park Airstrips: A Half Century of Aviation and Recreation- Ron Stahl o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) o Kids Corner o Joint Education Program Fills Jobs at Altus AFB o The Ultimate Picker of Nits- Randy Harris

• March 2000 o Elementary School Research Project Creates International Aviation Memorial o From Mike…- aviation promotes both left and right brain exercise o From Barbara…- thanks to our contributors o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- How to Become an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- A B-24 Story o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- To Ultralight or Not- That is the Question o Software Review: Comm1 Radio Simulator- Barbara Huffman o NASA-Ames Opens New Virtual Control Tower Simulator

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o Living With Your Plane!- The Landings at Monkey Island: Half The Fun Of Flying Is Landing At Home o SkyStar Aircraft Announces Kitfox Lite Give-A-Way o Buying and Selling Airplanes: How to Avoid a Lawsuit- Clifford R. Magee o Debbie’s RVS Diner Opens at Jones/Riverside - Guy Baldwin o The View from the Pointy End- Randy Harris- riding in an airliner cockpit o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- atrial fibrillation o Folded Wings for Calvin Bass- Bob Richardson o Claremore Municipal Airport Named Oklahoma FAA Airport of the Year o EAA Input Included in FAA Revision of Homebuilt Aircraft Operating Limitations

• April 2000 o AOPA: AIR-21 Puts “Trust” Back in Aviation Trust Fund o EAA Recognizes Jim Inhofe’s Help With Hoover Bill o From Mike…- the Aviation Trust Fund o From Barbara…- preparing to move to Oklahoma o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- You Can Hold a US Aviation Record o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- How to Taxi an Aeroplane o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- The Recreational Pilot o Flight Destination: Branson, MO and Big Cedar Lodge- J. Thomas Pento o OKC 99s Assist Sarah Davis in Becoming Air Force Cadet o Living With Your Plane: Avian Country Estates o American Hatz Association Moves to Oklahoma- Lorin Wilkinson o Buying and Selling Airplanes- Part 2: Negligence- Clifford R. Magee o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- sleep apnea o to Visit Tulsa IAC Chapter 10 o Enrollment Begins for Sooner Flight Academy Summer Camps o Women in Aviation Conference Breaks Attendance Records o CAP Encampment at McCaslin Field

• May 2000 o 14th National Biplane Fly-In to Honor Bud Anderson, Highest Scoring U.S. Ace o From Mike…- Sun ‘n Fun and the excitement of grassroots aviation o From Barbara…- our move to Oklahoma, Angel Flight, and thanks to our advertisers o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Old Dogs, New Tricks, and Humility o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- and Taxiway Markings o Wings Across America: A Virtual WASP History o Early Morning Adventure: A Ride in the Bud One Airship o Oklahoma Honors One of Its Own- Bob Richardson- a tribute to Col. Robert S. Johnson o 22nd Annual Okie Derby o A Sun ’n Fun Photo Collage o Buying and Selling Airplane- Part 3: Product Liability- Clifford R. Magee o Welcome Back, Old Friend!- Randy Harris- our Comanche o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Educate Your Doctor o Fred DeLacerda Receives IAC President’s Award o First - J. Thomas Pento o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- The First Ace o News of the Experimental Aircraft Association o A Short History of the Tulsa Air and Space Center

• June 2000 o Aerospace America Remembers Vietnam Vets o Look at the Airshow Upside Down-- Consider Aviation B2B!- Betsey Fry o From Mike…- living my aviation dream

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o From Barbara…- making friends in aviation o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- The Aviation Answer Guy o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- CFI Renewals and Reinstatements o Southwestern Bell Balloon Fest 2000 Sets August Date at Wiley Post Airport o U.S. Military Stops Degrading GPS System Accuracy o Canadian Lightplane Owners Maintain Their Own Aircraft- Proposes Similar Change for U.S. o Soda Blasting for Aircraft Paint Stripping- Mike Huffman o Multi-Party Aircraft Ownership- Clifford R. Magee o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- The Allergy Season o Dusters and Sprayers Persevere Following 1999 Tornado- Charlie Harris o Ada Municipal is OAOA “Airport of the Year” o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Oshkosh in Your Blood? o JoAnn Terrell Retires From Moore-Norman- Martin Weaver

• July 2000 o Join the Fun: 21st Annual Okie Derby o Oklahoma Aviator Celebrates Return to Tenkiller Airpark- Mike and Barbara Huffman o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- The Boeing Model 40 Series o Oklahomans Make Good Showing in Air Race Classic 2000 o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Impressions o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- Who Busts the Check Ride? o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Should Your FAA Doctor Be Your Family Doctor? o Blackwell-Tonkawa Airport Re-Opens

• August 2000 o Airshow Oklahoma to Launch Stellar Performer Lineup o From Mike…- a frightening flight in a J-3, part 1 o From Barbara…- we move to Oklahoma; the OA road trip o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- This-N-That o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- The Simulated Emergency Approach and Landing o USS Batfish to be Honored at Airshow Oklahoma Preview Before the Airshow o CAP Cadets Train at McCaslin Field o Wings Over Whiteman AFB: Spirit in the Sky- J. Thomas Pento o Robert Ragozzino’s Stearman World Flight o Builders Work to Re-Create 1911 Vin-Fiz Transcontinental Journey o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Color Vision and Colored Contacts o OKC 99s Inducted Into International Forest of Friendship o TASC to Host Airfest and Super Cockpit Day o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Where Are The Old Douglas A-24s? o Franny Rourke Goes West

• September 2000 o Summer Ballooning Fun in Oklahoma!- Tulsa’s Gatesway Int’l Balloon Festival- Barbara Huffman o Summer Ballooning Fun in Oklahoma!- Wiley Post Southwestern Bell Balloon Festival- Mike Huffman o From Mike…- a frightening flight in a J-3, part 2 o From Barbara…- being in Oklahoma o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Working the Crowd o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- On Final Approach o 43rd Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In Set for Bartlesville- Charlie Harris o UFO’s Land at Haskell- Locals Are Not Surprised!- Mike Huffman

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o 22nd Annual Okie Derby Combines Fun, Competition,and Aircraft Proficiency Racing o MidAmerica Airport Schedules EXPO 2000 Private Plane Fly-In o AIR-21 At Work in Oklahoma o NATA Looks To Save Airports o EAA Foundation’s B-17 Begins Fall Tour of Eastern US on September 1 o Planes on the Prairie Fly-In Set for Oct 6-8 o AirVenture 2000- J. Thomas Pento o TTC’s Hypobaric/Hyperbaric Facility- Mike Huffman o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Attention! Good News For Older Pilots (Including Me!) o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Starting a New FBO o Aviation Maintenance Gets Wired o Okla Aircraft Registration Tax- Clifford R. Magee

• October 2000 o Intrepid Aviator Flies Weedhopper to Oshkosh o From Mike... Quickie Aircraft and flight testing realities o Cross-Country IFR Training to Fun Destinations Planned- Mike Huffman o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Modern Wonders o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- A Guy Called “Shorty” o Gundy’s Airport Under New Ownership o Airshow Oklahoma a Success Despite Fire and Rain Technical Innovation Is Key at General Aviation Modifications, Inc (GAMI) o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- diabetes; eye exams o A First Thought- Dave Wilkerson o Robert Ragozzino Stuck in Russia o B-25 Carrier Takeoffs- Richard D. Prigmore

• November 2000 o Ragozzino Sets Round-The-World Record o Oklahoma Aviator Future Uncertain- Help May Be Forthcoming o From Mike… The Great Rocket Caper o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Courtesy o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Antoine de Saint-Exupery o Flight Destinations: Part 1- Grand Lake Regional Airport- J. Thomas Pento o Oklahoma Regional Business Airport Summit Launches Aviation Community Into “New Frontier” o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- White Coat Syndrome o Oklahoma Aircraft Sales and Excise Tax- Clifford R. Magee o Certainty in Paper- Dave Wilkerson

• December 2000- no issue this month

• January 2001 o What’s It Like to Fly a Trike?- Bob Ferguson o From Mike…- holiday season; OA to continue publication o Custom Propeller to Donate Dynamic Prop Balancing o Acceptable Aircraft for FAA Exams: Make It Easy for the Examiner to Say “Yes!”- Dave Wilkerson o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- The Aeronca Champ o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Allergic Rhinitis or "Runny Nose" o Flying Aggies Win NIFA Region VI SAFECON o Flight Destinations: Part 2- Shangri-La- An Elegant Island Resort- J. Thomas Pento o OAOA Storm Water Workshop a Big Success

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o Can You Define “Airworthy?”- Clifford R. Magee

• February 2001 o The Big Box: Building a Kitfox Lite- Earl Downs o From Mike…- Red Stevenson’s Breezy o To See or Not to See: How is the Question!- Using Hoods on Checkrides- Dave Wilkerson o 15th Annual OAOA Conference o AOPA President Boyer to Hold Pilot Town Meeting in Tulsa o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Detrol o Tahlequah Dedicates New Terminal Building o Equipment Installations: Have You Thought About This?- Bob Ferguson o Winter Flight Fest- J. Thomas Pento o 99s Inducted into Aviation & Space Hall of Fame o Diary of an IAC Chapter Spouse: IAC Chapter 10 is Reborn!- Felice Baldwin

• March 2001 o It’s So Easy to Fly a Breezy!- Bob Ferguson o From Mike…- computer woes o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Read The Directions! o “Personal Stuff” Required for Your Checkride- Dave Wilkerson o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Sure, You Can Fly With That Medicine! o Tulsa Air & Space Center News o Buying a Homebuilt Kit?- Think Like a Banker!- Clifford R. Magee o Myths, Legends, and the B-17: Part 1- “Memphis Belle”- Dan Stroud o Experimental Aircraft Assocation News o Blind and Alone over North Korea!- Kenneth A. Schechter

• April 2001 o Five Tulsans Fly Coyotes to Cancun- Tom Gutmann o SATS Expo Slated for Weatherford o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Weather or Not- Building the Kitfox Lite o Hear the Dissenting Voice- Dave Wilkerson o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Vision o to Host CAP Search and Rescue School o Tulsa Air & Space Center News o Enrollment Begins for Sooner Flight Academy Summer Camps o Myths, Legends, and the B-17: Part 2- The “Belle” Survives, But Most Boeings Don’t- Dan Stroud o IAC Chapter 10 News- Duane Cole Visit and Okie Twist-Off o Equipment Installations: Have You Thought About This?- Part 2- Bob Ferguson o AOPA’s Phil Boyer Hosts Tulsa Town Hall Meeting o An Interview with Fred Reese, 96-Year-Old Former Shawnee FBO- Lori Bowlan o Tulsa Community College’s Aviation Careers Academy o OASC to Host Regional Airport Planning Meetings

• May 2001 o Bartlesville or Bust!- A “Hatzy” Odyssey- Lorin Wilkinson o From Mike…- Remembering Joe and Mary o From Barbara…- how an airplane helped us in the birth of our grandson o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Risk Management and The First Flight o Engine Starts: Where Would We Be Without Our Power?- Dave Wilkerson o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Motor Vehicle Actions o Tulsa Air & Space Center News- B Mann o We Fly the New Luscombe “Spartan 185” Model 11E- Mike Huffman

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o Visit the 15th Annual Okie Twist-Off Aerobbatic Competition-- You Might Get Hooked! o Remembering R.E. Cunningham- Bob Ferguson o Stillwater Regional OAOA “Airport of the Year” o Claremore Regional Airport’s “Ercoupe Air Force”

• June 2001 o STARBASE Oklahoma is for Kids!- Mike Huffman o From Barbara…- a ride in Julia Clay’s Hatz o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Fun Overload o Fill Out This Form!- Dave Wilkerson o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- pain medications o Aero Diner Now Open at Jones/Riverside Airport o Tulsa Air & Space Center News- B Mann o GAMA Bestows Wood Award on o OSU Sophomore Cheri Dyson o OASC and 99s Host Aviation Art Contest Winners o Sonic Junior Balloonist Program Takes Flight in Area Schools o Historic Vietnam-Era YL37 Helicopter Goes to Washington for Memorial Day Celebration o History of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base o SkyStar Aircraft Narrowly Averts Disaster o Ace to be “Bubba-Ized” o Considering LASIK Eye Surgery?- First Consider the Risks!- Mike Wayda o Retirement of Ilinois High School Aviation Teacher Creates Opportunity

• July 2001 o Oklahoma Selected as SATS Team Member o From Mike…- the SATS program o From Barbara…- Airshow Oklahoma 2001 o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- For the Love of Flight o Fill Out This Form!- Part 2- Dave Wilkerson o My Closest Call- John McMurray o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Prostate Cancer o Tulsa Air & Space Center News- B Mann- Newton’s Third Law—The Basis for Our Aerospace Industry! o SW Bell Balloonfest 2001 is More Than Just Hot Air! o Frontline Volunteers: AOPA’s Airport Support Network o OAC Invites Airport Participation In Phillips Petroleum Safe Fueling Workshop- Bob Jandebeur

• August 2001 o Airshow Oklahoma: The Only Show This Year o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Looking Back at Texaco’s 1936 “Duck” o Challenge Air Provides Flights for Disabled Young People o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- To Soar With The Sheep? o Pilot Testing Standards: the “Plan of Action”- Dave Wilkerson o Letters To The Editor- Paul Poberezny o CAF Display at Wiley Post- J. Thomas Pento o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Hypertension and Diabetes Type II o Tulsa Regional Fly-In and Biplane Expo Cancelled for 2001 o New Fred DeLacerda Book: Peak Performance for o “I Can Do This!”: EAA Workshop Develops Confidence o Product Report: Headsets, Inc ANR Retrofit Kit- Mike Huffman o It’s Okie Derby Time!

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o The National Air Transportation Association: Working To Keep General Aviation Airports Alive- Bob Jandebeur

• September 2001 o Oklahoma Aviation & Space Hall of Fame Announces 2001 Inductees o From Mike…- My Last Parachute Jump o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- The Old Oak Tree o Ahhh, New Books!!- Dave Wilkerson o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- diabetes mellitus o Claremore Regional Airport to Host 2nd Annual Airshow Oct 6-7 o Will Rogers Museum Fly-In o Okie Derby 2001 Results- Phylis Hensley o “” to Land at Muskogee’s Airshow Oklahoma o Bob Richardson Gets Famous! o Preparing For The Future Of Oklahoma’s General Aviation Airports- Bob Jandebeur

• October 2001 o God Bless America... .and All the World o From Mike…- September 11 2001 o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- The Home Airport o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Learning From My Students o AOPA’s Airport eDirectory Now Available for PCs and PDAs o EAA Flight Planner™ Offers Fast, Detailed Internet Flight Planning o Moon Facts- B Mann o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Mistakes Happen o A Summertime Trip to The New Quartz Mountain Lodge- J. Thomas Pento o Fairview Sets 50th Annual Fly-In- Theresa Regier

• November 2001 o New OAC Chairman Sets SATS Development as Main Goal for 2002 o From Mike…- Quickie’s “Big Bird” o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Starting a New FBO o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- The Fashions of Flying o Facing the Fear of Being Lost- Dave Wilkerson o The Lycoming XR-7755: World’s Largest Reciprocating Engine o Gundy’s Airport- The Beginnings of a Dream That Lives On- Marion Gundermann o Santa’s Sleigh Held a B-17- Hannah Jo Bass o Experimental Aircraft Association News

• December 2001 o Skiatook Pioneer Days Fly-In Honors Joel Owens, WWII P-38 Ace- Chet Reychert, Donna Pearce o From Mike…- the spirit of Christmas o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- A Visit From Bill o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- America’s Skies o “Examiners” to “Safety Counselors” in One Fell Swoop- Dave Wilkerson o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Traveler’s Thrombosis- Economy Class Syndrome o 99s Flying Companion Seminar: Perfect Christmas Gift

• January 2002 o The Windecker “Eagle”: Forerunner of Today’s Composite Airplanes- Mike Huffman o From Mike…- accolades for The Oklahoma Aviator o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- George, the Airport Dog

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o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- o EAA & GAMI Reactivate New Fuel Specification o Airshow Oklahoma Distributes Over $31,000 to Charity o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- The “Red Baron”—Fit to Fly? o OASM Special Presentations o ASF Skyspotter Project Goes Live On AOPA Online o At 60, CAF B-24 “Diamond Lil” Due in Tulsa for Maintenance o Sport Pilot/Light-Sport Aircraft Proposal Takes Important Step o Aerospace America to Host Aviation Conference- Carl S. Whittle o EAA 2002 Sportair Workshops o TASM News o Embry-Riddle OKC Offers Online Certificate Programs

• February 2002 o The Windecker Eagle- Part 2- Development of the Production Prototype- Mike Huffman o Letters To The Editors- Dennis C.B. McDaniel o IAC Chapter 10 Hosts Make-A-Wish Flight o Clint McHenry, Long-Time Aerobatic Champion, Visits Tulsa- Charles Harris o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Are You Ready? o A Great Help, Checklists- Dave Wilkerson o The Airborne Demonstration Team: Oklahoma’s “Band of Brothers o Waynoka’s Aviation History: Transcontinental Air Transport- Sandie Olson

• March 2002 o The Windecker Eagle- Part 3: Certification, Production, and Stealth- Mike Huffman o From Mike…- Stop State Senate Bill 1321! o Richard Fowler’s C-180 Appears on Trade-A-Plane Cover o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- The Sport Pilot Has Arrived! o Mrs. Gundermann Presented with Framed OA Article o TASM Announces Friday Flight Day on March 22 o AAAE and OAOA Join to Host Annual Airports Conference o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- kidney stones o Oklahoma Destinations: The Cherokee Strip Museum in Perry- J. Thomas Pento o New Roadhouse Aviation FBO to Host Open House at RVS o Angel Flight to Host Annual Meeting and Free Barbecue Fly-In o Oklahoma Aviation & Space Nominations Being Accepted

• April 2002 o Biplane Bash in Bartlesville May 30-June 1- Charles W. Harris o EAA “Spirit of St. Louis” Flight Brings Back Memories- Mike Huffman o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Saturday at the Airport o Aeronautical Decision Making- Dave Wilkerson o TASM Announces Land Lease for New Museum Facility o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Bag of Worms o Aerobatics at Claremore on First Saturdays o Oklahoma-Built Douglas C-47A “Gooney Bird” Returns After 58 Years of Service- Ray Cunningham o Omniplex To Host The Lost Spacecraft Liberty Bell 7 Recovered o Flight Destinations- Sulphur Springs Inn: A Rejuvenating Experience- J. Thomas Pento o Sport Aviation Association to Hold 1st Annual “Gathering” in June- Paul Poberezny

• May 2002

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o Aerospace America, Blue Angels, Return to Will Rogers World Airport June 14- 16- Don L. Schmidt o We Review EAA’s “From the Ground Up” Video Series- Barbara Huffman o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- The Dawn Patrol o OU Flight Academy Summer Flight Camp Enrollment Opens o Oklahoma Destinations: Freedom’s Cedar Canyon Lodge- J. Thomas Pento o Counting Eagles From The Air- Hannah Jo Bass o Aerospace America’s Aviation Conference and Exposition (ACE)

• June 2002 o Flight Destination: The Albuquerque Balloon Festival- J. Thomas Pento o To Be an Astronaut: Long Held Dream of Many Aviators- Mike Huffman o Do You Have 'The Right Stuff'? o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- American Cowboy o The Airport Facility Directory: So Much Info, So Small a Space- Dave Wilkerson o Storm Water Workshop to be Held June 28 in OKC o Boeing, U.S. Air Force Celebrate B-52 Stratofortress Golden Anniversary o ATG Javelin to be Assembled in Luscombe’s Altus Facility o 24th Annual Okie Derby Set for August 16-17, 2002

• July 2002 o Biplane Bash in Bartlesville Huge Success!- Charles W. Harris o The 1902 Wright Glider Replica at the National Biplane Expo- Mike Huffman o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Sport Pilot Update o Famed Aviatrix Gene Nora Jessen to Headline Will Rogers Fly-In o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Hearing Aids and Headsets o OKC Balloon Fest 2002 Sets August 9-10 Dates o Tom Terning’s 1911 Cessna Silver Wing Replica- Mike Huffman o Jim Moss’ Laird Super Solution Replica- Mike Huffman

• August 2002 o Randy Harris- Performer at Airshow Oklahoma & Will Rogers Air Show- Mike Huffman o Oklahoma Aviator Returning to Tenkiller Airpark- Mike Huffman o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Australian Magic o Flight Destinations: Gainesville, TX Antique Fly-In- J. Thomas Pento o Ask Questions First!- Dave Wilkerson o EAA Sport Aviation CD-ROMs o My Old Friend: The Norton-Huffman Skybolt- Mike Huffman o Oklahoma Aviation Organizations Lead 2002 Hall of Fame Inductees o Pipers Grill Opens at RVS o Luscombe Receives Provisional Type Certificate o Students Finish Tulsa Aviation Academy

• September 2002 o 24th Annual Okie Derby Proficiency Air Race Salutes General Aviation o ERAU OKC Center Team Wins Okie Derby o TASM Plans Airfest-Zoofest for September 14 o Letters To The Editor- Betty Barrett o TASM’s “2020 Vision” Spaceplane Exhibit o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Was It a Dream? o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Color Vision Test Alternatives o Security Upgrades and Expansion of Tulsa International Airport Begins o Oklahoma Chapter 99s 2002 Wings of the Future Scholarship Winners o 46th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In: The Year of the Warbird- Charles W. Harris o CAF Spirit of Tulsa Squadron Plans WWII Hangar Dance/Exhibition

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o Impressions of Oshkosh 2002- J. Thomas Pento

• October 2002 o The Powrachute Powered Parachute Fly-In Extravaganza!- Mike Huffman o From Mike…- Godspeed, Bob Richardson o From Barbara…- Living in Paradise o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Flight Training- The Way It Was o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Counterfeit Medications o Lindy Jackson Receives OPA Vic Jackson Memorial Scholarship- Amy McCue o Scenes from the Claremore Will Rogers Airshow o AOPA Launches Ad Campaign to Counter Misinformation About GA

• November 2002 o Oklahoma WASPs Inducted into Omniplex Aviation Hall of Fame- Mary Jones- Wilkinson o Tulsa Regional Fly-In 2002- One Word Describes It: Perfection!- Charles W. Harris o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- History and Bad Movie Plots o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- DUIs o TASM Airfest/Zoofest Attracts Nearly 800 Visitors

• December 2002 o Holidays, Horse Apples, & Airplanes- Earl Downs o The Horizontal Windsock- Mike Huffman- Changes Are Afoot! o The Higher Plane- Barbara Huffman- What’s in a Name? o Claremore Regional Hosts Make-A-Wish Benefit Fly-In- Mike Huffman o Ask the Lawyer- Cliff Magee- Buying & Selling Airplanes, Part 1 o Plane Potpourri- Robert E. Richardson- You Too Can Be a Record Holder! o New Davis Field FBO Hosts Benefit Fly-In Breakfasts o AOPA’s Airport Watch TSA Anti-Terrorism Hotline Goes Online o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Checklist for the Flight Physical o RC Modelers Hold Tenkiller Airpark Fly-In o EAA “Countdown to Kitty Hawk” Writing Contest Open to All Writers and Journalists

• January 2003 o Ardmore Innovator Builds Homebuilt Blimp- Mike Huffman o The Horizontal Windsock- Mike Huffman- Phoenix Rising o The Higher Plane- Barbara Huffman- Aviation Education o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Failure or Success? o Letters To The Editor- Michael E. Wayda o Fay Gillis Wells, 99s Founding Member, Dies at 94 o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Hyperthyroidism o Luscombe Receives Amended Type Certificate for 11E Spartan o Reproduction ME-262 Flies at Paine Field in Washington o Opportunity to Carry State Flag to Kitty Hawk for OK Pilots

• February 2003 o You’re Never Too Old to Play in the Snow!- Paul D. Jennings o The Horizontal Windsock- Mike Huffman- My First Airplane Ride o The Higher Plane- Barbara Huffman- Towertalkaphobia o TASM News o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Another Bag of Worms o Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission News o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- News Release!- Horse Apple Airport o TCC Assistant Professor Jack Sellars Is New UAA President

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o EAA at 50 Years: A Half-Century of Opening the World of Flight o Tulsa International Hosts Centennial of Flight Commission

• March 2003 o Lee Fish, Pioneer Aviator-- Firsthand Witness to 99 Years of Oklahoma Aviation History- Mike Huffman o Historic Oklahoma Aviation Art Series Now Available o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Monocular Pilots o The Higher Plane- Barbara Huffman- February Aviation Fun! o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- A Safe Breakfast o Letters to the Editor- Cecil E. Simpkins, Lorin Wilkinson o GAT II Disorientation Trainer at OSU Aerospace Medicine Center- Mike Huffman o Air Evac Lifeteam’s Air Ambulance at Expressway Junction Airport- Mike Huffman o Gold Rush to the Clouds: The 1910 Charles F. Willard Flight In Oklahoma City- Keith Tolman o OAOA Spring Convention at Texoma o Wild Onion & Eggs Fly-In at Tenkiller

• April 2003 o Waynoka’s Aviation History: Transcontinental Air Transport- Sandie Olson o Historic Oklahoma Aviation Art o The Horizontal Windsock- Mike Huffman- Airplanes and World Peace o The Higher Plane- Barbara Huffman- Our World at War o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Power to the Max! o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Color Vision o William D. Lindsley- Waynoka’s 1910s “Aeroplane Inventor”- Mike Huffman o OAC Approves Airport Grants o Powered Parachute Fly-In Planned for Aerospace America o Oklahoma Centennial of Flight Commissiion Formed, Teams With U.S. Commission o Sparks Aviation/Autopilots Central Holds Chili Cookoff

• May 2003 o Historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar to be Reconstructed at Wiley Post Airport- Bob Kemper o Historic Oklahoma Aviation Art o The Horizontal Windsock- Mike Huffman- Oklahoma Aviator of the Year Awards o The Higher Plane- Barbara Huffman- Aviation Activity in Oklahoma o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Thar She Blows! o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Your Medical is Out o Flight Destinations: Return to Shangri-La- J. Thomas Pento o Aircraft Specialties Services Introduces New Oil Additive o OAC News: Grants for Aerospace Education & Tulsa Airports o OCASE: Coordinating Oklahoma’s Aerospace Education Programs- Barbara Huffman o Oklahoma Aviator Spotlight: Deanna Robertson of Robertson Aviation o News of the Oklahoma Centennial of Flight Celebration- Oklahoma Aviator Publishers Chosen for Kitty Hawk Flight o Airshow Oklahoma 2003 Set for May 16-18 at Davis Field o National Biplane Expo 2003 to Honor Tom Stafford o TCC Offers Hands-On Summer Aerospace Education Course for Classroom Teachers o OAOA Holds 2003 Spring Conference: “Doing it Wright” o Claremore HS Students Advance to Finals of World’s Largest Rocket Contest o Oklahoma Chapter 99s News

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o Aerospace America 2003 Reschedules

• June 2003 o Historic TUL Hangar 1 Being Moved--To Become Phase 1 of New TASM Complex o Historic Oklahoma Aviation Art o Bethany Balloon Fest o The Higher Plane- Barbara Huffman- Looking Up o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Just Throw Money At It! o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin o Newsflash- Earl Downs Will Soon Be a Full-Fledged Professional Journalist! o Astronaut Lectures at TTC- Riverside o TCC Science Club Builds Glider, Competes in Flugtag Texas o FAA Improves Field Approvals o “Osama Bin Daley”- Domestic Terrorist o Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission- A Resolution Concerning Meigs Field In Chicago o News of the Oklahoma Centennial of Flight Celebration- Oklahoma Aviator “50 Flags To Kitty Hawk” Flight Planned For June 3 & 4 o AIRPORTSPACE- News of OAOA-Member Airports o An Opportunity To Go To Oshkosh- Low and Slow

• July 2003 o EAA B-17 Makes Tulsa Stop with Oklahoma Crew o The Oklahoma Aviator, July 2003, Page 2 o The Horizontal Windsock- Mike Huffman- Know Before You Go o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- What’s In A Name? o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Elevated PSA o Cherokee Pilots Association Holds National Fly-In o Will Rogers Honored in Aviation Week Survey at Paris Air Show o Historic Oklahoma Aviation Art o OA Publishers’ EAA “50 Flags to Kitty Hawk” Flight o AIRPORTSPACE- News of OAOA-Member Airports o TAEA to Host Live Space Station Program o OAC News o Second Westfall Biplane Built- Mike Huffman

• August 2003 o Oklahoma Students Join in Live o Broadcast with Int’l Space Station Crew- Barbara Huffman o The Higher Plane- Barbara Huffman- The Mercury 13- America’s First Womern Astronaut Candidates o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Are You Safe on the Ground? o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- News About Prostate Cancer o Oklahoma’s 7 Astronauts: More Than Any Other State! o An Interview with Col. Precourt and Dr. Sanchez- Barbara Huffman o Thanks to Luscombe Aircraft for Fifty Flags Flight- Mike Huffman o NASA Team Builds 1926 Goddard Rocket Replicas o AIRPORTSPACE- News of OAOA-Member Airports o Quest Journal Preserves Spaceflight History

• September 2003 o National Air Tour to Stop in Tulsa Sep 14 o Tulsan John Kurt Wins EAA Headquarters Major Achievement Award o Fourth Annual Will Rogers Airshow at o Claremore Regional Airport September 6-7

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o Raytheon Aircraft Donates Starships to Museums, Schools, Research Firms o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Race Against Evil o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- FAA and Oshkosh o The 25th Annual Okie Derby- Amy McCue o Flight Destinations: Bartlesville’s OK Mozart Festival, Price Tower, & Woolaroc- J. Thomas Pento News from the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission o th o Gundy’s Airport to Hold 50 Anniversary “Wing Ding” o Governor Brad Henry Proclaims December 2003 as “Oklahoma Aviation Month” o Tulsa Public Library Presents Amelia Earhart—In Person o FAA Center to Host “Fashion in Flight” Centennial Celebration o 47th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In in Bartlesville Sep 19-20- Charles W. Harris o Aerospace America 2003 Celebrates Centennial of Flight, Emphasizes Fly-In- Don L. Schmidt o Snake Creek Airpark Sets Sep 20 Fly-In o Davis Field Hosts National T-6 Fly-In o Cirrus Opens OKC Sales Office, Plans Display to Max Westheimer Field o OAOA to Hold Workshop October 3 o AIRPORTSPACE- News of OAOA-Member Airports

• October 2003 o Tulsa-Built NASA XV-15 Retired to the NASM Udvar-Hazy Center- Mike Huffman o Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission News o AIRPORTSPACE- News of OAOA-Member Airports o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Sport Pilot: A Slow Train, But Still On Track o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Aviators Use of New Medicines o Skiatook’s Pioneer Day and Fly-In- Chester Reyckert o Historic Oklahoma Aviation Art o News of the Centennial of Flight Celebrations Across the Country- CAF Centennial Hangar Dance In Tulsa Nov 8 o Oklahoma Aviation & Space Hall of Fame Inducts Six o AOPA Expo 2003 at Philadelphia Convention Ctr Oct 30-Nov 1

• November 2003 o Oklahomans Compete At Reno Air Races- Cliff Magee o SWAS to Hold Garmin Seminar o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Flying Hot Tubs? o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Herbal or Alternative Medicines o Curtiss-Wright Hangar Dedication at PWA- Bob Kemper o 99s Host Aviation History Writers o NASA International Space Station to “Dock” in Oklahoma o A Fond Farewell to Warm-Weather Flying o Greg Shelton Adds Wingwalker o Gundy’s 50th Anniversary o David Koehn Designated NAFI Master Flight Instructor o AIRPORTSPACE- News of OAOA-Member Airports o Tool Tips: A New Regular Oklahoma Aviator Feature?- Mike Huffman

• December 2003 o December 17 Celebrations to Climax Centennial of Flight Year- Mike Huffman o EAA Flies One Millionth Young Eagle o Tulsa International Airport to Host 75th Anniversary Celebration on December 17 o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Oklahoma Brothers o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- An AME Question o Tom Gutmann’s Amazing CT2K- First Certified Light Sport Aircraft?- Mike Huffman

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o OK Aeronautics Comm News o Omniplex News o New AOPA Web-Based Flight Planning Software Depicts WX & TFRs in Real Time o AIRPORTSPACE- News of OAOA-Member Airports o FAA to Begin AB-DAR Courses in OKC in December o Centennial of Flight Aviator Statue Dedicated at RVS o Other Important 2003 Flight Anniversaries

• January 2004 o OAC Celebrates 40th Anniversary and Centennial of Flight o Dr. Guy Baldwin: Oklahoma Aviator of the Year- Mike Huffman o The Horizontal Windsock- Mike Huffman- A Memorable December 17 Flight o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- A Day Out o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- AME Mistake o AIRPORTSPACE- News of OAOA-Member Airports o TASM Hosts December 17 Celebration and Centennial Essay Contest Awards o Sport Pilot Rules OK’d by DOT; on to OMB

• February 2004 o Spaceplane To Be Built at Oklahoma Spaceport in Burns Flat o New Owners for the Haskell Airport o Omniplex Cockpit Photo Exhibit o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Weather or Not: Decision Making o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- More on SSRI Medicines o Miss America: Restoration of an Air Racing Icon- Jerry Day o National Warbird Operators Conference in OKC in February o OmniDome Theater to Feature Aviation Films in February o SkyStar Reorganizes for SP/LSA o EAA’s 2004 Air Academy o Sunglasses in Aviation: A Primer for Pilots- Ronald W. Montgomery & Van B. Nakagara o AIRPORTSPACE- News of OAOA-Member Airports

• March 2004 o Oklahoma Airshow Books USAF Thunderbirds for April 17-18 Show o Letters To The Editor- Stanley J. Alluisi, , Paul Poberezny o TASM Plans Oklahoma Spaceport Tour in Burns Flat o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Hug Your Instructor o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Keep the FAA Informed o Pioneer Aviator Lee Fish Celebrates 100th Birthday o Wiley Post Among First Flight Centennial’s “One Hundred Aviation Heroes” o AIRPORTSPACE- News of OAOA-Member Airports o Oklahoma’s Only Cessna Pilot Center Opens at Wiley Post o Expedition Air Tours Offers Historic Air Tours of the West o Air Charter Business Growing for Southwest Aviation Specialties o anyAWOS: Real Time Phone Access to AWOS Anywhere- Mike Huffman o Tenkiller Wild Onion & Eggs Fly-In

• April 2004 o CAF Sprit of Tulsa Squadron Receives 2003 Distinguished Unit Citation- Col. Jim Gentry o Challenger Learning Center Planned for Oklahoma City o AIRPORTSPACE- News of OAOA-Member Airports o OAC News o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Big Time Goof-Up

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o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- The ATP, the PPC, and the EAA o Will Rogers Museum to Receive Rogers/Post Painting- Pat Reeder o Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In Proclaims “AOPA Day” o Okie Twist-Off Set for Claremore Regional May 21-22 o SWRFI to Honor Dick Van Grunsven

• May 2004 o 18th Annual Biplane Expo To Honor Greg Herrick of National Air Tour 2003- Charles W. Harris o Wreckage of Antoine Saint-Exupéry’s Airplane Found- Mike Huffman o AIRPORTspace- News of OAOA-Member Airports o The Horizontal Windsock- Mike Huffman- Seasons Turn o The Higher Plane- Barbara Huffman- Realization of Dreams o Earl Downs to Take Over Oklahoma Aviator Ownership- Earl Downs o Lieutenant Governor’s Aerospace Summit and Expo in OKC o Cushing BBQ & Blues Festival Welcomes Fly-Ins o Metro Tech Car Show & Fly-In o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- OAOA and Me o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Chronic Daily Heachaches

• Jun 2004 o Blue Angels to Fly Father’s Day Weekend at Will Rogers World Airport in OKC o Jenks Student Wins Art Contest o OAC News o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Around the Patch o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Multifocal Lenses o The Horizontal Windsock- Mike Huffman- Restoring a Cub o 2004 Okie Derby Proficiency Air Race o Visit Taxi Strip Online- Earl Downs o EAA Chapter 1005 Plans Ada Fly-In to Honor Veterans o Okie Twist-Off 2004: The Wind Beside Our Wings o Bicycle at Twelve O’Clock! o FAA Address Change Notification

• July 2004 o Hudec Waco Wins Big at Biplane Expo- Mike Huffman o Kearby SE-5 Replica Also Wins o The Horizontal Windsock- Mike Huffman- Changes Afoot o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- The Instrument Rating o Ask the Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Antidepressants o Oklahoma Aviator Brings U.S. Servicemen Together o Fly In to the Cookson Jubilee o Will Rogers Museum Fly-In to Commemorate Rogers/Post- Pat Reeder o Curtiss-Wright Hangar Gets New Doors o Around the Patch- Earl Downs o We Fly the Cirrus SR22-G2!- Earl Downs o Northern Oklahoma Flight Academy Takes Off!

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