VOL. 33, No. 7 2005

CONTENTS COVERS 1 St raight and Level FRONT COVER: Ben Scott's big Stearman 4E was ordered brand new from the factory by his father. Learn more about 2 VAA News this Grand Champion Antique in Charlie Harris' article starting on page 14. EAA photo by chief photographer Jim Koepnick, Shot with a Canon EOS 1d camera. EAA photo 6 Reminiscing with Big Nick plane fiown by Bruce Moore. The 1947 Cleveland Air Races by Nick Rezich BACK COVER: The top honors for the 2005 EAA Aviation Art Competition went to Tom Kalina's oil painting entitled 8 The Vintage Instructor "South American Glory." One of the most beautiful color More Decisions schemes ever employed on the Douglas DC-7B belonged by Doug Stewart to Pan American-Grace Airways, better known as Pan­ agra, a joint venture created in 1929 between Pan Am and W. R. Grace Shipping Lines. Operating primarily along the 10 Drip-Dry Champ west coast of South America, Panagra was absorbed by EAA Chapter 1414 jumps into a recovering project with both feet Braniff Airways in 1967. The painting depicts N51700, by H.G. Frautschy Panagra's first of several DC-7B's, taking off just after sun­ set from Guayaquil , Equ ador circa 1955. 14 The Life and Times of One 1930 Stearman 4£ Junior Speedmail Ben Scott's family heirloom by Charles W. Harris STAFF Pub li sher Tom Poberezny Editor-in-Chief Scott Spangler 18 Harold Neumann's Monocoupe Executive Director/Editor H.G. Frautschy Restoring Little Mulligan Administra ti ve Ass istant Jennifer Lehl by H. G. Frautschy Managing Editor Kath leen Witman News Editor Ric Reynolds 20 Practice, Practice, Practice Photography Jim Koepnick For that forced landing that we hope and pray never happens Bonnie Bartel by Ev Cassagneres Production Manager Julie Russo Classifi ed Ad Manager Isabe ll e Wiske 22 Pass it to Buck Copy Editor Co ll een Walsh by Buck Hilbert Director of Advertising Katrina Bradshaw Display Advertising Representatives: 25 Mystery Plane ortheast: Allen Murray by H. G. Frautschy Phone 609-265- 1666, FAX 609-265-1661 e-mail: 1I1It'flmflrra,-@l11illcispritls.(om Southeast: Ches ter Baumgartner Phone 727 -573-0586, FAX 727·556-0 177 e-mail; cballlll///@lIlillilsprillg.colll 28 Classified Ads Cenlra l: Todd Reese Phone 800-444-9932, FAX 816-741-6458 e-mail: todil<'!!s pc-mag.colll Mounta in & Pacific: Keith Knowlton &: Associates 31 Calendar Phone 770-516-2743, e-mail: kkllow/t([email protected] GEOFF ROBISON PRE SIDENT, VINTAG E AIRC RA FT ASSOCIATION Volunteerism

The time is fast approaching for for whatever reason, just never e Metalworking Shop: Steve Nesse the world's greatest annual avia­ took that first step. eAircraft Parking and Flightline Safety: tion event. If there was ever a more Whether or not you volunteer Michael Kosta or exciting time leading up to EAA in the Vintage area or elsewhere on Kathy McGurran AirVenture Oshkosh 200S it has the field is not really all that im­ eFlightline Training: Trish Dorlac or certainly escaped my memory. portant. The real point here is to Orlo Ellison As I have stated, Tom Poberezny just give it a try. If you do, I think eParticipant Plaque: Jack Copeland put it best recently when he said, you'll agree that it's a great way to eVintage Security Force: Tim Fox "You just got to be there." I have make new friends and gain a real eVintage Tall Pines Cafe: Steve Nesse been quoting Tom's remark about feeling for having partiCipated in or Clair Dahl AirVenture because it is a simply sustaining us as a strong member­ eType Club Tent: John Berendt stated fact. This is not the year ship organization. eVolunteer Recruiting Center: to miss out on Oshkosh! With­ We in the Vintage area are al­ Anna Osborn out a doubt, the aviation industry ways seeking out new volunteers eToni's Trolley: Steve Betzler is currently in boom mode. Cou­ for the various areas of responsibil­ eVintage HQ Tram: James and pled with all the special visitors ity. Following is a list of the more Mary LaFevre planned for AirVenture 200S, this critical areas and their individual will very likely make it one of the, chairpersons, so if you feel com­ You never really know what kind if not the, most memorable avia­ pelled to give volunteering a try in of experience you may have by vol­ tion events of recent times. So if the Vintage area this year, feel free unteering at EAA/VAA, but I can you haven't yet committed to "be to contact them in advance. The promise you it will be a positive there," it's time to get busy. See most efficient way to communicate one. On my very first visit to the you on the flightline. with these chairmen is bye-mail EAA Convention, a good friend The best-kept secret about Air­ through the Vintage e-mail address: who also happened to be my flight Venture is the ever-increasing vintagea ircra([email protected]. Or you can instructor suggested to me that we number of people who graciously simply stop by and talk with Anna should set aside some time to vol­ volunteer their time to the event. Osborn in the volunteer recruiting unteer with the Vintage area. This I often remind people that there booth in front of the VAA Red Barn was my very first taste of what EAA/ is no better seat in the house than on the convention site. VAA was really all about, and now out in front of the flightline pro­ eConvention Management Team: Geoff I find myself serving the member­ viding crowd control during the Robison, Butch Joyce, George ship of the Vintage Aircraft Associa­ daily air shows. If you're a photo Daubner tion as your president. It all started buff, what better place to be than eAircraft Judging: through volunteering many years out in front of the crowds? Antique: Dale "Gus" Gustafson ago, and it has led to some of the Our volunteer numbers have Classic: Dean Richardson most enjoyable times in my life. been gradually increasing each year Contemporary: Dan Knutson Come check it out; you could have to a paint where we now have the eConstruction, Maintenance, a similar experience. lUXury of assigning folks to specific Pre-Convention Setup: Bob Brauer Let's all pull in the same direc­ shifts, so no one is faced with vol­ eVintage Headquarters: Ruth Coulson tion for the good of aviation. Re­ unteering for extended periods to eVintage Activities Host: Jeannie Hill member, we are better together. get the job done properly. I know eMembership/Chapters: Dave Bennett Join us and have it all. there are a lot of people who at­ eMerchandising: (Barn Store) Robert tend AirVenture who have often "Bob" Lumley and Georgia Sch­ thought about volunteering but, neider A~ VINTAGE AIRPLANE VAA AirVenture Area Map (~ To help members who fly '- ") ) Theater In The in understand the layout of WestSide­ ((j Woods the convention area adminis- ~ Vintage Aircraft ~ rl U VAA Camping Antique ( AREA tered by VAA, we've prepared Parking I ( r \) GENERAL this simplified map. As you ~ \ _(~ LAYOUT can see, camping starts at ~~0,., 0 \.:~v 'd f <>" Type Club & ROW 74 on th e eas t Sl e 0 J' Showers Workshop Tents the main north/south road Type Club Showplane/ Camper 0(\ ,---\ VAA Special Parking {) Registration V V Red Display Area (Wittman Road), with the ar- .,;:-,." Starts at Hangar D -r- Row 74 C f Barn eas to the north of that line______--" '--___a_e___---'==--______---'

set up to handle disPlay-only .,;:-,." Tall Pin es o VAA Past Grand Champions - parked along road vintage aircraft. That's why -r- Cafe­ Operations and in rows 60 & 6 1. Near Ultralights you may see open areas as Shack you taxi south to your camp­ VAA Large Special ing location. VAA PARKING - Interest CommD Center Once you arrive, you ' ll No Camping Aircraft/ Row 62 through Row 77 Antiques need to register your aircraft and / or campsite. In addi­ tion to roving registration Row 78 Rows 60 Row 50 & 61 vehicles, there is one main .,;:-,." EAST SIDE Anlique -r- Point aircraft registration building, VAA CAMPING AND PARKING ____-'---=:....L.....'--'--______---L_-'-___ STARTS HERE. located just south of the Red CONTINUES TO ROW ISO Barn (see map). The EAA convention campgrounds be judged by VAA volunteer judges, you free VAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2005 Par­ are private campgrounds, need to be a current Vintage Aircraft ticipant Plaque , which you can pick up and are not open to non-EAA Association member. VAA contributes a in the rear of the Red Barn . EAA and members. Each campsite significant portion of the costs related VAA memberships are available at both must be registered by a cur­ to the EAA awards that are presented aircraft registration and at the mem­ rent EAA member. to the award winners. Another immedi­ bership booth located northeast of the If you want your aircraft to ate benefit of VAA membership is your Red Barn.

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT OWNERS: EAA'S the folklore, crafts, and skills of old­ such as the balloon-bursting com­ GOOD Ol' DAYS WANTS YOU time aviation. Special attractions petition. Lodging is even available (AND YOUR AIRPLANE)! this year include airplanes such as in EAA's Air Academy Lodge located EAA is offering vintage aircraft two Ford Tri-Motors, a 1927 Laird adjacent to Pioneer Airport. owners a chance for a rare and Swallow, and the Pitcairn autogiro "We warmly welcome all vin­ exciting event, including landing Miss Champion , as well as vintage tage aircraft to EAA that weekend at the EAA AirVenture Museum's automobile displays and the resto­ for festivities that truly capture the Pioneer Airport, during this year's ration of a 1930 Monocoupe. In ad­ spirit of the barnstorming era," said Good 01' Days festivities on August dition, the popular Aviation Murder Adam Smith, EAA vice president of 20-21 in Oshkosh. Mystery dinner theater event will museum and education. Good 01' Days is a living his­ take place on both Friday and Sat­ For complete information, check the tory weekend that has been part of urday nights, August 19-20. event website at www.pioneerairport.org. EAA's late-summer schedule since For visiting pilots and vintage Because of the unique operating 2001. The event takes visitors and aircraft, there are more opportuni­ characteristics of Pioneer Airport, participants back in time to the ties for fun and flying. You can par­ all visiting aircraft must be prereg­ barnstorming days of aviation, with ticipate in the daily Parade of Flight istered and their pilots must receive costumed characters showcasing and sign up for fun aerial events an arrival briefing. For more infor­ 2 JULY 2005 mation on aircraft registration or Good 01' Days, contact EAA's Sean Elliott at 920-426-4886 or bye-mail at [email protected].

Flight Planning for Your EAA AirVenture Trip As an EAA member (an impor­ tant part of your VAA membership), you can use the EAA Flight Plan­ ner to chart your trip to Wittman Field for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2005. Just click on the EAA Flight Planner link on the left side of the home pages at www.eaa.org or www. vintageaircraft·org. GRASS RUNWAYS AND FUEL As an added bonus, we have a Monday, July 25, only breakfast write them a message in our "note­ handy list created by VAA member will be served at the Tall Pines book on a string," and we'll post Kris Kortokrax posted on the home Cafe. As we had last year, an FAA their name on the marker board so page at www. vintageaircraft.org. Flight Service Station (FSS) trailer they'll know there's a message wait­ Kris flies a variety of old bi­ will be located near the cafe. At ing for them. Sure, cellular phones planes that are more pleasant to the trailer, which will be north of and walkie-talkies are great, but fly when they are flown from grass the VAA Tall Pines Cafe, you'll be sometimes nothing works better strips, and he and his buddies from able to check the weather for your than a hand-scribbled note! Shelbyville, Illinois, do their best flight and obtain a full briefing to keep the old biplanes happy from FSS specialists without hav­ VAA Picnic (and keep tire wear to a minimum) ing to trek up to the FAA Build­ Tickets for the Wednesday, July by flying cross-country from grass ing near the control tower. We'll 27, annual VAA picnic held at the strip to grass strip. Finding fuel see you there each morning for Nature Center will be available for facilities can be a challenge these "breakfast and a briefing." sale at the VAA Red Barn. Tickets days, and Kris has distilled this air­ must be purchased in advance so port information to be useful for Are You a Friend of the VAA Red Bam? we know how much food to order. like-minded grass-runway-prefer­ If so, be sure to check in at the Tickets will be on sale at the VAA ring pilots. This data was current information desk at the VAA Red Red Barn prior to the start of EAA as of the beginning of the year, and Barn. There, we'll issue you a special AirVenture. The delicious home­ we'd suggest calling ahead to con­ name badge. We can also point out cooked meal, including both beef firm fuel availability and hours of the location for the Ford Tri-Mo­ and chicken, will be served after operation. If you have any changes tor rides. If you have any questions, 5:30 p.m. Trams will begin leaving or additions, drop us an e-mail here feel free to ask for Jennifer Lehl, the VAA Red Barn around 5 p.m. at [email protected] and we'll the VAA administrative assistant. If and will make return trips after the forward it to Kris. you need to reach her in advance of picnic. Type clubs may hold their Our thanks to Kris for sharing his your arrival, call her at EAA head­ annual banquets during the picnic. list. Let us know if you find it useful! quarters, 920-426-6110. Call Jeannie Hill (815-943-7205), Our thanks to each of you and she will reserve seating so your Breakfast and a Briefing who have contributed to the VAA type club can sit together. The VAA Tall Pines Cafe will Friends of the Red Barn 2005 cam­ be in operation again this year paign. We'll have the list of con­ Shawano Fly-Out with an expanded schedule prior tributors in next month's edition The annual fly-out to Shawano is to convention, and fly-in style of Vintage Airplane! Saturday, July 30. The sign-up sheet pancake breakfasts during EAA will be at the desk at the VAA Red AirVenture. Starting on Friday VAA Message Center Barn, and the briefing will be at 7 morning, July 22, and continu­ If you would like to leave a mes­ a.m. the morning of the fly-out. The ing through Sunday, July 24, the sage for people you know who community of Shawano is a big sup­ VAA Tall Pines Cafe will be open frequent the VAA Red Barn, stop porter of VAA and puts forth a lot of for breakfast and dinner. Starting by the information desk. You can continued on page 26 VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3 REMINISCING WITH BIG NICK

THE 1947 CLEVELAND AIR RACES Nick Rezich

The 1947 National Air Races in­ licked the lodging problems by re­ all of the truck-mounted pylons. troduced four new races over the serving two large adjoining suites Quite a contrast from the Kendall, first postwar race of 1946. They that would sleep eight in beds and Tinnerman, Sohio, and the Thomp­ were the Kendall Oil Trophy race 30 on the floor. Transportation was son, where the fans could see only for P-51s, the Tinnerman Trophy no sweat because buses ran from the start and the straightaway. After race for P-63s, the Allison Trophy hotel door to airport gate. The big the first midget heat was run, the race for jets, and the Goodyear Tro­ problem was ice for the refresh­ crowd was wild. This was the kind phy race for the all-new 190 cubic ments. Unlike the culprit in Os­ of racing they had come to see. in midget racers. The midgets were hkosh, we did not clean out the The midgets brought in a whole a revival of the prewar backyard rac­ neighboring hotel of ice, but in­ new breed of pilots and airplanes. ers that reflected the ingenuity and stead we picked up 50-pound bags They also brought in some an­ inventiveness of individuals that en route to the hotel. The porters tiques. I spent most of my time in was missing from the year before. in Cleveland will never forget that the midget area-or, as they call The announcement of the bunch. I'll never forget the look on it now, the "pits." I noticed some midget racers brought the largest their faces when they would ask, old prewar airframes wearing new crowd ever to Cleveland-includ­ "Where do you want the ice bags?" wings, landing gears, and the new ing the Rezich Brothers 3. I flew in and we would tell 'em, "In the tub." Continental 85. in a Howard DGA-15; Frank went Everything went into the tub-beer, First to catch my eye was Chief with his boss, Wilson Newhall, to booze, cheese, salami, and the hog Oshkosh, Steve Wittman's racer of crew the P-63, and Mike drove with jowls for the maids. the 1930s, originally powered by a his wife and precious cargo of liq­ The midgets became overnight Cirrus engine. It was still red and uid refreshments. favorites with their 2.2-mile race­ had the same NX14855, but car­ Cleveland was much like Osh­ course laid out in front of the ried a new racing number, No. 20, kosh; transportation and lodg­ grandstands, which permitted the and was now called Buster. A little ing were at a premium. We always fans to see the "racehorse" start and further up the line I noticed the Reprinted from Vintage Airplane December 1974 4 JULY 2005 old Brown Bushey racer, and the Salmon and Le Vier in only change appeared to be the en­ the highly touted Cos­ gine. It carried the same NR-now micWinds. NX834-and racing number 19 I believe the only and was called the Robinson "Su­ reason Le Vier finished zie Jane." Someone told me that fourth was because he Benny Howard's old Pete was on was tired. BELIEVE­ the field, so I turned my attention YOU-ME, he was the to finding it. I walked past it twice busiest guy in Cleve­ and didn't recognize it! It carried land. It seemed to me a new NX number and no more that he was in the air looked like the old Pete than I all the time, first qual­ looked like Clark Gable. ifying the P-38, then It was interesting to see these qualifying the midget, old machines competing with the racing the '38, racing new generation of racers. Of the the midget, and in be­ 13 qualified new racers, the favor­ tween flying one hell ites were the Cosmic Winds, ru­ of an air show in the mored to have been designed and P-38. If you think Bob built by Lockheed, and Art Ches­ Hoover is great in the ter's new Swee Pea r. It was Art Shrike, you are right, Chester and Benny Howard who but Le Vier in the '38 had fostered the new 190-cubic­ was somethin' else! inch class race category. He was first with the The Cosmic Winds were to be dead-engine routine, flown by veteran Lockheed test pi­ including a no-flap lots "Fish" Salmon and Tony Le Vier. landing with both Speculation in the area was that the engines feathered, fi­ midget races would be dominated nally rolling up to by Art Chester's Swee Pea and the the grandstands and The postcard caption says it all. Tony won the Sohio Cosmic Winds. The head scratchers jumping on the bind­ Trophy in his P-38 and also put on air shows between were trying to figure the Wittman­ ers for a bow. races with it. Brennand combination. The '47 Nationals Who ever heard of Wittman go­ closed with a disastrous Thomp­ Jannazo, flying a Corsair, bought ing to the Nationals and not flying son race. Before it was all over they himself a plot in Marble Park on his own airplane? I heard a hundred scattered iron all over the Ohio the Number Two pylon. He was different reasons why Witt wasn't countryside and airport. The tragic supposed to have been married the going to fly the midget, but it was comedy started with 12 airplanes evening of the next day, but they myoid boss Benny Howard who qualifying and 13 starting. Now, re­ used the booze money to buy a cas­ had the answer that proved correct. member, at Cleveland they used a ket instead. "He is a sleeper," said Benny, "and racehorse start and not the air start This was followed by a '51 going if these guys knew anything about used today at Reno. in on the backstretch, which was horse racing, they would know you When the starter's flag was marked by the black smoke. Woody don't put a 200-pound jockey on a dropped, it was 25,000 horsepower Edmondson was luckier than Tony 3-year-old. And as for experience, headed for the scatter pylon. Boy, .. . he recuperated. Next was a P­ that kid probably has more super: talk about a lot of company in a 40Q. I had never seen a "Q" before vised pylon practice in that type of corner! And that's bunches because (or since). It had to be the only one racer than any other pilot on the not everybody got to the first turn. in the country. It was an advanced field. Keep your eye on him." Right after the gear doors closed, a model of the P-40 with a bubble Benny was right. Wittman's the­ P-S 1 went in, tearing off a wing and canopy. This bird and its pilot, Jean ory proved quite profitable. The burning. Next, a P-38 landed with Ziegler, were the 13 th starter. He had well-trained lOS-pound Bill Bren­ the Allisons oozing out the cowl­ not qualified for the Thompson, nand won the first Goodyear Tro­ ing. Then it was Paul Penrose, the but lined up and raced anyhow. He phy race at just over 165 mph to fellow who had flown Art Chester's pulled up in the east corner, blew beat out Paul Penrose flying Art midget. He made it to the airport the canopy and went for a walk. Chester's Swee Pea, followed by Fish without breaking up the '51. Tony The floating canopy hit someone VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5 Oshkosh is child's play compared to Cleveland. Can you imagine the slobbering fit the FAA would have if we used five-abreast takeoffs at Oshkosh with five-second intervals? During the past 35 years, I have attended most all of the major air meets, and to the best of my knowl­ edge there has never been a midair collision during the arrival or mass departures at any of the meets. I believe there is a message here. It's obvious we know how to act and behave in a highly congested area without the use of a bunch of fancy radios and control towers. We have been proving it for over This is a postcard from the 1947 racing era and is a part of Big Nick's aviation col­ 25 years, but Big Brother still won't lection. Buster (shown here with piilot Bill Brennand) is Steve Wittman's pre-Wortd accept it. Why? Maybe it's because War II Chief Oshkosh, modified to conform to postwar Goodyear Trophy specifica­ every time Big Brother uses his club tions. The airframe had originally been powered by a CilTUs and later a Menasco. we run and hide and let our lead­ As shown here it is powered with the Continental C-8S common to all the Goodyear ers get beaten up, then accuse them racers. Notice the Wittman features-the wildly curving scimitar prop, spring leaf of not fighting hard enough for us. landing gear, and wire-braced wing. Buster is now in the Smithsonian's collection We have only a handful of leaders in Washington. (On the facing page is a bonus picture from 2005. Buster is the on our side, and they can't do it all lead airplane in one of the National Air &Space Museum galleries.) by themselves. We need every ar­ row in the pouch to penetrate the on the ground, and the P-40 buried skin of Big Brother. itself in the Ohio countryside. Oh, I ... A P-38 If you are building a new air­ almost forgot ... back to the start. plane, rebuilding an old one, or One of the Corsairs failed to get flying one now and plan to fly it the word on the start and was al­ two or three years from now, you most a lap behind by the time he LANDED WITH better put down your gluepot, take got the gear up. He ran full bore to the quill, and inform your law­ trying to catch up, and finally the makers that control towers and Wasp Major gave up the ghost THE ALLISONS other facilities are being placed at and he put it on the tarmac all airports by federal decision and in one piece. This left the finish­ not by the demands of general ers-Cook Cleland in his XF2G-1 OOZING OUT aviation people using the airports. Corsair, first; his second Corsair, General aviation is paying its own flown by Dick Becker, in second way with the user's tax and federal place; Jay Demming in third place THE COWLING. fuel tax. The federal government in Tex Johnson's 1946 winner, a P­ installs these facilities and then 390, the Cobra II; Steve Beville's Cleveland Airport, and I was one wants to require those of us who P-51 was fourth; Tony Le Vier's red of them. If you think the mass ex­ paid for them in the first place to Lightning was fifth, followed by a odus at Oshkosh on Friday eve­ pay again to use them. limping P-63. ning was frightening, you should The Ford administration has just The big ilbores" haven't changed have been in that DGA-15 with me proposed $5 and $10 landing fees much in 27 years. They are still run­ at Cleveland when they turned us for noncommercial aircraft landing ning the same way at Reno. Guts, loose three abreast at three-second at airports where an FAA control money, and horsepower, but very intervals! There was no briefing or tower is in operation. This is out­ little racing. monitoring tower, just a bunch of right extortion. With the running of the Thomp­ guys waving off twin Beeches be­ And this is only the beginning. If son over with, it was then time for hind J-3s, Airknockers behind DC- we let them get by with this, next fun and games. Some 2,500 air­ 3s-some turning left, some right, will be mandatory flight plans at planes were about to depart the and the rest going in all directions. $5 each, license renewals at $25 a 6 JULY 2005 whack, proximity warning units at $10,000 each, encoding altim­ eters, no flying after 60 years of age without copilot, towers at private airports-yes, all these are in the pipeline. All this for VFR flying and much more for IFR flying. So if you think your old bird can handle all this equipment and your pocketbook is bulging, keep on gluing. Me? I'm writing several letters a week and am blowing my horn loud and clear. But I can't do it all by myself, nor can Paul Po­ berezny or any other individual. It takes all of us. I have been in this business a long time, and I have learned to recognize the smell of skunk in the woodpile ... and BE­ LIEVE-YOU-ME, there's a big one out there now! Merry Christmas! -Big Nick

2005 Editor's Note: Written in the middle ofthe 1970s, at least one ofthe mandatory items on Nick's list came true-the encoding altimeter. While we've come a long way from the mess ofthe 1970s, we still must be ever vigi­ lant, especially to outside pressures put on the FAA from grandstanding leg­ islators who know very little about aviation and even less about general aviation in particular. Keep your com­ puter printers on standby! -HGF

NEXT MONTH-"THE PYLON CLUB," PART I. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7 DOUG STEWART

More Decisions

In the last article we took a look especially if it is over hostile ter­ a few scant miles from your desti­ at the process a pilot can use to rain, or VFR into IMC when one nation? But others might be much PAVE the way to a potentially safe isn't current on instrument flying, more subtle. For example, will the flight. By checking the P ilot, Air­ or are flying an airplane that isn't fact that you forgot to bring a bot­ craft, enVironment, and External equipped for IFR flight. Yet the acci­ tle of water along allow you to be­ pressures and ensuring that there dent statistics show that pilots con- come dehydrated to the point of is nothing that might be detrimen­ being incapable of making the deci­ tal to our safe flight, we can safely sions necessary for the safety of the make the /Igo" decision. We have to flight? Or could that headache that But our decision-making chores is starting to build be the distrac­ have certainly not ended once we ensure that we tion that causes you to drop below have made the go decision. In fact, the glide slope of the ILS and im­ they will not end until the flight always have pact the earth short of the runway? has reached its destination and we So you see, in order to keep the have tied the ropes to the wings. a plan B flight safe, we have to consider the Just as the atmosphere that we fly consequences of every element in in is a dynamic medium in con­ (and perhaps a C, the PAVE checklist. Be aware that stant change, so are all the elements there are some subtle things lurk­ of the PAVE checklist dynamic el­ D, and Eas well) ing in the background that could ements. They are in constant flux have a deleterious effect. and we have to take CAR E (oh in place. The next element in the CARE boy...here we go with yet another checklist is to be aware of the Alter­ acronym) to ensure that our flight tinue to do this repeatedly. Is it the natives that are available. A big part remains safe. hazardous attitudes of machismo, of risk management is to ensure The CARE checklist stands for: invulnerability, or impulsivity that that we always have an out. That Consequences, Alternatives, Reali­ make pilots continue flights into could mean something as simple ties, and External pressures. Let's worsening conditions? Or perhaps as flying at a different altitude than take a look at each one of those resignation is a factor in that inabil­ the one planned (to stay VFR per­ elements and see how we can use ity to recognize the consequences haps, or maybe to make better use this checklist .effectively to aid us of what is happening. of the winds aloft when we realize in concluding each of our flights We have to understand that they are not as forecast), or it might well within the margins of safety. to be truly aware we have to rec­ mean a diversion to a precautionary We 'll also take a look at how the ognize the consequences of each landing. I think one of the things hazardous attitudes we might har­ and every hazard that could affect that leads to many accidents is the bor will be trying to counter that us. I am sure we can all come up fact that some pilots continue on effectiveness. with many examples of the con­ into worsening conditions with the When we think Consequences, sequences of a vast variety of sce­ unrealistic and foolishly optimistic I don't think any of us will have narios. Some are very obvious, such hope that things will improve. (In­ a problem visualizing the conse­ as: Will that headwind that wasn't vulnerability at work here? Or per- quences of running out of fuel, forecast cause you to run out of fuel continued on page 30 8 JULY 2005 The Icom A24 Nav/Com is Here! Designed by Pilots, for Use by Pilots.

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AMATEUR I AVIONICS i LAND MOB ILE I MARINE RECEIVERS SYSTEMS DRIP-DRY CHAMP EAA Chapter 1414 jumps into a recovering project with both feet!

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Left: Using a line attached to the tail wheel, Lee and a vol­ unteer crew maneuvered the Champ 90 degrees to the hole, with the tail pointed toward the shore. Then, using a pair of long aluminum planks (not yet in place in this photo) nor­ mally used for scaffolding, he was able to slowly winch the Champ's main wheels along the inclined planks underwa­ ter. All of the recovery was done slowly so the water could drain out of the fuselage and wings. Holes did have to be cut in the wing to allow the water to escape. Once the air­ plane was pulled up on top of the ice to the shoreline, the Aeronca was disassembled and placed on a trailer. Hustled off to a heated hangar, the engine, instruments, and other parts were drained and dried as soon as possible.

n a late winter's day this year, Lee Hilbert was on his way to inspect a job project in Dela­ van, Wisconsin. Since it was a nice day and Ohe had his Aeronca Champ handy, why not fly up, since the job site was just across the road from the Lake Lawn Resort airport? All went well until Lee's approach to the airport. As he descended, the four-cylinder Continental decided it didn't want to take orders from the pilot, and Lee was Lee Hilbert got plenty of ribbing from his siblings when the forced to land on the mostly frozen Lake Delavan. Un­ Champ broke through the ice. Within a day or two of the inci­ fortunately, there was a thin section of ice in the in­ dent, his brothers presented Lee with this "certificate." let where the Champ rolled to a stop. After Lee exited the airplane, the ice started to crack and the Champ quickly wound up with the main landing gear in the water. The landplane was taking on water and sinking by the bow. Now what? As Buck Hilbert detailed in his column in March, Lee managed to cleverly get the Champ extracted from the lake, with min imal additional damage, but it still needed a fu ll inspection and recovering. Enter EAA Chapter 1414, based at the airport in Pop­ lar Grove, Illinois. They were looking for a Chapter workshop education project, and in particular they wanted to learn how to cover an airplane. They really jumped into the project, with over two dozen members on hand for the first Saturday's work Multiple workbenches gave small groups a single compo­ in member Frank Herdzina's hangar. They were pa­ nent they could cover, and Dip and Bill moved from group to tiently guided along in the process of aircraft covering group, giving pointers. 10 JULY 2005 All primed and inspected, the wings are laid out on a pair of sawhorses with long boards running spanwise to evenly support the wings while they are covered. Frank Herdzina's han· gar at Poplar Grove was the site donated for the Chapter 1414 Covering Workshop.

Cart Geiger looks over as Chris Fisher and Rob Fry heat shrink the covering on the horizontal stabilizer of the Champ.

Marty Gallagher and Jim Franseen are having entirely too much fun as they secure the inner fabric tapes All suited up and ready for Dac-Proofer and silver. The Chap­ to the structure of the elevator using PK screws and ter's efforts were greatly appreciated by Lee Hilbert, who of­ small washers. fered prizes for the work done by the Chapter members. VINTAGE A IRPLANE 11 The father and daughter team ofJim and Katie Franseen (below, left) en­ joyed the covering workshop so much, they wrote a short poem:

THIS CHAPTER OF OURS ISN'T ABOUT CARS OR TRAINS THIS CHAPTER OF OURS IS ALL ABOUT PLANES

SO WHEN ONE OLD PLANE BECAME SUDDENLY DAMP Carol L. Von Bosse concentrates as she glues a reinforce­ WE HAPPILY AGREED TO HELP ment patch in place over an inspection ring. You can see the PK screws and washers used on the post-war Aeroncas, in RESTORE THE OLD CHAMP lieu of ribstiching. WE DECIDED TO HELP OUT THIS by aircraft-covering guru Dip Davis. By the end of the day, all the tail surfa ces had been covered and the goup POOR FELLOW LEE was well into the wing covering. By the end of the fo l­ WE ARE PITCHING IN WITH WHAT lowing week, the airplane had been covered and only SOME WOULD CALL GLEE a few more finis hing tapes needed to be applied. Chap­ ter member Lorraine Morris sewed up a new set of fab­ ric and vinyl seat cushions, and others donated their ALL INVOLVED SEEMED SO HAPPY time to other neat little odds and ends that helped fin­ BUT DOWN DEEP I HOPE ish off the project. THE EUPHORIA WE FEEL IS NOT THE Then came the Dac-Proofer and silve r, plus the fin­ SMELL OF THE DOPE ish coats, and by the time Mother's Day rolled by, Lee was well into fini shing the reassembly of the Champ over at his dad's strip at the Funny Farm in Union, Illi­ MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS OR nois. We look forward to seeing it flying soon! ...... FATHERS AND SONS WE ARE ALL PITCHING IN JUST TO GET THE THING DONE

OUR TEACHER IS DIP, ASSISTED ABLY BY BILL WITHOUT ALL THEIR HELP WE'D BE FABRIC-CHALLENGED STILL

My KATIE AND I HAVE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL PRIDE IN NEW KNOWLEDGE IS THE THING WE FEEL

WE TOIL AWAY WEEKENDS IN THIS My thanks to Chapter 1414 newsletter editor Alex HANGAR OF FRANK'S Van Bosse for his help in gathering materials for this article, and to the many members of the Chapter who WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO WORK; put "Champ" back in the air, looking even better than WE ALL OWE HIM MANY THANKS! before.-HGF

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Ck# Amount E-mail address (for order confirmation) hose of us deeply in­ same percentage of aviation time. took delivery of it February 18, volved in the sport aviation and bi­ A goodly number of those "tiny 1930, in Wichita and flew it home plane communities are a supremely few" airplanes are in museums; a across the vast expanse of the west­ fortunate few! If we have arrived at precious few of those old airplanes ern United States to Los Angeles. a certain point in life that literary are still out flying the heavens and In 1929, Keith was a highly suc­ stylists might refer to as "mature" making their mark today as they cessful 25-year-old businessman or "seasoned" or even "experi­ have for so long! in Reno and Los Angeles; he was enced," then there is a good chance Ben Scott of Reno, Nevada, is one also a pilot. His mining and au­ we have lived a tiny bit of avia­ of those supremely fortunate few tomobile dealership activities in tion history. The entire history of owners of "seasoned" airplanes. His the Reno area, coupled with his heavier-than-air, powered, con­ Stearman 4E Junior Speedmail is oil production interests in south­ trolled flight is less than 102 years one of those mature, restored air­ ern California, required ongoing old. Many of our seniors have lived planes that represents the very fin­ travel between the two cities. In 75 to 80 percent of that entire ex­ est of the art form of 1929. It is now that day, ground travel between panse of time. A tiny few of our rare, 75-plus years young and is as fine those two cities was slow; the cor­ restored, mature, seasoned, experi­ or finer a biplane today as it was rect personally owned and flown enced airplanes have also lived that the day Ben's father, Keith Scott, airplane could solve that problem. 14 JULY 2005 the national effects were not in­ stantaneous, economic chaos was quickly spreading throughout the land. New orders slowed, labor­ force layoffs were occurring at an ever-increasing rate, concerns were rapidly rising! The serious eco­ nomic indicators not withstanding, Keith placed his order for a brand­ new Pratt & Whitney 1340-pow­ ered Stearman 4E Junior Speed mail on November 29, 1929 ... it would cost $18,107.50! It would also be one of only 11 ever built. While the fame of the big handsome machine would grow at a geometric rate, it was also quite clear why there would be so few built. As capable as the airplane was, its timing in coming to the marketplace could not have been more unfortunate. The economy continued to slide, routine jobs quickly became virtu­ ally non-existent .. . unemploy­ ment in the 1930-1935 era reached and stayed at 25 to 30 percent; jobs paying $65 to $75 per month were highly acceptable pOSitions, labor was overly available at $1 per day, millions had become unemployed

overnight; there were no /I safety nets"; economic activity continued to slow constantly. Keith's sparkling new Junior Speed mail became available in Feb­ ruary 1930. He traveled back to Wichita; obtained a short three takeoffs and landings checkout in the heavy, powerful, open-cockpit, The correct airplane would have to brutish airplane; and then set sail have strong power, adequate alti­ "Ben, I'm going solo across the western USA for Los tude capabilities, good range, and Angeles, arriving at Glendale with­ proper payload capacity, because to sell the out incident! The airplane would flying heavy, high-value gold out of faithfully perform the responSibili­ the Nevada mines to L.A. was not Speedmail; ties Keith had envisioned of provid­ something your rank and file 1929­ ing reliable transportation between 1930 airplane could do. you get the first L.A. and Reno all through the 1930s Keith had to have been a man of and into the early 1940s. clear vision, great youthful ambi­ shot at it, With the American entry into tion, and steel nerves. We say steel World War II in December 1941, nerves because, even though Mr. and you just civil flying on the West Coast was Scott's business was prospering, restricted or prohibited in the facts were still facts. The stock mar­ have to buy Coastal Defense Zone; the Speed­ ket crash of October 1929 was the mail could not be flown in the most severe in the country's eco­ this airplane." Los Angeles area. As a result, Keith nomic history, and even though elected to sell the 4E to the Car- VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1 S Above: Since the 1930s, the wolt's-head logo has decorated all of Keith Scott's airplanes. Now it's on his old Stearman 4E, owned today by his son Ben.

over and the dataplate and serial number be­ came visible, it was the exact P&W 1340 SCI that had originally powered NC 663K. Al Holloway would re­ build and overhaul the The Los Angeles County Flying Sheriff's Police wings big round engine, and are a tribute to Ben Scott's father, Keith, who was a it hangs on the front member of that group. end of the Speedmail to this day. life for the blue-collar aviation As this airplane came trades. Mr. Scott then joined Doug­ onto the scene at Grand Central Air las Aircraft in Santa Monica and Terminal at Glendale, and at Reno flew DC-3s, DC-4s, A-20s, and A­ in 1930, it had to have made an im­ 26s. Carbury retained ownership pression. The airplane has a large, of the Speedmail for 23 years, from overpowering appearance. It sits 1942 until 1965, when Bob Penny high on tall gear. The upper span bought the now derelict, nonfly­ is 38 feet, the lower span 28 feet; >­ 0: 0: ing structural remains of the air­ its gross weight is 3,956 pounds, :5 plane. With the help of one of the empty is an imposing 2,426 pounds. For the pilot, you hop into the cockpit original Scott Motor Co. mechan­ The fuselage main tank holds 66 cowboy-style. Once you've settled down ics, Ansel Smith, Bob rebuilt and gallons, while the upper wing tank into the roomy 'pit, you're surrounded restored the airplane to airworthy carries 44 gallons. The overall fuel by the bridge-like tubular structure. and show condition; the airplane capacity of 110 gallons provides Those large tubes on each side of the was finished in 1971. Lloyd Stear­ 600 miles of range at 130 mph of control stick, just inside the rudder man was invited to ride in the re­ economy cruise speed. The oil tank pedals? They're the parachute flare stored airplane, which he did and has a 10-gallon capacity of oil. The tubes. While it's no longer legal to drop promptly pronounced it as the fin­ leather-trimmed cockpit is outfitted a lit parachute flare, the launch tubes est airplane Stearman ever built. In with all the original instruments, sure look like they mean business! Bob's rebuild and restoration pro­ except for a new sensitive altimeter. cess, a strange and near-miraculous The airplane has modern avionics. bury Dusters operation in the San event occurred. Bob was scroung­ The original airplane was deliv­ Joaquin Valley for the princely sum ing around in an airplane salvage/ ered with a brand-new NACA cowl, of $3,000. The stately stallion that junkyard looking for anything use­ the first such cowl Stearman had had lived such a rich and treasured ful and of value, when he ran across ever fitted to a 4E airframe. The orig­ life in the Scott family of prize air­ a P&W 1340 lying face down in the inal cowl had disappeared sometime planes and prosperity left the fine mud; when the engine was turned during the previous 70 years of op­ 16 JULY 2005 eration; however, it was determined the cowl for a Grumman Mallard had near identical shape and dimen­ sions, and a small amount of Eng­ lish wheel work produced a perfect fit for the Speed mail! The prop is a ground-adjustable l14-inch Hamilton Aero Manufac­ turing Co. propeller, as originally manufactured in Milwaukee, Wis­ consin. Fay Butler, a master metal man and Pierce Arrow builder from Wheelwright, Massachusetts, would hand-fashion the massive wheel pants; the originals had given Keith some mud problems in open­ field operations, and he disposed of them. The gold hand-painted mand. When Mr. Scott died, Dan 4E Junior Speedmail NC 663K was wolfs-head insignia on the 4E's cen­ and Ben would scatter his ashes judged Vintage Aircraft Association ter side fuselage had also adorned from the great machine. Antique Grand Champion-a once­ Keith's other airplanes in the '20s By the late 1990s, the Speedmail in-a-Iifetime honored recognition­ and '30s: a C3R "square tail" Stea­ was beginning to show her resto­ and the big Stearman was up on the rman, a Fokker F-lO Tri-Motor, and ration age. After all, it had now national marquee, where it should a Ford 5AT Tri-Motor. Keith Scott been nearly 30 years since the old be. Greg Herrick's National Air Tour did pretty well! plane had been spruced up. Ben 2003 would follow Oshkosh in 40 Following the 4E's 23-year blue­ would give the airplane to Rick days, and Ben and his Stearman had collar career, the Penny restora­ Atkins and his Ragtime Aero op­ been invited to participate in the tion, and the Lloyd Stearman ride eration in nearby Placerville, Cal­ tour. It took Ben about 10 seconds in 1971, the big biplane would be ifornia, in December 1999; Rick to accept; of course they would do acqUired by United Captain Dan would weave his restoration magic it. Those two-plus weeks spent reliv­ Wine of Denver, Colorado, who on the Scott family heirloom, and ing aviation history on the Air Tour knew and greatly treasured what he it would come back to Ben in 2002 as it was 75 years ago, in the very air­ had. In 1985, Dan decided he would as a brand-new, totally restored, planes as they were 75 years before, sell the stallion. There was only one black and yellow biplane beauty in the heyday of those great old air­ place the rare airplane should go­ and would include the hand­ planes, was a never-to-be-forgotten that place had to be back to the avi­ painted gold woWs-head family experience-as were the never-to­ ation family where the now more crest adorning the center fuselage. be-forgotten friendships made with than half-century air adventure had The storied legend of the Speed­ the other tour participants. The fol­ begun, the Keith Scott Family. Keith mail was well known to the aviation lowing June at Bartlesville at the was by then in the twilight of his circles in the Placerville, Watson­ 2004 Biplane Expo, Ben and the life, but son Ben had continued the ville, Galesburg, and Reno areas, but Bull Stearman would be on hand, family tradition and business and the greater impact of the airplane's as would many of the NAT 2003 air­ was deeply involved with airplanes. quality and stature would not reach planes and crews; and again, the Ben and Dan were acquainted and the larger sport aviation commu­ spellbinding big biplane would be had conversed about the Stearman nity until July 2003. At that time voted Grand Champion Open Cock­ from time to time. One day in 1985 Ben would fly the rare Stearman pit Biplane,over some unbelievably Dan walked into Ben's Reno office back to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, fine biplanes! and said, "Ben, I'm going to sell the where Ben and the 4E Junior Speed­ It had been a year to remember Speedmail; you get the first shot at mail would spend the entire week for Ben and the massively majestic it, and you just have to buy this air­ parked across from the Red Barn on 1930 Stearman; so much had trans­ plane." Ben did, of course. Ben had the display line, showing the ma­ pired, all of it good, and it all started Dan put Keith, now in his early 80s, chine and patiently answering the November 29, 1929, 75 years ago. in the front seat and flew him in it; myriad of questions. To say the Vin­ And the end is not in sight; it is yet it was the first time Keith had ever tage Antique judges were impressed ahead at the end of the rainbow! been a passenger in the airplane. is an understatement. When the big Congratulations and thanks, Keith He had always been pilot in com­ week was over, one 1930 Stearman and Ben...... VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17 ld Neumann's

Restoring Little Mulligan

H.G. FRAUTSCHY

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Right: Here's a place you can help. Before the restoration of the fuselage can be completed, these stickers must be found. From left to right, top to bottom they are: Fond du Lac '85; United States Air Racing Assoc. , Eastern Region (two of them); Fond du Lac '75 Participant; Fond du Lac '74 Participant; Fond du Lac '76 Participant; 1974 The Americans International Aerobatic Championships; lAC Member shield decal from the 1970s. If you have any of these stickers and are willing to donate them to the restoration project, please contact the VAA office at EAA headquarters. Send them to: VAA, Monocoupe Restoration, P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903·3086.

Above: Per the later FAA regulations, Harold put the mandated identification plate on the pilot's door of his beloved Monocoupe 90A.

Right: These welds at the junction of the leading edge of the fin and horizontal tail were found to be broken after the covering was removed. Bauken Noack of EAA's restoration center staff repaired Phil Riter, a Monocoupe restorer from the welds, and there's new balsa fairing Stryker, Ohio, is the chainnan of the VANs stock installed, thanks to the folks at Sig Neumann Monocoupe restoration project. Manufacturing of Montezuma, Iowa.

VI N TAGE A IRPLAN E 19 "For that forced landing that we hope and pray never happens." Ev Cassagneres

Just the term "forced landing" has University in New Haven, Connect­ checked out in other Waco UPF-7 air­ the connotation to scare any of us, icut, involved with the design of a planes previously (NC32045, 32126, young and old, who fly airplanes. heavy ion accelerator, one of three in 39745, and 29355). The first one was But as they say, experience is the the world at the time. It was exciting a beautiful black and yellow and was best teacher, and we should always work-entertaining as well as educa­ used to pull banners over the area listen to our elders. Never a day or a tional. I worked with some world­ (which was quite an experience flight should go by where we don't famous scientists and learned a lot. for a brand-new commercial pilot, learn something-some small tidbit For about a week we had what with no end to interesting stories, of or aeronautical lesson to help us be­ I would consider excellent VFR course). All of them were powered come better and safer aviators. weather (we hardly see that for that with the trusty Continental W-670­ After more than 57 years as a length of time anymore). So I drove 6A, 220-hp radial engines. pilot, I would like to relate one of up to the old Bethany Airport in Well, sir, for five nights in a row, three forced landings I have had Bethany, Connecticut, (one of the for one hour after work each night, over the years, all of them some oldest airports in the country) every I did exactly what the former owner time back. In fact, the last one was night after work. This was in the late suggested, and got the old beat-up on June 26,1956. spring, and it stayed light for a cou­ Waco down to 45 mph consistently, About a month earlier I had pur­ ple of hours after work at that time putting it nicely on the grass in a chased a Waco UPF-7 (NC29982), of the year. The man I purchased the three-point attitude just about ev­ an open-cockpit wood and fabric bi­ Waco from said that on the down­ ery time. This was the rattiest-look­ plane, for the outrageous price of ... wind you could cut the power op­ ing Waco you could imagine, but it $350 (yeah, I have cried ever since). I posite the touchdown spot, set up a was rigged just right and would fly had very little money in those days speed of 45 mph indicated, and hold hands-off all day long. (and not much more now) and had it to touchdown. He suggested that I When the weekend came I took to scrape up every last penny to just keep going around and work my up many friends and kids for local come up with the $350, while going way down to that slow speed little by rides and felt really at home with the from job to job as a draftsman. little, starting out, as I recall, at about old ship. At the time I was working for Yale 65 mph or so. Now, mind you, I had So about a month later a friend 20 JULY 2005 Left: Ev Cassagneres and his 1941 Waco UPF-7 on Sunday, January 9, 1949, at the old Bethany airport in central Con­ necticut_ Located just northwest of New Haven and east of Beacon Falls, Con­ necticut, it was originally described as an auxiliary Department of Commerce Intermediate Field on the New York- Ev's Waco UPF-7 at the New Haven, Connecticut, airport in July of 1957. Boston airway. The airport closed, for all intents and purposes, about 1966. time my eyes passed over the instru­ "I thought that was you, Cassagneres. ment panel I would of course con­ What seems to be the problem?" I of mine had flown a J-3 Cub from sciously check the oil pressure and said I didn't know, just that I lost oil New Haven to Newport, Rhode Is­ temperature, etc. pressure and power. land, and ended up getting stuck All in the same second, three When I got to the engine the prop with poor weather and had to leave things registered in my little mind was stopped in the vertical position, the Cub there. He asked if I would fly rather qUickly-the smell of oil, oil and when I grabbed the lower blade it him to Newport to get the airplane temp gauge pegged on "0," and the seemed like I could move it fore and aft and bring it home. I was, of course, propeller blades going by (in the cor­ about 6 inches. It was then that I re­ happy to oblige. rect direction) so slow I could almost ally got the shakes and almost became We made the trip in nice VFR and count the rpms each blade went by. I a basket case, thinking, "My God, if agreed to fly back in some kind of thought to myself, the engine must that thing came off and went cutting formation-a loose formation, as it be coming apart, and I had better get through all the landing and fl ying does not take much imagination to the old bird down, NOW. wires, ye gads, how would I ever ex­ realize that one of the airplanes was Picture this: I was flying east to plain that to people?" Tough call, eh? a bit faster than the other. So I sug­ west, with the state of Connecticut So what was the problem? For gested that I take off sometime af­ on my right and the ocean (Long some unknown reason, the crank­ ter him, and when I caught up with Island Sound) on my left. Straight shaft broke in an "S" shape just be­ him I would just throttle back and ahead was the north/south-running hind the thrust bearing. If it had hang it on the prop, and we would Hammonassett River, and on the broken in front I would not be tell­ come "screaming" into New Haven west side of that creek was Griswold ing this story. Airport (now Tweed-New Haven) Airport, near the Hammonassett So, gentlemen and ladies, practice, like gangbusters. Well, of course I State Park. I had flown in and out of practice, practice. You never know never did catch him, or even see Griswold many times over the years, when one of these flying machines him, for that matter. and still do, and it had two more or will decide to get colic, give up the If any of you know the Connecti­ less north/south grass runways. ghost, or just quit working. cut shoreline, which is on the beau­ However, when I looked straight I always attempt to make each and tiful Long Island Sound, you may ahead, I thought, "No way am I go­ every landing a forced one, provided recognize the places near the mouth ing to make any kind of pattern with the controller lets you make a tight of the Connecticut River (near where a dead engine to land either north base and some guy in front of you the late Katharine Hepburn's house or south." I had already shut down in a small single-engine modern air­ is): Saybrook, Clinton, Madison, the engine with the mags. It would plane isn't setting up for a two-mile Griswold Airport, Branford, etc. just have to be a straight-ahead land­ final so everyone has to back up or The old Continental always ran ing, coming over the creek, across the make 360s to kill time before it's smoothly, and I took care to be sure field, 90 degrees to both runways. I their turn to put the machine on the it had enough oil and didn't have did not panic or get nervous, as I knew ground somewhere within the con­ too many oil leaks and was never the airplane by this time and just did fines of the airport. abused. I was flying at about 800 to what I had to do. I had to slow her up Yes, practice, but never inconve­ 900 feet altitude, at about 1,750 or to about 45 or SO, clear the creek, and nience other pilots in the pattern. 1,800 rpm, enjoying the bathing touch down on all three wheels, one Use common sense (the most un­ beauties on the beaches, and was of which was in the back. common thing these days), and keep over the town of Clinton, near the I think I cleared the creek by alert, eyes open in all directions all harbor, when it happened. about 20 or 30 feet. As I recall, the the time, and far away from the GPS, With my goggles down (an old tail wheel never did get wet. As I a nice invention that will be of no pair of AN6530 goggles that I loved climbed out and started around the help to your stick-and-rudder skills and still have) I would usually move wingtip to check the engine area, in getting an airplane on terra firma my eyes from side to side, looking Jack Griswold, a crusty but likeable in almost any kind of emergency. over the side of the cockpit, and each old barnstormer, came out and said, Happy Flying! ......

V I NTAGE A IRPLANE 21 E.E . " BUCK " HILBERT GA Overseas 1 just returned from vals plying a VFR flyway that hap­ left the city to celebrate the holi­ a combination pened to be just beyond where we day. Unbelievable! The normally I ve business and vaca­ were staying. We never did we see overcrowded streets were almost tion trip to Athens, Greece. One of a fixed-wing aircraft other than a lifeless, and the more than 35,000 the reasons I traveled that far was I commercial airliner. cars you'd normally find illegally wanted to see how aviation is far­ The membership list I'd gotten from parked in the city were mostly gone. ing there. The first eye-opener was EAA listed 18 active EAA members. One could actually walk on the when I asked the EAA membership Eighteen? What was that popula­ sidewalks and cross the streets. services department for a roster of tion figure again? Twelve point one Our chauffer/guide, my daughter members in the country. million! Leslie, was so enthralled at being Now, Greece has a population That certainly is a minuscule able to drive the city streets, which of 12.1 million. Athens, the largest number in comparison. What hap­ were normally so crowded as to be city, has 6.2 million. pened? Did Mayor Daley disease almost impassable, she reveled in So one would think it would be a strike Greece? Maybe so; at least the the normally inaccessible places. hotbed for aviation. There are some method they used to force general Looking at an old map, we drove 1,400 islands that make up much and sport aviation out of the coun­ to what was once the nearest air­ of Greece. The German occupation try appeared to have been copied port. Through the 10-foot page during World War II saw many air­ by Chicago's Mayor Daley. fence we could see a few military­ fields built on the mainland and Only three of the listed members type aircraft similar to our T-34s. the larger islands. You'd think that were from Athens. I didn't have The gate was heavily guarded by air transportation would be a pri­ much luck in contacting them, be­ armed troops. Conversation with mary mode of travel between the cause it was Easter, which is a very these guards told us it was a flying islands and mainland cities. big holiday in the Greek Orthodox club and there was no access unless Not so! For centuries, fishing was Church. An interesting sidelight is we were members or were in the one of the primary occupations that of the 6.2 million residents in company of a member. We waited here, so Greeks prefer to travel by Athens, some 3.8 million of them for some time, thinking perhaps a boat. Athens is the busiest (read: largest) port in all the Balkans. I counted more than 20 cruise ships along with numerous freighters and ferries. The comings and go­ ings of these ships, boats, barges, tugs, and private watercraft of all sizes and descriptions rival rush hour in most any large city in the U.S. I was absolutely amazed at the level of sea traffic. But where were the airplanes? In the space of two weeks I saw two helicopters at infrequent inter-

Emmanuel Paraskakis and his Trinidad. 22 JULY 2005 member would come by, planning To me, that was no mean feat­ Trinidad is lOS km from Athens, in on introducing ourselves and per­ flying over all that water in a sin­ an agricultural area. It has a beau­ haps gaining admittance. No such gle-engine airplane. tiful paved runway, is about 3,000 luck! We went on our way. Emmanuel learned to fly here in feet in length, and is surrounded by Farther down the road we came the states. He has a U.S. commercial another big fence with a locked gate. to the Olympic Village. What had and instrument certificate and has A call on the cell phone brought the once been an airport was now a managed to put a little more than manager out to open the gate. housing complex that had been 300 hours in his logbook. A very On the ramp next to a really nice built for the competitors in last businesslike and careful pilot, he administration building were three year's summer games. What had keeps an immaculate airplane and Trinidads, a Cessna 210, a Cessna been the runway was now a canal tries hard to justify the expense and 172, a homebuilt, and an abandoned that was used in the rowing events. trouble he goes through to main­ Brittan-Norman Islander Commuter. That ended our quest for that day. tain his flying. Emmanuel explained that his I had sent out e-mails to the Ath­ The airport where he keeps his Trinidad was the active one. The ens members and also attempted to phone them. I found one mem­ ber in town; the other two were away for the holiday. Interestingly enough, the one who was in town, a very interest­ ing and learned gentleman by the name of Anthony Pittaway, really knew very little about airplanes. Tony's speech was clipped, with very little English. It turned out he was originally from a small country in Africa and was now married to a Greek lady. Although his profession was robotic engineering, he makes his living by painting scenes of the various ruins, such as the Acropolis, and other tourist attractions, then selling them to the tourists. Tony had joined EAA in hopes of learn­ ing to fly. He thoroughly enjoyed the copy of Sport Pilot I'd brought with me, and seemed enthralled by the how-to articles. We visited and talked at the THE LEGEnD CUB McDonald's sidewalk cafe in the downtown area of Athens. I intend 000 the Legend Lives! to send Tony some of the how-to The legendary sounds and senses of flight from days gone by publications from EAA's bookstore. Maybe, just maybe, he will some­ live aga in in the Legend Cub! Th is great aircraft blends the best day learn to fly, although the pos­ of fu n, affordab le flying with modern parts and materials to sibility of fulfilling that dream will give you a ready-to-fl y, certified Light-Sport Aircraft. Call today. probably never happen in Greece. Sta rt living the legend. With the holiday over, I met the second name on my Athens list, Emmanuel Paraskakis. Emmanuel is a real pilot. He's in the insurance business and has a partner in a 50­ cata Trinidad, a really nice, fully IFR-equipped luxury flying ma­ AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT COMPANY chine. He and his wife had flown to P.O. Box 1220 • 1810 Piper lane · Sulphur Springs, TX 75483 • 903.885.7000 • Fax: 903.438.9933 Istanbul, Turkey, for the holiday. www.legendaircraftcompany.com

VINTAGE A IRPLANE 23 nopoulos. Prokopis flies a King Air for the CAA (Greek FAA) as a facili­ ties check pilot. It's his job to flight­ check navigation and approach fa­ cilities wherever and whenever. He's on call 24/7. I wish I had met this man first, since he knew ev­ ery name on the list of 18. Back in the mid-'90s, he was the editor for the EAA Chapter's newsleatter, the spark plug that keeps a chapter alive. He also wrote articles for avia­ tion magazines and was into sport and general aviation up to his ears. He still is! He's an instructor, check airman, and an IA. This man always wanted to fly. He went other two rarely flew. The Cessna the FAA and the rules, etc. But we to England when he was 16 and 210, with U.S. registration mark­ can jump in our airplanes anytime worked as a line boy and roustabout ings, had not moved in perhaps and fly just about anywhere. We at flying clubs in England, where he two years. The 172, a four or maybe don't have to file a flight plan 24 achieved his private. Then, know­ a five on a score of one to 10, was a hours in advance, and if we want ing that the only place to really transient. The three occupants were to shoot touch-and-goes, or just learn is the U.S., he came here and, in the air-conditioned administra­ bore holes in the blue, we do it. No while working to support his avia­ tive building watching TV. I didn't one gives us any flak; we just do it. tion dreams and habits, he got his pique their interest at all. They We pull up to the pump and gas commercial, instrument, flight in­ never even looked my way or made up, hand the attendant some bucks structor, and A&P certificates. any attempt to be friendly. or sign a credit card, and we're on Back in Greece he was an EAA The homebuilt had a "for sale" our way. flight counselor and tech inspector, sign on it. The Islander had a truck Our airport is a lot closer-we promoted EAA, and did all sorts of parked in front of it and, with one don't have to spend almost two things, including flying that same flat tire, didn't look airworthy. The hours in traffic to get there. Most abandoned Islander I saw earlier in truck was there to block any at­ of the time we push a button and inter-island commuter service. All tempt to fly it away, because there the gate opens-no guards. And we this began to change about 1996. was apparently some tiedown and have other friends and neighbors That's when flying started to slide services money owed. out there enjoying the same flying into near oblivion. Fuel was delivered in SO-gallon bar­ we do. Emmanuel got his tickets I'm not aware of all the poli­ rels. A pumper is used to transfer the in Phoenix. Flying in Greece is no tics or the militaristic reasons for fuel into the airplanes when needed. comparison. He was completely en­ the decline; all I do know is that And now for the rest of the story: amored with the freedom to take I'm sure a lot more comfortable Fuel is 10.50 euros per gallon. an airplane and go cross-country with the way things are here in Tiedown is 150 euros per month. in the United States without all the the States. Our prices seem a bit Emmanuel says it costs him 130 eu­ regulatory stress he was used to in more reasonable, our freedom ros an hour to operate his Trinidad. his home country. "sweeter," and our facilities are so His set-aside for maintenance and We drove back to Athens. By now much more convenient. engine wear is another 30. Now if the returning holiday crowd was re­ Oshkosh is an unattainable that doesn't sound too bad, con­ ally clogging the highways. It took dream for those people! We take sider that our dollar is worth only nearly two and a half hours, bum­ it-and our $200 hamburger .83 euros, so as of this writing, 160 per to bumper, to go that 105 km. flights, local fly-ins, and our right euros is $193.79. Now that, fellow I had a new appreciation for this to fly-for granted. We sure are EAAers, is a chunk of change, espe­ man as we said goodbye. I hope to lucky to live here in the good old cially when you have to put up with meet him again someday when, USA! And with that it's, all the restrictions, inconvenience, and if, he ever makes it to EAA Air­ Over to you, rules, and regulations as well. Venture, which is his dream. We think fuel is expensive here, The next pilot I met was "Mr. and we also like to complain about Hellenic CAA," Prokopis Batza­ 24 JULY 2005 BY H.G. FRAUTSCHY

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____~___.~,_~ www.QlJQonline.co TH E VI NTAG E INSTRUCTOR continued from page 8 haps resignation?) And then when And, unfortunately, the closer we ily celebration (perhaps because the conditions do not improve as get to our destination, the stronger you can't pass the "I 'M SAFE" hoped, the pilot finds him or her­ those External pressures seem to checklist) when that cancella­ self with no "out." get. The accident records are sadly tion would mean missing the cel­ We have to ensure that we always filled with fa talities that were di­ ebration altogether? Would you have a plan B (and perhaps a C, rectly related to the pilot ignoring tell your boss that you have can­ D, and E as well) in place if we are all the other parts of the CARE and celled a flight because the forecast to properly and safely manage the PAVE checklists and succumbing to weather is below your personal risks of flying. Be sure that you do one or more external pressures. I am minimums (a lthough above legal not let the hazardous attitudes of sure that we can all come up with minimums) and risk being fired? invulnerability or impulsivity lead examples of pilots ignoring all the Some of these questions could be you into a situation from which signs of impending doom and al- very tough to answer in the posi­ there is no escape. We've all heard tive, but I certainly hope you are of Murphy's Law, but not all are fa­ up to the task! miliar with Harrison's Law, which One more question: When do said, "Murphy was an optimist!" So The accident we run these checklists? Is it a day, be sure to have an Alternative or records are sadly week, or month prior to the flight? two to your planned flight. For those who say no, consider The next thing on our checklist filled with fatalities that the sooner we make a "no­ is Reality. What are the realities of go" decision, the more alternatives what is happening? Pilots too often that were directly become available to complete the lead themselves down the primrose trip in another fashion, whereas path in the hope that things will be related to the if we wait until the very last mo­ getting better, or at least not be get­ ment before the flight we might be ting any worse. The visibility that pilot ignoring all too easily tempted into the "go" is dropping down to the bare legal decision when we shouldn't be. Is minimum; the alternator annun­ the other parts of the decision made right before the ciator that keeps flashing or, worse the CARE and flight? I sure hope that you have yet, stays on; the fuel gauges that left yourself an out. Are the deci­ show much less fuel than you had PAVE checklists sions made at every moment dur­ expected to have. All these and so ing the flight? Absolutely! many more have managed to add and succumbing to The PAVE and CARE check­ to the fatality list. All because the lists are designed to be used from pilot refused to recognize or, worse one or more the moment the flight is first yet, accept the realities of what was conceived until the flight is con­ happening and do something about external pressures. cluded and the airplane is back it before it was too late. 1sometimes in the hangar. I would like to add wonder if the hazardous attitude of that although we have been dis­ resignation many times plays a part lowing an External pressure to push cussing these checklists in rela­ in a pilot's inability to react to the them into "getthereitis," which ulti­ tion to long cross-country flights, reality of the situation. mately led to their demise. they are just as applicable to that So beware! We have to ensure Yet when you might be faced short hop around the pattern. that we are grounded in the here with that pressure, will you have I hope that no matter when you and now. 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