VA Vol 24 No 5 May 1996
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EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher Tom Poberezny Vice-President Marketing & Communications May 1996 Vol. 24, No.5 Dick Matt Edltor-in-Chief Jack Cox Editor CONTENTS Henry G, Frautschy Managing Editor Golda Cox 1 Straight & Level/ Art Director Espie "Butch" Joyce Mike Drucks Assistant Art Director 2 AlC NewslH.G. Frautschy Sara A Otto Computer Graphic Specialists Olivia L Phillip Jennifer Larsen 4 AlC 25th Anniversary/ Advertising Gene Chase Mary Jones Associate Editor 10 The DeVilbiss OMX Norm Petersen Spray Gun/G. Braatz Feature Writers Page 4 George Hardie. Jr. Dennis Parks Staff Photographers 12 Calendar Jim Koepnick Mike Steineke Carl Schuppel Donna Bushman 13 Roland LaFont's Editorial Assistant Grumman Mallard/ Isabelle Wiske Norm Petersen EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC. OFFICERS 16 Prototype Monocoupe 90A President Vice-President Espie 'Butch' Joyce George Daubner 18 Fairchild 221H.G . Frautschy P,O, Box 35584 2448 Lough Lane Greensboro. NC 27425 Hartford. WI 53027 910/393-0344 414/673-5885 21 Welcome New Members Secretary Treasurer Steve Nesse E.E, 'Buck' Hilbert Page 13 2009 Highland Ave, P,O, Box 424 22 A Precautionary Landing/ Albert Lea. MN 56007 Union. IL 60180 Fred Ludtke 507/373-1674 815/923-4591 DIRECTORS 24 Mystery Plane/H.G. Frautschy John Berendt Robert C, "Bob" Brauer 7645 Echo Point Rd . 9345 S. Hoyne Cannon Falls. MN 55009 Chicago. IL 60620 26 Pass it to Buck! 507/263-2414 312/779-2105 E.E. "Buck" Hilbert Gene Chase John S. Copeland 2159 Carlton Rd. 28-3 Williamsbur8 Ct. Oshkosh. WI 54904 Shrewsbury. MA 1545 28 What Our Members 414/231-5002 508/842-7867 Phil Coulson Stan Gomoll are RestoringiNorm Petersen 28415 Springbrook Dr. 1042 90th Lane. NE Lawton. MI 49065 Minneapolis. MN 55434 30 Vintage Trader Page 18 616/624-6490 612/784-1172 Cho~es Harris Jeannie Hill 7215 East 46th St, P,O, Box 328 Tulsa. OK 74145 Harvard. IL 60033 918/622-8400 815/943-7205 FRONT COVER, , , Water and a Grumman amphibian - what a great Dale A. Gustafson Robert D. "Bob" Lumley combination, This particular Mallard. one of only 32 still registered. is owned and 7724 Shady Hill Dr. 1265 South 124thSt. flown by Roland LaFont of Albuquerque. NM, EAA photo by Mike Steineke. shot Indianapolis. IN 46278 Brookfield. Wi 53005 with a Canon EOS-ln equipped with an 80-200 mm lens, 1/250 sec at flO on 100 317/293-4430 414/782-2633 ASA slide film, Cessna 210 photo plane flown by Bruce Moore, Robert Uckteig Gene Morris 1708 Bay Oaks Dr, 11SC Steve Court. R,R, 2 BACK COVER, , . Back home again in Idaho. this Travel Air 6CO) had been in the Albert Lea. MN 56007 Roanoke. TX 76262 Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma. TN for a number of years until being sold to 507/373-2922 817/491 -9110 a partnership in Idaho, This p retty early evening shot was taken by Jim Geoff Robison George York Oltersdarf of Salmon. 10, For more on the Travel Air and Jim's photography. 1521 E. MacGregor Dr. 181 SiobodaAv. please see A/C News on page 2, New Haven. IN 46774 Mansfield. OH 44906 219/493-4724 419/529-4378 S.H. OWes" Schmid 2359 Lefeber Avenue Copyright © 1996 by the EAA Antique/Classic Division Inc, All rights reserved, Wauwatosa. WI 53213 VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by the EM Antique/Classic Division. Inc. of the Experimental 414/771-1545 Aircraft Association and is published monthly at EM Aviation Center, 3000 Poberezny Rd" P,O, Box 3086, Oshkosh. Wisconsin 54903-3086, Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901 and at additional mailing offices, The membership rate for EM Antique/Classic DIRECTOR EMERITUS Division. Inc. is $27,00 for current EM members for 12 month period of which $15,00 is for the publication of VINTAGE AI RPLANE. Membership is open to all are interested in aviation, S.J. WlHman who 1904-1995 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to EM Antique/Classic Division. Inc" P,O, Box 3086. Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086, FOREIGN AND APO ADDRESSES - Please allow at least two months fOf delivery of VINTAGE AIRPlANE to foreign and APO addresses via surface mail. ADVISORS ADVERTISING - Antique/Classic Division does not guarantee Of endQfSe any product offered through the advertiSing, We inv~e constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferiOf merchandise obtained through our advertising so that corrective measures can be taken, Joe Dickey Roger Gomoll EDITORIAL POUCY: Readers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs. Policy opinions expressed in articles are solely those of the 55 Oakey Av, 3238 Vicario St, N authors, Responsibility for accuracy in reporting rests entirely w~h the contributor, No renumeration is made. Lawrenceburg. IN 47025 Sf Paul. MN 55126 Material should be sent to: Ed~or , VINTAGE AIRPlANE, P,O. Box 3086. Oshkosh. WI 54903-3086, Phone 414/426-4800, 812/537-9354 612/484-2303 The words EAA, ULTRALIGHT, FLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM, SPORT AVIATION and the logos of EAA, EAA INTERNATIONAL Steve Krog Dean Richardson CONVENTION, EAA ANTIQUE/ClASSIC DMSlON, INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB, WARBIRDS OF AMERICA are ® registered 930 Tara HL E 6701 Colony Dr, trademarks, THE EAA SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION and EAA ULTRAUGHT CONVENTION are trademarks Hartford. WI 53027 Madison. WI 53717 of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above association is strictly prohib~ed, 414/966-7627 608/833-1291 STRAIGHT & LEVEL by Espie "Butch" Joyce I'm writing this article while at the 1996 EAA to seeing this airplane at Oshkosh with it's restric Sun 'n Fun EAA Fly-in in Lakeland, Florida. It is tion flown off. Friday, the next to the last day of the event. From The flybys of the Golden Age of air racing air an attendance standpoint, this fly-in has continued craft has become one of the most crowd pleasing to grow. Jane Kimball is in charge of aircraft regis events at Sun ' n Fun and Oshkosh. The crowd just tration at the Antique/Classic Headquarters, hosted stops in their tracks to watch the Mr. Mulligan, vari by A/C Chapter 1. She estimated that on the open ous Gee Bees, etc. put on demonstration "races;" it ing day (Sunday) she had registered close to 370 air gives you goose bumps to see these aircraft fly by craft in the Antique/Classic area. We'll be getting looking just as they might have on a labor day week official numbers later in the month. end back in the 1930's. There were a number of past Sun 'n Fun Grand On a sad note, Charlie Hillard, long-time air Champion aircraft brought back to the fly-in . They show performer, lost his li fe in a landing accident in were displayed along the main taxiway in A/C Row his newly rebuilt Sea Fury. His crowd pleasing per 1. It made for an impressive sight when the other formance and his friendship will be missed in the fu aircraft taxied by or fl y-in attendees walked down ture. Our condolences to his family and friends. the showplane line. After the first weekend passed There were a number of your Antique/Classic by, there were a number of very nice aircraft that board members and advisors in attendance at Sun 'n showed up to be judged. The judging of aircraft was Fun; we were able to talk some about Division mat completed earlier th a n in years past - noon on ters. The next Antique/Classic board meeting will Thursday, in time for the awards to be presented be in Oshkosh May 10, 1996. We will be finalizing that night. plans for the Oshkosh Convention at this meeting. The Antique Grand Champion award went to We will also be discussing other items of business Clay Smith of Athens, Georgia to his PT-17 Stear for the Division. Your Division has been granted by man. An interesting note also is that Clay Smith the IRS corporation status of 501(c)3 which will be also won Reserve Grand Champion with his L-6; of benefit to the volunteers who help us each year. how's that for a 1-2 punch! The Classic Grand The officers and directors of your Antique/Classic Champion went to Duane Huff of Lawrencevi ll e, Division will continue to improve our service to the Georgia for his Aeronca llAC Chief. The Contem membership in the future. Your monthly magazine, porary category had an outstanding aircraft belong VINTAGE AIRPLANE, has continued to improve ing to Wayne Strader of Ardmore, Oklahoma a nice and we will be working to improve it even more. looking Cessna 180. Should you have any noteworthy news, information, One of the most outstanding aircraft on the field o r articles, please send them to us so that we can was a replica of the "Z" model Gee Bee that had share these items with the rest of the members. just been completed by Kevin Kimball and J eff This is our 25th year of existence as an EAA divi Eicher. T he workmanship and attention to detail sion, so let's make it a good one. Ask a friend to was out of this world. This ai rcraft could not be yet join us. Let's all pull in the same direction for the be judged because it was so new. It has not been good of aviation. Remember we are better to flown as of yet, so it was not eligible. I look forward gether.