VA Vol 23 No 11 Nov 1995
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EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher Tom Poberezny Vice-President Marketing & Communications Dick Matt November 1995 Vol. 23, No. 11 Editor-in-Chief Jack Cox Editor Henry G, Frautschy Managing Editor CONTENTS Golda Cox Art Director 1 Straight & Level/ Mike Drucks Espie "Butch" Joyce Assistant Art Director Sara A.Otto 2 AlC News/H.G. Frautschy Computer Graphic Specialists Olivia L Phillip Jennifer Larsen 4 Aeromail Advertising Mary Jones 5 Vintage Literature/Dennis Parks Associate Editor Norm Petersen 8 Unintentional Spins/ Feature Writers George Townson George Hardie, Jr. Dennis Parks Page 13 Staff Photographers 10 What Our Members Jim Koepnick Mike Steineke Are Restoring/ Carl Schuppel Donna Bushman Editorial Assistant Norm Petersen Isabelle Wiske 12 Mystery Plane/ EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION , INC. H.G. Frautschy OFFICERS 13 Bucker2 - President Vice-President Espie 'Butch' Joyce Arthur Morgan Betcha Can't Fly Just One!/ P.O. Box 35584 Germantown. WI Greensboro, NC 27425 H.G. Frautschy 910/393-0344 Secretary Treasurer 18 Norseman Festival/ Steve Nesse E.E. 'Buck' Hilbert John Parish 2009 Highland Ave. P.O. Box 424 Page 18 Albert Lea. MN 56007 Union. IL 60180 21 Aero Commander 560/ f'fJ7/373-1674 815/923-4591 Norm Petersen DIRECTORS John Berendt Robert C. 'Bob' Brauer 7645 Echo Point Rd. 9345 S. Hoyne 23 Calendar Cannon Falls. MN 55009 Chicaw. IL 60620 f'fJ7/263-2414 312/ 79-2105 24 Pass it to Buck! Gene Chase John S. Copeland 2159 Carlton Rd. 28-3 Williamsbur8 Ct. E.E. "Buck" Hilbert Oshkosh. WI 54904 Shrewsbury. MA 1545 414/231-5002 f'fJ8/842-7867 25 Welcome New Members Phil Coulson George Daubner 28415 Springbrook Dr. 2448 Lough Lane 28 Vintage Trader Lawton, MI 49065 Hartford, WI 53027 616/624-6490 414/673-5885 Page 21 Charles Harris Sian Gomoll 30 Antique/Classic Merchandise 7215 East 46th St. 1042 90th Lane. NE Tulsa, OK 74145 Minneapolis. MN 55434 918/622-8400 612/784-1172 FRONT COVER AND BACK COVERS.. Dale A. Gustafson Jeannie Hill 7724 Shady Hill Dr. P.O. Box 328 The Grand Champion Antique of EAA OSHKOSH '95 is Woody Woodward ' s Indianapolis, IN 46278 Harvard, IL 60033 BOcker BO 133C Jungmeister, restored by Joe Fleeman (who also happens to 317/293-4430 815/943-7205 be doing the flying In this photo) . This Jungmeister carries SIN 1001. and is the Robert UCkteig Robert D. 'Bob' Lumley first production copy of the "C" model. It spent most of its service life with the 1708 Bay Oaks r. 1265 South 124th St. Swiss Air Force. Alberf Lea. MN 56007 Brookfield. WI 53005 On the back cover is Woody's BO 131 Jungmeister, also recently restored by 507/373-2922 414/782-2633 Woody. It has a firewall forward LOM engine installation engineered and built Gene Morris George York up by Joe Krybus of Krybus Aviation, Santa Paula, CA. 115C Steve Court. R.R. 2 181 Sloboda Av. EAA photos by Mike Steineke. Shot with a Canon EOS-l n equipped with an 70 Roanoke. TX 76262 Mansfield, OH 44906 200 mm lens. 1/250 sec @ flO on Kodak Lumiere film. Piper Lance photo plane 817/491-9110 419/529-4378 flown by Ed Lachendro. S.H. ' Wes' Schmid 2359 Lefeber Avenue Copyright © 1995 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 AIRPLANE. Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation. 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Phone414/426-4800. 812/537-9354 707/451-0411 The words EAA, ULTRALIGHT, FLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM, SPORT AVIATION and the logos of EAA, EAA INTERNATIONAL Dean Richardson Geoff Robison CONVENTION, EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB, WARBIRDS OF AMERICA are ® registered 6701 Colony Dr. 1521 E. MacGregor Dr. trademarks. THE EM SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks Madison. WI53717 New Haven. IN 46774 of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above association is strictly prohibited, 608/833-1291 219/493-4724 STRAIGHT & LEVEL by Espie "Butch" Joyce October 1995 marked another and doing whatever they could to dealing with damage done to their long-standing "happening", the fAA make the attendee's stay more en aircraft because of their hangars joyable. There are some other air collapsing due to strong winds or Antique/Classic Chapter 3 Fall Fly-In. port authorities who could take a heavy snow loads. We need to do lesson from these people. an annual inspection of our hangars This year, Chapter 3 moved their All in all, it was a great time and as well as our airplanes. Some annual fly-in from Camden, South from what I have heard, years ago I had my pride an joy, a Carolina to the Darlington County Antique/Classic Chapter 3 will be 1953 Beech 35, sitting outside of airport, located close to Hartsville, back there next year. There seems my workshop while I was doing Sc. The move was made, for the to be a great number of fly-ins dur some minor work to the airframe. most part, because of the promo ing the months of September and Beside my airplane was an old tional efforts of the Darlington October each year. I have heard windmill, approximately 40 feet County officials who actively re that the Copperstate Fly-in held at high. One morning I showed up cruited Chapter 3 to come to their the Williams Gateway Airport in and this windmill had fallen over, airport. The airport is an old WW Mesa, Arizona was a great success. just missing my aeronautical II auxiliary training field with the This was their 24th annual event sweetie by only a couple of feet. three triangle runways. There are and as soon as we have any infor The supports going into the ground many of these airports located in a mation on the Antique, Classic and had rusted completely through, but number of different areas through Contemporary attendance, it will that windmill had been there since out the southeast United States. A be passed along to you. I was a kid and it never crossed my number of them have not been well In this part of North Carolina mind that it would ever fall over. maintained by the local govern the fall colors are just beautiful Not only did I almost lose my air ments, causing a great many to be this time of year, but sadly it is plane, I did lose myoId landmark come unusable. The fly-in airport also a sign that the warm weather that I miss every time I go to my this year was not in this class! It's flying will soon be over. This workshop. been well maintained; in fact, it has means that for some of us the sea One other area of concern is that been upgraded and is in great son will be totally finished, while we still have people letting air shape. There was a grass runway for others it will entail a com planes get away from them when and plenty of grass parking for the pletely different approach to oper they are hand propping their air almost 250 aircraft attending. ating your aircraft. Changing your I would guess that approxi craft. Hey, guys, a piece of rope is mode of operation as the seasons mately 90% of the airplanes that cheap when compared to a per change can be as unsafe as having flew in were an Antique, Classic, sonal injury or the repair cost to stored your aircraft for the winter Contemporary or Experimental. your airplane or worse, your There was no air show, but plenty and then bringing it out in the buddy's pride and joy. of buddy rides. Dr. Ed Garber was spring. I want to ask everyone to I am writing this just before the there with his Fairchild 22 which he be extra careful when changing fall meeting of your Board of Di has just completed, including an your habits. We seem to have a rectors. In the January issue of overhaul of his Menasco engine. greater number of accidents when VINTAGE AIRPLANE I will He won the Antique Grand Cham pilots re-start flying in the spring, bring you up to date with regards pion award.