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•The Waco CSO •Helio Couriers at AV 2017 •Textbook Tri-Pacer •Model 17 Staggerwings •Callair Cadet MAY/JUNE 2018 •The Waco CSO •Helio Couriers at AV 2017 •Textbook Tri-Pacer •Model 17 Staggerwings •CallAir Cadet Vintage Airplane STAFF EAA Publisher/Chairman of the Board . .Jack J. Pelton Editor ...............Jim Busha Message From the President . [email protected] VAA Executive Administrator .Jan Johnson SUSAN DUSENBURY 920-426-6110 [email protected] VAA PRESIDENT Art Director ............Olivia Phillip Trabbold ADVERTISING: Vice President of Business Development Dave Chaimson [email protected] Advertising Manager History lesson Sue Anderson [email protected] VAA, PO Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903 Website: www.vintageaircraft.org A few months back a survey was sent to the VAA membership via Email: [email protected] e-mail. Thanks so much to all of you who took the time to contribute to this very important survey. As an aside, the average time that it VISIT took for more than 2,000 of you to complete this survey was 8.3 min- www.vintageaircraft.org utes. I particularly appreciate the comments and suggestions made for the latest in information and news and for the electronic newsletter: by so many of you. Vintage AirMail From a statistical perspective, responses were returned from 48 states, Puerto Rico, and 13 other countries, including six Canadian provinces and three Australian states. Ninety-three percent of you VINTAGE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION agree with our formal mission statement, and 88 percent of you Current EAA members may join the Vintage think that we are meeting the goals of our mission. Aircraft Association and receive VINTAGE AIR- Ninety-seven percent of you agree that VAA’s mission and work PLANE magazine for an additional $45/year. to preserve the rights of vintage aircraft restorers and their right to EAA Membership, VINTAGE AIRPLANE keep these aircraft flying is of major importance. Two demograph- magazine and one-year membership in the ics that I find particularly interesting are that 70 percent of us hold a EAA Vintage Aircraft Association are available tailwheel endorsement and 87 percent of us have attended EAA Air- for $55 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not Venture Oshkosh at least once! included). (Add $7 for International Postage.) As you can well imagine, there were hundreds of personal com- ments included with the multiple-choice selections, which we are FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS now in the process of collating and analyzing. The Vintage board of Please submit your remittance with a directors will begin a detailed survey review at our next board meet- check or draft drawn on a United States ing in May. Again, thank you so much for participating. bank payable in United States dollars. Add Recently, I made the final drive to Jack and Golda Cox’s home in required Foreign Postage amount for each Asheboro, North Carolina, to retrieve the remaining items from their membership. estate that have been donated to the Vintage Aircraft Association by the Cox family. Included in the donation was all of Jack’s research Membership Service material and files. I took the time to look through some of the files (I PO Box 3086 did not go through them all: There are five four-drawer filing cabi- Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086 nets of donated material!), and I almost unbelievably found two files Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM—6:00 PM CST Join/Renew 800-564-6322 with the original paperwork (correspondence, drawings, etc.) that [email protected] led to the formation of the Vintage Aircraft Association. Of course, we all know that at its formation the name of our organization was the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh www.eaa.org/airventure Antique/Classic Division of EAA. What most don’t know is that sev- 888-322-4636 continued on page 4 www.vintageaircraft.org 1 Vol. 46, No. 3 CONTENTS MAY/JUNE 2018 8 VAA 2018 Director Election 44 Sleek & Splectacular The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwings 16 by Sparky Barnes Sargent One Rugged Yet Regal Golden Age Survivor The Waco CSO by Sparky Barnes Sargent 53 My CallAir Cadet Why I decided to throw money in the air 24 by Alex Nelon Helio Couriers Desend (Slowly) on AirVenture 2017 A reunion of a rare STOL aircraft by Budd Davisson 30 Tigers in a Cage A brief history of Helio C/STOL aircraft by Stephen A. Ruby 36 Textbook Tri-Pacer They don’t come any more original by Budd Davisson SCOTT GERMAIN ANY COMMENTS? For missing or replacement magazines, or any other mem- Send your thoughts to the bership-related questions, please Vintage Editor at: jbusha@ call EAA Member Services at eaa.org 800-JOIN-EAA (564-6322). 2 MAY/JUNE 2018 COLUMNS 14 Good Old Days MAY/JUNE 2018 1 Message From the President History Lesson 60 The Vintage Mechanic Susan Dusenbury Part One: Maintenance and troubleshooting – ignition systems 4 VAA News Robert G. Lock 10 How to? 64 VAA New Members Fabricate a wood wing bow Robert G. Lock COVERS FRONT COVER: Photo by Ed HIcks BACK COVER: Photo by Tom Pawlesh www.vintageaircraft.org 3 Message From VAA News the President WERE YOU BORN TO BE A BARNSTORMER? continued from page 1 eral names for the organization were considered, including the Histori- cal Aircraft Club and Vintage Aircraft Club. Also in the files were rudimen- tary hand drawings of potential logos for the organization. In the end, it was TM Jack’s rendering of a logo that was ac- The American Barnstormers Tour proudly announces the pilots joining cepted by the group. Jack, by the way, us with their fabulous Travel Air biplanes for the 2018 summer tour: created many of the early logos for EAA and the divisions. The donation MIKE RINKER - 1932 Travel Air B-14-B - Tennessee - Wright 975- This was also included the notes and minutes for one of two built in 1932 due to the Depression, with a top speed of 187 both the organizational meeting that mph. Mike is an ATP rated pilot with more than 12,000 hours. was held in November 1971 and for the CLAY ADAMS - 1929 Travel Air E-4000 — Minnesota - Clay Adams was born first board meeting, which was held in 1959, which he claims was about 50 years too late. in February 1972. Dave Jameson was JARED CALVERT - 1927 Travel Air 4000 — Texas - Jared Calvert purchased his elected as “provisional” president of Travel Air 4000 at age 28 in 2015. the new organization in November of 1971 and served officially as president DAVID MARS - 1929 Travel Air 4000— Mississippi - Mars has 15,000 flight hours and has been selling rides in vintage aircraft — he has six — since at the February 1972 board meeting. the 1970s. Newly elected Antique/Classic board member Nick Rezich devised a point FRANK SCHELLING - 1928 Travel Air 4000 — California - Frank’s main interest system for aircraft judging. Jack also has always been airplanes. He purchased a Curtiss JN-4H “Jenny” in 1972 preserved all of Nick’s original judging and completed it in 2003. forms and criteria in the folders. This ROB LOCK - 1929 Travel Air E-4000 — Florida - Rob is the owner/pilot/ is just a small sample of the informa- restorer/mechanic of Waldo Wright’s Flying Service, founded in 1990 with tion that I found in those two files. Our the goal of “Reliving the Golden Age of Aviation.” plan is to have copies made and framed BRIAN SHEPHERD - 1929 Travel Air B-4000 - California - After 30 years in of some of this material for display in the music business, Brian finally gave in to his real passion, which was the VAA Red Barn. flying. I will close by quoting a paragraph RICHARD ZEILER - 1929 Travel Air D-4-D (TWO) - California - Lycoming from the February 1972 meeting of our R-680-13- Richard is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who flew an newly formed organization. “Still robust O-1E Birddog in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969. and ramrod straight, Capt. Eddie made his entrance amid a standing ovation, PEDRO LANGTON - 1928 Travel Air E-4000 - California - Pedro was the win- his famed wide-brimmed felt hat firmly ner of the Crete to Cape Town South Africa Rally in 2016. in hand — a rare and inspiring glimpse THOMAS LEAVER - 1928 Travel Air D-4000 - England - The Barnstormers of an aviation immortal.” This was thank Tom for bringing his lovely ship back to the U.S. for this memo- World War I fighter ace and Medal of rable tour. Honor and Distinguished Service Cross Tour stops include: Jefferson City, Missouri (July 5-7), Ames, Iowa (July recipient Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, 8-10), Watertown, South Dakota (July 12-14), Brainerd, Minnesota (July who very famously flew for the 94th 15-17), Eau Claire, Wisconsin (July 19-21), and will conclude at the 2018 EAA Aero Squadron also known as the Hat in AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI (group arrival July 22-static displays only). the Ring squadron in WWI. Capt. Ed- National sponsors of the tour include Concorde Battery, Aircraft Spruce die was also the first CEO of Eastern Air and Specialty, Desser Tire, David Clark, Gulf Coast Avionics, PolyFiber, Phil- Lines. Now how special is that! lips 66, the Beechcraft Heritage Museum, and Hooker Harness. 4 MAY/JUNE 2018 CALL FOR VINTAGE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION Nominate your favorite vintage aviatorNominations for the EAA Vin- the present day. His or her contribution can be in the areas tage Aircraft Association Hall of Fame. A great honor could be of flying, design, mechanical or aerodynamic developments, bestowed upon that man or woman working next to you on administration, writing, some other vital and relevant field, your airplane, sitting next to you in the chapter meeting, or or any combination of fields that support aviation.The per- walking next to you at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
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