STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

Cubs, the Champs and Chiefs, the of insurance, but it's not expensive for 120s, 140s, 170s and 180s, the T­ all of us. I have a J-3 Cub insured for Crafts, Luscombes, Ercoupes, Vag­ $1 million liability at a cost of $363 per abonds, Clippers, Pacers and Tri-Pac­ year. My insurance broker tells me that ers, etc. all make flying relatively low this amount would insure most of the cost. two-place aircraft listed above for pilots by Bob Lickteig To make my point I checked the vari­ with tail dragger experience. My au­ ous aviation publications that carry tomobile insurance costs three times classified sales ads. I considered only that much and for less coverage. Again, the individual ads where an asking price we must consider this reasonable. was stated. Realistically we all know With regard to hangars, most of our High Cost of Flying - How High? that when a sale is made the price usu­ kinds of aircraft do not need heated and At the February Board of Directors ally comes down before money well-lighted hangars. I have seen two meeting the current cost of flying was changes hands. and even three aircraft in the same again discussed. The cost of new gen­ The asking price in these classifieds hangar, which again makes the rent eral aviation aircraft, fuel , hangar or tie ads were averaged, considering aircraft reasonable. down rent, insurance plus maintenance with comparable total time, engine time, Many of us who fly these fun and annual inspection is high and there and remarks regarding overall general machines are capable of and do per­ seems to be no end. Your Board of Di­ condition. I think you will find the results form preventive maintenance under rectors in representing you has ac­ to be interesting. FAR. Part 43, Appendix A. This is legal cepted the responsibility of doing all that J-3 Cubs averaged out at $9,378, and is instrumental in keeping aircraft is possible to control and work towards Taylorcrafts at $5,450, Ercoupes at ownership expense to a minimum. And reducing these costs. $5,589, Luscombes at $8,100 and when we open and close all the neces­ Antique/Classic Division members Cessna 120-140s at $8,600. C-170As sary panels and inspection holes, the and others who own the aircraft that were $10,500 and C-170Bs were AI has less to do in performing an an­ meet the EM Antique/Classic criteria $13,100. Aeronca Champs and Chiefs, nual inspection on most well-main­ make up a large segment of the general $6,616; Pacers and Tri-Pacers, $6,833; tained airplanes. All of these things help aviation community. As I mentioned, the Vagabonds and Clippers were $8,650. to keep our flying expenses down. present cost of flying is high, however These numerous certificated aircraft We see in many aviation publications, we are fortunate because our kind of are nearly all priced less than a new monthly lists of ADs on modern aircraft. flying is still reasonable when compared compact, modern automobile. The How long has it been since you read to flying the modern machines. I know 1985 study just released places the av­ one pertaining to our classic aircraft? you will take exception, so I did a little erage cost of a compact automobile at These simple, sturdy certificated air­ research as suggested by one of your $9,834 and the operating costs for 1985 craft have been flying for a minimum of directors, Mr. Art Morgan. at 50.3 cents per mile. At this pOint I am 30 years, and the bugs were worked Many of us dream of owning a sure we all agree that the cost of one out long before many of our members Staggerwing, a Spartan, a Taperwing of these classic aircraft is reasonable. started flying. Waco or a Stinson Gullwing just to Regarding fuel expenses, all of these We must admit that flying modern, name a few. These prestigious birds safe, fun machines are eligible for the high performance aircraft is expensive, make up a small percentage of our EM auto fuel STC and we read every but when you look at the facts regarding members' aircraft. The vast majority of day that the cost of auto fuel is down our kind of flying , the costs are very our vintage aircraft are the pre-war and and headed lower. $1.00 and even less reasonable. So my tag line has more post-war planes manufactured up per gallon is plenty reasonable. meaning this month - Welcome through 1955. These aircraft, the J-3 Many are talking about the high cost aboard - join us and you have it all.

2 MARCH 1986 PUBLICATION STAFF PUBLISHER Tom Poberezny DIRECTOR MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Dick Matt EDITOR Gene R. Chase APRIL 1986 • Vol. 14, No.4 CREATIVE ART DIRECTOR Copyright :e 1986 by the EAA Antique/Classic Division, Inc. All rights reserved. Mike Drucks MANAGING EDITOR/ADVERTISING Mary Jones Contents ASSOCIATE EDITOR Norman Petersen 2 Straight and Level FEATURE WRITERS Dick Cavin by Bob Lickteig George A. Hardie, Jr. 4 AlCNews Dennis Parks by Gene Chase 5 Vintage Literature by Dennis Parks EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC 6 The BOeker Jungmann DIVISION, INC. by Norm Petersen Page 6 OFFICERS 10 Restoration Series - Family President Vice President Involvement/Researching Your R. J.lIcktelg M.C. "Kelly" Viets Vintage Airplane 3100 Pruitt Road RI.2, Box 128 by Art Morgan and Wes Schmid Port SI. Lucie, FL 33452 Lyndon. KS 66451 12 305/335·7051 913/828·3518 Letters to the Editor 13 Type Club Activities Secretary Treasurer 14 Ronald Fritz E.E. "Buck" Hilbert The Kid At the 1938 National 15401 Sparta Avenue P.O. Box 145 Air Races Kent City, M149330 Union, IL60180 by Ted Businger 616/678·5012 815/923-4591 19 Welcome New Members 20 Love That Interstate Page 14 by Carol Skinner DIRECTORS 22 Calendar of Events John S. Copeland StsnGomol1 23 Antique/Classic Chapter 9 Fly-In 9 Joanne Drive 1042 90th Lane, NE by Ken Russell Westborough, MAOl581 Minneapolis, MN 55434 Best Birthday Yet! 6171366-7245 6121784-1172 24 by Steven J. Plourde Dale A. Gustafson Esple M. Joyce, Jr. Thank You Volunteers!! 7724 Shady Hill Drive Box 468 26 Indianapolis, IN 46278 Madison, NC 27025 by Bob Brauer 317/293-4430 919/427-0216 28 Mystery Plane Arthur R. Morgan Gene Marris by George Hardie, Jr. 3744 North 51st Blvd. 115C Steve Court, R. R. 2 28 Vintage Seaplane Page 20 Milwaukee, WI 53216 Roanoke, TX 76262 29 Vintage Trader 414/442-3631 817/491-9110 Daniel Neuman Ray Olcott 1521 Berne Circle W. 1500 Kings Way FRONT COVER .. . Jose Martin's BOcker Jungmann over Wisconsin Minneapolis, MN 55421 Nokomis, FL 33555 farmland near Oshkosh. See story on page 6. 6121571-0893 813/485-8139 (Photo by Carl Schuppel) John R. Turgyan S.J. Wittman Box 229, R.F.D. 2 Box 2672 BACK COVER ... The front cover of the 1938 National Air Races Wrightstown, NJ 08562 Oshkosh,WI54903 program book on display in the EAA Aviation Foundation Museum's 6091758-2910 414/235-1265 Publications Section. See Ted Businger's story on page 14. (Photo by Jim Koepnick) George S. York 181 Sloboda Ave. Mansfield, OH 44906 The words EAA, ULTRALIGHT, FLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM, SPORT AVIATION, and the logos of EXPERIMENTAL 419/529-4378 AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC., EAA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION, EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION INC., INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB INC. , WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC., are registered trademarks. THE EAA SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC. and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above associations is strictly ADVISORS prohibited. Timothy V. Bowers Robert C. " Bob" Brauer Editorial Policy: Readers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs. Policy opinions expressed in articles 729-2ndSI. 9345 S. Hoyne are solely those of the authors. Responsibility for accuracy in reporting rests entirely with the contributor. Material Woodland, CA 95695 Chicago, IL 60620 should be sent to: Gene R. Chase, Editor, The VINTAGE AIRPLANE, Wittman Airfield, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086. 916/666-1875 3121779-2105 Phone: 414/426-4800. Philip Coulson Robert D. "Bob" Lumley The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by EAA Antique/Classic Division, 28415 Springbrook Dr. Nl04 W20387 Inc. of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. and is published monthly at Wittman Airfield, Oshkosh, WI 54903­ Lawton, M149065 Willow Creek Road 3086. Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh, WI 54901 and additional mailing offices. Membership rates for 616/624-6490 Colgate, WI 53017 EAA Antique/Classic Division, Inc. are $18.00 for current EAA members for 12 month period of which $12.00 is 414/255-6832 for the publication of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation. S.H. "Wes" Schmid W. S. "Jerry" Wallin ADVERTISING - Antique/Classic Division does not guarantee or endorse any product offered through our advertis­ 2359 Lefeber Avenue 29804 - 179 PI. SE ing. We invite constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise obtained through our advertising Wauwatosa, WI 53213 Kent, WA98031 so that corrective measures can be taken. 414ml-1545 206/631-9644 Postmaster: Send address changes to EAA Antique/Classic Division, Inc., Wittman Airfield, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086.

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3 is "busier than ever", but plans to con­ tinue his EAA activities. Congratulations, Dale.

JOHN LOUCK, 1914-1986 We regret to report the passing on Feburay 11, 1986 of "Capt." John M. Louck, Sr., of Monmouth, Illinois. John Compiled by Gene Chase was a long-time EAA member who in the 1960s brought his Ford Tri-Motor to NEW ADVISORS NAMED EM Conventions at Rockford, Illinois several times. In recent years, he and The Antique/Classic Board of Direc­ his wife, Kate, ran the Lost and Found tors at their February 7, 1986 meeting booth at Oshkosh Conventions. To named two new Advisors. They are John's family and many friends, we ex­ Robert D. "Bob" Lumley (EM 106377, tend our deepest sympathy. AlC 6560) N104 W20387 Willow Creek Road , Colgate, WI 53017 and Robert NEW PRODUCTS C. "Bob" Brauer (EM 81504, AlC 4319), 9345 So. Hoyne, Chicago, IL Tom Houle (EAA 105271) of Tom 60620. Thumb Sky Tracings, has three new R/C quarter scale plan sets available: the Both men have been very active in Morton Lester leadership roles as volunteers at the an­ Pietenpol Sky Scout, Monocoupe 90AL Morton's expertise was invaluable nual EM Conventions at Oshkosh and and Pitts Special S-2A. These designs during the early, formative years of the will have much to offer as advisors to have been in development for over two Division and he continued to contribute the Antique/Classic Board of Directors. years including test flying of the three much during its growth and develop­ Bob Brauer has been an officer in his prototypes. For information, send an ment into the successful organization it local EM Chapter and has chaired SAS.E. to Tom Thumb Sky Tracings, parking and flight line committees at is today. He continues to serve on the P. O. Box 84, Mequon, WI 53092, local fly-ins. He has been a volunteer at Foundation board. For his many years phone 414/241-5785 after 6 p.m. every Oshkosh Convention since 1970 of dedicated involvement and support and from 1976 to 1983 he served as of EM and its activities, we are most PARKS ACCEPTS POST AT EAA grateful. Thank you, Morton! Co-chairman of the Volunteers Commit­ Dennis Parks has been named Li­ tee. At Oshkosh '84 and '85 he was Co­ brary/Archives Director for the Experi­ chairman of the Antique/Classic Park­ TWIN COUNTY AIRPORT EXTENDS INVITATION mental Aircraft Association. The an­ ing and Flight Line Safety Committee. nouncement was made recently by EM His responsibilities in that job included The Twin County Airport Commission Aviation Foundation President Tom the briefing and training of the Flight again welcomes fliers enroute to/from Poberezny. Line parking volunteers. the EM Fly-In and Convention at Osh­ Prior to joining EM, Dennis had Bob Lumley has been equally as ac­ kosh . served as a SciencelTechnology Libra­ tive at Oshkosh Conventions. He has The airport serves Menominee, rian at Purdue University in West served as Co-chairman of the Porch Michigan and Marinette, Wisconsin and Lafayette, Indiana. He had joined the Committee and the Volunteer Booth. He has two runways: 14/32 - 5100' and the Purdue staff in 1970 as Head of the Sci­ is Chairman of the Fly-Out Committee new instrument runway, 3/21 - 6000'. ence/Technology Reference Service in and has organized the fly-outs to Both are lighted. General Library. He also held positions Wautoma since that activity was Facilities include: Unicom 122.8, free including Aviation Technology Libra­ reinstated. Bob was one of the organiz­ telephone to Green Bay FSS, free tie rian, Assistant Engineering Librarian ers of Antique/Classic Chapter 11 in down with gas purchase, Phillips 100/ and Physics/Geoscience Librarian. Milwaukee, Wisconsin and serves as 130 and 80/87 avgas plus jet fuel, free In 1985, Parks took sabbatical leave Program Chairman for that group. He is transportation to/from Holiday Inn and from the University to develop EM's li­ also Chairman of the Construction Road Host motels. Phillips credit cards brary and on-line computer catalog. His Committee and will head up the addition are accepted. special interests have been in reference to the west end of the Antique/Classic VOR frequency 109.6 should have service, the bibliographic control of liter­ Headquarters (Red Barn) which will be DME and RNAV instrument ap­ ature and automated information re­ completed by Oshkosh '86. proaches for summer. trieval. He has developed computerized We are pleased to welcome Bob library information systems for Purdue's Brauer and Bob Lumley as Antique/ AIRLINE CAPTAIN RETIRES Engineering and Physical libraries. Classic Advisors. Dale A. "Gus" Gustafson (EM 8891, His publications include articles on AlC 108), Indianapolis, Indiana retired history and bibliographic control of mili­ MORTON LESTER STEPS ASIDE on December 31 , 1985 ending a 35­ tary history and aviation literature. He Morton W. Lester, one of the original year career as an airline pilot. Gus, 57, has also presented papers on alterna­ Antique/Classic directors, announced was USAir's senior pilot and has logged tives to the card catalog and the use of his resignation from the Board on Janu­ more than 35,000 hours. non-professional staff members in lib­ ary 20, 1986. In recent years, Morton's He is a long-time member of the An­ raries. Besides doing regular reviews of responsibilities as a director of the EM tique/Classic Board of Directors and aviation history books for EM publica­ Aviation Foundation have limited his has served for many years on the An­ tions, Dennis currently writes a regular participation in the Antique/Classic Divi­ tique/Classic Aircraft Judging Commit­ column entitled "Vintage Literature" for sion and he felt it was time to step aside. tee. Like most who retire, Dale finds he THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE. •

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by Dennis Parks the organization of air transport com­ ered by a 24 hp. Henderson motorcycle Library/Archives Director panies" and concluded that during 1925 engine; T. Claude Ryan produced his much real achievement was accom­ first own-designed and built mono­ plished. plane, the M-1; and Travel Air was pro­ VINTAGE LITERATURE ducing its first OX-5 powered biplane - 1925 Event and the new Curtiss C.6A powered Among the memorable events of "Special". The standard aircraft at this time was This is the first in a series of three 1925 was the taking of the Schneider Cup Race in October by Lt. James still a liquid-cooled biplane. Most of the articles that will take a look at aviation aircraft using the new air-cooled en­ literature in the 20s and 30s. The first Doolittle flying a Curtiss R3C-2 seap­ lane. Later he broke the official seap­ gines were mainly naval types. Some will cover 1925, two years before exceptions were the Fokker tri-motor, Lindbergh 's flight; the second, 1928, the lane speed record at 245.713 mph. On the commercial side, President Bellanca six-seater, and the Ryan M-1 , year after Lindy and the last, 1939, the all monoplanes. boom period before World War II. Coolidge signed the Kelly Bill authoriz­ ing to contract air-mail routes with pri­ In the series we will take a look at Aviation Journals what was happening in aviation, what vate operators. literature was being published, and sub­ In December, the Guggenheim Foun­ In 1925 Ayer's Periodical Directory jects being written about. dation was established for the promo­ listed five aviation journals covering the The Aircraft Year Book recognized tion of civil aviation. Also in December slowly growing and emerging aviation 1925 as a "fruitful year", that there was Colonel William Mitchell was found industry. These were: The Ace(Los "undoubtedly, a renaissance of flying." guilty of violating the articles of war for Angeles): US Air Service (Washington Two hundred and ninety operators had his efforts to promote military aviation. DC) ; Aero Digest (New York): Aviation returned reports to the Aeronautical Some of the records standing in 1925 (New York) and Slipstream (Dayton). Chamber of Commerce, and nearly 5.5 were : Duration - 45 hr. , 11 min.; Dis­ They were all published monthly except million miles were flown with over tance - 4,400 km; speed 278.480 mph. for Aviation which was weekly. 200,000 passengers carried. The an­ All the above records were set by the Slipstream had a circulation of 9,000 nual report recognized that a large French. which was the largest of the group. Aero change in attitudes had changed since Digest was listed with a circulation of 1924, that aviation was being recog­ Aircraft 7,000 and Aviation 3,000. nized as a business, and that it had The Douglas Aircraft Company was These were not large circulation fig­ taken its first steps to prove its useful­ formed in November. Among the other ures as at this time Popular Science ness in commerce and its indispensabil­ activities, the Advanced Aircraft Com­ had a circulation of 262,784 and Cos­ ity in national defense. pany was producing the Waco "Nine" mopolitan 1,182,548. Aero Digest, The yearbook also remarked on the biplane; Alexander was building the which began in 1921 , ceased in 1956; efforts of the industry to produce truly OX-5 powered "Eaglerock"; Edo Aircraft Aviation, which began in 1916, con­ commercial aircraft mainly due to "the was formed (and is still afloat); Heath tinues today as Aviation Week and disappearance of war-time stocks and introduced the "Humming Bird" pow- Space Technology. The Ace ceased in 1925; Slipstream became AilWay Age in 1928 and ceased in 1931 . Aviation averaged 35 pages per issue; Aero Di­ gest and Slipstream about 50. Some of the popular journals from England were The Aeroplane and Flight. They were both weekly and aver­ aged about 20 pages. Flight, which began in 1909, is still being published today accounting for almost 4,000 is­ sues.

Articles The Bibliography of Aeronautics for 1925 lists over 3,600 aviation articles world wide. The most popular topic was that dealing with engines, which had 115 entries. Given the dubious reliability of powerplants, this was of obvious in­ terest. Some of the titles were: "The de­ velopment of the light plane engine" (Aero DigesQ; "Increasing aero engine power at altitude" (Aviation) ; "On engine failures and forced landings" (FlighQ. The continued availability of surplus EAA Aviation Foundation - Walter Klose Collection engines was attested to by an article in Pilot Dick Allen and passenger, Russell Putman ready for a business flight in the Stinson-Detroiter. (Continued on Page 30) VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5 Photo by Carl Schuppel The classic lines of a Bucker Jungmann with its 11 degree sweepback of both wings, forward jutting landing gear and long, lean, fuselage can raise the pulse rate of nearly any grassroots flier! Note wing shadow in grass.

The Bucker "Jungmann"

the person I had spoken with two by Norm Petersen wondered where to park the swept-wing biplane. As it was designed in 1933 by months previously - Jose Martin (EAA The soft voice on the other end of the a Swedish aeronautical engineer 100127, AlC 3023) of 30 Wakefield telephone line had a distinct accent that named Anders Andersson for Carl Cle­ Drive, Fairfield Crest, Newark, DE reminded me of Desi Arnaz of the "I mens Bucker, company owner, we 19711 . Jose and his lovely wife Pat had Love Lucy" show. He even had the mutually agreed on the Antique/Classic flown the pretty green and white Bucker same laugh. In just two months, he section of the big EAA show. Jungmann from Delaware to Oshkosh. would be flying to Oshkosh in a beauti­ Oshkosh '85 produced many pleasant They both admitted the really outstand­ ful customized Bucker Jungmann and surprises, but none finer than to meet ing part of the trip was flying past the

Photo by Carl Schuppel Head-on photo shows unique landing gear that hinges from a Photo by Norm Petersen center tripod with air-oil shocks in the gear legs. Note tiny fill A happy threesome, meeting for the first time at Oshkosh '85. caps half way up the gear legs. Large spinner and stout Sen­ On the left, the legendary Albert Reusch of Switzerland, a senich prop make an excellent combination with the 180 Lycom­ Bucker pilot for 50 years, with Pat and Jose Martin. ing. 6 APRIL 1986 Chicago skyline and viewing the city for himself - the subject of this article, from the lakeside as they flew along the N131JM, and one more that is currently shore heading north towards Wiscon­ going through the rebuild process. sin . N131JM, SIN E3B-360, was Spanish The origin of this sojourn goes back built under license by CASA in 1958 as to the late fifties when Jose, born and a Bu 131 l using a 150 hp Tigre engine. raised in Spain, entered the Spanish Air The airplane was totally disassembled Force as an ROTC Cadet and learned and the airframe was sandblasted. Ab­ to fly in a Bucker Jungmann. Although solutely no corrosion was found so it he also flew a Fieseler Storch and was was painted with metal prep and a two­ co-pilot on Heinkell III , Junkers 52 and part polyurethane finish. All wood was Douglas C-47 and C-54 aircraft, the de­ replaced in the fuselage and finished licate touch and supreme control qual­ with a phenolic finish for long term ser­ ities of the Jungmann were always in vice. In like manner, the wings, with his dreams. their delicate wood ribs and spars, were An unusual chain of events began carefully inspected and found to be in when Jose Martin received a scholar­ excellent shape. ship to attend Cornell University in The entire Jungmann was covered Ithaca, New York (high above Cayuga's with Ceconite 102 fabric and finished waters). His goal was a Master's De­ with Randolph dope. An investigation of gree in mechanical engineering. Always historical records in Europe revealed a flier at heart, Jose suddenly discov­ that Carl Bucker had sold a number of ered the United States was the land of Jungmanns to civilians prior to 1938 the airplane - even the citizens owned and the exact colors were faithfully re­ them! Following graduation from Cor­ produced on N131JM to come up with nell, he became a U.S. citizen and de­ the beautiful green and white paint cided to stay in the "land of opportunity." scheme. The name "Esperanza" on the After several years in construction cowl is a Spanish word meaning "uni­ work, Jose was hired by the duPont versal hope." The leather around the company where he has worked for the cockpits is all original, just as it came Photo by Carl Schuppel past 17 years. He is presently in charge from the CASA factory in 1958. A true gentleman in every sense of the of a group developing electronic medi­ Once the Jungmann parts and pieces word, Jose Martin stands by his favorite cal diagnostic equipment. were all rebuilt, the airplane was as­ airplane with the Oshkosh tower in the Knowing that one day the Spanish Air sembled with its original 150 hp Tigre background. Force would have to replace their aging engine and flown for some sixty enjoy­ Bucker Jungmann trainers, Jose kept able hours. At that time, Joe Krybus, in inverted flight. The very shallow angle in close contact with the situation originally from Czechoslovakia and now of attack while inverted allows hands off through his old buddies whom he had of Santa Paula, CA was hired to convert flight with forward trim rolled in. flown with years earlier. In 1978, a deal the Bucker to a brand new AE10-360­ A special wooden propeller was de­ was struck with Jose Martin buying 87 B4A 180 hp lycoming with Bendix fuel signed by Bob Bristol, chief engineer of Bucker Jungmanns with 115 spare injection and an extended Christen in­ Sensenich in lancaster, PA. Using a "Tigre" engines, which are the Spanish­ verted oil system. Joe used a 6-point wide chord and plastic leading edge, built copy of the German Hirth four-cy­ suspension of his own design on the the KZ76 x 60 prop is extremely smooth linder, inverted engine. Sixty-eight of engine mount, which maintains the and light in weight. The dampening ef­ the CASA-built 131 s were crated and same C/l of thrust as the Tigre. In addi­ fect of a wooden prop on the 0-360 is shipped to the United States while nine­ tion, Joe's molded fiberglass cowl is very beneficial considering metal fixed teen were sold throughout Europe. most impressive and seems to flow into pitch props have a mandatory 500-hour Once the word got around that the total airplane design. Jose is most overhaul due to the severe impulses of Spanish Buckers were for sale, it didn't impressed with the resulting handling the large 90 cu. in. cylinders. take long to sell 66 of the 68 airplanes qualities, which are equal to or better The wheelpants on N131JM were to anxious "aficionados". Jose kept two than the original and noticeably better molded from an original Swiss

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Photo by Carl Schuppel Photo by Gene Chase The baggage compartment cover on Jose Martin's Jungmann Expert cowling installation by Joe Krybus is displayed in this displays three EAA logos and three aerobatic logos from his photo. Note smooth line to large spinner and Sensenich prop. native Spain. Classic Bucker logo can be seen to the right. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7 Photo by Gene Chase Pilot and co-pilot of the Jungmann at Oshkosh '85 were Jose and Pat Martin, shown in front of their beautifully rebuilt and re-engined machine. Pat is also a licensed pilot.

Jungmeister wheel pant. They were ternator. An intercom with voice acti­ Jose and his wife Pat have made five widened just a bit to accommodate 600 vated mikes handles communication trips to Oshkosh, but 1985 was the first x 6 Cleveland wheels and brakes, yet from one cockpit to another - and it trip in an open cockpit biplane. Both maintain the classic "Bucker" look. really works! admit it was by far the most exciting trip Besides the normal instruments, the Just behind the firewall, a 22-gallon to date. Pat, who is a licensed private rear cockpit has a Tomorrow Apollo II tank feeds the engine and is good for pilot with some 300 hours in a Cessna Loran C, a Terra 720 channel trans­ up to three hours maximum. Normal 150, loves to fly in the Jungmann and ceiver, a Communication Specialists cruise is 115 mph at 65 percent power, is especially adept at navigating. Jose 720 transceiver and a Terra Transpon­ burning 7 to 8 gallons per hour. All-out maintains that if he can get the der with altitude encoder. The full elec­ aerobatics will consume up to 10 or 11 Jungmann up and down, Pat can al­ tric system is powered by a 60 amp al- gallons per hour. ways find their destination! (It's called

Photo by Carl Schuppel Substantially built tail group reveals Photo by Carl Schuppel closely spaced rib stitching (common on "Sorry, Clemens, your Jungmann never Photo by Carl schuppel all aerobatic aircraft) and trim tabs on came equipped like this!" Beautiful in­ Doing what he likes to do best, Jose Mar­ both elevator and rudder. Elevators are terior of the rear cockpit shows 720 ch. tin pulls in close for a photo of his Bucker hinged several inches behind the gap to radio, Loran C, tailwheellock on left, and Jungmann. Note APU plug near lower give the pilot an almost exquisite "feel" trim handle on right. Tach registers 65.2 longeron. unlike any other airplane. hours since 180 engine installation. 8 APRIL 1986 teamwork!) Although Pat enjoys aerobatics, she does tend to suffer from motion sick­ ness. However, she admits that practice helps and if she is doing the piloting, it LUFTWAFFE ­ WORLD WAR 11 seems to go better. With a delightful fly­ Designed And Buill 8y: BUcker flugzeugbau GMBH , Berlin. Germany ing biplane like the Jungmann on hand, (BU·n, A. 8, C. OJ it can really cause a person to "want" to first Prototype flew In 1934 do aerobatics. Basic And Aerobatic T ,.iner For The Germ.lOA-ir for ce Jose Martin has been active in lAC (lAC 8026) for over four years and Built Under licen5e In~ hopes to participate in their contests in SWITZERLAND (OORNIER-WERKE A.G.) 1936 BU -131 B the future. In the meantime, he is start­ SPAIN (CASA) 1938 1.131 H, E, L ing the rebuilding process on his sec­ ond Jungmann, which will no doubt be CZECHOSLAVAKIA (TATRA) 1937 T-131 a first class airplane as his present JAPAN (WATANABE CO.) 1942, K9W1 (NIPPON K.K .) machine is. 1943, KI-86.

At Oshkosh '85, Jose and Pat were All Ge unan Airplanes We re In Ch·ilian Markings Until About 1938 most pleased to meet Albert Ruesch of Due To Th ... Versailles Treaty (Cermillny Was Not Allo we d To Switzerland who has been teaching Build Anything That Could Be Used for Military Aggression). aerobatics for fifty years in a Bucker Jungmann and probably has more Bucker time than any man alive. "Albi" Photo by Gene Chase Ruesch is still teaching aerobatics on a The lineage of the Bucker Jungmann and its license-built versions that were constructed daily basis at age 76! in four other countries. This airplane was a CASA built Bu. 1.131L version.

hours in a 180 .Starduster Too using a PILOT REPORT metal prop, I could really appreciate the mony between the three axes is unbe­ by Norm Petersen difference!) The Jungmann has a soft lievable. No wonder people like this landing gear with air-oil struts that seem airplane! An invitation to fly a genuine Bucker to soften the bumps as the plane rolls Building up speed to about 130 mph, Jungmann was, no doubt, the high point across the grass. I pulled up into a big country loop, letting of my flying career, which spans 30 Before long, Jose had lined us up the airplane almost float over the top. years. Sure, I've read nearly everything with runway 18 and the FAA flagman Coasting down the back side, I began published on the Jungmann and its waved us off as the plane ahead the pullout and soon realized, this single-place version, the Jungmeister, cleared the runway. I saw the dual con­ airplane handles "G" load so easily, and admired every one I have ever laid trol tailwheel lock move to the forward without tightening up the controls. I eyes on, but the thought of actually fly­ (lock) position, and Jose opened the pulled the nose up and fed in aileron for ing one was almost too much. throttle. With only 65 hours on the en­ a barrel roll to the left. It was almost too However, the final Friday of Oshkosh gine, it was quick and lively and within easy! As it came around to level, I pulled '85 was upon us and Jose was busy a few hundred feet we were airborne to the vertical and waited for the speed checking over the plane with an eagle and climbing. The wings, with their to bleed off before kicking left rudder in eye - as all aerobatic pilots instinc­ unique 11 degree sweepback, seemed a hammerhead stall. Duck soup! Pulling tively do. With everything in readiness, a bit small, but my how they did their out, I rolled inverted and hung there for cloth helmets were put on, with the built­ job! This bird can really fly! a few seconds. The amount of forward in headsets for the intercom making the The bright morning sun glistened on stick necessary to hold an inverted flight ears feel very large! the waters of Lake Winnebago as we was easy to handle. A little aileron and Stepping into the front cockpit, I slid flew south at 2000 feet. Jose made a rudder soon had us back upright. (A guy down into the seat and began buckling slow turn to fhe left as we cleared the could easily get "ruined" with this up the five-point aerobatic harness. I area in all directions. A final check of airplane!) was surprised how snug the cockpit fit chute and aerobatic harness was made After a bit more dicing around, it was my 220 lb. frame. All controls were as Jose executed a slow roll to the left time to head back to Wittman Field and close at hand and when the cockpit with the nose of the Bucker not moving enter the pattern for a landing. Jose sides were closed up, you definitely had over 1/2 inch from the imaginary point took over and after making a go-around that "part-of-the-airplane" feeling. Jose on the horizon! (My immediate thought because of traffic, we came in the sec­ wiggled into the rear cockpit and when was that I was in a league way over my ond time, putting the Bucker on the run­ everything was fastened down and con­ head! This guy was butter smooth!) way in a perfect three-point landing. nected, he turned the key on the 180 Several more slow rolls were then ac­ Even Jose admitted it was a good one. Lycoming and, with wing walkers, we complished to the left and right with a We taxied back to the line of antiques taxied down the lines of parked aircraft. half roll finish, leaving us in the inverted and moved slowly to the Bucker's I tried to look very "debonaire" as we position. The plane was rock steady as "home". passed numerous bystanders. It was a we were suspended in our harnesses With the smooth and quiet Lycoming good thing they were unable to see the and the Lycoming never missed a beat. shut down, I sat there for a moment try­ shivers going up and down my spine We rolled back upright and Jose an­ ing to make myself realize I had just and the cotton in my mouth! nounced over the intercom, "It's all fulfilled one of my supreme ambitions My first impression of the engine and yours." - to fly a Bucker. I am not sure if it prop combination was one of extreme I swallowed hard and took the stick showed or not, but Jose Martin had smoothness with very little vibration. in hand, doing a few turns to get the feel made me a very, very happy person. The beefy wooden Sensenich propeller of the aircraft. The light and delicate ai­ Thank you Jose! You are a "gentleman really calmed the big four-cylinder lerons were most noticeable. The rud­ and a scholar - and a judge of fine Lycoming. (With a couple hundred der was very effective and elevators airplanes!" •

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9 Restoration Corner

Family Involvement Opportunities present themselves in any kind of trip she grabs the sectionals, strange ways. That airplane you just plots our course and has been telling bought could be one of the greatest me where to go ever since. (Some bles­ By Art Morgan ways you will ever have of pulling your sings are more hidden than others.) (EAA 17674, AlC 2355) family closer together. Conversely, it Now this isn't unusual. If you look can drive them apart. It's up to you. But around your local airport at all the So you finally did it. After years of how you ask, do I involve my family. people who have, or are restoring an payin' for the home, puttin' the little nip­ What can they do? Or for that matter, airplane, you are going to find that there pers through school, and makin' sure what can I do? Well, old saw, purveyor is a family involvement. Somewhere your life mate is taken care of, you did of bent bolts and corrosion, I'm glad you along the line a spouse and kids helped it. You bought your dream airplane. asked . I'll tell ya. I don't know. get that pretty little "Sky Queen" into the You made the decision to do it some Every family group is as different as air. They are now telling the neighbors time ago. Now with the encouragement there are snowflakes in a blizzard. (who have since decided that maybe of your family and the help of the local How's that for helpin' you along? But you're not crazy and are eyeing an old EAA chapter, and friends old and new, here is the bright spot on the oily garage car, boat or, heaven forbid, an airplane you've found it. Sure you paid more for floor. You know your family better than as something to work on) how much fun it than you wanted to, and so what if it anyone. You know their skills and tal­ they've had over the past few years. needs a complete rebuild, it's yours. ents, their likes and dislikes, what they It makes no difference that you 're That loosely assembled pile of tubes, will and won't do. It's up to you to recog­ driving a car that is a little older (trans­ rags, aluminum, engine, etc. is your nize these talents and likes, because lated - a lot) than theirs, or that the treasure and by the powers, you're darn whether you like it or not, this is not just carpeting should have been replaced proud of it. your project. You are an integral part of two years ago, or maybe the place does So there you sit in your favorite chair. the family unit, and what they do you need painting. So what! So what? Well , Leaned back, hands behind your head, want to be part of, and what you do they I'll tell ya. "We have got an airplane." legs outstretched, with your crooked lit­ want to be part of. You don't have an airplane. "We have tle toes trying vainly to point skyward, I once read a story where a fella was got an airplane." "We" go to breakfast dreaming of "Soaring with Eagles." Like buildin' a Thorp T-18 and his grand­ fly-ins, here and there (100, 200 to 500 the man said, "It don't get any better mother, bless her heart, bucked every miles away). Sometimes "we" bite the than this." rivet. We have all heard stories where bullet to make a repair or to add some­ Then you feel it. Just a little at first, the life mate did the upholstery or thing such as radio, instruments, etc. you glance over and there they sit, your helped with the covering. The kids be­ Sometimes "we" fly just for the beauty heir apparent and sibling, and the one came involved in rib making, former cut­ of it. But by crackers "we" have an who promised to love, honor and over­ ting, welding, etc. We all marvel at how airplane. We stand tall ya' all." Nice look occasional bouts of stupidity. lucky that individual is. Well, I'll tell ya, feelin' ain't it? They're not trying to, but by gum they that's a bunch of horse hair balls. So lean back in your chair. Look at are. They're staring at you with puppy There's no luck involved, the members your children. Capture the soul of the dog eyes that are saying, "Oh great of the family were invited to join in. mate who promised to "Love, honor and loved one, what about us, your devout In my own case, my wife had very buck your rivets" and say, "Cast away family? What shall we, the great un­ little interest in things mechanical. She your fears. This is not a field lying fallow. washed do while thee bury thyself and would help when needed, (always We will have more than just a project, not a small amount of our money on wanted) and at the end of the job she more than an airplane at the end of it. that heap of broken bones and torn skin would be very proud of what she had We will have 'family involvement.'" that thee have so thoughtfully deposited done. At the end of the project (Lus­ in our yard, driveway and garage? combe) I think the airplane was more Surely we are not to be put from your hers than mine. To this day, heaven Researching Your life for the next few years? Are we to be help the unqualified person who only makers of coffee, runners of er­ touches or bad mouths "Go Whizz Vintage Airplane rands, or worse yet, the third hand when Kate"! All 5'2", 115 Ibs. of her become needed? Are we to be relegated to the meaner than a Marine "D.I." and she by S. H. (Wes) Schmid role of assuring the neighbors (most of will walk away with a piece of that per­ (EAA 3113, AlC 6688) whom are thinking about selling before son's ear dangling loosely from the property values start to nose dive) that corner of her mouth. All because I At first glance some aircraft, particu­ no, we have not opened a home for asked her to become involved. larly World War I and many 20s and mental midgets. Is this to be our fate?" Now that we are flying our time 30s type aircraft built of wood, appear Dear friend, you may not know it, but machine she finds that although she deceptively simple in construction. Un­ you stand on the threshhold of triumph does not want to learn to fly, she loves covered, however, it's another story. or tragedy. to navigate, sooo whenever we plan Structures emerge that are highly com­

10 APRIL 1986 plex with routed wood spars and longe­ documents. There are many contacts with such a restoration project? How rons, Rube Goldberg metal fittings, within the facility, but for starters try: many of these old-timers are regulars complicated castings, and enough wire, at Oshkosh because of it? splices and turnbuckles to string a sus­ Archival Support Center Books such as the Aircraft Yearbook pension bridge together. And there's al­ National Air and Space Museum series (1920-1959); Jane's All The ways the difficult task of finding scarce 3904 Old Silver Road World's Aircraft (1909 to present); Jupt­ engine parts, instruments, wheels, Suitland, MD 20746 ner's U.S. Civil Aircraft nine-volume hardware and hundreds of other vital 202/287-3480 series containing ATC'd aircraft (#1 parts that go into such an aircraft. Be through #817) are invaluable reference not dismayed. EAAers tackle these re­ Edward Pupek sources. Aviation journal indexes such storation jobs and produce fantastic re­ Susan Ewing (Supervisor) as: Bibliography of Aeronautics (1910), sults. Research is one of the key ele­ Paul Brockett; Bibliography ofAeronau­ ments in award-winning restorations. NASM is presently in the process of tics (1909-1932), NACA; Aircraft, En­ Depending on the condition of the air­ putting their photo archives on laser gines and Airmen (1930s to late 1960s), craft being restored, it is not unusual discs. Three are now available, each August Hanniball : Aerospace Periodical when basket cases are involved that with 100,000 photos for $39.95 each. Index (1973-1982), NASM; and John entire structures must be totally rebuilt The Archival Support center is particu­ Bergeson's Reference Guide to EAA or duplicated. If you are lucky, enough larly strong on Fairchild 24, Waco and monthly publications - SPORT A VIA­ fittings will be available to serve as pat­ Stearman series aircraft. Duplicating TlON, THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE, terns. Regardless of what type aircraft facilities are available. WARBIRDS, and LIGHT PLANE construction is involved - tube, wood There are many outstanding civil and WORLD (formerly UL TRALIGHT, and or metal - at this stage a complete set military aviation museums around the UL TRALIGHT AND THE LIGHT of plans is important. For every Ap­ country and each one is a potential gold PLANE). These publications will permit proved Type Certificated aircraft - and mine of data you seek. General interest you to zero in on pertinent data and this goes back to March 1927 when the museums such as Chicago's Museum save a lot of time when researching a Department of Commerce issued ATC of Science and Industry, Ford's Deer­ project. NO. 1 to the Buhl-Verville Airster, CA-3 field Village and Thompson Products Old aviation magazines need to be - a complete set of engineering draw­ Musuem display aircraft and other avia­ scoured. Pre-World War II issues ings and specifications exist. What's tion memorabilia, so these too can pro­ of Aero Digest, Aviation and Popular particularly great about this is that much duce results. Any understanding Aviation are some of the most helpful. of this data is available for today's re­ curator will often permit you to cross Lots of pictures and specs. Great for storers of antique and classsic aircraft. barriers for photos and measurements checking paint schemes of aircraft from Not available, however, is data on - not to mention opening files that nor­ that era. Even the ads are interesting ATC aircraft currently classified as mally are not available to the public. and often contain valuable information. Proprietary Data - type certificates And don't overlook the small local The American Aviation Historical So­ held by manufacturers such as Taylor­ museums or historical societies. Amaz­ ciety quarterly Journal offers thoroughly craft, Maule, Cessna, Piper, Beech, or ing what can turn up! researched articles on many of the old individuals who already own the rights Check if drawings or data exists from aircraft. to specific ATC aircraft. In these cases the original manufacturer. If the com­ The government makes available owners' consent to use specific data is pany still exists, files may be stored Technical Manuals - Army, Navy, Civil required . someplace. Through the years com­ Aircraft Design Critera Committee; On the other hand the hundreds of panies have folded , some have Bureau of Air Commerce Bulletins, ATC's classified under Public Informa­ merged, names have been lost in ac­ CAA, FAA Publications such as Civil Air tion are in the public domain and there­ quisitions, so it's possible a thorough Manuals, Advisory Circulars, Federal fore available for examination. Docu­ investigation can uncover forgotten Air Regulations, Type Certificates and ments can be copied. documents. Usually there are manuals, Data Sheets, and AD Airworthiness Di­ For access to this data one simply parts lists, overhaul manuals, rigging rectives. Technical books such as Avia­ applies - preferably by letter - to the data, sales and advertising brochures. tion Engines (1918) by Victor Page ; FAA Aircraft Certification Office that is­ Search for the aircraft's original Dyke's Aircraft Engine Instructor (1928) sued the original ATC. There are 12 owner and those that followed. Study by Andrew Dyke; Modern Aircraft such offices scattered around the the logs (if available). Seek out person­ (1929) by Victor Page; and Aircraft United States. Some of these regional nel who were involved in producing the Handbook (1942) by Fred Colvin will offices go back to the early days of the aircraft - company officers, factory provide much information. Department of Commerce and the CAA workers, designers, test pilots, If you are a World War I buff, plans era. A few phone calls or letters should mechanics, the company's dealer net­ for quite a number of these aircraft are quickly determine what office is in­ work. One contact in this area invariably available. Advertisements appear regu­ volved - especially so if the original leads to another, and another, and the larly in aviation journals offering original factory location is known. Newer FAA circle widens - producing pictures, drawings or modernized versions for records are on microfiche. Older data stories, artifacts and sales literature that replica builders. Several publications consists of blueprints and documents. are all part of the researcher's world . In such as Cross & Cockade and Leonard Duplicating services are available and some respects the contact with people Opdycke's World War I Aero are excel­ costs will vary depending on quantity involved in the aircraft's early history is lent research sources for pictures, data, and size of records to be reproduced. more rewarding than the actual specs and plans. Another great source for data is the mechanics of restoring the aircraft. Ad­ Type Clubs have been formed for Smithsonian Institution and the National ditionally, it uncovers many people who many of the old antique and classic air­ Air & Space Museum. Here's the would otherwise be forgotten - their craft being flown today. Newsletters mother lode for information on specific aviation contribution lost. How many of contain information on where to find aircraft, drawings, books, photos and the old-timers have been discovered parts, restoration techniques, mainte-

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11 tion of aircraft, books, magazines, man­ many of the fabrics in use during the Restoration Corner uals, drawings, photographs, instru­ 20s and 30s are no longer available ments, artifacts, and files of data pro­ from mills. Upholstery shops usually vide an excellent bank of information. have cloth in storage or know of nance, ADs, flying - whatever - and When it comes time to actually start sources for fabrics you require. Check permit a sharing of interests and ac­ your restoration a decision will have to with antique auto buffs. tivities. Information on these clubs ap­ be made. Will it be a complete, original, It's a long road spanning many years pears regularly in THE VINTAGE factory new restoration or will certain from initial research efforts to complete AIRPLANE. Structural parts for many liberties be allowed to make it more a restoration and make the first flight. classics are readily available from Uni­ compatible with today's aviation envi­ But whatever the cost, whatever the vair Aircraft Corp., and Wag-Aero, Inc. ronment of radios and hard surface run­ sacrifice, however much of your time it Further information can be gained by ways? Brakes or no brakes? Tail wheel took - it will be worth it. Not only will attending EM and EM Antique/ or tailskid? Every instrument, every bolt you have resurrected and brought to life Classic chapter meetings. Go to fly-ins to match the original equipment when a bit of history so that everyone can - all of them. Talk it up. You'll be sur­ the aircraft was rolled out of the factory? share in our aviation heritage, but you prised how often a casual conversation Finding original parts is time-consum­ have also gained the respect and admi­ can lead to a solution to your restoration ing, challenging and expensive. Match­ ration of your fellow airmen. Also, a project. When hard to acquire parts are ing paint colors can be as simple as mantel full of trophies and plaques usu­ needed, watch the classified ads in taking a patch of fabric to your local ally follows. Trade-A-Plane. Advertise if necessary. paint store. On the other hand it can be And, of course, if your research and And, the most important of all sources totally frustrating and demand an inordi­ restoration is truly outstanding you may of information is right in your own back nate amount of your time until the right even join the most select fraternity of all yard. EM! Its members and its chap­ shade of color is achieved. Finding the - being named winner of the Grand ters, and The EM Aviation Founda­ proper wheels is a story in itself. Up­ Champion trophy for your antique or tion's Museum with its priceless collec­ holstery creates special problems as classic. That's the ultimate! •

Letters To Editor Hello Gene, Dear Sirs, Dear Gene, Here is a photo of the Taylor J-2 Cub, N17283, SIN 950, manufactured 4-7-37. We I am preparing a history of the Paramount I was pleasantly surprised to see that great completed the restoration on 5-11-85. The Aircraft Corporation of Saginaw, Michigan action photo of my brother, Nick Rezich, color is Loening yellow over ceconite. We 1928-1931. Could you help? The two princi­ making a landing in our Travel Air 0-4-0. added brakes and a steerable tailwheel. pal men in the company were Joseph Behse Thank you for featuring NC606K on the back The total time on the airframe is 790 hours. and Walter Carr. Behse was from Saginaw cover of the February issue of VINTAGE. The Continental A-40-2 engine has 30 hours and trained as a flier during the First World Incidentally, brother Frank tells me that since major. We've flown the plane 14 hours War in Florida and at Wright Field, Ohio. Carr Travel Air NC8115 has been sold again to and it flies great! soloed near Chicago in 1914 and started an airline captain in the Los Angeles area. The enclosed check is for my Antique/ making exhibition flights as early as 1915. He's the third owner since Nick. Classic membership renewal. Before coming to Paramount, Carr cam­ paigned the "Carr Special" and the "Maiden Best regards, Regards, Saginaw" in the Cleveland Air Races. Prior to formation of Paramount, Carr was chief Mike Rezich Stan Siggins pilot for Northern Airways, a Detroit to (EAA 510, AlC 2239) (EAA 10555, AlC 5017) Saginaw airmail and passenger carrier. 6424 So. LaPorte Avenue R. D. 1, Box 491 Paramount built nine "Cabinaires". These Chicago, IL 60638 Finleyville, PA 15332. were three or four seat, metal frame, fabric covered biplanes. Most were powered by the 110 hp Warner Scarab engine. One was powered by a 165 hp Wright J-6 and one by a 165 hp Continental. Behse and Carr flew a Cabinaire to 15th place in the 1930 Na­ tional Air Tour. So far, I have located a couple dozen photographs and an under-restoration Cabinaire. I have also heard rumors of Cabinaires in Iowa and New York. Can you or anyone in your membership help with in­ formation or photos? I know very little of Behse or Carr in their pre-Paramount days. I know nothing of them in the 1930 Air Tour. I have only pictures of Carr's Cleveland Rac­ ers. I'm very interested in learning all I can about the men, the company and the airplanes. Can you add anything to this his­ torical puzzle? Sincerely, William J. Ballard, Jr. D.D.S. 324 West Cedar Avenue Gladwin, Michigan 48624 12 APRIL 1986 ~ I ~ype ClubActivities Complied by Gene ('hast'

AI Meyers Airport 1936-1986 Meyers aircraft, their owners and pilots will be "coming home" July 3-5 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the AI Meyers Airport at Tecumseh, Michigan. This will be the site of A member of the Bucker Club, Sam the Annual National Fly-In of the Meyers Air­ craft Owners Association. Burgess (EM 16214), P. O. Box 3224, South San Antonio Station, San Antonio, TX There will be community participation in­ cluding a special July 4th celebration, and 78211 is building a Jungmeister which will be powered with a turbo-prop engine. Three fly-bys of Meyers aircraft. Activities on Satur­ Middletown '86 day, July 5, include maintenance sessions wing panels are completed and he is working for Meyers OTWs, 145s and 200s. On June 13-15, 1986, the Aeroncas will on the center section and plumbing the fuel For information on the Meyers Aircraft flock home again to Middletown '86, the system. The only mods Sam has made in consideration of the turbine engine are a Owners Ass'n, contact: Jacque Merrihew, Aeronca Factory Fly-In at Middletown, Ohio. 199 South Washington Street, Sonora, CA All registered Aeronca owners are extended canopy, .049 wall tubing from the cockpit for­ ward and a Pitts type tailwheel. He antici­ 95370, phone 209/532-2826. a special invitation. Enthusiasts won't want to miss this one either. Champion and Bel­ pates needing the extra directional control to lanca owners are welcome, and will be handle the additional torque produced on parked adjacent to the Aeroncas. This is ex­ take off. The cowling will be longer to house pected to be the largest gathering of Aeron­ the engine. cas ever assembled. Sam bought the wing fittings from Marcus Activities will consist of tours of the Bates which saved him a lot of work. He Aeronca factory in Middletown and the could have made them but due to the swept Wright-Patterson USAF Museum in Dayton. back wings, the fittings are very complicated. On Saturday night the banquet will feature Sam should know because in the late sixties aircraft awards in several Aeronca he built a Warner 165 powered Jungmeister categories and banquet speakers. Many while living in Honolulu, Hawaii then shipped Aeronca veterans will be on hand for the it to California where he began a flight which weekend, and will be the featured guests at took him to all the other 49 states in 1970. the banquet. The following year Sam donated this fine For further information, contact Fly-In example of a homebuilt Bucker to the EAA The Ercoupe Owner's Club, Inc. as custo­ Chairman Jim Thompson, Box 102, Roberts, Air Museum. dian of the Fred E. Weick Scholarship Fund IL 60962, phone 217/395-2522. For information on the Bucker Club, con­ is seeking applicants for educational assist­ For information on the four active Aeronca tact: John Bergeson, SecretarylTreasurer, ance. The fund is comprised of many indi­ type clubs, contact: 6438 West Millbrook Road, Remus, MI vidual contributions which have accumulated 49340, phone 517/561-2393. to approximately $9,000 as corresponds to Aeronca Aviator's Club the most recent years' interest earned on the Julie & Joe Dickey principal sum. 511 Terrace Lake Road All students pursuing an aviation-related Columbus, IN 47201 field of study are eligible, except that flight 8121342-6878 instruction reimbursements will not be con­ sidered. Applicants need not be members of Aeronca Club the Ercoupe Owners Club (membership is Augie and Pat Wegner $20 per year), but preferential consideration 1432 28th Court will be given to members, family of members Kenosha, WI 53140 and recommendations by members. Finan­ 414/552-9014 cial need is not a prerequisite, but will be considered. Aeronca Lover's Club No formal application is required. Appli­ Buzz Wagner Thomas McClish has sold the rights to cants should submit an essay describing Box 3, 401 1st Street East Funk Aircraft (and all the parts) to Larry themselves, their aspirations, their progress Clark, SO 57225 Smith, 5 Court Street, Canfield, OH 44406, to date and how they would utilize funds if 605/532-3862 selected to: Fred E. Weick Scholarship Com­ phone 2161792-4299. mittee, clo Ercoupe Owners Club, Inc., P. O. Aeronca Sedan Club Mr. Smith plans to continue making and selling parts for the Funk. A little delay can Box 15058, Durham, NC 27704, postmarked Richard Welsh no later than June 30, 1986. 2311 East Lake Sammamish PI., S.E. be expected until he gets all the items moved in and arranged for easy access. Smith is The committee shall complete its review Issaquah, WA 98027 of applicants so that selection of the recipient also making all new jigs for the aircraft. may be announced at their annual fly-inl Smith and his partner hope to attend the meeting which will be at Cablel Union airport, annual Funk Fly-In July 25-27, 1986 at Cof­ Wisconsin, July 31 through August 3. feyville, Kansas to meet with members of the For further details as well as information Funk Aircraft Owners Association. on the Ercoupe Owners Club, Inc, contact For information on this group, contact G. Skip Carden, P.O. Box 15388, Durham, NC Dale Beach, 1621 Dreher Street, Sac­ 27704, phone 919/471-9492. ramento, CA 95814, phone 916/443-7604 .• VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13 (Part 1 of a 2 part article) The KI D at the by Ted Businger (EAA 93833, NC 2333)

(Photos by the author, except as noted) ---1938--­ NATIONAL AIR RACES

The means of airport access that I had to pit their skill against all comers. More with other potential buyers, and to defray a developed for the 1937 races (see Ted's ar­ brand new racing planes had been built than portion of the expenses involved. ticle in 11183 T. V.A. .. Ed.) were used again ever before. Some obsolete racers were re­ The Bellanca 28-92 had a wingspan of 46 in 1938. Once the program was underway, surrected and refurbished and many of the ft. 4 in . and was 28 ft. 4 in . long. The fuselage the 50 cent admission to the grandstand old stand-bys were reworked and updated. was chrome moly tube construction, while area had to be paid, if the entire show was the all-wood wing was fabric covered over a to be properly viewed. Bendix Trophy Race plywood skin. Sheet metal covered the out­ In late 1937, the world began preparing for Listed below are the aircraft as listed in board engine/landing gear pods, plus the war. This resulted in a surge of business that the 1938 program book, followed by a brief nose to cockpit area of the fuselage. The aft would reduce global depression. Naturally, description of each: fuselage was fabric covered. profits rose and part of this additional reve­ As in most Bellancas, the selection of col­ nue was diverted to increase prize money by Jackie Cochran's Seversky externally was a ors and finish left a good deal to be desired. the Bendix, Thompson and Cleveland duplicate of Frank Fuller's. Undoubtedly When Frank Cordova landed the ship in Pneumatic Tool organizations (L. W. Greve, there were internal differences. Cleveland, one of his first statements was, Pres.). As an illustration, the 1938 Thomp­ The Spartan 7-W Executive was a beauti­ ''That is one of the easiest planes I've ever son Trophy winner was guaranteed a greater ful but stock commercial entry. The Spartan flown ." Indeed, the landing looked as easy purse than was paid to the entire field of was an all-metal low wing, four place ship as one in a Cub, and was completed under contestants in either the 1936 or 1937 races; with retractable gear and a P&Y:J single row less than ideal conditions. A recent reliable and twice the amount paid to the field from Wasp Jr. driving a Hamilton Standard propel­ report stated the 28-92 was sold to a wealthy 1929 to 1934. The Bendix and Greve events ler. Aircraft dealer John Hinchey was listed Brazilian in late 1941 or early 1942, with a also reflected this phenomenal increase. as pilot, however when they landed in Cleve­ fair possibility that at least a portion of it still The 1938 rules governing closed course land, Charles La Jotte was in the left seat. exists some place in South America. competition had been substantially revised. LaJotte was a very fine flight instructor from A new Bendix entry in 1938 was Ross All races of less than 550 cubic inch dis­ Long Beach, California whose most famous Hadley's Beech Staggerwing. Certain refine­ placement (c .L d.) were eliminated. Also student was Howard Hughes. The Spartan ments and paint color were differences be­ gone were the thrilling qualifying races, and Aircraft Co. seemed intent on beating the tween it and Louise Thaden's 1936 Bendix the shorter race courses. Beech 17s for the advertising value they winner and Jackie Cochran's D17W. Jac­ Qualifying consisted of a timed , two lap would realize. This 7-W still exists in Ken­ kie's Beech was flown by movieman Max speed dash around the ten-mile quadrilateral tucky. Constant in this race. course. Each pilot was allowed three at­ G. M. Bellanca designed and built the tri­ An interesting sidelight was the entry of tempts and could elect to fly the speed trial motored 28-92 racer as Alex Papana's entry Bernarr McFadden. Mr. McFadden was 70 on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday (August in the cancelled 1937 trans-Atlantic race. It years old and a health food fanatic. He was 31st to September 2nd). The minimum is an enigma among the many marvelous well known as publisher of the popular speed for the Greve event was raised to 200 machines that carried the proud Bellanca weekly magazine, Liberty. Because of his mph with the distance increased to 200 label. It has never been clear how the mix­ age he was required to have a co-pilot for miles. The Thompson Race minimum speed ture of power plants was arrived at. Certainly the face. His Northrop Gamma had originally was set at 220 mph and the distance the Menasco C6S-4s installed outboard and been Russell Thaw's. lengthened to 30 miles. Another major rule the V-12 Ranger in the nose posed serious Lee Gelbach's Wedell-Williams racer had change prohibited any plane from being maintenance problems. Apparently Papana been given a facelift following Art Davis' flown in both the Thompson and Bendix refused to accept delivery of the plane after landing accident in it in 1937. Owner Jack events in the same year. the trans-Atlantic race was off. Bellanca Wright had it repaired, including cosmetic im­ The purpose of the increased duration of chose to race it in an effort to stir up interest provements. A gleaming white paint job com- the racing events was two-fold: (1) To prom­ ote advances in military pursuit plane de­ velopment, and (2) To quiet critics of air rac­ BENDIX ENTRIES ing by discouraging those designs that today would be regarded as "hot rods". Racing No. Pilot Plane C.I.D. Color Generally, the airlines were the most vocal 9 Paul Mantz Lockheed Orion 1823 Red & Lt. Cream critics of air racing. The airline industry of 13 Jackie Cochran Seversky SEV-3 1830 Silver/Green Trim that era faced the formidable problem of try­ 31 Max Constant Beech D17W 985 Dark Green ing to lure passengers away from other com­ 44 Ross Hadley Beech D17S 985 Med. Green/Red, mon carriers. At that time, every aircraft ac­ White, Blue Trim cident made front page headlines with arti­ 61 George Armistead Gee Bee QED 1690 Cream/Lt. Red Trim cles describing every gory detail. Such re­ 70 Bernarr McFadden Northrop Gamma 1823 Silver ports had a substantial impact even on vete­ 72 Charles LaJotte Spartan7-W 985 Ivory and Blue ran air travelers and thwarted efforts of the 77 Frank Fuller Seversky SEV-3 1830 Silver airlines to relieve their tenuous financial pos­ 85 Bob Perlick BeechA17F 1823 ? ition. 92 Lee Gehlbach Wedell-Williams 985 White The greatly increased racing purse gener­ 99 Frank Cordova Bellanca 28-92 1860 Flat Green & Black ated a flurry of activity among those inclined (no show) Roy Hunt Lockheed Orion 1823 ?

14 APRil 1986 Jim Vliet Collection Ground Crew restrains the Schoenfeldt "Firecracker" during engine run-up. William Schoenfeldt is at right with sleeves rolled up.

Ross Hadley's Beech Staggerwing was a newcomer to the Ben­ Wm. Yeager Photo dix race In 1938. The Brown B-2 "Miss Los Angeles" was modified for the 1938 Greve Race. Note new tapered wings.

Wm. Yeager Photo Roy Rusaell Photo Elmendorf Special "Jackrabbit". This aircraft is on display in Bellanca 28-92 with two Menasco C6S-4s and one Ranger V-12. the EAA Aviation Museum. pleted the rebuild. Close examination follow­ showed the greatest design ingenuity. En­ of Art Chester's Jeep and Benny Howard's ing the Bendix revealed a pretty tired Wasp gine size restrictions dictated that approach "Mike" was tucked in a hangar. Neither was Jr. It is not clear why this entry was placed if they were to be competitive in the officially entered, and later events would in the Bendix rather than the Thompson Thompson Race. It is a point of conjecture have made them welcome additions. One where it was designed to fly. that the continued development in this class biplane was also entered. would have resulted in domination of the Art Chester's Goon was undergoing final Thompson in a few more years when WW II construction and test flying just prior to the GREVE TROPHY RACE intervened. qualifications. This procedure broke Art's The entrants in the Greve Race always Tom Stauch was there as the new owner rule of making all preparations away from

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15 GREVE ENTRIES (550 CJ.D.) Class 2

Racing No. Pilot Plane C.I.D. Color 5 Art Chester Chester Goon 549 Lt. Cream/Black Markings 15 Joe Jacobson Folkerts SK-4 549 Red 17 George Dory Bushey-McGrew 363 Silver (ex-Rider R-2) 18 AI Larry Rider R-6 8-Ball 549 Robin Egg Blue 19 Walter McClain Light Aircraft 173 Lt. Blue & Yellow Developer's F-15 21 Russ Chambers Chambers Chambermaid 326 Medium Yellow 22 Earl Ortman Marcoux-Bromberg 489 BlacklYeliow Wings Jack Rabbit 33 Marion McKeen Brown B-2 489 Red/Gold Markings Miss Los Angeles 49 Clarence MacArthur Delgado Flash 549 Black & White 52 Harry Crosby CrosbyCR-4 549 Silver/Ok. Blue Wings 70 Tony LeVier Schoenfeldt Firecracker 549 Ok. Yellow/Maroon Trim (no show) Jimmy Malone Lindberg Special 266 ?

the race site. When completed, the Goon The low wing was very thick at the root, was one of the most beautiful ships in this tapering in all directions toward the tip. The 3 class ever built. It was a true midwing with thick roots were needed to house the retract­ retractable gear and tail skid. The French able gear. The seat and canopy were linked Ratier prop was, to my knowledge, the only to allow a raised position during landings and one ever built to turn clockwise as viewed take offs (similar to "Time Flies"). The fuse­ from the cockpit. The Menasco C6S-4 Super lage tapered to a near perfect cone at the Buccaneer engine was extensively reworked rudder. A semi-retractable tail skid was used. with all moving parts being statically and The CR-4 looked fast just sitting in the dynamically balanced. The top of the crank­ haflgar and was the fastest straight-away case contained four aluminum inserts that plane ever entered in the Greve race. served as additional breathers. The Chambers Chambermaid was the The canopy on the Goon had a wrap­ smaller of two planes designed by engineer around windshield with a sheet metal top to Tom Floyd. It was powered by a Menasco reduce glare. The unit was slide rail Pirate and featured a shoulder-mounted mounted, push to open, pull to close, and wing that was extremely short. A novel light could be left partially open in flight. As with weight gear retraction system consisted of a the Jeep, Art built his planes a trifle heavier few sprockets and bicycle chains that re­ than most in this class, relying on superior sulted in a Grumman type action. The ship finish and attention to detail to even things was painted Cub yellow. Lateral balance was out. Cowl louvers were thermostatically con­ minimal, which resulted in a pretty exciting trolled. time during landings and take offs. The Folkerts SK-4 was very similar to Keith Rider's R-6 Eight Ball was typical Rudy Kling's SK-3, but with improvements. Rider design philosophy but was the largest A two-bladed metal prop was used and the in-line engined racer he ever built. The orig­ nose section was a great deal cleaner. Many inal concept was to power it with a special louvers had been eliminated from the cowl­ V-16 engine from race car builder Harry Mil­ 1. Steve Wittman's "Bonzo" ready for the 1938 The ing design of the SK-3. The landing gear legs ler. Apparently, cost considerations pre­ were less angled and probably a few inches cluded the installation of the V-16. Mr. Rider 2. Harold Johnson's aerobatic Laird "Continental ~ longer, making the SK-4 stand higher. The seemed to be applying the design criteria rudder was a totally new component and the developed by the 1936 Caudron C-360 to 3. Fine tuning the 825 hp Curtiss V-12 Conqueror ir wing fillets and gap sealing were improved. this plane. The entire exterior was plywood a la Steve Wittman's "Bonzo" was source of coe The overall appearance was terrific. that had been impregnated with a plastic The Crosby CR-4 was the only all-metal compound. This resulted in a glass smooth 4. Russ Chambers' "Chambermaid" with mechanic ship in this class. The landing gear legs and finish and the effect was tremendous. One wheels were very rugged and unlike most, airport wag stated, "10,000 flies broke tileir 5. Military Aircraft Corp. HM-1 with P&W R-1830. were of decent size. The wood Fahlin prop necks trying to sit down on it. " was out of character with the rest of the plane Vincent Lindberg was a Missouri National 6. Estimated landing speed of the Hosler Fury w (one doubtful report claims it was from the Guardsman who modified the Knight Twister equipped with skis. SK-3). design for his entry. Called the Lindberg

16 APRil 1986 Special, it was not seen at the 1938 Cleve­ deepened that area. Other than a new black land races. and yellow paint job and a new prop, it was Racers which had been built for the Greve the same racer. In flight, it had turned into a race included the Bushey-McGrew which bucking bronco, which probably accounted was originally the Rider R-2 Bumblebee. The for the Jack Rabbit name. changes were mostly cosmetic, with the skin smoothed out and then polished to a high THOMPSON TROPHY RACE luster. The Menasco Pirate was completely rebuilt. The four new entries in the unlimited cate­ C. Claude Flagg had nearly built a new gory marked a resurgence in' that class. One racer out of the Light Aircraft Developer's F­ additional entry was reworked to the extent 15. It featured a new wing with retractable that it too could be considered as new. At undercarriage, a rebuilt aft fuselage, plus a any rate, Time Flies had never been flown new light blue and yellow paint job. Even in competition. with all of these improvements, it would be The Pearson-Williams' PW-1 was de­ hard pressed to qualify for the Greve. It just signed by Rod Nimmo, engineered by C.R. did not have the horsepower needed to com­ "Bud" Pearson and financed by Pasadena, pete. California socialite Mrs. Edith Boydston Byron Armstrong's students at the De­ Clark. (Mrs. Clark had been the financial 19ado Trade School in New Orleans had angel on the earlier Rider R-3) . Lee Williams nearly built a new race plane since 1937. was the man who accomplished most of the The Delgado Flash had a new spinner, nose fabrication , being a first class A&E for Marion section and cowl. The cockpit sported a new McKeen for several years. The airplane fitted windshield with a hatch cover. The fixed gear its name, Mr. Smoothie, perfectly. It gave the was fully spatted and fitted with decent-sized immediate impression of being a large size wheels. All the old wrinkles in the fabric had Folkerts. been smoothed out with seams and gaps It was a dramatic looking racer with its neatly covered. The high gloss black and superior finish giving it a touch of elegance. white paint job really sparkled. The Menasco The nose section included a hollow spinner C6S-4 did not have the ear-piercing sound fitted with fan blades (a la Wittman's Bonzo). of the other Super Buccaneer engines which A steel Storey-Gawley prop was used, driven seemed to indicate that Armstrong and his by a re-built Curtiss Conqueror engine. The students were unable to obtain the maximum only breaks in the cowling were the required power output. scoops and louvers. There is ample evi­ Marion McKeen installed a new cantilever dence that the original plan was to use an wing and a rather fragile appearing retracta­ Allison V-1710 engine but military security ble landing gear on the old reliable Brown thwarted this idea. B-2 Miss Los Angeles. The thicker wing de­ Sheet metal covered the hot section of Mr. tracted from the appearance of the Brown. Smoothie with the aft fuselage and the wings The Schoenfeldt Firecracker had received being fabric over plywood. The semi­ a thorough clean-up and face lift. All Rider monocoque skin was fastened in place with racers required several years of racing in a jillion tiny brass screws. The wing tapered order to debug them and, Tony LeVier was in both plan form and thickness. The instru­ instrumental in fine tuning the R-4. ment panel carried a host of dials, unusual The Elmendorf (Rider R-5) was bought by for such a limited purpose aircraft. A simple Hal Marcoux after the Golden Gate Races. center-hinged pyraline hatch enclosed the In repairing the belly damage, they had cockpit. ion Race. ial". THOMPSON ENTRIES (1830 C.I.D.) CLASS

Pearson-Williams "Mr. Smoothie". Hollow spinner Racing No. Pilot Plane C.I.D. Color air for engine radiator. 2 S. J. Wittman Wittman Bonzo 1145 Red/Silver Cowl 3 Earl Ortman Marcoux-Bromberg 1535 Yellow & Black .tractlng landing gear. 11 Lee Williams Pearson-Williams PW-1 1569 Orange-Red 25 Joe Mackey Wedell-Williams Comet 1690 Gold 29 Roscoe Turner Turner-Brown-Laird 1830 Silver 41 Leigh Wade Mil. Air. Corp.-1 1830 Navy Blue & Yellow ,ver 100 mph. Racer was flown off a frozen lake (no show) George Nelson Armitage Racer 700 Blue ? Dale Meyers Spartan 7-W 985 Silver/Red Trim (no show) Russ Hosler Hosler Fury 1145 V. Dark Red

AIRPLANE 17 The MAC.-1 (Military Aircraft Corp.) was the rebuild of the beautiful Time Flies. Howell W. "Pete" Miller designed and engineered this racer for Frank Hawks. The Granville Brothers built it originally and then rebuilt it into the two-place tandem configuration after Hawks had bent it. MAC.-1 was too large a racer to permit the favored "pylon polishing" turns which most pilots desired. The belly area around the wheel wells and the gear doors showed evidence of the earlier bad landing by Photo by George Washburn Hawks. The Granville's continued to make Engine run-up prior to first flight test of Art Chester's "Goon" with Menasco Buccaneer repairs to this area, right up to race time. 290 Mainly, they attempted to just smooth out the belly wrinkles and get the gear and gear doors to function properly. This damaged area and overly large greenhQuse detracted from the plane's otherwise good looks. Many high ranking milit{lry officers showed great interest in the ship, especially the U.S. Navy. Those examining it were: Jimmy Doolittle, "Hap" Arnold, AI Williams, Bill McKittrick, Commander Browning, Ira Eaker and "Pete" Mitscher. These entourages greatly interfered with the work being at­ Collect-Air Photo tempted by the Granvilles. Keith Rider R-6 "8-Ball" placed in both the 1938 Greve and Thompson races. The Spartan 7-W Executive entered in the Thompson was a duplicate to the one en­ Romania and Count Otto Von Hagenburg re­ Hagenburg who flew Jungmeisters. tered in the 1938 Bendix but without the long turned with Bucker Jungmeisters. Emil Kropf Because Harold Johnson was such a big range fuel tanks and sporting a different brought the unique Fiesler Storch from Ger­ hit at the 1937 races, he was accorded two paint job. many. The Storch was an early and success­ spots on the 1938 program. In what might Russ Hosler's Fury was entered but not ful S.T.O.L. aircraft. The peerless Hanna have been a scheduling mix-up, he per­ seen at the 1938 race, therefore this descrip­ Reitsch and Peter Riedel flew the very first formed at high speed in a Laird (billed as tion is from a later date. The Fury had a sailplanes that I had ever seen. They were racing plane aerobatics), landed then shoulder-mounted wing that was rectangular called Habichts and were extremely man­ sprinted to his Ford Tri-Motor for the con­ in plan form. The airfoil was very thin, with a ueverable. Their beauty in flight had all of us cluding aerobatic act. Between the two, razor sharp leading edge that swept up! spellbound. Harold performed every manuever in the Hosler used a Curtiss 0-12 engine with a Dick Granere, the WW I R.CAF. ace, book. (The lomcevak was yet to be intro­ Hamilton Standard prop. The coolant had his Curtiss-Wright Jr. fitted with four duced.) radiator was automotive style, mounted model airplane engines on the wing leading Rev. Leonard Peterson used a brand new ahead of the engine. The landing gear re­ edge, in addition to its Szekely power plant. Dart to show his aerobatic prowess. The little tracted Folkerts' style, but into two external He used the model engines to prove that two-place, side-by-side Dart was not de­ pockets. The cockpit canopy and seat were fl ight could thus be maintained. He also signed as an aerobatic ship, but Peterson linked together, similar to Time Flies. Except teamed up with Mike Murphy for a dual com­ did a creditable job with it. Cliff Henderson during take off and landing the canopy was edy act. Dick wore a top hat and tails. His would not have used the act if it were not up nearly flush with the cowl, resulting in no for­ plane was called DTs-4 (a pun aimed at the to his standards. ward visibility. The tail feathers were similar DC-4, and an inebriate). Von Hagenburg did not repeat the reck­ to those on Chester's Jeep. It is doubtful if Mike Murphy abandoned his "aircraft car­ less abandon of his 1937 performances and the red hot Fury could take off or land within rier" routine following the Golden Gate Show in comparing the two, Papana had to be con­ the confines of the Cleveland Airport. and in 1938 had a pair of standard Edo floats sidered the more precise. Modifications to the Turner-Brown-Laird on his CUb. He took off and landed on the A few days prior to the start of the races, racer included added wheel pants, shorter grass in front of the grandstand. Mike's cos­ all Navy pursuit ships were grounded with exhaust stacks and a few new air control tume was that of a Swiss admiral. In another defective props. AI Williams took over that ducts. Somehow Don Young (or P&W) had sequence, Mike and four others used Wacos time slot with the orange and white Grum­ found a way to extract several hundred more and demonstrated smoke writing. man Gulfhawk. The highlight of Major Will­ horsepower out of the P&W twin Wasp Sr. The great Tex Rankin put on a fine aero­ iam's routine was an outside loop. Those As usual, Roscoe Turner had a new sponsor. batic performance in his Great Lakes. The who have not seen one of those done in ex­ Hal Marcoux made similar modifications to Lakes was a fine aircraft, but could not com­ cess of 250 mph have a remarkable experi­ the big Marcoux-Bromberg Special. pete with the Bucker Jungmeister in aerobat­ ence in store for them .• AI Williams had great success in signing ics. It is regretable that Mr. Rankin never per­ three additional German "stunt pilots" for the formed in one of these superb machines. He (to be continued in May THE VINTAGE 1938 race program. Both Alex Papana of was a better pilot than Papana or Von AIRPLANE) ------1938Program------­ 11 :30 a.m. Band Music 2:10 Hanna Reitsch & Peter Riedel (Sailplane aerobatics) 11 :40 Leonard Peterson in a Dart 2:20 U.S. Marine Corps in Grumman F3F-4s 11 :50 Alex Papana in a BOcker 2:45 Emil Kropf in a Feisler Storch against Earle Eckles in a 12:00 Parachute spot jumping contest Pitcairn Autogyro (S.T.O.L. & hovering contest) 12:25p.m. "Tex" Rankin in a Great Lakes 2:55 "Admiral" Mike Murphy in a Cub with pontoons 12:35 Glider Trio (Ted Bellak, Chet Decker, & Emil Lahecka) 3:05 10,000 ft. delayed chute opening. Faye Cox & 3 men. 12:45 Aviation on Parade (Commercial aircraft circle the field) 3:15 Count Otto Von Hagenburg in a BOcker 1:00 Inaugural Ceremonial 3:25 U.S. Army Air Corps in Seversky P-35s. 1 :05 Daylight Pyrotechnics 3:50 Dual crazy flying by Mike Murphy & Dick Granere 1:10 Mike Murphy & Linco Flyers (Aerial smoke writing) 4:00 Race of the Day (Greve or Thompson) 1 :15 Dick Granere in a Curtiss-Wright Jr. (Comedy) 5:30 Mass parachute jump 1:25 U.S.N. Time Slot (Filled by AI Williams - see story) 5:45 Prize drawing for attendees 1:50 Harold Johnson in a Laird 6:00 Band music 2:00 Harold Johnson in a Ford Tri-Motor

18 APRIL 1986 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EM Antique/Classic Division (through mid-December, 1985). We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members' common interest is vintage aircraft. Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members.

Cartica, William Bucksat, Albert Turbayne, Stephen A. Mull, Harold K. Hammonton, NJ Belleville, Illinois Medfield, Massachusetts Mission, Kansas

Scott, Thomas M. Hill, Bruce Lockwood, Bradley, P. Dow, Errol K. Seattle, WA Hollywood, Florida Milford, Ohio Salem, New Hampshire

Beckworth, Brad Woolworth, James H. Marchino, Heath Glause, George, R. Jacksonville, Florida Malibu, California Vincennes, Indiana Orwell, Ohio

Bartlett, Mark Gilchrist Jr., Richard S. Brydon, Loy Bierman, Paul Cary, Illinois Lynn, Massachusetts Tucson, Arizona Anchorage, Alaska

Gatzke, Ron MCilrath, Paul Espejo, Ron Verser, Jack . Lexington, Massachusetts Cedar Rapids, Iowa Lafayette, Colorado Greeley, Colorado

Harvey, James H. Rathje, Paul C. Gilchrist, Alice M. Anderson, Danny St. Louis, Missouri Peotone, Illinois Lynn, Massachusetts Dayton, Ohio

Ainsworth, A. G. Chafin, Buiel Daunt, William A. Shimpa, Sandi Luling, Texas Gardendale, Alabama Norton, Massachusetts Mayodan, North Carolina

Winget, Jay Peace, J. L. Zipp, Eugene G. Larson, Janna Sunnyvale, California Auckland, New Zealand West Bloomfield, Michigan Scottsdale, Arizona

Hammond, William R. Burt, Daniel J. O'Brien, D. G. Mayo, Nancy Rhinebeck, New York St. Paul, Minnesota . Oregon, Wisconsin Fremont, California Staples, Norman Williams, Terrence W. Boston, Emerson C. Gray, George I. Sussex, Wisconsin Yellowstone Park, Wyoming Aurora, Colorado Santa Maria, California

Bowen, Robert P. Buck, Robert O. Kerfoot, John D. Malsby III, J. C. Memphis, Tennessee Marietta, Georgia Tampa, Florida Belton, Missouri

Rothhammer, L. Dale Piercy, Rick McCoy, John R. Lengen, John Tulsa, Oklahoma Olympia, Washington Vancouver, BC, Canada Ocala, Florida

Wilson, Stephen Patus, Nandor F. Schmitt, John A. Masse, T. J. Osgood, Indiana South Bend, Indiana Northridge, California London, Ontario, Canada

Nucklos Jr., Royd M. Sanford, James T. Macomber, John Hellmann, Norma J. Lima, Ohio APO, New York, New York Warrensburg, Missouri Black Hawk, South Dakota

McMaster, John B. Schreur, Harold P. Bousman, John C. Rollison, James H. Kansas City, Missouri Mahwah, New Jersey Waukesha, Wisconsin Vacaville, California

Amlie, Paul Morgan Jr., Gilbert E. Kivi, Lorraine Wilson, J. R. Benson, Minnesota Chicago Heights, Illinois San Diego, California Lynnwood, Washington

Lipton, Leonard Young, C. Felkins, Larry Storey, Toni M. White Plains, New York Rockdale, Texas Talala, Oklahoma Mission Viejo, California

Wahl, Marvin Otto, R. S. King, Max May, Gordon S. Englewood, Colorado Wilmette, Illinois Toronto, Ohio Arnoldsville, Georgia

Conway, Mickey Knapp, Louis Lauletta, Nicholas J. Shafer, Jay Tucson, Arizona Girdwood, Alaska APO, New York, New York FPO, San Francisco, California

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19 LOVE THAT lNTERSTA:

NC37262 over the beautiful Willamette Valley after winning an award at Evergreen Field, Vancouver, Washington. by Carol Skinner also home to several antiques and graphing them, but never dreaming that (EM 151919, AlC 7660) classics so it wasn't long before we one day we would not only fly one but came to the conclusion that a 152 didn't have one newly restored. I fell in love, for the second time, at have near the class of a taildragger. Our restorer, Tim Talen of the Rag­ age 52. No, it wasn't another man. It Who ever comes up to look over a C­ wood Refactory just outside Springfield, was our newly restored 1941 Interstate 152 when it lands at a new airport? We was the founder and president of the Cadet S1A. Yes, I had watched the re­ had been airport bums for many years Oregon Antique and Classic Aircraft storation taking place, even helping my seeking out unusual aircraft and photo­ Club. We had seen the quality of his husband pick out exterior colors (with the approval of the restorer) and coor­ dinating the interior colors and fabrics myself, but it wasn't until she sat there so beautiful and looking as if she could hardly wait to fly, that the love affair re­ ally began. As with most trainees, my husband and I learned to fly in a Cessna 152 about 4-1 /2 years earlier. Hal, my hus­ band, and both our sons have always been in love with airplanes, but it wasn't until he decided to buy a C-152 in partnership with two other men and learn to fly that I also took an interest in flying . I decided if he was going to "get his wings" I'd better get mine, too, or I'd be left at home while he was off flying somewhere. So in due time, we both got our licenses and put a few more hours on the 152. However, we both are still low time pilots. The airport where we had our 152 tied down is a small, 2100' x 19' strip at Creswell, Oregon, about 10 miles south of the Eugene-Springfield area. It was Carol Skinner proudly poses with the Interstate Cadet. 20 APRIL 1986 Tim raise the back seat 1-1 /4". He liked it so much he plans to do the same in his Cadet. The biggest problem at this point was figuring the geometry for dual Adams ... Bodell hydraulic brakes. The way In­ terstate achieved this was to grind off the word "Cadet" and turn the pedals upside down giving toe brakes. We de­ cided we wanted the brake pedals in the original position and to keep the word "Cadet" on them, which we did with the small sacrifice of heel instead of toe brakes. The tail wheel steering was converted direct to the rudder pedals and the rud­ der cables were installed. Lightweight Stits covering was applied to the bottom of the fuselage; the wings were covered and the en­ velope for the fuselage sewed up. Hal and Carol Skinner's Interstate. About this time, the controls and flying wires were sent to the plating shop and work in a couple of restoration projects So on November 1, 1984 the project the Sensenich propeller arrived . and were very impressed. One of the was acquired and the cleaning of the Next to be covered were the control things we really appreciate is that he, airframe and checking of parts began. surfaces and the gear. The entire pro­ with a master's degree in history, is de­ Tim had hired Ron Englund, an A&P at ject was given four coats of silver with dicated to keeping his restorations as Lane Community College, to assist him lots of good hand work between each close to original as possible. He re­ in the restoration , under close supervi­ coat. searches every detail and has contacts sion. Much to our delight, and Tim's, The time had come to select the ex­ for many of the parts he needs. Ron proved to be a meticulous and in­ terior colors. I wanted to do as much Before the Interstate, we had traded novative worker and was responsible color coordination with the Interstate our 152 for a different taildragger, one for a great deal of the restoration. This decal as possible, both inside and out­ with a round engine, but found it a little was his first such job and he was very side. Tim didn't approve of our first color more than a couple of low time pilots pleased with the results. selections and we're really glad he could fly comfortably. So we began Tim and Ron began by inspecting, didn't because the finished product looking around for something that more sandblasting, sanding out rust spots turned out to be just the way we wanted closely met our ''frustration level". Be­ and priming the fuselage frame. The it. We settled on a modified Miami Blue sides, we were looking for something wings were in great shape and none of for the fuselage and Tucson Cream for we could fly without having to put in five the spars had to be replaced. New con­ the horizontal flying surfaces and the hours of work for every one hour flown . trol cables and wiring were installed and stripe on the fuselage. Gold pinstriping Knowing that, Tim made an appoint­ after putting in gap seal stiffeners, they was applied to the fuselage stripe, a ment to talk to us about acquiring an were set aside. The firewall was refur­ necessary addition in my opinion. Interstate Cadet project and restoring it bished and new floorboards and win­ Assembling some of the pieces that for us. dow frames built. Since the Interstate had been stacking up helped quiet my During the summer of 1984, OACAC can be soloed from either seat, we had impatience somewhat. The fuselage had organized and sponsored an Ore­ gon Air Tour in which Tim, his wife Ma­ rian and two-year-old daughter Ariel flew their Interstate. Hal and I also par­ ticipated. At one of our overnight stops, Hal went up with Tim and was very im­ pressed with the responsiveness of the controls and the general characteristics of the Interstate. The seed had been planted. The project Tim located was mostly all there. It had had several Oregon owners but was never completely re­ stored. There is not much information available on Interstates, but Tim knew they were built at EI Segundo, California as a CPT trainer during WW II , and he had assembled all the information he could find . It didn't take much convinc­ ing that an Interstate was just what we needed. Hal and I agreed we wanted the plane to look as authentic as possi­ ble without sacrificing comfort in flying . And I also wanted the interior, as spar­ tan as it is, to be as attractive as possi­ ble. On the runway at Creswell Airport. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21 was mounted on the gear, and the motor mounts, baggage and seat slings installed. In an attempt to quiet the air­ CALENDAR OF EVENTS craft, extra sound proofing material was APRIL 19 - AMERICUS, GEORGIA - Lindbergh MI 49036, phone 517/278-7654. Days Celebration at Southard Field, com­ JUNE 12-15 - STAUNING, DENMARK - EAA placed behind the firewall, sides and memorating Lindbergh's 1st solo flight there. Chapter 655 KZ & Veteranfly Klubben 19th An­ under the floorboards. A wooden door Aviation pioneers to be honored. Vintage and nual Fly-In at Stauning Airfield. Contact: Dr. was built and with the addition of control homebuilt aircraft are invited. Contact: Linda Magnus Pedersen, President, Hovedgaden 54, sticks and fuel tanks we got a hint of Deriso, home 9121937-5507 or work 9121924­ 6971 Spjald, Denmark, phone 07-38 1020. 4456. JUNE 13-15 - MIDDLETOWN, OH - All America things to come. APRIL 19-COMPTON, CALIFORNIA - 2nd An­ Aeronca Fly-In. Tours of the Aeronca factory The majored Continental A65-8 nual International Cessna 120/140 Association and the U.S.A.F. Museum. Banquet on Satur­ looked like a starter motor compared to Regional Spring Fly-In and 40th Anniversary day night with speakers and judged aircraft the round engine I was used to. I just celebration at Compton Airport. Contact: J. R. awards. Contact: Jim Thompson, Box 102, (Jack) Rhines, California State Representative, Roberts, IL 60962, telephone, 217/395-2522. wasn't sure that little thing could get the 213/869-1662. JUNE 14-15 - HERMISTON, OREGON - EAA airplane off the ground. But by the time APRIL 25-27 - KITTY HAWK, NORTH Chapter 219 Annual Fly-In. Awards for home­ the nose bowl and the "smiley face" CAROLINA - 4th Annual Wilbur Wright Fly-In built, kitbuilt, classic and antique. 20th Anniver­ were added, it looked like a tandem at Wright Brothers' National Memorial. Gather­ sary Fly-In. Contact Douglas Ankney, Jr., 5031 ing of antique and classic airplanes along with 567-3964 or 503/567-7531, or write: L. W. trainer for sure. vintage automobiles. Contact Gene O'Bleness, Amacker, 4529 N.W. Ave., Pendleton, OR We opted for black face instruments First Flight Society, 919/441-3761. 97801 since we had all of them. A Model A gas MAY 2-4 - COLUMBUS, INDIANA - Annual In­ JUNE 15-17 - WACO, TEXAS - 5th Annual gauge adorns the center of the instru­ diana EAA Convention. Come to Hoosierland Short Wing Piper Convention. Contact: Jerry and celebrate Spring with forums, commercial Knapp, President - Southwest Chapter Short ment panel. We wanted interior colors displays, banquet, entertainment and good Wing Piper Owners, Rt. #1, Box 39J, Purdon, that would make the cockpit look larger food. Contact: Julia Edwards Dickey, Presi­ TX 76679 or Dan Nicholson, Chairman - South so we chose gray for the headliner and dent, Indiana EAA Council, 511 Terrace Lake Texas Chapter Short Wing Piper Owners, Box sides, the same color as the tubing. The Road, Columbus, IN 47201, 8121342-6878. 239, Tomball, TX 77375. MAY 2-4 - BURLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA JUNE 20-21 - TULSA, OKLAHOMA - Annual seat upholstery and carpet are the - EAA Antique/Classic Chapter 3 Annual EAA Chapter 10 Fly-In at Riverside/Jones Air­ same color as the fuselage. This was Spring Fly-In. Contact: Ray Bottom, 103 port. Contact LeRoy Opdyke, 13535 N. 155th Tim's first attempt at upholstering an Powhatan Parkway, Hampton, VA 23661, E. Ave., Collinsville, OK 918/371-5770. airplane and not only did he enjoy it, he phone 8041722-5056. JUNE 21·22 - STURGIS, KENTUCKY - 2nd An­ MAY 3 - COLUMBUS, INDIANA - Third Annual nual Fly-In. Breakfast, fly-bys. Antiques, class­ did a superb job. His attention to detail, Airport Awareness Day sponsored by Colum­ ics, homebuilts, warbirds welcome. Two-day very important to me, was outstanding. bus Municipal Airport, Rhoades Aviation and event. Awards for best in class. Facilities avail­ The addition of the official Interstate Hangar 5 Restaurant along with EAA Chapter able to tent. Auto fuel available. Contact: Stur­ Cadet decals and new data plates were 729 and Indiana EAA Council. Fun all day. gis Airport, 5021333-4487 or 5021333-4890. Contact: J. E. Dickey, 511 Terrace Lake Road, JUNE 26-29 - HAMILTON, OHIO - 27th Annual the finishing touches. Extra data plates Columbus, IN 47201, 812/342-6878. National Waco Reunion. Contact National Waco of etched aluminum were obtained and MAY 3-4 - COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE - 3rd An­ Club, 700 Hill Avenue, Hamilton, OH 45015. are available from Tim Talen at $50.00 nual Hunter Field Antique/Classic fly-in. Spon­ JUNE 28-29 - ORANGE, MASSACHUSETIS ­ per set. sored by Nashville EAA Chapter No. 162. Con­ 10th Annual New England Regional Fly-In. tact: Allen Curtis, 615/361-5625. Trophies for best and outstanding antique and New sheet metal was made where MAY 4 - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS - EAA Chapter classic each day. Fly market, camping, food. needed and the single coat of Stits color 22 Annual Fly-In Breakfast. Easton Aviation, Contact: Paul Dexler, 617/544-6412. was covered with two coats of clear for Greater Rockford Airport, 7 a.m. until noon. JUNE 28-29 - MANKATO, MINNESOTA - EAA a long lasting finish. With the addition Contact: Wallace Hunt, 815/332-4708. Chapter 642 Fly-in pancake breakfast both MAY 16-18 - COLUMBIA, CALIFORNIA - 18th days in conjunction with Mankato Airfest. Con­ of the tail wheel, rudder, oil tank, carb Annual Continental Luscombe Association fly­ tact: Bob Holtorf, 208 Capri Drive, Mankato, and mags, the Cadet was ready to be in, Columbia Airport - FFI. Contact Continental MN 56001, phone 507/625-4476. moved outside the paint shop. What ex­ Luscombe Association, 5736 Esmar Road, JUNE 29-JULY 4 - OREGON AIR TOUR - Ore­ citement when the wings and stabilizer Ceres, CA 95307, phone 209/537-9934. gon Antique and Clasic Aircraft Club sponsor­ MAY 17- HAMPTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE -11th ing a leisurely flight around the northwest, like were added. A complete airplane! On Annual Aviation Flea Market. (Rain date - Sun­ the Tex Rankin tours of the 30s. Contact: June 6, 1985, Tim flew our Cadet, with day, May 18.) Fly-in, drive-in, bring your junk. Leonard Tarantola, 2643 Moon Mountain a hands off climb out, from the Jasper Buyers and sellers welcome. No fees. Anylhing Drive, Eugene, Oregon 97403. Ridge Airfield. He was off the ground in aviation related okay. Contact: 603/964-6749 JULY 3-5 - TECUMSEH, MICHIGAN - Meyers (days) or 6031964-8833 (evenings). Aircraft Owners Association National Annual 225 feet. MAY 17 - CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA - EAA Fly-In and AI Meyers Airport 50th Anniversary That's my very untechnici'!1 report on Chapter 723's 5th Annual Fly-In/Swap Meet. celebration. Contact: 517/423-7629. the restoration of a beautiful 'aircraft that Prizes for best antique, claSSiC, conventional JULY 4-6 - BLAKESBURG, IOWA - Type Club has become a big part of my life. Much homebuilt and composite homebuilt. Contact: Fly-In at Antique Field. Aeronca, Pietenpol, Tom Henebry, 1172 Milligan Drive, Camarillo, Corban, Fairchild, Hatz, Great Lakes and to my delight, I soloed NC37262 last CA 93010, phone 805/482-3823. others. Fly-outs, awards. Contact: AAA, Route summer and look forward to a long and MAY 23-25 - ATCHISON, KANSAS - 20th An­ 2, Box 172, Ottumwa, IA 52501 , telephone 5151 happy love affair. I discovered just how nual Fly-In of Greater Kansas City Area Chap­ 938-2773. much the Cadet loves to fly when, on ter of AAA. Amelia Earhart Memorial Field. JULY 4-6 - COTIAGE GROVE, OREGON - 6th Contact: Lynn Wend I, Fly-In Chairman, 8902 Annual Gathering of Antiques and summer my first solo flight, I was flying almost Pflumm, Lenexa, KS 66215, phone 913/888­ meeting of the Oregon Antique and Classic Air­ before the throttle was fully advanced, 7544. craft Club. Contact: TIm Talen, 5031746-6572. and was over 250 feet AGL by the time MAY 24-25 - ANDERSON, INDIANA - Taylor­ JULY 13-19 - LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA I reached the end of the 2100 foot strip. craft Fly-in at Ace Airport. All light plane en­ - A Piper Cub fly-in called "A Sentimental thusiasts invited. Camping on field. Contact: Journey to Cub Haven". Flight contests, dis­ I was truly in love. 317/378-3673. plays, pilot seminars, flea market, tours of the Since the completion of the restora­ MAY 24-26 - LAMPASAS, TEXAS - 7th Annual area and banquet. Camping available. Contact: tion, the Cadet has won awards at Deer Pasture Fly-In, Memorial Day Weekend. Irving L. Perry, P. O. Box J-3, Lock Haven, PA Merced and Evergreen. And while win­ Contact: John Bowden, Rt. 2, Box 137, Lam­ 17745. pasas, TX 76550, phone 5121556-6873. JULY 28-AUGUST 1 - MANASSAS, VIRGINIA ning awards is fun, it's even more fun MAY 3O-JUNE 1 - LELYSTAD, NETHERLANDS - 18th Annual International Cessna 170 As­ to go to fly-ins and meet folks who flew -15th Annual NVAV/EAA Chapter 664 Fly-in sociation Convention. Contact: Byrd Raby, an Interstate ''way back when". It seems at Hoogeveen Airfield. Special 15th anniver­ 3011743-7623. there is no better way of meeting in­ sary celebration. Contact: Wolanda I. Verlaan, AUGUST 1-8 - OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN ­ President, Kerkstraat 34, 6627 AL Maasbom­ World's Greatest Aviation Event. 34th Annual teresting folks than to tie down your air­ mel, Netherlands, phone 31-8876-1726. EAA International Fly-In Convention and Sport craft, sit under the wings and talk to MAY 31-JUNE 1-COLDWATER, MICHIGAN­ Aviation Exhibition. Contact EAA Headquar­ people who come by. It's what we look Fairchild reunion. All Fairchilds invited. Con­ ters, Wittman Airfield, Oshkosh, WI 54903­ forward to doing in the summer time .• tact: Mike Kelly, 22 Cardinal Drive, Coldwater, 3086, phone 414/426-4800.• 22 APRIL 1986 restaurant, the classic cars that showed up and, of course, looked over the fine ANTIQUE/CLASSIC display of visiting aircraft. That evening the crowd was treated to a cook-your­ steak over an open barbeque grill, fresh corn, baked beans. coleslaw and hot CHAPTER 9 FLY-IN coffee or cold drinks. Following dinner, the following awards were presented. GRAND CHAMPION - Lew Wallick's Boeing P-12 from Se­ attle; PEOPLE'S CHOICE - Ron Peck's Stinson "w"from Yelm (it also received "club choice" from members of the visit­ ing Oregon Antique and Classic Air­ craft Club [OACAC]); BEST WARBIRD Floyd and Marilyn Tuckness' DeHavi­ land Chipmunk from Auburn; BEST SILVER AGE ANTIQUE (1928-1932) ­ Brian Martell's Student Prince from Port Townsend; BEST CONTEMPORARY AGE (1933-1945) - Tim Talen's In­ terstate Cadet from Springfield, Ore­ gon; BEST CLASSIC CLASS I (up to 100 hpj - Jim and Roz Casad's Cessna 140 from Renton; and BEST CLASSIC CLASS II (over 100 hpj - Don White's Beech Bonanza 35 from Auburn. Following the presentation of awards, a terrific array of door prizes were handed out by Keith Laird and Tom Ed­ wards. The evening concluded with the Photo by Jim Morrow lucky raffle winner receiving a trip-for­ Snoopy gets some cockpit time in Lew Wallick's GRAND CHAMPION Boeing Model 100 two anywhere (except Sun Valley) on (P-12) from Seattle, WA. the Horizon Airlines system! by Ken Russell another couple of hours. Sunday started with another great (EM 241637, AlC 9185) Saturday started with a sunrise sunrise breakfast prepared by the 99s. breakfast cooked by the local women Early cloudy weather to the south and After terrific summer weather and a pilot organization of the 99s. With the west delayed the planes from heading very active flying calendar in the state weather breaking up and the sun begin­ for home but about 10 a.m. with of Washington, the weekend after Labor ning to come through, the airplanes weather clearing, members began firing Day brought Puget Sound its first pre­ began arriving. By late afternoon about up and winging into the blue. A few lude to fall by a rain-threatening 35 planes were parked in front of more planes dropped in during the day weekend - the weekend the Puget Tosch's hangar of which 22 had regis­ but most activity had ceased by early Sound Antique Airplane Club (PSAAC) tered to be judged for awards in 7 afternoon. had elected to hold its annual fly-in at categories. The Puget Sound Antique Airplane the beautiful hangar of member Orville During the day PSAAC members vis­ Tosch at the south end of the Tacoma ited the FAA control tower, the airport (Continued on Page 25) Narrows Airport near Gig Harbor, Washington. Friday evening was a potluck (bring your own) hangar party followed by a hangar dance with music provided by the South Hill Puyallup Jazz Band. Be­ cause of threatening weather, most PSAAC members arrived by car. The evening was highlighted when it was discovered that comedian and good will ambassador Bob Hope's Citation jet was parked down the flight ramp. Bob Hope had been the featured performer to open the Western Washington State Fair at Puyallup, a community just south of Tacoma, Washington. PSAAC mmebers, along with the band, wandered down to the plane at about the time Bob Hope returned from Puyallup. A little impromptu serenade followed with a few bars of "Thanks for the Memories" while club president Keith Littlefield presented Mr. Hope with Phoio by Jim Morrow a PSMC T-shirt. After Mr. Hope left, People's Choice and Oregon Antique and Classic Aircraft Club's Choice was Ron Peck's the party returned to the hangar for Stinson "W" from Yelm, WA. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23 Steve Plourde waits for the 40 hp Continental to warm up. Face mask and snowmobile suit protect against the cold December weather. by Steven J. Plourde completely forgotten about the other and waiting, December 27, 1985 rolled five planes. around. It was my 16th birthday. I went When I was eight years old we moved Before I knew it we were there. But to bed the night before with a few to Harvard, Illinois. The house was on where was there? I didn't see any hundred butterflies in my stomach to the edge of town not far from a small airplanes, just a house, shop and barn. keep me company. By morning I was grass strip airport, so on weekends I Mr. Hill said, "Come on, the planes are feeling much better. I took a peek out­ would sit on my front lawn and watch in the barn ." I had heard of some side. It was completely overcast. The biplanes doing aerobatics there. strange things before, but this was the wind was from the west at about 20 mph Curiosity got the best of my dad and me ultimate - airplanes in a barn! - a 90 degree crosswind! Snowflakes and soon weekend visits to the airport So it was. The hangar door was were beginning to fall , along with my became routine with us. For years, opened and I found myself in the front hopes. hanging on the airport fences was as seat of a 1937 J-2 Taylor CUb. I didn't I guess somebody upstairs was on close as we could get to the action. know that much about airplanes, but I my side that whole week though. Four Then one day while we were at the could tell that this was not your average days earlier seven inches of snow had airport investigating a formation fly-out run-of-the-mill airplane. First of all, there fallen, so out came the skis for the of five antique biplanes, we encoun­ were no doors or windows . . . only a airplane. We had put them on the night tered a couple who were also obviously windshield. Next, Mr. Hill explained we before my birthday. It was decided that interested in what had just taken place. had no brakes. No brakes! Oh well, I with so much snow I could take off My dad quickly started up a conversa­ figured he must know what he's doing. across the north-south runway and use tion with Dick and Jeannie Hill. I was By then, I didn't even care. I was going part of the adjacent snow-covered farm half watching the airplanes and half lis­ flying! field for our "active" runway. tening when I heard Mr. Hill say, "We've To make a long story short, I was in­ After the hangar door was opened got a couple of planes. Why don't you vited back the following day and have and the airplane was out it was time to come with us? It's a beautiful evening been going to the Hill's ever since. preflight the Cub. I checked the oil, gas for an airplane ride." By this time I had Finally, after years of flying, learning and oiled the valve guides and stems

Steve and the J-2 are ready to go. Note horizontal windsock Steve touches down on his first solo as his instructor, Dick Hili, behind the tree. looks on. It was Steve's first time ever on skis! 24 APRIL 1986 - standard procedure with a Continen­ tal A-40-4. After a short walk around, ANTIQUE/CLASSIC CHAPTER 9 FLY-IN the airplane was ready to go. By now my family had arrived, includ­ (Continued from Page 23) ing my grandparents who were visiting from Williamsburg, Virginia. They were watching my every move. I called, "Cracked and contact." Mr. Hill swung the prop through and the 40 hp engine came to life purring a steady 800 rpm . After a few words from Mr. Hill and a couple of pictures, I taxied to our makeshift runway 27. I glanced at the four - yes that's right, four - instru­ ments, checked the trim and controls and gave it full throttle. In seconds I was in the air. I was so excited I barely heard myself repeating, "Right rudder, 2300 rpm, etc." I knew I would have only this one chance for my first solo flight so I tried to slow myself down (not the airplane). No good. It's amazing what a gallon of adrenalin can do. I wasn't even cold with the minus 10 degree wind chill blowing in my face! I turned crosswind, then downwind. 600 ft! Already?! I didn't know this thing Photo by Ken Russell Best Classic Class I (0 to 100 hpj went to Jim and Roz Casad's Cessna 140 from Renton, could climb this high . With Mr. Hill in the WA. front seat we were lucky to get to 400 feet during the entire pattern! Club (PSAAC) was formed in the early Antique and Classic Aircraft Club Next I realized that I would have to '70s and was chartered Chapter 9 of (OACAC) fly-in in July, the EAA regional land this airplane, and on skis at that. the EAA Antique/Classic Division in gathering at Arlington in August, the That would have been no problem ex­ 1979. The first three annual fly-ins were Northwest Antique Airplane Club cept for the fact that I' had never flown held at the Shelton Airport west of (NWAAC) August fly-in at Evergreen in on skis before. Oh well, Mr. Hill said it Olympia, Washington while the last two Vancouver, Washington, and often par­ would be easy, so let's go for it. have been held at Orville Tosch's ticipate as a club at various major air I turned on final slightly high and with hangar at the Tacoma Narrows Airport shows throughout the area. Persons in­ a gentle slip was back where I be­ in Gig Harbor. PSAAC members enjoy terested in antique and classic longed. Stick all the way back and with dinner meetings with a program to fol­ airplanes are invited to join the Puget a puff snow I was on the ground. Sooner low every other month September Sound Antique Airplane Club by send­ than I would have liked, it ended. through May, and participate in many ing for a club application to : Tom Ed­ After congratulations from Mr. and summer flying activities throughout the wards, PSAAC treasurer, Box 338, Gig Mrs. Hill and my family, I got to thinking Pacific Northwest, such as the Oregon Harbor, WA 98335 .• about my horoscope, which I had read several days before. It simply (and ac­ curately) stated, "You'll have your best birthday yet!'" •

Photo by Ken Russell A happy Steve Plourde celebrates his Best Contemporary Antique (1933-1945) award went to Tim Talen's Interstate Cadet first solo on his 16th birthday with hot from Springfield, OR. Tim is immediate past president of the Oregon Antique and Classic chocolate and Christmas cookies. Aircraft Club. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25 - VOLUNTEERS!

By Bob Brauer (EM 81504, AlC 4319) It is the volunteers who make the Antique/Classic Division's participation in our Convention a success. Recognition should go to those people who devoted long hours of hard work from dawn to dusk under the hot sun, in the cold and rain, carrying out the various duties relating to the Division's activities. The following men and women have earned the "Round Engine" patch award for serving the Division for 15 hours or more at Oshkosh '85:

Abresch, Robert C. Broadfoot, David Doyle, Mike Fryling, Ken Brookfield, WI Wauwatosa, WI Oshkosh, WI Jenison, MI

Arvanite, Chris G. Callentine, D. R. Dwight, Ken Gamble, Kenneth Bolingbrook, IL Dayton,OH Houston, TX Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Christian, Robert Geiling, Eric Auger, Thomas E. Ellshoff, Karl Green Bay, WI Franklin, IN Strum, WI Moorsville, TN Classen, Charles C. Enger, Jack H. Girard, Judy Baldwin, Norma Gurnee,IL Traverse City, MI San Carlos, CA San Mateo, CA 31 Colburn, Jim Key West, FL Gomoll, Stan Falkenstein, Joe Beecroft, Paul Minneapolis, MN Long Beach, CA Coleman, Dr. Don Akron,OH St. Louis, MO Gruizenga, Dennis Beecroft, Gloria Farrell, Richard Portage, MI Long Beach, CA Coleman, James L. Glendale, NY Springfield, VA Gustafson, Dale A. Benedict, Donna Faux, Dale Indianapolis, IN Wayland, MI Coulson, Ruth Lakeland, FL Lawton, MI Gygax, Larry Benedict, Willard Faux, Marty Waukesha, WI Wayland, MI Coulson, Phil Lakeland, FL Lawton, MI Hammer, Jim Traverse City, MI Bennett, David Finiello, John G. Highland, MI Copeland, Jack S. Albuquerque, NM Westborough, MA Hampshire, Tom Menomonee Falls, WI Beyer, Greg Fogerty,John Covington, C. W. "Pete" Cedarburg, WI Minneapolis, MN Spencer, WA Harmon, Barbara San Jose, CA Bihary, Karl C. D'Attilio, Lawrence Fowler, James W. Dearborn, MI Brookfield, WI Houston, TX Harmon, Loina San Jose, CA Bihary, Raymond A. Depew, Robert Fowler, Mary Jean Hawks, Peter Taylor, MI Geneva, NY Houston, TX San Carlos, CA Bowers, Tim Dion, Joe Francke, Tim Hewett, Mike Woodland, CA Salem, NH Prairie du Sac, WI Cedar Rapids, IA

Brauer, Bob Doughty, Dick Fritz, Ron Hilbert, E. E., "Buck" Chicago,IL Ogdensburg, WI Kent City, MI Union,IL

26 APRIL 1986 Hilbert, Bob Mahoney, Jim Olcott, Ray Siavicek, Kathleen Carpentersville, IL Anderson, IN Nokomis, FL Des Plaines, IL

Hill, Jeannie Mahoney, Luzetta Payne, Brad Soerens, Andy Harvard, IL Anderson , IN Dayton, OH Brookfield, WI

Hoffman, Jan Majka, Bob Payne, Steven R. Sorcsek, Martin Dayton, OH Hoffman Estates, IL Dayton, OH Lebanon, PA

Hoppenworth, Marv Martin, Richard K. Peckman, Linda Steinhilper, Rick Cedar Rapids, IA Green Bay, WI Little Compton, RI Clifton Springs, NY

Howard, Brett Mason, Robert Pedersen, Jimmy A. Stephenson, Paul Glen Ellyn, IL Camfield, OH St. Paul Park, MN Albuquerque, NM

Johanson, Chuck May, Matthew D. Pelletier, Fran Steuer, Rebecca Albuquerque, NM Dayton, OH No. Vancouver, BC, Canada Oxford, MS

Johnson, Ron Maynard, Art Perkins, Red Stumpp, Dieter Jackson, MN Warwick, RI Milwaukee, WI Plasserville, CA

Johnson, Robert C. McCarthy, Jack Peterson, Ted Swalheim, Keith Jackson, MN Crestwood, IL White Cloud, MI Stoughton, WI

Krautner, George McRae, Jim Pitchard, Fred Swalheim, Richard West Allis, WI Vancouver, BC, Canada Milwaukee, WI Stoughton, WI

Kuick, Ken Meade, George Pitts, Billie Telhelm, Kirk C. Wheaton , IL Milwaukee, WI Aurora, CO Flushing, MI

Lachendro, Mark Mercial, Sharon Redman, Roy Thompson, Jim Butler, PA Fulton, MO Faribault, MN Aurora, CO

Lachendro, John Mitchell, Wi lliam Rollison , Jimmy Tupper, Don Butler, PA Coudersport, PA Montora, CA Laramie, WY

Ladage, Terry Morgan Arthur R. Rowland, Ann Tupper, Susan Champaign, IL Milwaukee, WI EI Cajon , CA Laramie, WY

Lando, Jay Morgan, Katie Rowland, Thomas Viets, Edna Seattle, WA Milwaukee, WI EI Cajon, CA Lyndon, KS

LeMay, George Morgan, W. J. Royall, Karen Wallin, Jerry Calgary, Alberta, Canada Appleton, WI Malakoff, TX Kent, WA

Lembcke, R. W. Morris, Gene Ryan, Sally Whitney, Bob Carbondale, IL Roanoke, TX Mounds View, MN Romeo, MI

Leskiven, William Morrissette, Don Sandlin, Lisa Wittman, Steve J. Madison, WI Sussex, WI Appleton, WI Oshkosh, WI

Lickteig, R. J. Neuman, D. G. Sandlin, Dani Wolfe, Kenneth W. Albert Lea, MN Minneapolis, MN Appleton, WI Helotes, TX

Loy, Glenn A. Newman, Alex Shoen, Konrad Wolford, Dale Flint, MI Hood River, OR Denver, CO Ashland, OH

Loy, Marilyn, Olcott, Ben Schreiber, Clarence E. Womack, John Flint, MI Appleton, WI Wauwatosa, WI lola, KS

Lumley, Bob Olcott, Jo Shaw, Dave York, George Brown Deer, WI Nokomis, FL Penn Yan, NY Mansfield, OH

Most of the volunteers in 1985 worked for us in previous years. We are truly grateful for this continued response and show of confidence in the Division's efforts for a successful Convention. To ALL the men and women who have responded to our request for volunteers, we give a hearty salute! They deserve our praise for a terrific job and special thanks for their time and special talents. We are looking forward to the challenges of a successful Convention in 1986. Continued involvement will guarantee success. See you at Oshkosh! •

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27 Here's another mysterious bfplane, obviously a homebuilt effort. The photo was sumitted by Hugh Butterfield of Mo­ mence,IL - place and date unknown. Engine is a 5-cylinder radial, possibly a LeBlond. Answers will be published in the July, 1986 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Deadline for that issue is May 15, 1986. The Mystery Plane in the January 1986 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANEwas no mystery to our many experts. The airplane is the Lanier Paraplane II. The date for the photo ap­ pears to be in question. Dick Gleason of Austin, MN notes that the Cessna 150 in the background is listed in the 1972 FAA Register as a 1967 model. The Lanier Paraplane was a develop­ ment of a design that originated in 1929 magazine. The single seat Paraplane Answers were received from Bob as the Vacuplane XL-1. It was designed Commuter 110 first flew in 1958. Lanier Scheidly of New Haven, IN ; Doug by Edward H. Lanier of Covington, KY announced that a series of design Rounds of Zebulon, GA (who sent and built and flown at the University of studies were underway for types rang­ copies of pages from Jane's All the Miami in 1931. Later, assisted by his ing from a 50 hp single seat sportplane World's Aircraft); Joe Tarafas of son, Edward M. Lanier, development of to a 4-6 seat commuter model with a Bethlehem, PA, Dave Harris of Mason Models XL-2 to XL-4 was undertaken 260 hp engine and a retractable landing City, IA; Dick Gleason of Austin, MN ; by the senior Lanier during the next gear. The ultimate fate of the Paraplane C.H. Armstrong of Rawlings, MD (who year. The next model in 1933, the XL­ 120 is unknown. Evidently, it never re­ sent photos of the Paraplane taken in 111 , changed the configuration consid­ ceived an ATC for, as Charley Hayes 1968); Charley Hayes of Park Forest, erably and was the basis for later mod­ points out, the word "Experimental" ap­ IL, Dave Jackson of Toulson, IL and els. pears on the fuselage. Charles E. Stewart of Grand Terrace, The history of the development of the A detailed history of the Lanier de­ CA. • Paraplane is outlined in a company velopment would require more space stock prospectus punlished in 1946, a than is available here. References can copy of which was sent in by Charles be found in POPULAR A VIA TlON for E. Stewart of Grand Terrace, CA. Pre­ November 1931 , April 1933, April 1935 senting the STOL flight characteristics and February 1938; AERO DIGESTfor of the Model 120, the slogan "Every February 1932 and February 1935; Field an Airport" was adopted. A de­ FL YING for September, 1949 and Oc­ tailed description of the 120 and the tober 1950; AIR PROGRESS 19571 "Vacu-jet" airfoil can be found in the 1958 Annual and Uncommon Aircraft by September, 1949 issue of FL YING Peter M. Bowers. Vintage Seaplan (Courtesy EDO Corporation) Ann and Charles Lindbergh at Edo, College Point, New York in 1931 just before their famous flight to the Orient. Their plane is the prototype Lockheed Model 8 "Sirius", NR211 , SIN 140, built in 1930 as a land plane but shown here mounted on EDO Y-6075 floats. Each float contained a 150 gallon fuel tank and was equipped with an automatic water rudder. Before the twin float in­ stallation, Lindbergh replaced the origi­ nal 420 hp P&W Wasp engine with a supercharged Wright Cycline which de­ veloped 680 hp at 2100 rpm . Two years later a 710 hp Cyclone was installed. This Lockheed with its floats is in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. 28 APRIL 1986 Where The Sellers and Buyers Meet...

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