VOL. 30, No. 10 OCTOBER 2002

STRAIGHT & LEVELlButchJoyce

2 VAA NEWS/H.G. Frautschy

4 OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS AND FLYING MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T

6 THE GLOW OF OLD INSTRUMENTS JOHN MILLER

7 MYSTERY PLANE

8 CECIL HESS AND HIS AIRPLANE MIss FORTUNE'S PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A COLORFUL CHARACTER/ Bob Howie

12 EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2002 THE VAA AREA WAS THE PLACE TO BE! H.G. Frautschy

21 EAA SPLASH-IN 2002 Norm Petersen

24 WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING/H .G. Frautschy

25 PASS IT TO BUCK/Buck Hilbert

27 CALENDAR

28 NEW MEMBERS

30 CLASSIFIED ADS WWW.VINTAGEAIRCRAFT.ORG

FRONT COVER: I'll bet Martin and Osa Johnson would be thrilled to see the fi­ Publisl,er nal product of the late Buzz Kap lan's Born Again Restorations, their second Sikorsky S-38 replica . EAA photo by Lee Ann Abrams, shot with a Canon EOSln Eclltor-ill-CIIle( scon SPANGLER equipped with an 80-200 mm lens on 100 ASA Fuji slide film. EAA Cessna 210 Executive Director, Editor HENRY G. FRAUTSCHY photo plane flown by Bruce Moore. VAA Adlllillistrative Assistallt THERESA BOOKS Executive Editor MIKE DIFRISCO BACK COVER: Bill Ellsworth has been a regular contributor to the EAA Sport COlltributillg Editors JOHN UNDERWOOD BUDD DAVISSON Art Competition, and this year's effort, awarded an Honorable Mention ribbon is "Shake, Rattle, Roll , Pitch and Yaw," an 8xl0 inch etching. Bill do­ Grapllic DesiSl,er OLIVIA L. PHILLIP nates hi s artwork to EAA each year. One of the stairways in the EAA AirVenture PltotograpllY Staff JIM KOEPNICK LEEANN ABRAMS Museum is a gallery of his artwork, with 29 pieces of his handiwork on display. Aclvertisillg/Eclitorial Assistallt ISABELLE WISKE Bill is a self-taught artist, and a retired Naval Aviator, a veteran of WW-II , Korea and Vietnam during his 27 year career. 5 Be LE BY ESPIE "BUTCH" JOYCE PRESIDENT, VINTAGE ASSOCIATION Prudent operations

A year of trial is now behind us, nothing new has popped up. The and as we approach the holidays, Internet is fantastic for this pur­ I'm keeping my thoughts positive pose, and a great place to start is with regard to the challenges we've EAA's Flight Planner. Go to faced as a nation and as an avia­ www.vintageaircraft.org and you'll see tion community. In the immediate an icon to access this great members­ There was a new appreciation for days following September II, it only benefit. Combined with a the fact that we do have this free­ was hard to find a silver lining in DUATs briefing, your call to FSS can dom of flight, and that it really what seemed like the darkest cloud be pretty short. Think of it as a good could be taken from us at any mo­ we'd ever seen. excuse to refresh your flying habits. ment. It's unfortunate, but I know But thanks to the leadership The FAA is under great political that there are a few individuals who shown by EAA and many others, pressure to clamp down on air­ have decided to sell their aircraft most of us were able to get back in space Violators-just ask anyone because of what has taken place the air. Unfortunately, more often who has wandered into the pro­ during the past year. Most likely, than not, politics seem to be dic­ hibited area above Camp David, or these people were casual users of tating the "requirement" for the TFR over the president's ranch aviation. The dedicated aviation temporary flight restrictions in Texas. It's bad enough for those people seem to be sticking with avi­ (TFRs), many of which still ad­ involved, but it affects each of us. ation; in fact, they have become versely affect many of our fellow Everyone of these publicized inci­ more dedicated to the movement. members. Included in that group dents doesn't help us be seen in a Your membership in the Vintage are those who fly banner towing positive light by government offi­ Aircraft Association shows you to aircraft or the dedicated folks who cials or the general public.