Monosport Historic Restoration Straight & Level Vintage Airplane GEOFF ROBISON STAFF VAA PRESIDENT, EAA 268346, VAA 12606 EAA Publisher
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013 •Honoring PHP •AirVenture Photos •Vin Fiz Part 2 Monosport Historic Restoration Straight & Level Vintage Airplane GEOFF ROBISON STAFF VAA PRESIDENT, EAA 268346, VAA 12606 EAA Publisher . Jack J . Pelton, . .Chairman of the Board Editor-in-Chief . J . Mac McClellan Editor . Jim Busha Reflection on a . [email protected] Performance – Fine Tuned! VAA Executive Administrator Max Platts summer’s activities 920-426-6110 . [email protected] Advertising Director . Katrina Bradshaw 202-577-9292 . [email protected] Where has my summer gone? Is it really fall already? Do I re- Advertising Manager . Sue Anderson ally have anything to complain about when it comes to the weather this 920-426-6127 . [email protected] past summer? Well, we did have a few very warm days in the spring, but Art Director . Livy Trabbold that is easily addressed with a nice long Harley ride through the country- side. But other than that we have had some fantastic weather here in the VAA, PO Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903 Website: www.VintageAircraft.org Midwest. In all my years of attending AirVenture Oshkosh I cannot re- Email: [email protected] member a better weather week. It was as close to perfect as one can get. Oshkosh 2013 My post Oshkosh debrief this year was as positive as I have ever had the pleasure to submit. There were many highlights to this year’s events TM in the Vintage area of operations. I have been saying out loud to many of our members, “This was the best event I have had the pleasure of be- ing involved with in my 30-plus years of volunteering at Oshkosh.” The VINTAGE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION Round Engine Rodeo was an outstanding venue for the VAA. Again, we Current EAA members may join the Vin- were blessed with the best possible weather conditions we could ever tage Aircraft Association and receive VINTAGE hope for, and I strongly suspect that this proved to be a large factor in the AIRPLANE magazine for an additional $42 strong number of aircraft that we had the pleasure of hosting at Oshkosh per year. this year. I am continuously impressed with the owners and operators of EAA Membership, VINTAGE AIRPLANE these very special vintage aircraft who make the effort and investment to magazine and one year membership in the The 2014 Focus ST is a car built for performance and meant to be seen. With its striking one-piece trapezoidal EAA Vintage Aircraft Association is available bring their flying machines to Oshkosh. Many of them actually travel to grille, sculpted side skirts, integrated roof spoiler and vented rear bumper, Focus ST’s design adds aerodynamic for $52 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not stability to an exhilarating driving experience. Oshkosh each and every year to attend The World’s Greatest Aviation Cel- included). (Add $7 for International Postage.) ebration we all know as Oshkosh. Another huge part of the success of this The fine-tuned sport suspension can be felt at every turn. High-performance disc brakes and Torque Vectoring year’s event is certainly a tribute to our VAA volunteers. Again, we experi- FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS Control, which adjusts the speed between the front wheels while accelerating through corners, help provide enced well more than 500 volunteers that came to Oshkosh to volunteer Please submit your remittance with a superb traction, handling and control. The Privilege of Partnership directly with the VAA organization. You have heard me say many times check or draft drawn on a United States ® Focus ST brings intensity to your ride with a turbocharged direct-injection 2.0L EcoBoost engine that provides EAA members are eligible for special pricing on Ford Motor before, “This thing doesn’t happen without our volunteers.” We would bank payable in United States dollars. Add required Foreign Postage amount for each 252 horsepower* and outstanding fuel efficiency. It’s paired with a six-speed manual transmission geared to Company vehicles through Ford’s Partner Recognition never be able to experience such a safe and successful event without membership. produce the maximum punch from each throw of the gearshift. Program. To learn more on this exclusive opportunity for these hundreds of individuals who travel here each year, and oftentimes they spend their entire vacation with us at AirVenture. So, to all of the And Focus ST even looks fast on the inside with its sporty cockpit-styled interior. Racing-inspired aluminum shifter EAA members to save on a new Ford vehicle, please visit Member Services and pedals, and available Recaro® seats with matching accents, add to the feel of your spirited driving experience. www.eaa.org/ford. vintage aircraft owners/operators, the volunteers, the staff at EAA, and PO Box 3086 the Vintage Aircraft Association board of directors, my humble thanks to Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086 Focus ST – It’s All About Performance! each of you for making this event the premier event that we enjoyed this Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM—6:00 PM CST *Achieved with premium fuel. year. We hope to see you at Oshkosh 2014! Join/Renew 800-564-6322 [email protected] A Tribute to Those Gone West EAA AirVenture Oshkosh I was personally overwhelmed and saddened by the news of our found- www.airventure.org 888-322-4636 continued on page 63 www.VintageAircraft.org 1 EAA_Divisional_Nov_FocusST_Ad.indd 1 9/6/13 8:52 AM Vol. 41, No. 6 2013 CONTENTS NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 8 22 42 54 VAA 2013 Hall of Fame Inductee Sole Survivor Walking the Line Coast to Coast With the Vin Fiz Susan Dusenbury Historic Aircraft Restoration Sparky’s 2013 AirVenture Notebook Part 2 Jim Busha Museum’s 1929 Monosport Sparky Barnes Sargent The 84-day odyssey of Cal Rodgers Model 2 Mark Carlson 16 Budd Davisson Paul Howard Poberezny An amazingly accomplished life 30 . .beautifully lived AirVenture 2013 Pictorial Charles W . Harris COVERS FRONT COVER: The 1929 Monosport Model 2 owned by the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum displays itself in front of the VAA Red Barn. Photo by Phil High. BACK COVER: Displaying his wonderful sense of humor, Paul Poberezny hams it up for the camera during a membership drive campaign. PHOTO DAVID K . WITTY COLUMNS 1 Straight and Level 12 How to? Reflections on a summer’sactivities Inspect and test aircraft fabric @VintageEAA facebook.com/EAAVintage Geoff Robison Robert G. Lock 4 Air Mail 15 Ask the AME ANY COMMENTS? New medications for atrial fibrillation Send your thoughts to the Don’t worry—your favorites like Vintage Instructor, Good Old Days and 5 Thank You, Vintage Editor at: [email protected] Friends of the Red Barn John Patterson, M.D., AME the Vintage Mechanic haven’t gone away. We had to make room for the For missing or replacement magazines, 61 New Members or any other membership-related ques- AirVenture coverage! Look for all your favorites to be back in the next 6 Gone West tions, please call EAA Member Services issue of Vintage Airplane. 64 Classified Ads at 800-JOIN-EAA (564-6322). 2 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013 www.VintageAircraft.org 3 Air Mail Helio Super Courier and Piper Super Cub 1 maintained, and I flew it in 1979 for some 42.5 hours Very nice write-up, Jim. Stephen Ruby Helio Aircraft Owners Network Oshkosh, Wisconsin Friends of the Red Barn - 2013 Thank you for your generous support! Diamond Plus Level Bronze Plus Level Steve Moyer Charlie Harris Barry Holtz Pfizer Foundation Robert “Bob” Lumley Dan and Mary Knutson Lynn Oswald Earl Nicholas Dwain Pittenger Steven and Judith Oxman Wes Schmid Bob and Pat Wagner Tim and Liz Popp Ron Tarrson Bob Porter VAA Chapter 10, Tulsa, Oklahoma Bronze Level Jerry Riesz David Allen John Rothrock Jr. Diamond Level Lloyd Austin Jeffrey L. Shafer JIM KOEPNICK RUSS MUNSON Jonathan and Ronald Apfelbaum L. Tom Baker Bob Siegfried II Raymond Bottom Jr. Retired Lt. Col. Hobart Bates David Smith Hello Jim, Jim, Jerry and Linda Brown Cam Blazer Dean Stoker Just read your article on Aaron’s Helio Super Cou- Just thought I would drop you a line and a quick story. A.J. Hugo Logan Boles Alan Thiel rier N4157D No. 509 which was built in March of I was looking through the September/October Vin- Arthur H. Kudner Jr. Gary Brossett Carl and Pat Tortorige that year. The early 395s had a gross weight of 3,000 tage Airplane, and I came across this article of S/N No. Richard and Sue Packer Thomas Buckles Thomas Vukonich pounds and were never a favorite of the contraband 1 Super Cub. Ben Scott Robert “Rob” Busch Donald Weaver smuggling crowd due to their slow cruise and less My dad, Kip Mone, says old man Piper called him Geoffrey Clark Jan Douglas Wolfe Dan Wood than 1,000 pound payload. The H-395 was the choice (Kip Mone) and understood he ferried airplanes, Gold Level Syd Cohen Ron Apfelbaum Donald Coleman of special ops for Air America with persistence from among other things. My dad said yes. So he and a John Cronin Doug Combs Supporter Level Maj. Heinie Aderholt who convinced the Air Force to friend raced to pick up the plane and fly it to Florida David Smither Dan Dodds Jesse Black III purchase them for use in Laos as early as 1960. They so it could do some “tests.” The tests were takeoff Geff Galbari Charles R. Burtch flew routinely from “Lima” sites: downhill, uphill, and distance, service ceiling, and so on. It turns out it was Silver Level Arthur Green Rolly Clark sometimes off curved paths. the Piper Super Cub. If I recall, Carole Bailey did some Dave and Wanda Clark Terry Griffin Camille Cyr The airplane Aaron had was the only Helio with no of the flying.