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VOL. 32, NO.6 JUNE 2004 2 VAA NEWS/H.G. Frautschy 5 THE FIRST LOCKHEED Cedric Galloway 8 MYSTERY PLANE/H.G. Frautschy 10 2004 SUN 'N FUN EAA FLY-IN H.G. Fraustchy 16 THE SEVEN-YEAR PAINT JOB THERE ARE TRAVEL AIRS AND THEN THERE ARE TRAVELAIRS Budd Davisson 20 FLIGHT STORY A GRANDFATHER'S INSPIRATION Tom Matowitz 24 CHAPTER LOCATOR 26 THE VINTAGE INSTRUCTOR RESIGNATION/Doug Stewart 27 PASS IT TO BUCK TAKE THE PLEDGE/Buck Hilbert 28 CALENDAR 29 CLASSIFIED ADS Publisher TOM POBEREZNY Editor-in-Chief SCOTT SPANGLER Executive Editor MIKE DIFRISCO News Editor RIC REYNOLDS Photography Staff JIM KOEPNICK Front Cover: What was going to be a quick paint upgrade turned into an Production Manager JULIE RUSSO award-winning restoration of this Beech Travelair owned by 5 partners. Advertising Sales LOY HICKMAN For more on the fun they had, see Budd Davisson 's article starting on 913-268-6646 Advertising/ Editorial Assistant ISABELLE WISKE page 16. EAA photo by Jim Koepnick, EAA photo plane flown by Walt Copy Editing COLLEEN WALSH Dori ac. KATHLEEN WITMAN VINTAGE AI RP...:L:::;A..N...E::....________--I Executive Director, Editor HENRY G. FRAUTSCHY Back Cover: The EAA Sport Aviation Art Competition is open to a wide VAA Administrative Assistant THERESA BOOKS variety of media, including stained glass. This Navy N3N was a Merit rib Contributing Editors BUDD DAVISSON DOUG STEWART bon winner in the 2003 competition for artist Gary Elshoff of Grafton, JOHN MILLER Wisconsin. Check out his website at www.flyingcolorsglass.com. ST ESPIE "BUTCH " JOYCE PRESIDENT, VINTAGE ASSOCIATION Division change & Chapter fun This is my 189th "Straight & not paid attention to educating Level" co lu mn while serving as these new people regarding the re president of the Vintage Aircraft lationship between EAA and its Association. After this one, the divisions. It is my hope that we a hangar on the airport on Friday July and August columns will be can do a better job in the future in night. After the sun went down, the last ones I will be writing as this regard. the group retreated to the hotel to your president. watch old movies before turning When you look at this year's I've had the in for the night. Saturday morning ballot, you will see that I will not the weather stayed great, and air be running for the presidency, but pleasure of planes started to fill the air. Before will be staying on as a director. I've the day was over, the number of had the pleasure of serving the serving the aircraft was estimated to be some membership as the president of where around 200! this division for 16 years, just more membership as It was great to see a number of than half of the 31 years the divi aircraft that I had not seen before sion has existed . The total the president at this fly-in . After lunch, the enjoyment of having done this is judges were hard at it, picking the hard to describe, because it has winners that would be honored at been such a long run. of this division the awards banquet Saturday Over the years we've enjoyed night. This dinner was held at the the largest growth in membership, for 16 years, some hotel that served as the head and with greater numbers comes a quarters hotel for the fl y-in. more stable financial position. just more than Sunday morning was one of those This was not my achievement days that we get here in North Car alone; I have had great support half of the 31 olina in the early summer-an from the officers, directors, mem early morning fog smothered the bership, and staff. years the division trees and grass. You know when It just felt like the right time to you look out of the window on turn over the leadership of the has existed. such a morning that you can have VAA to some younger people, folks a relaxing morning. As usual, the with new thoughts and new en I was able to attend the VAA fog burned off around 10:30 or ergy. I am not totally going away, Chapter 3 Spring Fly-In that was 11 :00 a.m., and people started to and look forward to serving as a di held at the Burlington, North Car depart for home, except for a group rector for a few more years. It is olina airport. This fly-in is held that decided to fly out to a local not my intent to try and run the each year on the first full weekend restaurant for lunch before going division from the background, but in May. The past couple of years home. It was a great weekend. I to be there if needed when the in this event has been plagued by hope your local fly-in has great evitable questions come up poor weather, and as you would weather, too! concerning the "hows and whys" expect, the attendance did not Let's all pull in the same direc of past actions that concern the meet expectations. This year we tion for the good of aviation. operation of the division. had great weather, and there were Remember, we are better together. One of the areas I'll be working at least 50 aircraft that showed up Join us and have it all. on within the coming months is Friday afternoon. the realization that as EAA staffers All of the old friends got to have rotated in and out of various gether to socialize before the positions over the years, we have barbeque dinner that was served in VAA NEWS shipping TCP in gallon cans to Aviall VAA Comments on FAA Air Tour NPRM and other suppliers. By early summer, Eighteen individuals spoke against the National Air Tour Safety Stan they expect to ship quart-size plastic dards (FAA-1998-4521) notice of proposed rulemaking bottles that feature a graduated sec (NPRM) at the FAA's public hearing held Tuesday, May tion, which will eliminate the need for II, in Washington, D.C. Not one person who testified the syringe dispenser currently used. at the daylong public meeting spoke in favor of the Alcor expects to clear up their order rule. VAA Executive Director H.G. Frautschy appeared backlog within 2 months. For more on behalf of the Vintage Aircraft Association and the information, visit www.alcorinc.com. or National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI). call your favorite supplier for price EAA member Dave Humphreys, from Shephard and availability information. stown, West Virginia, represented EAA at the hearing. H.G. Frautschy Humphreys included comments on the inherent un The Aeronca Aviators Club fairness of the proposed rule as well as the FAA's long tradition of Is now offiCially back! Originally partnering with EAA and others in aviation to address concerns. founded by Joe and Julia Dickey, who "In EAA's long tradition of working with the FAA, we did not just file published a very informative and en comments in opposition to this proposed rule but provided comprehen joyable newsletter for many years sive alternatives to the proposal," Humphreys said. "Suggestions (were) before retiring from the aviation world, based on the trust and knowledge of the u.S. airman, the resources of the the new club is dedicated to bringing FAA field inspector force, and our knowledge of general aviation. We can you a new version of this venerable not help but ask: Why didn't the FAA ask the industry for this name with new contributors, expe information before introducing this proposed rule?" rienced Aeronca owners, fliers, EAA's official comments on the rule, which were submitted on March mechaniCS, historians, and enthusiasts. II, 2004, concluded that the proposed sweeping changes to commercial This is a self-supporting endeavor, and noncommercial passenger-carrying operations are not justified by backed by the administrative tools, historic safety data nor is there sufficient evidence that safety will be en experience and resources of the Bel hanced by these proposals. The FAA also failed to adequately evaluate lanca-Champion Club. Except for and address the dramatic negative cost-benefit impact these proposals the back-office staff and some staff would have on the general aviation industry. Therefore, the rule should in common, this Club is a separate be withdrawn. entity formed specifically to serve Afterwards, Frautschy noted there were several small-time aircraft Aeronca owners, pilots and admir owner/operators who testified that the proposed rule would put them out ers; as such it needs your support of business and devalue their aircraft. "Nobody wanted that NPRM to both as members and contributors. stand," he said. "Everyone who testified wanted the rule to be withdrawn." The initial staff (or cast of charac Sitting on the panel for the FAA were Matthew Schack, Manager AFS-200; ters, as we refer to ourselves) will be Tom Smith; Gary Davis; Patrice Kelly; Alberta Brown; and Don Byrne. comprised of the fo llowing people: For complete VAA and EAA comments, visit www.vintageaircraft.org and Robert Szego, President of the www.eaa.org. If you do not have access to the web, contact the VAA office at Bellanca-Champion Club; 920-426-4825 and we'll mail you a copy. Cy Galley, Editor-in-Chief of 8-C Contact! has consented to be Editor TCP Availability was a time when TCP was not avail of The Aeronca Aviator; In recent notes published in Ii Aero able, due to a couple of factors.