STRAIGHT AND LEVEL By Brad Thomas President Antique/Classic Division There is no doubt that the Annual EAA International Fly-In Convention at Oshkosh is the greatest aviation event in the world for both sport and general aviation. "Oshkosh" has it all - educational forums and workshops, commercial exhibits and fly markets, airshows and thousands of aircraft .used for fun flying. On a smaller scale are fly-ins such as Blakesburg, Sun 'n Fun, Merced and Watsonville. Next are the local weekend fly-ins which are the backbone of our sport aviation movement. These are held using various formats . .. some have banquets, most have cookouts and camping, some present trophies and other awards, and all have fly-bys. In recent times a different type of fly-in is becoming great pleasure it was to be free of obligations and duties popular . the more "laid back" affair. Tullahoma's at a fly-in and to be able to relax and enjoy the fellowship. "Ole South Fly-In" fits in this category. Many dealers were active in the commercial display Following the cancellation of EAA's Tullahoma Fly-In and fly market areas and these activities will undoubtedly in 1980, a group of chapters and local enthusiasts made be featured again next year. plans to initiate a more relaxed type of fly-in. Under the Participation was excellent in the daily fly-bys and the direction of the Tennessee Valley Sport Aviation Asso­ simultaneous arrival of incoming traffic presented no ciation, they scheduled the Ole South Fly-In over Labor problems. Show planes were well represented in classic, Day weekend in 1981. The event, held at Parish Aerdrome, custombuilt and ultralight categories with smaller home of the Staggerwing Museum Foundation, Inc., was numbers of antiques and warbirds. eminently successful. The ultralights had their own area in which to operate The 2nd Annual Ole South Fly-In was concluded this and cooperation between this group and the other flight past September 2-6, again at Parish Aerdrome where operations was excellent. owners John and Charlotte Parish graciously made their The flying on Saturday afternoon was highlighted by a facilities available. Under the able direction of Chairman brief fly-by of warbirds, followed by the First Annual Jimmy "Ragman" Snyder and Co-chairman Glenn Ole South Parade of Flight. This was an exciting display McNabb the fly-in was a rousing success. of antique, classic and custombuilt aircraft. This after­ For the past few years, Tullahoma has been besieged noon program was expertly described by airshow an­ with rainfall during scheduled fly-ins and it appeared nouncer, Roscoe Morton. Willard Benedict who is co­ this year would be no exception. It had rained over one chairman for the Annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh, inch each day during the week preceding the fly-in, but and his wife Donna, did an outstanding job of organizing on Thursday the weather did an about face when the last this event at Tullahoma. of the fronts passed through central Tennessee. From The flight program on Sunday afternoon featured a that time on the weather was ideal throughout the miniature warbird battle followed by several aerobatic weekend. performances by lAC members. The airshow was expertly By Friday afternoon a steady stream of aircraft was planned and Roscoe Morton had the entire audience arriving and the parking areas were filling up rapidly. applauding as the aerobatic maneuvers were ac­ For those wishing to remain on the grounds, excellent complished. examples of Southern cooking were available. Most Another example of Southern hospitality was demon­ meals were preceded by action at the "happy hour hangar" strated when it was announced that everyone was invited which also featured Tennessee walkin' country music. to join an old-fashioned watermelon feast ... free! The camaraderie here and the pickin' was outstanding. Parish Aerodrome may have its own watermelon patch Listening to the music and swapping a few lies in this next year as millions of watermelon seeds were liberally relaxed atmosphere was most enjoyable. Many new friend­ deposited on the ground in this eating area! ships are made at the Ole South Fly-In and that's what A tradition has been established in Tullahoma. The it's all about. Ole South Fly-In is a favorite, being low key yet exciting, Sun 'n Fun Chairman Billy Henderson and his family entertaining and very successful. We need more like this from Lakeland, FL arrived in two show planes, making one. Be sure to mark your calendar for Tullahoma on Labor their first visit to Tullahoma. Billy commented what a Day weekend in 1983 . • 2 OCTOBER 1982 PUBLICATION OF THE ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC. OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSo'CIATION, INC. P.O. BOX 229. HALES CORNERS. WI 53130 COPYRIGHT © 1982 EAA ANTIQUE/ CLASSIC DIVISION, INC., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OCTOBER 1982 VOLUME 10 NUMBER 10 OFFICERS President Vice-President W. Brad Thomas, Jr. Jack C. Winthrop 301 Dodson Mill Road Route 1, Box 111 Pilot Mountain, NC 27041 Allen, TX 75002 919/368-2875 Home 214/727-5649 919/368-2291 Office Secretary Treasurer M. C. " Kelly" Viets E. E. " Buck" Hilbert Route 2, Box 128 P.O. Box 145 FRONT COVER ... Grand Champion Classic at BACK COVER .. This newly restored 1946 Lyndon, KS 66451 Union, IL 60180 Oshkosh '82 was this 1946 Luscombe 8A. See Piper J3C-65 Cub, NC88114, SIN 15727 was 913/ 828-3518 Home 815/923-4591 story on page 6. flown to Oshkosh '82 by its owner, L.w. (Ted Koston photo) " Lindey" Lindemer (EAA 56710, AlC 2806), 45 E. Golden Lake Rd. , Circle Pines, MN 55014. The authentic restoration work was by well DIRECTORS ADVISORS kn own EAAer Stan Gomoll of Minneapolis, MN. (Gene Chase photo) Ronald Fritz Morton W. Lester Ed Burns 15401 Sparta Avenue P.O. Box 3747 1550-Mt. Prospect Road Kent City, MI 49330 Martinsville, VA 24112 Des Plaines, IL 60018 6161678-5012 7031632-4839 3121298-7811 John S. Copeland TABLE OF CONTENTS Claude L. Gray, Jr. Arthur R. Morgan 9 Joanne Drive 9635 Sylvia Avenue 3744 North 51st Blvd. Westborough, MA 01581 Northridge, CA 91324 Milwaukee, WI 53216 6171366-7245 Straight and Level ... By Brad Thomas .. .. ... 2 2131349-1338 4141442-3631 Stan Gomoll , AIC News ... By Gene Chase .... .. ..... ..... ... 4 1042 90th Lane, NE Mystery Plane . .. 5 Minneapolis, MN 55434 1982 Grand Champion Classic Luscombe 8A Dale A. Gustafson John R. Turgyan 6121784-1172 7724 Shady Hill Drive · . 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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3 OSHKOSH '82 AWARDS The highlights of the Antique/Classic Division's Each of the following awards was sponsored by EAA. involvement at Oshkosh '82 are nicely described in Brad Thomas' "Straight and Level" column in the September ANTIQUE AIRCRAFT AWARDS issue, however, some additional details are worthy ofnote. GRAND CHAMPION - Roy and Judie Redman, Kilkenny, The total count of registered show planes was 1,818', MN - 1936 Stinson SR-8C Reliant, NC17116 up 250 from last year's total. Of this number, 176 were RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION - Chuck Andreas, Bill antiques, 585 were classics, and five were replicas.