pose that a lot of us who live in rural areas, as I do, do not appreciate the advantages STRAIGHT & LEVEL we have of not being as crowded as those in the Northwest Corridor and other large metropolis areas! Another example: I used I appreciate Earl's concern and any to leave Shiloh and to to South Boston, member who has concerns for the Virginia to Emporia, Virginia direct to Division, I welcome your comments. Norfolk, Virginia where my sister lives. While talking to H.G. on the phone, he One day when I left and finally got in reported that the first month he has been touch with approach to get my clearance, tracking our membership drive, we have they said stand by for rerouting. The picked up 84 new members. This is a rerouting was from my position to Rich­ very good response, and I really do ap­ mond, Virginia to Williamsburg, Virginia preciate the membership promoting .our then to Norfolk, Virginia. That is almost Division. By increasing our numbers, we 90 miles out of the way, so I asked "What can look forward to enhancing our ser­ altitude can I file so I can go direct?" They vices, as well as holding the line on any said "There is no altitude that you can fly dues increase by spreading the load over to go direct from your position to Norfolk, a larger group. Virginia, as Raleigh, North Carolina has As I am putting this article on tape, I am taken this area as an arrival corridor for sitting in my hangar at Shiloh Airport, their airport." looking out the door. A good friend of I suppose I am just frustrated between mine, Henry Miller (A/C 7623), has just arrival corridors, TCAs, Military Opera­ taxied out in his Piper Super Cub of 1953 tional Areas and military restricted areas vintage that Henry has owned for about 15 in our area. Itjust really gets to you some­ years. He rebuilt this aircraft into one nice times. Like I said, there is no conclusion airplane. Henry is taking a gentleman for to be drawn from this; I was just relating a ride in his aircraft. He really takes pride some of my frustrations to everyone. It by Espie "Butch" Joyce introducing new people to aviation, simp­ sure does make taking my Clip-Wing Cub ly because of his love for aviation and the out of the hangar and flying around our joy that it gives him. Aviation is lucky to local area a lot more pleasurable than have people like Henry. flying cross-country today. The other day I received a card from This past weekend I made a trip to In November your Antique/Classic Mr. Earl Stahl (A/C 11013) of Yorktown, Annapolis, Maryland to spend the Board of Directors will be meeting for Virginia. This card was in reference to our weekend at a seminar. The flight was a their quarterly meeting. If anyone has membership drive. I am sure that you good illustration of what the airways are concerns for the Division, or any item of have seen the hard card pullout which will becoming today. I do not bring up this business that should be brought up at the also be included in this issue of subject to carry any torch about it, but I board meeting, please contact me at least VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Earl was con­ would like to relate some of my experien­ by the third week in October. cerned with the tardiness of the ces along this line. I decided since An­ January 1, 1992 is the date we will offi­ VINTAGE AIRPLANE magazine which napolis was very close to the cially recognize the Contemporary category has been the case during the past year. I Washington-Baltimore TCA, and all the of airplanes in our Division. These are wrote to Earl, assuring him that we were Naval restricted areas there, to make the aircraft manufactured from January 1, 1956 aware of our problem and were working flight VFR. I left Shiloh Airport with the until December 31,1960. In 1992, we will on it. When you receive this October scattered cloud layer down to about 1500 also be parking these aircraft in our issue, it will be within a day or two of feet, so I climbed to 5500 feet on top to get showplane area. I would like to encourage being on schedule. (This issue will be over a MOA that is located in central everyone who would like to park in our mailed October 3rd, close to our normal Virginia. I passed that MOA, descended showplane area, to start getting their airplane scheduled date - HGF) I really didn't below 2500 feet to avoid another MOA, up to showplane standards. This era of want to bore Earl with all the reasons then proceeded directly to Frederick­ aircraft represents a lot of memories to a causing this problem, but we are working sburg, Virginia. We were getting close to good number of today's pilots, including on it. H.G. Frautschy, our Editor, is very the Washington TCA - the loran was myself - I learned to fly during tlus time. concerned about it and I have to admit that flashing to alert me that we were close in. Also, I would like to mention that ADA, Inc. sometimes the tardiness of the magazine At Fredericksburg, I took up a heading of in Greensboro, our agent for the Anti­ is caused by me not having my Straight 075, descending to 2000 feet MSL and que/Classic Division insurance program and & Level article in on time. It always proceeded in that direction to stay under Global Aircraft, our underwriters for the seems when it is time for me to write this the TCA. Also, the heading would let me program, will, by the [ust of the year, have article, everything at my office gets really avoid the naval restricted areas associated Contemporary aircraft premium rates in hectic and my article gets put aside. I with the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. place for these aircraft. You should contact generally try to do my article on the I flew that heading until I reached the west ADA, Inc. (they have an ad in tIUs magazine) weekend, but I become interested in work­ coast of the Chesapeake Bay, then flew up and see what our insurance program can do ing on my airplane and other projects. I the coast at 1500 feet to a small airport of for you. apologize to the membership for any con­ Lee, which is just south of Annapolis, Remember, we are better together. cerns they may have had concerning the Maryland, and landed there. This airport Let's all pull in the same direction for the tardiness of the magazine. Hopefully, this is a small field of 2400 feet by 50 feet wide good of aviation. Join us and have it all! won't be the case in the future! and was just covered with aircraft. I sup- ... 2 OCTOBER 1991 PUBLICATION STAFF PUBLISHER Tom Poberezny VICE-PRESIDENT MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Dick Matt EDITOR Henry G. Frautschy October 1991 • Vol. 19, No. 10 MANAGING EDITOR Golda Cox Copyright © 1991 by the EAA Antique/Classic Division. Inc. All rights reserved. ART DIRECTOR Mike Drucks ADVERTISING Mary Jones Contents ASSOCIATE EDITORS Norman Petersen Dick Cavin 2 Straight & Level/by Espie "Butch" Joyce FEATURE WRITERS George A. Hardie, Jr. Dennis Parks 4 Aeromail EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Isabelle Wiske 5 A/C News/compiled by H.G. Frautschy STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Jim Koepnick Carl Schuppel 7 Vintage Literature/by Dennis Parks Mike Steineke 11 Plus A Bit Of History EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC by Skeeter Carlson DIVISION, INC. OFFICERS 12 What A Man Will Do To Fly President Vice-President Espie "Butch" Joyce Arthur R. Morgan by H.G. Frautschy 604 Highway St. 3744 North 51st Blvd. Madison. NC 27025 Milwaukee. WI 53216 What Our Members Are Restoring 919j427'{)216 414/442-3631 14 Secretary Treasurer by Norm Petersen Steven C. Nesse E.E. "Buck" Hilbert 2009 Highland Ave. P.O. Box 424 15 Jerry Brown's Waco UPF-7 Albert Lea. MN 56007 Union. IL 60 180 W7/373-1674 815/923-4591 by H.G. Frautschy 19 Buzz Kaplan, Gary Underland and DIRECTORS the Curtiss Robin J6-5 John Berendt Robert C. "Bob" Brauer 7645 Echo Point Rd . 9345 S. Hoyne by Norm Petersen Cannon Falls. MN 55009 Chicago. IL 60620 W7/263-2414 312/779-2105 23 Pass It To BUCk/by E.E. "Buck" Hilbert Gene Chase John S. Copeland 2159 Carlton Rd . P.O. Box 1035 24 The First Cropduster Oshkosh. WI 54904 Westborough. MA 01581 414/231-5002 W8/836-1911 by Robert Whitmoyer Philip Coulson George Daubner 28415 Springbrook Dr. 2448 Lough Lane 26 New Products/Book Review Lawton. MI 49065 Hartford. WI 53027 616/624-6490 414/673-5885 27 Snap-on's Hints For Hombuilders Charles Harris Stan Gomoll 3933 South Peoria 1042 90th Lane. NE 28 CalendarfWelcome New Members P.O. Box 904038 Minneapolis. MN 55434 Tulsa. OK 74105 612/784-1172 918/742-7311 29 Vintage Trader Dale A. Gustafson Jeannie Hill 7724 Shady Hill Drive P.O. Box 328 33 Mystery Plane/by George Hardie Indianapolis. IN 46278 Harvard. IL 60033 317/293-4430 815/943-7205 FRONT COVER ... Buzz Kaplan has plenty of glass in his Siver Age Robert lickteig Robert D. "Bob" Lumley Champion Curtiss Robin J6-5 during his rendevous over Lake 1708 Bay Oaks Drive 1265 South 124th St. Winnebago during EAA OSHKOSH '91.