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ASSOCIATE EDITORS Norman Petersen Dick Cavin FEATURE WRITERS George A Hardie, Jr. Dennis Parks Contents EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Isabelle Wiske STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS 4 Antique Classic News/ Jim Koepnick Carl Schuppel compiled by Mark Phelps Jeff Isom EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC 6 Aerograms DIVISION, INC. OFFICERS President Vice President 8 Vintage Literaturelby Dennis Parks Esple "Butch" Joyce Arthur R Morgan Page 6 604 Highway SI. 3744 North 51st Blvd. Madison, NC 27025 Milwaukee, WI 53216 10 Members' Projectslby Norm Petersen 919/427-0216 4141442-3631 Secretary Treasurer George S. York E.E. "Buck" Hilbert 14 Chapter Capsuleslby Bob Brauer 181 Sloboda Ave. P.O. Box 424 Mansfield. OH 44906 Union, IL 60180 419/529-4378 815/923-4591 15 Pass It To Bucklby E. E. "Buck" Hilbert DIRECTORS Robert C. "Bob" Brauer John S. Copeland 16 Vintage Seaplaneslby Norm Petersen 9345 S. 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Bo, 3066, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086. Compiled by Mark Phelps 1989 REFERENCE GUIDE dication to safety. He totally enjoyed The Supplemental Type Certificate John Bergeson has really changed his long and distinguished flying for use with this new fabric is the 1989 Reference Guide for the EAA career; it was his passion. But just SA4503NM . This STC number may be magazines. It will be much easier to perhaps John's most prized and happy used free of charge by purchasers of use as there is only one, covering all years had been these past years, these the "Ceconite" fabric. For full infor­ EAA magazines from 1953 through years earned after retirement from the mation on this new advanced product, 1989 . Further, the Reference Guide is burden of the corporate jet world, these contact: Blue River Aircraft Supply, much less expensive - for example, last years when he restored and flew 223 N. Clay (P.O.Box 460), Harvard, the cost to U. S. purchasers is only $15 his precious open cockpit N3Ns. 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