EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher Tom Poberezny Vice-President. Marketing and Communications Dick Matt November 1994 Vol. 22, No. 11 Editor-in-Chief Jack Cox Editor Henry G. Frautschy CONTENTS Managing Editor Golda Cox 1 Straight & Level/ Art Director Espie "Butch" Joyce Mike Drucks Computer Graphic Specialists 2 AIC News/ Sara Hansen Compiled by H.G. Frautschy Olivia L. Phillip Jennifer Larsen Advertising 3 Vintage Literature/Dennis Parks Mary Jones Associate Editor 7 Carburetor Ice/Bill Claxon Norm Petersen Feature Writers 8 AlC Tidbits/H.G. Frautschy Page 13 George Hardie, Jr. Dennis Parks Staff Photographers 10 Members Projects/ Jim Koepnick Mike Steineke Norm Petersen Carl Schuppel Donna Bushman Editorial Assistant 13 The Silver Age Comes Alive in Isabelle Wiske Jack Woodford's Bird Model C/ EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION , INC, H.G. Frautschy OFFICERS President Vice-President 17 Make Mine Rare ­ Espie 'Butch' Joyce Arfhur Mor(lan The 1929 Wallace Touroplane/ P.O. Box 1001 W211 N11863 Hilltop Dr. Modison, NC 27025 Germantown, WI 53022 H.G. Frautschy 910/573-3843 414/628-2724 Secretory Treasurer 21 Mystery Airplane/ Steve Nesse E.E. 'Buck' Hilbert 2009 Highland Ave. P.O. Box 424 George Hardie Page 17 Albert Lea, MN 56007 Union,IL60180 flJ7/373-1674 815/923-4591 22 American Waco Club F1y-In/ DIRECTORS Roy Redman John Berendt Robert C. 'Bob" Brauer 7645 Echo Point Rd. 9345 S. Hoyne 24 PasS it to Buckl Cannon Falls, MN 55009 Chica~o , IL 60620 flJ7/263-2414 312 79-2105 E.E. "Buck" Hilbert Gene Chose John S. Copeland 2159 Carlton Rd. 28-3 Williamsbur8 Ct. Oshkosh. WI 54904 Shrewsbury. MA 1545 25 1994 Type Club List 414/231-5002 508/842-7867 Phil Coulson Geor~ Daubner 29 Welcome New Members 28415 Springbrook Dr. 2448 ough Lane Lawton. M149065 Hartford. WI 53027 30 Vintage Trader Page 22 616/624-6490 414/673-5885 Cha~es Harris Stan Gomoll 7215 East 46th St. 1042 90th Lane. NE Tulsa. OK 74145 Minneapolis. MN 55434 FRONT COVER ... This very handsome Bird Model C, the only "C" 918/622-8400 612/784-1172 ever built, was selected as the Antique Silver Age Runner-up. It is Dole A. Gustafson Jeannie Hill flown here by it·s owner, John Woodford of Madison, WI. EAA 7724 Shady Hill Dr. P.O. Box 328 photo by Jim Koepnick. Shot with a Canon EOS-l equipped with Indianapolis, IN 46278 Harvard, IL 60033 an 80-200mm /f2 .8 lens. 1/250 at f8 on Kodak Ektachrome 317/293-4430 815/943-7205 Lumiere 100 film. Cessna 210 photo plane piloted by Bruce Robert UCktei% Robert D. 'Bob' Lumley Moore. 1708 Boy Oaks r. 1265 Soulh 1241h SI . Albert Lea, MN 56007 Brookfield, WI 53005 BACK COVER . "Fast a nd Furious" is the title of Doug Moore's flJ7/373-2922 414/782-2633 airbrush painting of Delmar Benjamin's Gee Bee R-2 replica. Doug Gene Morris George York works as an illustrator at Lockheed in Ft. Worth, and has always 115C Steve Court. R.R. 2 181 Sloboda Av. enjoyed drawing since he was a young child. He credits his father Roanoke. TX 76262 Mansfield. OH 44906 with instill ing a love of drawing at a tender age, and really enjoys 817/491-9110 419/529-4378 working with the airbrush. S.H. ' Wes" Schmid 2359 Lefeber Avenue Copyright © 1994 by the EAA Antique/Classic Division Inc. All rig hts reserved. Wauwatosa , WI 53213 VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by the EAA Antique/Classic Division, Inc. of the Experimental 414/771-1545 Aircraft Association and is published monthly at EAA Aviation Center, 3000 Poberezny Rd., P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54903-3086. Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901 and at additional mailing offices. The membership rate for EAA Antique/Classic DIRECTOR EMERITUS Division, Inc. is $20.00 for current EAA members for 12 month period of which $12.00 is for the publication of VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Membership S.J. 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THE EAA SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks Madiscn, WI 53717 New Haven, IN 46774 of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above association is strictly prohib~ed. 608/833- 1291 219/493-4724 STRAIGHT & LEVEL by Espie "Butch" Joyce Arizona; Mark Brown, Senior Vice ance to be available for an individual President, COMAV, Scottsdale, Ari­ CFI who wishes to give tailwheel in­ zona; Craig Ketcham, Managing Un­ struction in a tailwheel aircraft he or derwriter, Dallas, Texas; Jackie Gibbs, she owns. This is a real positive move Antique/Classic Program underwriter, forward for our type of flying. Dallas, Texas; and yours truly, Butch There was some serious discussion Joyce. at your November Board meeting It seems that the months of There was a day long discussion of a about service and parking in the An­ September and October are stuffed to number of items. All of these discus­ tique/Classic area for EAA OSH­ overflowing with aviation events (fly­ sions were very positive with everyone KOSH 1995. I'll have more on this ins). We have tried to attend as many working in the same direction for the later. Help us out and ask a friend to as possible. We have attended a num­ good of the Antique/Classic member­ join us. Let's all pull in the same di­ ber of fly-ins in past years that we ship. One item that I was excited to rection for the good of aviation. Re­ were not able to get to this time, but see worked out is the fact that the un­ member, we are better together. Join we did manage to get to a number derwriters agreed to allow for insur­ tis and have it all. that we have not b een to before. Also, there are several that we have been planning to visit for a long time; maybe we'll get to these next year. During the fall as the flying season in most of the U.S.A . winds down, our safety record seems to improve. Gen­ erally this is because we have been us­ ing our aircraft almost every weekend and our skill level is improved. Re­ member the da nger areas for acci­ dents are low time in type of aircraft and not having flown for a number of months. We need to keep these fac­ tors in mind and be extra careful. The latest EAA membership benefit is the new "Flight Advisors" program. For most of us, the winter season is This group was formed to put individuals who have experience with the aspects fast approaching. You need to give of flying a newly built or restored aircraft with builders and restorers. The gen­ the area that you will be storing your eral Flight Advisor candidate should meet anyone or more of the following stan­ pride and joy a good preflight. In­ dards: spect your hangar to make sure it re­ 1) Test flown (first flight) three or more aircraft. mains structurally sound. Every year I hear of hangars falling in on aircraft 2) Restored and test flew their own aircraft, plus is at least one of the following: because of snow load, wind and all A. Technical Counselor types of bad weather causes. I suppose I have safety on my mind B. More than 1000 hours PIC time in requested because I just returned from Dallas, speciality, e.g., Antique, Classic, Contemporary. Texas where there was a meeting held to discuss your Antique, Classic and 3) Military flight test experience. Contemporary insurance program. 4) CFI with show plane experience, i.e., Antique, Classic, Contemporary. The people who attended this meeting were Bob Mackey, EAA Insurance In my opinion, this service by EAA is certainly needed. I'm sure a number of Office, Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Norma us who have been in aviation for some time already know a number of individu­ Johnson, President of AUA, Inc., the als whose advice we trust. I get calls all the time with new pilots/restorers in the Antique/ Classic program's agency, Antique, Classic and Contemporary movement, asking who they might contact in Greensboro, North Carolina; Fred their area of the country for all types of advice.