EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher To m Po b e rezny Editor-in·Chiet September 1998 Vol. 26, No.9 Jack Cox Editor CONTENTS He nry G . Fra utschy Managing Editor Golda Cox I Straight & Level/Espie "Butch" Joyce Contributing Editor 2 AlC News John Underwood Computer Graphic Specialists 3 EAA AirVenture '98 Awards List Na ncy Hanson Olivia L. Phillip Pierre Kotze 5 Aeromail Staff Photographers Jim Koepnick LeeAnn Abrams 6 DH Moth Technical Notes/ Ken Lichte nberg M ark Scha ible Jim Newman and Mike Maniatis Advertising/Editorial Assistant 8 Open Door Policy/Dick Hill Isabelle Wiske 10 Estonian Spirit of St. Louis Replica/PietTe Hollinder EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC. OFFICERS 12 Mystery PlanelH. G. Frautschy President Vice-President Espie 'Butch" Joyce George Daubner 13 Lou Fairchild 24H1 P.O. Box 35584 2448 Lough Lone Greensboro. NC 27425 Hortford. WI 53027 H.G. Frautschy 910/393-0344 414/673-5885 Secretary Treasurer 18 OH-CUB Returns/ Steve Nesse Charles Horris 2009 Highland Ave. 7215 East 46th St. Oswald Stanl ey Albert Lea, MN 56007 Tulsa. OK 74145 507/373-1674 918/622-8400 21 Worthington Collection/ John Underwood DIRECTORS 23 Pass It To Buck/Buck Hilbert John Berendt Gene Morris 7645 Echo Point Rd. 5936 Steve Court 26 What Our Members Are Restoring! Connon Falls. MN 55009 Roanoke, TX 76262 507/263-2414 817/491-9110 H. G. Frautschy Phil Coulson Robert C. "Bob" Brauer 28415 Springbrook Dr. 9345 S. Hoyne 29 Welcome New Members Lawton. MI 49065 Chicago. IL 60620 616/624-6490 312/779-2105 28 Membership Information/ Joe Dickey John S. Copeland 55 Oakey Av. 1A Deacon Street Classified Ads Lawrenceburg. IN 47025 Northborough. MA 01532 812/537-9354 508/393-4775 Page 18 31 Calendar Dale A. Gustafson Stan Gomoll 7724 Shody Hill Dr. 104290th Lane. NE Indianopolis. IN 46278 Minneapolis. MN 55434 317/293-4430 612/784-1172 Robert Uckteig Jeannie Hill FRONT COVER .. A couple of beautiful Fairchild 24H restorations have been com­ 1708 Boy Oaks Dr. P.O. Box 328 pleted recently. including this shining example owned by Lou Frejlach, LaGrange. Albert Lea. MN 56007 Harvard. IL 60033 IL and shot during the Sun 'n Fun EAA Fly-In. EAA photo by Jim Koepnick. shot 507/373-2922 815/943-7205 with a Canon EOSl n equipped with an 80-200mm lens. 1/60 sec. @ f16 on Fuji Dean Richardson Robert D. "Bob" Lumley Sensia 100 ASA slide film. EAA Cessna 210 plane ftown by Bruce Moore. 6701 Colony Dr. 1265 South 124th St. Modison. WI 53717 Brookfield. WI 53005 608/833-1291 414/782-2633 BACK COVER .. -Acosta vs. Coombs· is an acrylic painting by the late William Warren. and submitted by his twin brother, Frank. The twins have been drawing S.H. 'Wes" Schmid Geoff Robison 2359 Lefeber Avenue 1521 E. MacGregor Dr. airplanes since they were youngsters, and a ride in an uncle's Waco 10 solidi­ Wauwatosa. WI 53213 New Haven, IN 46774 fied a lifelong love of drawing airplanes. William's painting was presented with 414/771-1545 219/493-4724 an Honorable Mention ribbon in the 1998 Sport Aviation Art Competition. See AIC News for more information. DIRECTORS EMERITUS Copyright © 1998 by the EM Antique/Classic Division Inc. All rights reserved. Gene Chase E.E. "Buck" Hilbert VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned eXClusively by the EM Antique/Classic Division, Inc. of the Experimental 2159 Corlton Rd. P.O. Box 424 Aircraft Association and is published monthly at EM Aviation Center, 3000 Poberezny Rd., P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54903-3086. Oshkosh, WI 54904 Union. IL 60180 Periocicals Postage paid at Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901 and at additional mailing offices. 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IL 60554-0656 Roseville, CA 95678 EAA Air Venture are trademarks of the above associations and their use by any personother than the above association is strictly prohibited. 630-466-4931 91(r782-7025 STRAIGHT & LEVEL by ESPIE "BUTCH" JOYCE were touring the museum in the morning judging category aircraft that are being when I ran into Hale Wallace of Skybolt restored to like-new condition by their fame. He 's from from Marion, NC and proud owners. he said he thought that it would be three As always your Officers, Directors, days before he could leave Oshkosh. and Advisors welcome your input and There were a number of people who rode suggestions to help us to improve your home with friends who had driven to the Antique/Classic Di vision and our pres­ Convention. They had to leave their air­ ence at EAA AirVenture. craft on the Convention grounds so they While at Oshkosh, I had a conversa­ his year's EAA AirVenture '98 could be retrieved at a later date. Jerry tion with the people who have put was by all accounts one of the best Brown had to leave his beautiful award together the newest regional event, the T I can remember. I generally arrive winning Waco UPF-7 tied out at its park­ Golden West '98 EAA Regional Fly-In. in Oshkosh a week before the Convention ing place in the Antique area. He rode lt will take place September 25-27, 1998 starts to help those volunteers who have home with Dale Gustafson, one of your at Castle Airport, Atwater,CA. Since it already been on site working to ensure directors and the chief Antique Judge at is a new fly-in , they have put together the Antique/Classic area of the Conven­ Oshkosh. They both live in the same ap­ some estimates of what to expect for this tion grounds are in good condition for proximate area of Indiana. long weekend. you to enjoy during your stay. I also One of the more unusual aircraft this They asked that I pass along these check that our Antique/Classic activities year was brought to Oshkosh by Clem numbers to the membership. They expect are set to start, which will make every­ and Bob Armstrong They brought a 1,500-2,000 aircraft of all types to attend, one's stay at Oshkosh more enjoyable. Schweizer glider in on a trailer and put it and with the number of aircraft located in This year the weather was great for al­ together to display the aircraft for California this will most likely happen. most the entire Convention, with only the everyone's pleasure. Bob checked around They expect 30,000 people to attend, last day of the show, Tuesday, turning the Antique/Classic area and found a with 120 exhibitors, and a Balloon "Dawn rainy. A number ofaircraft were not to be 85hp Cub equipped with a tow hitch. Patrol" Friday, Saturday and Sunday. able to depart as they had planned, so they The Armstrongs were actually able to General information : The control got to stay a few more days. This is not fITSt fly this glider early in the morning, so it tower opens Thursday; 5 forum tents time I have seen this happen at a Fly-in, as could be judged and give our photogra­ each day; 3 workshop tents each day; over the years attending different events I phers a change at getting a shot of it in youth education activities; entertainment too have been held up by the weather. the air. One of the requirements to be Friday night and Saturday afternoon; Even flying the Baron with radar, judged is that you have to have either and a Dinner Dance featuring a 1940' s Stormscope, and a NorthStar M3 GPS, flown your aircraft in to the show or swing band. this year our planned departure time had have flown the aircraft at the show to be The awards for judging will be an­ to be delayed for over a half a day to let eligible for judging. nounced at a Sunday Breakfast, and there most of the nastiest weather pass off to Speaking ofjudging, the quality of the will be a daily air show. Judging ends at the northeast ofWisconsin, and even then aircraft restorations continue to get even 3:00 p.m.