TABLE OF CONTENTS OKLAHOMA AVIATOR ISSUES • January 2000 o Luscombe Moves Toward Certification o From Mike…- welcome to the new Oklahoma Aviator o From Barbara…- introduction to readers o Joe and Mary Honored With 1999 Clarence E. Page Trophy o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- complex vs. high-performance airplanes o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Two Boys in Church o Remembering Mary and Joe- Bill Pogue o Former WASP Shares Her Story- Barbara Huffman o Patty Wagstaff To Visit Tulsa o Piggy-Back Landing-- Everybody Walks Away Safely! o Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II- Barbara Huffman o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder o The Real Flying Nun o Living With Your Plane: Oklahoma Aviator to Feature Airparks o TASC To Host Astronaut Weekend o EAA Scholarship Applications Now Available Online o Backing Into Aviation- Randy Harris • February 2000 o Angel Flight: People Flying People in Need o From Mike…- challenges of newspaper publishing o From Barbara…- fear of radio communications o World’s Busiest Airports o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Are You Current? o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Barons of the Sky o OKC Mayor to Speak sat OK Pilots Assoc o The Huffman Prairie Flying Field o Dynamic Propeller Balancing- Doctor Dan the Prop Man o Check Rides Tips: “Stress Rides”- Nan Gaylord o Living With Your Plane! o The Living With Your Plane Association o Tenkiller Airpark- Joe Cunningham o Tenkiller Airpark Announces Joe Cunningham Memorial o Patty Wagstaff Crowd Overflows Tulsa Technology Center o Robert Ragozzino Plans Round The World Flight in a Stearman o State Park Airstrips: A Half Century of Aviation and Recreation- Ron Stahl o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) o Kids Corner o Joint Education Program Fills Jobs at Altus AFB o The Ultimate Picker of Nits- Randy Harris • March 2000 o Elementary School Research Project Creates International Aviation Memorial o From Mike…- aviation promotes both left and right brain exercise o From Barbara…- thanks to our contributors o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- How to Become an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- A B-24 Story o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- To Ultralight or Not- That is the Question o Software Review: Comm1 Radio Simulator- Barbara Huffman o NASA-Ames Opens New Virtual Control Tower Simulator Table of Contents- Oklahoma Aviator Issues Page 1 o Living With Your Plane!- The Landings at Monkey Island: Half The Fun Of Flying Is Landing At Home o SkyStar Aircraft Announces Kitfox Lite Give-A-Way o Buying and Selling Airplanes: How to Avoid a Lawsuit- Clifford R. Magee o Debbie’s RVS Diner Opens at Jones/Riverside Airport- Guy Baldwin o The View from the Pointy End- Randy Harris- riding in an airliner cockpit o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- atrial fibrillation o Folded Wings for Calvin Bass- Bob Richardson o Claremore Municipal Airport Named Oklahoma FAA Airport of the Year o EAA Input Included in FAA Revision of Homebuilt Aircraft Operating Limitations • April 2000 o AOPA: AIR-21 Puts “Trust” Back in Aviation Trust Fund o EAA Recognizes Jim Inhofe’s Help With Hoover Bill o From Mike…- the Aviation Trust Fund o From Barbara…- preparing to move to Oklahoma o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- You Can Hold a US Aviation Record o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- How to Taxi an Aeroplane o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- The Recreational Pilot o Flight Destination: Branson, MO and Big Cedar Lodge- J. Thomas Pento o OKC 99s Assist Sarah Davis in Becoming Air Force Cadet o Living With Your Plane: Avian Country Estates o American Hatz Association Moves to Oklahoma- Lorin Wilkinson o Buying and Selling Airplanes- Part 2: Negligence- Clifford R. Magee o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- sleep apnea o Duane Cole to Visit Tulsa IAC Chapter 10 o Enrollment Begins for Sooner Flight Academy Summer Camps o Women in Aviation Conference Breaks Attendance Records o CAP Encampment at McCaslin Field • May 2000 o 14th National Biplane Fly-In to Honor Bud Anderson, Highest Scoring U.S. Ace o From Mike…- Sun ‘n Fun and the excitement of grassroots aviation o From Barbara…- our move to Oklahoma, Angel Flight, and thanks to our advertisers o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Old Dogs, New Tricks, and Humility o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- Runway and Taxiway Markings o Wings Across America: A Virtual WASP History o Early Morning Adventure: A Ride in the Bud One Airship o Oklahoma Honors One of Its Own- Bob Richardson- a tribute to Col. Robert S. Johnson o 22nd Annual Okie Derby o A Sun ’n Fun Photo Collage o Buying and Selling Airplane- Part 3: Product Liability- Clifford R. Magee o Welcome Back, Old Friend!- Randy Harris- our Comanche o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Educate Your Doctor o Fred DeLacerda Receives IAC President’s Award o First Spin- J. Thomas Pento o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- The First Ace o News of the Experimental Aircraft Association o A Short History of the Tulsa Air and Space Center • June 2000 o Aerospace America Remembers Vietnam Vets o Look at the Airshow Upside Down-- Consider Aviation B2B!- Betsey Fry o From Mike…- living my aviation dream Table of Contents- Oklahoma Aviator Issues Page 2 o From Barbara…- making friends in aviation o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- The Aviation Answer Guy o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- CFI Renewals and Reinstatements o Southwestern Bell Balloon Fest 2000 Sets August Date at Wiley Post Airport o U.S. Military Stops Degrading GPS System Accuracy o Canadian Lightplane Owners Maintain Their Own Aircraft- Paul Poberezny Proposes Similar Change for U.S. o Soda Blasting for Aircraft Paint Stripping- Mike Huffman o Multi-Party Aircraft Ownership- Clifford R. Magee o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- The Allergy Season o Dusters and Sprayers Persevere Following 1999 Tornado- Charlie Harris o Ada Municipal is OAOA “Airport of the Year” o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Oshkosh in Your Blood? o JoAnn Terrell Retires From Moore-Norman- Martin Weaver • July 2000 o Join the Fun: 21st Annual Okie Derby o Oklahoma Aviator Celebrates Return to Tenkiller Airpark- Mike and Barbara Huffman o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- The Boeing Model 40 Series o Oklahomans Make Good Showing in Air Race Classic 2000 o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Impressions o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- Who Busts the Check Ride? o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Should Your FAA Doctor Be Your Family Doctor? o Blackwell-Tonkawa Airport Re-Opens • August 2000 o Airshow Oklahoma to Launch Stellar Performer Lineup o From Mike…- a frightening flight in a J-3, part 1 o From Barbara…- we move to Oklahoma; the OA road trip o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- This-N-That o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- The Simulated Emergency Approach and Landing o USS Batfish to be Honored at Airshow Oklahoma Preview Before the Airshow o CAP Cadets Train at McCaslin Field o Wings Over Whiteman AFB: Spirit in the Sky- J. Thomas Pento o Robert Ragozzino’s Stearman World Flight o Builders Work to Re-Create 1911 Vin-Fiz Transcontinental Journey o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Color Vision and Colored Contacts o OKC 99s Inducted Into International Forest of Friendship o TASC to Host Airfest and Super Cockpit Day o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Where Are The Old Douglas A-24s? o Franny Rourke Goes West • September 2000 o Summer Ballooning Fun in Oklahoma!- Tulsa’s Gatesway Int’l Balloon Festival- Barbara Huffman o Summer Ballooning Fun in Oklahoma!- Wiley Post Southwestern Bell Balloon Festival- Mike Huffman o From Mike…- a frightening flight in a J-3, part 2 o From Barbara…- being in Oklahoma o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Working the Crowd o Check Ride Tips- Nan Gaylord- On Final Approach o 43rd Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In Set for Bartlesville- Charlie Harris o UFO’s Land at Haskell- Locals Are Not Surprised!- Mike Huffman Table of Contents- Oklahoma Aviator Issues Page 3 o 22nd Annual Okie Derby Combines Fun, Competition,and Aircraft Proficiency Racing o MidAmerica Airport Schedules EXPO 2000 Private Plane Fly-In o AIR-21 At Work in Oklahoma o NATA Looks To Save Airports o EAA Foundation’s B-17 Begins Fall Tour of Eastern US on September 1 o Planes on the Prairie Fly-In Set for Oct 6-8 o AirVenture 2000- J. Thomas Pento o TTC’s Hypobaric/Hyperbaric Facility- Mike Huffman o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- Attention! Good News For Older Pilots (Including Me!) o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Starting a New FBO o Aviation Maintenance Gets Wired o Okla Aircraft Registration Tax- Clifford R. Magee • October 2000 o Intrepid Aviator Flies Weedhopper to Oshkosh o From Mike... Quickie Aircraft and flight testing realities o Cross-Country IFR Training to Fun Destinations Planned- Mike Huffman o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Modern Wonders o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- A Guy Called “Shorty” o Gundy’s Airport Under New Ownership o Airshow Oklahoma a Success Despite Fire and Rain Technical Innovation Is Key at General Aviation Modifications, Inc (GAMI) o Ask The Doctor- Dr. Guy Baldwin- diabetes; eye exams o A First Thought- Dave Wilkerson o Robert Ragozzino Stuck in Russia o B-25 Carrier Takeoffs- Richard D. Prigmore • November 2000 o Ragozzino Sets Round-The-World Record o Oklahoma Aviator Future Uncertain- Help May Be Forthcoming o From Mike… The Great Rocket Caper o Up With Downs- Earl Downs- Courtesy o Plane Potpourri- Bob Richardson- Antoine de Saint-Exupery o Flight Destinations: Part 1- Grand Lake Regional Airport- J.