STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

The hype before Oshkosh can be seen in a number of phone calls beshytween different people within the Divishysion letters exchanged and general talk This type of communication is inshyvaluable for the smooth operation of the Division I would like to see us keep this communication alive beshytween individuals I would like to know the thoughts and feelings of any Division member on any aspect of the Convention and what takes place within the Division during the year My receiving this type of communicashytion will better enable me to run the Division as the membership would want Remember this is your Division and the officers directors and advisors are here to serve your best interest This October our Board will have a meeting at Oshkosh to de-brief the past Convention and to start plans for EAA Oshkosh 89

By this time I am sure that everyone has heard a lot from the different canshydidates running for national and local political offices I would encourage you at this time to use your power and vote for the candidate of your choice You really do need to know how the candidate comes down on aviation isshysues Also it is a good time to let these candidates know your feelings on avishyation issues Lets get some friends in places that can make the right decisions for us

We now have a new AntiqueClassic Chapter No 17 located in Sunnyvale California and the Presishydent is Edward C Beers I would like to welcome this Chapter aboard 2 OCTOBER 988

by Espie Butch Joyce

Headquarters has new guidelines for Chapters that are fornled and also for existing ones These guidelines have been well thought out and are good for the Chapters The Chapter system works well It gives a local area some identification and organization for people to get together One Chapter that I have been associated with for a long time and have been past president of is AntiqueClassic Chapter 3 This Chapter located in the Carolinas-Virshyginia area goes back to a group of people before there was an AC Chapshyter The members voted to become a part of EAA and were originally known as Chapter 395-3A to give it some identification before we had AnshytiqueClassic Chapters

The Chapters give individuals a group to fellowship with and also to set standards for activities Through the fellowship of Chapters people can share their ideas and advice The Chapshyters help guide people who are new to our type of activity in the right direcshytion This leadership in Chapters such as Chapter 3 has been produced by difshyferent individuals For example Morshyton Lester from AC Chapter 3 a member of the EAA Foundation Board has worked with the Foundashytion in building the museum that we now have Brad Thomas who is past President of the AntiqueClassic Divishysion served in that position for five years Individuals who have won awards are Colonel Clem Armstrong and his son Robert Their OX5 powshyered Waco 10 a beautiful aircraft has won a Reserve Grand Champion Anshy

tique award They later came back to win the Classic Grand Champion with an Aeronca 7AC The Stoias Bill Tom and Jim from Manning SC are members of Chapter 3 and won Grand Champion Classic with a Luscombe 8A Xen Motsinger Columbia SC and Susan Dusenbury Greensboro NC won awards this year for their Aeronca 7 AC Champ and Culver Cadet respectively And even Jack and Golda Cox were newsletter editors for Chapter 3 before they became asshysociated with EAA

The Chapter system works and I will be glad to work with anyone we can to help form another Chapter Fellowship and advice from different Chapter members are responsible in large part for these peoples recognition If there is not a Chapter in your area for you to join you might want to consider forming one

Over the past several years the FAA started a new policy of ramp checking the paperwork on aircraft and individushyals A word of advice in being ramp checked by a FAA official Do not lose your cool Be courteous And it is a good idea to have a witness present during the check

Do you know an individual who has an interesting project an interesting aviator or a story about an Antique Classic related activity If so please send me some information and we will use this in your magazine for all to enjoy Let us all pull together in one direction for the good of aviation Join us and have it all bull

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Contents

2 Straight and Levelby Espie Butch Joyce

4 AlC Newsby Mark Phelps

5 Vintage Seaplanesby Norm Petersen

6 Members Projectsby Norm Petersen Page 8

8 The View From The Red Barn shyEAA Oshkosh 88by Norm Petersen

12 Acres and Acres of Cessnas by Mark Phelps

18 Kari-Keen Insightby Mark Phelps

22 Pass It To Buckby EE Buck Hilbert

23 Planes and People

24 Vintage Literatureby Dennis Parks

25 Calendar

26 Welcome New Members

27 Vintage Trader

31 Mystery Planeby George Hardie Jr

FRONT COVER You could walk on the wings from one end of the Cessna 120140 parking area to the other Project 88 in 88 turned into 163 in 88 and the world became witness to the utility of a classic vintage airplane See the story on page 12 (Photo by Jeff Isom)

REAR COVER In late 1926 National Air Transport asked for bids on an airplane capable of carrying 1000 pounds with a cargo space of at least 100 cubic feel Within 38 days Walter Beech had built test-flown and delivered the first Travel Air 5000 A fleet of the famous six-place cabin Travel Airs subsequently operated day and night beshytween Dallas and Chicago

(Beech photo courtesy of Robert Beal AlC 11121)

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The words EAA ULTRALIGHT FLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM SPORT AVIATION and the logos of EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC EAA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION EAA ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISION INC INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB INC WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC are registered trademarks THE EAA SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above associations is strictly prohibited Editorial Policy Readers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs Policy opinions expressed in articles are solely those of the authors Responsibility for accuracy in reporting rests entirely with the contributor Material should be sent to Editor The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Wittman Airfield 300 Poberezny Rd Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Phone 414426-4800 The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc and is published monthly at Wittman Airfield 300 Poberezny Rd Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh WI 54901 and additional mailing offices Membershyship rates for EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc are $1800 for current EAA members for 12 month period of which $1200 is for the publication of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation ADVERTISING - AntiqueClassic Division does not guarantee or endorse any product offered through our advertisshying We invite constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise obtained through our advertising so that corrective mmeasures can be taken Postmaster Send address changes to EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc Wittman Airfield 300 Poberezny Rd Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

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Compiled by Mark Phelps

ANNUAL MEETING The Antique Classic Divisions anshy

nual meeting at EAA Oshkosh 88 honshyored outgoing president Robert Lickteig and welcomed incoming presshyident Espie Butch Joyce There was also special recognition for other memshybers and some encouraging statistical information Ron Fritz was awarded a special plaque in recognition of his sershyvice to the division and this years Volshyunteer of the Year award went to Cheryl Harrison

In addition volunteer Candi Daubner was presented with a Purple Heart for heroic service to J-2 Cubs during a 55-mph thunderstorm award Candi suffered badly bruised ribs while wrestling with the wing tiedown of the runaway Cub during the infamous Thursday storm She also claims about two minutes of J-2 time while she and the wing were airborne All kidding aside her actions together with others no doubt saved the Cub from further damage and possibly damaging adjashycent aircraft on the line Also involved in the rescue effort were volunteers Dani Sandin Bret Howard Ken Kuick Mike Doyle Bob Dillingham and nine or 10 unidentified brave souls from the porch of the Red Barn who charged out into the violent winds to help

Kelly Viets reported that membershyship was up 10 percent for a total of 5 672 members 132 of which signed up at this year s Convention Other acshycomplishments noted at the meeting inshycluded the registration of 949 airplanes Art Morgan and his parking crew parked between 1 100 and 1200 aircraft and 864 participant plaques were awarded The forums drew good crowds and the airline flight crew tent elicited 843 signatures The business in red buttons was brisk with 5 324 sold up from 5200 last year Souvenir buttons went well too with 1087 going out the door and constituting the division s largest single money-maker We had seven returning champs at the Fly-in this year and Kelly Viets conshyducted eight interviews in the Intershy

view Circle Fifty-eight shutterbugs signed up for the 1989 photo contest The picnic fed some 326 participants and the volunteer roll included 217 names Many hands make light work

Other new accomplishments inshycluded the institution of a Past Grand Champion Patch to honor trophy recishypients and the tram tour to provide a comfortable look at the Convention for those who prefer to let someone else provide the locomotion a welcome reshylief for worn-out feet A big help was the addition of AntiqueClassic criteria sign at the information booth What is an antique and What is a classic have always been the two most-asked questions and the signs provided some relief for the people in the booth

PANCHO BARNES STORY

Mark your calenders and set your VCRs On October 25 CBS will broadcast a three-hour made-for-TV movie on the life of Pancho Barnes It seems that any area of interest in US aviation history will include some mention of Pancho from the first Intershycontinental Womens Air Race to the filming of Howard Hughes Hells Angels to the glory days of Edwards Air Force Base in the 1950s The film covers from 1910 to about 1948 when Pancho lost her famous ranch outside of Edwards to the government Feashytured in thefilm are some 35 airplanes many of them owned by EAA Antique Classic members from the Dallas area The big star of the show is Jim Younshykins replica of the Travel Air Mysshytery Ship which Pancho raced Charshylie Hillard was chief pilot on the proshyject and flew the Mystery Ship replica from the EAA Air Adventure Museum where it had been on display to Texas for the filming In a bit of dramatic license petite Valerie Bertinelli was chosen to play Pancho It should be fun to watch

LUSCOMBE FACTORY REVISITED

The following letter was found in the SeptemberOctober issue of the LUSCOMBE COURANT and is reshyprinted with permission Dear Loren

I started with the Luscombe Airplane Co in West Trenton New Jersey in September 1939 by introducshytion by my cousin Marian Berger who then was secretary to Don Luscombe or Chuck Burgess (I forget 100 long ago) My job was in the machine shop

where 1 made the oleo cylinders and bungee screws Later I became asst foreman and tool and die maker I had completed one year at Drexel Tech and was continuing at Rutgers at night Leopold found out and moved me to the engineering department Th ere workedfor Ray Edie doing board work etc I designed the original battery box At the outset of the war we were stopped on producing the Model 8s and became subcontractor to GM in West Trenton not far from us making bomb bay doors and ammo chutes f or the Grumman TBF which GM assemshybled in West Trenton Their field is now the airport serving Trenton and area (Mercer County-ED)

So ifany of you own a Model 8 made in 1939 and early40s I made the oleo and bungee I sent Ron some pictures of Luscombes at the old airport and plant buildings Some of the people I remember from the old days at Lusshycombe were Jim Rising Chuck Burgess Tom Slingsby (I ran his machine shop in Connecticut after the war) Ray Edie Rolf Gregory Jack English Jim Wales and Charlie Deshycker I left Luscombe to go up to White Aircraft in Massachusetts with Dale Hamilton then on to the big time with Pratt amp Whitney as a tech rep with P-47s and Martin B-26s in the ETO

After the war I returned 10 New Jershysey and was asked to go with the Lusshycombe group to Texas but I did not go I stayed around Trenton and flew the Piper Cubs I think I had only one ride in a Luscombe am now flying a Piper Warrior I and 172s as long as the body can pass the tests I have olle coming up in August Am trying to be one of the oldest pilots in Cape May County

A little story I recall about Chuck Burgess He had a Colt 45 automatic pistol and during lunchtime it was his fun to go out back and shoot at tin callS on a box Some he hit some not I got the bright idea to play tricks on his marksmanship I brought in my Winshychester 30-30 rifle and would sit in the second story overlooking the target area Watching Chuck get ready to shoot I would time my shot with his or maybe a little before and knock off the can He was elated thinking he had hit 100 percent until someone fou nd that the holes in the can were different And then I was found out Best Regards Jim Berger Stone Harbor New Jersey

4 OCTOBER 1988

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

by Norm Petersen

Inverted Taylorcraft is carefully floated up to the dock

This month we go into the archives of John Finiello (EAA 250290 NC 10530) of Albuquerque NM and peruse five of his photos depicting the recovery of Taylorcraft BC-12D (N95649) from the waters of Philadelshyphia Skyport Seaplane Base in 1947 John says this situation was handled routinely and the hoist and dock was used to right the airplane and floats with very minor damage Often the airshycraft would be in operation the followshying day

The secret to success according to John was to flood the two front comshypartments of the 1320 floats and then begin the recovery pull taking plenty of time for the water to run out of the airplane Sometimes holes were poked in the wing fabric to aid the water drainage

Once the aircraft was on the dock in level position the clean-up would begin floats pumped out and repairs made Then it was back to work flying on floats bull

Hoisting cable is attached to aft fuselage with noses of floats against the dock

Slowly the tail of the T-Craft is raised allowing the water to drain out

Water drains from the wings as the hoisting cable is moved to the rudder post

Final pull lowers T-Craft to the dock Note compartment covers missing from forward float sections

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EMBERS PRO ECTS by Norm Petersen

This 1947 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser NC3088M SIN 12-1777 was restored by Bob Hunt (EAA 165963 AlC 6123) 16 John St Hackettstown NJ 07840 Last flown in 1970 the basket case was purchased by Bob in 1986 and hauled home in a truck A total rebuild of the wing hardware was required along with much fuselage work Covering was done in Slits HS-90X with Diana Cream and Tennessee Red Poly-tone finish The engine was majored from 100hp to 108hp and runs like a top Total time on the aircraft is 1900 hours Bob reports this is his first restoration and admits it was quite an educashytion First flight was on June 17 1988 Flew great

An Australian visitor at Oshkosh 88 gave the above picture to Dick Hill as a result of the two pictures published in July 88 VINTAGE The replica Southern Cross is now flying in Australia This photo was probably taken at Mangalore 88 which was held at Easter time

MEMBERS PROJECTS

Mike Gregg (EAA 154077 AlC 8239) of Staples MN stands next to his latest project A 1940 Luscombe 8A SIN 1242 complete with a Continental AS5 on the trailer Mike would like very much to contact other members who have Luscombe restoration experience to exchange information Call Mike at 218-894-2092

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VIEW FROM THE RED BARN EAA OSHKOSH 88

M emories can be very short Just a few weeks ago the opening cereshymonies at EAA Oshkosh 88 brought anticipation to a peak The huge influx of airplanes from all over the country (and numerous foreign aircraft) had litshyerally filled up the parking area The heat was tenacious-never giving up for one second In short it was just plain hot

Yet only a few weeks later the cool evenings of fall have almost erased the memory of the warm days and nights of EAA Oshkosh 88 Only the beautishyful memories of the good people and fabulous airplanes remain This is good

As usual the heros of the Antiquel Classic area were the volunteers who literally gave of their blood sweat and tears Art Morgan s crew of Aircraft Parkers succeeded in placing middot133 anshytique aircraft 818 classic aircraft and six replicas And to really top off their performance Art s gang master minded the incredible job of parking

by Nor m P eter sen Probably the toughest part of the huge Cessna 12011 40 fl y- in was reserving

the mass flight of 163 Cessna 120 1401 the campingpark ing space for the 140A airplanes in under 40 minutes group over the sometimes loud comshy(This record may stand for a while ) plaints from those who had parked in

With clear skies beckoning Dave Merillat fires up the 1942 Grumman Widgeon and heads for Tecumseh Michigan With the large Indian Chief painted on the forward hull this airplane is easy to identify

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the reserve area in recent years Again the diplomacy of the Aircraft Parking crew prevailed (and World War III was averted) Perhaps special recognition should be awarded those Antique Classic members who gave up a favorshyite aircraft camping spot in deference to the mass arrival of the 1201140 bunch

Superb planning has to be given as the reason for the success of the 120 140 fly-in What started out as an 88 in 88 possibility grew by leaps and bounds under the capable direction of Jack Cronin to where the mass fly-in total was more than doubled in numshybers 163 classic aircraft of one type is a new record that will take some doing to beat

And let us not forget the outpouring of hospitality and friendliness of the community of Monticello Iowa who gave it their best shot in helping the 1201140 group to form practice for hours and then launch the entire 163 aircraft in 26 minutes This incredible piece of work and organization comshypletely endeared the 1201140 pilots to the people of Monticello Every pilot in the 120 140 group had kind words to say about the 3500 residents of this Iowa town located just southwest of Dubuque Residents of Monticello stand tall and proud You have earned it

One of the more clever stunts used by Jack Cronin and the 1201140 bunch was a discreet transponder code for the first and last airplanes in the group This way Chicago is Air Traffic Control Center knew that between the first blip and the last blip (some 13 miles apart) were 161 airplanes and it would beshyhoove A TC not to vector other aircraft through this gap The system worked perfectly and was especially welcome when patches of ground fog and haze made navigation a bit difficult and visshyibility was a bit tight at times Angelo Fraboni flying his award-winning Cessna 140A in the group admitted he was fingering his Rosary beads durshying the most difficult part of the flight

Despite the reduction in parking area on the north end of the AntiqueClassic area due to the new heavy airplane taxiway with its attendant parking pads to the north and south (Concorde B-1 Bomber etc) room was still available for the nearly 1000 aircraft qualified to park in the area

This year the UltralighULight- Plane area including their grass runway was moved farther south This exposed more area for AntiqueClassic parking Granted that some folks had to walk a

Beautiful polished Cessna 140 NC72742 flown by Vince Jackovich and his brother from Eldridge Iowa This immaculate 140 has been in their family since new having been owned by an uncle for over twenty years

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~______________~____________~ Z Gorgene and Don McDonough ready to return to Palos Hills IL with their Best Beechcraft award This 1950 Bonanza has won the award some eight out of the last ten years for this fine couple Congratulations again

Winner of the Best Continuously Maintained Award Grumman Mallard N2945 flown by Dennis Reid of Woodside CA floats serenely on the calm waters of Lake Winnebago just outside the Brennand Seaplane Base On the right is Dennis Buehns Grumman HU-16 Albatross and Connie Edwards PBV-6 Catalina

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Two of a kind Silver Age Champion Frank Bass (Kari-Keen Coupe) on the chair visits with Jim Stanton Classic Grand Champion (Piper PA-16 Clipper) Subject airplanes

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Here is a pair to draw to Marcia Sullivan on the left and Barbara Ann Fidler in front of Barbaras Grand Champion Winning 1940 J-3 Cub She sold the Cub the night before and had the money in her pocket as the bittersweet smile reflects

Gordy La Combe of Kenosha WI was doing his best to locate an airplane to fit this large aluminum wheelpant Most experts thought it was from a Howard DGA-11 (Gordy found it on an estate sale) Guesses anyone 10 OCTOBER 1988

little farther than before but at least there was room to park and camp A small portion of the former ultralight area was used for Emergency Aircraft Repair and the set-up seemed to work very nicely For the umpteenth time members and volunteers from EAA Chapter 75 of Moline Illinois (Quad Cities) manned this most important facility and performed yeoman service Ask any pilot who has had his bent broken or battered airplane returned to service by the Emergency Repair Crew and you will find an appreciation that knows no bounds When you are a thousand miles from home and a valve hangs up it is a tremendous relief to get all cylinders working again

Interview Circle in front of the Red Bam was very active this year with Master of Ceremonies Kelly Viets doing an admirable job of getting these sky pilots and restorers to reveal all their secrets to the gathered crowd With the quality of restorations better than ever Kelly had a nice bunch of candidates to talk with and no less than eight aircraft and their pilot-restorers were exposed to old silver-tongue Viets

While all this was going on Bob Lumley was very busy with his video camera doing interviews with many of the notables of the AntiqueClassic world Bob is especially adept at getshyting the old timers to appear on camera where we can all see them for years to come Thank you Bob for doing an extremely valuable service in the preshyservation of so many fine people on tape--each one a unique part of aviashytion history

The Type Club Tent located just south of the Red Barn was busy this year as more and more of the groups aligned with a certain type of aircraft display their wares meet new people interested in the marque and sign up new members This in turn helps to support the restoration activity in the type which benefits everybody The exchange of information and tips on rebuilding and operating is quite amazshying among type club membership Fourteen different type clubs were registered this year

In like manner the OX-5 tent imshymediately west of the Red Barn was continually in use during the convenshytion This group of young old timers has more get up and go than many younger groups It was most surprising to see this bunch handle the warm (hot) weather probably better than many of the young folks (Age instills pashytience)

E o z Taxiing in after participating in the Parade of Flight is Bill Watson Tulsa OK in his award-winning 1928 Kreider-Reisner KR-31 The OX-5 engine is almost inaudible at idle

The 1988 AntiqueClassic Parade of will do a fine job as president and all Flight was most impressive this year of us look forward to the coming years with all entrants being able to make under his leadership Congratulations their appointed flights before the Butch crowd in spite of a rather dark threatenshy Included in the 818 Classic aircraft ing cloud to the north of Wittman registered were 27 on floats at the Field The sights and sounds of the old Brennand Seaplane Base This small time airplanes were a genuine treat to hidden sanctuary for weary people on those who appreciate such vibrashy the shore of Lake Winnebago had 103 tions With the parade held on Tuesshy registered seaplanes thi s year along day afternoon the crowd was actually with a person named John Knapp who treated to a sneak preview of many of set some kind of record selling flying the award winners on the following to the public During the week John Thursday evening It was especially flew 198 hours in his Avid Flyer on fun to see Gene Chase (retired EAA floats giving over 50 rides in the proshySenior Editor) participate in the Parade cess many of them first time rides and of Flight with his 1933 Davis 0-1-W almost all were first time on floats with its black and yellow paint scheme 1988 saw a gathering of antiques Up until this year Gene was always that put the judges mettle to a severe buried in work during the Parade of test The scoring points were close and Flight Gene also volunteered as a the quality of restoration work was borshyjudge for the Antique judging this year dering on unbelievable The Grand

The Annual Meeting of the Antique Champion Antique Award was garshyClassic Division produced a brand new nered by a Piper BC-65 Cub built in president this year in the form of Espie 1940 and restored by Barbara Fidler of Butch Joyce of Madison North Alva Florida The Reserve Grand Carolina He succeeds RJ Lickteig Champion Award went to a Stearman who has been at the helm for the past PT -17 restored by Fred Nelson of Glen five years-and a most notable five Ellyn Illinois years it has been Thank you Dobshy For the first time in many years a bie for a job well done over the past Kari-Keen Coupe was on display 60 months The division has grown a courtesy of Frank Bass of Moore great deal in membership and stature Montana The Coupe garnered the during his tenure and as Dobbie Silver Age Champion Award and says Its the help that did it But Frank Bass widened his circle of Dob the help needs a leader friends from coast to coast Runner-up

A dedicated antiquer Butch Joyce in the Silver Age Class was Bill Watshy

sons Kreider-Reisner KR-31 Biplane from Tulsa Oklahoma

Many other Antique A wards were made in the various categories which will be expanded on in later issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

In the classic awards the Grand Championship was garnered by a 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper restored by the father and son team of Jim Stanton and Jim Jr of East Stroudsburg Pennsylshyvania This aircraft arrived on the fourth day of the convention with some of the paint literally drying on the way to Oshkosh The Reserve Grand Champion A ward was won by a Cessna 140A restored by Jack Shahan of Stone Mountain Georgia This airshycraft was restored in the optional paint scheme available from the factory in a creamy white with red trim With the optional Cessna wheel pants it was a very good looking restoration

Some 23 awards were given to classic aircraft in the Class Custom and Best of Type Awards This size varied from Tony Torrignos small Mooney Mite in Custom Class A to a huge Grumman Mallard amphibian that earned the Best Continuously Maintained Award for its owner Reid Dennis of Woodside California

All in all the judges did an outstandshying job in the intense heat of the conshyvention and made many a journey to the rows of beautiful airplanes to make their observations and calls We sashylute this dedicated bunch of hard workshying individuals for a job well done

The heat of the entire week was broshyken on the final Thursday evening when a cold front with its attendant black roll cloud and 50 mph winds ripped through Oshkosh A J-2 Cub was ripped from its tie downs and headed for the Red Bam Needless to say many brave souls answered the call to go forth in the pelting rain and hang on to the flying Cub with all their might Several volunteers were lifted many feet in the air in the proshycess-stubbornly hanging on to a wing tip Eventually the violent winds gave enough respite for the mass of humanshyity to corral the flippant Cub and tie it down Damage to the Cub was subshystantial in that it bounced off a teleshyphone pole in the process of flying

In one of the luckier instances it was discovered that the J-2 Cub had sailed right across the spot where Frank Bass Kari-Keen Coupe had been parked just before the storm Frank had decided to move his airplane into a hangar at the last moment

Some guys live right bull VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

In Flights of Five They Descended on Wittman Field Like

Rluminum Locusts

teHt and photos

by Marie Phelps

12 OCTOBER 1988

There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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They used the whole airport to land on shymain runway

was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

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the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

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Contents

2 Straight and Levelby Espie Butch Joyce

4 AlC Newsby Mark Phelps

5 Vintage Seaplanesby Norm Petersen

6 Members Projectsby Norm Petersen Page 8

8 The View From The Red Barn shyEAA Oshkosh 88by Norm Petersen

12 Acres and Acres of Cessnas by Mark Phelps

18 Kari-Keen Insightby Mark Phelps

22 Pass It To Buckby EE Buck Hilbert

23 Planes and People

24 Vintage Literatureby Dennis Parks

25 Calendar

26 Welcome New Members

27 Vintage Trader

31 Mystery Planeby George Hardie Jr

FRONT COVER You could walk on the wings from one end of the Cessna 120140 parking area to the other Project 88 in 88 turned into 163 in 88 and the world became witness to the utility of a classic vintage airplane See the story on page 12 (Photo by Jeff Isom)

REAR COVER In late 1926 National Air Transport asked for bids on an airplane capable of carrying 1000 pounds with a cargo space of at least 100 cubic feel Within 38 days Walter Beech had built test-flown and delivered the first Travel Air 5000 A fleet of the famous six-place cabin Travel Airs subsequently operated day and night beshytween Dallas and Chicago

(Beech photo courtesy of Robert Beal AlC 11121)

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ANNUAL MEETING The Antique Classic Divisions anshy

nual meeting at EAA Oshkosh 88 honshyored outgoing president Robert Lickteig and welcomed incoming presshyident Espie Butch Joyce There was also special recognition for other memshybers and some encouraging statistical information Ron Fritz was awarded a special plaque in recognition of his sershyvice to the division and this years Volshyunteer of the Year award went to Cheryl Harrison

In addition volunteer Candi Daubner was presented with a Purple Heart for heroic service to J-2 Cubs during a 55-mph thunderstorm award Candi suffered badly bruised ribs while wrestling with the wing tiedown of the runaway Cub during the infamous Thursday storm She also claims about two minutes of J-2 time while she and the wing were airborne All kidding aside her actions together with others no doubt saved the Cub from further damage and possibly damaging adjashycent aircraft on the line Also involved in the rescue effort were volunteers Dani Sandin Bret Howard Ken Kuick Mike Doyle Bob Dillingham and nine or 10 unidentified brave souls from the porch of the Red Barn who charged out into the violent winds to help

Kelly Viets reported that membershyship was up 10 percent for a total of 5 672 members 132 of which signed up at this year s Convention Other acshycomplishments noted at the meeting inshycluded the registration of 949 airplanes Art Morgan and his parking crew parked between 1 100 and 1200 aircraft and 864 participant plaques were awarded The forums drew good crowds and the airline flight crew tent elicited 843 signatures The business in red buttons was brisk with 5 324 sold up from 5200 last year Souvenir buttons went well too with 1087 going out the door and constituting the division s largest single money-maker We had seven returning champs at the Fly-in this year and Kelly Viets conshyducted eight interviews in the Intershy

view Circle Fifty-eight shutterbugs signed up for the 1989 photo contest The picnic fed some 326 participants and the volunteer roll included 217 names Many hands make light work

Other new accomplishments inshycluded the institution of a Past Grand Champion Patch to honor trophy recishypients and the tram tour to provide a comfortable look at the Convention for those who prefer to let someone else provide the locomotion a welcome reshylief for worn-out feet A big help was the addition of AntiqueClassic criteria sign at the information booth What is an antique and What is a classic have always been the two most-asked questions and the signs provided some relief for the people in the booth

PANCHO BARNES STORY

Mark your calenders and set your VCRs On October 25 CBS will broadcast a three-hour made-for-TV movie on the life of Pancho Barnes It seems that any area of interest in US aviation history will include some mention of Pancho from the first Intershycontinental Womens Air Race to the filming of Howard Hughes Hells Angels to the glory days of Edwards Air Force Base in the 1950s The film covers from 1910 to about 1948 when Pancho lost her famous ranch outside of Edwards to the government Feashytured in thefilm are some 35 airplanes many of them owned by EAA Antique Classic members from the Dallas area The big star of the show is Jim Younshykins replica of the Travel Air Mysshytery Ship which Pancho raced Charshylie Hillard was chief pilot on the proshyject and flew the Mystery Ship replica from the EAA Air Adventure Museum where it had been on display to Texas for the filming In a bit of dramatic license petite Valerie Bertinelli was chosen to play Pancho It should be fun to watch

LUSCOMBE FACTORY REVISITED

The following letter was found in the SeptemberOctober issue of the LUSCOMBE COURANT and is reshyprinted with permission Dear Loren

I started with the Luscombe Airplane Co in West Trenton New Jersey in September 1939 by introducshytion by my cousin Marian Berger who then was secretary to Don Luscombe or Chuck Burgess (I forget 100 long ago) My job was in the machine shop

where 1 made the oleo cylinders and bungee screws Later I became asst foreman and tool and die maker I had completed one year at Drexel Tech and was continuing at Rutgers at night Leopold found out and moved me to the engineering department Th ere workedfor Ray Edie doing board work etc I designed the original battery box At the outset of the war we were stopped on producing the Model 8s and became subcontractor to GM in West Trenton not far from us making bomb bay doors and ammo chutes f or the Grumman TBF which GM assemshybled in West Trenton Their field is now the airport serving Trenton and area (Mercer County-ED)

So ifany of you own a Model 8 made in 1939 and early40s I made the oleo and bungee I sent Ron some pictures of Luscombes at the old airport and plant buildings Some of the people I remember from the old days at Lusshycombe were Jim Rising Chuck Burgess Tom Slingsby (I ran his machine shop in Connecticut after the war) Ray Edie Rolf Gregory Jack English Jim Wales and Charlie Deshycker I left Luscombe to go up to White Aircraft in Massachusetts with Dale Hamilton then on to the big time with Pratt amp Whitney as a tech rep with P-47s and Martin B-26s in the ETO

After the war I returned 10 New Jershysey and was asked to go with the Lusshycombe group to Texas but I did not go I stayed around Trenton and flew the Piper Cubs I think I had only one ride in a Luscombe am now flying a Piper Warrior I and 172s as long as the body can pass the tests I have olle coming up in August Am trying to be one of the oldest pilots in Cape May County

A little story I recall about Chuck Burgess He had a Colt 45 automatic pistol and during lunchtime it was his fun to go out back and shoot at tin callS on a box Some he hit some not I got the bright idea to play tricks on his marksmanship I brought in my Winshychester 30-30 rifle and would sit in the second story overlooking the target area Watching Chuck get ready to shoot I would time my shot with his or maybe a little before and knock off the can He was elated thinking he had hit 100 percent until someone fou nd that the holes in the can were different And then I was found out Best Regards Jim Berger Stone Harbor New Jersey

4 OCTOBER 1988

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

by Norm Petersen

Inverted Taylorcraft is carefully floated up to the dock

This month we go into the archives of John Finiello (EAA 250290 NC 10530) of Albuquerque NM and peruse five of his photos depicting the recovery of Taylorcraft BC-12D (N95649) from the waters of Philadelshyphia Skyport Seaplane Base in 1947 John says this situation was handled routinely and the hoist and dock was used to right the airplane and floats with very minor damage Often the airshycraft would be in operation the followshying day

The secret to success according to John was to flood the two front comshypartments of the 1320 floats and then begin the recovery pull taking plenty of time for the water to run out of the airplane Sometimes holes were poked in the wing fabric to aid the water drainage

Once the aircraft was on the dock in level position the clean-up would begin floats pumped out and repairs made Then it was back to work flying on floats bull

Hoisting cable is attached to aft fuselage with noses of floats against the dock

Slowly the tail of the T-Craft is raised allowing the water to drain out

Water drains from the wings as the hoisting cable is moved to the rudder post

Final pull lowers T-Craft to the dock Note compartment covers missing from forward float sections

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EMBERS PRO ECTS by Norm Petersen

This 1947 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser NC3088M SIN 12-1777 was restored by Bob Hunt (EAA 165963 AlC 6123) 16 John St Hackettstown NJ 07840 Last flown in 1970 the basket case was purchased by Bob in 1986 and hauled home in a truck A total rebuild of the wing hardware was required along with much fuselage work Covering was done in Slits HS-90X with Diana Cream and Tennessee Red Poly-tone finish The engine was majored from 100hp to 108hp and runs like a top Total time on the aircraft is 1900 hours Bob reports this is his first restoration and admits it was quite an educashytion First flight was on June 17 1988 Flew great

An Australian visitor at Oshkosh 88 gave the above picture to Dick Hill as a result of the two pictures published in July 88 VINTAGE The replica Southern Cross is now flying in Australia This photo was probably taken at Mangalore 88 which was held at Easter time

MEMBERS PROJECTS

Mike Gregg (EAA 154077 AlC 8239) of Staples MN stands next to his latest project A 1940 Luscombe 8A SIN 1242 complete with a Continental AS5 on the trailer Mike would like very much to contact other members who have Luscombe restoration experience to exchange information Call Mike at 218-894-2092

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VIEW FROM THE RED BARN EAA OSHKOSH 88

M emories can be very short Just a few weeks ago the opening cereshymonies at EAA Oshkosh 88 brought anticipation to a peak The huge influx of airplanes from all over the country (and numerous foreign aircraft) had litshyerally filled up the parking area The heat was tenacious-never giving up for one second In short it was just plain hot

Yet only a few weeks later the cool evenings of fall have almost erased the memory of the warm days and nights of EAA Oshkosh 88 Only the beautishyful memories of the good people and fabulous airplanes remain This is good

As usual the heros of the Antiquel Classic area were the volunteers who literally gave of their blood sweat and tears Art Morgan s crew of Aircraft Parkers succeeded in placing middot133 anshytique aircraft 818 classic aircraft and six replicas And to really top off their performance Art s gang master minded the incredible job of parking

by Nor m P eter sen Probably the toughest part of the huge Cessna 12011 40 fl y- in was reserving

the mass flight of 163 Cessna 120 1401 the campingpark ing space for the 140A airplanes in under 40 minutes group over the sometimes loud comshy(This record may stand for a while ) plaints from those who had parked in

With clear skies beckoning Dave Merillat fires up the 1942 Grumman Widgeon and heads for Tecumseh Michigan With the large Indian Chief painted on the forward hull this airplane is easy to identify

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the reserve area in recent years Again the diplomacy of the Aircraft Parking crew prevailed (and World War III was averted) Perhaps special recognition should be awarded those Antique Classic members who gave up a favorshyite aircraft camping spot in deference to the mass arrival of the 1201140 bunch

Superb planning has to be given as the reason for the success of the 120 140 fly-in What started out as an 88 in 88 possibility grew by leaps and bounds under the capable direction of Jack Cronin to where the mass fly-in total was more than doubled in numshybers 163 classic aircraft of one type is a new record that will take some doing to beat

And let us not forget the outpouring of hospitality and friendliness of the community of Monticello Iowa who gave it their best shot in helping the 1201140 group to form practice for hours and then launch the entire 163 aircraft in 26 minutes This incredible piece of work and organization comshypletely endeared the 1201140 pilots to the people of Monticello Every pilot in the 120 140 group had kind words to say about the 3500 residents of this Iowa town located just southwest of Dubuque Residents of Monticello stand tall and proud You have earned it

One of the more clever stunts used by Jack Cronin and the 1201140 bunch was a discreet transponder code for the first and last airplanes in the group This way Chicago is Air Traffic Control Center knew that between the first blip and the last blip (some 13 miles apart) were 161 airplanes and it would beshyhoove A TC not to vector other aircraft through this gap The system worked perfectly and was especially welcome when patches of ground fog and haze made navigation a bit difficult and visshyibility was a bit tight at times Angelo Fraboni flying his award-winning Cessna 140A in the group admitted he was fingering his Rosary beads durshying the most difficult part of the flight

Despite the reduction in parking area on the north end of the AntiqueClassic area due to the new heavy airplane taxiway with its attendant parking pads to the north and south (Concorde B-1 Bomber etc) room was still available for the nearly 1000 aircraft qualified to park in the area

This year the UltralighULight- Plane area including their grass runway was moved farther south This exposed more area for AntiqueClassic parking Granted that some folks had to walk a

Beautiful polished Cessna 140 NC72742 flown by Vince Jackovich and his brother from Eldridge Iowa This immaculate 140 has been in their family since new having been owned by an uncle for over twenty years

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~______________~____________~ Z Gorgene and Don McDonough ready to return to Palos Hills IL with their Best Beechcraft award This 1950 Bonanza has won the award some eight out of the last ten years for this fine couple Congratulations again

Winner of the Best Continuously Maintained Award Grumman Mallard N2945 flown by Dennis Reid of Woodside CA floats serenely on the calm waters of Lake Winnebago just outside the Brennand Seaplane Base On the right is Dennis Buehns Grumman HU-16 Albatross and Connie Edwards PBV-6 Catalina

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Two of a kind Silver Age Champion Frank Bass (Kari-Keen Coupe) on the chair visits with Jim Stanton Classic Grand Champion (Piper PA-16 Clipper) Subject airplanes

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Here is a pair to draw to Marcia Sullivan on the left and Barbara Ann Fidler in front of Barbaras Grand Champion Winning 1940 J-3 Cub She sold the Cub the night before and had the money in her pocket as the bittersweet smile reflects

Gordy La Combe of Kenosha WI was doing his best to locate an airplane to fit this large aluminum wheelpant Most experts thought it was from a Howard DGA-11 (Gordy found it on an estate sale) Guesses anyone 10 OCTOBER 1988

little farther than before but at least there was room to park and camp A small portion of the former ultralight area was used for Emergency Aircraft Repair and the set-up seemed to work very nicely For the umpteenth time members and volunteers from EAA Chapter 75 of Moline Illinois (Quad Cities) manned this most important facility and performed yeoman service Ask any pilot who has had his bent broken or battered airplane returned to service by the Emergency Repair Crew and you will find an appreciation that knows no bounds When you are a thousand miles from home and a valve hangs up it is a tremendous relief to get all cylinders working again

Interview Circle in front of the Red Bam was very active this year with Master of Ceremonies Kelly Viets doing an admirable job of getting these sky pilots and restorers to reveal all their secrets to the gathered crowd With the quality of restorations better than ever Kelly had a nice bunch of candidates to talk with and no less than eight aircraft and their pilot-restorers were exposed to old silver-tongue Viets

While all this was going on Bob Lumley was very busy with his video camera doing interviews with many of the notables of the AntiqueClassic world Bob is especially adept at getshyting the old timers to appear on camera where we can all see them for years to come Thank you Bob for doing an extremely valuable service in the preshyservation of so many fine people on tape--each one a unique part of aviashytion history

The Type Club Tent located just south of the Red Barn was busy this year as more and more of the groups aligned with a certain type of aircraft display their wares meet new people interested in the marque and sign up new members This in turn helps to support the restoration activity in the type which benefits everybody The exchange of information and tips on rebuilding and operating is quite amazshying among type club membership Fourteen different type clubs were registered this year

In like manner the OX-5 tent imshymediately west of the Red Barn was continually in use during the convenshytion This group of young old timers has more get up and go than many younger groups It was most surprising to see this bunch handle the warm (hot) weather probably better than many of the young folks (Age instills pashytience)

E o z Taxiing in after participating in the Parade of Flight is Bill Watson Tulsa OK in his award-winning 1928 Kreider-Reisner KR-31 The OX-5 engine is almost inaudible at idle

The 1988 AntiqueClassic Parade of will do a fine job as president and all Flight was most impressive this year of us look forward to the coming years with all entrants being able to make under his leadership Congratulations their appointed flights before the Butch crowd in spite of a rather dark threatenshy Included in the 818 Classic aircraft ing cloud to the north of Wittman registered were 27 on floats at the Field The sights and sounds of the old Brennand Seaplane Base This small time airplanes were a genuine treat to hidden sanctuary for weary people on those who appreciate such vibrashy the shore of Lake Winnebago had 103 tions With the parade held on Tuesshy registered seaplanes thi s year along day afternoon the crowd was actually with a person named John Knapp who treated to a sneak preview of many of set some kind of record selling flying the award winners on the following to the public During the week John Thursday evening It was especially flew 198 hours in his Avid Flyer on fun to see Gene Chase (retired EAA floats giving over 50 rides in the proshySenior Editor) participate in the Parade cess many of them first time rides and of Flight with his 1933 Davis 0-1-W almost all were first time on floats with its black and yellow paint scheme 1988 saw a gathering of antiques Up until this year Gene was always that put the judges mettle to a severe buried in work during the Parade of test The scoring points were close and Flight Gene also volunteered as a the quality of restoration work was borshyjudge for the Antique judging this year dering on unbelievable The Grand

The Annual Meeting of the Antique Champion Antique Award was garshyClassic Division produced a brand new nered by a Piper BC-65 Cub built in president this year in the form of Espie 1940 and restored by Barbara Fidler of Butch Joyce of Madison North Alva Florida The Reserve Grand Carolina He succeeds RJ Lickteig Champion Award went to a Stearman who has been at the helm for the past PT -17 restored by Fred Nelson of Glen five years-and a most notable five Ellyn Illinois years it has been Thank you Dobshy For the first time in many years a bie for a job well done over the past Kari-Keen Coupe was on display 60 months The division has grown a courtesy of Frank Bass of Moore great deal in membership and stature Montana The Coupe garnered the during his tenure and as Dobbie Silver Age Champion Award and says Its the help that did it But Frank Bass widened his circle of Dob the help needs a leader friends from coast to coast Runner-up

A dedicated antiquer Butch Joyce in the Silver Age Class was Bill Watshy

sons Kreider-Reisner KR-31 Biplane from Tulsa Oklahoma

Many other Antique A wards were made in the various categories which will be expanded on in later issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

In the classic awards the Grand Championship was garnered by a 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper restored by the father and son team of Jim Stanton and Jim Jr of East Stroudsburg Pennsylshyvania This aircraft arrived on the fourth day of the convention with some of the paint literally drying on the way to Oshkosh The Reserve Grand Champion A ward was won by a Cessna 140A restored by Jack Shahan of Stone Mountain Georgia This airshycraft was restored in the optional paint scheme available from the factory in a creamy white with red trim With the optional Cessna wheel pants it was a very good looking restoration

Some 23 awards were given to classic aircraft in the Class Custom and Best of Type Awards This size varied from Tony Torrignos small Mooney Mite in Custom Class A to a huge Grumman Mallard amphibian that earned the Best Continuously Maintained Award for its owner Reid Dennis of Woodside California

All in all the judges did an outstandshying job in the intense heat of the conshyvention and made many a journey to the rows of beautiful airplanes to make their observations and calls We sashylute this dedicated bunch of hard workshying individuals for a job well done

The heat of the entire week was broshyken on the final Thursday evening when a cold front with its attendant black roll cloud and 50 mph winds ripped through Oshkosh A J-2 Cub was ripped from its tie downs and headed for the Red Bam Needless to say many brave souls answered the call to go forth in the pelting rain and hang on to the flying Cub with all their might Several volunteers were lifted many feet in the air in the proshycess-stubbornly hanging on to a wing tip Eventually the violent winds gave enough respite for the mass of humanshyity to corral the flippant Cub and tie it down Damage to the Cub was subshystantial in that it bounced off a teleshyphone pole in the process of flying

In one of the luckier instances it was discovered that the J-2 Cub had sailed right across the spot where Frank Bass Kari-Keen Coupe had been parked just before the storm Frank had decided to move his airplane into a hangar at the last moment

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In Flights of Five They Descended on Wittman Field Like

Rluminum Locusts

teHt and photos

by Marie Phelps

12 OCTOBER 1988

There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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They used the whole airport to land on shymain runway

was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 30-0CTOBER 1 -CAMDEN SOUTH CAROLINA -Annual EAA AlC Chapter 3 Fall Flyshyin for antique and classic aeropshylanes Trophies major speaker vinshytage airplane films At Woodward Field HQ Holiday Inn Lugoff SC Contact R Bottom Jr 103 Powhashytan Pkwy Hampton VA 23661

OCTOBER 1 shy NEWARK NEW JERshySEY shy 60th Anniversary of Newark Airport Open House

OCTOBER 1 - NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETIS -Air Fair 88 Airshow and Aviation Career Expo 617867-8186

OCTOBER 1-2-SUSSEX NEW JERshySEY -Northern New Jersey EM Fly-in Sussex Airport Sponsored by AlC Chapter 7 and EAA Chapters 73 238 and 891 Contact Walt Ahlers 201 584-7983

OCTOBER 1-2 - PINEVILLE LOUISIANA shy 3rd Annual Louisiana

EAA Convention sponsored by EAA Chapters 614 and 836 Trophies banquet camping Final Louisiana Championship Series Event Conshytact Jim Alexander 2950 Highway 28W Boyce LA 71409 318793shy4245

OCTOBER 2 - MANSFIELD MASshySACHUSETIS -EAA Chapter 701 Fall Fly-in Rain date October 10 508339-7500

OCTOBER 6-8 - DAYTON OHIOshy20th Annual Air Force Reunion 407 784-0342

OCTOBER 6-9 - CELINA OHIO -13th Annual International Cessna 120140 Association Convention Fly-In at Lakefield Airport Contact Terry Zimmerman 419268-2565

OCTOBER 7-9 - THOMASVILLE GEORGIA shy Florida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Association EAA AlC Chapter 1 Fly-In at Thomasville Municipal Airport Conshy

tact Rod Spanier 502 Jamestown Avenue Lakeland FL 33801 813 665-5572

OCTOBER 7-9 - TAHLEQUAH OKshyLAHOMA shy 31st Annual Tulsa FlyshyIn Contact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 918742shy7311

OCTOBER 7-9 - TAHLEQUAH OKshyLAHOMA - 8th Annual National Bucker Fly-In Contact Frank Price Route 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008

OCTOBER 8-9 - LOMPOC CALIFORNIA - EAA Chapter 275 Octoberfest Fly-in 805736-3579

OCTOBER 8-16 - JACKSON MISshySISSIPPI shy Annual Jackson County Airshow 601 762-2156

NOVEMBER 5-6 -TOLEDO OHIO shyEAA Chapter 149 18th Annual Mini Chili Fly-in Newbury Airfield 3131 941-2000

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Lusic Jerry S Nelson Lynn Wauwatosa Wisconsin Pine Colorado

Martin Del OLeary Craig M Houston Texas Sacramento California

Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

Martin Robert M Palombo Fred Pueblo Colorado Alameda California

Mason Fred Paszli Louis J Mays Landing Phoeniz Arizona New Jersey

Pergamit Lauri Mast Robert L Fremont California Lakeville Ohio

Petersohn Jeff A Matson Gerald R Lutz Florida Sterling Virginia

Phillippi J F Mattingly Gobel Buchanan Michigan Lubbock Texas

Potter Phillip Dale McGregor Malcolm Coral Gables Florida EI Paso Texas

Prussner David McKnight Bob Davenport Iowa Phoeniz Arizona

Pyles Jr Charles T Merritt Daniel D Ogden Utah Stielacoom Washington

Redman G Michna Fred M Brisbane Queensland Midland Texas Austral ia

Miele Raphael Reich David Springfield New Jersey Berlin Wisconsin

Monday Don Rhoads David W Camarillo California Ponchatoula Louisiana

Moose Arthur N Ricciardi Antonino L Zanesville Ohio Stoughton Wisconsin

Morris Richard C Roberts Donald R Rockford Illinois Minnetonka Minnesota

Muhr Wayne Robison Geoff L Hinsdale Illinois New Haven Indiana

Murray John J Roehrick Donald J Rockey River Ohio Kent Washington

Nelson John Rosen William A Audubon Iowa Highland Park Illinois

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Rudbeck Nick R Brainerd Minnesota

Rutland Jim M Lincolnville Maine

Ryan Joseph Schaumburg Illinois

Sauer David R Evansville Indiana

Sawdon Edwin G Marysville Michigan

Schaetter Michael J Comfort Texas

Schwartz Michael J York Pennsylvania

Scott Noel R Laddonia Missouri

Seip James McLean Oconomowoc Wisconsin

Shawback Lyon R King Salmon Alaska

Shepard Lawrence Berkeley Heights New Jersey

Smith Jr Calvin C Orange Park Florida

Smith Kenneth S Burnaby British Columbia Canada

Smoot Roger Manchester Ohio

Snure David G Rives Junction Michigan

Sollart George H Barnegat New Jersey

Steere Howard Manchester Center Vermont

Stratton Don Poland Ohio

Stroebel Arthur J Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin

Sutherland Harold Wayne Mackinaw Illinois

Sutton Herbert W Central Point Oregon

Swaney Earl W Santa Clara California

Taylor William C Bradenton Florida

Thomas David C Clinton Ontario Canada

Thomas Scott S Woodbridge Virginia

Thomas William A Huntertown Indiana

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ANNUAL MEETING The Antique Classic Divisions anshy

nual meeting at EAA Oshkosh 88 honshyored outgoing president Robert Lickteig and welcomed incoming presshyident Espie Butch Joyce There was also special recognition for other memshybers and some encouraging statistical information Ron Fritz was awarded a special plaque in recognition of his sershyvice to the division and this years Volshyunteer of the Year award went to Cheryl Harrison

In addition volunteer Candi Daubner was presented with a Purple Heart for heroic service to J-2 Cubs during a 55-mph thunderstorm award Candi suffered badly bruised ribs while wrestling with the wing tiedown of the runaway Cub during the infamous Thursday storm She also claims about two minutes of J-2 time while she and the wing were airborne All kidding aside her actions together with others no doubt saved the Cub from further damage and possibly damaging adjashycent aircraft on the line Also involved in the rescue effort were volunteers Dani Sandin Bret Howard Ken Kuick Mike Doyle Bob Dillingham and nine or 10 unidentified brave souls from the porch of the Red Barn who charged out into the violent winds to help

Kelly Viets reported that membershyship was up 10 percent for a total of 5 672 members 132 of which signed up at this year s Convention Other acshycomplishments noted at the meeting inshycluded the registration of 949 airplanes Art Morgan and his parking crew parked between 1 100 and 1200 aircraft and 864 participant plaques were awarded The forums drew good crowds and the airline flight crew tent elicited 843 signatures The business in red buttons was brisk with 5 324 sold up from 5200 last year Souvenir buttons went well too with 1087 going out the door and constituting the division s largest single money-maker We had seven returning champs at the Fly-in this year and Kelly Viets conshyducted eight interviews in the Intershy

view Circle Fifty-eight shutterbugs signed up for the 1989 photo contest The picnic fed some 326 participants and the volunteer roll included 217 names Many hands make light work

Other new accomplishments inshycluded the institution of a Past Grand Champion Patch to honor trophy recishypients and the tram tour to provide a comfortable look at the Convention for those who prefer to let someone else provide the locomotion a welcome reshylief for worn-out feet A big help was the addition of AntiqueClassic criteria sign at the information booth What is an antique and What is a classic have always been the two most-asked questions and the signs provided some relief for the people in the booth

PANCHO BARNES STORY

Mark your calenders and set your VCRs On October 25 CBS will broadcast a three-hour made-for-TV movie on the life of Pancho Barnes It seems that any area of interest in US aviation history will include some mention of Pancho from the first Intershycontinental Womens Air Race to the filming of Howard Hughes Hells Angels to the glory days of Edwards Air Force Base in the 1950s The film covers from 1910 to about 1948 when Pancho lost her famous ranch outside of Edwards to the government Feashytured in thefilm are some 35 airplanes many of them owned by EAA Antique Classic members from the Dallas area The big star of the show is Jim Younshykins replica of the Travel Air Mysshytery Ship which Pancho raced Charshylie Hillard was chief pilot on the proshyject and flew the Mystery Ship replica from the EAA Air Adventure Museum where it had been on display to Texas for the filming In a bit of dramatic license petite Valerie Bertinelli was chosen to play Pancho It should be fun to watch

LUSCOMBE FACTORY REVISITED

The following letter was found in the SeptemberOctober issue of the LUSCOMBE COURANT and is reshyprinted with permission Dear Loren

I started with the Luscombe Airplane Co in West Trenton New Jersey in September 1939 by introducshytion by my cousin Marian Berger who then was secretary to Don Luscombe or Chuck Burgess (I forget 100 long ago) My job was in the machine shop

where 1 made the oleo cylinders and bungee screws Later I became asst foreman and tool and die maker I had completed one year at Drexel Tech and was continuing at Rutgers at night Leopold found out and moved me to the engineering department Th ere workedfor Ray Edie doing board work etc I designed the original battery box At the outset of the war we were stopped on producing the Model 8s and became subcontractor to GM in West Trenton not far from us making bomb bay doors and ammo chutes f or the Grumman TBF which GM assemshybled in West Trenton Their field is now the airport serving Trenton and area (Mercer County-ED)

So ifany of you own a Model 8 made in 1939 and early40s I made the oleo and bungee I sent Ron some pictures of Luscombes at the old airport and plant buildings Some of the people I remember from the old days at Lusshycombe were Jim Rising Chuck Burgess Tom Slingsby (I ran his machine shop in Connecticut after the war) Ray Edie Rolf Gregory Jack English Jim Wales and Charlie Deshycker I left Luscombe to go up to White Aircraft in Massachusetts with Dale Hamilton then on to the big time with Pratt amp Whitney as a tech rep with P-47s and Martin B-26s in the ETO

After the war I returned 10 New Jershysey and was asked to go with the Lusshycombe group to Texas but I did not go I stayed around Trenton and flew the Piper Cubs I think I had only one ride in a Luscombe am now flying a Piper Warrior I and 172s as long as the body can pass the tests I have olle coming up in August Am trying to be one of the oldest pilots in Cape May County

A little story I recall about Chuck Burgess He had a Colt 45 automatic pistol and during lunchtime it was his fun to go out back and shoot at tin callS on a box Some he hit some not I got the bright idea to play tricks on his marksmanship I brought in my Winshychester 30-30 rifle and would sit in the second story overlooking the target area Watching Chuck get ready to shoot I would time my shot with his or maybe a little before and knock off the can He was elated thinking he had hit 100 percent until someone fou nd that the holes in the can were different And then I was found out Best Regards Jim Berger Stone Harbor New Jersey

4 OCTOBER 1988

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

by Norm Petersen

Inverted Taylorcraft is carefully floated up to the dock

This month we go into the archives of John Finiello (EAA 250290 NC 10530) of Albuquerque NM and peruse five of his photos depicting the recovery of Taylorcraft BC-12D (N95649) from the waters of Philadelshyphia Skyport Seaplane Base in 1947 John says this situation was handled routinely and the hoist and dock was used to right the airplane and floats with very minor damage Often the airshycraft would be in operation the followshying day

The secret to success according to John was to flood the two front comshypartments of the 1320 floats and then begin the recovery pull taking plenty of time for the water to run out of the airplane Sometimes holes were poked in the wing fabric to aid the water drainage

Once the aircraft was on the dock in level position the clean-up would begin floats pumped out and repairs made Then it was back to work flying on floats bull

Hoisting cable is attached to aft fuselage with noses of floats against the dock

Slowly the tail of the T-Craft is raised allowing the water to drain out

Water drains from the wings as the hoisting cable is moved to the rudder post

Final pull lowers T-Craft to the dock Note compartment covers missing from forward float sections

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EMBERS PRO ECTS by Norm Petersen

This 1947 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser NC3088M SIN 12-1777 was restored by Bob Hunt (EAA 165963 AlC 6123) 16 John St Hackettstown NJ 07840 Last flown in 1970 the basket case was purchased by Bob in 1986 and hauled home in a truck A total rebuild of the wing hardware was required along with much fuselage work Covering was done in Slits HS-90X with Diana Cream and Tennessee Red Poly-tone finish The engine was majored from 100hp to 108hp and runs like a top Total time on the aircraft is 1900 hours Bob reports this is his first restoration and admits it was quite an educashytion First flight was on June 17 1988 Flew great

An Australian visitor at Oshkosh 88 gave the above picture to Dick Hill as a result of the two pictures published in July 88 VINTAGE The replica Southern Cross is now flying in Australia This photo was probably taken at Mangalore 88 which was held at Easter time

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Mike Gregg (EAA 154077 AlC 8239) of Staples MN stands next to his latest project A 1940 Luscombe 8A SIN 1242 complete with a Continental AS5 on the trailer Mike would like very much to contact other members who have Luscombe restoration experience to exchange information Call Mike at 218-894-2092

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VIEW FROM THE RED BARN EAA OSHKOSH 88

M emories can be very short Just a few weeks ago the opening cereshymonies at EAA Oshkosh 88 brought anticipation to a peak The huge influx of airplanes from all over the country (and numerous foreign aircraft) had litshyerally filled up the parking area The heat was tenacious-never giving up for one second In short it was just plain hot

Yet only a few weeks later the cool evenings of fall have almost erased the memory of the warm days and nights of EAA Oshkosh 88 Only the beautishyful memories of the good people and fabulous airplanes remain This is good

As usual the heros of the Antiquel Classic area were the volunteers who literally gave of their blood sweat and tears Art Morgan s crew of Aircraft Parkers succeeded in placing middot133 anshytique aircraft 818 classic aircraft and six replicas And to really top off their performance Art s gang master minded the incredible job of parking

by Nor m P eter sen Probably the toughest part of the huge Cessna 12011 40 fl y- in was reserving

the mass flight of 163 Cessna 120 1401 the campingpark ing space for the 140A airplanes in under 40 minutes group over the sometimes loud comshy(This record may stand for a while ) plaints from those who had parked in

With clear skies beckoning Dave Merillat fires up the 1942 Grumman Widgeon and heads for Tecumseh Michigan With the large Indian Chief painted on the forward hull this airplane is easy to identify

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the reserve area in recent years Again the diplomacy of the Aircraft Parking crew prevailed (and World War III was averted) Perhaps special recognition should be awarded those Antique Classic members who gave up a favorshyite aircraft camping spot in deference to the mass arrival of the 1201140 bunch

Superb planning has to be given as the reason for the success of the 120 140 fly-in What started out as an 88 in 88 possibility grew by leaps and bounds under the capable direction of Jack Cronin to where the mass fly-in total was more than doubled in numshybers 163 classic aircraft of one type is a new record that will take some doing to beat

And let us not forget the outpouring of hospitality and friendliness of the community of Monticello Iowa who gave it their best shot in helping the 1201140 group to form practice for hours and then launch the entire 163 aircraft in 26 minutes This incredible piece of work and organization comshypletely endeared the 1201140 pilots to the people of Monticello Every pilot in the 120 140 group had kind words to say about the 3500 residents of this Iowa town located just southwest of Dubuque Residents of Monticello stand tall and proud You have earned it

One of the more clever stunts used by Jack Cronin and the 1201140 bunch was a discreet transponder code for the first and last airplanes in the group This way Chicago is Air Traffic Control Center knew that between the first blip and the last blip (some 13 miles apart) were 161 airplanes and it would beshyhoove A TC not to vector other aircraft through this gap The system worked perfectly and was especially welcome when patches of ground fog and haze made navigation a bit difficult and visshyibility was a bit tight at times Angelo Fraboni flying his award-winning Cessna 140A in the group admitted he was fingering his Rosary beads durshying the most difficult part of the flight

Despite the reduction in parking area on the north end of the AntiqueClassic area due to the new heavy airplane taxiway with its attendant parking pads to the north and south (Concorde B-1 Bomber etc) room was still available for the nearly 1000 aircraft qualified to park in the area

This year the UltralighULight- Plane area including their grass runway was moved farther south This exposed more area for AntiqueClassic parking Granted that some folks had to walk a

Beautiful polished Cessna 140 NC72742 flown by Vince Jackovich and his brother from Eldridge Iowa This immaculate 140 has been in their family since new having been owned by an uncle for over twenty years

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~______________~____________~ Z Gorgene and Don McDonough ready to return to Palos Hills IL with their Best Beechcraft award This 1950 Bonanza has won the award some eight out of the last ten years for this fine couple Congratulations again

Winner of the Best Continuously Maintained Award Grumman Mallard N2945 flown by Dennis Reid of Woodside CA floats serenely on the calm waters of Lake Winnebago just outside the Brennand Seaplane Base On the right is Dennis Buehns Grumman HU-16 Albatross and Connie Edwards PBV-6 Catalina

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Two of a kind Silver Age Champion Frank Bass (Kari-Keen Coupe) on the chair visits with Jim Stanton Classic Grand Champion (Piper PA-16 Clipper) Subject airplanes

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Here is a pair to draw to Marcia Sullivan on the left and Barbara Ann Fidler in front of Barbaras Grand Champion Winning 1940 J-3 Cub She sold the Cub the night before and had the money in her pocket as the bittersweet smile reflects

Gordy La Combe of Kenosha WI was doing his best to locate an airplane to fit this large aluminum wheelpant Most experts thought it was from a Howard DGA-11 (Gordy found it on an estate sale) Guesses anyone 10 OCTOBER 1988

little farther than before but at least there was room to park and camp A small portion of the former ultralight area was used for Emergency Aircraft Repair and the set-up seemed to work very nicely For the umpteenth time members and volunteers from EAA Chapter 75 of Moline Illinois (Quad Cities) manned this most important facility and performed yeoman service Ask any pilot who has had his bent broken or battered airplane returned to service by the Emergency Repair Crew and you will find an appreciation that knows no bounds When you are a thousand miles from home and a valve hangs up it is a tremendous relief to get all cylinders working again

Interview Circle in front of the Red Bam was very active this year with Master of Ceremonies Kelly Viets doing an admirable job of getting these sky pilots and restorers to reveal all their secrets to the gathered crowd With the quality of restorations better than ever Kelly had a nice bunch of candidates to talk with and no less than eight aircraft and their pilot-restorers were exposed to old silver-tongue Viets

While all this was going on Bob Lumley was very busy with his video camera doing interviews with many of the notables of the AntiqueClassic world Bob is especially adept at getshyting the old timers to appear on camera where we can all see them for years to come Thank you Bob for doing an extremely valuable service in the preshyservation of so many fine people on tape--each one a unique part of aviashytion history

The Type Club Tent located just south of the Red Barn was busy this year as more and more of the groups aligned with a certain type of aircraft display their wares meet new people interested in the marque and sign up new members This in turn helps to support the restoration activity in the type which benefits everybody The exchange of information and tips on rebuilding and operating is quite amazshying among type club membership Fourteen different type clubs were registered this year

In like manner the OX-5 tent imshymediately west of the Red Barn was continually in use during the convenshytion This group of young old timers has more get up and go than many younger groups It was most surprising to see this bunch handle the warm (hot) weather probably better than many of the young folks (Age instills pashytience)

E o z Taxiing in after participating in the Parade of Flight is Bill Watson Tulsa OK in his award-winning 1928 Kreider-Reisner KR-31 The OX-5 engine is almost inaudible at idle

The 1988 AntiqueClassic Parade of will do a fine job as president and all Flight was most impressive this year of us look forward to the coming years with all entrants being able to make under his leadership Congratulations their appointed flights before the Butch crowd in spite of a rather dark threatenshy Included in the 818 Classic aircraft ing cloud to the north of Wittman registered were 27 on floats at the Field The sights and sounds of the old Brennand Seaplane Base This small time airplanes were a genuine treat to hidden sanctuary for weary people on those who appreciate such vibrashy the shore of Lake Winnebago had 103 tions With the parade held on Tuesshy registered seaplanes thi s year along day afternoon the crowd was actually with a person named John Knapp who treated to a sneak preview of many of set some kind of record selling flying the award winners on the following to the public During the week John Thursday evening It was especially flew 198 hours in his Avid Flyer on fun to see Gene Chase (retired EAA floats giving over 50 rides in the proshySenior Editor) participate in the Parade cess many of them first time rides and of Flight with his 1933 Davis 0-1-W almost all were first time on floats with its black and yellow paint scheme 1988 saw a gathering of antiques Up until this year Gene was always that put the judges mettle to a severe buried in work during the Parade of test The scoring points were close and Flight Gene also volunteered as a the quality of restoration work was borshyjudge for the Antique judging this year dering on unbelievable The Grand

The Annual Meeting of the Antique Champion Antique Award was garshyClassic Division produced a brand new nered by a Piper BC-65 Cub built in president this year in the form of Espie 1940 and restored by Barbara Fidler of Butch Joyce of Madison North Alva Florida The Reserve Grand Carolina He succeeds RJ Lickteig Champion Award went to a Stearman who has been at the helm for the past PT -17 restored by Fred Nelson of Glen five years-and a most notable five Ellyn Illinois years it has been Thank you Dobshy For the first time in many years a bie for a job well done over the past Kari-Keen Coupe was on display 60 months The division has grown a courtesy of Frank Bass of Moore great deal in membership and stature Montana The Coupe garnered the during his tenure and as Dobbie Silver Age Champion Award and says Its the help that did it But Frank Bass widened his circle of Dob the help needs a leader friends from coast to coast Runner-up

A dedicated antiquer Butch Joyce in the Silver Age Class was Bill Watshy

sons Kreider-Reisner KR-31 Biplane from Tulsa Oklahoma

Many other Antique A wards were made in the various categories which will be expanded on in later issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

In the classic awards the Grand Championship was garnered by a 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper restored by the father and son team of Jim Stanton and Jim Jr of East Stroudsburg Pennsylshyvania This aircraft arrived on the fourth day of the convention with some of the paint literally drying on the way to Oshkosh The Reserve Grand Champion A ward was won by a Cessna 140A restored by Jack Shahan of Stone Mountain Georgia This airshycraft was restored in the optional paint scheme available from the factory in a creamy white with red trim With the optional Cessna wheel pants it was a very good looking restoration

Some 23 awards were given to classic aircraft in the Class Custom and Best of Type Awards This size varied from Tony Torrignos small Mooney Mite in Custom Class A to a huge Grumman Mallard amphibian that earned the Best Continuously Maintained Award for its owner Reid Dennis of Woodside California

All in all the judges did an outstandshying job in the intense heat of the conshyvention and made many a journey to the rows of beautiful airplanes to make their observations and calls We sashylute this dedicated bunch of hard workshying individuals for a job well done

The heat of the entire week was broshyken on the final Thursday evening when a cold front with its attendant black roll cloud and 50 mph winds ripped through Oshkosh A J-2 Cub was ripped from its tie downs and headed for the Red Bam Needless to say many brave souls answered the call to go forth in the pelting rain and hang on to the flying Cub with all their might Several volunteers were lifted many feet in the air in the proshycess-stubbornly hanging on to a wing tip Eventually the violent winds gave enough respite for the mass of humanshyity to corral the flippant Cub and tie it down Damage to the Cub was subshystantial in that it bounced off a teleshyphone pole in the process of flying

In one of the luckier instances it was discovered that the J-2 Cub had sailed right across the spot where Frank Bass Kari-Keen Coupe had been parked just before the storm Frank had decided to move his airplane into a hangar at the last moment

Some guys live right bull VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

In Flights of Five They Descended on Wittman Field Like

Rluminum Locusts

teHt and photos

by Marie Phelps

12 OCTOBER 1988

There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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They used the whole airport to land on shymain runway

was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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VINTAGE SEAPLANES

by Norm Petersen

Inverted Taylorcraft is carefully floated up to the dock

This month we go into the archives of John Finiello (EAA 250290 NC 10530) of Albuquerque NM and peruse five of his photos depicting the recovery of Taylorcraft BC-12D (N95649) from the waters of Philadelshyphia Skyport Seaplane Base in 1947 John says this situation was handled routinely and the hoist and dock was used to right the airplane and floats with very minor damage Often the airshycraft would be in operation the followshying day

The secret to success according to John was to flood the two front comshypartments of the 1320 floats and then begin the recovery pull taking plenty of time for the water to run out of the airplane Sometimes holes were poked in the wing fabric to aid the water drainage

Once the aircraft was on the dock in level position the clean-up would begin floats pumped out and repairs made Then it was back to work flying on floats bull

Hoisting cable is attached to aft fuselage with noses of floats against the dock

Slowly the tail of the T-Craft is raised allowing the water to drain out

Water drains from the wings as the hoisting cable is moved to the rudder post

Final pull lowers T-Craft to the dock Note compartment covers missing from forward float sections

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EMBERS PRO ECTS by Norm Petersen

This 1947 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser NC3088M SIN 12-1777 was restored by Bob Hunt (EAA 165963 AlC 6123) 16 John St Hackettstown NJ 07840 Last flown in 1970 the basket case was purchased by Bob in 1986 and hauled home in a truck A total rebuild of the wing hardware was required along with much fuselage work Covering was done in Slits HS-90X with Diana Cream and Tennessee Red Poly-tone finish The engine was majored from 100hp to 108hp and runs like a top Total time on the aircraft is 1900 hours Bob reports this is his first restoration and admits it was quite an educashytion First flight was on June 17 1988 Flew great

An Australian visitor at Oshkosh 88 gave the above picture to Dick Hill as a result of the two pictures published in July 88 VINTAGE The replica Southern Cross is now flying in Australia This photo was probably taken at Mangalore 88 which was held at Easter time

MEMBERS PROJECTS

Mike Gregg (EAA 154077 AlC 8239) of Staples MN stands next to his latest project A 1940 Luscombe 8A SIN 1242 complete with a Continental AS5 on the trailer Mike would like very much to contact other members who have Luscombe restoration experience to exchange information Call Mike at 218-894-2092

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VIEW FROM THE RED BARN EAA OSHKOSH 88

M emories can be very short Just a few weeks ago the opening cereshymonies at EAA Oshkosh 88 brought anticipation to a peak The huge influx of airplanes from all over the country (and numerous foreign aircraft) had litshyerally filled up the parking area The heat was tenacious-never giving up for one second In short it was just plain hot

Yet only a few weeks later the cool evenings of fall have almost erased the memory of the warm days and nights of EAA Oshkosh 88 Only the beautishyful memories of the good people and fabulous airplanes remain This is good

As usual the heros of the Antiquel Classic area were the volunteers who literally gave of their blood sweat and tears Art Morgan s crew of Aircraft Parkers succeeded in placing middot133 anshytique aircraft 818 classic aircraft and six replicas And to really top off their performance Art s gang master minded the incredible job of parking

by Nor m P eter sen Probably the toughest part of the huge Cessna 12011 40 fl y- in was reserving

the mass flight of 163 Cessna 120 1401 the campingpark ing space for the 140A airplanes in under 40 minutes group over the sometimes loud comshy(This record may stand for a while ) plaints from those who had parked in

With clear skies beckoning Dave Merillat fires up the 1942 Grumman Widgeon and heads for Tecumseh Michigan With the large Indian Chief painted on the forward hull this airplane is easy to identify

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the reserve area in recent years Again the diplomacy of the Aircraft Parking crew prevailed (and World War III was averted) Perhaps special recognition should be awarded those Antique Classic members who gave up a favorshyite aircraft camping spot in deference to the mass arrival of the 1201140 bunch

Superb planning has to be given as the reason for the success of the 120 140 fly-in What started out as an 88 in 88 possibility grew by leaps and bounds under the capable direction of Jack Cronin to where the mass fly-in total was more than doubled in numshybers 163 classic aircraft of one type is a new record that will take some doing to beat

And let us not forget the outpouring of hospitality and friendliness of the community of Monticello Iowa who gave it their best shot in helping the 1201140 group to form practice for hours and then launch the entire 163 aircraft in 26 minutes This incredible piece of work and organization comshypletely endeared the 1201140 pilots to the people of Monticello Every pilot in the 120 140 group had kind words to say about the 3500 residents of this Iowa town located just southwest of Dubuque Residents of Monticello stand tall and proud You have earned it

One of the more clever stunts used by Jack Cronin and the 1201140 bunch was a discreet transponder code for the first and last airplanes in the group This way Chicago is Air Traffic Control Center knew that between the first blip and the last blip (some 13 miles apart) were 161 airplanes and it would beshyhoove A TC not to vector other aircraft through this gap The system worked perfectly and was especially welcome when patches of ground fog and haze made navigation a bit difficult and visshyibility was a bit tight at times Angelo Fraboni flying his award-winning Cessna 140A in the group admitted he was fingering his Rosary beads durshying the most difficult part of the flight

Despite the reduction in parking area on the north end of the AntiqueClassic area due to the new heavy airplane taxiway with its attendant parking pads to the north and south (Concorde B-1 Bomber etc) room was still available for the nearly 1000 aircraft qualified to park in the area

This year the UltralighULight- Plane area including their grass runway was moved farther south This exposed more area for AntiqueClassic parking Granted that some folks had to walk a

Beautiful polished Cessna 140 NC72742 flown by Vince Jackovich and his brother from Eldridge Iowa This immaculate 140 has been in their family since new having been owned by an uncle for over twenty years

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~______________~____________~ Z Gorgene and Don McDonough ready to return to Palos Hills IL with their Best Beechcraft award This 1950 Bonanza has won the award some eight out of the last ten years for this fine couple Congratulations again

Winner of the Best Continuously Maintained Award Grumman Mallard N2945 flown by Dennis Reid of Woodside CA floats serenely on the calm waters of Lake Winnebago just outside the Brennand Seaplane Base On the right is Dennis Buehns Grumman HU-16 Albatross and Connie Edwards PBV-6 Catalina

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Two of a kind Silver Age Champion Frank Bass (Kari-Keen Coupe) on the chair visits with Jim Stanton Classic Grand Champion (Piper PA-16 Clipper) Subject airplanes

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Here is a pair to draw to Marcia Sullivan on the left and Barbara Ann Fidler in front of Barbaras Grand Champion Winning 1940 J-3 Cub She sold the Cub the night before and had the money in her pocket as the bittersweet smile reflects

Gordy La Combe of Kenosha WI was doing his best to locate an airplane to fit this large aluminum wheelpant Most experts thought it was from a Howard DGA-11 (Gordy found it on an estate sale) Guesses anyone 10 OCTOBER 1988

little farther than before but at least there was room to park and camp A small portion of the former ultralight area was used for Emergency Aircraft Repair and the set-up seemed to work very nicely For the umpteenth time members and volunteers from EAA Chapter 75 of Moline Illinois (Quad Cities) manned this most important facility and performed yeoman service Ask any pilot who has had his bent broken or battered airplane returned to service by the Emergency Repair Crew and you will find an appreciation that knows no bounds When you are a thousand miles from home and a valve hangs up it is a tremendous relief to get all cylinders working again

Interview Circle in front of the Red Bam was very active this year with Master of Ceremonies Kelly Viets doing an admirable job of getting these sky pilots and restorers to reveal all their secrets to the gathered crowd With the quality of restorations better than ever Kelly had a nice bunch of candidates to talk with and no less than eight aircraft and their pilot-restorers were exposed to old silver-tongue Viets

While all this was going on Bob Lumley was very busy with his video camera doing interviews with many of the notables of the AntiqueClassic world Bob is especially adept at getshyting the old timers to appear on camera where we can all see them for years to come Thank you Bob for doing an extremely valuable service in the preshyservation of so many fine people on tape--each one a unique part of aviashytion history

The Type Club Tent located just south of the Red Barn was busy this year as more and more of the groups aligned with a certain type of aircraft display their wares meet new people interested in the marque and sign up new members This in turn helps to support the restoration activity in the type which benefits everybody The exchange of information and tips on rebuilding and operating is quite amazshying among type club membership Fourteen different type clubs were registered this year

In like manner the OX-5 tent imshymediately west of the Red Barn was continually in use during the convenshytion This group of young old timers has more get up and go than many younger groups It was most surprising to see this bunch handle the warm (hot) weather probably better than many of the young folks (Age instills pashytience)

E o z Taxiing in after participating in the Parade of Flight is Bill Watson Tulsa OK in his award-winning 1928 Kreider-Reisner KR-31 The OX-5 engine is almost inaudible at idle

The 1988 AntiqueClassic Parade of will do a fine job as president and all Flight was most impressive this year of us look forward to the coming years with all entrants being able to make under his leadership Congratulations their appointed flights before the Butch crowd in spite of a rather dark threatenshy Included in the 818 Classic aircraft ing cloud to the north of Wittman registered were 27 on floats at the Field The sights and sounds of the old Brennand Seaplane Base This small time airplanes were a genuine treat to hidden sanctuary for weary people on those who appreciate such vibrashy the shore of Lake Winnebago had 103 tions With the parade held on Tuesshy registered seaplanes thi s year along day afternoon the crowd was actually with a person named John Knapp who treated to a sneak preview of many of set some kind of record selling flying the award winners on the following to the public During the week John Thursday evening It was especially flew 198 hours in his Avid Flyer on fun to see Gene Chase (retired EAA floats giving over 50 rides in the proshySenior Editor) participate in the Parade cess many of them first time rides and of Flight with his 1933 Davis 0-1-W almost all were first time on floats with its black and yellow paint scheme 1988 saw a gathering of antiques Up until this year Gene was always that put the judges mettle to a severe buried in work during the Parade of test The scoring points were close and Flight Gene also volunteered as a the quality of restoration work was borshyjudge for the Antique judging this year dering on unbelievable The Grand

The Annual Meeting of the Antique Champion Antique Award was garshyClassic Division produced a brand new nered by a Piper BC-65 Cub built in president this year in the form of Espie 1940 and restored by Barbara Fidler of Butch Joyce of Madison North Alva Florida The Reserve Grand Carolina He succeeds RJ Lickteig Champion Award went to a Stearman who has been at the helm for the past PT -17 restored by Fred Nelson of Glen five years-and a most notable five Ellyn Illinois years it has been Thank you Dobshy For the first time in many years a bie for a job well done over the past Kari-Keen Coupe was on display 60 months The division has grown a courtesy of Frank Bass of Moore great deal in membership and stature Montana The Coupe garnered the during his tenure and as Dobbie Silver Age Champion Award and says Its the help that did it But Frank Bass widened his circle of Dob the help needs a leader friends from coast to coast Runner-up

A dedicated antiquer Butch Joyce in the Silver Age Class was Bill Watshy

sons Kreider-Reisner KR-31 Biplane from Tulsa Oklahoma

Many other Antique A wards were made in the various categories which will be expanded on in later issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

In the classic awards the Grand Championship was garnered by a 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper restored by the father and son team of Jim Stanton and Jim Jr of East Stroudsburg Pennsylshyvania This aircraft arrived on the fourth day of the convention with some of the paint literally drying on the way to Oshkosh The Reserve Grand Champion A ward was won by a Cessna 140A restored by Jack Shahan of Stone Mountain Georgia This airshycraft was restored in the optional paint scheme available from the factory in a creamy white with red trim With the optional Cessna wheel pants it was a very good looking restoration

Some 23 awards were given to classic aircraft in the Class Custom and Best of Type Awards This size varied from Tony Torrignos small Mooney Mite in Custom Class A to a huge Grumman Mallard amphibian that earned the Best Continuously Maintained Award for its owner Reid Dennis of Woodside California

All in all the judges did an outstandshying job in the intense heat of the conshyvention and made many a journey to the rows of beautiful airplanes to make their observations and calls We sashylute this dedicated bunch of hard workshying individuals for a job well done

The heat of the entire week was broshyken on the final Thursday evening when a cold front with its attendant black roll cloud and 50 mph winds ripped through Oshkosh A J-2 Cub was ripped from its tie downs and headed for the Red Bam Needless to say many brave souls answered the call to go forth in the pelting rain and hang on to the flying Cub with all their might Several volunteers were lifted many feet in the air in the proshycess-stubbornly hanging on to a wing tip Eventually the violent winds gave enough respite for the mass of humanshyity to corral the flippant Cub and tie it down Damage to the Cub was subshystantial in that it bounced off a teleshyphone pole in the process of flying

In one of the luckier instances it was discovered that the J-2 Cub had sailed right across the spot where Frank Bass Kari-Keen Coupe had been parked just before the storm Frank had decided to move his airplane into a hangar at the last moment

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In Flights of Five They Descended on Wittman Field Like

Rluminum Locusts

teHt and photos

by Marie Phelps

12 OCTOBER 1988

There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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They used the whole airport to land on shymain runway

was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

24 OCTOBER 1988

Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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OCTOBER 1 shy NEWARK NEW JERshySEY shy 60th Anniversary of Newark Airport Open House

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EAA Convention sponsored by EAA Chapters 614 and 836 Trophies banquet camping Final Louisiana Championship Series Event Conshytact Jim Alexander 2950 Highway 28W Boyce LA 71409 318793shy4245

OCTOBER 2 - MANSFIELD MASshySACHUSETIS -EAA Chapter 701 Fall Fly-in Rain date October 10 508339-7500

OCTOBER 6-8 - DAYTON OHIOshy20th Annual Air Force Reunion 407 784-0342

OCTOBER 6-9 - CELINA OHIO -13th Annual International Cessna 120140 Association Convention Fly-In at Lakefield Airport Contact Terry Zimmerman 419268-2565

OCTOBER 7-9 - THOMASVILLE GEORGIA shy Florida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Association EAA AlC Chapter 1 Fly-In at Thomasville Municipal Airport Conshy

tact Rod Spanier 502 Jamestown Avenue Lakeland FL 33801 813 665-5572

OCTOBER 7-9 - TAHLEQUAH OKshyLAHOMA shy 31st Annual Tulsa FlyshyIn Contact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 918742shy7311

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OCTOBER 8-9 - LOMPOC CALIFORNIA - EAA Chapter 275 Octoberfest Fly-in 805736-3579

OCTOBER 8-16 - JACKSON MISshySISSIPPI shy Annual Jackson County Airshow 601 762-2156

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Lusic Jerry S Nelson Lynn Wauwatosa Wisconsin Pine Colorado

Martin Del OLeary Craig M Houston Texas Sacramento California

Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

Martin Robert M Palombo Fred Pueblo Colorado Alameda California

Mason Fred Paszli Louis J Mays Landing Phoeniz Arizona New Jersey

Pergamit Lauri Mast Robert L Fremont California Lakeville Ohio

Petersohn Jeff A Matson Gerald R Lutz Florida Sterling Virginia

Phillippi J F Mattingly Gobel Buchanan Michigan Lubbock Texas

Potter Phillip Dale McGregor Malcolm Coral Gables Florida EI Paso Texas

Prussner David McKnight Bob Davenport Iowa Phoeniz Arizona

Pyles Jr Charles T Merritt Daniel D Ogden Utah Stielacoom Washington

Redman G Michna Fred M Brisbane Queensland Midland Texas Austral ia

Miele Raphael Reich David Springfield New Jersey Berlin Wisconsin

Monday Don Rhoads David W Camarillo California Ponchatoula Louisiana

Moose Arthur N Ricciardi Antonino L Zanesville Ohio Stoughton Wisconsin

Morris Richard C Roberts Donald R Rockford Illinois Minnetonka Minnesota

Muhr Wayne Robison Geoff L Hinsdale Illinois New Haven Indiana

Murray John J Roehrick Donald J Rockey River Ohio Kent Washington

Nelson John Rosen William A Audubon Iowa Highland Park Illinois

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Rudbeck Nick R Brainerd Minnesota

Rutland Jim M Lincolnville Maine

Ryan Joseph Schaumburg Illinois

Sauer David R Evansville Indiana

Sawdon Edwin G Marysville Michigan

Schaetter Michael J Comfort Texas

Schwartz Michael J York Pennsylvania

Scott Noel R Laddonia Missouri

Seip James McLean Oconomowoc Wisconsin

Shawback Lyon R King Salmon Alaska

Shepard Lawrence Berkeley Heights New Jersey

Smith Jr Calvin C Orange Park Florida

Smith Kenneth S Burnaby British Columbia Canada

Smoot Roger Manchester Ohio

Snure David G Rives Junction Michigan

Sollart George H Barnegat New Jersey

Steere Howard Manchester Center Vermont

Stratton Don Poland Ohio

Stroebel Arthur J Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin

Sutherland Harold Wayne Mackinaw Illinois

Sutton Herbert W Central Point Oregon

Swaney Earl W Santa Clara California

Taylor William C Bradenton Florida

Thomas David C Clinton Ontario Canada

Thomas Scott S Woodbridge Virginia

Thomas William A Huntertown Indiana

Tortorello Joseph J Costa Mesa California

Webber John M Cicero Indiana

Wenum Palmer Spring Valley Wisconsin

Weskamp Lynn McCook Nebraska

Wilburn Joe Marietta Georgia

Will Eugene A Minster Ohio

Wills A A Pietermaritzburg Natal South Africa

Wolfe Don Kenosha Wisconsin

Wright James Litchfield Illinois

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EMBERS PRO ECTS by Norm Petersen

This 1947 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser NC3088M SIN 12-1777 was restored by Bob Hunt (EAA 165963 AlC 6123) 16 John St Hackettstown NJ 07840 Last flown in 1970 the basket case was purchased by Bob in 1986 and hauled home in a truck A total rebuild of the wing hardware was required along with much fuselage work Covering was done in Slits HS-90X with Diana Cream and Tennessee Red Poly-tone finish The engine was majored from 100hp to 108hp and runs like a top Total time on the aircraft is 1900 hours Bob reports this is his first restoration and admits it was quite an educashytion First flight was on June 17 1988 Flew great

An Australian visitor at Oshkosh 88 gave the above picture to Dick Hill as a result of the two pictures published in July 88 VINTAGE The replica Southern Cross is now flying in Australia This photo was probably taken at Mangalore 88 which was held at Easter time

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Mike Gregg (EAA 154077 AlC 8239) of Staples MN stands next to his latest project A 1940 Luscombe 8A SIN 1242 complete with a Continental AS5 on the trailer Mike would like very much to contact other members who have Luscombe restoration experience to exchange information Call Mike at 218-894-2092

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VIEW FROM THE RED BARN EAA OSHKOSH 88

M emories can be very short Just a few weeks ago the opening cereshymonies at EAA Oshkosh 88 brought anticipation to a peak The huge influx of airplanes from all over the country (and numerous foreign aircraft) had litshyerally filled up the parking area The heat was tenacious-never giving up for one second In short it was just plain hot

Yet only a few weeks later the cool evenings of fall have almost erased the memory of the warm days and nights of EAA Oshkosh 88 Only the beautishyful memories of the good people and fabulous airplanes remain This is good

As usual the heros of the Antiquel Classic area were the volunteers who literally gave of their blood sweat and tears Art Morgan s crew of Aircraft Parkers succeeded in placing middot133 anshytique aircraft 818 classic aircraft and six replicas And to really top off their performance Art s gang master minded the incredible job of parking

by Nor m P eter sen Probably the toughest part of the huge Cessna 12011 40 fl y- in was reserving

the mass flight of 163 Cessna 120 1401 the campingpark ing space for the 140A airplanes in under 40 minutes group over the sometimes loud comshy(This record may stand for a while ) plaints from those who had parked in

With clear skies beckoning Dave Merillat fires up the 1942 Grumman Widgeon and heads for Tecumseh Michigan With the large Indian Chief painted on the forward hull this airplane is easy to identify

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the reserve area in recent years Again the diplomacy of the Aircraft Parking crew prevailed (and World War III was averted) Perhaps special recognition should be awarded those Antique Classic members who gave up a favorshyite aircraft camping spot in deference to the mass arrival of the 1201140 bunch

Superb planning has to be given as the reason for the success of the 120 140 fly-in What started out as an 88 in 88 possibility grew by leaps and bounds under the capable direction of Jack Cronin to where the mass fly-in total was more than doubled in numshybers 163 classic aircraft of one type is a new record that will take some doing to beat

And let us not forget the outpouring of hospitality and friendliness of the community of Monticello Iowa who gave it their best shot in helping the 1201140 group to form practice for hours and then launch the entire 163 aircraft in 26 minutes This incredible piece of work and organization comshypletely endeared the 1201140 pilots to the people of Monticello Every pilot in the 120 140 group had kind words to say about the 3500 residents of this Iowa town located just southwest of Dubuque Residents of Monticello stand tall and proud You have earned it

One of the more clever stunts used by Jack Cronin and the 1201140 bunch was a discreet transponder code for the first and last airplanes in the group This way Chicago is Air Traffic Control Center knew that between the first blip and the last blip (some 13 miles apart) were 161 airplanes and it would beshyhoove A TC not to vector other aircraft through this gap The system worked perfectly and was especially welcome when patches of ground fog and haze made navigation a bit difficult and visshyibility was a bit tight at times Angelo Fraboni flying his award-winning Cessna 140A in the group admitted he was fingering his Rosary beads durshying the most difficult part of the flight

Despite the reduction in parking area on the north end of the AntiqueClassic area due to the new heavy airplane taxiway with its attendant parking pads to the north and south (Concorde B-1 Bomber etc) room was still available for the nearly 1000 aircraft qualified to park in the area

This year the UltralighULight- Plane area including their grass runway was moved farther south This exposed more area for AntiqueClassic parking Granted that some folks had to walk a

Beautiful polished Cessna 140 NC72742 flown by Vince Jackovich and his brother from Eldridge Iowa This immaculate 140 has been in their family since new having been owned by an uncle for over twenty years

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~______________~____________~ Z Gorgene and Don McDonough ready to return to Palos Hills IL with their Best Beechcraft award This 1950 Bonanza has won the award some eight out of the last ten years for this fine couple Congratulations again

Winner of the Best Continuously Maintained Award Grumman Mallard N2945 flown by Dennis Reid of Woodside CA floats serenely on the calm waters of Lake Winnebago just outside the Brennand Seaplane Base On the right is Dennis Buehns Grumman HU-16 Albatross and Connie Edwards PBV-6 Catalina

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Two of a kind Silver Age Champion Frank Bass (Kari-Keen Coupe) on the chair visits with Jim Stanton Classic Grand Champion (Piper PA-16 Clipper) Subject airplanes

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Here is a pair to draw to Marcia Sullivan on the left and Barbara Ann Fidler in front of Barbaras Grand Champion Winning 1940 J-3 Cub She sold the Cub the night before and had the money in her pocket as the bittersweet smile reflects

Gordy La Combe of Kenosha WI was doing his best to locate an airplane to fit this large aluminum wheelpant Most experts thought it was from a Howard DGA-11 (Gordy found it on an estate sale) Guesses anyone 10 OCTOBER 1988

little farther than before but at least there was room to park and camp A small portion of the former ultralight area was used for Emergency Aircraft Repair and the set-up seemed to work very nicely For the umpteenth time members and volunteers from EAA Chapter 75 of Moline Illinois (Quad Cities) manned this most important facility and performed yeoman service Ask any pilot who has had his bent broken or battered airplane returned to service by the Emergency Repair Crew and you will find an appreciation that knows no bounds When you are a thousand miles from home and a valve hangs up it is a tremendous relief to get all cylinders working again

Interview Circle in front of the Red Bam was very active this year with Master of Ceremonies Kelly Viets doing an admirable job of getting these sky pilots and restorers to reveal all their secrets to the gathered crowd With the quality of restorations better than ever Kelly had a nice bunch of candidates to talk with and no less than eight aircraft and their pilot-restorers were exposed to old silver-tongue Viets

While all this was going on Bob Lumley was very busy with his video camera doing interviews with many of the notables of the AntiqueClassic world Bob is especially adept at getshyting the old timers to appear on camera where we can all see them for years to come Thank you Bob for doing an extremely valuable service in the preshyservation of so many fine people on tape--each one a unique part of aviashytion history

The Type Club Tent located just south of the Red Barn was busy this year as more and more of the groups aligned with a certain type of aircraft display their wares meet new people interested in the marque and sign up new members This in turn helps to support the restoration activity in the type which benefits everybody The exchange of information and tips on rebuilding and operating is quite amazshying among type club membership Fourteen different type clubs were registered this year

In like manner the OX-5 tent imshymediately west of the Red Barn was continually in use during the convenshytion This group of young old timers has more get up and go than many younger groups It was most surprising to see this bunch handle the warm (hot) weather probably better than many of the young folks (Age instills pashytience)

E o z Taxiing in after participating in the Parade of Flight is Bill Watson Tulsa OK in his award-winning 1928 Kreider-Reisner KR-31 The OX-5 engine is almost inaudible at idle

The 1988 AntiqueClassic Parade of will do a fine job as president and all Flight was most impressive this year of us look forward to the coming years with all entrants being able to make under his leadership Congratulations their appointed flights before the Butch crowd in spite of a rather dark threatenshy Included in the 818 Classic aircraft ing cloud to the north of Wittman registered were 27 on floats at the Field The sights and sounds of the old Brennand Seaplane Base This small time airplanes were a genuine treat to hidden sanctuary for weary people on those who appreciate such vibrashy the shore of Lake Winnebago had 103 tions With the parade held on Tuesshy registered seaplanes thi s year along day afternoon the crowd was actually with a person named John Knapp who treated to a sneak preview of many of set some kind of record selling flying the award winners on the following to the public During the week John Thursday evening It was especially flew 198 hours in his Avid Flyer on fun to see Gene Chase (retired EAA floats giving over 50 rides in the proshySenior Editor) participate in the Parade cess many of them first time rides and of Flight with his 1933 Davis 0-1-W almost all were first time on floats with its black and yellow paint scheme 1988 saw a gathering of antiques Up until this year Gene was always that put the judges mettle to a severe buried in work during the Parade of test The scoring points were close and Flight Gene also volunteered as a the quality of restoration work was borshyjudge for the Antique judging this year dering on unbelievable The Grand

The Annual Meeting of the Antique Champion Antique Award was garshyClassic Division produced a brand new nered by a Piper BC-65 Cub built in president this year in the form of Espie 1940 and restored by Barbara Fidler of Butch Joyce of Madison North Alva Florida The Reserve Grand Carolina He succeeds RJ Lickteig Champion Award went to a Stearman who has been at the helm for the past PT -17 restored by Fred Nelson of Glen five years-and a most notable five Ellyn Illinois years it has been Thank you Dobshy For the first time in many years a bie for a job well done over the past Kari-Keen Coupe was on display 60 months The division has grown a courtesy of Frank Bass of Moore great deal in membership and stature Montana The Coupe garnered the during his tenure and as Dobbie Silver Age Champion Award and says Its the help that did it But Frank Bass widened his circle of Dob the help needs a leader friends from coast to coast Runner-up

A dedicated antiquer Butch Joyce in the Silver Age Class was Bill Watshy

sons Kreider-Reisner KR-31 Biplane from Tulsa Oklahoma

Many other Antique A wards were made in the various categories which will be expanded on in later issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

In the classic awards the Grand Championship was garnered by a 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper restored by the father and son team of Jim Stanton and Jim Jr of East Stroudsburg Pennsylshyvania This aircraft arrived on the fourth day of the convention with some of the paint literally drying on the way to Oshkosh The Reserve Grand Champion A ward was won by a Cessna 140A restored by Jack Shahan of Stone Mountain Georgia This airshycraft was restored in the optional paint scheme available from the factory in a creamy white with red trim With the optional Cessna wheel pants it was a very good looking restoration

Some 23 awards were given to classic aircraft in the Class Custom and Best of Type Awards This size varied from Tony Torrignos small Mooney Mite in Custom Class A to a huge Grumman Mallard amphibian that earned the Best Continuously Maintained Award for its owner Reid Dennis of Woodside California

All in all the judges did an outstandshying job in the intense heat of the conshyvention and made many a journey to the rows of beautiful airplanes to make their observations and calls We sashylute this dedicated bunch of hard workshying individuals for a job well done

The heat of the entire week was broshyken on the final Thursday evening when a cold front with its attendant black roll cloud and 50 mph winds ripped through Oshkosh A J-2 Cub was ripped from its tie downs and headed for the Red Bam Needless to say many brave souls answered the call to go forth in the pelting rain and hang on to the flying Cub with all their might Several volunteers were lifted many feet in the air in the proshycess-stubbornly hanging on to a wing tip Eventually the violent winds gave enough respite for the mass of humanshyity to corral the flippant Cub and tie it down Damage to the Cub was subshystantial in that it bounced off a teleshyphone pole in the process of flying

In one of the luckier instances it was discovered that the J-2 Cub had sailed right across the spot where Frank Bass Kari-Keen Coupe had been parked just before the storm Frank had decided to move his airplane into a hangar at the last moment

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In Flights of Five They Descended on Wittman Field Like

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by Marie Phelps

12 OCTOBER 1988

There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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They used the whole airport to land on shymain runway

was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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An Australian visitor at Oshkosh 88 gave the above picture to Dick Hill as a result of the two pictures published in July 88 VINTAGE The replica Southern Cross is now flying in Australia This photo was probably taken at Mangalore 88 which was held at Easter time

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Mike Gregg (EAA 154077 AlC 8239) of Staples MN stands next to his latest project A 1940 Luscombe 8A SIN 1242 complete with a Continental AS5 on the trailer Mike would like very much to contact other members who have Luscombe restoration experience to exchange information Call Mike at 218-894-2092

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VIEW FROM THE RED BARN EAA OSHKOSH 88

M emories can be very short Just a few weeks ago the opening cereshymonies at EAA Oshkosh 88 brought anticipation to a peak The huge influx of airplanes from all over the country (and numerous foreign aircraft) had litshyerally filled up the parking area The heat was tenacious-never giving up for one second In short it was just plain hot

Yet only a few weeks later the cool evenings of fall have almost erased the memory of the warm days and nights of EAA Oshkosh 88 Only the beautishyful memories of the good people and fabulous airplanes remain This is good

As usual the heros of the Antiquel Classic area were the volunteers who literally gave of their blood sweat and tears Art Morgan s crew of Aircraft Parkers succeeded in placing middot133 anshytique aircraft 818 classic aircraft and six replicas And to really top off their performance Art s gang master minded the incredible job of parking

by Nor m P eter sen Probably the toughest part of the huge Cessna 12011 40 fl y- in was reserving

the mass flight of 163 Cessna 120 1401 the campingpark ing space for the 140A airplanes in under 40 minutes group over the sometimes loud comshy(This record may stand for a while ) plaints from those who had parked in

With clear skies beckoning Dave Merillat fires up the 1942 Grumman Widgeon and heads for Tecumseh Michigan With the large Indian Chief painted on the forward hull this airplane is easy to identify

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the reserve area in recent years Again the diplomacy of the Aircraft Parking crew prevailed (and World War III was averted) Perhaps special recognition should be awarded those Antique Classic members who gave up a favorshyite aircraft camping spot in deference to the mass arrival of the 1201140 bunch

Superb planning has to be given as the reason for the success of the 120 140 fly-in What started out as an 88 in 88 possibility grew by leaps and bounds under the capable direction of Jack Cronin to where the mass fly-in total was more than doubled in numshybers 163 classic aircraft of one type is a new record that will take some doing to beat

And let us not forget the outpouring of hospitality and friendliness of the community of Monticello Iowa who gave it their best shot in helping the 1201140 group to form practice for hours and then launch the entire 163 aircraft in 26 minutes This incredible piece of work and organization comshypletely endeared the 1201140 pilots to the people of Monticello Every pilot in the 120 140 group had kind words to say about the 3500 residents of this Iowa town located just southwest of Dubuque Residents of Monticello stand tall and proud You have earned it

One of the more clever stunts used by Jack Cronin and the 1201140 bunch was a discreet transponder code for the first and last airplanes in the group This way Chicago is Air Traffic Control Center knew that between the first blip and the last blip (some 13 miles apart) were 161 airplanes and it would beshyhoove A TC not to vector other aircraft through this gap The system worked perfectly and was especially welcome when patches of ground fog and haze made navigation a bit difficult and visshyibility was a bit tight at times Angelo Fraboni flying his award-winning Cessna 140A in the group admitted he was fingering his Rosary beads durshying the most difficult part of the flight

Despite the reduction in parking area on the north end of the AntiqueClassic area due to the new heavy airplane taxiway with its attendant parking pads to the north and south (Concorde B-1 Bomber etc) room was still available for the nearly 1000 aircraft qualified to park in the area

This year the UltralighULight- Plane area including their grass runway was moved farther south This exposed more area for AntiqueClassic parking Granted that some folks had to walk a

Beautiful polished Cessna 140 NC72742 flown by Vince Jackovich and his brother from Eldridge Iowa This immaculate 140 has been in their family since new having been owned by an uncle for over twenty years

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~______________~____________~ Z Gorgene and Don McDonough ready to return to Palos Hills IL with their Best Beechcraft award This 1950 Bonanza has won the award some eight out of the last ten years for this fine couple Congratulations again

Winner of the Best Continuously Maintained Award Grumman Mallard N2945 flown by Dennis Reid of Woodside CA floats serenely on the calm waters of Lake Winnebago just outside the Brennand Seaplane Base On the right is Dennis Buehns Grumman HU-16 Albatross and Connie Edwards PBV-6 Catalina

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Two of a kind Silver Age Champion Frank Bass (Kari-Keen Coupe) on the chair visits with Jim Stanton Classic Grand Champion (Piper PA-16 Clipper) Subject airplanes

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Here is a pair to draw to Marcia Sullivan on the left and Barbara Ann Fidler in front of Barbaras Grand Champion Winning 1940 J-3 Cub She sold the Cub the night before and had the money in her pocket as the bittersweet smile reflects

Gordy La Combe of Kenosha WI was doing his best to locate an airplane to fit this large aluminum wheelpant Most experts thought it was from a Howard DGA-11 (Gordy found it on an estate sale) Guesses anyone 10 OCTOBER 1988

little farther than before but at least there was room to park and camp A small portion of the former ultralight area was used for Emergency Aircraft Repair and the set-up seemed to work very nicely For the umpteenth time members and volunteers from EAA Chapter 75 of Moline Illinois (Quad Cities) manned this most important facility and performed yeoman service Ask any pilot who has had his bent broken or battered airplane returned to service by the Emergency Repair Crew and you will find an appreciation that knows no bounds When you are a thousand miles from home and a valve hangs up it is a tremendous relief to get all cylinders working again

Interview Circle in front of the Red Bam was very active this year with Master of Ceremonies Kelly Viets doing an admirable job of getting these sky pilots and restorers to reveal all their secrets to the gathered crowd With the quality of restorations better than ever Kelly had a nice bunch of candidates to talk with and no less than eight aircraft and their pilot-restorers were exposed to old silver-tongue Viets

While all this was going on Bob Lumley was very busy with his video camera doing interviews with many of the notables of the AntiqueClassic world Bob is especially adept at getshyting the old timers to appear on camera where we can all see them for years to come Thank you Bob for doing an extremely valuable service in the preshyservation of so many fine people on tape--each one a unique part of aviashytion history

The Type Club Tent located just south of the Red Barn was busy this year as more and more of the groups aligned with a certain type of aircraft display their wares meet new people interested in the marque and sign up new members This in turn helps to support the restoration activity in the type which benefits everybody The exchange of information and tips on rebuilding and operating is quite amazshying among type club membership Fourteen different type clubs were registered this year

In like manner the OX-5 tent imshymediately west of the Red Barn was continually in use during the convenshytion This group of young old timers has more get up and go than many younger groups It was most surprising to see this bunch handle the warm (hot) weather probably better than many of the young folks (Age instills pashytience)

E o z Taxiing in after participating in the Parade of Flight is Bill Watson Tulsa OK in his award-winning 1928 Kreider-Reisner KR-31 The OX-5 engine is almost inaudible at idle

The 1988 AntiqueClassic Parade of will do a fine job as president and all Flight was most impressive this year of us look forward to the coming years with all entrants being able to make under his leadership Congratulations their appointed flights before the Butch crowd in spite of a rather dark threatenshy Included in the 818 Classic aircraft ing cloud to the north of Wittman registered were 27 on floats at the Field The sights and sounds of the old Brennand Seaplane Base This small time airplanes were a genuine treat to hidden sanctuary for weary people on those who appreciate such vibrashy the shore of Lake Winnebago had 103 tions With the parade held on Tuesshy registered seaplanes thi s year along day afternoon the crowd was actually with a person named John Knapp who treated to a sneak preview of many of set some kind of record selling flying the award winners on the following to the public During the week John Thursday evening It was especially flew 198 hours in his Avid Flyer on fun to see Gene Chase (retired EAA floats giving over 50 rides in the proshySenior Editor) participate in the Parade cess many of them first time rides and of Flight with his 1933 Davis 0-1-W almost all were first time on floats with its black and yellow paint scheme 1988 saw a gathering of antiques Up until this year Gene was always that put the judges mettle to a severe buried in work during the Parade of test The scoring points were close and Flight Gene also volunteered as a the quality of restoration work was borshyjudge for the Antique judging this year dering on unbelievable The Grand

The Annual Meeting of the Antique Champion Antique Award was garshyClassic Division produced a brand new nered by a Piper BC-65 Cub built in president this year in the form of Espie 1940 and restored by Barbara Fidler of Butch Joyce of Madison North Alva Florida The Reserve Grand Carolina He succeeds RJ Lickteig Champion Award went to a Stearman who has been at the helm for the past PT -17 restored by Fred Nelson of Glen five years-and a most notable five Ellyn Illinois years it has been Thank you Dobshy For the first time in many years a bie for a job well done over the past Kari-Keen Coupe was on display 60 months The division has grown a courtesy of Frank Bass of Moore great deal in membership and stature Montana The Coupe garnered the during his tenure and as Dobbie Silver Age Champion Award and says Its the help that did it But Frank Bass widened his circle of Dob the help needs a leader friends from coast to coast Runner-up

A dedicated antiquer Butch Joyce in the Silver Age Class was Bill Watshy

sons Kreider-Reisner KR-31 Biplane from Tulsa Oklahoma

Many other Antique A wards were made in the various categories which will be expanded on in later issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

In the classic awards the Grand Championship was garnered by a 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper restored by the father and son team of Jim Stanton and Jim Jr of East Stroudsburg Pennsylshyvania This aircraft arrived on the fourth day of the convention with some of the paint literally drying on the way to Oshkosh The Reserve Grand Champion A ward was won by a Cessna 140A restored by Jack Shahan of Stone Mountain Georgia This airshycraft was restored in the optional paint scheme available from the factory in a creamy white with red trim With the optional Cessna wheel pants it was a very good looking restoration

Some 23 awards were given to classic aircraft in the Class Custom and Best of Type Awards This size varied from Tony Torrignos small Mooney Mite in Custom Class A to a huge Grumman Mallard amphibian that earned the Best Continuously Maintained Award for its owner Reid Dennis of Woodside California

All in all the judges did an outstandshying job in the intense heat of the conshyvention and made many a journey to the rows of beautiful airplanes to make their observations and calls We sashylute this dedicated bunch of hard workshying individuals for a job well done

The heat of the entire week was broshyken on the final Thursday evening when a cold front with its attendant black roll cloud and 50 mph winds ripped through Oshkosh A J-2 Cub was ripped from its tie downs and headed for the Red Bam Needless to say many brave souls answered the call to go forth in the pelting rain and hang on to the flying Cub with all their might Several volunteers were lifted many feet in the air in the proshycess-stubbornly hanging on to a wing tip Eventually the violent winds gave enough respite for the mass of humanshyity to corral the flippant Cub and tie it down Damage to the Cub was subshystantial in that it bounced off a teleshyphone pole in the process of flying

In one of the luckier instances it was discovered that the J-2 Cub had sailed right across the spot where Frank Bass Kari-Keen Coupe had been parked just before the storm Frank had decided to move his airplane into a hangar at the last moment

Some guys live right bull VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

In Flights of Five They Descended on Wittman Field Like

Rluminum Locusts

teHt and photos

by Marie Phelps

12 OCTOBER 1988

There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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They used the whole airport to land on shymain runway

was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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VIEW FROM THE RED BARN EAA OSHKOSH 88

M emories can be very short Just a few weeks ago the opening cereshymonies at EAA Oshkosh 88 brought anticipation to a peak The huge influx of airplanes from all over the country (and numerous foreign aircraft) had litshyerally filled up the parking area The heat was tenacious-never giving up for one second In short it was just plain hot

Yet only a few weeks later the cool evenings of fall have almost erased the memory of the warm days and nights of EAA Oshkosh 88 Only the beautishyful memories of the good people and fabulous airplanes remain This is good

As usual the heros of the Antiquel Classic area were the volunteers who literally gave of their blood sweat and tears Art Morgan s crew of Aircraft Parkers succeeded in placing middot133 anshytique aircraft 818 classic aircraft and six replicas And to really top off their performance Art s gang master minded the incredible job of parking

by Nor m P eter sen Probably the toughest part of the huge Cessna 12011 40 fl y- in was reserving

the mass flight of 163 Cessna 120 1401 the campingpark ing space for the 140A airplanes in under 40 minutes group over the sometimes loud comshy(This record may stand for a while ) plaints from those who had parked in

With clear skies beckoning Dave Merillat fires up the 1942 Grumman Widgeon and heads for Tecumseh Michigan With the large Indian Chief painted on the forward hull this airplane is easy to identify

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the reserve area in recent years Again the diplomacy of the Aircraft Parking crew prevailed (and World War III was averted) Perhaps special recognition should be awarded those Antique Classic members who gave up a favorshyite aircraft camping spot in deference to the mass arrival of the 1201140 bunch

Superb planning has to be given as the reason for the success of the 120 140 fly-in What started out as an 88 in 88 possibility grew by leaps and bounds under the capable direction of Jack Cronin to where the mass fly-in total was more than doubled in numshybers 163 classic aircraft of one type is a new record that will take some doing to beat

And let us not forget the outpouring of hospitality and friendliness of the community of Monticello Iowa who gave it their best shot in helping the 1201140 group to form practice for hours and then launch the entire 163 aircraft in 26 minutes This incredible piece of work and organization comshypletely endeared the 1201140 pilots to the people of Monticello Every pilot in the 120 140 group had kind words to say about the 3500 residents of this Iowa town located just southwest of Dubuque Residents of Monticello stand tall and proud You have earned it

One of the more clever stunts used by Jack Cronin and the 1201140 bunch was a discreet transponder code for the first and last airplanes in the group This way Chicago is Air Traffic Control Center knew that between the first blip and the last blip (some 13 miles apart) were 161 airplanes and it would beshyhoove A TC not to vector other aircraft through this gap The system worked perfectly and was especially welcome when patches of ground fog and haze made navigation a bit difficult and visshyibility was a bit tight at times Angelo Fraboni flying his award-winning Cessna 140A in the group admitted he was fingering his Rosary beads durshying the most difficult part of the flight

Despite the reduction in parking area on the north end of the AntiqueClassic area due to the new heavy airplane taxiway with its attendant parking pads to the north and south (Concorde B-1 Bomber etc) room was still available for the nearly 1000 aircraft qualified to park in the area

This year the UltralighULight- Plane area including their grass runway was moved farther south This exposed more area for AntiqueClassic parking Granted that some folks had to walk a

Beautiful polished Cessna 140 NC72742 flown by Vince Jackovich and his brother from Eldridge Iowa This immaculate 140 has been in their family since new having been owned by an uncle for over twenty years

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~______________~____________~ Z Gorgene and Don McDonough ready to return to Palos Hills IL with their Best Beechcraft award This 1950 Bonanza has won the award some eight out of the last ten years for this fine couple Congratulations again

Winner of the Best Continuously Maintained Award Grumman Mallard N2945 flown by Dennis Reid of Woodside CA floats serenely on the calm waters of Lake Winnebago just outside the Brennand Seaplane Base On the right is Dennis Buehns Grumman HU-16 Albatross and Connie Edwards PBV-6 Catalina

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Two of a kind Silver Age Champion Frank Bass (Kari-Keen Coupe) on the chair visits with Jim Stanton Classic Grand Champion (Piper PA-16 Clipper) Subject airplanes

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Here is a pair to draw to Marcia Sullivan on the left and Barbara Ann Fidler in front of Barbaras Grand Champion Winning 1940 J-3 Cub She sold the Cub the night before and had the money in her pocket as the bittersweet smile reflects

Gordy La Combe of Kenosha WI was doing his best to locate an airplane to fit this large aluminum wheelpant Most experts thought it was from a Howard DGA-11 (Gordy found it on an estate sale) Guesses anyone 10 OCTOBER 1988

little farther than before but at least there was room to park and camp A small portion of the former ultralight area was used for Emergency Aircraft Repair and the set-up seemed to work very nicely For the umpteenth time members and volunteers from EAA Chapter 75 of Moline Illinois (Quad Cities) manned this most important facility and performed yeoman service Ask any pilot who has had his bent broken or battered airplane returned to service by the Emergency Repair Crew and you will find an appreciation that knows no bounds When you are a thousand miles from home and a valve hangs up it is a tremendous relief to get all cylinders working again

Interview Circle in front of the Red Bam was very active this year with Master of Ceremonies Kelly Viets doing an admirable job of getting these sky pilots and restorers to reveal all their secrets to the gathered crowd With the quality of restorations better than ever Kelly had a nice bunch of candidates to talk with and no less than eight aircraft and their pilot-restorers were exposed to old silver-tongue Viets

While all this was going on Bob Lumley was very busy with his video camera doing interviews with many of the notables of the AntiqueClassic world Bob is especially adept at getshyting the old timers to appear on camera where we can all see them for years to come Thank you Bob for doing an extremely valuable service in the preshyservation of so many fine people on tape--each one a unique part of aviashytion history

The Type Club Tent located just south of the Red Barn was busy this year as more and more of the groups aligned with a certain type of aircraft display their wares meet new people interested in the marque and sign up new members This in turn helps to support the restoration activity in the type which benefits everybody The exchange of information and tips on rebuilding and operating is quite amazshying among type club membership Fourteen different type clubs were registered this year

In like manner the OX-5 tent imshymediately west of the Red Barn was continually in use during the convenshytion This group of young old timers has more get up and go than many younger groups It was most surprising to see this bunch handle the warm (hot) weather probably better than many of the young folks (Age instills pashytience)

E o z Taxiing in after participating in the Parade of Flight is Bill Watson Tulsa OK in his award-winning 1928 Kreider-Reisner KR-31 The OX-5 engine is almost inaudible at idle

The 1988 AntiqueClassic Parade of will do a fine job as president and all Flight was most impressive this year of us look forward to the coming years with all entrants being able to make under his leadership Congratulations their appointed flights before the Butch crowd in spite of a rather dark threatenshy Included in the 818 Classic aircraft ing cloud to the north of Wittman registered were 27 on floats at the Field The sights and sounds of the old Brennand Seaplane Base This small time airplanes were a genuine treat to hidden sanctuary for weary people on those who appreciate such vibrashy the shore of Lake Winnebago had 103 tions With the parade held on Tuesshy registered seaplanes thi s year along day afternoon the crowd was actually with a person named John Knapp who treated to a sneak preview of many of set some kind of record selling flying the award winners on the following to the public During the week John Thursday evening It was especially flew 198 hours in his Avid Flyer on fun to see Gene Chase (retired EAA floats giving over 50 rides in the proshySenior Editor) participate in the Parade cess many of them first time rides and of Flight with his 1933 Davis 0-1-W almost all were first time on floats with its black and yellow paint scheme 1988 saw a gathering of antiques Up until this year Gene was always that put the judges mettle to a severe buried in work during the Parade of test The scoring points were close and Flight Gene also volunteered as a the quality of restoration work was borshyjudge for the Antique judging this year dering on unbelievable The Grand

The Annual Meeting of the Antique Champion Antique Award was garshyClassic Division produced a brand new nered by a Piper BC-65 Cub built in president this year in the form of Espie 1940 and restored by Barbara Fidler of Butch Joyce of Madison North Alva Florida The Reserve Grand Carolina He succeeds RJ Lickteig Champion Award went to a Stearman who has been at the helm for the past PT -17 restored by Fred Nelson of Glen five years-and a most notable five Ellyn Illinois years it has been Thank you Dobshy For the first time in many years a bie for a job well done over the past Kari-Keen Coupe was on display 60 months The division has grown a courtesy of Frank Bass of Moore great deal in membership and stature Montana The Coupe garnered the during his tenure and as Dobbie Silver Age Champion Award and says Its the help that did it But Frank Bass widened his circle of Dob the help needs a leader friends from coast to coast Runner-up

A dedicated antiquer Butch Joyce in the Silver Age Class was Bill Watshy

sons Kreider-Reisner KR-31 Biplane from Tulsa Oklahoma

Many other Antique A wards were made in the various categories which will be expanded on in later issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

In the classic awards the Grand Championship was garnered by a 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper restored by the father and son team of Jim Stanton and Jim Jr of East Stroudsburg Pennsylshyvania This aircraft arrived on the fourth day of the convention with some of the paint literally drying on the way to Oshkosh The Reserve Grand Champion A ward was won by a Cessna 140A restored by Jack Shahan of Stone Mountain Georgia This airshycraft was restored in the optional paint scheme available from the factory in a creamy white with red trim With the optional Cessna wheel pants it was a very good looking restoration

Some 23 awards were given to classic aircraft in the Class Custom and Best of Type Awards This size varied from Tony Torrignos small Mooney Mite in Custom Class A to a huge Grumman Mallard amphibian that earned the Best Continuously Maintained Award for its owner Reid Dennis of Woodside California

All in all the judges did an outstandshying job in the intense heat of the conshyvention and made many a journey to the rows of beautiful airplanes to make their observations and calls We sashylute this dedicated bunch of hard workshying individuals for a job well done

The heat of the entire week was broshyken on the final Thursday evening when a cold front with its attendant black roll cloud and 50 mph winds ripped through Oshkosh A J-2 Cub was ripped from its tie downs and headed for the Red Bam Needless to say many brave souls answered the call to go forth in the pelting rain and hang on to the flying Cub with all their might Several volunteers were lifted many feet in the air in the proshycess-stubbornly hanging on to a wing tip Eventually the violent winds gave enough respite for the mass of humanshyity to corral the flippant Cub and tie it down Damage to the Cub was subshystantial in that it bounced off a teleshyphone pole in the process of flying

In one of the luckier instances it was discovered that the J-2 Cub had sailed right across the spot where Frank Bass Kari-Keen Coupe had been parked just before the storm Frank had decided to move his airplane into a hangar at the last moment

Some guys live right bull VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

In Flights of Five They Descended on Wittman Field Like

Rluminum Locusts

teHt and photos

by Marie Phelps

12 OCTOBER 1988

There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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They used the whole airport to land on shymain runway

was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

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Martin Del OLeary Craig M Houston Texas Sacramento California

Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

Martin Robert M Palombo Fred Pueblo Colorado Alameda California

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the reserve area in recent years Again the diplomacy of the Aircraft Parking crew prevailed (and World War III was averted) Perhaps special recognition should be awarded those Antique Classic members who gave up a favorshyite aircraft camping spot in deference to the mass arrival of the 1201140 bunch

Superb planning has to be given as the reason for the success of the 120 140 fly-in What started out as an 88 in 88 possibility grew by leaps and bounds under the capable direction of Jack Cronin to where the mass fly-in total was more than doubled in numshybers 163 classic aircraft of one type is a new record that will take some doing to beat

And let us not forget the outpouring of hospitality and friendliness of the community of Monticello Iowa who gave it their best shot in helping the 1201140 group to form practice for hours and then launch the entire 163 aircraft in 26 minutes This incredible piece of work and organization comshypletely endeared the 1201140 pilots to the people of Monticello Every pilot in the 120 140 group had kind words to say about the 3500 residents of this Iowa town located just southwest of Dubuque Residents of Monticello stand tall and proud You have earned it

One of the more clever stunts used by Jack Cronin and the 1201140 bunch was a discreet transponder code for the first and last airplanes in the group This way Chicago is Air Traffic Control Center knew that between the first blip and the last blip (some 13 miles apart) were 161 airplanes and it would beshyhoove A TC not to vector other aircraft through this gap The system worked perfectly and was especially welcome when patches of ground fog and haze made navigation a bit difficult and visshyibility was a bit tight at times Angelo Fraboni flying his award-winning Cessna 140A in the group admitted he was fingering his Rosary beads durshying the most difficult part of the flight

Despite the reduction in parking area on the north end of the AntiqueClassic area due to the new heavy airplane taxiway with its attendant parking pads to the north and south (Concorde B-1 Bomber etc) room was still available for the nearly 1000 aircraft qualified to park in the area

This year the UltralighULight- Plane area including their grass runway was moved farther south This exposed more area for AntiqueClassic parking Granted that some folks had to walk a

Beautiful polished Cessna 140 NC72742 flown by Vince Jackovich and his brother from Eldridge Iowa This immaculate 140 has been in their family since new having been owned by an uncle for over twenty years

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~______________~____________~ Z Gorgene and Don McDonough ready to return to Palos Hills IL with their Best Beechcraft award This 1950 Bonanza has won the award some eight out of the last ten years for this fine couple Congratulations again

Winner of the Best Continuously Maintained Award Grumman Mallard N2945 flown by Dennis Reid of Woodside CA floats serenely on the calm waters of Lake Winnebago just outside the Brennand Seaplane Base On the right is Dennis Buehns Grumman HU-16 Albatross and Connie Edwards PBV-6 Catalina

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Two of a kind Silver Age Champion Frank Bass (Kari-Keen Coupe) on the chair visits with Jim Stanton Classic Grand Champion (Piper PA-16 Clipper) Subject airplanes

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Here is a pair to draw to Marcia Sullivan on the left and Barbara Ann Fidler in front of Barbaras Grand Champion Winning 1940 J-3 Cub She sold the Cub the night before and had the money in her pocket as the bittersweet smile reflects

Gordy La Combe of Kenosha WI was doing his best to locate an airplane to fit this large aluminum wheelpant Most experts thought it was from a Howard DGA-11 (Gordy found it on an estate sale) Guesses anyone 10 OCTOBER 1988

little farther than before but at least there was room to park and camp A small portion of the former ultralight area was used for Emergency Aircraft Repair and the set-up seemed to work very nicely For the umpteenth time members and volunteers from EAA Chapter 75 of Moline Illinois (Quad Cities) manned this most important facility and performed yeoman service Ask any pilot who has had his bent broken or battered airplane returned to service by the Emergency Repair Crew and you will find an appreciation that knows no bounds When you are a thousand miles from home and a valve hangs up it is a tremendous relief to get all cylinders working again

Interview Circle in front of the Red Bam was very active this year with Master of Ceremonies Kelly Viets doing an admirable job of getting these sky pilots and restorers to reveal all their secrets to the gathered crowd With the quality of restorations better than ever Kelly had a nice bunch of candidates to talk with and no less than eight aircraft and their pilot-restorers were exposed to old silver-tongue Viets

While all this was going on Bob Lumley was very busy with his video camera doing interviews with many of the notables of the AntiqueClassic world Bob is especially adept at getshyting the old timers to appear on camera where we can all see them for years to come Thank you Bob for doing an extremely valuable service in the preshyservation of so many fine people on tape--each one a unique part of aviashytion history

The Type Club Tent located just south of the Red Barn was busy this year as more and more of the groups aligned with a certain type of aircraft display their wares meet new people interested in the marque and sign up new members This in turn helps to support the restoration activity in the type which benefits everybody The exchange of information and tips on rebuilding and operating is quite amazshying among type club membership Fourteen different type clubs were registered this year

In like manner the OX-5 tent imshymediately west of the Red Barn was continually in use during the convenshytion This group of young old timers has more get up and go than many younger groups It was most surprising to see this bunch handle the warm (hot) weather probably better than many of the young folks (Age instills pashytience)

E o z Taxiing in after participating in the Parade of Flight is Bill Watson Tulsa OK in his award-winning 1928 Kreider-Reisner KR-31 The OX-5 engine is almost inaudible at idle

The 1988 AntiqueClassic Parade of will do a fine job as president and all Flight was most impressive this year of us look forward to the coming years with all entrants being able to make under his leadership Congratulations their appointed flights before the Butch crowd in spite of a rather dark threatenshy Included in the 818 Classic aircraft ing cloud to the north of Wittman registered were 27 on floats at the Field The sights and sounds of the old Brennand Seaplane Base This small time airplanes were a genuine treat to hidden sanctuary for weary people on those who appreciate such vibrashy the shore of Lake Winnebago had 103 tions With the parade held on Tuesshy registered seaplanes thi s year along day afternoon the crowd was actually with a person named John Knapp who treated to a sneak preview of many of set some kind of record selling flying the award winners on the following to the public During the week John Thursday evening It was especially flew 198 hours in his Avid Flyer on fun to see Gene Chase (retired EAA floats giving over 50 rides in the proshySenior Editor) participate in the Parade cess many of them first time rides and of Flight with his 1933 Davis 0-1-W almost all were first time on floats with its black and yellow paint scheme 1988 saw a gathering of antiques Up until this year Gene was always that put the judges mettle to a severe buried in work during the Parade of test The scoring points were close and Flight Gene also volunteered as a the quality of restoration work was borshyjudge for the Antique judging this year dering on unbelievable The Grand

The Annual Meeting of the Antique Champion Antique Award was garshyClassic Division produced a brand new nered by a Piper BC-65 Cub built in president this year in the form of Espie 1940 and restored by Barbara Fidler of Butch Joyce of Madison North Alva Florida The Reserve Grand Carolina He succeeds RJ Lickteig Champion Award went to a Stearman who has been at the helm for the past PT -17 restored by Fred Nelson of Glen five years-and a most notable five Ellyn Illinois years it has been Thank you Dobshy For the first time in many years a bie for a job well done over the past Kari-Keen Coupe was on display 60 months The division has grown a courtesy of Frank Bass of Moore great deal in membership and stature Montana The Coupe garnered the during his tenure and as Dobbie Silver Age Champion Award and says Its the help that did it But Frank Bass widened his circle of Dob the help needs a leader friends from coast to coast Runner-up

A dedicated antiquer Butch Joyce in the Silver Age Class was Bill Watshy

sons Kreider-Reisner KR-31 Biplane from Tulsa Oklahoma

Many other Antique A wards were made in the various categories which will be expanded on in later issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

In the classic awards the Grand Championship was garnered by a 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper restored by the father and son team of Jim Stanton and Jim Jr of East Stroudsburg Pennsylshyvania This aircraft arrived on the fourth day of the convention with some of the paint literally drying on the way to Oshkosh The Reserve Grand Champion A ward was won by a Cessna 140A restored by Jack Shahan of Stone Mountain Georgia This airshycraft was restored in the optional paint scheme available from the factory in a creamy white with red trim With the optional Cessna wheel pants it was a very good looking restoration

Some 23 awards were given to classic aircraft in the Class Custom and Best of Type Awards This size varied from Tony Torrignos small Mooney Mite in Custom Class A to a huge Grumman Mallard amphibian that earned the Best Continuously Maintained Award for its owner Reid Dennis of Woodside California

All in all the judges did an outstandshying job in the intense heat of the conshyvention and made many a journey to the rows of beautiful airplanes to make their observations and calls We sashylute this dedicated bunch of hard workshying individuals for a job well done

The heat of the entire week was broshyken on the final Thursday evening when a cold front with its attendant black roll cloud and 50 mph winds ripped through Oshkosh A J-2 Cub was ripped from its tie downs and headed for the Red Bam Needless to say many brave souls answered the call to go forth in the pelting rain and hang on to the flying Cub with all their might Several volunteers were lifted many feet in the air in the proshycess-stubbornly hanging on to a wing tip Eventually the violent winds gave enough respite for the mass of humanshyity to corral the flippant Cub and tie it down Damage to the Cub was subshystantial in that it bounced off a teleshyphone pole in the process of flying

In one of the luckier instances it was discovered that the J-2 Cub had sailed right across the spot where Frank Bass Kari-Keen Coupe had been parked just before the storm Frank had decided to move his airplane into a hangar at the last moment

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In Flights of Five They Descended on Wittman Field Like

Rluminum Locusts

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by Marie Phelps

12 OCTOBER 1988

There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

24 OCTOBER 1988

Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 30-0CTOBER 1 -CAMDEN SOUTH CAROLINA -Annual EAA AlC Chapter 3 Fall Flyshyin for antique and classic aeropshylanes Trophies major speaker vinshytage airplane films At Woodward Field HQ Holiday Inn Lugoff SC Contact R Bottom Jr 103 Powhashytan Pkwy Hampton VA 23661

OCTOBER 1 shy NEWARK NEW JERshySEY shy 60th Anniversary of Newark Airport Open House

OCTOBER 1 - NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETIS -Air Fair 88 Airshow and Aviation Career Expo 617867-8186

OCTOBER 1-2-SUSSEX NEW JERshySEY -Northern New Jersey EM Fly-in Sussex Airport Sponsored by AlC Chapter 7 and EAA Chapters 73 238 and 891 Contact Walt Ahlers 201 584-7983

OCTOBER 1-2 - PINEVILLE LOUISIANA shy 3rd Annual Louisiana

EAA Convention sponsored by EAA Chapters 614 and 836 Trophies banquet camping Final Louisiana Championship Series Event Conshytact Jim Alexander 2950 Highway 28W Boyce LA 71409 318793shy4245

OCTOBER 2 - MANSFIELD MASshySACHUSETIS -EAA Chapter 701 Fall Fly-in Rain date October 10 508339-7500

OCTOBER 6-8 - DAYTON OHIOshy20th Annual Air Force Reunion 407 784-0342

OCTOBER 6-9 - CELINA OHIO -13th Annual International Cessna 120140 Association Convention Fly-In at Lakefield Airport Contact Terry Zimmerman 419268-2565

OCTOBER 7-9 - THOMASVILLE GEORGIA shy Florida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Association EAA AlC Chapter 1 Fly-In at Thomasville Municipal Airport Conshy

tact Rod Spanier 502 Jamestown Avenue Lakeland FL 33801 813 665-5572

OCTOBER 7-9 - TAHLEQUAH OKshyLAHOMA shy 31st Annual Tulsa FlyshyIn Contact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 918742shy7311

OCTOBER 7-9 - TAHLEQUAH OKshyLAHOMA - 8th Annual National Bucker Fly-In Contact Frank Price Route 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008

OCTOBER 8-9 - LOMPOC CALIFORNIA - EAA Chapter 275 Octoberfest Fly-in 805736-3579

OCTOBER 8-16 - JACKSON MISshySISSIPPI shy Annual Jackson County Airshow 601 762-2156

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Lusic Jerry S Nelson Lynn Wauwatosa Wisconsin Pine Colorado

Martin Del OLeary Craig M Houston Texas Sacramento California

Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

Martin Robert M Palombo Fred Pueblo Colorado Alameda California

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Phillippi J F Mattingly Gobel Buchanan Michigan Lubbock Texas

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Ryan Joseph Schaumburg Illinois

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Scott Noel R Laddonia Missouri

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Smoot Roger Manchester Ohio

Snure David G Rives Junction Michigan

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Steere Howard Manchester Center Vermont

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Stroebel Arthur J Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin

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Sutton Herbert W Central Point Oregon

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Taylor William C Bradenton Florida

Thomas David C Clinton Ontario Canada

Thomas Scott S Woodbridge Virginia

Thomas William A Huntertown Indiana

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Webber John M Cicero Indiana

Wenum Palmer Spring Valley Wisconsin

Weskamp Lynn McCook Nebraska

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Will Eugene A Minster Ohio

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Wolfe Don Kenosha Wisconsin

Wright James Litchfield Illinois

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Two of a kind Silver Age Champion Frank Bass (Kari-Keen Coupe) on the chair visits with Jim Stanton Classic Grand Champion (Piper PA-16 Clipper) Subject airplanes

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Here is a pair to draw to Marcia Sullivan on the left and Barbara Ann Fidler in front of Barbaras Grand Champion Winning 1940 J-3 Cub She sold the Cub the night before and had the money in her pocket as the bittersweet smile reflects

Gordy La Combe of Kenosha WI was doing his best to locate an airplane to fit this large aluminum wheelpant Most experts thought it was from a Howard DGA-11 (Gordy found it on an estate sale) Guesses anyone 10 OCTOBER 1988

little farther than before but at least there was room to park and camp A small portion of the former ultralight area was used for Emergency Aircraft Repair and the set-up seemed to work very nicely For the umpteenth time members and volunteers from EAA Chapter 75 of Moline Illinois (Quad Cities) manned this most important facility and performed yeoman service Ask any pilot who has had his bent broken or battered airplane returned to service by the Emergency Repair Crew and you will find an appreciation that knows no bounds When you are a thousand miles from home and a valve hangs up it is a tremendous relief to get all cylinders working again

Interview Circle in front of the Red Bam was very active this year with Master of Ceremonies Kelly Viets doing an admirable job of getting these sky pilots and restorers to reveal all their secrets to the gathered crowd With the quality of restorations better than ever Kelly had a nice bunch of candidates to talk with and no less than eight aircraft and their pilot-restorers were exposed to old silver-tongue Viets

While all this was going on Bob Lumley was very busy with his video camera doing interviews with many of the notables of the AntiqueClassic world Bob is especially adept at getshyting the old timers to appear on camera where we can all see them for years to come Thank you Bob for doing an extremely valuable service in the preshyservation of so many fine people on tape--each one a unique part of aviashytion history

The Type Club Tent located just south of the Red Barn was busy this year as more and more of the groups aligned with a certain type of aircraft display their wares meet new people interested in the marque and sign up new members This in turn helps to support the restoration activity in the type which benefits everybody The exchange of information and tips on rebuilding and operating is quite amazshying among type club membership Fourteen different type clubs were registered this year

In like manner the OX-5 tent imshymediately west of the Red Barn was continually in use during the convenshytion This group of young old timers has more get up and go than many younger groups It was most surprising to see this bunch handle the warm (hot) weather probably better than many of the young folks (Age instills pashytience)

E o z Taxiing in after participating in the Parade of Flight is Bill Watson Tulsa OK in his award-winning 1928 Kreider-Reisner KR-31 The OX-5 engine is almost inaudible at idle

The 1988 AntiqueClassic Parade of will do a fine job as president and all Flight was most impressive this year of us look forward to the coming years with all entrants being able to make under his leadership Congratulations their appointed flights before the Butch crowd in spite of a rather dark threatenshy Included in the 818 Classic aircraft ing cloud to the north of Wittman registered were 27 on floats at the Field The sights and sounds of the old Brennand Seaplane Base This small time airplanes were a genuine treat to hidden sanctuary for weary people on those who appreciate such vibrashy the shore of Lake Winnebago had 103 tions With the parade held on Tuesshy registered seaplanes thi s year along day afternoon the crowd was actually with a person named John Knapp who treated to a sneak preview of many of set some kind of record selling flying the award winners on the following to the public During the week John Thursday evening It was especially flew 198 hours in his Avid Flyer on fun to see Gene Chase (retired EAA floats giving over 50 rides in the proshySenior Editor) participate in the Parade cess many of them first time rides and of Flight with his 1933 Davis 0-1-W almost all were first time on floats with its black and yellow paint scheme 1988 saw a gathering of antiques Up until this year Gene was always that put the judges mettle to a severe buried in work during the Parade of test The scoring points were close and Flight Gene also volunteered as a the quality of restoration work was borshyjudge for the Antique judging this year dering on unbelievable The Grand

The Annual Meeting of the Antique Champion Antique Award was garshyClassic Division produced a brand new nered by a Piper BC-65 Cub built in president this year in the form of Espie 1940 and restored by Barbara Fidler of Butch Joyce of Madison North Alva Florida The Reserve Grand Carolina He succeeds RJ Lickteig Champion Award went to a Stearman who has been at the helm for the past PT -17 restored by Fred Nelson of Glen five years-and a most notable five Ellyn Illinois years it has been Thank you Dobshy For the first time in many years a bie for a job well done over the past Kari-Keen Coupe was on display 60 months The division has grown a courtesy of Frank Bass of Moore great deal in membership and stature Montana The Coupe garnered the during his tenure and as Dobbie Silver Age Champion Award and says Its the help that did it But Frank Bass widened his circle of Dob the help needs a leader friends from coast to coast Runner-up

A dedicated antiquer Butch Joyce in the Silver Age Class was Bill Watshy

sons Kreider-Reisner KR-31 Biplane from Tulsa Oklahoma

Many other Antique A wards were made in the various categories which will be expanded on in later issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

In the classic awards the Grand Championship was garnered by a 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper restored by the father and son team of Jim Stanton and Jim Jr of East Stroudsburg Pennsylshyvania This aircraft arrived on the fourth day of the convention with some of the paint literally drying on the way to Oshkosh The Reserve Grand Champion A ward was won by a Cessna 140A restored by Jack Shahan of Stone Mountain Georgia This airshycraft was restored in the optional paint scheme available from the factory in a creamy white with red trim With the optional Cessna wheel pants it was a very good looking restoration

Some 23 awards were given to classic aircraft in the Class Custom and Best of Type Awards This size varied from Tony Torrignos small Mooney Mite in Custom Class A to a huge Grumman Mallard amphibian that earned the Best Continuously Maintained Award for its owner Reid Dennis of Woodside California

All in all the judges did an outstandshying job in the intense heat of the conshyvention and made many a journey to the rows of beautiful airplanes to make their observations and calls We sashylute this dedicated bunch of hard workshying individuals for a job well done

The heat of the entire week was broshyken on the final Thursday evening when a cold front with its attendant black roll cloud and 50 mph winds ripped through Oshkosh A J-2 Cub was ripped from its tie downs and headed for the Red Bam Needless to say many brave souls answered the call to go forth in the pelting rain and hang on to the flying Cub with all their might Several volunteers were lifted many feet in the air in the proshycess-stubbornly hanging on to a wing tip Eventually the violent winds gave enough respite for the mass of humanshyity to corral the flippant Cub and tie it down Damage to the Cub was subshystantial in that it bounced off a teleshyphone pole in the process of flying

In one of the luckier instances it was discovered that the J-2 Cub had sailed right across the spot where Frank Bass Kari-Keen Coupe had been parked just before the storm Frank had decided to move his airplane into a hangar at the last moment

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In Flights of Five They Descended on Wittman Field Like

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12 OCTOBER 1988

There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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They used the whole airport to land on shymain runway

was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

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MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

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This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

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E o z Taxiing in after participating in the Parade of Flight is Bill Watson Tulsa OK in his award-winning 1928 Kreider-Reisner KR-31 The OX-5 engine is almost inaudible at idle

The 1988 AntiqueClassic Parade of will do a fine job as president and all Flight was most impressive this year of us look forward to the coming years with all entrants being able to make under his leadership Congratulations their appointed flights before the Butch crowd in spite of a rather dark threatenshy Included in the 818 Classic aircraft ing cloud to the north of Wittman registered were 27 on floats at the Field The sights and sounds of the old Brennand Seaplane Base This small time airplanes were a genuine treat to hidden sanctuary for weary people on those who appreciate such vibrashy the shore of Lake Winnebago had 103 tions With the parade held on Tuesshy registered seaplanes thi s year along day afternoon the crowd was actually with a person named John Knapp who treated to a sneak preview of many of set some kind of record selling flying the award winners on the following to the public During the week John Thursday evening It was especially flew 198 hours in his Avid Flyer on fun to see Gene Chase (retired EAA floats giving over 50 rides in the proshySenior Editor) participate in the Parade cess many of them first time rides and of Flight with his 1933 Davis 0-1-W almost all were first time on floats with its black and yellow paint scheme 1988 saw a gathering of antiques Up until this year Gene was always that put the judges mettle to a severe buried in work during the Parade of test The scoring points were close and Flight Gene also volunteered as a the quality of restoration work was borshyjudge for the Antique judging this year dering on unbelievable The Grand

The Annual Meeting of the Antique Champion Antique Award was garshyClassic Division produced a brand new nered by a Piper BC-65 Cub built in president this year in the form of Espie 1940 and restored by Barbara Fidler of Butch Joyce of Madison North Alva Florida The Reserve Grand Carolina He succeeds RJ Lickteig Champion Award went to a Stearman who has been at the helm for the past PT -17 restored by Fred Nelson of Glen five years-and a most notable five Ellyn Illinois years it has been Thank you Dobshy For the first time in many years a bie for a job well done over the past Kari-Keen Coupe was on display 60 months The division has grown a courtesy of Frank Bass of Moore great deal in membership and stature Montana The Coupe garnered the during his tenure and as Dobbie Silver Age Champion Award and says Its the help that did it But Frank Bass widened his circle of Dob the help needs a leader friends from coast to coast Runner-up

A dedicated antiquer Butch Joyce in the Silver Age Class was Bill Watshy

sons Kreider-Reisner KR-31 Biplane from Tulsa Oklahoma

Many other Antique A wards were made in the various categories which will be expanded on in later issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

In the classic awards the Grand Championship was garnered by a 1949 Piper PA-16 Clipper restored by the father and son team of Jim Stanton and Jim Jr of East Stroudsburg Pennsylshyvania This aircraft arrived on the fourth day of the convention with some of the paint literally drying on the way to Oshkosh The Reserve Grand Champion A ward was won by a Cessna 140A restored by Jack Shahan of Stone Mountain Georgia This airshycraft was restored in the optional paint scheme available from the factory in a creamy white with red trim With the optional Cessna wheel pants it was a very good looking restoration

Some 23 awards were given to classic aircraft in the Class Custom and Best of Type Awards This size varied from Tony Torrignos small Mooney Mite in Custom Class A to a huge Grumman Mallard amphibian that earned the Best Continuously Maintained Award for its owner Reid Dennis of Woodside California

All in all the judges did an outstandshying job in the intense heat of the conshyvention and made many a journey to the rows of beautiful airplanes to make their observations and calls We sashylute this dedicated bunch of hard workshying individuals for a job well done

The heat of the entire week was broshyken on the final Thursday evening when a cold front with its attendant black roll cloud and 50 mph winds ripped through Oshkosh A J-2 Cub was ripped from its tie downs and headed for the Red Bam Needless to say many brave souls answered the call to go forth in the pelting rain and hang on to the flying Cub with all their might Several volunteers were lifted many feet in the air in the proshycess-stubbornly hanging on to a wing tip Eventually the violent winds gave enough respite for the mass of humanshyity to corral the flippant Cub and tie it down Damage to the Cub was subshystantial in that it bounced off a teleshyphone pole in the process of flying

In one of the luckier instances it was discovered that the J-2 Cub had sailed right across the spot where Frank Bass Kari-Keen Coupe had been parked just before the storm Frank had decided to move his airplane into a hangar at the last moment

Some guys live right bull VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

In Flights of Five They Descended on Wittman Field Like

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12 OCTOBER 1988

There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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They used the whole airport to land on shymain runway

was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

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US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

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There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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They used the whole airport to land on shymain runway

was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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There she sat all by herself back in the far corner of the hangar forlorn and sad The little silver airplane reshyminded me of an orphan waiting to be adopted from a drab asylum I had an immediate flush of affection for the plane it was love at first sight as they say in the pulp magazines Frank Kingston Smith from Week-End Pilot - circa 1957

T he airplane was a second-hand Cessna 140 and Frank was a non-pilot when he first cast eyes upon her more than 35 years ago Like so many others before and since he thought I can fly this airplane and equally imporshytant I can afford this airplane He bought it learned to fly in it and changed his life forever

Last July 163 like-minded Cessna 120 and 140 owners descended en masse on Wittman Field for the first day of the 1988 EAA Convention It was the largest single-type arrival in the history of the Convention and it took 34 minutes for all of them to land Starting from its marshalling point in Monticello Iowa the huge flight came off without incident

The unqualified success of the opershyation is both an inspiration and a signifshyicant lesson This was a celebration of grass roots flying and at the same time a powerful testimony to its feasashybility in todays airspace At a time

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

24 OCTOBER 1988

Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 30-0CTOBER 1 -CAMDEN SOUTH CAROLINA -Annual EAA AlC Chapter 3 Fall Flyshyin for antique and classic aeropshylanes Trophies major speaker vinshytage airplane films At Woodward Field HQ Holiday Inn Lugoff SC Contact R Bottom Jr 103 Powhashytan Pkwy Hampton VA 23661

OCTOBER 1 shy NEWARK NEW JERshySEY shy 60th Anniversary of Newark Airport Open House

OCTOBER 1 - NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETIS -Air Fair 88 Airshow and Aviation Career Expo 617867-8186

OCTOBER 1-2-SUSSEX NEW JERshySEY -Northern New Jersey EM Fly-in Sussex Airport Sponsored by AlC Chapter 7 and EAA Chapters 73 238 and 891 Contact Walt Ahlers 201 584-7983

OCTOBER 1-2 - PINEVILLE LOUISIANA shy 3rd Annual Louisiana

EAA Convention sponsored by EAA Chapters 614 and 836 Trophies banquet camping Final Louisiana Championship Series Event Conshytact Jim Alexander 2950 Highway 28W Boyce LA 71409 318793shy4245

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The landing swarm was hard to believe

when the general public seems conshyvinced that ever more sophisticated electronics are necessary to fly safely the gathering of so many of these simshyple airplanes at Oshkosh tells the world that you can still get from here to there with not much more than a good engine bolted to a good wing

No airplane then or now exemplifies the principle of grass roots flying better than the Cessna 140 Clyde Cessna s nephew Dwane Wallace designed it in 1946 to meet the anticipated demand for light airplanes after the war At that time dozens of airplanes competed for first rights to the trainerpersonal airplane market Designs ranged from radically new such as the StearmanshyHammond to the old stand-bys such as Cubs and Champs Judging by its success the new two-place Cessna must have looked just right with its modem all-metal fuselage but familiar high-wing taildragger configuration

Wallace is an anomoly in aviation history- a man who seemed to have a realistic vision of the future of the inshydustry His first design after reviving the Cessna factory in 1934 was the Cshy34 The essence of the design effort centered around efficiency and speed Clyde Cessna had tutored his nephew well in the ways of aircraft design and Wallace stuck with Cessnas basic principles such as a cantilever wing

aerodynamic refinements The result was the winner of the 1934 Detroit News Air Transport Trophy for effishyciency

With the improved C-37 in 1937 (yes there is a connection between the year and the model number) Cessna was established among aircraft makers as not the biggest factory but a builder of remarkably efficient machines for personal and business transportation not unlike Mooney after it introduced the Lopresti-modshyified 200 series in 1976 The largest manufacturer of airplanes in the 1930s was still Waco with Stinson not far behind The large strutted cabin ships were the airplanes of choice for execushytives of the time Cessnas were for sporting pilots with speed on their minds

The introduction of the T-50 Bobcat in 1939 was a surprise move by Walshylace and again his crystal ball came through clearly The first light twin powered with seven-cylinder Jacobs or nine-cylinder Lycoming radials won favor as a military trainer and utility airplane The so-called Bamboo Bomber was Cessnas contribution to the war effort and some 5000 were produced Thousands of bomber and transport pilots got their introduction to multi-engine flying in it After the war actorpilot Kirby Grant bought a surplus T-50 and managed to talk studio executives into creating a televishysion series about a flying rancher

named Sky King Although later reshyplaced with a Cessna 310 the original Songbird planted the seed of aviation in the fertile minds of a new generashytion

With the war coming to a close Wallace designed the Model 140 and its more spartan cousin the Model 120 (both are certified under Approved Type Certificate number 76S) to offer to returning servicemen Like everyone else he anticipated a postshywar boom in Iightplanes Unlike alshymost everyone else however he came up with a new airplane that won the hearts and contracts of private flyers and flight schools across the country Even after the boom went bust the GI Bill continued to finance flight training for veterans into the 1970s and in most cases the airplanes flown were Cessnas

In the early years flight schools couldnt buy the 120s and 140s fast enough Vast fleets of the taildraggers filled the sky by day By night the planes were stacked nose-down tailshyhigh in the hangars to save space

Some people have said that the Cessna 140 was merely a copy of the Luscombe Model SA Although it shares the same basic configuration and both were all-metal airplanes (metal spars and ribs with fabric cover were still considered all-metal) there are enough differences to poke some holes in the allegations The Cessna had control wheels rather than

but heaped improvements upon his An enthusiastic thumbs-up from R Lee Harmon of Arlington Washington - and an new airplane in the form of modem N number that fits just right 14 OCTOBER 1988

The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

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gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

24 OCTOBER 1988

Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 30-0CTOBER 1 -CAMDEN SOUTH CAROLINA -Annual EAA AlC Chapter 3 Fall Flyshyin for antique and classic aeropshylanes Trophies major speaker vinshytage airplane films At Woodward Field HQ Holiday Inn Lugoff SC Contact R Bottom Jr 103 Powhashytan Pkwy Hampton VA 23661

OCTOBER 1 shy NEWARK NEW JERshySEY shy 60th Anniversary of Newark Airport Open House

OCTOBER 1 - NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETIS -Air Fair 88 Airshow and Aviation Career Expo 617867-8186

OCTOBER 1-2-SUSSEX NEW JERshySEY -Northern New Jersey EM Fly-in Sussex Airport Sponsored by AlC Chapter 7 and EAA Chapters 73 238 and 891 Contact Walt Ahlers 201 584-7983

OCTOBER 1-2 - PINEVILLE LOUISIANA shy 3rd Annual Louisiana

EAA Convention sponsored by EAA Chapters 614 and 836 Trophies banquet camping Final Louisiana Championship Series Event Conshytact Jim Alexander 2950 Highway 28W Boyce LA 71409 318793shy4245

OCTOBER 2 - MANSFIELD MASshySACHUSETIS -EAA Chapter 701 Fall Fly-in Rain date October 10 508339-7500

OCTOBER 6-8 - DAYTON OHIOshy20th Annual Air Force Reunion 407 784-0342

OCTOBER 6-9 - CELINA OHIO -13th Annual International Cessna 120140 Association Convention Fly-In at Lakefield Airport Contact Terry Zimmerman 419268-2565

OCTOBER 7-9 - THOMASVILLE GEORGIA shy Florida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Association EAA AlC Chapter 1 Fly-In at Thomasville Municipal Airport Conshy

tact Rod Spanier 502 Jamestown Avenue Lakeland FL 33801 813 665-5572

OCTOBER 7-9 - TAHLEQUAH OKshyLAHOMA shy 31st Annual Tulsa FlyshyIn Contact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 918742shy7311

OCTOBER 7-9 - TAHLEQUAH OKshyLAHOMA - 8th Annual National Bucker Fly-In Contact Frank Price Route 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008

OCTOBER 8-9 - LOMPOC CALIFORNIA - EAA Chapter 275 Octoberfest Fly-in 805736-3579

OCTOBER 8-16 - JACKSON MISshySISSIPPI shy Annual Jackson County Airshow 601 762-2156

NOVEMBER 5-6 -TOLEDO OHIO shyEAA Chapter 149 18th Annual Mini Chili Fly-in Newbury Airfield 3131 941-2000

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Lusic Jerry S Nelson Lynn Wauwatosa Wisconsin Pine Colorado

Martin Del OLeary Craig M Houston Texas Sacramento California

Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

Martin Robert M Palombo Fred Pueblo Colorado Alameda California

Mason Fred Paszli Louis J Mays Landing Phoeniz Arizona New Jersey

Pergamit Lauri Mast Robert L Fremont California Lakeville Ohio

Petersohn Jeff A Matson Gerald R Lutz Florida Sterling Virginia

Phillippi J F Mattingly Gobel Buchanan Michigan Lubbock Texas

Potter Phillip Dale McGregor Malcolm Coral Gables Florida EI Paso Texas

Prussner David McKnight Bob Davenport Iowa Phoeniz Arizona

Pyles Jr Charles T Merritt Daniel D Ogden Utah Stielacoom Washington

Redman G Michna Fred M Brisbane Queensland Midland Texas Austral ia

Miele Raphael Reich David Springfield New Jersey Berlin Wisconsin

Monday Don Rhoads David W Camarillo California Ponchatoula Louisiana

Moose Arthur N Ricciardi Antonino L Zanesville Ohio Stoughton Wisconsin

Morris Richard C Roberts Donald R Rockford Illinois Minnetonka Minnesota

Muhr Wayne Robison Geoff L Hinsdale Illinois New Haven Indiana

Murray John J Roehrick Donald J Rockey River Ohio Kent Washington

Nelson John Rosen William A Audubon Iowa Highland Park Illinois

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Rudbeck Nick R Brainerd Minnesota

Rutland Jim M Lincolnville Maine

Ryan Joseph Schaumburg Illinois

Sauer David R Evansville Indiana

Sawdon Edwin G Marysville Michigan

Schaetter Michael J Comfort Texas

Schwartz Michael J York Pennsylvania

Scott Noel R Laddonia Missouri

Seip James McLean Oconomowoc Wisconsin

Shawback Lyon R King Salmon Alaska

Shepard Lawrence Berkeley Heights New Jersey

Smith Jr Calvin C Orange Park Florida

Smith Kenneth S Burnaby British Columbia Canada

Smoot Roger Manchester Ohio

Snure David G Rives Junction Michigan

Sollart George H Barnegat New Jersey

Steere Howard Manchester Center Vermont

Stratton Don Poland Ohio

Stroebel Arthur J Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin

Sutherland Harold Wayne Mackinaw Illinois

Sutton Herbert W Central Point Oregon

Swaney Earl W Santa Clara California

Taylor William C Bradenton Florida

Thomas David C Clinton Ontario Canada

Thomas Scott S Woodbridge Virginia

Thomas William A Huntertown Indiana

Tortorello Joseph J Costa Mesa California

Webber John M Cicero Indiana

Wenum Palmer Spring Valley Wisconsin

Weskamp Lynn McCook Nebraska

Wilburn Joe Marietta Georgia

Will Eugene A Minster Ohio

Wills A A Pietermaritzburg Natal South Africa

Wolfe Don Kenosha Wisconsin

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The view from the rear Charles Wolter of Niles Michigan looks up the line of airplanes waiting their turn to park He was number 163

sticks a quieter roomier cabin better visibility larger 85-hp engine toe brakes an electrical system including a starter (on the 140 only) and Steve Wittmans ingenious spring-steel landshying gear The Wittman gear was artistic in its simplicity A single thin plate of steel on each side took the place of the tubes struts rubber donuts andor bungees of previous lightplane landing gear The Wittman gear was lighter more streamlined more forgiving and less expensive to manufacture than any other kind Moreover it was totally maintenance-free

The first of three prototype Cessna 140s flew on June 28 1945 It was powered by a Continental C-85-12 enshygine of 85 hp The Model 120 without an electrical system flaps or rear cabin windows was announced in early 1946 The type certificate was issued on March 21 1946 By August of that year 22 airplanes a day were rolling out of the Wichita factory and 1800 people called Wallace their boss Even though the 140 was $500 more expenshysive it outsold the 120 three to one proof that Wallace had zeroed in on just how much sophistication Amershyican flyers wanted in an airplane for training or sport

Except for a redesigned cowling the first production 140s were nearl y idenshytical to the three prototypes The price was $3245 In 1947 a mixture control was added and engine prices forced the ticket up by $100 in September of that year By 1948-49 the 120 had faded from the picture and the price of the 140 had jumped to $3845 A 90-hp Continental C-90-12 was available for an extra $200

The Model 140A with its tapered metal-covered wing and single streamlined strut was granted Type Certificate number 5A2 in 1949 Buyers of 1950 models enjoyed stiffer doors with improved seals rubber enshygine mounts for the C-85 that were preshyviously available only on the C-90 and anti-s losh baffles in the two 12-and-ashyhalf-gallon wing-mounted fuel tanks Options in 1950 included 21-gallon tanks and Plexiglas door panels on the Patroller version wheel pants crosswind gear that pivoted for crabshybed landings gyro instruments facshytory avionics (a VOR receiver) a conshytrollable pitch Beech-Roby propeller and an overall paint scheme in one of eight colors Oh yes all three variants were also approved for operation on Edo 88-1650 floats

The last Cessna 140A rolled out in 1951 It would be eight years before another two-place airplane came from Cessna-the ubiquitous C-150 which was a 140A with a square tail and a nosewheel In all 4904 Model 140s 2171 Model 120s and 525 Model 140As were produced for a grand total of 7600 airplanes Of that total 3512 remain on the FAA register todayshy2282 Model 140s 950 Model 120s and 280 Model 140As Perhaps many more exist in the backs of hangars waiting to be discovered and restored After reviewing the airplanes vital statistics a pilot could do a lot worse

Jack Cronin Colorado state represhysentative of the International Cessna 1201140 Club asks What else can you buy for less than the price of a used Volkswagen that bums less fuel than a VW Beetle and can carry two people at 110 mph Together with Jim Barker of the West Coast Cessna 120 140 Club Jack decided to mobilize the pilots and owners of Cessna 120s and 140s to highlight the virtues of their airplane by making an impact on EAA Oshkosh 88 Jack says The idea began when 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh in 1974 That laid down the gauntlet The concept of 88 in 88

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was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

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Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

24 OCTOBER 1988

Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

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Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

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They used the whole airport to land on shymain runway

was born in 1986 and serious work began at EAA Oshkosh 87 Jack says I got together with Art Morgan chairshyman of the AntiqueClassic parking committee and Oshkosh Tower Chief Zonnie Fritshe to discuss the arrival procedures Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny said If you get it together well handle this end of it Jack and Jim started rallying the troops through the newsletters of the two clubs and by direct mail to 1800 unaffiliated owners whom they tracked down by means of the FAA register

The plan was to collect return regisshytration forms from as many owners as possible muster in Monticello Iowa and arrive at Oshkosh in trail on the opening day of the Convention Preshyregistering with the committee would guarantee a parking reservation in a prominent section of the Antiquel Classic parking area With luck the organizers hoped to rally as many as 88 airplanes to complete the 88 in 88 theme What followed exceeded their wildest expectations

By the July 15 cutoff date 213 reshyservations had been received Two thirds of those who responded had never been to Oshkosh before The reshycurring story among them was that they had always wanted to go but were inshytimidated by the horror stories of all the traffic Jack who has been coming to Oshkosh for 10 years says We knew by the way that Oshkosh Tower handles traffic so well that theyd kick themselves and wish theyd come sooner

Although not everyone made the flight all 50 states were represented among those who registered including one man who flew 36 hours from Anshychorage Alaska Dorchen Forman a

sometimes even the When its yours it doesnt have to look perfect to be beautiful Being there is what counts

and editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Club s newsletter says that 44 states were represented in the Friday morning flight

Among those who congregated in Monticello were 16-year-olds several grandmothers airline pilots World War II veteran pilots current military pilots cropdusters and at least one surshygeon The participants ranged across the board in age flight experience and socio-economic levels Jack tells the story of two registration cards that arshyrived stapled together They came from two 76-year-old buddies One had over 10000 hours and the other still had wet ink on his license They wanted to park side-by-side so they could camp together Some of the reshysponses included offers to help in the organization of the effort Jack said We got a card from a toolmaker who offered to help out but admitted Im lazy I hate to work but I love to boss people around The whole operation was a fascinating study in human social

skills Social skills aside getting 163

airplanes to Oshkosh in one big bunch was no simple task Practice sessions on Wednesday (75 airplanes) and Thursday (93 airplanes) before the Frishyday flight were mandatory Jack says The first day everybody was all over the sky Still they all realized what they should be doing The second day was a 500 percent improvement The plan was for the Cessnas to fly in trail in groups of five with the aircraft about 300 feet apart Jack continues Every fifth one was an experienced pilot either high-time former milishytary current airline CFI or something like that They were the Steady Edshydies The four chicks behind would flutter around and fly on their unit leader In measure I think it came out that way

Among all the airplanes that gathered at Monticello one ground looped resulting in landing-gear damage It happened during the stiff

Texas-based ]40 owner grandmother Art Morgan on the move 16 OCTOBER 1988

gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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gusty crosswinds that predominated during the practice sessions Jack conshysiders the weather conditions that the group encountered to be challengshying with tricky winds and poor visishybility

In contrast the people of Monticello could not have been more hospitable Jim Barker made sure that the pilots gave rides to anyone in town who wanted one and the people responded by opening their homes loaning their cars and generally treating the pilots like visiting royalty Dorchen Forman points out that when the group departed on Friday morning most of Monshyticellos 3400 residents were sitting on the hoods of their cars waving goodshybye as though a close relative was deshyparting after a visit

That Friday the pilots were up at 330 to make the 430 briefing There was some doubt expressed that everyone would make reveille but Jack says People felt like this was the mission going on D-Day and they were up braced and ready from the night beshyfore Airplanes were taxiing at 6 15 and the departures began at 7 15 It took 26 minutes to launch all planes

The flight to Oshkosh was the peak of the learning curve said Jack There was a low haze that extended above our cruising altitude of 3 500 feet and we had the sun right in our eyes The pilots had their altimeters and the airplane in front of them to fly by

Arrangements had been made with

Chicago Center controllers for the passage of such a large swarm of airplanes on the way north to Oshkosh The first and the last Cessna squawked a discrete transponder code and anyone in between with a transponder shut it off Controllers then knew that beshytween the two coded airplanes was a gaggle of slow moving aircraft headed to OSH All told 163 Cessnas took off from Monticello and 163 landed at Wittman Field though it wasnt the same 163 Two airplanes dropped out but two more took their place on the way

Mike Shaver from Saint Louis winshyner of the award for the best Cessna 140 said that the flight taxed his flying abilities to the limit With the inevitable ebb and flow of in-trail flying in such a large group he sometimes found himself slow-flying in someone elses propwash and other times bending the throttle to keep up From his position in Flight 12 Position five Mike said I really didn t have a chance to look at anything all the way up here except for the airplane in front of me and the one on the right

Approaching from the south the planes formed a wide left pattern for Runway 18 Left Right Middle and both sides-landing long and short on the main runway the taxiway and the grass to either side In 34 minutes all 163 airplanes were down safely and taxiing to the south end of the airport to wait for directions to their parking area Bob Brauer directed traffic with

Co-organizer of SS in SS Jack Cronin - a man and his blisters

the elan of a toreador lining up the idling Cessnas for the long trundle toshyward their designated acreage next to the AntiqueClassic Red Bam Meanshywhile Art Morgan was performing his George Patton imitation riding herd on the entire campaign from the seat of his blue sawed-off Volkswagen occasionally stopping to unstick a logshyjam or leap in to prevent one before it occurred Up and down the line volunshyteers helped see that these best laid plans came off without a wrinkle

Part of the saga was written even before the airplanes arrived For sevshyeral days before the start of the Conshyvention arriving pilots of other types eyed the reserved prime parking space with envy Some owners had parked their antiques and classics in that area for years and couldnt understand why it had been roped off like a police murshyder site Once Art explained the situashytion everyone understood and coopershyated

The Cessnas inching toward the parking area told the story of the whole operation without even talking to the pilots Some were polished showshypieces shouting to the world how good a little 140 can look Others were comshymon everyday airplanes flown by pilots of ordinary means There were even some real ugly ducklings--cosshymetically the worse for wear but just as proud to be there as the most pristine trophy-winner

People in aviation at all levels owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Barker Jack Cronin and the West Coast and Internashytional Cessna 120140 Clubs When they completed their mission to Oshshykosh smoothly and safely they showed the world that a simple airplane can give the gift of wings to just about anyone All they need is a strong enough desire to fly and people of average means can tum every sunny week-end into an adventure The longshyrange success of aviation depends on that capability remaining within the grasp of average Americans

There are sages in aviation who beshylieve that a newly-designed primary airplane would rescue a foundering inshydustry Primary flying though seems to have as many definitions as there are flyers and sometimes in the bustle of trying to predict the future its comshyforting to look back at the successes of the past If Dwane Wallace were called upon to design such a revolutionary airplane today echoing the spirit of his uncle Clyde Cessna he just might have to come up with the 140 all over againbull

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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L--LiIII~~-_~LoloL~__-~__IIEIi~~ a 90-hp Warner and a IIO-hp Warner up front Forrest Lovley of South

Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

24 OCTOBER 1988

Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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OCTOBER 1 shy NEWARK NEW JERshySEY shy 60th Anniversary of Newark Airport Open House

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EAA Convention sponsored by EAA Chapters 614 and 836 Trophies banquet camping Final Louisiana Championship Series Event Conshytact Jim Alexander 2950 Highway 28W Boyce LA 71409 318793shy4245

OCTOBER 2 - MANSFIELD MASshySACHUSETIS -EAA Chapter 701 Fall Fly-in Rain date October 10 508339-7500

OCTOBER 6-8 - DAYTON OHIOshy20th Annual Air Force Reunion 407 784-0342

OCTOBER 6-9 - CELINA OHIO -13th Annual International Cessna 120140 Association Convention Fly-In at Lakefield Airport Contact Terry Zimmerman 419268-2565

OCTOBER 7-9 - THOMASVILLE GEORGIA shy Florida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Association EAA AlC Chapter 1 Fly-In at Thomasville Municipal Airport Conshy

tact Rod Spanier 502 Jamestown Avenue Lakeland FL 33801 813 665-5572

OCTOBER 7-9 - TAHLEQUAH OKshyLAHOMA shy 31st Annual Tulsa FlyshyIn Contact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 918742shy7311

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OCTOBER 8-9 - LOMPOC CALIFORNIA - EAA Chapter 275 Octoberfest Fly-in 805736-3579

OCTOBER 8-16 - JACKSON MISshySISSIPPI shy Annual Jackson County Airshow 601 762-2156

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Lusic Jerry S Nelson Lynn Wauwatosa Wisconsin Pine Colorado

Martin Del OLeary Craig M Houston Texas Sacramento California

Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

Martin Robert M Palombo Fred Pueblo Colorado Alameda California

Mason Fred Paszli Louis J Mays Landing Phoeniz Arizona New Jersey

Pergamit Lauri Mast Robert L Fremont California Lakeville Ohio

Petersohn Jeff A Matson Gerald R Lutz Florida Sterling Virginia

Phillippi J F Mattingly Gobel Buchanan Michigan Lubbock Texas

Potter Phillip Dale McGregor Malcolm Coral Gables Florida EI Paso Texas

Prussner David McKnight Bob Davenport Iowa Phoeniz Arizona

Pyles Jr Charles T Merritt Daniel D Ogden Utah Stielacoom Washington

Redman G Michna Fred M Brisbane Queensland Midland Texas Austral ia

Miele Raphael Reich David Springfield New Jersey Berlin Wisconsin

Monday Don Rhoads David W Camarillo California Ponchatoula Louisiana

Moose Arthur N Ricciardi Antonino L Zanesville Ohio Stoughton Wisconsin

Morris Richard C Roberts Donald R Rockford Illinois Minnetonka Minnesota

Muhr Wayne Robison Geoff L Hinsdale Illinois New Haven Indiana

Murray John J Roehrick Donald J Rockey River Ohio Kent Washington

Nelson John Rosen William A Audubon Iowa Highland Park Illinois

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Rudbeck Nick R Brainerd Minnesota

Rutland Jim M Lincolnville Maine

Ryan Joseph Schaumburg Illinois

Sauer David R Evansville Indiana

Sawdon Edwin G Marysville Michigan

Schaetter Michael J Comfort Texas

Schwartz Michael J York Pennsylvania

Scott Noel R Laddonia Missouri

Seip James McLean Oconomowoc Wisconsin

Shawback Lyon R King Salmon Alaska

Shepard Lawrence Berkeley Heights New Jersey

Smith Jr Calvin C Orange Park Florida

Smith Kenneth S Burnaby British Columbia Canada

Smoot Roger Manchester Ohio

Snure David G Rives Junction Michigan

Sollart George H Barnegat New Jersey

Steere Howard Manchester Center Vermont

Stratton Don Poland Ohio

Stroebel Arthur J Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin

Sutherland Harold Wayne Mackinaw Illinois

Sutton Herbert W Central Point Oregon

Swaney Earl W Santa Clara California

Taylor William C Bradenton Florida

Thomas David C Clinton Ontario Canada

Thomas Scott S Woodbridge Virginia

Thomas William A Huntertown Indiana

Tortorello Joseph J Costa Mesa California

Webber John M Cicero Indiana

Wenum Palmer Spring Valley Wisconsin

Weskamp Lynn McCook Nebraska

Wilburn Joe Marietta Georgia

Will Eugene A Minster Ohio

Wills A A Pietermaritzburg Natal South Africa

Wolfe Don Kenosha Wisconsin

Wright James Litchfield Illinois

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Frank Bass and his Lambert-powered antique arrived at

EAA Oshkosh 88 - after 14 hours in the air

by Mark Phelps

When Frank Bass introduced himshyself in Kelly Vietss Interview Circle at EAA Oshkosh 88-he gave his airplane and his home town equal bilshyling Im Frank Bass from Moore Montana about 14 miles out of Lewisshytown-most people have never heard of Moore Its about 1240 miles from Oshkosh Thats 14 hours in a KarishyKeen Those who stopped to listen and inspect Franks little two-place orange and green beauty were treated to an entertaining experience An aushyctioneer by trade Frank has cultivated his talent for meeting people and turnshying them into friends If you need anyshything sold it doesn t matter what it is just call Frank He also does a fair job of rebuilding old airplanes and his 18 OCTOBER 1988

award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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award-winning one-of-a-kind KarishyKeen Coupe attracted its share of attenshytion around the AntiqueClassic area this year A lot of antique fans didnt know exactly what they were looking at-mly that it looked good

In the 1920s Kari-Keen was a manshyufacturer of accessory automobile trunks the kind that bolted onto the rear bumper The factory was located on Plymouth A venue in Sioux City Iowa Their product would kari your luggage keenly Get it Frank has one of the trunks back home and says they worked just fine It had room for a couple of lO-gallon milk cans so the fanners loved them This was at a time when cars didnt have built-in trunks just running boards

Kari-Keens owners believed in the power of advertising and the company was prosperous enough to hire the comedy team Laurel and Hardy for its campaign but in 1927 automakers began to make their own trunks incorshyporated into the body of the car no less In a move to diversify Kari-Keen

turned to making airplanes With the whole country gone crazy with Lindbergh fever why not

At the time the airplane-design sershyvices of one Swen Swanson were at liberty Swanson designed his first airplane in 1915 while still a teenager His next effort the two-cylinder Lawshyrance-powered Sport was built while he was an aeronautical engineering stushydent at the University of South Dakota Vermillion in 1922 After designing the Anzani-powered Lincoln Sport for the Lincoln-Standard Airplane Co Swen helped to recover the interiorshybraced cantilever wing of a Fokker D VII in the company s repair shop and became fascinated with the posibilities afforded by smooth unstrutted wings His Arrow Sport biplane designed in 1927 had cantilever wings and in 1928 he accepted a job offer from KarishyKeen rented a cold-water flat in Sioux City and began work on the first KarishyKeen 60 Coupe at the companys rentshyed hangar and factory on Leeds Airshyport

The little two-place monoplane that Swen designed was uncommon lookshying at a time when most such aircraft looked so much alike Its high unstrutshyted wing afforded clean lines and downward visibility rivaled only by Cessna s cantilever wing The fuselage structure was standard with steel tubshying wooden formers and fabric cover The engine was a five-cylinder Velie M-5 of 60 hp but the wing was what really made the airplane unique The main spar was constructed of spruce trusswork with tapered spruce capstrips covered on both sides with plywood The resulting single-piece main box spar was tremendously strong and the rear spar was a smaller version in the same configuration The wing tapered both in thickness and planform Being a tapered wing of course each rib was different The leading edge was covered with aluminum and the whole assembly covered with fabric The wing was stressed to six and a half Gs positive and nearly six Gs negative

Ole Fahlin was in charge of propelshylers and his talents no doubt helped the success of the design Well known as the I ittle 01 prop maker Ole not only designed and carved the first props for the Kari-Keen he also flew test flights demonstration flights and helped out in sales promotions

Between 1927 and late 1929 KarishyKeen turned out 24 60 Coupes and they became quite popular around the Midwest At the time an Approved Type Certificate was not required to build and sell airplanes The stock marshyket crash of 1929 put the company out of business Refinancing a conversion to the 90-hp Lambert engine and an Approved Type Certificate breathed new life into the company early in 1930 Its executives still believed in the power of marketing and a giant new campaign without Laurel and Hardy this time was launched to proshymote the Coupe including a display at the 1930 Detroit Air Show Six of the Lambert-powered machines were built As it was for so many other businesses of the day however the Depression was too powerful There was one last gasp when a group of inshyvestors reorganized under the name Sioux Aircraft Corporation and built three different prototypes of the Sioux Coupe which were slightly redeshysigned versions of the Kari-Keen Coupe with a 90-hp Brownback Tiger

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Frank Bass taxiing behind an original Ole Fahlin propeller Gas cap is original from a Richfield Minnesota rebuilt the 110Ford Model T

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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Warner-powered Sioux Coupe and won Grand Champion honors at EAA Oshkosh 77 The company went down for the third time in 1932 never to resurface

Meanwhile Swen Swanson had split with Kari-Keen when the doors of the factory closed the first time and went on to design the Swanson Coupe and the auto-engine-powered Plymoshycoupe both refinements of the KarishyKeen concept Unfortunately no exshyamples of these types survive Swanshyson who had a shy retiring personshyality died of pneumonia while still a young man but his developments in aircraft design specifically in canshytilever wings were significant in the early history of light aircraft developshyment in this country

Frank did a great deal of research before and after buying his Kari-Keen and consequently has complete documentation of its history It was built in 1929 and originally equipped with a Velie engine It was flown as a factory demonstration and instruction airplane for 197 hours before it was sold to William Eichhorn and his son Louis of Hornick Iowa William felt that he was too old to learn to fly so young Louis went to Leeds Airport in Sioux City to take his first flying lesshysons The Coupe was supposed to sell for $3 450 according to Frank but the Eichhorns paid $1700 for their airplane and Frank has the original inshyvoice He got it from the Eichhorns themselves whom he tracked down and visited after buying the airplane in 1970

Frank Bass the pride of Moore Montana 20 OCTOBER 1988

The KarimiddotKeens excellent downward visibility is evident in this photo

Times got hard after The Crash and the Eichhorns sold the Kari-Keen in April 1934 to Earl Watson of Galt Ilshylinois for $350 Earl paid $ 100 down and the balance in three notes Frank has the notes

A year later Galt sold it to Ed Skotch of Minot South Dakota who in tum sold it to Lloyd Owens another year later on April 15 1935 About this time a young Frank Bass was takshying flying lessons from Lloyds brother and became interested in the plane When Lloyd died in 1951 his widow put the airplane up for sale for $100 but Frank couldnt come up with the cash and Clyde Wilson also of Minot got the airplane He flew it for 10 years until it was damaged in a windstorm and stored until November 1970 when finally Frank bought it for $1 250 and trailered the pieces home

And pieces they were Frank says his wife thought he was crazy when he told her how much he paid for that airplane out on the flatbed trailer down by his auction bam Besides the wind damage years of storage had taken their toll But all the pieces were there right down to the Ford Model T radiator neck and cap that Kari-Keen used on the gas tank They used another Ford radiator neck on the oil tank but with a flat cap Frank says I was real fortunate to have all the pieces I had everything The only thing I had to guess on was this metal

in here he points to the perfectly shaped boot-cowl panels It was all bent up

The wing was a major undertaking of course and Frank had a carpenter build a completely new one using the old one as a pattern He says the origshyinal wing wasnt too bad but he deshycided to start fresh anyway Frank sold the wing and some other parts to a man in Eugene Oregon who hopes to get another Kari-Keen together if he can get the registration paperwork toshygether Hes going to have a problem with papers Frank says but if he can do it well have a mate to this one

Frank made some changes in the inshyterest of flying the airplane more safely The original tailskid was reshyplaced with a steerable tail wheel and the 1929 wheels and brakes were reshyplaced with Cleveland units In one of Franks Leeds Airport photos of the airplane it has high pressure bicycle wheels Frank says It never did have these on for long By 34 theyd alshyready put the airwheels on But they never did hook the brakes up The brakes were there but they never hooked them up I found out why when I started working on them You couldnt make the dam things work They didnt have enough surface to do any braking with I tried to make them work and I couldnt get tires for them so I finally ended up putting these

The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Lusic Jerry S Nelson Lynn Wauwatosa Wisconsin Pine Colorado

Martin Del OLeary Craig M Houston Texas Sacramento California

Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

Martin Robert M Palombo Fred Pueblo Colorado Alameda California

Mason Fred Paszli Louis J Mays Landing Phoeniz Arizona New Jersey

Pergamit Lauri Mast Robert L Fremont California Lakeville Ohio

Petersohn Jeff A Matson Gerald R Lutz Florida Sterling Virginia

Phillippi J F Mattingly Gobel Buchanan Michigan Lubbock Texas

Potter Phillip Dale McGregor Malcolm Coral Gables Florida EI Paso Texas

Prussner David McKnight Bob Davenport Iowa Phoeniz Arizona

Pyles Jr Charles T Merritt Daniel D Ogden Utah Stielacoom Washington

Redman G Michna Fred M Brisbane Queensland Midland Texas Austral ia

Miele Raphael Reich David Springfield New Jersey Berlin Wisconsin

Monday Don Rhoads David W Camarillo California Ponchatoula Louisiana

Moose Arthur N Ricciardi Antonino L Zanesville Ohio Stoughton Wisconsin

Morris Richard C Roberts Donald R Rockford Illinois Minnetonka Minnesota

Muhr Wayne Robison Geoff L Hinsdale Illinois New Haven Indiana

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Scott Noel R Laddonia Missouri

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The Kari-Keens panel Frank added the airspeed indicator to be legal

Clevelands on it I put an airspeed in it too It didnt have an airspeed can you believe that FAA wouldn t let me certify it without an airspeed

The propeller is an Ole Fahlin origshyinal and Frank has a great Ole story to go along with it

I grew up in Scandinavian terrishytory- North Dakota-and even though I wasnt of Scandinavian descent I spoke the language a little bit So Ole called me up last year and said Frank hows that leetle Kari-Keen running

Cleveland wheels and brakes work well The original brakes didnt work at all

And I said Real good Ole but I need another prop He said Yumpin Yimshyminy I better get it made before I croak So he built me a prop Hes eighty-some years old now I havent put it on yet but he makes awfully good propellers and they always perform good on the engines he builds

For those who may be interested Jim Kimball of Zellwood Florida has bought the Falcon Manufacturing Corshyporation which holds all the type cershytificates for Fahlin propellers He has also received a production certificate from the FAA Fahlin propellers are back in production and interested parshyties can contact Jim at 407889-3451

Several engines have powered the Kari-Keen starting with the original 60-hp Velie patterned after the Ricshykenbacker Air-Cat but refined by WL Velie an automobile magnate who bought Central States Aero from Don Luscombe and redesigned the Rickenshybacker engine so it wouldnt shed quite so many parts or quit so often The Velie version was a good engine but the Lambert R-266 engine was better with an increase of 30 hp Over the years Kari-Keen NC244K was conshyverted from the Lambert to a 75-hp Continental and under the ownership of Lloyd Owens back to the Lambert

Frank says Ive gotten kind of used to it and I know the inside of it pretty near as well as I know the outside of it now There were days I would have used it for a boat anchor but it s never failed me lets put it that way In the early days of the restoration Id park the airplane and oil actually dripped

off the longerons all the way back so I dont think its bad now when its just got a little bit on the bottom You can get them too dry too I dried it all the way up once with automobile rings to the point that it melted the aluminum plugs on the end of the wrist pins There s just no happy medium It s not what you d call a tight engine The old girls got to use a little bit of oil

Frank regreases the fittings about every eight or 10 hours He made a change in the exhaust collector too The original design called for a flexshytube ring that seemed to burn out regshyularly He still keeps a flex-ring collecshytor for photo sessions but built another ring from regular automotive exhaust pipe for everyday operation When you get it to rpm it runs real smooth he says It sounds great too

Frank loves flying the airplane in the early morning or evening but if you ask him to describe the stability of the airplane in rough air hell tell you he knows how Lindbergh stayed awake It s like digging post holes all day long he says Frank has logged about 14 000 hours over 41 years and has flown a lot of airplanes He says When the air gets rough and it gets hot the airplane wants to sink and hang And its heavy for its power It s not a bad-flying little airplarie for its age but it flys like an old airplane

The trim system works like an old Cubs but its just a lever without a screwjack Franks experience with trim on the Kari- Keen has been limited to Shove it clear ahead and leave it I used to monkey with it once in a while but like any old airplane it s alshyways got a heavy tail

Franks favorite part of flying the airplane is landing it However after 14 hours and 20 minutes flying from Montana to Oshkosh (The last 20 minutes was right here over the lake ) Frank confesses I made the lousiest landing Ive ever made in it yesterday in front of everybody here at Oshkosh I guess it wasnt that terribly bad but it was to me because this thing just lands itself on the rocks sageshybrush or anything

Anyone who flies knows that the only time you make a bad landing is when everyone is watching Right

Frank will be back at Oshkosh for the 1989EAA Convention In fact he had such a ball this year that he s going to serve as a volunteer next year and spend some more time around the Red Barn Hanging around Oshkosh makshying new friends has that effect on people Once just isnt enough bull

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

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An information exchange column with input from readers

by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 145 Union IL 60180 815923-4591

Hey Guess what Somebody reads our column Mark Charles Hosteader from Harrisburg Pennsylvania called to tell me about restoring his dads Aeronca K He wanted to know if I knew where there were some of those Lamb Wheel adapters Id written about I wasnt able to help him but if there is anyone out there who has a spare set or two maybe we could get the word to him Got any No I didnt think so so I asked him if he maybe knew where there might be a Tripacer he could salvage the wheels from and hang them on the K Thats the best I could do I feel that conversion makes economic sense A new pair of 7 00 x 6 tires and tubes costs about half what one 800 x 4 tire and tube would cost And hell have a better ground-handlshying airplane when hes through

Im back to being a CFI again I havent done much with basic students in the past 10 years or so and its kind of refreshing to get back to the fundashymentals It all started with the EAA Air Academy students I was priveleged to give 18 of them orientashytion rides and I gave a few dozen more rides to their ground instructors and some of the volunteers as well I wasnt alone doing this Gene Chase and Norm Petersen were in on it too All three of us can truthfully say it was a joy to help out

To begin with I had all kinds of experiences there in the back seat

Some of the kids flew the airplane all the while I just coached them a little about its flying characteristics Some had had hours of Sandbag time with their dads and relatives and were well versed in what they were supposed to do but just lacking practice But the ones who really were fun to work with were those first riders who had never had a stick in hand They didnt get much time only half an hour but thats enough time to demonstrate and give a little hands-on practice on the four fundamentals Straight amp level the climb turns and the glide

The frosting on the cake came with letters I received from some of the kids and one of the instructors thanking me for the rides and the instruction I have to confess it was MY pleasure and that if Chuck Larsen will hold a slot for me Ill happily do it again next year How about it Chuck

VFR Direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30shymile segments then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I do have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in

E E Buck Hilbert

Interstates railroads rivers coastlines hey theyre all great NA V AIDS Its fascinating to watch golfers drive fishermen and water skiers sailboats and cruisers girls sunshybathe semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in most unusual places trying to trap the motorists

The scenery is ever-changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow Look at all the new megabuck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landing fields like the open cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was alshyways a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for people too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey ITS FUN

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the loran Use them for insurance but look out the window and ENJOY

Over to you

Buck

22 OCTOBER 1988

--------Planes amp People The Ryan PT-22 with it s Kinner

R56 engine is an attention getter everywhere A variety of unusual feashytures make this vintage World War II trainer unusual The birdcage landshying gear is a ball to watch when the PT-22 is taxiing and who can resist the swept back chrome yellow wings We bet that a lot of people could idenshytify the sound of that Kinner with their eyes shut too Dont forget the lovely round silver fuselage that you plop into And try running your hand over the smoothly varnished laminated prop

One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Lusic Jerry S Nelson Lynn Wauwatosa Wisconsin Pine Colorado

Martin Del OLeary Craig M Houston Texas Sacramento California

Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

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One notable West Coast PT-22 owner is Lynn Barber of Santa Barshybara California Her father took a picshyture of her as a child sitting on a Ryan so it was natural for Lynn to seek one

Lynn Barber and Her Ryan PT-22 By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry D Attilio and Pamela Foard Co-Chairmen (EAA 150262 AC 8265) 1820 N 166th 5t Brokfield WI 53005

out when she wanted an antique Lynn owned a Cessna 150 before in which she gave instruction as a commercially ticketed CFII She had learned to do her own maintenance with the help of her father who had been a mechanic during World War II Lynn bought the Ryan in 1985 but she is so thoroughly knowledgeable about them you would assume she had owned one for 20 years In fact this Ryan came from Jack

Roberts who had done quite a bit of restoration work on it The aircraft is mostly original with minimal inshystrumentation and no corrosion Lynn definitely is a taildragger idealist beshycause like so many EAAers she emshyphasizes that the Ryan must be conshytrolled by the feet and she makes sure her students know how to use theirs also

Lynn is quite active in her EAA chapter as an officer and is devoted to the Ryan club which has some fly-ins on the Coast each year An airplane needs care and feeding so all of us have a job right After a stint as a teacher Lynn went to work for Raytheon (they owned Beechcraft) and writes documentation for software used for radar jammingbull

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Lusic Jerry S Nelson Lynn Wauwatosa Wisconsin Pine Colorado

Martin Del OLeary Craig M Houston Texas Sacramento California

Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

Martin Robert M Palombo Fred Pueblo Colorado Alameda California

Mason Fred Paszli Louis J Mays Landing Phoeniz Arizona New Jersey

Pergamit Lauri Mast Robert L Fremont California Lakeville Ohio

Petersohn Jeff A Matson Gerald R Lutz Florida Sterling Virginia

Phillippi J F Mattingly Gobel Buchanan Michigan Lubbock Texas

Potter Phillip Dale McGregor Malcolm Coral Gables Florida EI Paso Texas

Prussner David McKnight Bob Davenport Iowa Phoeniz Arizona

Pyles Jr Charles T Merritt Daniel D Ogden Utah Stielacoom Washington

Redman G Michna Fred M Brisbane Queensland Midland Texas Austral ia

Miele Raphael Reich David Springfield New Jersey Berlin Wisconsin

Monday Don Rhoads David W Camarillo California Ponchatoula Louisiana

Moose Arthur N Ricciardi Antonino L Zanesville Ohio Stoughton Wisconsin

Morris Richard C Roberts Donald R Rockford Illinois Minnetonka Minnesota

Muhr Wayne Robison Geoff L Hinsdale Illinois New Haven Indiana

Murray John J Roehrick Donald J Rockey River Ohio Kent Washington

Nelson John Rosen William A Audubon Iowa Highland Park Illinois

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Rudbeck Nick R Brainerd Minnesota

Rutland Jim M Lincolnville Maine

Ryan Joseph Schaumburg Illinois

Sauer David R Evansville Indiana

Sawdon Edwin G Marysville Michigan

Schaetter Michael J Comfort Texas

Schwartz Michael J York Pennsylvania

Scott Noel R Laddonia Missouri

Seip James McLean Oconomowoc Wisconsin

Shawback Lyon R King Salmon Alaska

Shepard Lawrence Berkeley Heights New Jersey

Smith Jr Calvin C Orange Park Florida

Smith Kenneth S Burnaby British Columbia Canada

Smoot Roger Manchester Ohio

Snure David G Rives Junction Michigan

Sollart George H Barnegat New Jersey

Steere Howard Manchester Center Vermont

Stratton Don Poland Ohio

Stroebel Arthur J Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin

Sutherland Harold Wayne Mackinaw Illinois

Sutton Herbert W Central Point Oregon

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Taylor William C Bradenton Florida

Thomas David C Clinton Ontario Canada

Thomas Scott S Woodbridge Virginia

Thomas William A Huntertown Indiana

Tortorello Joseph J Costa Mesa California

Webber John M Cicero Indiana

Wenum Palmer Spring Valley Wisconsin

Weskamp Lynn McCook Nebraska

Wilburn Joe Marietta Georgia

Will Eugene A Minster Ohio

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Wolfe Don Kenosha Wisconsin

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A viation Bibliographies

It has been four years since the first appearance of the Vintage Literature series For those who have enjoyed the series and have become interested in building your own collections or in doing research I thought it would be IIseful to examine some of the promishynentbibliographies of aviation publishshying

Except for aeronautical engineering aviation has had a very spotted history of bibliographic control Today very few general sources index articles or books dealing with aviation history and general or sport aviation Over the years very few specialized references to aviation have been published We will take a look at some of the more useful ones in chronological order

BROCKETT Paul Bibliography of Aeronautics

Washington Smithsonian Institution 1910 940p (Smithsonian miscellaneshyous collections v55) US NACA 1921-36 vI-14 vl 1909-1916 1493p v2 1917-19 494p v3 1920shy21 448p vA-14 (annual volumes) 1922-32 (190 Volume reprinted by Gale 1966 $8500)

This work began for the Smithsoshynian and continued by NACA is the most stunning achievement in aviation bibliography The first volume alone covering works up to July 1909 conshytained nearly 13500 references

It is arranged alphabetically by aushythor or title with subject cross-refershyences and includes books articles and technical reports from around the world The NACA volumes add over 3000 pages to the set and each covers

by ()ennisect Vafksect ~ Lib-aOAnhivesect ()i-ect()shy

the publications issued in the years listed

One of its weaknesses is its lack of coverage of some journals of special use to those interested in sport aviation and personal flight such as POPULAR A VIA TION and SPORTSMAN PILOT However it does cover some non-aviation magazines that are useful such as POPULAR MECHANICS and POPULAR SCIENCE

US WORKS PROGRESS ADMINshyISTRA TION Bibliography of Aeronautics

New York Institute of the Aeronautishycal Sciences pts I-50 and suppleshyments 1936-1941

No doubt the most massive of the published bibliographies this series was produced for the WP A under the direction of the Institute of the Aeroshynautical Sciences Each of the 50 parts is devoted to a separate subject such as Air Transportation Medicine Enshygines and Airparts

The listings cover books articles and technical reports from around the world from the tum of the century to the publishing date of each part as the different parts were published in differshyent years Airplanes are not covered except for flying boats and amphishybians There are parts for autogiros helicopters and gyroplanes

One of the useful features of the set is the reverse chronological order for the entries which allow one to easily date the advent of coverage of a subject in the literature For example the oldest entry for metal propellers is dated 1904

GAMBLE William History of aeronautics

New York Public Library 1938 325 pages

This is a selected list of references to materials in the New York Public Library Collection It is classified by subjects and contains over 5500 enshytries to books and periodical articles It has indexes to authors and subjects and is useful because of NYPLs large collection It is not useful for finding articles about makes and models of airplanes though names of specific fashymous aircraft such as Woolaroc can be found in the subject index

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOshyCIETY A list of books periodicals and pamphlets

Royal Aeronautical Society 1941 (Reprinted by Ayre 1979 $2450)

This book covers the holdings of the Royal Aeronautical Society which dates back to 1866 This bibliography is divided into two sections one of hisshytorical interest and the second contemshyporary works It is useful for its Euroshypean coverage

HANNIBAL August Aircraft Enshygines and Airmen

Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1972 825 pages $3000

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

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Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

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AIRCRAFT 1948 PA-17 Vagabond - Conlinenlal Amiddot65middot8 1935 n 180 SMOH 40 SPOH Recovered 84 in Ceconile New Exhausl and lires Clean will deliver $8500 or Irade plus cash for good PAmiddot12 5171773middot3852 Michigan (9middot2)

Stinson 10A Project - Complele but rough Slinson 10 less engine in good shape for parts included No parting oul $4000 Chris al 518329middot2395 (9middot2)

1949 Percival Prentice Air Force Trainer - 5 seals full radio VP prop Gipsy Queen 30middot2 engine spares delivmiddot ered Exchange Cessna 206 Hilton 26 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DAI 3DZ England (10middot1)

Chesters GOON GEE BEEs BULLDOG MONOCOUPE 110 Culver Cadet etc Plans catalog $300 REFUNDABLE Vern Clemenls AlC 5989 308 Palo Alto Drive Caldwell 10 82605 (11middot2)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in lowmiddot cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for Ihe over six loot pilol VW power insures hard 10 beal 3 gph al cruise selmiddot ting 15 large instruction sheels Plans - $6000 Info Pack - $500 Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529middot2609

ACRO SPORT - Single place biplane capable of unlimiled aerobatics 23 sheels of clear easy to follow plans includes nearly 100 isometrical drawings pholos and exploded views Complete parts and malerials lisl Full size wing drawings Plans plus 139 page Builders Manual - $6000 Info Pack - $500 Super Acro Sport Wing Drawing shy$1500 The Technique of Aircratt Building - $1000 plus $200 postage Send check or money order 10 ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529middot 2609

ENGINES amp ACCESSORIES Bendix DR4N-2021 Dual magnato - New with DuramiddotBlue harnesses Save weighl and a drive Make offer (no collecl) 214248middot4104 (11-2)

MISCELLANEOUS Have We Got A Part lor You 20 years accumulallon of parts for all Iypes of aircratt - anliques classics homemiddot builts warbirds Everything from Ihe spinner 10 Ihe tail wheel Air Salvage of Arkansas RI I Box 8020 Mena AR 71953 phone 501 394middot1022 or 5011394middot2342 (3middot2579111)

CUSTOM EMBROIDERED PATCHES Made 10 suil your design any size shape colors Five patch minimum Free random sample and brochure Hein Specialties 4202P North Drake Chicago IL 60618middot1113 (cmiddot2189)

AN OPEN COCKPIT VOX INTERCOM THAT WORKS shyA tWO-SQuelch electronic system guaranteed to eliminate open mics and STILL be voice aclivaled Interfaces wilh handheld com radios Record and selfmiddotmuling music inpuls ATC override All kits include assembled PC board Up 10 50 hrs wilh 9VDC bahery or power wilh 8 bull 32VDC FIVE YEAR WARRANTY Two place kit $7500 AAMWELL TECHNOLOGY 2744 E Glenrosa Phoenix AZ 85016 6021955middot8857 evenings (11middot89 3)

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LAST OF N O S 1930s Antique - Famous Conlinenlal A-40-4-S engine parts Piston rings in original sealed car shytons valve springs gaskel sels propeller hubs cylinder banks also rebuilt carburetors magnelors LISTSmiddot $200 Money back guaranlee Opalack 1138 Industrial Pohstown PA 19464middot5820 (10middot892)

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Covering the years from 1930 to 1969 this is one of the most useful of the modern bibliographies for finding articles on airplanes Nearly 600 pages of this book consist of listings about 3000 different makes and models of aircraft from around the world

The sources are mainly U S periodshyicals but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT and THE AEROPLANE are indexed The heavy emphasis is on military aircraft but there is some coverage of general aviation and light aircraft Included are AIR PROGRESS AIR CLASSICS and POPULAR A VIshyATION

Note The indexing is very selective It was designed mainly for model builders so if an article did not have good pictures or drawings it was not indexed It includes indexes of aircraft names and military designations (ie XP-Sl)

MILLER Samuel An Aerospace Bibshyliography

Washington Office of Air Force Hisshytory 1978 341 pages

This bibliography is a classified listshying of books and periodical articles dealing with Air Force subjects Most of the entries are annotated There is also an author and a subject index

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUshySEUM Aerospace Periodical Index GK Hall 1983 $10000

Covering periodicals from 1973 to 1982 this publication is the most amshybitious recent bibliography This book is the print version of a database in the NASM Library of articles indexed from their collection

Mostly US publications are covered but some foreign ones such as FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL are indexed Enshytries are by subject and most of the coverage deals with individual types of aircraft

The above represent the most useful of the general bibliographies covering aviation Check with your local lishybraries to see if they have copies For those building collections and doing research it would be useful to have them for your own use

The out-of-print bibliographies such as Brocketts or the WPAs might be located at large public or unishyversity libraries that have government depository collections The EAA Avishyation Foundation Library will be glad to do searches for you in the biblioshygraphies for particular subjects or to verify the existence and editions of booksbull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

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Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

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Pergamit Lauri Mast Robert L Fremont California Lakeville Ohio

Petersohn Jeff A Matson Gerald R Lutz Florida Sterling Virginia

Phillippi J F Mattingly Gobel Buchanan Michigan Lubbock Texas

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Morris Richard C Roberts Donald R Rockford Illinois Minnetonka Minnesota

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Scott Noel R Laddonia Missouri

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Smith Kenneth S Burnaby British Columbia Canada

Smoot Roger Manchester Ohio

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Steere Howard Manchester Center Vermont

Stratton Don Poland Ohio

Stroebel Arthur J Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin

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Sutton Herbert W Central Point Oregon

Swaney Earl W Santa Clara California

Taylor William C Bradenton Florida

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Tortorello Joseph J Costa Mesa California

Webber John M Cicero Indiana

Wenum Palmer Spring Valley Wisconsin

Weskamp Lynn McCook Nebraska

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through August 18 1988) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Lusic Jerry S Nelson Lynn Wauwatosa Wisconsin Pine Colorado

Martin Del OLeary Craig M Houston Texas Sacramento California

Martin John A Oswald Lynn S Butler Pennsylvania Park City Utah

Martin Robert M Palombo Fred Pueblo Colorado Alameda California

Mason Fred Paszli Louis J Mays Landing Phoeniz Arizona New Jersey

Pergamit Lauri Mast Robert L Fremont California Lakeville Ohio

Petersohn Jeff A Matson Gerald R Lutz Florida Sterling Virginia

Phillippi J F Mattingly Gobel Buchanan Michigan Lubbock Texas

Potter Phillip Dale McGregor Malcolm Coral Gables Florida EI Paso Texas

Prussner David McKnight Bob Davenport Iowa Phoeniz Arizona

Pyles Jr Charles T Merritt Daniel D Ogden Utah Stielacoom Washington

Redman G Michna Fred M Brisbane Queensland Midland Texas Austral ia

Miele Raphael Reich David Springfield New Jersey Berlin Wisconsin

Monday Don Rhoads David W Camarillo California Ponchatoula Louisiana

Moose Arthur N Ricciardi Antonino L Zanesville Ohio Stoughton Wisconsin

Morris Richard C Roberts Donald R Rockford Illinois Minnetonka Minnesota

Muhr Wayne Robison Geoff L Hinsdale Illinois New Haven Indiana

Murray John J Roehrick Donald J Rockey River Ohio Kent Washington

Nelson John Rosen William A Audubon Iowa Highland Park Illinois

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Rudbeck Nick R Brainerd Minnesota

Rutland Jim M Lincolnville Maine

Ryan Joseph Schaumburg Illinois

Sauer David R Evansville Indiana

Sawdon Edwin G Marysville Michigan

Schaetter Michael J Comfort Texas

Schwartz Michael J York Pennsylvania

Scott Noel R Laddonia Missouri

Seip James McLean Oconomowoc Wisconsin

Shawback Lyon R King Salmon Alaska

Shepard Lawrence Berkeley Heights New Jersey

Smith Jr Calvin C Orange Park Florida

Smith Kenneth S Burnaby British Columbia Canada

Smoot Roger Manchester Ohio

Snure David G Rives Junction Michigan

Sollart George H Barnegat New Jersey

Steere Howard Manchester Center Vermont

Stratton Don Poland Ohio

Stroebel Arthur J Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin

Sutherland Harold Wayne Mackinaw Illinois

Sutton Herbert W Central Point Oregon

Swaney Earl W Santa Clara California

Taylor William C Bradenton Florida

Thomas David C Clinton Ontario Canada

Thomas Scott S Woodbridge Virginia

Thomas William A Huntertown Indiana

Tortorello Joseph J Costa Mesa California

Webber John M Cicero Indiana

Wenum Palmer Spring Valley Wisconsin

Weskamp Lynn McCook Nebraska

Wilburn Joe Marietta Georgia

Will Eugene A Minster Ohio

Wills A A Pietermaritzburg Natal South Africa

Wolfe Don Kenosha Wisconsin

Wright James Litchfield Illinois

Zylstra Gerald R LynnwoodWashington

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MORE MORE MORE For the first time ever EAA is going to a 90-minute production Youll see it all in this dynamic video - from the arrival of British Airways supersonic Concorde jet to the historic appearance of the US Air Forces B-1 bomber Why miss out

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---------------- -- ----------- --

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CLASSIC LIMITED EDITION ART PRINTS

AERONCAs popular post-war classics beautifully detailed full color lithographs numbered and signed 20 x 24 overall ideal for den office or hangar

CCILampS)S) TI CC

$2000 ea or $35 the set residents please add 6)

$300 Postage amp Handling Satisfaction Guaranteed

AEROGRAPHICS 1764 MONTECITO CIRCLE LIVERMORE CALIFORNIA 94550

CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE GREATWARBIRD ACTION

OFFICIAL VIDEOS From Point-Five Video Productions

You will be in the cockpit and beyond the crowd line with our camerman You ll see airshows the way youve always wished you could shyand in the action See both warbirds and acro blended by professionals

Captures the history and excitement of the CAF WWII Power bull Confederate Air Force Demonstration bull Valiant Air Command Ralph Royce Executive Director CAF bull Fighter Movie P-51

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D Airfalr Addison 87 $3995

~~Jdegc~~~~~~ ~tlrk~i~d ~~~~~~~g D TICO 88 Valiant Air Command $3995

First Big Show of 1988 - Flying ligers (Available June 1 st 1988)

D Alrsho 87 Harlingen $3995 Captures the history and excitement of the CAF WWII Power Demonstration Ralph Royce Executive Director CAF 60 min

D Wings Over Houston 87 $3995 Warbirds and modern jets 59 min

D Breckenridge 87 $3995 best yet Howard Pardue Mr Warbird 90 min

D Blue Angels 87 $2495 Interview with Blue Angel 4 LCDR Pat NaIsh 25 min

D Airsho 86 Harlingen $3995 Special interview with Brig Gen Chuck Yeager This is a warbird buff s hogmiddotheaven General Aviation News 75 min

D Wings Over Houston 86 bull $3995 Great warbirds and gtero 80 min

D Texas Air Expo 87 Waco bull $3995 Aerobatics and modern military jets 90 min

Fantastic Air-ta-air with Jay Cullum plus exclusive WWII gun camera film 30 min

ALL TEN TAPES $29995

YOU SAVE $8450

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$_---shy$_---shy$ 200

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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION THE AIRPlANE 1920middot1940

Leo Opdycke Editor Kenn Rust Editor

EAA Membership In the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3000 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) Is available at $1800 annually Family Membershyship is available for an additional $1000 annually

WW1 AERO (190()1919) and SKYWAYS (192()1940) our two Journals which contain

bull in formation on current projects bull historical research bull news of museums and airshows bull workshop notes bull technical dtawings data bull information on paint and color bull photographs bull aeroplanes engines pans for sale bull scale modelling material bull PLUS your wants and disposals bull news of current publications of all kinds bull PLUS more

Sample copies $4 each

Published by WORLD WAR 1 ~~ INC 15 Crescell l Koad I-ollghkccpsie NY 12601 USA (9 14 ) 473middot3679

ANTIQUECLASSICS EAA - $1800 Includes one year membership in EM Anshytique-Classic Division 12 monthly issues of The Vintage Alrpsne and membership card Applicant must be a current EM member and must give EM membership number

Non-EAA - $2800 Inshycludes one year membership in the EM Antique-Classic Division 12 monthly issues of The Vintage AIrshyplane one year membership in the EM and separate membership cards SportAviation not included

Where The Sellers and Buyers Meet

lAC Membership in the International Aerobatic Club Inc is $2500 anshynually which includes 12 issues of Sport Aerobatics Ail lAC members are required to be members of EM

WARBIRDS Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $2500 per year which includes a subscription to Warblrds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

EAA EXPERIMENTER EM membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Avilltlon not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable In United States dollars

Make checks payable to EM or the division in which membership is desired Address all letters to EM or the particular division at the folshylowing address

WITTMAN AIRFIELD OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086

PHONE (414) 426-4800 OFFICE HOURS

815-500 MON-FRI

25cent per word 20 word minimum Send your ad to The Vintage Trader Wittman Airfield

Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

AIRCRAFT 1948 PA-17 Vagabond - Conlinenlal Amiddot65middot8 1935 n 180 SMOH 40 SPOH Recovered 84 in Ceconile New Exhausl and lires Clean will deliver $8500 or Irade plus cash for good PAmiddot12 5171773middot3852 Michigan (9middot2)

Stinson 10A Project - Complele but rough Slinson 10 less engine in good shape for parts included No parting oul $4000 Chris al 518329middot2395 (9middot2)

1949 Percival Prentice Air Force Trainer - 5 seals full radio VP prop Gipsy Queen 30middot2 engine spares delivmiddot ered Exchange Cessna 206 Hilton 26 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DAI 3DZ England (10middot1)

Chesters GOON GEE BEEs BULLDOG MONOCOUPE 110 Culver Cadet etc Plans catalog $300 REFUNDABLE Vern Clemenls AlC 5989 308 Palo Alto Drive Caldwell 10 82605 (11middot2)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in lowmiddot cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for Ihe over six loot pilol VW power insures hard 10 beal 3 gph al cruise selmiddot ting 15 large instruction sheels Plans - $6000 Info Pack - $500 Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529middot2609

ACRO SPORT - Single place biplane capable of unlimiled aerobatics 23 sheels of clear easy to follow plans includes nearly 100 isometrical drawings pholos and exploded views Complete parts and malerials lisl Full size wing drawings Plans plus 139 page Builders Manual - $6000 Info Pack - $500 Super Acro Sport Wing Drawing shy$1500 The Technique of Aircratt Building - $1000 plus $200 postage Send check or money order 10 ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529middot 2609

ENGINES amp ACCESSORIES Bendix DR4N-2021 Dual magnato - New with DuramiddotBlue harnesses Save weighl and a drive Make offer (no collecl) 214248middot4104 (11-2)

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Stinson 10A Project - Complele but rough Slinson 10 less engine in good shape for parts included No parting oul $4000 Chris al 518329middot2395 (9middot2)

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This neat taper wing monoplane has stumped the experts here at Headquarshyters The principal clue is the license number NR13657 Why NR Was it a racer The date and location of the photo are unknown The photo is from the EAA library collection Answers will be published in the January 1989 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is November 10 1988

The July Mystery Plane is a Viking Kitty Hawk B-8 Max Freeman of Wilshykesboro North Carolina who sent in the photo writes

A few friends and I rebuilt the ship

a few years ago It is still flying and is based at or near Concord North Carolina This particular ship was origshyinally owned by the president of Lockshyheed who at that time was also an ofshyficial of the Viking Flying Boat Co The airplane came to eastern North Carolina originally as a seaplane

Joel Fairfax of Madison Connecshyticut writes

The Mystery Plane is a Kitty Hawk designed by John E Summers and built by the Bourden Aircraft Corshyporation of Hillsgrove Rhode Island The first model the B-2 was introshyduced in 1928 Due to problems caused by the Depression Allen P Bourden president merged his firm with the Viking Flying Boat Company of New

by George A Hardie Jr

Haven and the last model the B-8 was manufactured there The firm disconshytinued production of the Kitty Hawk in 1933 The aircraft went through sevshyeral engine changes the first being the 97 hp Ryan-Siemens and the last the Kinner B-5 of 125 hp

I first became acquainted with the Kitty Hawk as a student pilot flying out of the West Haven airport (now a housing development) operated by John Hall who is now a retired Eastern Airlines captain AI Turbeville was my instructor The plane was a B-8 model NC 13250 It is now owned by Bill Champlin of Rochester New Hampshyshire The June 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE had a picture of Bill and his Bird biplane I also flew

996M and 16826 the last one built To my knowledge 13250 and

7533 Y the latter owned and flown by Ed Waters of Westborough Masshysachusetts and 995M belonging to Bill Harmon of Exeter New Hampshire are the only ones in New England

Note that the plane had no center section-the two top wing sections were joined at the triangular centershysection struts The Kitty Hawk was a pleasure to fly - no bad characteristics It lived up to its advertising - Flys Like a Hawk Lands Like a Kitten

Answers were also received from Cedric Galoway Hesperia California H Glenn Buffington EI Dorado Arshykansas Charley Hayes Park Forest Ilshylinois Frank Pavliga Cuyahoga Falls Ohio and Harold Scheck Hasbrook Heights New Jersey

References From Juptners US Civil Aircraft Model B-2 ATC No 134 Model B-4 ATC No166 and Model B-8 ATC No 392 bull

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This neat taper wing monoplane has stumped the experts here at Headquarshyters The principal clue is the license number NR13657 Why NR Was it a racer The date and location of the photo are unknown The photo is from the EAA library collection Answers will be published in the January 1989 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is November 10 1988

The July Mystery Plane is a Viking Kitty Hawk B-8 Max Freeman of Wilshykesboro North Carolina who sent in the photo writes

A few friends and I rebuilt the ship

a few years ago It is still flying and is based at or near Concord North Carolina This particular ship was origshyinally owned by the president of Lockshyheed who at that time was also an ofshyficial of the Viking Flying Boat Co The airplane came to eastern North Carolina originally as a seaplane

Joel Fairfax of Madison Connecshyticut writes

The Mystery Plane is a Kitty Hawk designed by John E Summers and built by the Bourden Aircraft Corshyporation of Hillsgrove Rhode Island The first model the B-2 was introshyduced in 1928 Due to problems caused by the Depression Allen P Bourden president merged his firm with the Viking Flying Boat Company of New

by George A Hardie Jr

Haven and the last model the B-8 was manufactured there The firm disconshytinued production of the Kitty Hawk in 1933 The aircraft went through sevshyeral engine changes the first being the 97 hp Ryan-Siemens and the last the Kinner B-5 of 125 hp

I first became acquainted with the Kitty Hawk as a student pilot flying out of the West Haven airport (now a housing development) operated by John Hall who is now a retired Eastern Airlines captain AI Turbeville was my instructor The plane was a B-8 model NC 13250 It is now owned by Bill Champlin of Rochester New Hampshyshire The June 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE had a picture of Bill and his Bird biplane I also flew

996M and 16826 the last one built To my knowledge 13250 and

7533 Y the latter owned and flown by Ed Waters of Westborough Masshysachusetts and 995M belonging to Bill Harmon of Exeter New Hampshire are the only ones in New England

Note that the plane had no center section-the two top wing sections were joined at the triangular centershysection struts The Kitty Hawk was a pleasure to fly - no bad characteristics It lived up to its advertising - Flys Like a Hawk Lands Like a Kitten

Answers were also received from Cedric Galoway Hesperia California H Glenn Buffington EI Dorado Arshykansas Charley Hayes Park Forest Ilshylinois Frank Pavliga Cuyahoga Falls Ohio and Harold Scheck Hasbrook Heights New Jersey

References From Juptners US Civil Aircraft Model B-2 ATC No 134 Model B-4 ATC No166 and Model B-8 ATC No 392 bull

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