VA-Vol-24-No-11-Nov-1996

EDITORIAL STAFF

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November 1996 Vol 24 No 11

CONTENTS Straight amp Level Espie Butch Joyce

2 AlC NewsHG Frautschy

3 Aeromail

4 The AAA Fly-InHG Frautschy and Paul Poberezny

6 The Marion Fly-InCruise-In Ray Johnson

8 Vintage Aircraft Markings HG Frautschy

10 Mystery PlaneHG Frautschy

12 Type Club NotesNorm Petersen

13 Commanding Presence HG Frautschy

17 Wicks Piper Colt Norm Petersen

21 Helps and HintsBrad Hindall

22 What Our Members Are RestoringNorm Petersen

24 Pass It To Buckl EE Buck Hilbert

26 Welcome New Members Calendar

27 Vintage TraderMembership Information

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Tom Poberezny

Editor- in-Chief Jack Cox

Editor Henry G Frautschy

Managing Editor Golda Cox

Art Director Mike Drucks

Computer Graphic Specialists Olivia L Phillip Jennifer Larsen

Mary Premeau

Associate Editor Norm Petersen

Feature Writer Dennis Parks

Staff Photographers Jim Koepnick Mike Steineke

Carl Schuppel Ken Lichtenburg

Advertising Editorial Assistant Isabelle Wiske

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FRONT COVER One of the creations the the talented aero-engineer Albert Voellmecke as built by the Arkansas Aircraft Ca was the Command Aire 3C-3 This example restored by Tom Brown Unity WI and owned by Art Knowles Jacksonboro TX was b rought to EM

t Oshkosh 96 EM photo by Jim Koepnick shot with a Canon EOS-l n equipped with an ~ ---- 80-200mm lens 1250 sec tll on 100 ASA slide film Cessna 210 photo plane flown by

Bruce Moore

Back Cover The Reserve Grand Champion Contemporary selected at EAA Oshkosh bull 96 was this Piper PA-22- 108 Colt a two-place training version of the Piper Tri-Pacer This

beautiful example was restored by a group of Wicks Aircraft employees See the story starting on page 17 for more on this neat little short wing Piper EM photo by Jim Koepnick shot with a Canon EOS- l n equipped with an 80-200mm lens 1250 sec tll on 100 ASA slide film Cessna 210 photo plane flown by Bruce Moore

Copyright copy 1996 by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc All rights reserved VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association and is published monthly at EAA Aviation Center 3000 Poberemy Rd PO Box 3086 Oshkosh Wisconsin 54903middot3086 Periodicals Postage paid at Oshkosh WISCOnsin 54901 and at additional mailing offices The membership rate for EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc is $2700 for current EAA members for 12 month peri od of which $1500 is for tile publication of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation POSTMASTER Send address changes to EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 FOREIGN AND APO ADDRESSES - Please allow at least two months for delivery of VINTAGE AIRPLANE to foreign and APO addresses via surtace mail ADVERTISING - AntiqueClassic Division does not guarantee or endorse any product offered through the advertising We invite constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise obtained through our advertising so that corrective measures can be taken EDITORIAL POLICY Readers are encouraged to subm~ stories and photographs Policy opinions expressed in articles are solely those of the authors Responsibility for accuracy in reporting rests entirety with the contributor No renumeration is made Material should be sent to Ed~or VINTAGE AIRPLANE PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Phone 414426-4800

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STRAIGHT amp LEVEL

It is hard to believe it is November already The leaves are just beautiful here in the foothills of North Carolina this year but if you havent seen them by now it is too late as the wind and rain we are now having is taking its toll by stripping the trees This does however give people who are looking for something to do the job of gathering up those leaves and disposing of them Each year I have the fun of disposing of about two dump truck loads

r am writing this just before going to the airport to fly my Baron to Oshkosh for the fall Board meeting I was looking at the weather last night and thinking back on how many trips r have made to Oshkosh for meetings It seems that the best I can recall is this will be my 89th trip for a board meeting Brad Thomas past president of your AntiqueClassic Division who passed away this past year and Morton Lester an EAA Foundation Board member and past AntiqueClassic Director both live in the same general area I do and in the past wed trade off rides when going to these meetings The trips we made together were often an adventure in themselves I could spend a lot of time telling you some war stories about them

There are a number of Board members who have volunteered more trips than I have by virtue of their long time service to the board I have enjoyed and continue to enjoy my association with the AntiqueClassic Division the EAA and hope to be able to continue the enjoyment of working as a volunteer in the future

EAAs theme during the coming year culminating in a special series of events during the annual Convention is The Year of the Volunteer We hope that during that week we will be able to show each volunteer how much their help is appreciated and how invaluable their help is to our operation in the AntiqueClassic area You will be hearing more about this in the coming year Should you have any suggestions for the AntiqueClassic Division please send me a note anytime For those of you who may have missed it the 1997 Oshkosh Convention will begin on Wednesday July 30 rather than on Thursday as in the past so make your plans accordingly

As we start into the winter months you might think aviation activities should slow down That may be true in

by Espie Butch Joyce

some areas of the country but it certainly is not coming to a halt After Thanksgiving as advertised in your VINTAGE AIRPLANE there is the Vintage Weekend held at the Ocean Reef Club located just north of Key Largo Florida They will have some of the most beautiful vintage wooden boats and vintage autos youve ever seen on di splay and last year was the second time for vintage airplanes The Ocean Reef has its own private airport managed by AntiqueClassic member and Swift owner Denny Moore Denny is responsible in a large part for the vintage aircraft owners being invited for this fun weekend If you want a weekend of fun sun great seafood and fellowship this is the place to be Norma and I will be there again this year come and join us If youre interested you need to give them a call as soon as possible since the normal deadline for an RSVP has passed - perhaps they can still accommodate you Call Marcy Kilby 305367-5874 for more information You may wish to review the ad on page 29 in last month s Vintage Airplane before you call

Also in December the First Flight Society and the Man Will Never Fly Society will meet at Kitty Hawk North Carolina December 16-17 to honor the anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight on December 17 1903 As you might have already concluded the First Flight Society is the serious group while the Man Will Never Fly Society is the party group When you visit the Wright brothers first flight site in December on the outer banks of North Carolina it will give you an appreciation of what the they suffered through in order to make their vision a reality This year will be double fun as the First Flight Society will induct Paul Poberezny and Tom Poberezny into their Hall of Fame

Speaking of Halls of Fame in November of 1997 your AntiqueClassic Division will again be inducting new candidates into the AntiqueClassic Hall of Fame at Oshkosh Should you like to nominate a deserving person please send your nomination to Hall of Fame Chairman Charlie Harris 7215 East 46th St Tulsa OK 74145 phone 1918662-8400

Be careful out there Lets all pull in the same direction for the good of aviation Remember we are better together Join us and have it all

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AC NEWS compiled by HG Frautschy

120140 FUEL CAPS In the September issue of the Internashy

tional Cessna 1201140 Association s newsletter Neal Wright of Sunnyvale CA wrote a lengthy article detailing the hazshyards of using a Cessna half vented fuel cap on those Cessna 1201140 s that require the fully vented type of cap The fully vented cap used on the 120 and 140 is not interchangeable with the cap meant for use on the 140A and later model Cessnas We can t go into all the details here but if you are using that s tyle cap on a 120 or 140 (its OK on the later models) which is easshyily identified by a silicone tank vent valve built into the section of the cap that exshytends into the tank you are at risk to have a fuel starvation incident should the valve stick and prevent air from entering the tank as fuel is burned off

This is an excellent example illustrating why it is such a good idea to belong to the type club for your airplane Why go it alone Take advantage of the collective knowledge of people who have been there and done that To join contact Bill Rhoades the editor of the International Cessna 1201140 Association s newsletter at Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083shy0092 or call 612652-2221 His E-mail is pilotl40AOLcom If youd like to buy a back issue of the September newsletter call BeBe Owen at 407595-9562

TYPE CLUB LIST Once again we will publish a list of the

Type Clubs who have contacted us over the years to let us know theyre out there We have sent out postcards to all those listed jast year and if you received one by the time you read this you should have sent it back by now Ifits still hanging around on your desk please drop it in the mail today or you can FAX it to us at 414426-4828 I f youre a new type Club just getting started drop us a line via the mail and tell us who you are and your adshydress how much membership costs and how often you publish a newsletter Send it to EAA Type Club List PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

LUSCOMBE AWARDED Charles Sandy Sanford of Cham am

NM won the restored Luscombe 8E ofshy2 NOVEMBER 1996

fered in a fund raising raffle sponsored by the Don Luscombe Aviation Historica l Foundation (DLAHF) The drawing for the raffle was held during the Copperstate EAA Regional Fly-In in Mesa AZ on Ocshytober 12 1996 Sanford who owns a Lusshycombe purchased his tickets several months earlier in a effort to add his supshyport to the work done by the DLAHF

This was the fourth time the raffle has been held and a fifth Luscombe 8E will be raffled off in 1997 and as in years past there is a limit of 2800 tickets that will be sold Tickets for the 1997 drawing are now available at $40 each or 3 for $ I 00 Proceeds from the raffles have funded the preservation of the Luscombe Type Cershytificate and the production of needed parts

Other prize winners in the drawing were

Thomas Brennan Oil City PA - a GPS receiver

WF Surgi Rockville MD - an ICOM hand held transceiver

William Loomis Chattadoy WA - a $400 parts credit from the DLAHF

Charles Harrison and Orlo Ellison -Luscombe Comprehensive Maintenance Manuals

Kent Wilson and Mr Hard - Coffee table book The Luscombe by Saletri

Anthony Kulikowski James Klovershystrom Robert Fowler Dennis Feltin - Vishysions of Luscombe book by Jim Zazas

The Foundation produces FAAIPMAs parts using many of the original tools purshychased with the funds generated from the drawings and the sale of many new old stock and newly produced parts The drawing archives tools and materials are currently stored in a temporary location in Chandler AZ while plans are being made for the erection of a permanent museum home for the DLAHF Call the Foundashytion at 602917-0969

SWIFT AWARDED AT WEST COAST FLY-IN

The International Swift Association also had an airplane raffle hosted by the Southwest Swift Wing All the tickets were sold and when eleven-year-old Brett Haley drew the winning ticket the winner turned out to be none other than Mark Holshyliday of Lake Elmo MN Mark had purshy

chased four tickets to benefit the Swift Foundation A big contributor to this year s raffle was Dr Mike McCutcheon who was able to donate half of his investshyment in addition to half of the cost of completing Swift N80570 so it could be offered in the drawing Mark hasnt imshymediately accepted the Swift since he curshyrently has three He and his accountant are checking how it might be possible to doshynate the Swift back to the Swift Foundashytion so that next year there could be a drawing for two Swifts one stock and the other modified We ll keep you posted

Our congratulations to both the DLAHF and Swift Foundation for their proactive approach to dealing with the problems facshying the production of replacement parts for their respective aircraft and their work to preserve the heritage to these two great Classic aircraft

SWEDISH SPIRIT OF ST LOU IS AlC Secretary Steve Nesse recently reshy

ceived a letter from Pierre Hollander of Prastgardsvagen 8 S-74637 Balstra Sweshyden phone 46 0 171-59355 Pierre is proshyceeding with the construction of a Spirit of St Louis replica with the wing ready for covering along with all the control surshyfaces All the steel is welded including the fuselage and landing gear He has the control system ready as well as an engine and propeller and he even has a working Earth Inductor Compass Right now he biggest hole in his li s t of needs are a Lukenheimer fuel distributor and the hand driven fuel pump I f you have a lead on where he might be able to obtain these items please contact Pierre at the address noted above

AMELIA EARHART SYMPOSIUM Hardon M Wade Jr 560 Campbell Hill

NW Marietta GA 30060-1316 has written to tell us that a series of symposiums about Amelia Earhart are in the planning stages to honor the 60th anniversary of her attempted world flight and her 100th birthday Locashytions considered include Oakland CA Mishyami FL Atlanta GA and Atchison KS For more information contact Harmon at the address noted above

VINTAGE

AeroMail

MORE FRANKLIN DISCUSSION

Mr K C Ostronik This is in response to your letter in the

September Vintage Airplane I cant help you with any info on the Lycoming-toshyFranklin cylinder mod but as a Stinson 108 owner I sure know your problems with Franklin parts availability A few years ago I had some success with an outfit called Carl Baker Co in Van Nuys CA at least for my Franklin 6 A4-150-B3 Im not sure if they have parts for your model but alot of Franklin parts are common among several models The address is

Carl Baker Co 209280 Osborne St Canoga Park CA 91304 8181786-3120

Are you aware that PZL in Poland who owns the Franklin type certificates is now producing the 6A-350 a 220 hp model that I think was a growth of your model before Franklin was sold Perhaps you could get a one time approval for the Seabee without too much problem It might be worth the research As a Franklin owner I was conshytacted by the US distributor for the PZL Franklin who happens to be located near me PZL has no plans to support my enshygine model but if the part numbers are common between you engine and the 6Ashy350 perhaps you may find them helpful Ive enclosed the information I received from the US Franklin distributor Atlas Motors You may want to check with him

Finally there is a fellow in your area who does Franklin overhauls mostly of 150s and 160s He is mostly involved with Stinsons and I have no idea if he knows anything about the other engines He is

Bill Snavely 115 Heinley Rd Lake Placid FL 33852 I hope this is of some use to you and

good luck with your spare engine Jack Young Herndon VA

KIDS DONT TRY THIS AT HOME

Dear Sir I have just finished reading Amazing

Float Recovery by David Mathison in Vintage Airplane of August 1996 and it reshycalled an experiment I made during the 50s

I had read about a pilot who crashed afshyter a failure in the elevator controls who tried to land using only the trim tab

My friend Todd Crow owned a Lusshycombe 8-F and we talked about how to solve such a problem

We used his Luscombe and I set the trim in full nose up position and started the takeoff roll As soon as the wheels were off the ground I took my hands and feet off the controls The nose started to rise and as soon as the nose reached a good climb anshygie I retarded the throttle to keep the nose from rising too far

Then in a climbing and mushing attinlde we climbed to traffic altitude reduced throttle and pushed the left door open parshytially open The plane heeled over in a left turn and at the proper time we closed the door and opened the right door to roll out level on the crosswind leg

For the turn to downwind we repeated the use of the doors and again on the turn to base and final while using throttle to control altitude On final I set up a mushshying glide and as we cleared the fence by 5 feet I added power to fly level Then I took over and landed the plane normally

We were on a short grass field and felt confident that if the runway had been longer we could have easily made a sucshycessful wheel landing

Yours sincerely Walter E Best Indianapolis IN

INTERNATIONAL HElP NEEDED Dear Sirs The traditions of Lithuanian aviation are

deep We remember when the squadron of the aeroplanes constructed by General Gusshytaiti s surprised Europe In 1998 we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of A Gusshytaitis The group of aviation enthusiasts

from Kaunas University of Technology run by A Ziliukas has proposed an idea to reshybuild A Gustaitis aeroplane ANBO-41 This aeroplane would be useful not only in Lithuania during aviation festivals but helping keep the memory of General A Gustaitis it would be possible to fly around the Earth and visit the fairest Lithuanian colonies This would be an extension of A Gustaitis idea to fly around not only Eushyrope but the World This wouldnt be so me record flight but reminding the younger generation about the name of Lithuania This idea was approved by the Kaunas Department of Lithuanian Culture Foundation Aviation Museum Haunas Aviation Plant Aviation museums have done much of the work preparing drafts (drawings) of the aeroplane With the help of sponsors we will solve the quesshytions of material But we do have a probshylem with an engine without which we cant even talk about the rebuilding of an aeroplane

Thats why we appeal to you with a reshyquest for advice We have heard that there are such engines If you have information or know where we could get it wed like to obtain an Bristol Pegasus XI part IM3 1000-1 100

Please contact prof A Ziliukas Kestucio 27 KTU 3000 Kaunas Lithuania Telephone (3707) 76 82 55 private (3707) 22 46 03 office (370 7) 20 26 70 office FAX

This will be a tough one but perhaps one ofour members has a lead on a Bristol Pegasus engine This request came to the EAA Information Services office via Tony Bingelis Ifyou get in contact with the proshyfessor please let us know how his search is progressing His letter which I have edited was in English and based on it we can safely assume he does speak English so dont hesitate to call - HGF

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EAAvlSlfS fHE - August 30- by Paul Poberezny Fly-InSeptember 2 1996 and HG Frautschy

One of the points of attraction on Antique Airfield are the AAAs hangars housing their extensive collection of Antique airplanes

(Above) AAA Founder and President Robert L Taylor and EAA Founder and President Paul Poberezny after Paul s arrival via his Harley Davidson

In response to an invitation extended by Brent Taylor Executive Director of the Antique Airplane Association EAA founder and chairman of the board Paul Poberezny and many of the Directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division travshye led to AAA s Antique Airfield in Blakesburg IA over the Labor Day weekend for the annual AAA APM Inshyvitational Fly-In

The AAAlAPM fly- in brings together a variety of AAA members who are vinshytage airp lane enthusiasts and their airshyplanes for an extended weekend of sharshying o ld airpla ne experiences and

discussing relevant issues Brent invited the folks from the EAA to enjoy the flyshyin and partake in a discussion regarding maintenance concerns that effect Anshytique Classic and other older aircraft In 1996 EAA and AAA have had a series of discussions regarding these issues inshycluding how to present our collective views to the FAA

The meeting held in one of the Air Power Museums hangars was attended by a large number of attendees and was opened by Bob Taylor who founded the AAA in 1953 and serves as its president had a few opening remarks before introshy

(Above) Nestled between the two hangars is the Pilots Pub with a handy shaded porch with is just right for pilot kibitzing

(Right) The two founders take a moment to enjoy a working breakfast disshycussing issues common to both organizations Yes thats Don and Ann Pelligrinos Fairchild XNQ-1 taxiing in the background

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(Above and right) Brent Taylor Executive Director of the AAA speaks t o the crowd about the mainteshynance issues that are confronting the pilotowners of older airplanes EAA and AAA have had a continuing series of discussions regarding these issues includshying how to present our collective views to the FAA as a group

ducing Paul Poberezny to the asshysembled crowd

Paul made some remarks to his fellow aviators regarding the issues we all face including an FAA that has become too politically motishyvated and efforts being made to keep the costs down of maintaining a personal airplane Paul and Bob then retired to Bob s office where he and Paul reminisced for a couple of hours about the past successes of their respective organizations

Brent Taylor chaired the meetshying held in one of the APM hangars with discussions centered around many maintenance issues AIC Treasurer EE Buck Hilbert adshydressed the group concerning the items that have been included in the

ongoing ARAC meetings Attending the Fly-In were AIC

Directors Gene Chase and his wife Dorothy Bob Brauer Phil Coulson and his wife Ruth Da le Gustafson and Secretary Steve Nesse

Of course there were plenty of other things to do during the laid back event including visiting with fellow pi lots of antiques and checkshying out the Air Power Museum the AAAs collection ofrare antiques that include the one and only reshymain ing General Aristocrat an alshymost complete collection of Aeronshycas and the sole remaining Welch OW-So The museum alone is reashyson enough to visit the field even outside of the Fly- In dates

It wasnt all work and no play - after all the AAA and EAA Ale Division are dedicated to keeping the anshyt iques flying and informing those who enjoy them The Wallace Touroplane (above) of Bill Jowetts made an appearance This Meyers OTW (below left) regisshytered to Dale Benskin Marshalltown IA was present as well as the Hisso powered Travel Air (below) flown by owner Dennis Trone Over 200 antiques classics and homebuilts (and their pilots) descended on Anshytique Airfield for the AAA National Fly-In

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The Sixth Annual MarionIN Fly-InCruise-In

by Ray L Johnson

(Above) Roy Foxworshythy and his JohnsonA Charity fly-in might be just the Rocket flew up from Columbus IN ticket for some local good will

The pilot of this Stins on V-77 George Moc k le t people who were so inshycl ined to hop up inside and take a look a t th e big cabin a irplane from the 40s

The idea for the Fly-in Cruise-In started in June of 1991 Our daughter was in the Marion High School Marching Band and they were in need of a major fund raiser There s a lot of interest in antique and classic automobiles in our area pershyhaps encouraged by the fact that a movie legend the perfect tough guy actor James Dean was born in Marion Indiana

We decided that we could invite anshytique classic and custom vehicles as well as anything that flies to our event An allshyyou-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast is put on by the Band Boosters and this one event has proven over the last six events to be the major fund raiser for the band As a big added plus we are able to highlight our loca l municipa l airport and promote general aviation You may wish to promote your local aviation activities with a charity event for the same reasons not the least of which is the sense of satisshyfaction that youve contributed to someshything worthwhile when you and your fe lshylow organizers complete your event

Th is past August 31 we presented our

sixth annual event The weather thankshyfu lly was perfect and we had 175 aircraft of all types and 225 vintage vehicles with the cars and planes parked amongst one anshyother for the general public to enjoy All of the registered participants received a dash plaque Between the the genera l pub lic and the pilots who flew in with their passhysengers 2 100 breakfasts were served

The 1931 Stinson Tri -Motor from Neenah WI high lighted our event by sellshying rides a ll morn ing long Also r ides were avai lable from the local FBO in a pair of Cessna l72s and a Cherokee Six In adshyd ition David Kew ley and George Wilts flew their Cessna 172 in for Streator IL and vo lunteered to fly 13 Young Eag les What a class act

Special thanks to EAA Chapter 226 of Anderson IN for helping us get started six years ago and EAA Chapter 304 of Jackshyson MI for their conti nued support Also the many EAA members who have helped make our fund raiser successful Mark your calendars for the 7th Annual Fly-IniCruise-In Saturday August 30 1997 Homebuilts are certainly welcome at the Marit

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Pam Workman zipped over from Zanesville OH with this custom 7EC Champ restored by her husband Paul

Walter Bests Stearman certainly had the crowd inshyterested in front of the hangars Hes from Inshydianapolis

This pretty 1957 Studebaker pickup truck was brought to the Marion Fly-InCruise-In by Robert Westfall Bluffton IN

t - heres Rick Rademackers Pietenpol from Urbana OH

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AntiqueClassic Aircraft Markings

by HG Frautschy

You re in the home stretch in your restoration proshyj ect rea lly making headway and about to fi ni sh the painting when you realize you haven t dec ided how you re going to layout the registrat ion numbers How big do they need to be Where do they go What do the regs say Youd have to look at Subpart C - Nashytionali ty and Registration Marks under 4522 Exhishybition antique and other a ircraft Spec ial rules for the deta il s For the part that concern s most o f us it reads

(b) A small US -registered aircraft bui lt at least 30 years ago or a US-registered aircraft for which an exshyper imen ta l cert i f icate h as been issued und e r sect2 119 1 (d) or 21 19 1 (g) fo r operation as an exhibition airc raft or as an amateur-built aircraft and which has the same external configuration as an airc raft buil t at least 30 years ago may be operated without displaying marks in accordance with sectsect4521 and 4523 through 4533 if

( I) It displays in accordance with sect452 1 (c) marks at least 2 inches high on each side o f the fu seshylage or vertica l ta il surface consisting of the Roman capita l letter N foll owed by 12 inch numbers such as these are not required unless you plan to fly

(i) The US registration num ber of the air- through an ADIZ or DEWIZ as well as in a foreign country Even then you can mark your aircraft with temporary registration markings if youre planshycraft or ning on making that international trip or you plan on transiting coasta l( ii ) The symbol appropria te to the ai rworshyairspace Adhesive tape that will not blow off is all that is required for yourthiness certificate of the aircraft (C standard R temporary markings By the way although the ICAO standards call out for

restri cted L limited or X ex pe rim enta l) fo lshy 12 numbers the US and Canada have a gentleman s agreement that alshylowed by the US registration number of the aircraft lows their aircraft to enter the US with 6 letters and wing markings while and Canada will allow aircraft at least 30 years old to enter with 2 numbers

(2) It di sp lays no other mark that begins Even if youre using a custom color scheme on your restoration you can use with the letter N anywhere on the aircraft unless it the mark ings appropriate to when your airplane was built In this Champs is the sa me mark that is di splayed unde r paragraph case a vertical stack of 2 letters and numbers on the rudder would be acshy

ceptable Check with your type c lub for the type and size of the markings(b)( I) of this section used on your aircraft when it was first built It goes on to explain what is needed if you wish to

fl y your 30-year-old or older airpl ane in an ADI Z or DEWI Z as we ll as in a fo reign country (A lthough the ICAO standards call out for 12 numbers the US and Canada have a gentlemans agreement that alshylows their aircraft to enter the US with 6 letters and wing marki ngs while Canada will allow US -reg isshytered a ircraft at least 30 yea rs old to enter with 2 numbers) There are other parts that are attached to this regu lat ion and if youre really interested feel free to rev iew the regs in that section

So whats all this mean Quite simply it allows you to put the same type of

markings on your freshly restored Antique C lassic or Contemporary aircraft that were installed by the facshytory without having to deface or screw up an othershywise beautiful paint scheme It also means that you can build a repl ica of any of these aircraft and mark them as they did when they were built with some small exceptions (letters at least 2 high - remember shythe 2 is a minimum not an exact size) Now none of this is recent news - weve had this agreement via the regulations for well over a decade EAA Founder and Chairman of the Board Paul Poberezny kept working

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Heres a closeup of the markings you can use on the vertical tail of your Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft These happen to be larger than the minimum required by the FAA but that s simple to explain - thats the way they were done at the Waco factory The 2 dimension called out in the regs is a minimum not an exact size

Barney Petersens Fokker DVII replica is able to use these small N numbers unshyder the horizontal tail since it is a replica of an aircraft built more than 30 years ago (and how) In fact the markings do not have to feature this much contrast

Antiques with marking such as this are able to be marked as such under authorizashytion of FAR 4522 (b) (1) (i and iiI Since aircraft such as this are exempted from comp lying with FAR 4521 the registration can have ornamentashytion and it can also have little contrast with the background

on this issue for 12 years with the FAA and the AAA was making their opinion known to the FAA as well

Still even after all these years we sti ll routinely receive ca lls sta ting tha t my loca l FAA inspector says I have to have 12 numbers Heres the straight skinny on that - you need 12 numbers only if you plan to fly through an ADIZ or DEWIZ as well as in a foreign country Even then you can mark your airshycraft with temporary 12 regi s tration markings if youre planning on making that international trip or you plan on transiting coastal airspace Adhesive tape that will not blow off is all that is required for your temporary markings Fo r aircraft over 30 years of age thats the only time 12 numbers are required

One other note - while you do have to put the regshyistration marks on the fuselage or vertical tail surface (usually on the rudder or vertical fin) you dont have to put the large wing numbers on If your airplane was delivered with them and you want to be authenshytic you certainly will want to do it but you dont have to as far as the FAA is concerned

Take a look at the photos included in this article for some explanation Now one of the first things you may notice is that a many of the older antiques have registration markings that have more than the letter N included In those instances you can use for jusshytification an FAA memo number N8 I 3061 dated 1231 90 and penned by Dana D Lakeman who was the Acting Manager Aircraft Manufacturing Division Aircraft Certification Service It reads in part

An antique aircraft or replica of an antique airshycraft described in FAR sect4522 (b) may display the symbols appropriate to the airworthiness certificate of the aircraft as part of the nationality and registration marks under the aircraft as part of the nationality and reg istration marks under the regulation The capital letter N followed by either a C (standard) R (restricted) L (limited) or X (experimental) folshylowed by the US registration number of the aircraft When these marks are included with the nationality and registration marks they add to the authenticity of antique and amateur-built copies of antique aircraft However if these symbols are added to the nationality and registrat ion marks displayed on the aircraft they do not become part of the official aircraft registration numbers

Now I realize that this is exactly as spelled out preshyviously in the regulations but there was apparently some confusion about the issue Most of it dealt with the fact that the official registration certificate issued by the FAA will not include the added mark since it is not part of the officia l registration This caused some heartburn with some inspectors who had noted the difference between the airplane and the FAA airshyworthiness and registration certificates The memo was intended to clarify this issue to the FAA inspecshytors in the field

Antiques certainly have some interesting markings This is C Harold Armstrongs Pitcairn PA-4 with wing and tail markings for C3261 exactly as the biplane was marked when built in 1927 Harold had carefully documented the markings including photos that showed his exact airplanes registration numbers

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copter procurement at that time was Col Keith Wilson

and hi s had

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by HC Frautschy

The August Mystery Plane was a helicopter and it was well known to many ofyou particularly to someone who 1 had hoped would write in - James Ricklefs a long-time Ale Division member James was one ofthe principles ill the company that built the twillshyrotor helo ill the photo Heres his Ilote

LANDGRAF HELICOPTER COMPANY

A Short History Compiled by James S Ricklefs AlC 964

Fred Landgraf started in 1941 to deshyvelop the experimental Model H-2 helishycopter which was a single-place proof of concept design built of wood and powered with an 85 hp Pobjoy English engine At that time Fred was working at Douglas EI Segundo plant as a landing gear and hyshydraulics group leader He quit Douglas in 1943 to work on the helicopter fullshytime at home r joined Fred in 1944 as his vice president and also invested some money in the comshypany We looked around and found an abandoned gasoshyline filling station at 8024 S Western Ave in Los Angeles and with the backing of 55 stockholders and six shop men we started making progress

The H-2 was ready to fly in late 1944 I transported it on a trailer behind my 1941 Buick Roadmaster convertible to the Army Lomita air strip near Torrance California where it first flew November 2 1944 In the test flight pictures as well as me you wi ll see Fred Landgraf and his father Ed Lt Edward E Leatherbury ( in command of the Lomita air strip) George Halsey (professional test pishylot) Mike Newshall Harry Cornish Gilbert Magill (a helicopter designer and builder) Owen Petty and Harvey Chapman Initial testing was done by George Halsey with very limited forward speed Fred Landgraf tried his hand at hovering Ed Leatherbury then did the majority of the flights some at fairly high forward speeds Leatherbury crashed

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the machine on November 17 1944 when one of the wooden hubs let go in forward flight He suffered a broken jaw and other IIlJunes

Landgraf then set about designing a metal rotor hub which was done in the Inshydustrial Plastics Corporation building at 1440 West I 66th St Gardena CA In the spring of 1945 the Army awarded Landgraf a $50000 contract for the development of a rigid rotor blade system to be used on the

H-2 The head of Army helishy

Maj George Woods By the spring of 1946 the helicopter was agai n ready to fly with test pilot Dean Hoatson Extensive flying was done both at Centra l Airport near Compton CA and at Vultee Field in Downey CA I soloed the H-2 at Downey on May 20 1946 A second small er Army contract came in January 1948 for additional strain gage testing

Test pilot Dean Hoatson was killed while giv ing instruction in one of Lee Mansdorffs Sikorsky R4-Bs near Compshyton CA in August 1947 In mid 1946

Landgraf sold forei gn manufacturing rights to Firth Helicopters Ltd London England for $100 000 This gave Landgraf th e money to purchase 13 acres of land adjashycent to the Central Airport and build an 80by 108 brick office and shop building at 13440 S Central Ave Los Angeles

CA Fred and I tried hard to get one of the large aircraft compashy

nies in the area to conshytinue the project as we

ran low on money We conferences with

Robert E Gross of

Lockheed and many others but nothing

jelled The English comshypany was also having money and

production troubles as can be seen in the attached memo written by Landgraf for the stockholders (The letter to the shareshyholders details the concerns Landgraf had about the overweight aircraft built by Firth Helicopters and expresses his belief that the Firth project was not heading in a posishy

In early 1948 I formed my own helishycopter operating company and rented the Landgraf faci liti es until 1955 when I moved my operation to San Francisco and Alaska The Landgraf company had an auction January 19 1949 at which time all the machinery and office equipment was disposed of including the model H-2 From a financial standpoint it was necessary to sell it so we could write it off the books at once rather than expense it off over a 17 year patent li fe The machine was sold to a loca l junk dealer I think he sold the enshygine and destroyed the airframe Gilbert Magill bought the patent rights but never

The November Mystery plane comes to us from the EAA archives Its a roshybust looking biplane with an interestshying wing bracing arrangement and we await your answers Replies must be received no later than December 26 1996 to be included in the February isshysue of Vintage Airplane

did anything with them as I recall Magshyill died July 1986 in Texas at about age 76 after promoting two or three one-man helicopters

The Landgraf company was disshysolved in 1952 after selling the land and building to Robert Schultz I continued to rent from Schultz until 1955 Fred died July 12 1973 in San Diego after a heart attack Fred and I kept in touch through the years In early luly 1973 he sent me a long letter helping me with a weight and balance problem I was havshying on the 1916 Spad VII airplane I was restoring in my shop

~andgraf H-2

This Mystery Plane was submitted by Howard l ung Monterey Park CA Beshysides hi s des ign work on the Luscombe 8 seri es Howard was also part of the team working on the Landgraf H-2 In his note that he sent with the photos he wrote We all (6) were fellow engineers hired by Douglas Aircraft-Northrop Division in El Segundo CA Fred Landgrafwas our group leader in the landing gear and hyshydraulics section On the side Landgraf was designing a helicopter We all were interested and volunteered to work on this project after hours doing mostly shop work

The H-2 was powered by an 85 hp Pobshyjoy engine and featured a pair of 16 ft inshytermeshing synchronized rotors with the helicopters attitude controlled by ailerons built into the trailing edge of each rotor It had automatic collective pitch control (Increasing power resulted in increased collective pitch) There was an override for that system to fine tune the collecshytive pitch contro l and to provide control during autorotation

The cockpit controls consisted of a sinshygle control stick and throttle A later deshysign evolution of the H-2 tested a yaw sysshytem actuated by rudder peda ls in the cockpit which extended spoi lers at the end of each rotor blade By adding drag to the rotor disc on one side an increased torque load was applied to that rotor and yaw during hovering flight was possible Withshyout the added control when the H-2 was brought into a hover it would then weathshyercock into the wind

The retractable landing gear had long stroke oleos buil t to soak up the impact of a power off vertical landing Landgraf was working on the design of a pair of larger helos based on the same configurashytion but no one was interested in fronting the money to put the design into existence or production Other correct answers were recieved from Charley Hayes New Lenox IL Vi Smith Uxbridge Midd lesex Engshyland Lennart lohnsson Eldsberga Sweshyden Doug Rounds Zebu lon GA Ralph Norte ll Spokane WA and Tim Wood St Louis MO

These photos supplied by Howard Jung were taken in early November of 1944 The color of the H-2 was red overall w ith the top of the fuselage cream The rotor blades are cream with red tips A few days later on November 17 the helishycopter crashed after a wooden rotor hub failed The hubs were redesigned with steel hubs

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club

publications amp newsletters

Twin Beech Association Inc Fountain Valley CA 714-964-4864

From the Beech Eagle Flyer Sept 96

Perrone Leathers Tri-Gear 18 was a big hit at Oshkosh If we were to give an award for extreme patience in restoring a Twin Beech certainly Bill Perrone Senior and Junior would be the recipients They have had more frustrations than anyone of us could stand time after time they ran into problems with no sol utions in hand They continued to pour money into their flying leather display airplane and never gave up hope Their last anguish was that they were upside down money wise in the airplane I assured them that they were not - th e proof came at Oshkosh as hordes of people came to look at the prominently displayed airplane More than once check books were pulled out with offers to the Perrones to name their price One person who shall remain anonymous wanted to be first in line and said he would make whatever offer it took to buy the airplane Bill and Billy smiled proudly as they declined all offers Billy ran into a problem when servicing the nose gear hydraulic snubber cy linder Each time he did so the right pilot s masshyter cylinder went soft Any ideas Billy suggested we come up with a li st of supshypliers of various components for the Beech 18 We have a short list (so far) Send us names and address of repair shops mechanics and others who service the airplane or do specia lty repairs etc Obviously we want names of companies and individuals of good repute Enrico Botteri editor

The Oregon Antiquer shyOctober 1996

A very nice 8-page monthly bulletin (with two pages of photos) of the Oregon Antique amp Class ic Aircraft C lub (OACAC) does a fine job of telling the story and happenings among a really

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active bunch of antique and classic devoshytees in and around the state of Oregon The president is Hal Skinner (541-746shy3387) and the editor is Tom Bedell (541shy929-5598) with the address of the club li sted as P O Box 613 Creswell OR 97426 Annual due s are $10 The October issue has an interesting member profile on Don Harrell (EAA 53378) of P O Box 205 Brownsville CA 95919 writshyten by Carol Skilmer

Don was born in Indiana in 1927 on a farm near Monument City that is now under water due to a flood control project He has lived in Brownsville California for 12 years and after 17 moves during his military career he says he expects to die there Although it seems to him he has only been married a few years Lucille reminded him it ha s been 18 Must be wonderful years

Don spent 23 years in the Air Force starting as an aviation cadet but the war ended With a BS and an ROTC comshymission he went back to flight school and was a full-time pilot for 19 years Service as an officer was much more enjoyable

Soloing in 1943 in a brand new Piper 1-5 out of an Indiana cornfield it was not until 1945 that Don got his pilots license He now holds commercial single amp multishyengine land and sea g lider helicopter rotorcraft in strument CFI and seve ral type ratings Don says I also have a piece of paper that calls me an A amp P but that s questionable

Never having counted the number and kinds of airplanes he has flown Don guesses a hundred or so Naming hi s favorite is difficult but he says the DC-3 or C-47 because of its reliability It also taught him about serious instrument flyshying (Sounds like an interesting story itself) Aircraft that Don has owned include a Piper 1-2 Taylorcraft BC-12D Luscombe and in Eng land an AustershyCraft wh ich is a T-Craft with an inverted four-cylinder in-line eng ine He now owns a Cessna 170B a Ryan PT -22 and a

Starduster Too I has heard that Don had done some

instructing outside the US and thought it would make interesting reading First was ferrying C-119s and setting up a school for the Indian Air Force The next year he was a tactical helicopter instructor for the Venezuelan Air Force Then came two years as an instructoradvisor with the Columbian Air Force where he was the only English speaking person in town Shortly after Don and Lucille were marshyried the Shah of Iran advertised on the QT for single engine jet pilots and helishycopter pilots Figuring his life expectancy was better in the helicopter business he persuaded Lucille to give it a go

But then the Shah lost his job and so did Don Says Don Getting out is a story in itself Ross Perot is one of my heroes All this was followed by a stay in the Fiji Islands

Don is somewhat of an expert on Cessna 170s having owned 14 Three were totally rebuilt and restored to absolute new condition The only factory jigs easi ly available to enab le a perfect rebuild are in Porterville Cal ifornia The cost of living there in a motorhome for four to six weeks increases the cost of a 170 to $45000-$50000 and nobody wants to pay that much so what started as a business turned out to be a non-profit hobby

Don and Lucille are one of 15 aviation minded families who live at Brownsville Aeropines a narrow 2600 asphalt strip between Oroville and Grass Valley California in the Sierra foothills The air

port is privately owned and operated as a public airport

Don is President and a member of the Board of Directors of a homeowners orgashynization that helps with the maintenance and advises on operations

When asked about some interesting aviators he has known andor flown with Don said All aviators are interesting peoshy

Continued on page 28

Commanding Presence

A Newly Restored OX-5 Powered 3C3 Highlights the Work of Pioneer Aero-Engineer Albert Voellmecke

by HC Frautschy

Albert Voellmecke came to the United States from Germany during the economic aftermath of World War I Hed been workshying for the previous 12 years at the Ernst Heinkel Airplane Works in Wamemuende Germany but the opportunities in German aviation of the 1920 s were not what he deshysired In the States aviation seemed to be ready to burst upon the scene Plenty of Iightplane work was being done in Gershymany under the restrictions of the Versailles Treaty but that didn t satisfy the ambitious engineer Incorporated in 1926 the Arkansas Airplane Company of Little Rock AR was licensed to produce the Heinkel HD-40 a mailplane the company intended tj

to sell in the very active market of 1927 ~ ~

Part of the deal saw a very capable German ~ engineer come to work for the Arkansas timl

Voellmecke put the radiator for the OX-5 inBy 1927 Voellmecke was working in

the nose of the Command-A ire giving anLittle Rock Appointed the companys unobstructed view forward and lesseningChief Engineer he set about laying out a the drag of the entire unit hanging out in the new biplane that looked rather conventional breeze Nothing comes free in aerodynamshyIt was one of many from that era built to ics and this radiator placement was no exshytake advantage of the many surplus Curtiss

OX-5 engines still stockpiled in the US ception It looked great but airflow through

I f you were standing on the grass at an it was less than it would be if it were

airport in 1928 taking a look over your mounted elsewhere When the larger 150 hp shoulder its design didnt strike you as Hisso engine was installed in a later model something radically new but a closer invesshy the added heat generated exceeded the radiashytigation after it had been parked and shut tors capacity and it had to be moved to beshydown revealed a well designed and thought low the cowl forward of the landing gear out airplane A wide spread landing gear 78 The 3C3s designed evolved with a numshyinches across kept it stable on the ground ber of different engine installations includshy

Restorer Tom Brown Unity WI andwhile the center of the upper wings was ing the 115 hp Ryan-Siemens and 110 hp owner Art Knowles Jacksboro TXbraced entirely with struts with no wire Warner Scarab The fuselage was re-deshybracing used to reinforce it The wing itself signed to accept engines of higher horseshyhad no center section - the upper wing panshy The airplane was so stable hands off that power and the airplane was designated the els are bolted together on the centerline the company test pilot Wright Ike Vershy 5C3 A pair of crossed center brace wiresThe triangular configuration of the center milya thought it great fun to ride the airshy was also added 185 hp Curtiss Challengersection struts is reminiscent of the Fokker plane atop the fuselage as the biplane flew engines were installed as well as the surplus DVIl from WW I A single set ofN struts

along in cruise flight Thats wild enough Hisso still available in great numbers from brace the outer wings along with double but Ike did it without a parachute - clearly he wartime production The Axelson andsets of flying and landing brace wires had just as much faith in his grip as in the Wright J-6-5 engines were also installed inOther innovations included an adjustable airplanes stabi li ty various examples built Juptners US stabilizer allowing the pilot to take advanshy

tage of the Command-Aire 3C3s inherent By the late 20s most designers who Civil Aircraft lists no less than 10 different used the availab le water-cooled enginespositive stability by trimming for hands off ATCs for the various Command-Aire 3C3

flight The flight controls are of the torque placed the radiator in the center section or and 5C3 models tube variety as is the stabilizer trim below the fuselage near the landing gear Built as passenger carrying biplanes the

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(Above) The stabilizer of the CommandshyAire is adjustable form the cockpit The large cutout for the stabilizer brace is necessary since the entire structure for t he stabi lizer is moved when a trim change is made

A brass f uel cap and t he TASCO fue l gauge rebuilt by Philip Krause of Vintage Aero are beautiful touches to a masterful restoration

standard model of the airplane was built with a three-place cockpit and the trainer versions with dual controls were licensed as two-place models The cockpit of the 3C3-T trainer was in the bathtub configshyuration with both pilots seats encircled with one elongated oval cockpit cutout Earning its ATC in May of 1929 the trainer was in response to an increase in the deshymand for trainer type airplanes Although only a short summer away the great Stock Market Crash of 1929 was still in the fushyture and not many people heeded the warnshy

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(Below) The only instruments are mounted at the forward end of the bathshytub style cockpit with a large crash pad mounted in the front On the left is the tachometer and water temperature and on the right is the height indicator and oil pressure A Johnson airspeed indi shycator is mounted on the r ight N strut an a small swing down compass is installed in front of the rear seat to the left of the aft crash pad They hadnt learned about shoulder harnesses back then

ing of a few economists and businessmen Money was being spent and the market

seemed limitless Priced at $3350 the Command-Aire 3C3-T was deemed a good ship and at least 30 of them were proshyduced and another half-dozen or so examshyples were built with 110 hp Warner Scarab engines at a price of $5500

The bubble burst as it did for so many men and their companies as the winter of 29-30 wore on and the depth of the ecoshynomic plummet began to be felt Voellmecke valiantly soldiered on at Comshymand-Aire designing what he hoped would be the prototype of a single place sport airshyplane that would keep the company afloat Called the Little Rocket the racer piloted by Lee Gehlbach won the All American Air Derby in 1930 It was later destroyed in a fire

Half a century later Joe Araldi of Lakeshyland FL had finished the restoration of a Command-Aire After being given the adshy

dress of Albert Voellmecke himself then living in Silver Spring MD Joe visited him with a photo of the restored biplane in his hand Over a drink of cognac when Araldi casually menti oned that hed like to build a replica of the Little Rocket Albert made it possible by supplying a set of drawings and lending technical support to the building of what he referred to as Little Rocket No 2 First flown in 1990 it can be seen on display at the Sun n Fun Foundations Museum on Lakeland-Linder airport in Lakeland Albert Voellmecke passed away in June 5 1994 after having relived a past glory with the flights of the new Little Rocket Joe is now restoring a 5C3 Command-Aire a project he readily admits had gotten under his skin The airplane has a soul he remarked reshycently

Noted antique airplane collector Andy Anderson had a Command-Air 3C3-T in his collection and in 1976 he advertised the basket case project in Trade-A-Planereg None of the aircraft forward of the firewall was included but a set of wings good only for patterns was there along with a complete fuselage tail surfaces and landing gear It was stamped on the data plate as a 3C3-T model making it a bit rarer than a straight 3C3 This particular 3C3 was built in March of 1929 and sold a few months later on June 17 1929 to the Curtiss Wright Flying Club in Kansas City headquartered at the Presishydent Hotel Walter Briggs was the pilot who picked it up and signed the papers for a bill of sale that had $342195 as the list price and a 25 discount gave the final price as $2584 That figure included 44 gallons of gasoline at $1320 (thats 30cent a gallon) and $626 for 5 gallons of oil (they must have carried one gallon home because the engine only holds four gallons)

Delta Airlines Captain Art Knowles knew what the ad in the yellow paper meant Hed been keeping an eye open for a CommandshyAire project ever since seeing one in the pile of parts and pieces he helped antiquer John Thurmon move to the now defunct Justin Time airport near Dallas-Ft Worth back in the mid-1970s Art also lived on the airshyport and he was interested enough in the bishyplane to do some research work that would prove useful when he looked at the airplane that Andy Anderson had on hand

When Art called Andy and obtained the project he was apparently the only intershyested party in 1976 - how times have changed Knowing that he had a pretty rare airplane Art decided to restore it to its origishynal configuration complete with an OX-5 and the bathtub cockpit Thats easy enough to say but doing it takes a lot more persevershyance While the 3C3-T he purchased still had the OX-S engine mount welded in place none of the sheet metal cowl remained It was going to be quite a long haul and it wasnt quite time to start since Art had a Fleet 16 project he needed to complete

Coincidentally there was another Delta

I

To regulate the engine temperature the cowl shutters open and shut This set of shutters were handmade by Tom The radiator itself was made over a decade ago by Forrest Lovely With the OX-5 Tom says the radiator i n the nose is quite sufficient A later model with the Hisso engine installed needed more rashydiator area so it was moved to below the cowling in front of the landing gear

pilot who also had a 3C3 he was restoring and between the two of them they amassed a collection of photographs brochures and other information Fifteen years ago Art asked Forrest Lovely to build up a pair of rashydiators one for his airplane and the other for the Command-Aire owned by his friend John Thurmon That airplane is now owned and flown by Dennis Trone

The prop was also purchased early on in the restoration carved by Ole Fahlin and carefully stored until it was needed

The engine was of course a problem Tom Hegy had one in Wisconsin and Art picked up the parts and pieces of a couple more OXs so that a complete engine could be built up out of the collection The only thing he has not been able to locate is one of the original Phylix fire extinguisher sysshytems installed by Command-Aire Actuated in the cockpit either manually or by G-force it consisted of an extinguisher mounted in the cockpit with a manifold running up to and around the engine compartmentjust like some of the modem systems in use today

Just north of the former Justin Time airshyport Richard Wilkinson has an airplane woodworking business and he had a young lady working for him Shirley Gerard A master woodworker she came down to John Thurmons hangar to build up a set of wings After seeing her handiwork Art said When youre done with these just move south to my hangar I ll give you a set of keys and you can build up another set of wings He just couldn t pass up having the wings done by someone with such talent and expertise

She later covered the completed set after she and her husband moved to the Austin

TX area After completion the wings were carefully stored waiting for the rest of the project to catch up

After that another slowdown in the proshyject was created when the Justin Time airshyport was closed by Ross Perot and his sons who bought up a large tract of land to build the Alliance Airport To ensure its longevity the Perot s bought up much of the surroundshying property precluding any additional deshyvelopment The little residential airport was in that category and everybody on it hadt to find a new place to live and keep their airshyplanes

Art bought a ranch in Jacksboro TX and found that running the ranch flying for the airline and keeping up the machinery on the ranch used up almost all of his time What he needed was someone who could finish the project someone he could afford but whose work was excellent

By 1992 it was time for Tom Brown of Unity WI to take part in the project

At that time Tom was just beginning to look for additional projects to bring into his shop Interested in adding to his income stream to help care and feed the Waco F-2 project he had completed he wanted to do restorations fu ll time and had already built a reputation as a fine craftsman Art conshytracted with Tom to finish the airplane and

looking back on it he says it was the best bus iness deal hes ever engaged in More than that he said it was the best friendship deal he ever made As soon as he saw how Tom delved into the project and got on it imshymediately Art knew the best thing he could do to help Tom was to pay the bills and let Tom do his thing

And do his thing was wh at Tom does best All of the sheet metal in the airplane is flat wrap with no compound curves in any of it save for the spinner cap and all of it was created by Tom in his shop A mastershyful restorer he hand bu ilt the shutters mounted in front of the radiator in the nose cowl Even the cowl hold down latches were built by Tom using an original from Dennis Trones airplane as a guide

The project also was aided by two of his relatives Tom s father Ed Brown was on hand for those two-man operations such as the rigging of the airplane With 4-12 deshygrees of incidence in each wing it cruises at 65 mph and it flies as though it has a couple of notches of flaps out at all times The final touches creating the painted logo on the fuselage were done by Toms sister Donna Seckler who lives in the Minneapolis area A talented artist shes done a few portraits of the airplanes built by Tom and shell be doing the artwork on the Alexander Eagleshyrock he is currently restoring

Sheet metal repair wasnt limited to creshyating sheet metal parts The original airplane had corrugated aluminum floorboards which Tom repaired using a set of dies he made to re-form the original pieces

All of the instruments all four of them the water temperature tachometer height inshydicator and oil pressure gauges were refurshybished by Philip Krause at Vintage Aero in Westport NY who does an masterful job maintaining the look and texture of the old instruments A T ASCO fuel gauge was reshybuilt by Philip as well

Prior to starting the rebuild Tom drove the fuse lage and other steel parts down to Leonard Manson of W inneconnie WI

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Leonard has a reputation as one of the best abrasive blasters in the area and undershystands the difficulties presented to aircraft restorers who need the job done quickly and right so that it can be driven home and imshymediately primed and painted Tom says he can work through an entire fuselage in about 2-1 12 hours finding any flaws that are noshyticeable with the naked eye and he works as fast as people can hand him the parts Getshyting there early in the morning meant it could be back in Toms shop getting a coat ofTenaco epoxy paint and primer that same afternoon Obtained from Viking Paint in Minneapolis Tom swears by the stuff - inshyexpensive it is as hard as nails and sticks to steel well As a side note all of the steel tubing used in the Command-Aire is 4130 not 1020 that was prevalent at the time it was built

All covering is with Ceconite and an STCd dope finish with the wood fairing strips atshytached in place per the original with rib lacing cord As you can see in the photos no addishytional do-dads were added to the airplane (save for a compass mounted on a small swing down panel) and it is very original leading one to believe that the advertising numbers used for empty weight were rather optimistic 1410 Ibs was listed in promotional materials as the empty weight (early on an article in Aero Dishygest gave it as 1275 Ibs) This airplane came in at 1505 Ibs To the uninitiated that might sound really high for an airplane equipped with a 90 hp engine but a good look at the proshypeller will give you a clue as to what is going on - those 90 hp are developed at 1400 rpm and you might wish to think of them as draft horses who powerfully plod along rather than the quick thoroughbred who depends on speed to develop its full power The OX-5 is capable of generating a large amount of torque at low rpm and translating that to a lot of thrust with a large wood prop No one would consider one of these biplanes a rocket in the climb but they did their job well and for a reasonable cost For 20 more horsepower youd pay nearly double the price for the airplane equipped with a 110 hp Warner

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Art let Tom just zip along on the project with minimal influence The last time he saw it before it was completed and flying it was unpainted and still in pieces all over the hangar The engine was scattered all over the northern US still being prepared for asshysembly Later that year while at home at the ranch Art answered the ringing teleshyphone hearing what sounded like a thrashshying machine on the other end of the line Hi Art said the cheerful voice on the phone Art knew then that the OX-5 was asshysembled and running in the airframe and that the end of the project was in sight

I dont have to be there for the first flight he told Tom When youve got it done and happy with it get it in the air Thats exactly what he did and it wasnt unshytil three days before EAA Oshkosh 96 that Art got to see the completed airplane One of the nice things about restoring this particshyular Command-Aire was the fact that Tom was able to have the Milwaukee FSDO do a conformity inspection on the airplane rather than needing a visit from the Minneapolis FAA engineering office which would have taken more time Why

This palticular airplane was issued an airshyworthiness certificate on an annual basis until 1953 With an original of the last cershytificate all that was required to put the airshyplane back in the air was a conformity inshyspection That saved quite a bit of time when it came down to the wire and EAA Oshkosh neared

With regard to the experience of flying the Command-Aire Tom reports that the bathtub configuration was a pleasant surshyprise It is a lot more comfortable than you think it would be I thought air would be blowing up your pants legs and everything but its not bad he says The few instrushyments on board are mounted only in the front cockpit and you solo from the back seat so you sometimes have to peer around your front seat passenger to check your altishytud e The 10hnson airspeed indicator is

mounted on the outboard right N strut The airplane like so many of its day was not equipped with an airspeed indicator when delivered by the factory but a 10hnson wind

vane type indicator was often bought and inshystalled by the pilot

When the appointed time came Art arshyrived over Toms grass strip in north central Wisconsin in his Cessna 180 The Comshymand-Aire looked pretty good sitting in front of the hangar as he circled above When he taxied up and got a close up look he said he was speechless - the completed airplane was simply beyond his comprehenshysion it was so pretty to look at The weather didnt cooperate for three days but finally it relented enough to allow the pair to fly the Command-A ire to the Convention The trip down to Oshkosh wasnt without its thrills

During the early portion of the flight afshyter it had been running for a hour or so the OX-5 hiccupped a couple of times as it had done once or twice before Investigating the problem before they departed didn t tum up anything out of the ordinary but over the Wisconsin River the OX-5 decided to stop running for a few seconds Art thought it was all over since whatever youre over is where youre going to land in an antique bishyplane like the Command-Aire Thankfully it picked back up again Tom had a detershymined look on his face and pointed the airshyplane ahead looking for a strip that he knew of one that was not on the map

They landed at the duster strip used by Tom Hegy who had supplied the basic enshygine a few years before The two Toms and Art decided that the coil in the magneto must have gone bad A call back to th e house in Unity sent Tom s wife Chris Arts wife Betsy and the Brown s two little girls Rea and Elizabeth to the hangar for the spare magneto then to Chris car so the mag could be delivered to the duster strip A magneto change and a nice stay overnight and they were on their way The OX-5 has run flawshylessly since The Command-Aire will reshymain in Wisconsin over the winter months and then head south with Art Knowles who will be a retired airline pilot by then

Heres to a happy retirement with his new jewel of an airplane which was seshylected as the Silver Age (1928-1932) Chamshypion at EAA Oshkosh 96 Fly it in good health

Highly detailed and immaculate engine compartment of the Piper Colt reveals dedication to originality Individual primer lines to each cylinshyder are visible as well as new Slick magnetos and shielded harness

Often referred to as a sleeper in the conshytemporary class and probably one of the best aircraft for the money on the used market the Piper PA-22-1 08 Colt comes from good lineage Its a sister to the Piper Tri-Pacer and a first cousin to all the other short-wing Pipers

With Cessna making large inroads on the training market in the late 1950s with their Model 150 Piper decided to bring out a bare bones trainer that was low in cost and economical to operate The result was the PA-22-1 08 Colt that a number of flight schools put on the line and many pilots earned their wings in this two-place trishygeared airplane In addition the Colt was certified on Federal skis (three required) for the cold weather crowd and Edo 88shy1650 floats for the wet-foot crowd

With the assembly line cranking up to produce Colts in 1960 Piper went on to build approximately 1850 of this mode l during the next three years Of this numshyber the current FAA register lists 1023 as survivors some thirty plus years later In addition a number of Colts have found there way overseas and are serving their owners well The main features of the Colt even though the airframe is nearly identical to a Tri-Pacer include two seats (side-by-side) no flaps very large baggage compartment (100 Ibs ) no inter-connect between the rudder and the ailerons and up front a Lycoming 0-235-C I B engine of 108 hp One out-of-the-ordinary item is the 600 X 6 nose wheel (the same size as the mains) which handles the bumps and ruts in excellent fashion Normal fuel cashypacity was an IS-gallon left wing tank however many Colts left the factory with the optional 18-gallon right wing tank inshystalled for a total of 36 gallons This comshybination gave a range of nearly 650 statute miles at a cruise of lOS mph With a useshyfulload of 71 0 Ibs the Colt can carry 494 Ibs of people and baggage with a full load of fuel on board a quite remarkable achievement 18 NOVEMBER 1996

(Right) Beautifully reshydone interior includes flat black finish on inshystrument panel all overshyhauled or new instrushyments and original herringbone fabric on seats Note trim handle on overhead panel

Side view of Colt reveals Tri-Pacer lineage including all three wheels being the same size small nosewheel fender to keep belly clean non-skid step on right landing gear for easier cabin entrance and polished stainless steel cowl latches

The above mentioned information all came to light when our award-winning Piper Colt was discovered in 1992 at a small airport in Fairfield IL The Colt had been purchased new as a birthday present for the owners wife It was flown until the owner fa iled his medical when it was sold to a second party This party had difficulshyties with hangar payments so the airplane sat outside fo r two years Eventua lly a hai l storm caused damage to the fabric and meta l so the Colt was put in a hangar where it forlorn ly sat for the next six years

- gathering dust When the employee group at Wicks Airshy

craft learned of the sad plight of the forlorn Colt in 1992 a team was sent to examine the dusty (and dirty) airp lane and report back to the group at Highland IL The team had permission to cut small hoes in the orig inal cotton fabric (now 32 years old) to examine the airframe underneath It looked to be in excellent shape and the low total ti me of 1209 hours since brand new rea lly got their attention In due time a deal was struck and the Colt was carefully

Looking up at Bill Weder as he brings the Colt in close we get a good look at the overall caliber of workmanshyship exhibited by the Wicks employees Th is is one sweet flying airplane

dismantled and hauled back to Wicks Airshycraft facility in Highland IL This was to be the very first experience with a fabric airplane for the Wicks employees and they eagerly looked forward to the new chalshylenge Before the airplane was taken apart they were able to start the 108 hp Lyshycoming engine and listen to it run Granted it only had 1209 hours however the 32 years of little use and long periods of idle storage had taken its toll so it was removed and taken apart for a complete overhaul

The leaders in the rebuild effort were Bill Weder and Edward Faiss (EAA 181073) two sharp men of excellent enthushysiasm who really were able to keep the employees focused on finishing the airshyplane When the fuselage and wings were uncovered the airframe was found to be in excellent condition with almost no corroshysion Once all the prep work was finshyished the covering was done with Stits Poly Fiber Ed Faiss had attended the Stits demonstrations at Oshkosh for the past five years and was now able to put his training to good use - teaching others as the various parts were covered A look at the finished airplane reveals a fantastic job with the fabshy

(Left) Ed Faiss on the left holds the record flight document from the NAA earned by N4247Z on its flight from Highland IL to Kitty Hawk NC On the right is pilot Bill Weder (with the big smile) and in between is the Grand Champion award won at the Short Wing Piper Club gathering To this collection we have now added the 96 Contemporary Reserve Grand Champion Lindy

(Below) Near head-on view shows the short thick (USA 35B airfoil) wings that do a remarkable job of lifting 1650 Ibs at gross weight The two fuel caps are visible on top of the wings each tank holding 18 gallons Jury struts from the wing struts to the wing spars are not used on the short winged Pipers

ric an important point well noted by the Contemporary judges

All hardware in the entire airplane was replaced with new hardware as the rebu ild progressed New control cables were fabrishycated and insta ll ed Even the difficult-toshymake endless trim cable was carefully fabshyricated and installed - saving $ 150 in the process Dua l toe brakes so necessary when the airp lane is used for instruction were insta ll ed a long with new chrome brake discs and new bungee co rds in the land ing gear system For safetys sake

new seat belts and shoulder harnesses were insta ll ed - standard items available from Wicks

A new three- light strobe system was inshysta ll ed on the wingtips and rudder to aid visibi lity during night flying To make the cabin more comfortable in warm weather sma ll vents were added to each side winshydow that have a micro adjustment for vol shyume All side windows were replaced in the airp lane however the 36-year-old windshield was carefully po lished inside and out re ins talled in the airplane and it

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Left) High over Wittman Airfield at EAA Convention t ime the pretty Colt is inshydeed a sharp looking airplane with it s original paint scheme in Daytona White and Phoenix Tan

looks like new The original instrument panel was toshy

tally redone and finished off in the original flat black finish All new or freshly overshyhauled instruments were installed including radios transponder etc to where the airshyplane is now certified for IFR flight The original lettering on the instrument panel was precisely duplicated by Moody Aero Graphics

The interior fabrics on the seats walls and door were carefully matched by the husbandwife team of Jerome and Nancy Hediger of the Wicks group who did a fanshytastic job of duplicating the factory interior on the Colt The fabrics were all treated to meet the FAA fire retardant code before inshystallation The finished interior is a thing of beauty and makes one feel like its 1960 all over again when you enter the airplane and sit in the comfortable seats

One item that raised a few eyebrows happened when the search began for an original chrome plated ash tray that mounts on the glareshield above the instrument panel A phone call to Univair (Aurora CO) revealed they had only one left - and it was an original Piper ash tray Almost afraid to ask the price they swallowed hard and said How much The answer was Two dollars and sixty cents (This was probably the original Piper price from 1960) Without hesitation the group bought the chrome plated ash tray and inshystalled it in the square cut-out in the glareshield - the one true bargain of the entire restoration

The final colors were the original Daytona White and Phoenix Tan that were carefully matched to an original paint scheme drawing provided by the Short Winged Piper Club (SWPC) who were most helpful throughout the restoration

Up front the original boot cowl had susshytained damage during the hail storm menshytioned earlier so it was decided to fabricate a new one from aluminum and stainless steel The resu lt shows remarkable workmanship and when combined with a fresh ly painted cowling it is easy to see how the judges were 20 NOVEMBER 1996

attracted to the airplane The wing struts were carefully punch tested and found to be corrosion free They were oiled intershynally painted on the outside and installed on the airplane

When the 0-235 Lycoming was disshymantled it was discovered the crankshaft had a crack in it so it was replaced with a certified shaft The camshaft also showed signs of wear so it was replaced In addishytion four new cylinders from Lycoming were installed along with a set of new Slick mags with dual impulse and harnesses The propeller was sent out for overhaul and was returned complete with a yellow tag

Eventually the long hours of rebuilding and the many sore muscles began to pay off as the Colt rapidly neared completion The many details that have to be taken care of -one at a time - slowly reduced to where the pretty little tri-gear was ready for final inspection and sign off for flight

Bill Weder taxied the Colt to the end of the runway on October 21 1995 turned opened the throttle and lifted the newly reshystored airplane into the blue sky It cli mbed out smartly and even Bill was surshyprised at how well the Colt flew Before long he was able to take each employee for a well-earned ride They all enjoyed it

(Below) The rounded w ingtips and rounded tai l feathers are all part of the design detail found in Piper products for many years Both w ingtip strobe lights and left w ing landing light are visible in this overhead shot

A visit to the Short Winged Piper Club Fall Fly-In gave an inkling into the future when the restored Piper Colt ran off with Grand Championship Award at the fly-in Before long plans were made to attempt a record flight in December from Highland IL to Kitty Hawk NC On December 16 1995 with everything fine tuned the Colt made the flight to Kitty Hawk in eight hours two minutes and 24 seconds of flying time setting a new record of9664 miles per hour for its official weight class

By the time EAA Oshkosh 96 rolled around some 70 hours had been recorded on the Piper Colt and once more it was cleaned up and polished and flown to the huge gathshyering in Wisconsin Representing the entire crew of Wicks employees were Bill Weder and Ed Faiss two very knowledgeable represhysentatives When the week was over and all the shouting had died down the pretty Colt had run off with the Reserve Grand Chamshypion Lindy award in the Contemporary class The supreme efforts of a dedicated group of Wicks employees had paid off - in spades Along with thousands of other folks we add our sincere Congratulations to a reshyally fine group of genuine aviation people You have earned it

HELPS and

by Brad Hindall Ale 14860

-Occasionally the nozzle of pwnp sprayers of degreasers and other cleaners will clog Trying to unplug it with a pin usually does not work Put an air nozzle with high pressure (90shy100 psi) against the outside orifice This nearly always removes the obstruction

-During a restoration or repair of older airshycraft it sometimes becomes necessary to remove studs bolts or machine screws that have broken off in a part Easy Outs can occasionally do the job but a little trick is to use a left-hand drill bit to drill the hole for the easy out This in itself will sometimes break the offending fastener loose

-A large nut bolt pipe or piece of tubing is often difficult to rotate without scratching it with wrench marks Or possibly there is insufshyficient clearance to even get a wrench on it A solution can often be found by tightly fastening a hose clamp around the piece and using slip lock pliers to grab the worm drive and push or pull as necessary It may be necessary to loosen and reposition the clamp occasionally You may also want to wrap the work piece with tape or sheet rubber to aid in grip and protect from scratching

-An easy way to clean metal files is to place duct tape fmnly across the face and pull it away quickly

-Before getting involved in a greasy job scrape a bar of soap under your fingernails This will keep the dirt out and make cleaning your hands easier

-We often take our pliers for granted but they glip better if the teeth are clean and sharp Its a simple job to take a small triangular file to clean the grooves while sharpening them at the same time

HANGAR HINTS

-To hold a large pan gasket in place durshying assembly tie fine sewing thread through a few holes on the pan and gasket The thread is too small to interfere with the seal formed by the gasket after installation or you can snip and pull it out before tightenshying the bolts or nuts

-An ordinary deck of playing cards can be used as a sanding block for irregular or grooved surfaces Placed on edge the cards will conform to the contour of the surface to be sanded and the sandpaper can then be folded around them

-Running wires through rubber grommets in firewalls and other sheet metal areas can be made easier with less wear on the wires and grommets by inserting a short piece of metal tubing of the appropriate size through the grommet The wires are then passed through the tubing and the tubing is removed

-Hot melt glue can be used to hold nuts or screws to a wrench screwdriver or dowel in order to place them into hard to reach places When in place or stal1ed the glue breaks away easily

-A soldering gun makes a great magneshytizer or demagnetizer for screwdrivers To magnetize insert the driver inside the loop formed by the gun and tip tum on the gun and then tum it off remove the driver To demagnetize the piece insert it in the loop tum on the gun and pull the screwdriver out at least six to eight inches from the gun and then tum the gun off

-Favorite often used tools seem to get misshyplaced They can be easily located by painting

them with a bright Day-Gloreg color and then coating with clear lacquer or enamel

-Wire buffing wheels will last much longer if occasionally turned around and allowed to rotate in the opposite direction

-Various size magnets make great holdshyers for media blasting and painting small steel parts

-An old refrigerator compressor after the Freonreg as been properly removed makes a good vacuum pump with some tubing a gauge and valve properly installed

-When checking clearances with a feeler gauge it is sometimes difficult to get the proper feel to know exactly what the spacshying is To check the clearance use the gono go method If the setting is to be 015 use the 015 and 016 leaves of the gauge If 015 fits but 016 does not rest assured you are right on

-Plastic storage boxes make excellent organizers for stuff in the baggage comshypartment of your aircraft They are light and keep everything from bouncing around and reasonably organized

- When sanding and scuffing a paint surface in preparation for another coat consider using a 3M Scotchbritereg pad designed specifically for that purpose Produced to replace steel or alushyminwn wool the pads come in different grades of coarseness and work well to rough up an aluminum surface prior to priming and to scuff sand a painted surface They also make a velY coarse open pad for paint stripping for use in conjunction with a chemical stripper They leave little pad residue and best of all you wont get slivers from them

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------- by Norm Petersen

John Gardners 1940 Porterfield CP-65

Rowland Halls Champ

Above the fleecy clouds on a summer forenoon is this pretty Bellanca 7ACA N9165L SIN 27-71 flown by Rowland Hall (EAA146593 AlC 12951) of Northshyfield IL Originally powered with a 60 hp Franklin two-cylinder engine the Champ has been converted to a Continental A65-8 for better and smoother perfroshymance Other differences from the original Aeronca7 AC are spring landing gear and squared off 22 NOVEMBER 1996

This very original looking 1940 Porterfield CP-65 Collegiate NC27224 SIN 721 is the pride and joy of John Gardner (EAA 520119) of Edmond OK Totally restored by the previous owner Wallace Black of Chickasha OK from 1982 to 1984 the tandem two-placer sports a Continental C-85-8F in the nose which makes for some very lively performance according to John who soloed an Aeronca Champ in 1945 The Porterfield is faster in cruise he says And is a real delight to fly The colors are original silver wings and horizontal tail with a red fuselage There are presently 27 CP-65 Porterfields remaining on the US register

rear windows Although only 25 years old at present Rowland s Champ is patiently waiting for the day it can be included in the AntiqueClassic judging Meanshywhile it is flown on wheels all summer and skis in the winter by a very enthusiastic Rowland Hall who just passed his 80th birthday last June 24th Congratulashytions to a real gentleman who puts us younger pilots to shame with his vitality and get up n go

Ernie Kittners 1956 Bell 47G-2

These photos of a completely restored Bell 470-2 helishycopter N2807B SIN 1495 were sent in by owner Ernie Kitshytner (EAA 531071) of Honesdale P A who rebuilt the pretty machine over the past six years It is used for scenic tours air photos student training and various special occasions Ernie has been active in aviation for 52 years and has been a very busy CFI (fixed wing and helicopter) for the past 45 years with over 27000 hours in his logbook He started flying in 1944 in a Standard Biplane and presently has a 235 Apache a Cessna Aerobat 150 hp a Cessna 150 and the Bell 470-2 We are pleased to announce that Ernie s lifelong dedication to aviation has not gone unnoticed as he is a recent recipient of the Charles Taylor A ward from FAA Congratulations Ernie and many more years of cherished flying experiences

Phil Chandlers Champion 7EC on floats

This photo of a pristine 1959 Champion 7EC C-FWTZ SIN 7EC-629 mounted on a set of PK-1500 floats was submitted by owner Ihil Chanshydler (EAA 517317) of Sudbury Ontario Canada The pretty paint scheme of overall yellow with red trim is most becoming and is set off by the silver floats Power is supplied by a Continental 0-200 engine of 100 hp swinging a McCauley seaplane propeller Note the landing light in the left wing leading edge and the aux seaplane fins on the stabilizer Phil says the Champ is a great two-place floatplane especially with full electric systems and all the goodies His area in Canada is heavily populated with floatplanes because of the many fine lakes available - a virtual seashyplaners paradise

Per Skotts Auster V )-4 Archer

This very pretty 1946 Auster V J-4 Archer OY-ECO SIN 2071 is the pride and joy of Peer Sk0tt of Nordborg Denmark The bright yellow with silver trim airp lane was built in England with a heavy influence from the American Taylorcraft which is readily visible Power is a 100 hp Blackburn Cirrus Minor II inshyverted four-cylinder engine swinging a Hoffman propeller Beshysides the Auster Peer is involved with the restoration ofa 1937 Corben Junior Ace OY-DBA at their local flying field called Nordals Peer has been a member of the Danish antique airplane club called KZ amp Veteran fly K1ubben (EAA Chapter 655) for over 15 years Photo taken by Simon Skl0tt of Nordborg Denmark

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PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Heres more about Harry L Fento n s dad Han) D with more on his adventureshysome trip in the middle of winter with an Aeronca C-3 Master

Dear Buck Thanks for inquiring about my dad and

his Aeronca C-3 The attac hed photos though somewhat worse for the wear deshypicts the typical view of an airp lane flown from a pasture during the immediate postshywar 1940s Incidentally the bam and farm are still owned by my fami ly and can be seen on U S 20 between Rockford and Belvidere Illinois

During the summer of 1945 he purshychased his little C-3 NC 15290 SIN A620 and flew it home to the family farm near Rockford Illinois An open pole shed next to the barn was commandeered to house the little plane and the adjacent pasture was used as his airfield The bam was situshyated on the highest hill in the country and everything sloped away steeply from that point so takeoffs were downhill and landshyings were uphill A beacon was affixed to the top of the silo so that dad could find his way home at night

The picture of the plane with my dad is the condition in which he purchased it origina ll y Dad had the mechanic at the airport in South Beloit Illinois a fellow named Smitty repai nt the airplane from its overall yellow co lor to a medium blue fuselage co lor with ye llow wings and acshycent stripes The second photo shows my dad and my grandfat her (both named Harry by the way) as it appeared during the fall of 1946

This C-3 had a couple of un usua l feashytures Apparently it had been owned by a CAA inspector of some sort and had been fitted with position lights which were powshyered by a smal l battery behind the seat The tires were not your typical balloon tires but had a s li ght streamline profile (Standard equipment for the C-3 Master shyHGF) Dads optimistic reco ll ections atshytributed several miles per hour in airspeed to these tires although w ith a ll respect I think that an inaccurate airspeed indicator was the most significant contributor to the 24 NOVEMBER 1996

In this shot which features Harry D (right) and his father Harry in front of the C-3 The single leg landing gear of the Master replaced the tripod landing gear of the earlier C-3 and C-2 and the narrower profile of the streamline tires helped remove a bit of the built-in headwind of the C-3s design

performance of the C-3 With only a couple of hours of time in

the C-3 dad dec ided to fl y to Miami from Rockford to participate in the Gu lf Air Tour of 1946 His mechanic prompt ly gro unded the plane upon lea rning of my dads intentions and fina lly re lented on ly when my dad under much objection mainly due to the $ 14 expense agreed to install a compass Dad complained about this event even 40 years later as he felt a compass was a rather expens ive luxury He kept the compass and some new spark plugs for the E- 11 3 and I still have them today amongst my collection of things

The next milestone for thi s trip was announcing to the family collected at home awaiti ng New Year s Eve dinner th at he wou ld not be able to join them as he was leaving immediately in the C-3 for Miami The events at the very traditional Fenton household following that announcement unrave le d wi th a feroc ity equa l to the Marines hitting the beach at Iwo lima Unshydaunted dad trundled the C-3 out into the snow and disappeared into a wispy cloud

of white on a southerly heading The destination for that day was Purshy

due University Airport and his first landing on a cement runway which resulted in breaking the tail skid offofthe C-3 The next day was spent dodging bad weather wh il e work ing his way through Indiana Landings were made at Shank Bush and Gillespie airfields with several notes refershyring to high winds fog and use of the comshypass that was lucki ly forced upon him at the last moment At one of these small airshyfie ld s in Indiana (I be li eve Ramsey) dad befriended one of the owners and his wife who developed an almost parental concem for this young pilot and his determination to fly the C-3 to Miami Dad often recalled that they asked him to check in periodishyca ll y with them to inform them of his progress and for many years afterward my dad corresponded with the wife

After a couple of days of delay due to poor weather the mighty E-113 was fired up and the flight continued south through Bowling Green and Nashville Southeast of Tullahoma Tennessee the weather that

had menaced the trip from the outset fishynally closed in trapping my dad and the Cshy3 in a fog shrouded Appa lach ian valley Out of gas and in the dark he landed in a open field ten miles outside of Pelham Tennessee After shutdown he crawled out of the little Aeronca and was shocked to be confronted by several very unfriendly locals pointing cocked and loaded shotguns at him

At this point the socia l standards in place in the Appalachians of southeastern Tennessee must be considered to put my dad s reception in perspective Knowledge of the world beyond the hills was limited and strangers if encountered due to the reshymoteness of the area were received caushytiously Given that much of the local econshyomy was driven by moonshine production

plane in the pasture and began to filter out to take a look at the flying machine As it turned out modem amenities were unheard of and even cars were uncommon The Cshy3 was the first airplane that virtually all of these country folk had ever seen

At this point dad became a reluctant guest of sorts He expressed a desire to get gassed up and continue hi s trip but he was informed that due to the lack of motorized ve hicl es there was no gas to be had for miles 1 suspect that gas was available but deep down the country folk of this small town realized that my dad represented a glimpse of a civilization other than their own and they were not about to let him disappear back into the sky and beyond the hills until they were darn well ready For three day s dad was treated to the Ap-

Belvidere Airport Dicks fami ly has reshymained active in aviation and his so n Steve has built the now named Poplar Grove Airport into a thriving aviation comshymunity Dad finally so ld the plane when he became aware of a Service Bulletin which required an inspection (nitric acid or magna flux) of the crankshaft every 25 hours The C-3 had become too expensive to own

When I was about five years old dad took the fam ily on a vacation and revisited the town of Pelham A small reunion was held in the local restaurant and the locals recalled his visit from years before espeshycially the owner of the restaurant It seems that my dad s visit had a profound effect on the then five -year-old boy and he realized that there was more to the world than the

most strangers were sirnply not ~~~~~~~~~1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

tolerated let alone strangers in air- J planes (revenuers were known to use aircraft to hunt for moonshine sti lls)

So there stood my dad in hi s CAP uniform his gold wings looking for all the world to these unknowing Tennesseans like the badge a revenuer would wear babshybling in Yankee about flying from a mythical place called Illinois to an equally mythical place called Florida All of it sounded like trouble to the suspicious Apshypalachian farmers

The events that followed more closely re sembled the fate of a

downed American a irman cap- Harry D Fenton and his newly acquired Aeronca C-3 Master (500 Roundback series) during the tured by the Gestapo hundreds of summer of 45 at the family farm between Rockford and Belvidere IL miles deep into hostile Germany territory The pasture that dad had landed in was full of cows that had taken their own particular type of interest in the C-3 One cow in particular had decided that the C-3 had bee n placed there as a scra tching post for its hindquarters Alarmed that the cow was going to damage his plane he tried to get the farmers to help him move hi s ship The shotgun totin g farmers in a tone that did not mask their intentions for my dad to do exactly what they told him shoved my dad into a wagon and left the C-3 where it sat

The next several hours were very disshyconcerting for dad Exhausted he fell asleep in a dark room at a house he was taken to only to be awakened and moved several more times that night in a must unshygracious manner Ultimately he was placed in the company of a fanner who was a local authority of some sort listened to my dad s story and eventually calmed the fears of the others

After a night s rest the farmers took dad back out to the C-3 and helped him move it to a more secure part of the passhyture Although the curious cows had scuffed the paint in a few places no damshyage was done to the C-3

The local populace had heard of the

paJachian lifestyle (including delicacies such as mountain oysters) in trade for hi s discussion of the airplane and li fe beyond the mounta ins Curiously several of the farmers took an interest in the zippers in the C-3 fabric used for inspection access More than one thou g ht that tho se areas would make for excellent areas to transport the local distilled commodities

Eventually the locals let the young pishylot go free and after some rides he disapshypeared to the south again Eight days after the trip began he arrived in Chattanooga Weather would again be a problem and fishynally dad gave up his plans to go to Miami and headed home

After IS days and 28 flying hours dad returned home to a less than enthusiastic reception from his parents tired but enshylightened from his adventure Overall he had spent about $30 for gas and oil and $875 for mechanical repairs to the C-3

Dad flew the C-3 for a few more months and had a few more interesting adshyventures and took many local people for rides To this day many of the old-timers still talk about the little Aeronca One of the people given his first airplane ride was Dick Thomas one of the founders of

surrounding hills The littl e boy worked his way through school and became the owner of several area restaurants

Off and on since the late 1970s I have tried to trace the subsequent history of the C-3 It was last owned by a fellow named Doncevic in the Harrisburg Pennsylvania and was de-registered in 1971 I wrote to him a couple of times and received no anshyswer I have friends in the area but noshybody seems to have much information on him or the status of the plane Last sumshymer I had talked to a fellow in Ohio about purchasing a C-3 project and he told me that he thought that this fellow had owned a few C-3 projects and that my dads was probably used for parts It would be nice to have some more history on the C-3 but I suspect that it no longer survives as a comshyplete airplane

In the end I don t think that it matters The real treasure is not really the airplane but the enrichment it has had on the lives that it visited

Once again Buck thanks for your inshyterest And as you say

over to you rr Neat l

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JANUARY 1 1997 - NAPPANEE IN - EAA Chapter 938 5th annual New Years Day Hangar Over PartyFly-In 11 00 am - 2 pm For info ca l Fast Eddie Mileman 2 19546-4997

FEBRUARY 28 - March 2 - 39th Annual Cactus FlyshyIn sponsored by Arizona Antique Airc raft Association at Casa Grande AZ Contact John Engle 602830-9670

APRtL 6-12 - LAKELAND FL - 23rd Annual Sun n Fun EAA Fly-In and Convention 813644-2431

MAY 24 - DECA TUR AL - (KDCU) EAA Chapter 941 9th Annual Fly-In Food fun aircraft judgshying Doe more information contact Dick Todd 205971-4060 or 205961-4540 (work)

JULY 30-AUGUST 5 - OSHKOSH WI - 45th Annual EAA Fly- In and Sport Aviation Convention NOTE DA Y CHANGE - Now Wednesday through Tuesday Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086414426-4800

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A Golf Shirts Show your interest in the AntiqueClassic Division with one of these snazzy golf shirts Available in three different colshyors to suit any taste Made of comfortable 100 combed cotshyton Two-button collar Jade

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B AntiqueClassic Windbreaker Made by Swingsterreg this jacket is 100 nylon Has elastic cuffs and waist and two pockets on the front This quality windbreaker has the AntiqueClassic logo embroidered in classy gold stitching Available in two popshyular colors Eggplant Windbreaker

M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695

C Polar Fleece Pullover This cozy pullover will definiteshyly keep the chill out Made of 100 polyester fleece for longshylasting comfort Embroidered with AntiqueClassic logo Sizes M-2X 41-41070 $5295

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Short-Sleeve Oxford gtshyThis Van Heusenreg shirt features short sleeves and a button-down collar AntiqueClassic logo adorns the front Made from 6040 cottonpoly blend Available in two colors in half sizes from 15 - 17 12 Burgundy Short Sleeve Shirt

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Needle -Out Sweatshirt Y Our most elegant AntiqueClassic sweatshil1 features needle-out stripes for a truly classy look Gray and navy ribbed collar cuffs and waist Embroidered AlC logo on front Soft 7030 cottonpoly material Sizes M-2X 41-41066 $3395

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c Blue Aviator Shirt This timeless design looks great on any AntiqueClassic fan This longshysleeve shirt is a 65 35 cottonpoly blend for comfort and easy care It is embroidered with the AntiqueClassic logo and epaulets adorn the shoulders Available in sizes 15 12 16 12 and 17 12 only Sizes 1512-1712 41-60016 $2995

A Commemorative T-Shirt The 25th Anniversary of the Antique Classic Division is celebrated in this high quality T-Shirt AC logo with 25th Anniversary banner is embroishydered on the front The back of the shirt features a silk screened image of Antique Classic Division Director Emeritus Steve Wittman and his famous airplane Bonzo 100 cotton SizesS-XL 41-20176 $1795

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Unique features like a drawstring cowl collar and contrasting navy and green trim make this sweatshirt a real winner Soft 7030 cottonpoly blend material Features ribbed cuffs and waist and an embroidered AntiqueClassic logo Sizes M-2X 41-41062 $3395

Embroidered Sweatshirt gt A sure hit with any AntiqueClassic fan this forest green sweatshirt is adorned with an attractive laurel leaf embroidery 5050 cottonpoly blend with ribbed collar and cuffs Sizes M-2X 41-40819 $3595

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Official Division Patches Pin and Decal Offical Division Patches Large 41-32560 $270 Small 41-32360 $175 Window Decals Outside 41-3060 I $60 Inside 41-30603 $60 Official lapel Pin A distinctive addition to a hat or jacket

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Button-Down Classic Special AntiqueClassic 25th Anniversary embroidery on the front marks 25 years of flying history A silk-screen scene fea turing pioneer aviator Steve Wittman 100 cotton construction with button-down collar and front pocket Available in two colors Faded Denim

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It is hard to believe it is November already The leaves are just beautiful here in the foothills of North Carolina this year but if you havent seen them by now it is too late as the wind and rain we are now having is taking its toll by stripping the trees This does however give people who are looking for something to do the job of gathering up those leaves and disposing of them Each year I have the fun of disposing of about two dump truck loads

r am writing this just before going to the airport to fly my Baron to Oshkosh for the fall Board meeting I was looking at the weather last night and thinking back on how many trips r have made to Oshkosh for meetings It seems that the best I can recall is this will be my 89th trip for a board meeting Brad Thomas past president of your AntiqueClassic Division who passed away this past year and Morton Lester an EAA Foundation Board member and past AntiqueClassic Director both live in the same general area I do and in the past wed trade off rides when going to these meetings The trips we made together were often an adventure in themselves I could spend a lot of time telling you some war stories about them

There are a number of Board members who have volunteered more trips than I have by virtue of their long time service to the board I have enjoyed and continue to enjoy my association with the AntiqueClassic Division the EAA and hope to be able to continue the enjoyment of working as a volunteer in the future

EAAs theme during the coming year culminating in a special series of events during the annual Convention is The Year of the Volunteer We hope that during that week we will be able to show each volunteer how much their help is appreciated and how invaluable their help is to our operation in the AntiqueClassic area You will be hearing more about this in the coming year Should you have any suggestions for the AntiqueClassic Division please send me a note anytime For those of you who may have missed it the 1997 Oshkosh Convention will begin on Wednesday July 30 rather than on Thursday as in the past so make your plans accordingly

As we start into the winter months you might think aviation activities should slow down That may be true in

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some areas of the country but it certainly is not coming to a halt After Thanksgiving as advertised in your VINTAGE AIRPLANE there is the Vintage Weekend held at the Ocean Reef Club located just north of Key Largo Florida They will have some of the most beautiful vintage wooden boats and vintage autos youve ever seen on di splay and last year was the second time for vintage airplanes The Ocean Reef has its own private airport managed by AntiqueClassic member and Swift owner Denny Moore Denny is responsible in a large part for the vintage aircraft owners being invited for this fun weekend If you want a weekend of fun sun great seafood and fellowship this is the place to be Norma and I will be there again this year come and join us If youre interested you need to give them a call as soon as possible since the normal deadline for an RSVP has passed - perhaps they can still accommodate you Call Marcy Kilby 305367-5874 for more information You may wish to review the ad on page 29 in last month s Vintage Airplane before you call

Also in December the First Flight Society and the Man Will Never Fly Society will meet at Kitty Hawk North Carolina December 16-17 to honor the anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight on December 17 1903 As you might have already concluded the First Flight Society is the serious group while the Man Will Never Fly Society is the party group When you visit the Wright brothers first flight site in December on the outer banks of North Carolina it will give you an appreciation of what the they suffered through in order to make their vision a reality This year will be double fun as the First Flight Society will induct Paul Poberezny and Tom Poberezny into their Hall of Fame

Speaking of Halls of Fame in November of 1997 your AntiqueClassic Division will again be inducting new candidates into the AntiqueClassic Hall of Fame at Oshkosh Should you like to nominate a deserving person please send your nomination to Hall of Fame Chairman Charlie Harris 7215 East 46th St Tulsa OK 74145 phone 1918662-8400

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~rr~~====iiiiii--1r~~~==-

assisshytant was


by HC Frautschy






10 NOVEMBER 1996










Robert E Gross of








~andgraf H-2






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Type Club









12 NOVEMBER 1996















Commanding Presence


by HC Frautschy













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________




















4 NOVEMBER 1996









VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5


by Ray L Johnson









6 NOVEMBER 1996





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7


by HG Frautschy











8 NOVEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9


and hi s had

~rr~~====iiiiii--1r~~~==-

assisshytant was


by HC Frautschy






10 NOVEMBER 1996










Robert E Gross of








~andgraf H-2






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Type Club









12 NOVEMBER 1996















Commanding Presence


by HC Frautschy













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5


by Ray L Johnson









6 NOVEMBER 1996





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7


by HG Frautschy











8 NOVEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9


and hi s had

~rr~~====iiiiii--1r~~~==-

assisshytant was


by HC Frautschy






10 NOVEMBER 1996










Robert E Gross of








~andgraf H-2






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Type Club









12 NOVEMBER 1996















Commanding Presence


by HC Frautschy













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________












by Ray L Johnson









6 NOVEMBER 1996





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7


by HG Frautschy











8 NOVEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9


and hi s had

~rr~~====iiiiii--1r~~~==-

assisshytant was


by HC Frautschy






10 NOVEMBER 1996










Robert E Gross of








~andgraf H-2






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Type Club









12 NOVEMBER 1996















Commanding Presence


by HC Frautschy













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7


by HG Frautschy











8 NOVEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9


and hi s had

~rr~~====iiiiii--1r~~~==-

assisshytant was


by HC Frautschy






10 NOVEMBER 1996










Robert E Gross of








~andgraf H-2






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Type Club









12 NOVEMBER 1996















Commanding Presence


by HC Frautschy













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________












by HG Frautschy











8 NOVEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9


and hi s had

~rr~~====iiiiii--1r~~~==-

assisshytant was


by HC Frautschy






10 NOVEMBER 1996










Robert E Gross of








~andgraf H-2






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Type Club









12 NOVEMBER 1996















Commanding Presence


by HC Frautschy













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________




















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9


and hi s had

~rr~~====iiiiii--1r~~~==-

assisshytant was


by HC Frautschy






10 NOVEMBER 1996










Robert E Gross of








~andgraf H-2






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Type Club









12 NOVEMBER 1996















Commanding Presence


by HC Frautschy













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________












and hi s had

~rr~~====iiiiii--1r~~~==-

assisshytant was


by HC Frautschy






10 NOVEMBER 1996










Robert E Gross of








~andgraf H-2






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Type Club









12 NOVEMBER 1996















Commanding Presence


by HC Frautschy













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________














~andgraf H-2






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Type Club









12 NOVEMBER 1996















Commanding Presence


by HC Frautschy













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________











Type Club









12 NOVEMBER 1996















Commanding Presence


by HC Frautschy













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________











Commanding Presence


by HC Frautschy













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________














14 NOVEMBER 1996











I


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________













16 NOVEMBER 1996





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________





























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19















HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________

























HELPS and








HANGAR HINTS

















Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________













Rowland Halls Champ










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________

















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________
















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________











WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


~ UNITEDSTJJTES

l~~ 3 ~0Mt



$2100

-414426-4825




Tbccas p PoberezDY




Gold G COx



~p-~R~CInUdQn

(IicI ISQOOJ






~-f Fly-In Calendar












September 1996

10902 10800

89 13

10082 10010

10171 10083

177 160

50

227 160

10398 10243

5 04 557

10902 10800

91 811 98 4 31








26 NOVEMBER 1996






AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________
















AIRCRAFT






MISCELLANEOUS



FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

















US and Canada call



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27














Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________
























Fly high with a










Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________











Gr

Earl Smith

EAA member






~g1atuotiot-0 ~r

fROM AUA INC

Tobecomean

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612
















No age penalty






30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________












30 NOVEMBER 1996

(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________











(Cover and insert)


M-XXL 41-41150 $2695 Navy


M-XXL 41-41127 $2695


M-XL 41-41036 $3495 2X 41-41039 $3695

Navy Jacket M-XL 41-41031 $3495 2X 41-41034 $3695




24-hour FAX 414-426-6761



SizeI5-1712 41-41105 $2395







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31









41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________



















41-20 165 $700 Each


32 NOVEMBER 1996


41-30101 $250

Division Coffee Cup


41-41054 $8 95 Each

Desk Set with Pen


41-60025 $ 1200



Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________













Sizes M-XL 41-40922 $3800



Name _________________________________________________ EAA _______________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________











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