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VOL
30,
NO.6
JUNE
2002
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STR IGHT e L V L
As we
approach EAA
AirVenture
Oshkosh 2002
we
look forward to
many aviation milestones. I've heard
it
said that time seems
to
pass
by
at
ever
increasing
speeds as
one
gets
older. t certainly seems that way to
me, for the idea of EAA celebrating
50 years
of conventions
just
doesn t
seem
possible. Can
it
really
be
that
long
since a few
members gathered
with Paul Poberezny to share his vi
sion of what
recreational
aviation
could be? There
was plenty of
en
thusiasm in
that small band
of
aviators, and we are
helping EAA
re
create
that special event of 1953.
During
EAA AirVenture 2002,
just
north of the
VAA
Red Barn will be a
display of aircraft and artifacts from
that very
first
EAA convention in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Some of the
same
airplanes
from
that fly-in will
be there,
and
others that are similar
will round out this nostalgic display.
Not
surprisingly,
many
of the air
planes that were
brought
to that
first fly-in
were what
we
now call
vintage airplanes, even though they
were only a few years old back then.
Some
of
them were a Piper
J 5
Cub
Cruiser, a 450-hp Stearman, a Rose
Parakeet, and a Thomas-Morse
Scout.
That
Scout
seemed old then,
but when
we add another 50 years,
it seems positively ancient
Certainly, the enthusiasm for air
planes
that you can
restore
or
build
yourself hasn't waned-we park more
than
1,000
showplanes
in our area
during EM AirVenture, most of
them
vintage airplanes. And our friends
on
the homebuilt side of the field are cer
tainly
active. Van's Aircraft has sold
more
than
7,000
RV
kits, making
the
RV one of
the
most popular aircraft
ever designed and built.
This year we have also
been
cele-
Y ESPIE BUTCH JOYCE
PRESIDENT
VINTAGE
ASSOCIATION
ilestones
brating the 75th anniversary of Lind
bergh's historic flight from New York
to Paris. Lindbergh had to have total
confidence
in his ability and
equip
ment to pull this
one
off. You can
read
all the
books,
listen to
expert
opinions, and talk
about
it at the bar,
but the truth is
that only Lindy knew
why
he
wanted to do
this
trip. Only
he
knew
what he
was
thinking when
he pushed that throttle
forward
on
that famous morning. Well, if you are
at
EM AirVenture Oshkosh this year,
you will be part
of
the 75th anniver
sary
celebration of Lucky Lindy.
Seventy-five years doesn t seem that
long
ago, especially for
those of
you
who recall
seeing
him fly the Spirit
overhead
during
his 48-state tour
in
the summer of 1927.
Of course, the biggest milestone is
coming
at
us qUickly-100 years
of
powered flight. At EAA AirVenture
this year, see
what
your organization
will be doing to celebrate
the
100th
anniversary
of the
Wright
brothers
first powered flight. The final celebra
tion
will,
of
course, be a flight of the
Wright Flyer reproduction
built
by
The Wright Experience,
and
it will be
flown at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,
on
December 17, 2003. The story of
how this
will be
accomplished
arrd
the amount of history
that
has ,come
to light
is
a most interesting story
that
you have to see.
While you
are at EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh
you can view all
of
this in
formation
at EAA s Countdown
to
Kitty Hawk
Pavilion.
Since it's well
out of my life's span so far, 100 years
seems like a
long time
to me.
Isn t
it
amazing
that
the history of practical
heavier-than-air aviation
has
only
spanned a century?
Time really
does
go by fast when
you re having a good time.
Get
out
there and enjoy the summer with your
plane
and
aviation buddies,
and then
in
only a month and a half, come to
EAA
AirVenture
and
spend
the
week.
That one week will seem like only a
couple of days. We'll do our best to
make you
feel
welcome. Come join
us
for
breakfast
at the VAA s Tall Pines
Cafe, which will be located just south
of the ultralight runway. Sit for a spell
on
the
porch of the
VAA Red
Barn,
or
visit
with
friends in the Type Club
tent. Have a glass of
lemonade
while
enjoying the afternoon air show,
or
take a walk
through the
antique air
plane parking
area. And
if there s
something you need or want to sug
gest, stop by the VM Red Barn and let
us know. A smiling volunteer will do
his or her best to make it happen.
f you really want to make it a spe
cial week, volunteer. t doesn't matter
if you can only give us a few hours or
the
whole week, we're always looking
for help. Stop by the volunteer center
.and say, "I'll help. Where do you need
me?"
You
won t
regret it,
and
I'll bet
you'll have a great time.
Talking about
these
histori c avia
tion celebrations really gives you a
sense of
why we at the Vintage Air
craft
Association
are dedicated
to
preserving
the
history
of
aviation
and
to keeping our older aircraft flying for
the youth of tomorrow. We want
them
to
enjoy
the
same pleasures we
have enjoyed.
Let's all pull
in the
same direction
for the good
of
aviation. Remember,
we are
better together.
Join
us
and
have it all.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE
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V NEWS
COMPILED
BY
H.G.
FRAUTSCHY
V
ELECTIONS
In this issue you '
ll
find candidate
biographies and a ballot
for
this year's
VAA l t i o n which will be ratified
at the annual business meeting held
during EM AirVenture Oshkosh.
E IRVENTURE
PL NNING
The Internet has allowed us to
streamline planning for
your
trip
to
EAA
AirVenture. Visit EAA s of
ficial
convention
website at
www airventure
or
g for up-to-date in
formation regarding
convention
highlights and events, including the
50th anniversary celebration of the
EAA fly-in and convention. A com
plete
schedule
of forums is also
presented throughout the week. New
features and tools are being added to
the website
on
a regular basis, so be
sure to check back often.
Also,
use the
EAA Flight Planner to flight plan your
trip. You can access it through the VM
website at www vintag
eaircraft org
FRIENDS
OF THE RED
B RN
We are pleased to
announce
that
many of you have responded to the
VAA s
annual appeal
for help
with
funding VAA activities during EAA
AirVenture. In the July issue, we'll be
publishing a list of volunteers who
have participated in the
VAA
Friends
of the Red Bam. Remember, any funds
sent and received prior to July 1, 2002,
will
be
applied to the 2002 campaign,
and those received after that date will
be placed in the fund for 2003, with
any benefits then available during
EM AirVenture Oshkosh 2003.
See page four for more details on
the
VAA
Friends of the Red Barn.
V H LL OF F ME
The Vintage Aircraft Association
is
pleased
to announce that this
year's inductee
into
th
e
VAA
Hall
of
Fame will be
octogenarian
John
Miller of Poughkeepsie, New York.
John
was present at the takeoff of
JUNE 2002
V
NNU L MEETING NOn E
Notice is hereby given that
an
annual business meeting
of
the members
of
the EM Vintage Aircraft Association will
be
held on Monday, July 29, 2002, at
9:30 a.m. COT
in
the tent next to the VM Red Barn Headquarters during the
50th annual convention of
the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc., Wittman
Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Notice is hereby further given that the
annual election of officers and directors of the EAA Vintage Aircraft Associa-
tion will be conducted by ballot distributed
to
the members along with this
June issue
of
Vintage Airplane. Said ballot must
be
returned properly marked
to
the Ballot Tally Committee , Vintage Aircraft Association, P.O. Box 3086,
Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086, and received no later than July 19, 2001. The
Nominating Committee submits the following list
of
candidates: for preSident,
Espie Butch Joyce; for secretary, Steve Nesse; for directors (eight total),
Steve Bender, John Berendt, Dave Clark, Steve Krog, Jeannie Hill, Bob Lum-
ley
Dean
Richardson, and Geoff Robison.
Pursuant to EM bylaws, the annual business meeting and elections for the
Experimental Aircraft Association EM) will be held
at the
Theater in
the
Woods at 1:00 p.m. COT on Sunday, July 28, 2002, at Wittman Regional Air-
port, Oshkosh, Wisconsi
n
during
EM
AirVenture Oshkosh
2002 to
be held
July
23 through July 29.
Charles
Lindbergh 's transatlantic
flight,
and
very
shortly
afterward
John was actively flying some un-
usual aircraft,
including
autogiros.
His pre-eminence and leadership for
more
than
75
years of active flying
participation and involvement is
unmatched by his
contemporaries
.
John
has consistently shared his per
spective and knowledge of aviation
and
flying
with
his peers through
his
lectures and
articles,
most re
cently with his
fellow
American
Bonanza Society members. Congrat
ulations to
John
Miller!
C LL
FOR
V
H LL OF F ME
NOMIN TIONS
If you wish
to
nominate an indi
vidual who you believe has made a
significant
contribution
to the ad
vancement of aviation between 1950
and
the
present day, please go
to
www.
vintageaircraft·org/programslhof
J
orm html and download the nomina
tion form. Add
supporting
material
and send it to:
Charles W. Harris
VM
Hall of Fame
P.O.
Box
470350
Tulsa,
OK
74147-0350
Be as thorough and objective as
possible. Attach copies of materials
you deem appropriate and helpful
to
the
committee.
The person you
nominate
can be
a citizen
of
any
country
and ma y
be living or deceased. The
nomi-
nee s contribution
could
be in the
areas
of
flying, design,
mechanical
or
aerodynamic
developments, ad
ministration, writing,
some other
vital and relevant field, or any com
bination
of fields that support
aviation.
To
be considered for induc
t ion
into the VAA Hall of Fame
during 2003, petitions must be re
ceived by September 30, 2002.
I f you re unable to access the In
ternet,
call VAA Administrative
Assistant Theresa Books
and
ask her
to
fax or mail you a copy of th e
form.
She
can
be
reached at 920-
426-6110.
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V VOLUNTEER INFORMATION
FOR E IRVENTURE 2 2
EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2002
will be held at Wittman Regional
Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin,
from Tuesday, Ju ly 23, through
Monday, July 29. Volunteers will
again be needed to staff the
many
different committees in the Vin
tage area.
If
you are going to attend
EAA
AirVenture 2002 and would like
to participate in activities as a vol
unteer,
drop a
note to
the
chairperson of the area in
which
you
would
like
to volunteer. t
would be helpful to the chairper
son
if
you could also include your
previous experience
or training
and the dates of your arrival and
departure.
The
following
committees
need volunteer help:
PAST GRAND CHAMPIONS
Steve
Krog
262-966-7627
sskrog@aol com
SECURITY
an
d FLIGHT LINE
Geoff Robison
260-493-4724
chief7025@aol com
TYPE
CLUB HQ
Roger Gomoll
507 -288-2810
rgomoli@hotmaiI com
VAAPARKING
George Daubner
262-673-5885
vaaflyboy@aol com
OTHER CONTACTS
Teresa Lautenschlager,
Operation Protect Our Planes
tlautenschlager@eaa org
Anna Osborn, Volunteer Center
annajohn@ktc com
Butch Joyce, President
336-393-0344
windsock@aol com
H G
Frautschy, Executive Director
920-426-4825
vintage@eaa org
NATIONAL
AIR
TOUR
During
the golden
age of avia
tion, many aviation
events
captured the public's imagination.
After Lindbergh's
epic
flight, peo
ple of all ages
became air-minded.
At a
time
when not even a single
road
reached across
the
United
States, air travel was beginning
to
unite
the country.
The potential
for
air travel
did
not escape the minds of Henry
and
Edsel Ford. Henry Ford
had
already
revolutionized travel on the
ground. Prior to Ford's involvement
with William B. Stout and Stout's
all-metal airplanes, virtually every
large air-transport aircraft was built
of wood
and
fabric.
The idea
for
an Airplane
Relia
bility Tour is credited
to
Harvey
Campbell
of
the
Detroit Board of
Commerce. Civic and business
leaders
formed
a
committee, and
Edsel Ford donated a t r ophy-a
beautiful structure
of gold and sil
ver four feet high, that cost
$4,850. Called simply the Edsel B
Ford Trophy, it was inscribed,
This
trophy
is offered
to
encour
age the
up-building
of commercial
aviation as a medium of trans
portation. The
first event
was
called the Edsel B Ford Reliability
Tour for
the Development
of Com
mercial
Aviation. The
official
name was altered slightly over the
years and ultimately became known
simply as the National Air Tour.
When the National Air
Tours
came to town, everybody went out
to
see
the
latest airplanes,
their
pi
lots, and what was often the town's
new airport. Between
1925 and
1931, the tours introduced literally
millions
of
people to the
idea of
air travel.
In this coming year of 2003, we
will celebrate the centennial of
powered flight as well as
the
cen
tennial
of
the
Ford
Motor Co. t
will have been 75 years since the
National
Air Tour was
at
its
zenith
as well.
I f
ever there were a year to
celebrate the development of avia
tion, 2003 is it. The Aviation
Foundation of America Inc., a non
profit public charity, is
sponsoring
the re-creation of the National Air
Tour
in
the fall of 2003.
The objective of the re-creation
of
the
National Air Tour harks back
to its original roots- to promote
and
showcase civil aviation
and
its
progress. In
2003 we
will have
a
special opportunity to show just
how
far
aviation
has
come, both
over the past century and over the
70-some
years since the
National
Air Tour was last held.
For more information
on the
re
creation
of the National Air Tour,
visit
www.NationaIAirTour.org or
e-mail [email protected].
BUCKER PHOTO CREDIT
In the April issue of Vintage Air-
plane, we
inadvertently
omitted
the credit for the air-to-air photog
raphy. We
should
have noted
that
Michael Jolley of Tucson, Arizona
took the
photographs. Our
thanks
to him for supplying the images.
FRONT
COVER:
One of the
world s
best
STOL
airplanes,
the He lio Courier can get into
a number of
amazingly short
fi elds. This newly restored
example is owned by Cliff
and Cheryl Hickson who spl it
th eir ti me between Pal m
Co
a
st
, Florida and a f ish ing
lodge t hey run nea r (but not
too
near) Bethel , Alaska.
EAA photo by Jim Koepnick
shot with a
Ca
n
on
EOSl
n
eq uipped with an 8 -2 mm
lens on
1
ASA Fuj i slide
film. EAA Cessna 21 photo
BACK COVER: Th
ree , co un t
em three
New
Standard D-25
biplanes fly in the cool morn-
ing
sky
east of La k
ela
nd ,
Florida. For more on the great
spring fly-in we all en j
oy
, see
our
cove rage of the Sun n
Fun EAA Fly-In st a
rti
ng on
page eight. EAA photo by Lee
Ann Abrams .
VINTAGE AI
RPLANE
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VAA s Friends of The Red Barn
VAA 2002 Convention Fund Raising Program
The Vintage Aircraft Association is a major partici
pant
in
the World's Largest Annual
Sport
Aviation
Event -
EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh!
The
Vintage Divi
sion hosts and
parks
over 2,000
vintage
airplanes
each
year
from
the
Red Barn area
of Wittman
Field
south to the
perimeter of
the
airport.
The
financial
support
for the
various
activities in
connection
with the week-long event in the VAA
Red Barn area has been principally derived from
the
Vintage Aircraft Association's
general
income fund.
The Vintage Board
has
elected to
more
properly un
derwrite
the annual
Vintage
Red Barn area
Convention activities from a yearly special
conven
tion support fund.
For the July 2002 Convention, the Vintage Aircraft
Association
is
establishing
the
Friends
of
the
Red
Barn program to financially support the
Vintage
Aircraft Division's activities during AirVenture
Oshkosh.
This fundraising program will be an annual affair,
beginning each year on July 1
and ending June 30
of
the following year. However, for
the
July 2002 Con
vention, the initial fund
raising
program will run
from April 15, 2002,
and
extend through June 30,
2002.
There
will be three levels of gifts and
gift
recognition:
Vintage Gold Level - $600.00
and
above gift
Vintage Silver Level - $300.00 gift
Vintage Bronze Level - $100.00 gift
Each contribution
at
one
of
these levels entitles
you to a Certificate of
Appreciation from
the Divi
sion. Your name will
be listed
as a
contributor
in
Vintag
irplane magazine,
and
you will
be
pre
sented with
a special name
badge recognizing your
level
of
participation.
During AirVenture, you'll
have
access
to
the
Red Barn
Volunteer
Center,
and
we'll host you on a special tram tour of the VAA
convention grounds.
Gold
Level
contributors
will also receive a pair
of
certificates each good for a flight on EAA's Ford Tri
motor, redeemable during AirVenture or during the
summer flying season
at
Pioneer Airport. Silver Level
contributors will receive
one certificate
for a
flight
on the Ford Trimotor.
This
is a
first
ever opportunity for all
Vintage
members
to
join together as key financial supporters
of
the
Vintage
Division.
I t
will
be
a
truly
rewarding
experience for each of us as individuals
to
be
part
of
supporting
the
finest gathering of Antique, Classic,
and Contemporary
airplanes
in the
world.
Won't
you please join those of us who recognize
the
tremendously valuable
key role the Vintage Air
craft Association
has
played in
preserving
the
great
grass
roots
and general aviation airplanes
of
the last
99 years? Your
participation in
EAA's
Vintage
Air
craft Association Friends
of
the VAA
Red
Barn
will
help insure the very
finest
in AirVenture Oshkosh
Vintage Red Barn programs.
For
those
of you who wish to contribute,
we've
included a copy of
the contribution
form. Feel free
to
copy
it
and mail t to VAA headquarters
with
your donation.
~ .
2002 VAA Friends
of
the Red Barn
Name_____________________________________________ EAA#_______________VAA# ______________
Address,
__________________________________________________________________________________
_
City/State/Zip______________________________________________________________________________
Phone_____________________________________
E-Mail
________________________________________
_
Please
choose your
level
of
participation:
_
Vintage Gold
Level
Friend
-
$600.00
Mail your contribution to:
_ Vintage Silver Level Friend -
$300.00
EAA
_
Vintage
Bronze Level
Friend
-
$100.00
VINTAGE AIRCRAFT
ASSOC.
D Payment Enclosed
D Please Charge
my credit card
(below)
PO
Box
3086
Credit Card Number
_____________________
Expiration Date
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OSHKOSH WI 54903 3086
Signature____________________________ _
00 you
or
your spouse work for a
matchin
g gift co
mpany
?
If
so,
thi
s gift
may
qualify for a
matching donation.
Please ask
your Human Re-
sources
department
for
th
e appropriate form.
NameofCompany
________________________
__
The Vintage Aircraft Association is a non-profit educational organiza tion under IRS SOlc3 rules. Under Federal
Law,
the deduction from Federal In
come tax for charitable contributions
is
limited to the amou nt by which any money (and the value of any property other than money) contributed
exceeds the value of the goods or services provided in exchange for the contribution. An appropriate receipt acknowledging your gift will be sent to
you for IRS gift reporting reasons.
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BY
H G
FR UT S CH Y
MARCH S MYSTERY
P L A N E
SAFE-WINGS
SW-1
I
t
doesn
' t
happen
too
often,
but
this
one
had us stumped
for
a while . We did delete
the
registration
number
on the
print
in
the March issue. It
's
18220, with
·
no
N or NC preced
ing
it.
The
small
lettering
on
the
cowl says "FOO."
According to the detective work
done by the
late
Lennart Johnsson
based
on
the registration
records
compiled by Vincent J . Berinati,
the airplane is the
Safe-Wings
SW-l, powered by a 40-hp Conti
nental
engine.
Their amazing
compilation of registration num
bers prior to World War
II
is located
at
www.aerofiles.com.
That
website
is a treasure chest o f information. A
nod
and
a quick doff of the flying
cap to the folks involved in
putting
that
site
together-great
job
T H I S M O N TH S
M Y S T E R Y
P L A N E C O M E S TO US
VIA
T H E
COLLECTION O F
P E T E R
B O W E R S , S E A T -
T L E , W A S H I N G T O N .
Our thanks to member James Mar
tin of South Bend, Indiana. He found
the photo of the SW-1 in the effects
of an aunt who
had
passed away and
while he
didn t
have
any
informa
tion about it, we've
at
least been able
to
identify
it.
Can
anyone
else
add
some information on the airplane?
Thanks to Cody McCormick for
gamely trying with a guess as to its
identity.
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THE
VAA
CHAPTER
NEAREST
YiOU
A N D
GET TO K N O W
SOME GREAT
OLD A IRPLANE
ENTHUSIASTS
CALIFORNIA
Hayward
CA
VAA
Ch.
29
Meetings 2nd Thurs.,
7:00
PM
At the Hayward Airport, Hangar 7
William Field , President
Phone: 510 784-1168
Email:
wfield49@aol com
Riverside
CA VAA Ch. 33
Meetings 3rd Sat., 1:00 PM
Clubhouse at
West end of
Flabob Airport
Darrell Blasjo, President
Phone: 909 780 7021
Email: dblasjo@yahoo com
Sacramento
CA VAA Ch. 25
Meetings 2nd Sat.,
9:00
AM
For Place Contact:
Fred Allen, President
Phone: 530-274 1542
Emai l: allenalley@infostations com
FLORIDA
Lakeland FL
VAA Ch.
1
For Place & Time Contact:
James Conyers, President
Phone: 407 339 9061
Email: jbconyers@earthlink net
JUNE 2002
ILL INOIS
Lansing
IL
VAA Ch. 26
For Place & Time Contact:
Peter Bayer, President
Phone: 708/534 6240
Email: c180bayer@aol com
KANSAS
Overland Park KS
VAA Ch.
16
Meetings the 3rd Fri., 7:30 PM
Gardner Municipal
Airport Term Bldg.
Gerald Gippner, President
Phone:
913
-764 8512
Email: gipp@email msn com
LOUISIANA
New Iberia LA VAA Ch. 30
Meetings 1st Sun., 9:00 AM
At the Acadiana Reg. Airport
Roland Denison, President
Phone: 337 365 3047
Email: eaaac30@msis net
http: www msis netjeaaac3 /
Falmouth
MA VAA Ch. 34
For Place & Time Contact:
James Jenkins, President
Phone: 508 540 1349
Email: jengeebee@aol com
MICHIGAN
Niles
MI VAA Ch. 35
Meetings 2nd Sat., 10:00 AM
At the Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport
Kenneth Kasner, President
Phone: 616 699 7064
Email: KKasner@skyenet net
MINNESOTA
Albert
Lea MN VAA Ch. 13
Meetings
4th
Thurs., 7:30
PM
Albert Lea
MN
Municipal Airport
William Koza, President
Phone: 507 373 9062
Email: bjkalmco@deskmedia com
Minneapolis
MN VAA Ch. 4
For Place
&
Time Contact:
Lyle Peterson, President
Phone: 651 653 2063
Email: Iylep@att net
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NEBR SK
Plattsmouth NE
VAA
Ch. 31
Meeting
1st
Sat., 10:30 AM
Plattsmouth Airport Term Bldg.
Keith Howard, President
Phone: 402-291-2103
Email: [email protected]
NEW H MPSHIRE
North
Hampton
NH VAA
Ch. 15
Meeting 2nd Sat., 11:00
AM
Chapter Clubhouse
N.
Hampton Airfield
Robert Drake, President
Phone:
603
-
942
-
9242
Email:
http: www. vaa15.org
NEW JERSEY
Andover NJ VAA
Ch. 7
Meeting 1st Sun., 10:00 AM
At the Andover Aeroflex Airport
James Ahman, President
Phone:
908
-979-1860
Emai
l:
president
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ntage a
i
rcraft
7.
org
www.
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org
Delaware OH V Ch. 27
Meeting 2nd Sat.,
8:00
AM
Delaware Municipal Airport
DLZ)
Term.
Russell Sheets, President
Phone: 740-524-
1930
Email: rsheets@aoc aes.com
Troy
OH
VAA
Ch.
36
Meeting 2nd or 3rd Sat., 8 AM
WACO Field Route
25
(Main Hangar)
Richard Amrhein, President
Phone: 937-335-1444
Email: [email protected]
Zanesville
OH VAA
Ch.
22
Meeting
3rd Sun. 2:30 PM
every other month, even months
John s Landing, 5800
Wortman
Rd.
John Morozowsky, President
Phone: 740-453-6889
OKL HOM
Tulsa , OK, VAA Ch. 10
Meeting 4th Thurs.,
7:30
PM
At the Hardesty Library
Christopher McGuire, President
Phone:
918
-
341-6798
Cross
SC
VAA
Ch. 3
For Place and Time Contact:
John Betts, President
Phone: 252-728-3067
Eileen Wilson, Secretary
Email: [email protected]
TEX S
Houston TX
VAA
Ch. 2
Meeting 4th Sun., 2:00 PM
At
Dry Creek Airport Cypress,
TX
Robert Fowler, President
Phone:
713
-868-6230
WIS ONSIN
Brookfield WI VAA
Ch.
11
Meeting 1st Mon., 7:30 PM
At Capitol Airport
George Meade, President .
Phone: 414-962-2428
Email:
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Seen
It 7een
E FLY-IN COVERAGE
NTIQUE AWARDS
G R A N D C H A M P I O N
N55511
Stearman
Herb Clark
Weirsdale, Florida
OU T ST AN D IN G
ANTIQUE
NC647K
Great Lakes 2T-1A
Paul Fuller
Anderson,
ndiana
BEST BR ON Z E AGE
1933-1941
N17655
Spartan Executive
Gigi Brisson
Burlingame, California
GOLD EN
AGE
C H A M P I O N
1918-1927
N2073
Ryan M-1
Andrew King
Elkwood, Virginia
CUSTOM C H A M P I O N
NC32162
Waco ZPF 7
John
Corradi
Rixeyville, Virginia
CUSTOM
R U N N E R U P
N60185
Stearman
C.
L.
Wyatt
Lakeland, Florida
ood friends nd great fun
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obReuther s Luscombe
E
has a
number
o
well-executed custom
modifications, topped
o
with a
very pleasing color scheme.
ob
was awarded the Best Custom Clas
sic (0-100 hpj trophy for his work.
He
hails from Nashville, Tennessee.
One
of the Outstanding Classic award winners was this neat Taylorcraft
owned
by Ray
Cook
o
Spring Grove, Illinois.
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2 ) )2 S ~ It ~
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FLY IN COVERAGE
Next time you're at
an
air show and John
Mohr is one of the performers, stop for a
few moments and watch his act.
He
flies a
completely stock, Lycoming 225-hp PT-
17
Stearman, with the only modification an
added smoke oil tank. John's act is one
of
pure airmanship distilled to its essence.
Kermit Weeks' Fantasy
of
Flight owns one
of
the Spirit
of
St. Louis
replicas built by Tallmantz Aviation for the filming of the Jimmy Stewart
movie of the same name. While politics
in
France prevented Kermit
from re-enacting Lindbergh's arrival at
Le
Bourget just outside of Paris,
Sun 'n
Fun
attendees got to see it fly
on
a number of occasions.
This Piper
L 4
was across the taxiway in the Warbirds area, but t hat s okay. When was the last time you actually saw a
Brodie Device installed
on
a Cub? T
he
Brodie was
an
ingenious system deployed
on
ships
that
a
ll
owed
an L 4
to
be
recovered without the use of a ru nway or carrier deck-the airplane was flown to and latched onto a cable rigged
alongside the ship. This particular LA B was delivered
to
the Army
Air
March
15,
1943. Dick and Richard Brown of Ex-
celsior, Minnesota restored it, with assistance on the Brodie Device from none other than James Brodie, the system s
inventor. James lives
in
Minnesota as well, and was able to prov i
de
drawings of the necessary components.
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The
Best Restored Classic (101-165 hpj
of
the event is this
ex-
cellent Globe Swift restored and maintained
by
Porter Houston
Jr. His father, Porter
Sr.
bought the airplane in
1947
. It had only
CL SS I C W RDS
G R N D
C H M P I O N
N9526E
Aeronca 11AC Chief
Paul
E
Gould
Sardinia Ohio
G R N D C H M P ION
Custom Classic
N3303K
Swift
H W
Cope
Spring Texas
B E
ST
R ESTO R ED C L SSIC
0 100
hp
N3469E
Aeronca 11AC
Chief
Ray Johnson
Marion
Indiana
BE S T R ESTORED C L S S IC
101 - 165 hp
N78171
Swift
Porter Houston
Hunt
Valley Maryland
1
hours
on
it, but he
had to work overseas, so it
sat for
15
years. Porter
Jr.
has never restored it, but
it does have a new interior,
and
the bottom paint was
added. (Polishing the belly and lower wing surfaces was never high on Porter's
list of fun things to do.) It has Cleveland brakes and the factory modification for
mufflers. The interior was copied from a Globe factory brochure.
B EST RESTORED
C L S S I C
Over 165 hp
N4426C
Cessna C-195
R
Luigs
Bandera Texas
B E
ST
C U S
TOM
C L S SIC
0
100
hp
N144BR
Luscombe 8E
Bob Reuther
Nashville Tennessee
B EST C U STOM C L A S
SIC
Over 165
hp
N80856
Swift
Raymond Miller
Taylors
South
Carolina
O U T S T NDI N G
C L S S I C
O U T S T N D I N G C L S S I C
I R C R F T
N43645
Taylorcraft
Ray Cook
Spring Grove Illinois
O U T S T N D I N G C L S S I C
I R C R F T
N30898
Cessna C-195
Ro
n Karwacky
Riverside California
O U T S T N D I N G C L S S I C
I R C R F T
N41X
Cessna C-195
Calvin & Va leri
Ar
ter
Mulberry Florida
A I R C RA FT
N78104
Swift
D W
Cahill
Tampa Florida
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FLY IN COVERAGE
CONTEMPOR RY
W RDS
(19S6
to
1966)
B E S T
C O N T E M P O R R Y
NS148A
Cessna 172
Robert Kachergius
Orland
Park, Illinois
O U T S T N D I N G C U S T O M I Z E D
N12711
Beech
BE-3S
Steven
W.
Oxman
Riva, Maryland
B E S T T W I N
N814RC
Piper
PA30-B
Turbo Twin Comanche
Richard
F
Charette
Wadsworth, Illinois
O U T S T N D I N G
IN T Y P E
N2848Z
Piper PA22-1S0
Tri-Pacer
Tim Baky
Peachtree City, Georgia
O U T S T N D I N G
IN T Y P E
NS478D
Beech Bonanza
Larry Van
Dam
Riverside, California
O U T S T N D I N G I N T Y P E
N2STJ
Piper PA22/20
Pacer
Tom Ferraro
McKinney, Texas
O U T S T N D I N G IN TY P E
N9S86T
Cessna 210
John Bragdon
Lakeland, Florida
12 JUNE 2002
Swifts are probably one
of
the most modi
fied certificated aircraft
in
existence, and
this one sure is
Ray
Miller's
GC
-1B Swift
is powered
by
a Lycoming 0-
290. The
red,
white, and blue metallic paint scheme was
applied before
Ray
bought the airplane
about a year and a half ago . Ray pOinted
out
that
Dave
Cutler
of
Fair
Play
South
Carolina, did the outstanding fiberglass
work
on
the cowl .
The Luscombe Aircraft Corp.
of
Altus, Oklahoma, displayed its Luscombe
185
Model
l l in
the commercial display area.
The
original version , first
produced in
1948
saw only about
100
examples built. With four seats
and a useful load
of
830
pounds, the Luscombe
185s
are looking
to
give
the Cessna 172 a little competition. Luscombe Aircraft anticipates its FAA
type certificate sometime
in
mid-
2002.
Check out its progress at www.lus
combeaircraft.com.
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The
Contemporary Outstanding Customized
Sun
'n
Fun
tro
A dawn flight in Waldo Wright's Flying Service 's
New
phy
winner is this fast-looking Beechcraft B-35 Bonanza
Standard D-25 is pure heaven. Sun 'n
Fun
secretary
belonging to Steven
Oxman
of
Riva , Maryland.
executive assistant Sherry Abels and V director
and Waco enthusiast Phil Coulson brave a little morn
ing chill
to
experience a sublime sunrise
in
the front
cockpit. Bob Lock pilots the ship from the aft 'pit
of
the Wright Whirlwind-powered biplane.
Paul
Gould 's Aeronca 11AC Chief was this year 's Sun 'n
Fun Grand
Ch
ampion Classic.
Brad Strickland flew John "Wi " Talton 's fine-looking
1947
Stinson 108-2 from North Carolina. A Continental 0-470
powers it.
Rows
for past award winners con
tinue to grow as more members
choose to bring their spectacular air-
planes back
to
the fly-in each year.
Ted
Patecell along with
Ed
and
Bar-
bara Moore brought their Howard
DG
-15Ps and parked them along a
line
that
included Comanches, a
Cessna
195
and a pair
of
Cubs.
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Real Estate For Sale
Cute RIVER-front country lodge
for
those seeking solitude.
Sleeps ten. Clos
est road system, four hundred miles
away.
Closest
village, three
and a half
hours
by boat. Minutes by float plane.
Spectacular fishing. Nearest neighbor?
We
don t think
there
are
any.
Outside
(very outside) Bethel, Alaska.
kay so
the
ad
didn' t
read
exactly
that
way, but
you
get the
picture. The Anvik
River Lodge isn't on
anyone's beaten
path
to
anywhere. In fact,
there aren't
many
paths in the
neigh
borhood
either.
You
can paddle
the
better
part
of a week to get
there, or you can hop
in Cliff and Cheryl
Hickson's H391B He
lio Courier
and
spend
a few
minutes
enjoy
ing the scenery before plopping
down on
the
Anvik River
in front
of their lodge.
Then
you can spend
as much
time
as you want, admir
ing
the
spectacular
surroundings
or
trying to
coax some of
the
biggest freshwater fish
in
non-cap
tivity
into
your boat.
A
warning to those
who are
vaguely dissatisfied with
the
direc
tion their life is taking
them-read
on at your own risk. There is the dis-
tinct possibility after
reading this
that you'll find yourself headed
north for a new life among the trees,
northern pike,
salmon,
bears, and
huskies. First, however, you have to
get a
bush
plane,
which in
the case
of
the Hicksons meant
a
Helio
Courier. But we're getting ahead of
ourselves because there's nothing in
Cliff Hickson's background to indi
cate
that he'd eventually wind
up
operat ing a fishing lodge
in
Alaska
that
caters
to sportsmen
from
around the world.
I was born and raised just out
side of
Homestead,
Florida,
he
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he
leading edge slats
on
the Helio give the airplane remarkable low speed handling characteristics.
says, and almost every day I'd look
up at little biplanes doing aerobat
ics overhead. Curtis Pitts's runway
was about a mile south, so I was in
troduced to unusual airplanes right
from the start. But, I never thought
I'd be doing what I'm doing.
Hickson,
who
is a tall, easy-smil
ing
individual with
a comfortable
air
about him and
zero pretenses,
is happy about most of the choices
he 's
made
in his life,
although
he
took
some
detours
getting
where
he is now.
I graduated from
high school
and
was living the life of a 20-year
old in
the
Florida Keys.
You
know,
doing
what
I could
to
make a buck
and really, as in really, enjoying my
self. He smiles and leaves it up to
our imagination to fill in the blanks.
While I was working down there
one winter, I met some guys who
had been working on the North
Slope oil fields in Alaska. They made
it
sound like
heaven;
they were
making so much money. Or at least
they
said they were.
Just
the fact
they were hanging around
the
eys
and had
no
more money than I did
should have been a clue. But, I was
young, looking for adventure and
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2002
money, so I headed north .
What he found
when
he went
north was not as advertised.
I
tried working on the
North
Slope, but basically I nearly starved
to death for a couple of years. But,
being young, I guess I
wasn't
as se
rious
about
it as I could have been.
I'd
spend
my winters in
Florida
having fun and go back
up
for the
summers.
t
took a little
while
be
fore
I
got my
act
together and
started working
as a
framer
for a
construction company.
Between
the opportunities
for
remote building and
his construc
tion
experience, Cliff began to see
business
opportunities
that didn't
exist in
the
lower 48.
I put together an
air-mobile
construction crew
that would do
nearly
any
kind of
construction.
We had a lightweight compressor
and
tools,
and
we'd
have some
bush
operator
fly us
into
a
site.
We'd
build almost
anything that
needed to be
built.
That was
my
first serious introduction
into
how
useful
and
necessary
airplanes
are
when
doing business
in
Alaska.
Little by little his reputation as a
contractor
spread until he was
hired to be the project
manager on some bigger
projects for
the
regional
native
corporations
and
some for the federal gov
ernment. This led to
establishing his own
general contracting business.
It
took
me a while,
but
I even
tually cracked the code on working
with the feds. The
bidding
style
and
ways of
working with them
are different. But once I
made the
transition, I
began
getting all sorts
of projects, mostly in small towns
scattered
around
Alaska.
During this time, Cliff had been
utilizing bushplanes
constantly
but didn't have a pilot's certificate
and hadn't really thought
about
getting
one. He was too
busy to
add yet another skill to his already
impressive bundle
of
tricks. That
changed when
the
Anvik River
Lodge entered his life
in
one of
those
quirks
of
fate
that drive
many interesting lives.
We have a three-hundred-mile
dog
sled race
that
starts
in
Bethel.
It's a big
event
and there's always a
housing
shortage in
town, so
everyone opens
up
their homes for
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mushers.
We
had provided
ours to
a
really inter
esting
guy
who had practically no dog
sled experience
and was
from down
south
,
but he
was
determined.
He
took off on the race
with
only
five hours
of
experience mush-
ing
behind a leased dog
team and did really well.
liThe owner
of
the dog
team
mentioned that
he had a
fishing
lodge that
he'd
like to sell. We sat
around
the house
with our
guest
and talked about it
a
little,
but
nothing really
serious. t was
an
intriguing
possibility.
Cheryl
had
been catering local banquets and
weddings
so she
wasn't
afraid
to
cook for a crowd. I had almost
twenty years
of
bush con-
struction and expediting
experience, but financially
it was out of our league, so
our guest went home and
we forgot about it.
They may have forgot-
ten
about
it,
but
their
guest
didn't
.
He called back and pro
posed that we become
partners
in the lodge. He'd
put up
the
money and
our
share
would be by sweat
equity. We'd do whatever work the
lodge needed and we'd operate it.
We knew
this
was a life changing
decision. Cheryl and
I
slept
on
it
overnight,
and
in
the
morning
we
decided
to
go for it.
We haven't
re
gretted
that
decision for a minute
since. Besides,
as a
contractor,
I
was always too
busy
to go fishing,
which
always drove
me
nuts.
The Anvik River
Lodge
came
into the
Hickson's lives in February
1996, and they had it ready for
their first sum
mer season.
From
the
village of Anvik,
it's nearly four
hours
by power
boat, but only 12
minutes by
airplane, so
it
was obvi
ous that we'd
be
needing
someone to
provide our guests
with transportation.
We
contracted
with Jim Webster,
who
is nearly a
legend
in Alaska. He flew a C-185
on floats and has 22,000 hours on
floats in
the
bush with
no
acci-
dents.
He was
absolutely
terrific.
He flew for us until last year, when
his wife and
he decided to change
their lifestyle ,
and
we were sud-
denly without transportation
to
the lodge.
Cliff still
didn
' t
have
a
pilot's
certificate and
hadn't
taken a sin
gle formal flying lesson in his life.
Still, it
made
sense for them
to
have their own airplane
and
for
Cliff
to
fly it.
I had flown hundreds of hours
with Jim
in
the
185 from the right
seat, and he told me I
had
plenty
of experience and could easily do
what
was
needed.
So, we
decided
to
buy
our own bush
airplane
and
I'd learn
to
fly it.
f
you
want
to
start a small war,
all you have
to do is
get
bush
pilots
together
and
ask them
what the
best bush airplane
is. The
Super
Cub will always pop up on the top
of
the list,
but Hickson
needed
something
much bigger
that
was a
little different. His clientele had de
veloped
to the
point
that he had
a
good idea
what
kind of person
he'd
be flying and what their tastes
were. Picking the airplane was more
than just getting something that
could
carry
cargo and people and
operate
off
the
water.
y that time
they'd
had guests from nearly every
country in
Europe in
addition
to
those from the States, and he knew
they expected
safety
and
comfort
and
a certain
amount
of class.
Up
there
we all
have our
fa
vorites,
but,
if pilots are being
honest
about
what float
planes
work
best out
of
short lakes and
are the safest, the Helio Courier is
always mentioned.
I
liked
it
be-
cause its slow speed makes it really
easy to
get
into lakes regardless of
the wind direction.
Of
course, when Cliff and
Cheryl decided
they
would pro-
vide
their own transportation,
they had two
sizeable
projects
in
front of them. First, Cliff had to
learn
to fly and second, they had
to find a Helio Courier that would
n't
break
the
bank.
They
had been spending their
most
recent winters
at their home
in
Palm
Coast, Florida,
so
it
was
fortuitous
that
they got
word
of a
Helio H391B
located
just up the
coast from them that might be for
sale. They
went up and
took
a look,
but what they
found
was some-
thing
that looked like
a Helio
Courier.
t was in such sad
shape
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that
it was hard to tell for sure.
The
airplane
had
been
donated
to a fly-
ing missionary
operation,
but it
needed so
much
work, they could
n't afford to
rehabilitate
i t It sat
around for several years, collecting
all that ugly stuff airplanes collect
when
left sitting
around,
until
Cliff called
them.
Yes, they would
part with the airplane because they
needed
an engine
for
one
of
their
airplanes in Honduras. No, it was
n't
flyable at
that moment.
Yes,
he
could come look at it.
"When
we looked at the
air-
plane, we realized
this
was
going
to be
another
one of those sweat
equity
things.
To buy a Helio
Courier of the quality we thought
we
needed would be prohibitive.
Here was
one
we could afford to
buy, but we really
couldn't
afford
to contract
someone to
rebuild
it
for us. So, we
took
it to operators
in
Flagler, and then to Ormond
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Beach,
where we
rolled
up our
sleeves
and began to pour
sweat
equity into it.
When he
picked
up
the airplane
from the missionaries, Cliff still did
n't
have a pilot's certificate and, in
fact , he had only recently
started
taking flying lessons. His flight in
structor accompanied him
while
they ferried the
airplane
back to
their hangar
at
Flagler Airport.
I started out taking lessons in an
Aeronca,
and
because of all my pre
vious experience, I could have
flown
the airplane
safely solo the
first day. So, I made good progress.
He finished his training at St.
Au-
gustine
and
had a regular schedule.
He'd get up, drive to the airport, fly,
drive to another
airport
and work
on the Helio
until
late that night,
and
then
start the entire thing over
again
the
next morning.
"When we ferried
the
airplane,
we had done a
quick
inspection,
JIM KOE
PN
I
CK
oiled the engine, aired the tires, and
fired it up. I
had
someone else fly
ing
it,
of course,
and
we made it to
our
destination fine.
When
we took
it apart, however, we realized what
bad shape it was really in. f
we
would have known that, we might
have trucked it, Hickson says.
"Once
we
got
off
the
ground we
realized practically nothing in the
instrument
panel
worked
and
everything in
the
airplane needed
cleaning
and adjusting.
However,
the basic airplane was solid. Even
though the skin was rough
on the
outside,
the
airframe was basically
corrosion-free and the steel tubing
had no
rust. It's just
that
everything
about
the airplane was really ugly.
"The interior
, for instance, was
that 1950's crushed velour you
used to see, and you can't
imagine
how
bad
that
stuff
looks
when
it
gets
that
old
and
is neglected for
so
long.
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windows also were useless, so all of
them had to be replaced.
The airplane was serial number
011 and was the first model Helio
built (eventually there were seven
different models of Helio Couri
ers).
The early
391B's were built
from 1954 to 1957,
and the
Hick
son's airplane was first
owned and
operated by the U S Border Patrol
under the
Immigration
and
Natu
ralization Service (INS).
It
bashed
around
the
Mexican border
for
years before being sold to a rancher
and finally working its way over to
the missionaries.
The
engine, which is a geared
GO-435
Lycoming
and puts out
260 hp, needed an overhaul.
At
the same
time, he says, we re
placed the prop because it had an
expensive AD
[Airworthiness
Di
rective] on it .
When
the
Helio
Courier
first
went
into
production in 1954, the
mission
for
the
airplane hadn't
been clearly defined,
and the
abil
ity
to
mount floats wasn't
incorporated
into
all of them.
This airplane didn't have the
float
hard points
in
the
steel truss,
so we contacted David May ag who
owns
the type certificate. He
sent
us some parts and the
drawings,
and we pulled the skin and welded
in the fittings. At the
same time,
we re-bushed the gear.
Fortunately, most
of the con
trol
system stuff
was
okay
.
The
cables
and
pulleys were fine and
the slats needed very little work.
Then
the
day
arrived when the
airplane
was
finished and
was
ready to be
flown. At this point,
Cliff had
been
a certificated
pilot
for only a few
months.
Alt h ough
he had
minimal
flying experience
in his logbook, he
had actually
flown right
seat
several
hundred
hours in Alaska. Taking
on
the He
lio
Courier, however,
was
still
a
daunting task.
I was
terrified
on
those
first
flights. We had it out
of
the shop
for one
day,
and
I had a DC-3
check pilot fly around with me for
another
day.
Then
I
pointed the
nose north and headed for Alaska
with
one
of
my
flight instructors
in the
other seat.
Let's
see-Florida
to
Alaska.
On
the
North American
continent,
cross-countries don't get much
longer than that. Making it more
interesting was the
fact
that the
airplane
cruises at
under
100
knots, and Cliff was a
brand
new
pilot flying
an
airplane
that
hasa
reputation for
being
a
handful in
some situations.
I
had spent
a lot
of
time talking
to
everyone who had Helio time,
trying to
get
hints.
Skip Lipscomb
up in Alaska was super helpful.
He
had
been a Helio demo pilot and
really knew the airplane.
The
airplane's
reputation
for
being l l mannered
on
the
ground
is
generated by its big vertical tail,
its
far forward gear placement,
and its doesn't-want-to-stop-fly
ing
wing. t has
humbled
more
than one pilot.
It
can
be a real bear
in
a cross
wind, Cliff says. Lipscomb gave
me a
good
technique, which
is
to
continued on p ge
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2
JUN
2 2
ixture to idle cutoff
master of{, and
hop
out
to tie the plane down as
quickly as
yo
u can because you re
hungry
You
only have to get within a
few
dozen
yards
downwind
of
the hot
griddles
and you know life is going to
be
much better
very
shortly.
?It
Shelbyville Illinois is a small
town in
south-central
Illinois just
south
of
Decatur. The
handsome
sma
ll
airport on
the west edge
of
town
must
have one of the highest
populations per capita of Wacos
and t has a friendly couple working
together as the
F O
to
boot.
Mike
and
Tracy
Potter
were
working
all
Avgas
over the field to make sure everyone
had a great time. The folks in Shel
byville
put
on a great fly-in
with
plenty of hot pancakes first
thing
in
the morning and then a
freshly
cooked burger for lunch washed
down with lemonade shake-ups.
Combined with good friends .
how could likfe be better?
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Glenn Peck
flew the Historic Aircraft Restoration
Mu
seum's Piper PA-15 Vagabond to Shelbyville from Dauster
Flying Field
in
Creve Coeur, Missouri. It s another vintage
friendly airport.
O
ne of
the
great guys
at Shelbyville
is
Bob
Howie, who spends a major
amount
of
time during
his
preflight
on
his
Waco
CTO
(formerly Speed
Holman s
Taperwing, Registration No .
7446)
oiling the valves and rocker arms on the bi
plane's Wright
J-4.
Of course, that means that most
of it
will also wind up
on
the windscreen or his gog
gles, but hey,
that s
what flying neat old biplanes is
all about
John Livesay is now enjoying flying his Warner-powered
Waco
RNF complete with a ring cowl.
Mel McCollum made a quick hop over from the St. Louis area with his sharp
Monocoupe 90-AL.
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P SS T TO BUCK
BY E.E. "BUCK" HILBERT, EA
A
21 VAA 5
P O
Box 424 UNION IL 60180
odeling
talent
I ve
been
around restorers and to own and fly. I hadn t heard
airplanes in general for a very long
from
him
in more than 20
years,
time, and still I m
amazed at
the but these shots
showed
up in the
incredible work
members can
do. mail a
little while ago,
and I
Take a look at the
modeling
done
wanted
to
share them
with
you.
by Lester Klean, who now lives in Lots of you are modelers, too, and
Sun City, Arizona.
Lester
and I
we appreciate
all the
different
knew each
other
way back when. ways you keep old airplanes alive.
He
did
a
number
of
meticulous
K
restorations over the years, includ-
~ t J ~
ing
a really great Champ
he
used
This l/B-inch scale model
of
the
Ryan NYP
Spirit
of
St. Louis was sold to
Ker-
mit Weeks. It
spans
69
inches and duplicates the entire structure
of
the
Spirit right down
to
the details
in
the cockpit.
The Wright J-5 Whirlwind engine is
available as a 1-1/2-inch
l /B)
scale
kit from Williams Brothers, a well
known
plastic
modeling
firm
www.wil/iamsbrosinc.com).
One side is covered
the other left with the
structure
showing.
Look at all those wing
ribs Even
the spars
and
rigging
f i tt ings
were duplicated.
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A.
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spon
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hip, involv
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nt, control
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e
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eceiv
ed four months prior to
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event date.
JUNE
13-I6-St.
Louis, MO-American Waco Club Inc.
Fly-In. Creve Coeur Airport. Info: Phil 616-624-6490
or Jerry 317-535-8882
JUNE
13-I6-Middletown
, OH-ll th Nat'l Aeronca
As-
soc.
Convention
. Hook Field. Aircraft judging, Air
Force Museum tours, steak fry Fri. , forum &
banquet
Sat. Info: 217-395-2522
JUNE
I5
- Cooperstown,
NY- K23) Old Airplane Fly-In
& Breakfast Sponsored by EAA Ch. 1070. 7:30 a.m.
Noon , rain or
shine
. Adults $4.00, Children under
12 $3.50. Pilots
of
1962 or older aircraft eat free
Info: 607-547-2526
JUNE I5-I6-West Bend, WI-Southeast Wisconsin
Airfest.
8am-5pm
ea. day. Air show, flight simula-
tors, military and vintage airplane showcase, chil
dren's entertainment area, vintage car
show
and
parade, food, and more Firefighters, Police,
and
active or retired military,
admitted
free
with
ID or
proof of service. Info: 800-414-0065
JUNE I6-23
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Vegas, NV-34th
Annual
Convention
of the Int'l Cessna 170 Assn. Texas Station Hotel, 800
654-8888, Info 702-595-8019
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June 29·30, Longmont, CO September
7·8
, Dinwiddie
County
Airport
NORTHWEST
EM AY IN
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EAST
COAST
FLY.JN
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July
1() 14, Arlington, WA
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AY·IN
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,
Phoenix, AZ
JUNE
20-23-
Mason, MI-Ercoupe Reunion National
Convention.
Mason-Jewett Airport (TEW).
Everyone welcome.
Info:
810-231-3392 or mlrdun
JUNE 2 2 Zanesville, OH-EAA Ch. 425 Fly-In-Drive
In Breakfast. Riverside
Airport
. 8am-2pm. Breakfast
all day, lunch
items
llam-2pm. Fly Market . Info:
740-454-0003.
JUNE
2 2 Wauseon,
OH-Ch. 149 Annual Pancake
Breakfast
Fl
y-In .
Fulton
County Airport (US E). Info:
419-636-5503.
JUNE 22 Marquette County,
MI-First Annual Sawyer
Aviation Expo.
Sponsored
by EAA Ch . 850 Mar
quette
County Area
Chamber
of Commerce.
Celebrating the history of the
former
K.1. Sawyer
AFB. Sawyer International is located 160 mi. north
of
Green Bay, WI. Info: [email protected] or 306
346-3567
JUNE 2 3 Niles, MI-EAA
Ch.
865 Annual Fly
In/Breakfast at Jerry Tyler Municipal Ai r
port
(3 TR ),
7 till
noon.
Info
: 219-271-8533
JUNE 27-
3
Mr
. Vernon,
OH-43rd
Annual
Nat l
Waco Club
Reunion.
Wynkoop Airport. Info: 937-
866-6692 or
WA
JUNE 2 9
Prosser,
WA-EAA Ch. 391
Fl
y-In Breakfast.
Info:
509-786-1830
JULY 4-Mansfield,
O H -
(MFD) Pancake Breakfast
Mansfield Aviation Club, 7-11 a.m. Info: 419-774
7575
JULY 6 R ensselaer,
IN
E
AA
Chapter
828
Fly-In
at
Jasper C
ounty
Airport . Ham be
an
lunch. Info:
219-866-5587
JULY
6-Gain
esville, GA- GVL)
EAA
611 34th An
nual
Cracker Fly-In. 7:30 a.m. Pancake Breakfast &
Fly-IN.
Judging in
9 categories, awards, rides, food.
Info : 770-531-0291 or 770-536-9023 or
www.eaa611. c
om
JULY 5- Alliance, OH-Taylorcraft
Foundation, Tay
lorcraft
Owner s Club
Fly-In &
Reunion
. Barber
Airport (2Dl). Breakfast Sat. & Sun. by
EAA
Ch . 82.
Info 330-823-1168 or www.taylorcraft.org
JULY 13-Toughkenamon, PA-EAA Chapter
240
,
28th
Annual Fly-In/Drive-In Pancake Breakfast 8:00
a.m. at New
Garden Airport (N5 7). Young Eagles'
Rally.
Admission
free . Info: 215-761-3191
JULY
13-Zanesville,
OH-EAA Ch. 425 Fly-In/ Drive
In Breakfast.
PARR
Airport. 8 a .
m.-2
p.m . Breakfast
all da y, lunch
items
11 a.m.-2
p.m.
Fly Market.
Info: 740-454-0003 .
JULY 2 Cooperstown,
NY- K23)
Old
Airplane Fly
In & Breakfast
Sponsored
by EAA Ch. 1070.
7:30am-Noon,
rain or shine. Adults $4.00, Children
under
12 $3.50. Pilots of 1962 or older aircraft e
at
free Info:
607-547-2526
JULY 2 Alamosa, CO-San Luis Valley Regional
Airport Air Show
and
Fly-In. Features classic war
birds
(WWII),
acrobatic exhibitions, current
mili
tary aircraft, experimental aircraft, and ho mebuilts.
Pancake
Breakfast. Event free to public. Info: 719
852-9860
.
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8/20/2019 Vintage Airplane - Jun 2002
27/36
20-2I-Dayton,
OH-1st
Eastern Region Nat'l Avi
ation Heritage Invitational coinciding with 2002
Dayton Air Show. Co-sponsored by Rolls-Royce North
America, NASM, Nat'l Aviation Hall of Fame
and
Reno
Air
Racing Assn. No more than 50 aircraft are selected
for each Invitational. Applications are due by
June
15.
For details on eligibility
and
judging criteria, entry ap
plication, etc. contact Ann, 703-621-2839
ULY
2I-Burlington WI-10th
Annual Group Ercoupe
Flight Into AirVenture. Wheels up at noon. Everyone
welcome to jOin. Info: 715-842-7814
24-0shkosh WI-VA
A Picnic at AirVenture. Na
ture