VA-Vol-17-No-9-Sept-1989

STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

by Espie Butch Joyce

Those of us who had the privilege of attending EAA Oshkosh 89 will have the memory of seeing no fewer than six Jennies A number of people expressed their delight in seeing those aircraft flying Several older pilots told me even though they had been around quite a few years they had never seen a Jenny fly

I wish to express my personal thanks to the owners and pilots who brought their Jennies to Oshkosh A special thanks goes to Ken Hyde who orshyganized this gathering We should also recognize the organizational work of Tom Poberezny for his securing transshyportation and sponsorship for these airshycraft Tom with the help of Bill Turner and Allied Van Lines and Tom Davis who obtained sponsorship from a number of airlines pulled all this toshygether and made it work

Everyone enjoyed the Russians visit This was a unique occurance and the topic of constant conversation With the AntiqueClassic Headquarters being so near we were a good place for these people to visit We had a number of good meetings and convershysation exchanges I just hope the Russhy

sians will carry home the good will we at the AC Division attempted to conshyvey to them

All of the AntiqueClassic area is opshyerated by volunteers Never could I have asked for a better group of people It would be impossible to thank everyone individually but all of you did a superb job

I wish to express special thanks to Art Morgan and the group at AC Parkshying They were called on again and again to perform on short notice and never were we disappointed Kate Morgan and Ruth Coulson worked their hearts out at AC Headquarters Charlie Harris did a superior job with the Interview Circle The judges worked constantly and as always did a great job Bob Brauer had a good response at his Membership and Chapshyter Booth Bobs wife Phyllis comshypiled and published a daily newsletter on activities in the AntiqueClassic area of the Convention So many worked so hard to make all go smoothly

On a personal note this was the first year for my daughters Wendy and Sarah to attend the Convention Sarah is 12 and I asked her to write down her impressions of EAA Oshkosh 89

My first impression of Oshkosh was that I couldnt believe that there were that many airplanes in one place What I liked most was the Piedmont DC-3 SR-71 the Russian airplanes and the Qantas 747 Everyone was so nice They told me to look aliI wanted and stopped to explain things to me The airshows were fantastic The exhibit buildings and the Fly-market were places I enjoyed visiting We spent but one afternoon at the museum there was so much to see and so little time 1 loved it all - the planes the people and the great fun ofbeing there I am already working on my dad to let me come back next year so that I can see and do everything

The happening that we have just parshyticipated in as always takes us back to our love of aviation Im glad to have been part of EAA Oshkosh 89

I am back at work now and maybe I can get some rest and get ready for our Board meeting in November I would like to have your impressions and suggestions to take to this meeting We grow better when we all pull in the same direction for the good of aviation Join us and have it all bull

2 SEPTEMBER 1989

PUBLICATION STAFF PUBLISHER

Tom Poberezny

VICE-PRESIDENT MARKETING amp COMMUNICATIONS

Dick Matt

EDITOR Mark Phelps

ART DIRECTOR Mike Drucks

ADVlERTISING Mary Jones

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Norman Petersen Dick Cavin

FEATURE WRITERS George A Hardie Jr Dennis Parks

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Isabelle Wiske

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Jim Koepnick Carl Schuppel

Jeff Isom

EAA ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISION INC

OFFICERS President Vice President

Espie Butch Joyce Arthur R Morgan Box 468 3744 North 51st Blvd

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DIRECTORS Robert C Bob Brauer John S Copeland

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SEPTEMBER 1989 Vol 17 No9

Copyright 1989 by the EAA AntiquelClassic Division Inc All rights reserved

Contents

2 Straight and Levelby Espie Butch Joyce

4 MC Newscompiled by Mark Phelps

6 EAA Oshkosh 89photos by Mark Phelps

10 Time Capsuleby Mark Phelps

12 Vintage Literatureby Dennis Parks

14 Taildragonlby Mark Phelps

20 Deer Pasture Fly-Inlby Dick Cavin

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24 Seabird Sonataby Norm Petersen Page 14

29 Pass It To Bucklby EE Buck Hilbert

30 Vintage Trader

35 Mystery Planelby George Hardie Jf

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FRONT COVIER The sun finally sets on EAA Oshkosh 89 and the Douglas Historical Foundations rare DC-2 (Photo by Mark Phelps)

REAR COVIER From the EAA Archives LibrarylArchives Director Dennis Parks uncovered one of Karl Orfs catalogs of pilot supplies The colorized photo features the likeness of Ort himself resplendant in helmet and Willsonite Navy flying goggles $1247 a pair in 1937

The words EM ULTRALlGKT FLY WITH THE FIRSTTEAM SPORT AVIATION aoIthe logos 01 EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC EAA INTERNAmiddot TIONAL CONVENTION EM ANTIOUECLASSIC DIVISION INC INTERNATIONAL AlEROBATIC CLUB INC WAIRBIRDS OF AMERICA INC are registered trademar1lts THE EAA SKY SHOPPE aoI logos 01 the EM AVIATION FOUNDATION INC aoI EAA ULTRALIGKT CONVENTION are trademar1lts 01 the above associatioos aoIlheir use by art person other than the above associatioos is strictly proobited

Editorial P(jky Readers are encouraged 10 submrt stories aoI photographs PoIky opiOOns expressed in artides are soIe~ IIose 01 the authors ResponstJility for occuracy ~ reporting rests entirely with the contrigtutor Material shoold be sent to Editor The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Wrttrnan Re9ltJnaI AiI]lOrt 3000 Poberezny Ad OsNltosh WI 54903-3086 Phooo41 41426-4800

The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) ~ publisOOd aoI owned exdusively by EAA AntiqueClassic OMsionloc 01 the Expenmenlal Aircraft Association loc aoI is pu~ished monlh~ at Wrttrnan Regional Airport 3000 PoIberezny Rd Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 SecoOO Class Postage paid at Oshkosh WI 54901 aoI additional mailing offices Membership rates for EAA AnliquelClassic Division loc are $1800 for aJrreoi EAA menbers lor 12 rnorh period 01 wtlich $1200 is for the publication 01 The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open 10 all who are inlerested in aviation

ADVERTISING - AntiqueClassic Division does not guarantee or endorse any product offered lhrollh OIJr aovertising We invrte constructive mlicism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise oblained lhrough our aovertising so lhat correc1ive measures can be laken

POSTMASTER Send address changes to EM AntiqueClassic ovision loc PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

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Compiled by Mark Phelps

EAA Oshkosh 89 The Convention is now history This

year presented a random sample of weather ranging from damp and chilly (the vendors sold a lot of jackets and sweatshirts) to a reprise of some of the heat left over from 1988 More imporshytant than the weather here in Oshkosh was the circle of nasty stuff surroundshying northeast Wisconsin Many East Coast aircraft owners got as close as Indiana and Illinois only to park their aircraft and continue on via airline or rental car We can only guess at how many turned back and never got to the Fly-in at all

For all of that the numbers of anshytiques registered was up from last year - 137 from 135 Classics suffered a setback from 818 in 1988 to 583 this year What may have been lacking in quantity was more than made up in quality The Grand Champions in both antique and classic categories were a pair of real jewels Bill Halversons Grand Champion Antique Staggerwing was a sight to behold and Charles Hoovers Grand Champion Classic 85shyhp Swift was a rare example of that airplane with its original powerplant

Award Winners The following are the award winners in the AntiqueClassic Division for EAA Oshkosh 89

Antique A wards Grand Champion William Halverson Bloomington Minnesota 1947 Beech Staggerwing Reserve Grand Champion Fred G Nelson Glen Ellyn Illinois 1943 Stearman fYf-17

Contemporary Age 1933-1945 Champion William Quincy Columbia Missouri 1947 Staggerwing Runner-up Doug CombsLinda Gamshyble Incline Village Nevada 1934 Luscombe Phantom Outstanding Closed-cockpit Monoshyplane Steve Givens Anderson Inshydiana 1940 Culver Cadet

Outstanding Open-cockpit Monoplane Bill Rose Barrington Illinois 1941 Ryan STM Outstanding Closed-cockpit Biplane Bob Hathaway Hollywood Califorshynia 1935 Waco CUC-I Outstanding Open-Cockpit Biplane Red River Tiger Moth Group Wakefield Quebec 1941 deHavilland Tiger Moth

Silver Age 1928 - 1932 Champion RW Kaplan Owatonna Minnesota 1929 Curtiss Robin J- Runner-up Bill Watson Tulsa Okshylahoma 1928 Kreider Reisner KR-31 Outstanding Open-cockpit Biplane Vernon Dallman Jr Esparto Califorshynia 1932 Curtiss-Wright BI4B

Golden Age 1918 - 1927 Champion Ray Folsom Lomiat California 1918 Curtiss JN4D Jenny

Pioneer Age Prior to 1918 Champion Chester Peek Norman Okshylahoma 1917 Curtiss JN4D Jenny Runner-up Wally Olson Vancouver Washington 1917 Curtiss JN4D Jenny Outstanding Skeeter Carlson Spokane Washington 1917 Curtiss JN4 Canuck

World War II Military Trainer Champion Ken Volk Fort Worth Texas 1943 Boeing A 75N I Runner-up William L Johnson Oakshybrook Illinois 1943 Stearman N2S-3 Outstanding Ed Midgely Geneva Ilshylinois 1943 Stearman N2S-3

Transport Category Champion Stinson Enterprises Neenah Wisconsin 1931 Stinson SM6000 Runner-up Bill Rose Barrington Ilshylinois 1944 Grumman Goose B-100 Outstanding Douglas Historical Founshydation Long Beach California 1935 Douglas DC-2

Customized Aircraft Champion Jim Kramer Boynton Beach Florida 1942 Cessna T-50 Runner-up Tom Flock Rockville Inshydiana 1940 Waco UPF-7 Outstanding Bob Poor Greencastle Indiana 1941 Waco UPF-7

Replica Aircraft Champion Vernon Dallman Jr Esshyparto California Beachey Little Looper Runner-up Don Rushton Edmonton Alberta Sopwith Camel

Unique Aircraft Jim Younkin Springdale Arkansas Younkin Special Goliath

Classic A wards

Grand Champion Charles Hoover St Paul Minnesota Swift GC-IA Reserve Grand Champion Clyde Barton Angleton Texas Luscombe IIA

Class 1 - 100 to 150 hp Robert Gehring Rubicon Wisconsin Piper PA-I2

Class III - 150 hp and above Jim Rollison Vacaville California Cessna 180

Custom Class A - up to 100 hp Gary Winter Pipestone Minnesota Piper Vagabond PA-15

Custom Class B - 100 to 150 hp Henry Geissler Webster Minnesota Piper J-3 Clipwing Cub Custom Class C - 150 hp and above Daryl Dressler St Paul Minnesota Swift GCIB Outstanding Workmanship Award

Custom J Dawson Ransome New Hope Pennsylvania Piper PA-18

Best in Class Aeronca - over 100 hp Charles Hanshyson Dundee Illinois Aeronca 15AC Aeronca - under 100 hp Don Shilling Texarkana Texas Aeronca Champ

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Beechcraft Dave Slovacheck Colgate Wisconsin Bonanza C-35 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Cessna 120-140 Michael Shaver Bridgeton Missouri Cessna 140 Cessna 170-180 Hartwig Rueckl and Slomski Menasha Wisconsin Cessna 170A Cessna 190-195 Paul Dougherty and Paul Dougherty Jr Warrenton Pennsylvania Cessna 195 Ercoupe Scott Olson Lake Elmo Minnesota Navion Ralph Abercrombie Tulsa Oklahoma Piper 1-3 Jim Lefevre Howard Wisshyconsin Piper (others) PW Steiner San Franshycisco California PA-20 Stinson Tom and Lorraine Zedaker Las Vegas Nevada Stinson 108-2 Swift Jon W Breese Omaha Nebshyraska Swift GC-IB Taylorcraft John McDonald Windom Kansas BC-12D-1 Funk Dan Towers Dover Delaware Limited Production James Sorensen Ceres California Republic RC-3 Luscombe Jim Rushing and Owen Bruce Allen Texas Luscombe 8E bull

Peter Hawks 1934 - 1989 It is with deep regret that we report

the passing of AntiqueClassic Divishysion Advisor Peter Hawks who died of cancer on July 21 one week before his 65th birthday Peters efforts on beshyhalf of the division will be sorely missed We offer condolences to his family

August 31-September 1 - Cofshyfeyville Kansas Funk Aircraft Ownshyers Association Reunion Contact Ray Pahls President Tel 316943-6920

September 1-5 - Bartlesville Okshylahoma National Antique Airplane Association Fly-In at Frank Phillips Field Contact Robert L Taylor at 515 938-2773

September 6-10 - Galesburg Ilshylinois 18th Annual Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe at 815459-6873

September 9 - Chico California Chico Airshow and Celebration Chico Municipal Airport Contact Dino Corshybin at 916342-0141 or Harold Schooler at 916891 -4214

September 9-10 - Shirley Long Isshyland New York 26th Annual Antique Airplane Club of Greater New York Fly-In Brookhaven Airport Rain date September 16-17 Contact John Schlie at 516957-9145

September 15-17 - Jacksonville Ilshylinois Fifth Annual Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Fly-In and Reunion Contact Loran Nordgren at 815469shy9100

September 21-24 - Oshkosh Wisshyconsin Aircraft Restoration and Technology Seminar EAA Air Adshyventure Museum The Smithsonian Inshystitution lecture and seminar program presents a series of media programs lectures and hands-on programs Preshy

registration and a seminar fee required Contact EAA Education office at 414 426-4800

September 22 - 23 - Tahlequah Okshylahoma (50 miles ESE Tulsa) 32nd Annual Tulsa Fly-in Tahlequah Airshyport Contact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa Oklahoma 74135 Tel 9181742-7311 also In conjunction 9th Annual Bucker Fly-in Contact Frank Price 817853-2008

September 30 - October 1 - Binshygham Maine 20th Annual Gadabout Gaddis Fly-in Gadabout Gaddis Airshyport Bingham Maine Call 207672shy5527 or 672-4135

September 30 - October 1 shyLexington Tennessee 5th Annual Tennessee Taildraggers Association Fly-in Call 901968-2864 eves

October 5-8 - Pauls Valley Okshylahoma International Cessna 120-140 Association Fly-In Convention Fifty miles south of Oklahoma City on 1-35 Fly-Outs games and fun for all Close to motels and shopping mall Excellent camping facilities on field Contact Bud Sutton at 405392-5608

October 7-8 - Sussex New Jersey Quad-chapter fly-in Sussex Airport Sponsored by EAA Chapters 238 73 891 and EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 7 Contact Bill Tuchler 2011797-3835 or Konrad Kundig 2011361-8789 bull

Book Review

SKYWARD SKYWARD WHY FLYERS FLY by Russell Munson with an introduction by Richard Bach 208 Pages 162 color photographs Howell Press 700 Harris Street Suite B Charlottesville Virshyginia 22901 $4500

Pilots who wish they could allow their non-believer friends to experience the wonder that draws us to aviation can thank Russell Munson In this topshyquality coffee-table book he weaves a tapestry of aviation that includes not only the people and the machines but also the way we feel about flying Munsons work as a photographer is

Magazine He also provided the photot for Richard Bachs bestseller lonathan Livingston Seagull In Bachs introduction to Skyward he qualifies Munson as a photographer and a writer who understands the poetry of aviation and speaks to it with his work This includes not only picshytures and stories of airplanes but also dynamic images of people be they pilots passengers or simply aweshystruck observers The aircraft range from antiques to cutting-edge corposhyrate jets but the common thread is the love of flight that all pilots know Skyshyward will help us share it with our

well-known to readers of FLYING friends - Mark Phelps

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

FROM JENNIES TO JETS

Photos by Mark Phelps

Jennies on the move being towed from overnight shelter in hangars to the Antique flightline 6 SEPTEMBER 1989

Skeeter Carlson flies his ultra-rare Curtiss IN-4 Canuck a Canadian-built Jenny

Ray Brooks World War I ace with six vicshytories describes some of his early experishyences with Jennies

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7

Wingwalkers are standard equipment with a Jenny

Bill Schlapmans Taylorcraft attracts a youthful shade-worshipper

Cub scouts 8 SEPTEMBER 1989

The American Eagle during the AntiqueClassic Parade of Flight Owner Gene Morris

Susan Dusenbury gets a motorscooter escort to the Interview Circle VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9

The Time CaRsule byMarkPhelps

MARTIN B-lOB

The Martin B-IOB was the standard Army bombr until replaced by the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in the late 1930s The Marshytin was the second all-metal twin-engine monoplane in the Armys bomber inventory after the Boeing B-9 and the first to incorposhyrate internal bomb stowage and an enclosed front gun turret When 48 B-IOs were ordered on January 171933 at a cost of$2440000 the bomber was faster than any US fighter in service With R-1820-19 engines the Marshytin had a top speed of 207 mph at 6000 feet When the Army wrested the coastal defence responsibility from the Navy B-lOs and B-12s (a B-1O with 775-hp R-1690-11 engines) were fitted with floats and auxiliary fuel tanks for the mission (Radtke Photo 759)

RYAN C-l

The Foursome as the C-I was informally called was Ryan s representative in the atshytempt to lure the businessman and family-flier market Smaller than the more famous Brouhgam the C-I was also faster and more sprightly on the controls Inside the smaller cabin was nevertheless more luxuriously apshypointed with deep automobile sears and matching headliner Developed in 1930 only three C-I s were built one of which was conshyverted to the C-2 with a Packard diesel engine Another C-I perhaps the one shown here was later fitted with auxiliary fuel tanks and launched from Nova Scotia in August 1939 reportedly headed for Palestine It was never seen again (Radtke Photo 847)

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WACO TAPER WING

Starting in lace 1929 with the transcontinental New York to Los Angeles air derby the Waco CTO Taperwing ran up a succession of creshydentials that made it one of the most exciting and romantic airplanes of the era At a time when exhibit flying and air racing captured the publics imagination the Waco took center stage Wacos placed 2-5-6 at the Cleveland Ail Derby second in the Australian pursuit race (with Art Davis at the controls) and first in the same event for women piloted by Gladys ODonnell Fearless Freddie Lund was the first to complete an outside loop in a proshyduction airplane his Waco Taperwing and led a team ofthree Taperwings to top civilian aeroshybatic team honors The list goes on through the early I 930s The Taperwing was the ship to fly if you meant to go fast and win races The example shown here has had its N struts replaced by I struts in an apparent allempt to tweak more speed from the airframe (Radtke Photo 019)

DOUGLAS DC-2

The exploits of the Douglas Commercial series are legend The airplane changed the face ofair transportation in the United States and the world TWA was the first on the bandshywagon at a time when each new aircraft type was eclipsing its predecessor by leaps and bounds The DC-I prototype of the DC-2 left the vaunted Boeing 247 an impressive airplane in its own right far behind The most impressive feat of the DC-I was its flight from Winslow Arizona (elev 4256 feet) to Alshybuquerque New Mexico across the 7243-foot Continental Divide The flighc was performed on one engine On February 18 1934 the DCshyI flew from Los Angeles to Newark New Jershysey in 13 hours four minutes besting the preshyvious airliner record by more than five hours While the Boeing 247 had sec the format with its all-metal monocoque construction the Douglas transport carried che theme to its fulshylest potential capturing the confidence of the airline flying public (Radtke Photo 421)

A 12 page illustrated catalog of the over 1000 negatives in the Radtke Collection is now available from the EAA Foundation ArChives for $300 postpaid Write EAA Aviation Foundation Library PO Box 3065 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065 or call1-80Q-843-3612

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VI~TA(3~ LIT~I2ATUI2~ Used Aircraft Guides

Who among us hasnt had the urge to buy a used airplane Today there are at least a dozen publications dedishycated to airplane advertising The stanshydard is Trade-A -Plane published in Crossville Tennessee since 1937 But what did buyers use as a source in the 1920s and 30s Among the forums for used planes were the classified ad secshytions in the large-circulation aviation magazines such as AERIAL AGE and AERO DIGEST The following selecshytions examine the used airplane and enshygine listings in these publications from 1919 to 1937

AERIAL AGE 1915

AERIAL AGE classified advertising began in the April 19 1915 issue with a half-page classified section It conshytained three ads for used equipment One was for a Curtiss plane

FOR SALE-CURTISS AEROPLANE Btst offer over 50000 takeo my Curtis TypeAeraglane equipped with 60 II P II cylinderKirk am Motor All In load ylnl condition crated lor exhibition work and Include 4 extra aectlons and motor part Machine wu flown by EUlene Godet aeason 1913

Addre G W ZEIGIN p O BOl607 Monroe La

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There was also an ad for a used Anshyzani engine and a Curtiss flying boat

1919

By September 22 1919 the c1assshyified section was still just a half page but there were now 10 ads for used equipment including Canadian Curtiss IN trainers a Wright flying boat and a Gnome-powered biplane

_ -shyCURTISS IN 4 For bullbull1bullbullt price tht I riaht Ntarly new perfect condition ready for (iIlJ Addr Box 389 co Aeri1 Ar 280 A adlson Ave New York City

FOR SALE Canadian JN tralnlnf plancomplete with Curtis OX 5 motor lane is brand nrw Motor bas run rew hours and fuarant~fi same as new This plane cost

7000_ First draft for $4QOO00 takes it Addre otrar Bros Vancouver B C Can ad

by ()ennls Varks

IA4 Llb-aoAnhlves ()I-ed()shy

FOR SALE-Two panener Biplane 38 ft wings all surfaces newly covered 7 cylinder Gnome motor Guaranteed to be in fine flying condition Price $1500 Addre C II Ruthmiddot erford First and C Sts San Diego Calif

NEW L-W-F complete for Ie Thl waa (~overnment machine oever flown Now in warehouse Price is right Addres Box 388 cia Aerial Age 280 Madison Ave New York City

1923

By January 1923 the classified secshytion had grown to full page and there were more than 40 ads for used aircraft and engines Included were Anzani Hisso and Liberty motors Aircraft inshycluded a Curtiss Seagull with 20 hours a three-place Laird Swallow with only 12 hours for $1850 and a 220-hp SPAD Scout for $400

FOR SALE-Modd A Hispano ISO H P $2~OOO 220 II P geared lIispano ~lOOo OX5 Curti $t25middot 00 All finc condition Curtiss M F boat with model A lIispano $875middot00 L W F tractor less power $Joooo Nels J Nelson 513 East St New Dritain Conn

FOR SALE-Followln aeroplan ready to Ay ThomasmiddotMorse Scout (new) OX5 motor $60000 French Spad Scout 220 IIP Hispno ulotor (new) $40000 Hiendrick Scout OX5 motor $80000 Standard J - (new) OX6 motor 1100000 E J Bond 609 Main St IIouston Tex

WANTED-Three new Standards ready for OX5s F O B storage point price must be riht Also ~ood pilot wishes position Ardie ~ftller 632 Main St Benton III

FOR SALE-New M F f1~n boat 3 nater ith nelV 100 H P ox 6 motor installed ship completely tuned up and TradAfor flight ~1200 00 Address Box 685 co erial Age 942 Grand Central Terminal New York

City

FOR SALE-M-F boat nown 100 honn Cut for four passengers-absolutely perfect condition Extra brand new Curtis OXX6 motor Spare tail group struts wires rro pellero etc Will demonstrnte at any t me Price $150000 J M Corbett 35 Central Sq Somerville Mass

FOR SALE-New Autrlan Daimler 250 II 1 motor with magnetos ancl carhuretors $50000 Also new Austrian Hero 250 HP motor with mags and carburetors $40000 O W Pearson Jr Troy Ohio

SOOOOJN4 plane worth 120000 Will trade for good car or seaplane Arthur Caron 47 Bremer St Manchester N H

PROPELLERS-New OX5 Flottorp coppermiddot tipp lIispano Liberty Curtis Navy etc Single $1000 each Lots of 25 $4 00 each Parachute $5000 Moore 60 Richfield Ave Buffalo New York

JN4D In ood nyln condition $65000 Will ttach purchaser to fly Erie Smiley Seward Nebr

STANDARD NEW MOTOR delivered 1100 mil free $70000 Jennies new $85000 Wilde Airplane Co Charlottesville Va

CURTISS SEAGULL-Equipped with C-6 motor used about twenty hours mechanically rerfect looks like new Price reasonable nquire Owner 1308 Marine Trust Bldll

Buffalo N Y

The CANUCK a good plane at a right price

Everything for Canucks JN4s and OX5 Motora

Parts for Avros and Sopwith planes Service the best-Prices the best balanced

Write lor IiJt or Jpeciy your requirement

ERICSON AIRCRAFT LIMITED 120 King E Toronto Canada

AERO DIGEST 1922

AERO DIGEST began its Buyers Dishyrectory in October 1922 It had three ads for used equipment Included was a Curtiss MF flying boat without enshygine for $675

FOR SALE Nw F FIi Boat wilko1 i_ 1175

8 0 2 Aeronauli(al Oie1 342 Mdibullbullbull Abull bull N_ Y bull bull 10 Ci ly

ANS4LDO MODEL A_ 300middotC Sibull bullbullbullI bull bull AbullbullII T bull bullbullbullbullbull bull I Flbullbullbullbull 7 000

Addrell 80 3 Aeronauti(a l Oiet 342 Mdl Abullbullbull Nbullbull Y

1925

By May 1925 there were four pages in the Buyers Directory with 42 ads Engines included Gnomes LeRhones Hissos and OX5s Aircraft included Jennies Canucks Standards and Thomas Morse Scouts

Logans Bargains lAH[S clr~ _ bullbull MGTOIIS iii ox willi 1bull Cllt l l JJ~D 1111 _ bull bull IIlt5 bull bull 1 OX)(bull bull 137 N bull 0middot IS Nbullbull J - I SlIobullbullOU bullbull r no Nt lSi Jl h bullbullbullbullbull tIO$ II Hh tnbull ~8 IU ubullbull HUO middot a bullbull raquou N bull bull Cllt11 11 11M IH INDmiddotbullbull Too us VIOl 1bullbull 1300 N IIfty ( 1100 d CIod rty 0 1110 1110 J -I s II H 1I1t~II t77 S0 21 middot lJoIIU 11011 un bull 11Ji1 to OJU Mlor S~OO middot

MOTOR PAIITS l ulUbullbullhll lot1 nG~ I nthd nco C1IOUU bull bull lIt $0lt fd tOO 1111 u ox 1 bull bullbull 1025 1120 Jot Rr 5Oc IN tO 1

I c bull bull H u att CbullbullltRI u 1 HII~R In H ar bull lItt u oww til nlt

lin 1350 IJI~ltIU c II7 5 rll I lIIad n e IIIuII lltbull ttl5f ~I Ieyl 135 OJ II oxx t Itltc lte

FLOYD J LOGAN 716 W Superior Cleveland Ohio

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1932 1937

By December 1932 there were four pages of used bargains The variety of aircraft had increased from 1925 There were now Kinner Birds Great Lakes Fleets Robins Eaglerocks and Wacos

By 1937 the whole base of the used plane market had changed More than 20000 aircraft had been produced in the previous 10 years and the Depresshysion had seen a lot of aircraft changing hands

BIRD 100 hp Kinner latest type total lime 210 hours Just top overhauled Heywood starter rate of climb bank amp turn air speedamp dock COt $43)0 to reproduce never damaged bullbull $ZZS8

MONOSPORT Warner offered and olways flown by original pnrchaer 700 hours total on hip motor h s 125 honrs since factory omiddoterhu Ship rebuilt and recovered 1931 1op peed HO m ph rants ring apeclal inshyItruments never crashed bullbull bullbull bullbull bullbull bullbull bullbull 1751Used Planes

and Engines

FOR SALE Monocoupe Velie 85 thirty foot wing long oleo type gear 300 bours never cracked always hangared A bargain at $500 Aljoe amp Stevens Midwest Wyoming

FOR SALE Curtiss-Wright Jr licensed to Aushygust 1933 New model Szellely motor oversize airwheels compass perfect condition Owner demiddot sires larger ship Price $510 Municipal Airport Montgomery Alabema

The used aircraft listings covered eight pages and there were so many entries that they were now listed in the classified ads by make and model There were 50 manufacturers listed in the c1assifieds The make that had the largest number for sale was Stinson with 24 listed Next was Monocoupe with 15 listed

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SPECIAL Fairchild 2Z Cirrus 95 horepower Ucensed to May 1933 NC 1179 Two place dual controls brakes wir~ for lights In excellent condition Wonderful for studenls Price $1175 F J Kirk South LaneasteT Massachusetts

OX PARKS P - l One year since major Just reli censed Hartzell prop turns UOO on round Extra instruments wired for night Oyin $1495 Lee Spruill 3928 Manheim Road Kansas City Mo

RYAN BmiddotI Wright JmiddotS ISO hours ance complete major overhaul Speed ring lights Rarebull bull bull $l5t WACO F Kinner B middotS 125 h p 15 hours since top overhaul Speed ring m(tal front roltkpit cover bullbullSzzoe STINSON JR Warner Fuelage ju remiddot covered bullbullbullbullbullbullbull IIS

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((Getting from the ramp to the runway is just the beginning of the adventure))

by Mark Phelps 14 SEPTEMBER 1989

Young pilots old airplanes All right You people who grew up

with tailwheels can be smug about this Heel-braking S-tums sticking and throttling may come as second nature to you but for an increasing number of pilots these are foreign skills Beshysides modem airplanes have more than just nosewheels Docile airfoils inboard stall strips and wing washout are some of the improvements that have made flying easier for later genershyations of aviators

Still younger pilots become inshyfatuated with older airplanes For them its a matter of living aviations great history hands-on Many of today s anshytiquers became involved because the airplanes are the ones that gave them their first taste of flight years ago For the next generation of antiquers howshy

ever the appeal is not a personal memshyory but a sense of preserving and reshyliving history The goal is a noble one and pursuing it should be encouraged but sometimes those who do are illshyequipped to handle the equipment Some historically valuable airplanes have been tragically damaged or lost Its important for the next generation to keep the antiques flying but its also important for those passing on the airplanes to pass on the skills that go with yesterdays technology

As a nosewheel-trained pilot who has been taught to manage a cockpit I enlisted the aid of former VINTAGE AIRPLANE editor Gene Chase to inshytroduce me to the skills involved in dragging my tail Besides having nearly 300 different aircraft types repshyresented in his logbook Gene owns a

Taylor E-2 Cub and a Davis 0-1-W which he keeps here at Oshkosh He flies them as much as he can usually with the front seat occupied by someshyone having their first ride in an antique airplane Genes skill as a pilot is one of those things that is taken for granted today and will become a legend in the future His patience as an instructor is a virtue I experienced first-hand

We chose the EAA Aviation Founshydations Wag Aero Cuby for my indocshytrination Its a little heavy and the Continental A-65 is a little tired but I found the airplane to be fun to fly and a good teacher Gene and I started with a thorough preflight

Preflight I had to force myself to remember

what it was like to preflight a Bonanza

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or even my simple little Grumman AA I-B as we walked around the Cuby No cowl flaps position lights antenshynas flap tracks gear struts or squat switches - not even a static port Inshystead I found some new hardware to check Gene grabbed the ends of both front and rear spars at the wingtip and shook vigorously You can set up just the right kind of oscillation that if a wood spar is broken or cracked you can hear it when you do this he said We followed along the back side of the wing checking aileron hinges and bellcranks invisible on most modem airplanes and checked all the strut atshytach fittings for loose or missing cotter pins We examined the fabric of the fuselage for wrinkles that could indishycate tubing bent from a hard landing The brakes and tires looked good The landing gear needed to be checked for still more cotter pins and possible bent tubing and while we were on our knees under the belly we checked for oil streaks - a good practice with any airplane Back at the tail we thrumshy16 SEPTEMBER 1989

med the bracing wires to see if they were all at about the same tension and checked the turnbuckles for security A loose turnbuckle Gene said could cause the wire to come loose and initiate flutter which would be bad Gene has a way with understateshyment

Then we checked the demon tailshywheel itself in this case a Maule unit The chains and springs of the steering mechanism were secure The hard-rubshyber tire looked good with no signs of the wire core coming loose from the solid rubber coating The bearings at the axle were solid No play With a tire and wheel as small as this and hanshydling such a large part of the critical workload even a small imperfection can be magnified into a real problem Buck Hilbert later told me The tailshywheel may be only 33 percent of the landing gear but it constitutes 90 pershycent of your control Be good to it and make sure everything is in good shape Lastly we checked the attach bolt of the tail wheel spring Shearing

one of these on rollout could make taxishying a real drag

The engine compartment offered no surprises The Continental A-65 is a refinement of the A-40 one of the early horizontally opposed engines that revolutionized light planes Updraft carburetion dual-ignition reliability and all that power What more could the modem pilot of the 1930s ask for Except that someone had forgotten to put half the cowling on I checked the wood prop for splinters just as I check for nicks and cuts on my metal prop and Gene and I clambered in like two shipwrecked sailors flopping into a lifeboat

Gene offered me the choice of front or rear seat for our experiment and I chose the rear I wanted to experience the blind attitude of a taildragger in its purest form and thats exactly what] got I also learned that you shouldn t wear clunky shoes when trying to fly with heel brakes My vibram hikingshytread heels got hung up on the brake pedals more than once not to mention

the tight fit of my feet between the front seat and the sides of the fuselage Other than that though the rudder pedals worked well providing good communication between the steerable tai lwheel and the soles of my feet ( connected to the leg-bone conshynected to the hip-bone etc ) Gene primed the engine until it was good and squishy and EAA s Director of Aircraft Maintenance Daryl Lenz spun the prop a few times to get the oil unglued With the switch on and throttle cracked Daryl twi sted the prop through again and this time the Contishynental awoke with a quiet muttering voice

Taxiing Getting from the ramp to the end of

the runway and vice versa is an aftershythought with most modern airplanes With a taildragger it s the beginning of the adventure First you realize that where you cant see is just where the nose will be in a few seconds so go slow and S-turn to look out the side windows one after the other This teaches you to stay ahead of the airplane a bit Just as well It also teaches you to work with your legs and coordinate with throttle I was used to one throttle setting for taxiing on smooth level taxiways but with a tailshydragger on an uneven grass strip I had to gun it to get uphill and over dale

Heel brakes can be tricky

This is the Cuby we used for the experiment

while anticipating rolling downhill by reducing the rpms lest I get going too fast Meanwhile I concentrated on positioning the controls to meet the quartering winds To keep the tail down and the wings level on the ground you have to remember to hold the stick accordingly An easy way to remember - dive away from a quarshytering tailwind climb into a quartershying headwind For example with a tailwind from the right rear push the stick forward and to the left Headwind from the left front Pull the stick back and to the left This keeps the quartershying tailwind from picking up the tailor the wing and with a quartering headshywind spoils the lift to the upwind wing and forces the tail down

I remembered to maneuver near the end of the runway so that I could face into the wind yet see the traffic pattern at the same time After run-up with the stick held tightly back in my belly (and my arms getting tired) I was ready for take-off

Take-off Gene told me to take a good look at

the horizon and memorize where it inshytersected the window from where I sat in the three-point attitude That turned out to be one of the most important tips Ive heard concerning flying a taildragshyger I should have taken a Polaroid photo of where the horizon cut through the window and pulled it out later for

reference when it was time to land After lining up on the runway headshy

ing I eased the power to the stops By the way I had no trouble adjusting to a left-hand throttle quadrant and right-hand stick after years of control-wheel center-throttle flying The arrangement makes perfect sense Controlling the airplane with my feet was natural and I noticed that the rudder control quickly transitioned from slow and sloppy to quick and sensitive as I brought the tail up After a few jolts and bounces on the rough runway we were airborne The Cuby ceased to be a taildragger and became just an airplane

Heres a brief list of some checklist items I did not have to comply with on climb-out Retract landing gear adjust cowl flaps reduce to climb power adshyjust mixture retract take-off flaps change frequency and contact deparshyture control and finally replace checklist in door pocket Instead I was free to keep a lookout for emergency landing sites should the mighty Contishynental quit and listen to Gene vainly reminding me to feed in enough right rudder to keep the airplane pointed straight This was my most profound problem with the Cuby and one that Gene politely assures me is chronic with all modern-era pilots I remember my instructors telling me how I could feel the slip and skid in the Cessna 150 through the seat of my pants I thought

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there was something wrong with me then but Ive talked with enough pilots since who share my conviction Modshyern airplanes fly so well without rudder application that you could fly a normal flight with your feet on the floor and not tell the difference Not so with a taildragger

Gene helped me steer the airplane toward Earl Grunskas grass strip on the north side of town In between I got to sample open-window flying above green farmland This brand of flying makes you feel more involved with the earth youre flying over Havshying nothing but air between you and the people cars trees and clouds adds a dimension that is missing in a cabin airplane similar to the difference beshytween riding a motorcycle and driving a car Just as I was thinking about how nice it is to fly this way Gene put me to work After a few gentle turns we got into steeper banks and stalls The airplane was easy to control and recoshyvered from the stalls without effort While I was concentrating on my turns they came off reasonably well On my clearing turns prior to stall exercise however when my mind was elseshywhere my feet fell lazy again and the ball slipped and sloshed all over the place

Then Gene pulled Dirty Trick Number 31 from the Nasty Instructor Manual (US Govt Publication No 348692-B5) and reduced the power to simulate a forced landing I picked a likely field and congratulated myself 18 SEPTEMBER 1989

on having selected a nice green one facing into the wind (someone was burning brush and I spotted the smoke) Gene pointed out that we were well within gliding distance of an airshyport complete with hangars and windsock and suggested that I amend my plan accordingly I had concenshytrated only on what was ahead of me and neglected looking out the side winshydows or I would have seen the airport less than a mile off my left wing Eggshyfaced I turned toward the airport Then we both saw another aircraft using the opposite runway so it was back toward the field that I had chosen although Gene clued me to some passhyture-pilot lore I had selected a lush green field planted with beans that would have put us over on our back as the stalks grabbed the landing gear A mowed hayfield is the best to land in and alfalfa or corn is second best said Gene but dark green beanfields are not so good You can tell the difshyference from pretty high up if you watch the way the vegetation waves Alfalfa flows in the wind while the large leaves of beans look different A freshly mown field looks yellow or gold Try to find one of those if you can

I cut my landing pattern toward a hayfield parallel to the bean field and set up a high approach Widening the legs of the pattern I was still high on final so I pushed opposite rudder and banked into a slip The Cuby came down like a mortar round and leveled

nicely at treetop height before Gene gave me my power back again and said Good job You would have made that one okay

Landing Before I got a chance to feel smug

about my emergency landing we were coming up on Earls strip and I would have to confront a real landing on an actual runway Gene offered to make the first approach and landing and I felt relieved After he slid onto the grass like a piece of paper onto a desktop I started to worry again Even though I had followed through on the controls I didnt seem to have the feel for this type of landing and when the runway disappeared behind the nose I felt as though I couldnt possibly mainshytain control I did have the advantage of seeing how a proper approach should be flown to Earls and I have always felt that a good approach makes for a good landing I pulled the carb heat on downwind and throttled all the way back abeam the approach end of the runway The glide speed of 65 mph yielded a sink rate of about 500 fpm which worked out great for getting to the end of the runway The rest was up to me

I would have given a lot for that Polaroid shot about now as I slid down on final between two telephone poles (The wires in between are buried said Gene) Instinctively I kept the nose low right down to the runway and then flared and flared and flared

some more Whump whump and we were down - then we were down again - and once more At Genes urging I held the stick tightly back forcing the tailwheel onto the ground Despite the bounces the Cuby was slow enough that it tracked straight with little help from me Before long we had slowed to taxiing speed and I turned around to do it all over again

We made several landings at Earls strip and some of my mistakes were interesting Others were just dumb I noticed that the minute I ceased to conshycentrate on rudder coordination my feet went numb again Gene pointed out that better rudder work would yield a snappier climb rate on take-off and sure enough when I centered the ball the airplane gained more altitude in the pattern It was a fairly hot day and I flew my crosswind leg above a dark road to ride some rising air Gene noticed the trick and nodded his apshyproval He also noted after my second landing that the rudder pedals felt as though I was pressing too hard Just relax and land the airplane he said on short final for the third landing I took a deep breath and sure enough the airplane seemed to relax a little too I remembered a trick an old instructor taught me to avoid fixation on final He had me wiggle the rudder pedals a bit shaking the airplanes tail as we descended toward the runway It gave a sense of control and diminished that feeling of riding on a rail down to the threshold

I was beginning to feel more comshyfortable about flaring the airplane

enough that the horizon disappeared Even though I couldnt see any better I felt less out-of-control I crossshychecked my mental Polaroid picture of the horizon through the window each time I taxied and compared it with what I saw in the landing flare It was beginning to become familiar Set up the three-point attitude at about 30 or 40 feet in the air and just hold it to touchdown Gene said Holding the attitude required constantly increasing back-pressure on the stick with a corshyresponding increase in drag and lower speed The idea was to get the airplane to stall about three inches above the runway surface Its a skill that reshyquires practice

Gene said You can land a nosewheel airplane in several attitudes and it will work out fine but with a taildragger you have to find the threeshypoint attitude and hold it As speed diminishes the controls lose their efshyfectiveness - first the ailerons then the elevator and finally the rudder Thats why the rudder is the most imshyportant control at slow airspeeds either in the stall configuration or on landing

It sounds good when all this goes into words but most AntiqueClassic Division members and a lot of other pilots have read most of this before What I learned from actually flying a taildragger was how to develop the skills required for safe operation Book learning goes to a given point and from there it sup to the student to practice the skills and let them mature During this exercise I was reminded of my

feelings of frustration and anxiety durshying primary and advanced training While trying to comply with the inshystructors directions there was also some of my own trial and error inshyvolved in the learning process I had to strike a balance between expanding my learning envelope and maintaining a safe operation I couldnt expect to do it all perfectly the first time and my instructor had to be patient and let me make my own mistakes without acshytually breaking the airplane or the rules Thats where Genes patience paid its dividends If it were possible to teach virtue patience would be on the list of required learning for flight instructors

My personal conclusions about the experiment center around the sense of satisfaction I felt with what I learned about flying tailwheel airplanes It made me a better pilot and I knew it The next time I flew my own airplane I was sharper and more attuned to the forces acting on it even if modem deshysign features minimized their negative effects In short I have become aware of the multitude of sins my airplane has been covering up for me all these years

The little time I had with the tailshydragger did not give me the confidence to fly one without further check-out I didnt get to experience the thrill of crosswind conditions and we only touched on wheel landings If nothing else my experience gave me insight into how much I didnt know Even older airplanes afford some traps over and above those I found with the Cuby Biplanes and larger cabin jobs someshytimes had little or no dihedral and when the high-lift wings run out of lift they give up the ghost entirely sometimes with exciting results My experience did teach me however that it doesnt take a super pilot to handle these machines The skills can be mastered with prudent practice and a well thought out approach Tailwheel airplanes do not require greater skills only different ones and if you think back to your training days youll reshymember the bittersweet experience of acquiring new skills The people who get in trouble are those who feel that expertise in newer complex airplanes begets safe operation of older more primitive types Yes the tailwheel can bite you but if you approach it with caution it can improve your convenshytional flying and open the doors of hisshy

The moment of truth rises up to meet you torybull VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

20 SEPTEMBER 1989

Story and Photos by Dick Cavin

Unless you are a Texan you probashybly wouldnt know that the bluebonnet is the Texas state flower You also wouldnt know that in springtime the picturesque hill country of central Texas is literally alive with waves of these gorgeous blue and white flowers majestically swaying in the spring breezes

They usually bloom in late March or early April about the time all those incurable aeronutz are about at the abshysolute limit of human endurance with the repressed urge to commit aviation Just the idea of a row of sport airplanes gracing an all-turf airstrip under the warm spring sun is enough to bring them out of the woodwork in droves Such was the setting for the annual f1yshyin at Deer Pasture Airfield near Lamshypasas Texas hosted by John and Glenna Bowden

Ostensibly John is a rancher but some of the regular attendees laughshyingly accuse John of raising herds of airplanes and deer instead of cattle and he smiles slyly when the subject comes up What he really does raise though is a beautifully manicured north-south turf runway some 2000 feet long that is relatively unobstructed except for a fence at each end and a low grove of the ever-present mesquite trees on one end

Johns rambling ranch house sits atop a low hill alongside the north end of the runway overlooking his manshysized hangarworkshop that looks big enough to almost house a DC-3 One comer of the hangar has a full-fledged

restaurant complete with a lunch counter chairs and large picnic tables Naturally there is a barbecue pit that looks almost big enough to drive a pick-up in You can make a bet that no one goes hungry at one of these affairs

Like a lot of scheduled spring gatherings the fly-in can be almost a spiritual experience when the sun shines and gentle breezes blow Often though heavy spring rains play hob with the best laid fly-in plans of mice and men Such has been the case sevshyeral times with the annual Bluebonshynet Fly-In In 1988 the 9th annual they decided to quit trying to outguess the weather and scheduled it for the first weekend in October bluebonnets or not The 1989 date has also beel1 set for the first weekend of October which is also a pleasant time in Central Texas after the oppressive August and Sepshytember heat has subsided

In case your memory is slipping a clutch on the location of Lampasas its a small city about an hours drive northwest of Austin and maybe a halfshyhour drive north of the chain of the lakes on the Colorado River that passes through Austin Deer Pasture Airfield is southsoutheast of Lampasas about halfway between Lampas and Burnet

Lampasas has a colorful history going clear back to days under the Mexican flag It was deep in hostile Comanche territory until nearly the tum of the century when it became quite a boom town and was quite a large commercial and livestock center with several railroads intersecting

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there At one time it was actively being promoted as the site of the new state capital Like many such cities though its growth turned around the other way until it stabilized around World War II time It now has begun a steady new growth due probably to its location in the heart of prosperous ranches and the influx of tourists and vacationers enshyroute to the Highland Lakes

Deer Pasture Airfield is 16 miles from the Lampasas VOR on the 190 degree radial making it relatively easy to find in a modem airplane From the air though it deceptively blends into the low rolling hills and dense mesquite and cedars

John and Glenna Bowdens name has been well known in antique circles for quite a few years A year or so back this idyllic front yard and play pen was host to a steady stream of visitors who stopped to see the honestshyto-goodness gen-yew-wine 1910 Curshytiss Pusher that had been stored in three boxes for over 70 years in Decatur Texas John had bought it from a surshyviving family member after years of dreaming of owning it It is now on permanent display in the Albuquerque New Mexico air terminal

The ceiling of the hangar held a stripped down skeleton of a Beech Staggerwing at that time and a Waco Cabin was well along towards restorashytion as well Some of his past restorashytions were on hand out on the flight line when I visited him to do a story on the Curtiss

His Challenger-powered Curtiss Robin C-l (NC82H) has been a familshyiar sight at various midwest fly-ins for several years now arrayed in its aushythentic blue and yellow paint scheme He has also fielded an immaculate Champion 7EC and Cessna 172 on ocshycasion

When I arrived at the 88 clambake the first thing I saw was Johns Waco Cabin thundering along over the runshyway making a strafing run for the flight-line photo bugs a pulse-stirring sight indeed By late morning the low scud had burned off and soon after lunch there was a long row parked parallel to the airstrip and a second line forming behind them

All in all there were 55 airplanes that were signed in as well as another

five or six whose owners forgot to reshygister Nine of that total were homeshybuilts with at least two of these (Mack Kardy s Wittman Tailwind and Jim Frenchs T -18) being almost antiques both close to their 25th birthday Both pilots though qualified as genuine anshytiques hands down

John told me that several times in the past their fly-in had drawn 90 to 100 airplanes A few transients enroute to San Antonio from Dallas just had to drop in for a while and step back in time to savor the flavor of a grass roots gathering of airplanes from the halycon days One hard and fast rule at such events is that anyone daring to push a mike button down was automatically sentenced to a firing squad or given 20 lashes with a wet noodle

The events popularity is in part due to its being a non-competitive gathershying of the clan It would be unfair to point out one airplane as being head and shoulders above the rest as there were so many superb restorations there Some of the craftsmanship seen on display there is almost awe-inspirshying and you can only guess at the hunshydreds of hours of methodical and painstaking labor of love that went into the final product

There were seven eX-military airplanes on display including four Stearmans an L-19 an L-3 and a Howard DGA-P As you might expect there were a considerable number of Pipers there ranging in age from a Taylor J-2 up through J-3s PA-22s and PA-23s and even a homebuilt J-3

Of course Cessna was well repshyresented too and we saw just about every model in their line of singles the 120 140 150 170 172 182 and 180 There were also six Luscombes all very well restored Models 8A through 8F

There were a half dozen Aeroncas present Chiefs and Champs a couple of Bonanzas plus a Taylorcraft an Ershycoupe a Tiger Moth a Funk a Navshyion an S-2 Pitts a Mooney M20E and a Commonwealth Sky Ranger Other homebuilts included a Flybaby a VPshy1 and a Hiperbipe When the owner of a Kitfox present took the cowling off for all to inspect the liquid-cooled Rotax 532 engine (64 hp) it drew a crowd of the curious Most of them

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had never seen a modem-day twoshycycle aircraft powerplant at close range before

All in all the collection of pristine birds on hand let the spectators step back in time a half century with some modem day homebuilts rounding out the picture The few makes that were missing this year have been there at past fly-ins and will be there again

Now if the idea of all these rare birds parked together on a beautifully manishycured turf strip along with the idea of hangar flying with those of similar pershysuasion gets your corpuscles to tumblshying over each other take John and

Glenna Bowdens advice and come on down in 1989 for the 10th annual Deer Pasture Fly-In Youll also get to see Johns Beech Staggerwing as it is close to flying again

The 89 event is scheduled for Ocshytober 6-8 There are nearby motel facilities at Lampasas and Burnet or if you prefer to camp you can do so on the field and there are bath facilities available too If you need more deshytails call John at 512556-6873 If you fly in be careful Dont touch those mikes

John Bowdens address is Rt 2 Box 137 Lampasas Texas 76550 bull

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1--- -- -shyThelines of a sleek nacelle stand like a beacon above the rows of airplanes The picture is reminiscent of THE FLEETWINGS Zack Mosleys Smilin Jack cartoon STAINLESS STEEL strip which featured the same sleek SEA BIRD AMPHIBION nace lle on various occasions Today

Model FSwe are at Sun N Fun Fly-In at Lakeshy (Model F6 tIS bull Flying Boat)

land Florida As we walk towards the highly vi sible nacelle the pretty lines

PR~E LIST-SPECFICATONSof a Fleetwings Sea Bird are di scovshyered beneath the round engine The SHIPPING WEIGHTS classic look of 1938 runs chill s up and down the spine

Designed and built in the old Keysshy tone plant in Bristol Pennsylvania on the shore of the Delaware Ri ver the Fleetwings Sea Bird was unique in that Type 18-8 stainless steel was used for much of the entire airframe held together by electric spot-welds As noted in the factory brochure spotshywelds do not add weight to the struc shyture hence they can be very close toshygether

A total of five production model Sea Birds were built following a single factory prototype Our subject

Ca Mes FLEETWINGS T ele ph one airplane NC19191 SIN 102 was the IN C ORPORATED FI EETW INGS URISTO 867 ]jrUSTOL second production airplane and toshy BRISTOL PENNSYLVANIA (PeJll1a U S A)

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Entire tallwheel assembly retracts Into hull and paddle-shaped Patented retractable landing gear folds Into the side of the hull water rudder takes over during water work Note fancy engine Note how the wheel pant is open on top (and bOttom) 50 It can tumed finish

His aviation career really got its start in the U S Navy If his name rings a bell with some of you old timers its because his father the late E B Bud Oliver (EAA 7911) owned and flew the same Sea Bird for many years

Originally built in 1938 (The factory price was $18500) Blake s Sea Bird was used as a factory demonstrator until 1948 when it was sold to a doctor on Long Island New York After some 50 hours of dual instruction the doctor was still not ready for solo so he put

seal against the hull when retracted Streamlined wires have tershyminals Inside the hull with waterproof rubber fittings on the outshyside

the airplane up for sale Bud Oliver negotiated a deal to trade a Stinson 108 Station Wagon and $3500 cash for the Sea Bird Flying the amphibian home was something else as the tired L-5 Jacobs engine caused a forced landing at Washingtons National Airport

Eventually the Sea Bird was brought up to satisfactory condition and Bud flew it to the EAA Convention in Oshkosh in 1956 At that time it was painted overall yellow with a blue nacelle with a yellow stripe It was also

flown to the 1960 AAA Fly-In at Otshytumwa Iowa and the 1961 EAA Conshyvention at Rockford Illinois Followshying these excursions the Sea Bird was parked in a hangar at Daytona Beach for quite a few years When Bud Oliver lost his life in the crash of a Taylorcraft BC-12D the title to the Sea Bird passed to his son Blake

Taking an early retirement from TWA Blake began the long task of restoring the Sea Bird to its original condition A new interior was inshy

26 SEPTEMBER 1989

stalled painstakingly made from fabric almost identical to the original All new floorboards were crafted from marine plywood and a new instrument panel complete with modem avionics was fabricated and installed All of the old yellow paint was carefully reshymoved and the metal was brought back to its original lustre

A 285-hp Jacobs L-6 engine of 915 cubic inches (one of the largest nonshysupercharged radials in existence) powers the Sea Bird using a HamiltonshyStandard constant-speed propeller The prop was sent to Dave Cash at U S Propeller in Vandenburg Florida where it was overhauled and finished in a satin anodized finish - a most atshytractive looking set of blades Genuine Hamilton-Standard decals were propshyerly installed to finish the job Blake says you can easily spot reproduction Hamilton-Standard decals - the comshypany location Windsor Locks CT is misspelled

According to Blake there is no shorshytage of power with the big L-6 Jacobs and constant-speed prop however he plans on a trip to the West Coast and on the return he will stop at Payson Arizona for the installation of a facshytory-new 300-hp Jacobs R755-A2 enshygine This new engine will be cowled

with a new Waco YMF-5 bump cowl as used on the new Classic Wacos built in Lansing Michigan The bump cowl will definitely return the Sea Bird to its 1938 look and the new engine should remove a few nagging headaches In addition the fuel bum should drop from 17 gph to 145 gph The new engine will be about 150 lbs lighter in weight as well

The wings on the Sea Bird were reshycovered in 1959 with Irish linen and 16 coats of butyrate dope They still test good today The tail feathers were redone in Razorback some years ago Blake feels this is a bit heavy and plans on recovering the tail surfaces with Stits HS90X due to its lighter weight

Not one to tempt fate Blake reshyplaced the original Hayes expander tube brakes and wheels with a set of Cleveland wheels and disc brakes the same size as used on the Grumman Widgeon With a non-steerable fullshyswivel tail wheel and a very high thrust line the pilot needs all the help he can get during a cross-wind landing Blake says about 18 knots is the maximum cross-wind he cares to tangle with On engine run-up about 1500 rpm is maximum before the airplane tips on its nose

The landing gear which uses Ben-

Entrance to the Sea Bird is through this hatch on top of fuselage Note folding metal steps on side of hull to reach entrshyance Not too graceful but adequate

Blake Oliver explains the custom mooring ring built into the nose of the Sea Bird It folds down when not in use VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

dix oleos was built entirely by Fleetshywings and carries Patent No 2184260 It folds into the fuselage for good streamlining and the wheelpants which are horizontal when retracted actually provide additonal lift in the air A retractable landing light in the left wing lowers of use It features a 200-Watt Grimes unit Although the pitot tube is not original Blake plans to replace it one day with an exact repshylica

Using Mothers Metal Polish on the stainless steel Blake has managed to dress up the 50-year-old airplane to where it will really turn heads The stripes are painted blue as per original and the bottom of the hull is done in a special two-part epoxy blue that will adhere to stainless steel Blake reports the stuff cannot be sprayed and has to be put on with a brush

The Sea Bird has excellent water capabilities and comes off the step with ease It will make nice step turns at speed and is completely controllable at

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slow speeds due to the water rudder Perhaps the hardest part of a persons first ride is watching the water go by the window on takeoff Remember in a hull-type flying boat you are actually down in the water before takeoff This takes some getting used te for first time aviators

With a gross weight of 3 850 Ibs and an empty weight of 2600 pounds the useful load is 1250 pounds Normal baggage is 150 pounds and full fuel is 70 gallons enough for three and a half hours at 130 mph Blake reports a friend of his cruises right with him in a 200 hp Lake amphib

Back in his hangar Blake has tail parts of SIN 201 which went into tall trees at Houghton Michigan around 1948 Number 203 and 204 crashed at Fairbanks Alaska and Alameda California respectively These remains are owned by a man in Oregon who hopes to make a flyable Sea Bird from the remnants Serial Number 205 the last one built was flying a regular

passenger run from San Pedro to Santa Catalina Island when a rough-water takeoff caused the bolts to shear on the rear engine tripod The engine fell forshyward and cut the two front people badly The Sea Bird was towed out to sea and sunk This accident resulted in the only AD ever issued on the Fleetwings Sea Bird The engine shear bolts require regular magafluxing

Each compartment in the hull has a small 38 x 18 stainless steel plug with a wire loop soldered on top to allow removal This is for draining water when parked on dry land People who have worked on the Sea Bird with its razor-sharp edges of stainless steel maintain the drain holes in the hull are to let the blood run out

Blake and his lovely wife Ellie are dyed-in-the-wool antiquers and enjoy the Sea Bird a great deal We look forshyward to seeing them at future fly-ins and perhaps one day they will return the Sea Bird to Oshkosh and the big EAA Fly-In bull

28 SEPTEMBER 1989

PASS II IO --1] An information exchange column with input from readers

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union Il 60180

EAA Oshkosh 89 Im getting my batteries recharged

When Dorothy and I made it back home after Mexican Aviation Day I had some vision problems - a cataract removal and a lens implant Not being able to read let alone sit at the typewrishyter sort of threw me for a loss Finally the astigmatism came around to normal and Im ready to go again

Dorothy and I checked in here at OSH right after the Fourth of July and started in on our volunteer duties We are camping down in Geriatric Acres with the rest of the volunteers - what a wonderful group of friends they are These 30 or more dedicated EAAers deserve all the credit in the world The ones you see during the Convention hustling here and there with a harried look on their faces are the ones Im talking about They arent all US ers either - several from other countries are here on vacation turning out lots of work

Well my part in all this has been working with the museum maintenance crew getting the Eagle Hangar going They ve been very patient with me and let me build some of their display materials One of our dyed in the wool

antiquers hotly asked me why I was working on the Warbird section of the museum when I was an antiquer I had to laugh because I appreciated his esshyprit de corps I explained to him that the quicker we completed the Eagle Hangar the sooner we could get some real airplanes on display in the main museum Its happened too Witness the museum floor now graced with the Ercoupe that Father Tom Rowland doshynated several years ago the prototype Ryan SCW the Aeronca C-3 Master and several others Its great to see these airplanes out of storage and also great to see the Warbirds with a place of their own Im really proud of what our people have accomplished Tom Poberezny is the best He s a real inspishyration to all the people who are workshying here Theres Pat Packard with his great talent Gordon Selke with his dogged determination to GET THE JOB DONE Bauken Noack with his genius for making things work Andy Cox with his beautiful silkscreening and display titling and Betty Strehlow for the beautiful flowers and landscapshying Hey thanks to these people and so many others weve got the most beautiful world class museum in the

universe You can all be proud of it Now all of a sudden it seems here

it is Convention time and theres too much happening More people are arshyriving to help airplanes are starting to arrive and I dont have enough time in the day The Jennies start to arrive and Ken Hyde is bogged down by sloppy weather (Virginia is a long way away by Jenny) Buck you take care of the Jennies orders Tom P Well Ill tell you I couldnt have had a more choice assignment These guys are all special as you all know They may be modern day pioneers but they are the salt of the earth The eight-to-oners (eight hours work to one hours flying) gave us the basis for the wonderful flying machines we have today If it werent for these Jennies and the guys and gals who flew them who knows if wed have anything flying today

Well I really got my kicks when after a lot of assembling and rigging the guys got to test fly Chet Peek was the first off He was very reluctant to use concrete for take-off but he did it anyway Wally Olson followed then Skeeter Carlson and Bill Turner [wish you could meet all these guys Wally is the friendliest easy-going guy Skeeter the eternal optimist Chet alshyways running for something and Bill cramming his long frame into the cockpit and flying like a big pelican

We finished up the test flights in the rain did our best to cover the Jennies until it was over and then thoroughly tired dusty and starved (wed skipped lunch for the duration) we towed the machines back to the hangar and at 500 pm decided to take the rest of the day off

Another place where credit should be given - Daryl Lenz and his crew of mechanics and volunteers over there really get it tossed in their Japs They still handle the chore with the utmost tact They get it all our usual EAA Foundation airplanes plus the aeroshybatic airshow types and this year they have the Russian aerobatic machines and technicians to cope with Next time you run into Daryl or Ted Mossman or Duane John or Rich take the time to say hello and pat them on the back

Well I have to get back to work but I just wanted to tell you [11 see you next month and Ill have newly charged batteries and be ready to go

Over to you Buck

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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr

Heres one for you raceplane exshyperts The late 1920s and through the 1930s were the glory years in the hisshytory of air racing The photo is fr9m the EAA archives date and location unknown Answers will be published in the December 1989 issue of VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1989

The June Mystery Plane evidently was a mystery to many readers and drew few responses Casimir Grevera of Sunnyvale California writes

The Mystery Plane in the June 1989 VINTAGE AIRPLANE is the X-I Mahoney-Ryan Special or Doodshylebug designed by Donald A Hall engineer on the Spirit of St Louis Incorporating such advanced ideas as a flying stabilator no fixed tail surshyfaces and a gearshift control to change the angle of incidence of the stabilator the X-I had a 90-hp Warner engine was designed built and test-flown while the Ryan B-1 Brougham was enshytering production and its teething probshylems were left unsolved

Test pilot Red Harrigan said after his first flight in the X-I that it was completely unrelated to any previous flying experience First flown in San Diego California in September 1928 the X-I with a seven-cylinder air-

cooled radial IIO-hp Warner Scarab engine installed was flown by Lindbergh several times

Peter Bowers from Seattle Washshyington adds

The original powerplant was the 83-hp five-cylinder Siemens-Halske SH-13 shown but later tests used a IIO-hp Warner Scarab The X-I was intended to be a foolproof Safety Plane for the common man through the use of a highly unorthodox control system The span of the horizontal tail which had no elevators was increased almost to the point of becoming a tanshydem wing and was adjustable through

12 positions for different flight condishytions The rectangular wing had varied airfoil sections throughout its 27-foot span

To test his design over a wide range of center-of-gravity travel Hall inshystalled a 50-pound traveling weight in the fuselage This was soon removed The X-I demonstrated weird flying characteristics that could not be overshycome in several years of testing so the design was finally abandoned

The X-I is sometimes confused with the Doodlebug an entirely separate project built in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1929 as an entrant in the Guggenheim Safe Airplane Contest by James S McDonnell and Associates References on the X-I can be found as follows

RYAN BROUGHAMS AND THEIR BUILDERS by William Wagner RYAN THE AVIATOR by William Wagner RYAN GUIDEBOOK by DOff B Carshypenter and Mitch Mayborn

The story on the McDonnell Doodshylebug appeared in the February 1973 issue of AIR CLASSICS magazine

Other answers were received from Charley Hayes of Park Forest Illinois and H Glenn Buffington ofEI Dorado Arkansasbull

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SEPTEMBER 1989 Vol 17 No9

Copyright 1989 by the EAA AntiquelClassic Division Inc All rights reserved

Contents

2 Straight and Levelby Espie Butch Joyce

4 MC Newscompiled by Mark Phelps

6 EAA Oshkosh 89photos by Mark Phelps

10 Time Capsuleby Mark Phelps

12 Vintage Literatureby Dennis Parks

14 Taildragonlby Mark Phelps

20 Deer Pasture Fly-Inlby Dick Cavin

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24 Seabird Sonataby Norm Petersen Page 14

29 Pass It To Bucklby EE Buck Hilbert

30 Vintage Trader

35 Mystery Planelby George Hardie Jf

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FRONT COVIER The sun finally sets on EAA Oshkosh 89 and the Douglas Historical Foundations rare DC-2 (Photo by Mark Phelps)

REAR COVIER From the EAA Archives LibrarylArchives Director Dennis Parks uncovered one of Karl Orfs catalogs of pilot supplies The colorized photo features the likeness of Ort himself resplendant in helmet and Willsonite Navy flying goggles $1247 a pair in 1937

The words EM ULTRALlGKT FLY WITH THE FIRSTTEAM SPORT AVIATION aoIthe logos 01 EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC EAA INTERNAmiddot TIONAL CONVENTION EM ANTIOUECLASSIC DIVISION INC INTERNATIONAL AlEROBATIC CLUB INC WAIRBIRDS OF AMERICA INC are registered trademar1lts THE EAA SKY SHOPPE aoI logos 01 the EM AVIATION FOUNDATION INC aoI EAA ULTRALIGKT CONVENTION are trademar1lts 01 the above associatioos aoIlheir use by art person other than the above associatioos is strictly proobited

Editorial P(jky Readers are encouraged 10 submrt stories aoI photographs PoIky opiOOns expressed in artides are soIe~ IIose 01 the authors ResponstJility for occuracy ~ reporting rests entirely with the contrigtutor Material shoold be sent to Editor The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Wrttrnan Re9ltJnaI AiI]lOrt 3000 Poberezny Ad OsNltosh WI 54903-3086 Phooo41 41426-4800

The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) ~ publisOOd aoI owned exdusively by EAA AntiqueClassic OMsionloc 01 the Expenmenlal Aircraft Association loc aoI is pu~ished monlh~ at Wrttrnan Regional Airport 3000 PoIberezny Rd Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 SecoOO Class Postage paid at Oshkosh WI 54901 aoI additional mailing offices Membership rates for EAA AnliquelClassic Division loc are $1800 for aJrreoi EAA menbers lor 12 rnorh period 01 wtlich $1200 is for the publication 01 The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open 10 all who are inlerested in aviation

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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

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20 SEPTEMBER 1989










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Aeronca L-3

The L-3s cockpit








b~ lVor~ ~etersen

24 SEPTEMBER 1989


















































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26 SEPTEMBER 1989













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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35













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20 SEPTEMBER 1989










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

















Aeronca L-3

The L-3s cockpit








b~ lVor~ ~etersen

24 SEPTEMBER 1989


















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25









26 SEPTEMBER 1989













SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35




















20 SEPTEMBER 1989










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

















Aeronca L-3

The L-3s cockpit








b~ lVor~ ~etersen

24 SEPTEMBER 1989


















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25









26 SEPTEMBER 1989













SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35











20 SEPTEMBER 1989










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

















Aeronca L-3

The L-3s cockpit








b~ lVor~ ~etersen

24 SEPTEMBER 1989


















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25









26 SEPTEMBER 1989













SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35

20 SEPTEMBER 1989










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

















Aeronca L-3

The L-3s cockpit








b~ lVor~ ~etersen

24 SEPTEMBER 1989


















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25









26 SEPTEMBER 1989













SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

















Aeronca L-3

The L-3s cockpit








b~ lVor~ ~etersen

24 SEPTEMBER 1989


















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25









26 SEPTEMBER 1989













SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



Phone 414-426-4800


















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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35

















Aeronca L-3

The L-3s cockpit








b~ lVor~ ~etersen

24 SEPTEMBER 1989


















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25









26 SEPTEMBER 1989













SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



Phone 414-426-4800


















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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35







Aeronca L-3

The L-3s cockpit








b~ lVor~ ~etersen

24 SEPTEMBER 1989


















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25









26 SEPTEMBER 1989













SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



Phone 414-426-4800


















$27pp 800-842-1716









BY TONY BINGELIS











~ ~




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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35

b~ lVor~ ~etersen

24 SEPTEMBER 1989


















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25









26 SEPTEMBER 1989













SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



Phone 414-426-4800


















$27pp 800-842-1716









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~ ~




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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35


















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25









26 SEPTEMBER 1989













SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



Phone 414-426-4800


















$27pp 800-842-1716









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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35









26 SEPTEMBER 1989













SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



Phone 414-426-4800


















$27pp 800-842-1716









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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35













SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



Phone 414-426-4800


















$27pp 800-842-1716









BY TONY BINGELIS











~ ~




~ ~

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35




SEA BIRD SONATA







28 SEPTEMBER 1989














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



Phone 414-426-4800


















$27pp 800-842-1716









BY TONY BINGELIS











~ ~




~ ~

~ ~ ~





I


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ONLY $2995 VHS 21-33697 BETA 21-33698

THEY LIVE FOREVER


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ORDER TODAY



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35














Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



Phone 414-426-4800


















$27pp 800-842-1716









BY TONY BINGELIS











~ ~




~ ~

~ ~ ~





I


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ONLY $2995 VHS 21-33697 BETA 21-33698

THEY LIVE FOREVER


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ORDER TODAY



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35

















EAAAlR ADIlENTURE



Phone 414-426-4800


















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I


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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35








BY TONY BINGELIS











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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31



ONLY $2995 VHS 21-33697 BETA 21-33698

THEY LIVE FOREVER


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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35



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34 SEPTEMBER 1989

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35

34 SEPTEMBER 1989

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35

by George Hardie Jr














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35

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