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January 1999

Vol.

27, N9. 1

ONTENTS

S

trai

g

ht

& Level!Butch Jo yce

lC

News

4 Aeromail

5 Type Club Notes/

H.G. Fra

utschy

6 Straightening a Cowl!

Kent White

8 What our

Members

are Restoring/

H.G. Frautsc hy

10 Mys

te r

y PlanelH.G . Frautschy

12 Brown Dillard' s

Summer Fun

/

H.G. Fra utschy

17 A Beautiful West

Coast

Contemporary AircraftINorm Petersen

21 City of Yuma

Endurance

Flight/

H.G. Frautschy

22

1999 Type Club List

26 Pass it to BuckIBuck Hilbert

30 Welcome New Members

31 Membership

Information/

Classified Ads

Page

10

. .

"

FRONT

COVER The

late Brawn Dillard

and his

best

buddy Vi Blowers

cruise

on

by

in

one of the Golden Age

of

Aviation's prettiest

biplanes.

the

Kreider

Reisner KR-21 . This nicely restored

example

was

awarded the

Silver

Age

Cham

pion trophy

at EAA

AirVenture

'98. EAA

photo by

Ken Jim

Koepnick. shot with

a

Canon EOS

1n equipped

with an 80-200mm

lens.

EAA

Cessna 210

plane

flown by

Bruce

Moore.

EDITORIAL STAFF

Publisher

T

om

Poberezny

Editor-in-Chief

Jack Cox

Editor

Henry G. Frautschy

Managing Editor

Golda

Cox

Contributing Editor

John Underwood

Computer Graphic Specialists

Beth

Blanck

O livia l. Phillip

Pierre Kotze

Photography Staff

Jim Koepnick LeeAnn Abrams

Ken

Uchtenberg

Mark Schaible

Advertising/Editorial Assistant

Isabelle Wiske

EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC.

OFFICERS

President Vice-President

Espie "Butch" J

oyce

George Daubner

P.O. Box

35584

2448

Lough Lone

Greensboro.

NC

27425

Hartford. WI

53027

910/393-0344

414/673-5885

Secretory Treasurer

Steve

Nessa

Charles Harris

2009 Highland Ave. 7215

East

46th

St.

Alberf Leo. MN 5tlXJ7

Tulsa

. OK 74145

507/373-1674

918/622-8400

DIRECTORS

John Berendt

Gene Morris

7645

Echo Point

Rd.

5936

Steve Court

Connon Falls.

MN 55009

Roanoke,

TX 76262

507/263-2414

817/491-9110

Phil Coulson

Robert C. "Bob" Brauer

28415 Springbrook Dr .

9345 S.

Hoyne

Lawton, MI 49065

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John

S Copeland

55 Ookey

Av

.

Joe

Dickey

1A Deacon

Street

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IN 47025

N O r t h ~ 3 ~ ~ 4 ~ ~

01532

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Hili

7724 Shady Hill

Dr

.

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P.O. Box 328

Indianapolis,

IN

46278

Harvard.

IL 60033

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Robert D. "Bob" Lumley

1708 Bay Oaks

Dr

.

Robert Ucktelg

1265

South

124th

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5tlXJ7

Brookfield. WI 53005

507/373-2922

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New Hoven. IN 46774

608/833-1291

Dean Richardson

219/493-4724


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STRAIGHT LEVEL

by ESPIE "BUTCH" JOYCE

W

elcome

to

January

of 1999

Doesn't time fly when you are

having fun? This past year sure

has flown by - it seems like only yes

terday I was just leaving Oshkosh '98 ,

and today I got an AirVenture '99 form

in the mail. Sign it, and I'm committed

to

being an AirVenture Chairman. You

bet I signed

I don't know about you, but I used to

think that as life went on, things would

become easier, since you'd have life's

experiences to draw on, and would pick

off each item that life handed you.

Funny, I have found this not to be the

case. While thinking about it, I cannot

determine if it is a collection

of

left over

details

of

those life tasks, or is it the fact

you look at the calendar and figure out

that if you

are going to do all of the

things you want to

do,

you had better get

going in order to complete these goals in

the

time you think you have left.

t

could

be a combination

of

the

two

Maybe one

of you can tell me how you have it fig

ured out - I

am

all ears.

August of 1988 was the year I was

first

elected President

of the

growth is not as great

as

it was last year

at this time, but as you increase in mem

bership numbers it is hard to keep the

percentage number up there even

if

you

have the same number of new members

join each year.

You can conduct all of the member

ship drive programs you like, but the fact

of

the matter is that unless the individual

member supports these programs, they

will

not go anywhere fast . The new

member

who is referred by a

present

member will be

one

of

the best

new

members you can get. He'll be more

likely to renew, since they have a per

sonal experience in the Division. This

fact alone alerts our membership just

how important it is to encourage your

fellow aviation buffs to join up with all

of

us. Retention of present members

is

a

good measuring tool to see

if

we are pro

viding the needed or desired membership

services. The last report I received from

Headquarters told us the membership

re-

tention percentage was in the range

of

89%. That's an outstanding number,

even when compared with other mem

bership organizations.

Vintage Airplane magazine

is

the of

ficial publication of your Division and is

the only monthly publication that is de

voted

to

Vintage aircraft and their issues.

Throughout the past several years, the

publication has gotten better and better

because of the oversight

of

H.G.

Frautschy, your editor. Your help in con

tributing articles has also been of great

bership aircraft insurance program, a

program that continues to be very suc

cessful. The Antique/Classic Division

worked

with AUA,

Inc. , 1-800/7 27

3823, to put together a program with

coverage tailored

to

best suit the types

of

aircraft, people, and flying that interest

our membership.

Some may feel that price is the deter

mining factor when buying insurance,

only

to

find out the hard way that cover

age types are by far the most important

item

if

you have a claim.

All

of

your Officers, Directors, and

Advisors who live in different sections

of the USA stand ready to help any mem

ber if you should need

to

contact them.

Also, the EAA has been restructuring

their headquarters staff, and they now

are even better prepared to be

of

assis

tance to the

lC

member. For example,

the Information Services and Govern

ment Programs offices are available to

you, and are often actively working on

issues that directly concern the Vintage

aircraft movement. Alternate fuel pro

grams and representation on the ARAC

committee are

just

two of the areas

they've been watching out for us.

Looking to the future, here are some

very broad goals we see will benefit the

Vintage aircraft owner

/

enthusiast.

These are:

1.

Bring forward historic informa

tion; 2. Provide technical support; 3.

Provide safety support; 4. Provide pro

gram support; 5. Government issues;


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A/C NEWS

compiled

by

H G Frautschy

TWAS

THE

NIGHT AS

THE

NIGHT

Phyllis Moses sent us a message to

tell

us

that,

in

fact, she

is

not the author

of

"

Twas

The

Night

As

The

Night

which we published under her byline

in

the December issue. Neither Phyllis

or us know who the actual author is, so

if you

can

identify

him

or her to us,

we'd appreciate hearing from you

SWIFT

NEWS

Charlie

Nelson has

been keeping

us posted on the progress being made

by Aviat and their new "Millennium

Swift" program. Here ' s what he had

to

say:

".

. .

The project has been upgraded

to the No. I project in the Aviat plant

[in Afton, WY]. Everyone there

is

ex

cited. The Millennium Swift is planned

to

be certified via an amendment

to

the

existing Type Certificate. (Contrary

to

what

you

may read in the aviation

press [not us - HGF] the Swift T.C.

was not sold to A viat.

It is

still owned

by the Swift Museum Foundation, Inc. ,

and

is

being used by A viat under con

tract with SMF, inc .) A cooperative

but aggressi

ve

schedule

has

been

worked out with the FAA' s ACO of

fice at Denver and the A viat facility at

Afton. The goal

is

to have a prototype

fl

ying by March

'99

, which

just

hap

pens to be less than 3 months away. I

planes with big engines we have to get

better. I

do

think the Millennium Swift

will have a tremendous advantage in

the marketplace. Not only will it look

good, go fast and fly great, but we ex

pect

it to have

decent

low

end

"

Characteristics that

are

unknown

to

most

of

the plastic or glass stuff.

For

us the owners of the existing

fleet of Swifts, I do not see this as a

problem.

Our agreement

with

Aviat

provides that they not only build a re

fined Swift, but also built separately

as

needed or ordered by us, parts for the

original Swift.

If

they cannot or do not

build the parts we need, we have re

tained the right to use other suppliers

such as those we have used in the past.

Granted, the entire program, original

and

new

got

off

to a slow start but it

now appears you could have a Millen

nium Swift under your Christmas tree

in

1999, and we could soon have

a

fresh

supply of

some of the

most

needed parts

to

keep the rest

of

us fly

ing

.

This newsletter completes 30

years, I consider this news a great way

to turn over a new leaf. December

begins our 31st year. Go Afton "

We're looking forward to seeing the

Millennium Swift as soon

as

if

comes

out

of

the Afton Aviat factory, and we

congratulate Charlie Nelson

and the

Swift club for

over

3 decades of out

standing support for the Swift.

EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION

HOSTS EXPANDED EDUCATION

PROGRAMS IN 1999

The dream

of

flight will come

to

life

for young people through specialized

youth aviation programs presented as

part of the EAA Aviation Foundation's

Air Academy 1999 summer programs.

The

year's

programs will include a

These week-long programs

are de

signed

to

help youths 12-14 years old

to

explore

the world

of

flight with a

balanced mix of aviation studies and

aviation-based recreational activities.

EAA Aviation Experience

Camps

(June 26-July 1 and July 6-11) - Of

fer 14- and

15

year olds a unique "fun

and discovery learning experience

with hands-on instruction and super

vision

in

fundamental aviation

building skills.

EAA Aviation Leadership

Camps

(July 13-18

or July 21-August

1

Continue the exciting summer aviation

experience for 15-17 year olds that be

gan in 1984. The Leadership Camps

are an intensive look inside the world

of flight, with hands-on experience in

numerous building

skills.

The

two

week session July 21-Aug. 1 concludes

with involvement in EAA AirVenture

Oshkosh '99.

EAA Air Academy internship pro

grams

for

young people and adults

offer opportunities

to develop avia

tion skills while also using their

talents in other areas. These opportu

nities include:

-The Clirr Robertson Airport

Work

Experience

Program

- an

eight-week summer work experience

for two young people and

a young

flight instructor/mentor. The program

allows participants to work in an air

port setting

while

obtaining

flight

instruction. The instructor/mentor has

an opportunity to develop instructional

skills in an aviation-rich environment.

The Doolittle

Raiders Internship

- Provides a young certified flight in

structor with summer work experience

in

support

of the

summer

Air Acad

emy,

coordinating

flight instruction

and orientation flights for participants.


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Ken Uchtenberg

For more information on any of the

summer educational programs, call toll

free 888/EAA-EAA9 (888-322-3229)

or 920/ 426-6815. You may also write

to the EAA Aviation Foundation Edu

cation Office ; P.O .

Box

3065,

Oshkosh, WI 54903-3065, or contact

EAA's website at - www.eaa.org, or

e-mail the Education Office directly at

education@ eaa.org.

ADULT AVIATION EDUCATION

OPPORTUNITIES AT EAA

Adults who

want

to

discover and

develop aviation building and restora

tion skills are invited to

receive

"hands-on" experience from some of

aviation's best artisans during the

EAA Wright School of Building and

Restoration sessions.

There

are two

sessions scheduled, Jan. 25-29 and

Feb. 1-5, 1999.

The

Wright

School sessions, for

merly known as the EAA Adult Air

Academy, will be held at the EAA Avi

ation Center

in

Oshkosh with residence

at the Air Academy Lodge. Partici

pants can explore the basic skills of

aviation or concentrate on one or more

airplane building and restoration topics

during the first one-week session. Fab

ric covering will be the emphasis during

the second week program.

Chuck Larsen, the Foundation's Ex

ecutive

Director

of

Education,

explained that classroom and work

shop activities

are

included for all

participants in the program. "There

is

a

wide range of activities that can be as

detailed as the individual participant

wants," Larsen said. "That includes

techniques such as welding, fabric

covering, woodworking, sheet metal

work and composites."

The first session will emphasize ba

basic aircraft

building skills.

"In addition to

the workshops,

participants

will

have opportunities

to explore

the

EAA

Air

Adven

ture Museum and

EAA

Aviation

Center, as well as

become

familiar

with many of the

aircraft

and re

sources available

here," Larsen said.

Lou Frejlach

of

LaGrange L

has

graciously agreed to lend

his

Fairchild

Registration for

24 to

the

EAA Aviation Foundation

for

exhibit in

the

EAA

ir

Adventure

the EAA

Wright

Museum.

Now

on display in

the

Museum

the

Fairchild shows

the

public

School sessions

what

a beautiful cabin class airplane

from the

193 s is all about. The air-

plane which was featured in

the

September 1998 issue of Vintage

are

$800

per per

Airplane was restored by

the

late Norm Binski and completed by Geo

son

per

week.

Hindall of Englewood FL

Registration in

cludes

accommodations (double occupancy)

and meals, plus all instructional mate

rials and supplies.

For more information on these adult

education opportunities, call toll free

888 /EAA-EAA9 (888/322-3229) or

920/426-6815. You may also write to

the EAA Aviation Foundation Educa

tion Office; P.O. Box 3065, Oshkosh,

WI 54903-3065 , or contact EAA s

website at - www .eaa.org, or e-mail

the Education Office directly at educa

tion@ eaa.org.

EAA YOUTH AIR ACADEMY

ALUMNI ELIGIBLE FOR

FRIENDSHIP ONE FLIGHT

TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS

A number of scholarship grants of

up to $5,000 each are available for

alumni

of

the EAA Aviation Founda

tion youth Air Academy programs

held each year at Oshkosh. They must

also meet FAA qualifications for li

censes,

certifications

and ratings in

their specific level of flight training.

Applicants providing documentation

of financial need will be given prefer

ence in the selection process.

Letters

of

application must include

the year of participation in EAA's edu

cation program, as well as current status

and future goals of flight training. Let

ters of recommendation, flight training

and schools records are also helpful.

All applications must be received by

March 15, 1999. Final scholarship re

cipients will be determined from a list

of

finalists compiled by the EAA Edu

cation Office and Air Academy staff.

The grants will be divided based on ap

plications received. A recipient and

alternate will be selected for each grant.

The

Friendship One

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VINTAGE

AeroMail

LUSCOMBE 10

I am currently gathering information

on the Luscombe Model

10.

The Model

10 was a single seat, low wing aircraft,

built in 1945 using parts common

to

the

Model 8.

I

am hoping your members

might have pictures, drawings , etc. on

the Modell 0 and/or parts of a Model 8

that would help

in

building a Modell 0

replica.

I

would also like to find Lus

combe

test pilot

Harold Burns and

"Every Cloud has a Silvaire Lining" au

thor John Swick. I would be grateful for

any help you could give me.

Sincerely,

Randy Tait

205 South Harding St.

Breckenridge TX 76424

WALTZ KING

Dear Mr

.

Frautschy,

Well, H.G., there

is

at least one more

for the "Waltz King." On 5 Nov. 1931,

Pal-Waukee Airport sold

to

Wayne

King a Stearman Jf. Speedmail model

4C, ser. # 4018, NC778H. He did not

own it very long, he sold it to John P.

Porter of Chicago on July 1, 1931 .

I ran across this info while research

ing model 4 records, trying to locate

other parts for

the

Kansas Aviation

Museum's

Model 4D, NC5634,

ex

Texaco 11114.

I've enclosed several sheets of the

record.

Regards,

Walter House

Wichita, KS

FROM

THE

ARCHIVES . . .

H.G. ,

Jim Hurdle is correct with reference

to the Carl Lienesch incident. I some

how confused the CW Travel Air

AI4D

with the Wichita-built B9-4000, which

was a beast and involved misfortune,

too, but not so terrible. Both had 330-hp

Whirlwinds and were written off early

on.

NC

12323

did indeed go back

to

CW/STL for a new lease on life.

Likewise, Dick Sampson

is cor

rect

re: Wayne King's

Stearman

4C

(NC778H), which he owned before

learning

to

fly.

As

stated earlier ,

Slim Frietag taught King to fly in the

prototype Stinson 0 and he re

mained faithful

to the

Stinson

marque thereafter.

I thought maybe Ben Runyan 's FN

333 was the same one we wrote up in

Private Pilot in 1965, but that was S N

107. The Riviera was no rough-water

airplane

and

I

well

remember

when

someone tried to prove otherwise .

There were only two left in all of Eu

rope by 1970.

As

I

recall, about ten Rivieras were

imported into the U.S., but

I

think the

production total was more like thirty .

On this I could easily be mistaken, but

SIAl-Marchetti

indicated at the time

that an initial batch often had been de

livered, via Lane/

SA l

, to

North

American buyers, and that twenty were

on order.

Cheers

John Underwood

Glendale, CA

ANTIQUE

HISTORY

DearH .G.,

What are the reasons for and advan

tages/disadvantages of this type of tail

surface hinge? They were used on older

Wacos and similar ships.

Where can I find diagrams and in

structions on approved ways

of

lashing

shock cord?


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Type

Club

NOTES

by

H.G . Frautschy

Compiled from various

type

club

publications newsletters

FROM

TRAVEL AIR

LOG,

NOVEMBER 1998

Keystone Instruments has been rec

ommended by some of our members as

a quality source of overhaul and service

for our

'20s

period instruments at very

reasonable prices. This included the

bubble face compasses, 4 instruments

(Jones

tachometers,

altimeters ,

air-

speeds), mag switches, etc .. They will

rescreen

faces

and fabricate replace-

ment parts if necessary. The do

the

standard 3- 118 instruments as we ll.

Ken Stover reports that they have been

in

business

since 1962.

Keystone

In

struments

can be

reached at

7171748-7083. Call for a price listing

and ask for Ken. Tell him

that

TARA

[and Vintage Aitplane!} sent you.

cently

, while talking to an engine re

builder, I heard

of

a

way

to reduce the

amount of corrosion or rust which can

build up in your open

cylinders

. Both

create havoc in your cylinder head and

valves [not to mention the rings and

cylinder walls!].

Get

yourself

a couple

of

soft rubber

balls or tennis balls to put into the ex

haust stacks. After you shut down your

engine, generously spray some WD-40

up in the stacks .

Then put

the balls in

your stacks . Because the mufflers on

most airplanes are fairly open, enough

WD-40 will go up into the

cylinder

to

lubricate it and hold down the potential

for the rust to do its dirty work.

Does

this

work

? 1 don't

have

any

documentation to prove or disprove the

notion. But it

can't

hurt anything. The

theflying season?)

From

the

July

'98

FAA Aviation

Ma intenance

Alerts, via The

Lus-

combe Assoc. Newsletter, Nov. Dec.

1998:

Gascolator

Problems. The problem

of

damage to the fuel system gascola

tor

may

be present on many makes

and models of aircraft

that

incorpo-

rate a fue l gascolator which uses a

bail for security.

Since the gascolator depends on a bail

and

thumbscrew

to

retain

the

settling

bowl, it

is

important to inspect the entire

bail during scheduled inspections. Break

age

of

the bailor gascolator bowl is a

common occurrence on many o

ld

er air

craft. If the gascolator fai ls during flight,

the results may be engine failure and/or


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traightening a

Cowl

I selected a dead-blow cross-peen plastic hammer of the

righ t weight, and screwed on an oversized flat face

for

greater control. Then

I

hefted a medium shotbag up on top

to hold

the

cowling, and started tapping around and over

the

spud dolly, lifting up

the

lows

by

inertia,

as

well

as

work

ing the highs down directly. The results were greatly encour

aging. The material still had life in

it

and moved very well

under

the

hammer-

without

stretching.

y

Kent

White

This Cessna 195 bump cowl was crunched in, and then roughed

out

and

painted many years ago, but the present owner wants it

brought

up to show

condition and polished Since

it

was

not

hammered and ground and filed,

but

only bumped out, I

felt

it

was

worth

a try.

It

appears

to

be made

from

2024 T3

.

032 material, so I will choose a method appropriate

for

this stuff.

fter feeling

the

contour with a gloved hand, and tapping

some more,

I

decided

the

032 was ready

for

finesse and

grabbed the spoon. Using

the

middle to end of

the

spoon for

striking,

I

worked over the area, lifting one low by inertia,

and striking

two

highs

down

directly, getting three birds

with

each swat.


9/36

Soft and sharp lows are both highlighted, with very

little loss

of

metal.

I spoon over the area once again, leveling

the

sharp dings

and angles I already worked with the cross-peen, and leaving

only shiny marks to show where I've been (on both sides) .

Holding my left hand

firmly

on the panel with fingers "sight

ing in the low, I angle

the light

across the dents, and care-

fully

lift

them

up

with the

blunt

corner

of

the

cross-peen

as

I

watch carefully in

the

reflected light.

A final sanding with a 320 or 400 paper pad

8

swipes) shows

only whispers of

the

old damage. Since

the

whole plane

will

be vintage without new metalwork, I stop here to polish up

the

surface

for

a look-see.


10/36

WHAT OUR MEMBERS

RE

RESTORING

by H G

rautschy

-

1959 CESSNA

SKYLANE

John and Sharon Voninski of Manlius,

NY have been busy finding out just how

useful a Contemporary airplane can be.

John and Sharon fly Young Eagles with

their Skylane, as well as transport med

ically

needy persons for AirLifeLine

and Volunteer Pilots

of

Pennsylvania.

Plane Jane, their nickname for the C

182 , currently

has 1450

hours

on

it.

They have a complete set of logs for the

airplane, dating back to its production

test

flight of 1.35

hours, flown

by

Cessna pilot Nathan Bareu.

John and Sharon have been upgrading

the airplane while they've owned it start

ing with a new paint job which duplicates

the 1959

Cessna two-tone blue

color

AUSTRALIAN PACER

scheme

. A set

of

BAS

four point

re

tractable seat restraints and other mods

were made to the airframe, and a TCM

remanufactured

0-470-L

engine was

in-

stal led , along with new or rebuilt

accessories. A prop overhaul was also

done,

and

in 1997/98 the instrument

panel was completely gone through. The

list is long and pricey, but all of the flight

instruments were replaced, and a major

suite

of

modem avionics and

an

autopilot

were installed, as you can see in the ac

companying photos.

John

and Sharon

wanted to be certain to acknowledge the

professional maintenance done on the air

plane by Pat Keib,

of

Keib Air Service,

Hamilton, NY, 315/824-6681 and the

avionics and panel work completed by

Exxel Avionics, Brainard Airport, Hart

ford, CT, 800/700-7779.

From Mooroolbark, Victoria, Australia we have these two shots

of

Ed Lachowicz's Piper PA20/ Pacer. Ed' s son Ricky is

shown with his dad at the

Broken

Hill field in

New

South Wales.

Ed

wrote

I

spent 10 years restoring and converting my


11/36

STEARMAN 4CM-l

FAIRCHILD PT 19

Tom Hazel of Warrington, V A stands next to the fuse

lage of the PT -19 of 01' 165 , which belongs to Ra y

Bottom, the newsletter editor

of

Antique/Classic Chapter 3.

Tom is overseeing the restoration of the PT, which used to

be one of the trainers flown by Parks College's military

Bud Field, EAA Antique/Classic Chapter 29 president,

has just seen the completion of his Stearman 4CM 1 by

Russ Harmuth

of

Avery, CA. Russ and Bud have collabo

rated on a number of projects, the most recent being a

DeHavilland DH89A Rapide acquired early in 1998 from

the EAA Aviation Foundation.

This Speedmail is SIN 37 out of 40 built, and flew the

mail between Chicago,

St.

Louis, and Atlanta for Ameri

can

Airways. Later,

American flew it as a two place

instrument trainer until it was sold to a private owner in

1939. The project went though a couple of owners, For

rest Bennett and Gordon

Plaskett,

and took

just over

three years to complete. You can reach Bud for informa

tion on the Speedmail at 925/455-2300.

CESSNA 120

Kevin House (EAA55395I

,A/C

27572) of Palm Beach

Gardens, FL sent

in

this photo of his Cessna 120, restored by

rt

Lancour

of

Stuart, FL. The'46 120 has 6,900 hours total

time, and is powered by a Continental C-90-12F engine. It's

based at Indiantown Airport

in

Florida. Pictured with Kevin is

his wife, Linda, who flies as a Flight Attendant for American

Airlines, while Kevin serves as a Boeing 727 pilot.


12/36

January

ystery Plane

That old rotor head, George Townson of

Willingboro, NJ,

is responsible

for this

month's Mystery

Plane. This

odd

looking

duck was born near the beginning of the

Depression,

as were

many

new configura

tions. Jobs may have been scarce, but there

was no shortage of innovation in

those

days To

be

included

in

the April

issue

of

Vintage Airplane, your answer

needs

to

be

in

no later than February 28, 1999.

October was no mystery to many

o

you. WW-I continues to hold many

o

us fascinated with the advances in avi

ation made during that time.

Ian Calvert Alexandria VA wrote

in his response:

The October Mystery Plane is the

ritish Sopwith T.F.2 Salamander

tT F ' stood for 'Trench Fighter ). It

was a ground attackfighter developed

from the Sopwith

7

F i Snipe, using the

same Bentley 230 hp B.R. 2 radial en

gine.

The

engine cowling was cut away

underneath

to

provide additional cool

ing for low altitude work. The

particular plane

shown the photo is

the first prototype, E5429, at Brook

lands aerodrome in Surrey, England.

The Salamander had a flat sided

fuselage, with the front part, from the

engine

to

behind the cockpit, being a

by H.G. Frautschy

650 lb armor-plate box containing the

pilot and fuel tanks.

The

rear part was

the usual fabric-covered wire-braced

wooden box girder, with the

forward

ends of the longerons attached to the

armored box. Standard armament was

two Vickers machine guns firing for

ward through the propeller, but there

were several experimental multiple

gun installations, with one Salamander

T R2 Salamander


13/36

having

eight

machine guns firing

downwards through the cockpit floor.

Later

production

Salamanders

had

horn-balanced upper ailerons.

In May 1918, the first prototype

was successfully tested in France, and

it was decided to go into full-scale

production . The Salamander

should

have

been a

formidable 'trench

fighter, ' but it came too late - by the

end

of

October, 1918, only two of the

RAF 's

37

Salamanders had reached

France . One machine, F6533, was

sent to the United States, and was sta

tioned at McCook Field.

"Some

data on

the Salamander:

empty weight: 1,844 lbs; gross weight,

2,5121bs, including

258

lbs ofgas and

oil; maximum speed 125 mph and 500

ft., service ceiling 13,OOOft. climb to

6,500ft., 9 min. , 5 sec.. References:

British Aeroplanes 1914-18 by Bruce,

Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918

War

by Lamberton and Cheesman.

Alex Fasolilli of Herkimer

New

York adds this:

. .

.

The Salamander differed from

the Snipe in having a slab-sided fuse

lage, fixed horizontal tail surface and

a tapered armored headrest for the pi

lot. later production Salamanders had

the same horn balanced ailerons and

enlargedfin and rudder

found

on the

later production Snipe. During May

1918, the evaluation

of

the Salaman

der was highly successful. Several

RAF

squadrons had begun

to

reequip

with the type when the war had ended.

Production continued until the sum

mer of

1919

until more than 200 had

been produced. It was proposed that

the Salamander be adopted as the

standard post-war

RAF

fighter, but it

was not meant to be. The Salamander

had problems with its armor plating,

which

weighed

650 lbs. Every Sala

mander

that was built

had warped

armor

plating

This led to misalign

ment

of the fuselage, wings

and

tail

planes. All

of

this caused the aircraft

to

have serious control problems while

in flight. The problem was resolved in

late 1919, which was too

late.

The air

- Continued on page

-

We had a

few

follow up notes on

our

Spetember Mystery Plane,

the

Keystone K-78D Patrician. Wayne Van Valkenburgh of Jasper, GA

dropped us a letter he wrote by a crackling fire, and Pete Bowers

of

Seattle, WA sent us this photo from his collection. Three K-78 s were com

pleted out of

10

started. None of them went into service with the airlines, although they did get tria l runs. The wingspan

of

the K 78D was 86

ft .,6 in., length 61 ft. 7 in., with a wing area of 930 sq. ft., and a gross weight of 16,600 Ibs . The three Wright R 17S0 Cyclone engines gave the

Patrician a top speed of 144 mph. Pete Bowers Collection

Keystone K-78 Patrician


14/36


15/36

Nick Hurm,

Kate

Tiffany's aeronauti

cally oriented son, happened upon the

notice of the availability of the KR. Mike

had posted it on the bulletin board in the

Antique/Classic Red Barn at the 1996

EAA

Convention , and Nick took

it

down

to

show

his

stepdad, Jack Tiffany (EAA

106731,

AlC

15522)

of Spring Valley,

OH.

Jack kept putting Nick off, telling him

he

didn't

want to even look at

a

notice for an

other airplane. Finally, after three days

of

pestering, Nick waited until Jack got up

from

the

table

at

a restaurant

in

Oshkosh

A/C

24247) would all join resources and

buy the project, with Jack heading up the

restoration effort. That was in 1995, and

after the project

was

carefully moved to

Jack's shop in Ohio, the work got started

right

away.

Before

selling

NC207V, Mike had spent

considerable time researching the history

of

the

biplane. He even got

to

know

one

of

its first owners, Harry B. Brown

of

Ten

nessee. Harry worked for the

FB

I as a

special agent under J. Edgar Hoover during

WWII,

and earned his

private

license in the

Harry told

Mike he

really enjoyed

fly

ing the

KR, and he

even

flew it on

a cross

country

to St.

Louis. At EAA AirVenture,

Brown Dillard was reasonably certain the

flight from the Dayton area

to

Oshkosh

was the longest cross-country flight ever

undertaken

by

someone flying the Krei

der-Reisner.

An earlier owner was Harry Manning,

captain of a cruise ship,

the Roosevelt and

one of the navigators accompanying

Amelia Earhart

on

her first attempt

to

fly

around the world.

When the

flight termi


16/36

TOP)

Vi Blowers, in the

front

cockpit, and

her companion and flying buddy Brown

Dillard bank towards

us

with one

of

avia

tion s prettiest biplanes from the Golden

Age

of

Aviation.

LEFT) Each

wing panel

is

identical, and

each

has

an

aileron installed, giving the

KR-21

a

nice roll rate.

On

the wing interplane struts,

you

can

see

the

expert leather

work

done

by

Jack Tiffany.

BELOW) The Kinner

B-5

installed in this

Kreider-Reisner 21 does have a starter

installed, powered

by

a battery. They get

between 14 or 15 starts before the battery

needs charging again, since there is no gen

erator installed . The forward cockpit has no

instruments, but it does have a full

set of

dual controls.

cerning the louvers

in

the

sides of the fuselage sheet

metal. It seems there

wa

s a

local Oshkosh sheet metal

man renowned for his lou

vers. Many

of

the hot rod

crowd had beautiful work

done by him, and Mike fig

ured that

if

he

was

that good,

he'd have

him do

the louver

vents

on the

Kreider-Reisner.

After dropping

the

side pan

e ls off to have the pieces

stamped, the phone rang a

few hours later. I can't

do

them

, there is no edge of the

metal that is 90

to

the lou

vers, said the voice

on

the

other

end

of

the phone

.

Apparently, the stamping

machine

used by

this fellow

needed a reference edge to

put

in

each of

the

stamped louvers. Mike

thought about

it, and

decided that since

he'd managed to

make the

entire panels

himself, it was time

for

him to learn how

to do

louvers

, too

Hammering them out

against a wood forming block

in

the

same way they

were done

in the

past

cre

ated a

nice

set of

new

louvered cowling

panels

. He can be

proud

of

them

,

as

they

look

just

as

they would

have in

1929

.

One of

the mo st

di

stinctive features

of the

KR-21

is

its

tapered wings. Each

of

the

wing panels is identical in dimen

sion - the upper wing's wider center

sec

tion gives the upper wing

its

overall

longer dimension. With ailerons in

cluded

in

each

of

the wings, and a

structure built

to

take aerobatics, after

its

introduction 1929 , the KR was in de

mand for airshow work or

just

plain

horsing

around

.

Marion Cole,

one

of the famous Cole

brother

s,

told Brown during a visit

at


17/36

to be rebuilt, since they

were not

airwor

thy, but each of the interplane and cabane

struts were

in

sound condition, just

need

ing a

complete

stripping

and

refinishing.

All of the fuselage

and

tail structure is

built

up

with steel tube, with the sides, top

and bottom of

the

fuselage faired in with

wooden bulkheads

and

stringers. All of

that

beautiful woodwork helped drive

the

original cost of the KR-21

up,

along with

the

tapered

wings and the other neat

addi

tions, such as

toe

brakes (one of

the

first

aircraft equipped with them) and a very

effective,

easy

to

adjust elevator

trim sys

tem . Its introductory price was $4685 ,

but

by the

end

of

1930 the

price

was down

to

$4125. Still , fewer than 50 KR-2IA s

were

built,

of which

14

are registered.

The Kinner

B-5

can be a challenging

engine to overhaul, since parts are pretty

rare, but Mike was able to have Al Ball do

the actual overhaul work , carefully

checked and signed

off

by Mike's AI,

Randy Novak. The engine

swings

a

beauti

ful new

Sensenich prop, carefully carved

to the

special

configuration

needed

for the

KR-21 installation

. With the spinner fitted,

it

gives the

KR-21

a smooth, seamless

line

from the nose to the tail.

With

so

much of

the

restoration started,

Jack

Tiffany and the

crew were

able

to fin

ish

their labors on the biplane in a little

under

two

years

.

Brown

Dillard, who had

worked

on

the project diligently , flew it

first, and except for a creeping mixture

control , it had

no serious

bugs to work out.

By the

time he

reached Oshkosh, there was

a total of 24 hours in the airplane .

Brown

Dillard

was no

stranger to air

planes, having gotten

his

Private license

up

through his instructor's ticket in the Civil

ian

Pilot

Training

Program during

WW-II .

Working as a commercial instructor,

he

first worked as an Army Primary

instructor

under contract with a couple of civilian

an interest in his

case, and person

ally called FAA

headquarters

in

Oklahoma City

to

check on his

records. Brown

recalled the con

versation: "He

said

you

sounded

so disappointed I

called Oklahoma

City

and

your li

censes are sti

Ne2 lV

is

Serial No.1,

the

first product ion Kreider-Reisner

21 built

by

the

valid - you re

Fairchild subsidiary. First certified in 1929,

it

competed

for

the same

mar

ket as

the

Great Lakes 2 T 1 and

other

sportsman-trainer type biplanes.

newed

in

1957.

All

you

need is a

new

medical

and a

BFR." Brown

was elated! That was over

10

years ago, and he began in

structing again , enjoying the

antique

as part of his aeronauti

cal experience.

Another part of that story is

his circle offriends, especially his

girlfriend, Vi Blowers. Brown's

first wife had passed away, but

one day , while

he

and his friend

Jack were out flying Jack's Davis,

they stopped

at New

Carlise air

port. While there,

Vi

asked Jack

for a ride. Jack gave the

nod

to

Brown

, and

with

that

the

two

be

came acquainted.

Vi is

a busy

pilot herself. She owns a Chero

kee 140 ,

and she has flown

over

2,600 hours, 1,300 on the last re

build of the Lycoming in her 140.

She ' s been around

aerospace for

a

while

too,

having

been an

expert

seamstress in the experimental

Left

to

right) Nick Hurm, Brown Dillard, Vi Blowers

clothing

branch at

Wright-Patter

stand

with

Jack

and Kate Tiffany in

front of the

KR 21 .

son Air Force Base for 16 years.

Not pictured are

two other

people

who

make up the

She

made clothing for the presi

friends

of the

K R circle, Mike Butler,

who

spent

10

dents (slacks, flight suits, and

years on

the

restoration

of the

aircraft, and Dr. Herb

Ware,

who

is one

of the

partners in

the

airplane.


18/36

Jim Koepnick

Dr. Herb Ware, one

of

the

Midwest's

well known antique airplane enthusiasts,

also was able to put his efforts into the

restoration, not to mention a huge amount

of moral support

The whole group found out just how

precious a circle

of

friends can be when

Brown became critically ill late this past

fall . Knowing

h

was very sick,

h

looked

at

Jack

one day and said,

We

sure had


19/36

Larry Van

Dam s Award-Winning

Beechcraft H-35

Bo

by

orm

e ter sen

t is always fun to see a 41-year

old

airplane,

which

has

been

completely restored with love and

pecially since the airplane qualified for

the Contemporary category, being con

structed

at the Beechcraft faci Iity in

allowed him to enter CalPoly College at

Pomona, working towards a four-year

degree on the GI Bill. Hi s major was

in


20/36

A

close

look at the fancy interi or

of

N5478D

th t

caught

the

judge s

eyes

at AirVenture 98.

who could

do first

class

work.

(For eight

years,

Larry has been on the

Riverside

Airport Com

mission, the last two years

as

president.)

The

Bo

nanza was turned over to

Nostalgia

Airways,

headed by

Robert

Red

head

and

Randy

Clark

,

who promptly began the

teardown of

the

entire

front end of the airplane.

With

the prop,

engine,

nose cowl and nose gear

A stunning

bit of

originality

is

this

H 35

instrument panel, com-

plete

with throw

over yoke and vernier engine controls.

had a 1957 V-tail

Bonanza for sale.

Following a bit

of

negotiation, a deal

was struck and Bryce delivered the Bo

nanza

to

Flabob Airport in 98 - and

the next 7 years began in the life of

N5478D. The airplane did yeoman ser

vice for a number of years through the

1980s and into the 1990s. With a top

cruise of 85 at a fuel burn of under

2

gph, it was indeed a dandy airplane for

cross-country

work.

Larry

and his

removed, numerous

items came to light

The

front bulkhead

had some illegal welds

along the bottom and

the engine

mounts,

which are integral

with

the

airframe,

needed much help.

New

parts were or

dered from Beechcraft

and

the entire nose

section was rebuilt, in

cluding the nose bowl

itself. The new sec

tions that were

installed were notice

ably stiffer and

stronger than

before,

Beechcraft having upgraded the parts in

the intervening years. The firewall was

polished until it looked almost chrome

plated The rest of the parts were all

properly primed and repainted until

the inside

of

the cowling looked for all

the world like a new airplane.

Meanwhile, the 10-470 engine was

turned over

to

Peformance Aero run by

master engine rebuilder, Ron Monson.

Six new Millennium cylinders were or

and spark plugs.

With the totally rebuilt engine com

pleted, it was brought into the shop for

reinstallation into N5478D. Newen

gine mounts all around made sure the

engine would be smooth as a turbine in

its new cradle. The rebuilt nose bowl

was added and the polished metal pro-

LEE ANN ABRAMS

Totally rebuilt nose gear

with

its attendant

scraper behind

the

tire and steering

damper.

This

is sanitary workmanship.


21/36

peller

was securely bolted to the

crankshaft. When all the necessary

connections were completed, the air-

plane was rolled into the California

sunshine and fired up for the first

time . Shouts

of

joy let all the by-

standers know

it

ran extremely well.

The next step

in

the rebuild

process was painting the airplane

in its distinct paint scheme. Larry

knew his best man for the task was

Doug Whaley at Torrance with

hi

s

(inset) Kneeling in

front

of his

beautiful Bonanza

is

Larry Van

Dam 17

year

owner

and man

behind

the

restoration

of the

airplane.

Above

the

clouds (where he likes

to

fly), Larry pulls

the

H-35 Bonanza in close

to

the

photo

plane. The

classic

lines

of

this airplane have sold well

for

over

fifty

years!

paint shop and

Doug

Whaley be-

gan his magical work.

The original idea was

to

have the

airplane finished in time to fly it to

EAA Oshkosh ' 97, however, as is

often the case, the final push didn ' t

finish until three months after the

big bash

in

Wisconsin! Such are the

lessons

of

airplane rebuilding.

The final push included not only

the fancy paint scheme, but a large

portion of work by Tom Garcia

of


22/36

A firsthand look at the

V

in the v-tail Bonanza. Although

not made in this model any longer,

it was

extremely popu

lar

for

many, many

years.

impression of the airp lane. It was one

sharp looking Bonanza. By October of

1997, the first long flight was planned

with a trip to Wichita, Kansas, and the

convention of the American Bonanza

Society (ABS). Beside celebrating over

fifty years of making Bonanzas, the en

tire group was hosted by Beechcraft to

tour the company

assembly

plants

where the new airp lane s were bei ng

temporary Class. While in

Florida, Larry and Pat flew

into the Kissimmee, Florida,

airport

and enj oyed that

gathering as well as Sun 'n

Fun. The flight from

Florida back

to

California

was indeed a treat for Larry,

who

says,

"Cross

county

flying in a Bonanza is about

as

good

as

it gets "

In a very short time, the

sharp-looking H

-35 was

readied

for

the

big trip to

Oshkosh to attend AirVen

ture '98. As before,

Larry was

in

the

company of his long

time friend ,

Pat

Halloran, in his fa

mous little

racer

called

Loving's

Love

(named for its

designer, Neal Lov

ing [EAA 522]

of

Yellow Springs,

Ohio

.

They arrived

in Oshkosh in

fine

shape

and

Larry

parked the

Bonanza

on

the north side

of

Wittman Field.

I t

was from this posi

tion that his friends

jumped on his case

and finally convinced him to taxi the

pretty bird to the south end of the field

and

the

Contemporary

judging

area

.

Larry says it was no doubt the longest

taxi he had

ever accomplished

in the

Bonanza, however, some days are full

of surprises. As he taxied into Row 76

on the far

south end, he noticed

a

Beechcraft A-36

Bonanza

on

the far

end

of

the same row. A short time later,

The wonderful ly detailed engine compartment, complete

with pow

der-coated crankcase and Millennium cylinders, looks like a show

room, not as if it had just been flown from the West Coast.

ican Airlines, ret.), the very person he

had purchased

01

N5478D from

back

in 1981 Small world department.

Besides

the

many Contemporary

judges coming by to look at the H-35,

many, many interested folks stopped by

to

admire

the airplane,

especially

the

beautiful engine compartment. Larry

says that the quickest

way

to attract a

crowd with the airplane is to prop open

the cowling so the engine shows. It will

attract people like honey attracts bees

One

man

from Ohio stopped by and

mentioned

they had flown from Red

lands, California, to Flabob Airport to

see a very special tan & red Bonanza. It

was the very same machine standing in

the line at Oshkosh - N5478D

Larry was especial ly pleased to win

the Outstanding Custom Class III Single

Engine award at AirVenture '98. He is

indeed proud

to

be part

of

EAA and

is

a

longtime member

of

EAA Chapter 1 at

Flabob. Taking part in the many Young

Eagle flights is

just

one way that Larry

feels he can give something back to avia

tion. He thoroughly

enjoys

making

Young Eagle flights

as

well

as

serving on

the Riverside Airport Commission. As

Larry says, "It's all part of the fight you

have to put

up

for aviation."

n

case

you

were wondering

who

was responsible

for

the outstanding

choice

of colors

in

the H-35

paint

scheme,

we are

happy to

report that

Larry Van Dam takes complete respon

sibility.

The blend of

the new colors

along with the older paint scheme was

most

unusual, yet the results are most

pleasing to the

eye.

Apparently the

judges felt the very same way. Special

congratulations to Larry Van Dam for

hi s outstanding Bonanza and to all the

many fine

craftsman

who helped so

diligently in the long project. This is


23/36

H.G.y

O

n October

10

,

1949 at 3:23:05 p.m.,

Woody Jongeward, Bob Wood

house and the City Of Yuma

landed

after

setting

a

new world

endurance

record by staying aloft

a

remarkable

1,

124

hours and

17

minutes . All those hours

added up

to

nearly

47 days,

during

which

they flew non-stop a total distance

of

89 ,920 miles, equivalent to 3 112 times

around

the

globe

at

its

equator.

The airplane Jongeward and Wood

house flew was a new Aeronca 15AC

Sedan. The project, conceived

by

Ray

Smucker

, a

local

radio

personality

and

the

president of

the

Arizona Junior Chamber

of

Commerce

,

was intended to

promote

the

excellent flying weather the Yuma,

AZ

area enjoyed. The local businessmen had

F rau t s chy

realized a decided downturn

in

activity

since

the

closing of the

local

air base,

and

by highlighting the excellent weather

to

govemment officials,

it

was

hoped

the base

would

be

reopened. Claude Sharpensteen

II

had

a brand

new

Sedan,

and

offered

to

lend it

to

the project. Marsh Aviation

did

any

necessary modifications,

and the Val

ley Cafe supplied the meals for

the

pilots,

which

were delivered by

the Police Depart

ment.

Union

Oil

provided

the

gas

and oil

,

and Horace

Griffen, the local Buick dealer,

donated a

Buick

convertible

to use as

a

re

fueling/resupply car.

Three times daily the

Sedan

had

to

be

refueled,

by

a volunteer

crew who

had

to

work closely together

for

each of the 1,500 passes between

the

car

and the

plane

as

the Buick ran down the

runway at 80 mph.

Nearly

600 volunteers

were involved

in

the

project, which took offon August

24

,

1949. The old record was 1,

008

hours,

which

the

pair surpassed. In

fact, it could

have

gone

one

for

many more hours

,

but

it

terminated after a magneto failed. After

teardown, the engine

was

found

to be

in

excellent condition, with oil consumption

running 3/8

to

7/16

of a

pint

each

hour.

While long relegated

to the

dusty

file

s

of aeronautical records, the modem day

city

of

Yuma has not forgotten . There

will be

a commemorative flight honoring

the record, which will

be

flown October

8-10, 1999. There are activities planned

throughout

1999

related

to

the City Of

Yuma" flight.

The Yuma Jaycee Foundation has

purchased

the

original City of

Yuma"

,

NC 1156H, from private owners in

Minnesota, and is in the process

of

having the airplane restored to it

s

1949 appearance, right down to the

lettering on the Santa Fe red and

Packard straw fuselage . As you can

imagine, it's quite an undertaking, and

plenty of volunteers are hard

at

work

on the

airplane.

There are a few items they are in

need

of,

and

if

you happen

to have

them

lying about, they'd

be

happy

to

accept

your donation (they

are

a 50lc3 tax-ex

empt

organization).

Jim

Gillaspie advises

they are look

ing

for

:

A pair

of

Aeronca Chief control


24/36

999B

Antique Classic

TYPE

CLUB LIST

This list

of

Type Clubs should be the

most accurate compilation

we ve ever

published. For the past three years, we

have sent each Type Club a postage paid

postcard confirming their listing. This

year, over 60 clubs chose to respond by

sending back the card we sent them. Un

fortunately, 40 didn t respond, and some

have not responded in a number

of

years.

Those clubs have been removed from the

list, since they apparently are now inac

tive or no longer exist. Any group who

did

not

return

their

card this

year

is

marked with a . You may wish

to

contact

them regarding current dues/subscription

information.

If you have changes related to

your

Type Club list, drop a note in the mail de

tailing with your listing exactly as it will

appear in the magazine (use the format

you see on these pages). Send your note

to : Antique/Classic Type Clubs, P.O. Box

3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086 , or E

mail t to [email protected].

The Type Club list is also available in

the Division s web page at EAA s Web

site , which you

can find

at:

http

://

www.eaa.org

Aeronca Aviators Club

Julie

and

Joe

Dickey

55 Oakey Ave.

lawrenceburg

, IN 47025

1538

Phone/FAX 812 /

537,9354

Newsletter: 4

issues

per subscription

Dues:

None

-

$16

subscription

Email: idickeY@seidata .com

La Jolla , CA 92037

619/459-5901

Magazine

Dues:

$25

per

year

Twin

eec

h 18

Soc

iety

c/o Staggerwing Museum Foundation, Inc. PO. Box

550

Tullahoma, TN 37388

931/455-1974

Newsletter: 4

per year

Dues: $40 per

year

Bellanca-Champion Club International.

Bob Szego - President

P

O.

Box

100

Coxsachie, NY

12051-0100

518/731-6800

Newsletter

:

Quarterly "Bellanca

Contact "

Dues

:

$33 per year; (2

yrs./$59),

Foreign

$41 (2 yrs./

$60

U.S. Funds)

szegor@bellanca

-championclub.com

Bird Airplane Club

Jeannie

Hill

PO. Box

328

Harvard, IL 60033

-

0328

815/943-7205

Newsletter

Dues

: Postage

Donation

American Bananza

Soc

iety

Nancy Johnson,

Exec

.

Dir

.

P O. Box

12888

Wichita

,

KS 67277

316/945-1700

FAX

316/945-1710

Magazine: Monthly

Dues:

$45

per year

E-mail

:

bonanza2@bonanza

.

org

Website: http

:

.

bonanza.org

Classic Bonanza Association

PO. Box

868002

plano, X

75086

972/738-5658

Newsletter

: 8

per year

Dues:

$16 per year

16204 Rosemarie

Ln

Lockport, IL 6044 1

815/436-101 I FAX

815/436-1011

Newsletter: 6 per year

Dues: $20 per

year

U.S. & Canada,

$25

Foreign

National Bucker Club

American Tiger Club, Inc. (deHaviliand)

Frank

Price, President

Rt

.

1,

Box 419

Moody,

X

76557

817/853-2008

Newsletter: 12 per

year

Dues: $25 per

year

International Bird

og

Association.

(Cessna L-19)

Phil Phillips, President

3939 C-8 San Pedro, NE, Bldg . C8

Albuquerque

, NM 87110

505/881-7555

Newsletter: Quarterly "Observer"

Dues: $25 per

year

Cessna T SO Bamboo Bomber Club

Jim Anderson, Secretary/Treasurer

Box

269

Sunwwod

Marine

on

St

Croix,

MN 55047

651/433-3024

FAX

651/433-5691

Newsletter

:

Quarter/y

Dues: Contact Club

for

Info

Intemet:

[email protected]

ess

na

Owner

Orga

nization

P

O. Box 5000

lola

,

WI 54945

715/445-5000

or

800/331-0038

FAX

715/445-4053

E-Mail: [email protected]

(24 hours)

Web Site: www.aircraftownergroup

.

com

Magazine

:

Monthly

Dues

: $39/year

ess

na Pilots Association

John

Frank,

Executive Director
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25/36

Cessna 150/152 Club

Skip Carden

,

Executive

Director

P.

O.

Box 15388

Durham

,

NC

27704

919/471-9492

FAX

919/477-2194

New sl

etter: Monthly

Dues:

$25

per year

International Cessna 170

Association, Inc.

Velvet Fackeldey

, Execu.

Secty

.

P

O.

Box 1667

Lebonon

,

MO 65536

Phone/FAX 417

/

532-4847

News

etter

:

Fly Paper (12 per yer)

The

170

News

(Quarterly)

Dues

: $35

per

year

E-mail

:

[email protected]

i

on

.org

International Cessna 180/185 Club

(Ce

ss

na 180-185 Ownership

Required)

Johnny

M

iller

3958 Cambridge

Rd

.

#

185

Cameron Pork

, CA 95682

916/672-

2620

Newsletter

:

8-9 per

year

Dues:

$20 per

year

Eastern 190/195 Association

Cliff

Crabs

25575

Butternut Ridge

Rd.

North

Olmsted, OH 44070

-

4505

440/777-4025 alter 6

PM Eastern

Newsletter

:

Irregular

; Approx. 4 Per

Yr.

Manual

on maintenance

for

members

Dues:

$15 initiation and as required

.

E-mail

: [email protected]@aol.com

Citabria Owners Group

Carl

P

etersen, President

636 lona

Lone

Roseville

MN 55113

E-Mail

:

[email protected]

Web

Site

:

www.citobria.com

$25 US

/

$40 International (US Funds)

Corben Club

Robert L. Taylor

, E

ditor

PO.

Box 127

Blakesburg

, IA 52536

515/938-2773

Newsletter:

3 -

16 pg

.

News

letters

Dues

:

$15 for

3

issues

Culver Club-

Lorry Low

,

Chairman

60 Skvwood

Way

Woodside,

CA

94062

415/851-0204

Newsl

e

tter:

3

iss

u

es

annually

Subscription

: $20

per

year

Uoyd

Washburn

2656 E.

Sand Rd.

Clinton

,

OH

43452-2741

New

s

etter

: None

Dues:

None

Robin s

Ne

st Curtiss Robin enthusiasts)

Jim

Haynes

,

Editor

21

Suns

et Lone

Bushnell , IL61422

d

eH

aviliand

Moth

Cl

ub

Gerry

Schwam

,

Cha

i

rman

1021 Serpentine

Lone

Wyncote ,

PA 19095

215/635-7000 or

886

-

8283

FAX

215/635-0930

or 886-1463

Newsletter:

Quarterly

Dues

:

$15

US

and Canada

,

$15

Overseas

E-mail

: [email protected]

Ercoupe Owners Club-

Carolyn T.

Carden

,

Secretory

7263 Schooners

Ct SW

A-2

Ocean Isle Beach,

NC

28469

-5644

Voice/FAX

910/575-2758

Newsletter: Monthly

Dues:

$25 pe

r year

Fairchild Club

John

W.

Berendt, President

7645

Echo Point

Rood

Connon Falls

,

MN 55009

507/263-2414

FAX 507

/ 263 -

0152

Newsletter

:Quarterly

Dues

:

$12 per

year

Fairchild Fan Club

Robert L.

Taylor, E

ditor

PO.

Box 127

Blakesburg

,

IA 52536

515/938-2773

Newsletter

: 3 -

16 pg

.

Newsletters

Dues

:

$15

for 3 issues

International Fleet Club

Sandy Brown

,

Newsletter

Publisher

P

o.Box 511

Marlborough

,

a

06447-

0511

860/267-6562

FAX

860/267-

4381

E-mail:

AyboY@ntp

l

x.net

Newsletter

:

Appr

o

x. 3-4 per

year

D

ues

: Contri

buti

o

ns

Funk Aircraft

Owners

Association

Ruth

E

bey

,

Editor

933

Dennstedt

PI.

EI Cajon, CA 92020

President

-

Jon Sc

hroeder

512/259-1141

Newsletter

:

10 per

year

Ha

tz Club

Robert L.

Taylor,

Ed

it

or

P. O. Box 127

Blakesburg

,

IA 52536

515 38-2773

New

s

etter

: 3 -

16 pg

. News

etter

s

Dues

:

$15

for 3 issues

American Hatz Association

Lorin Wilkinson

,

President

16225 143rd

Ave

.

SE

Yelm,

WA 9

8597 -9 169

Ne

wsletter

:Quarterly

Dues

:

$15

U.S

,

Canada,

$20

Fore

ign

Newsletter

Editor

Sylv

ia

Shoemake

PO.

Box 312142

New Braunfels, TX

78131

830/905-7832

E-Mail

:

hatzkit@gvtc

Heath Parasol Club

William Schlapman

6431 Poulson

Rood

Winneconne ,WI

54986

920/582-

4454

The Interstate Club

Robert L.

Taylor,

Editor

PO.

Box

127

Blakesburg

,

IA

52536

515/938-2773

Newsletter

: 3 -

16 pg. Newsletters

Dues

:

$15

for 3 issues

Lake Amphibian Flyers Club

B

ll Goddard

,

Editor

815

N.

Lake Reedy Blvd

.

Frostproof

,

FL 33843

-

9659

Newsletter: Bi-monthly

Dues $49

per year

($79

the

fi

rst

year)

Add $10

for

overseas moil)

Lockheed

Owners

Association

Rio

Donovan

,

Editor

P. O. Box 62275

Boulder

City,

NV 89006-2275

702/293-0641 FAX

702/293-0652

Newsletter

:

Quarterly

Dues: $25

U.S

., $30 Foreign

Continental Luscombe Association

Loren

B

ump

, F

earless Leader

705 Riggs

E

mmett

,

ID 83617

208/365-7780

Newsletter

:

Bimonthly (6

per

year)

Dues

: U.S.

1

5,

Canada $17

.

50

U.S.

Funds

,

Foreign $25

U.S. F

unds
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26/36

703/590-2375

Newsletter:

Approx. Monthly

Dues: $15

per year

Ame

rican Navion Society

Jerry Feather, Editor

59A

Houston

Ln .

Lodi

,

CA

95241-1810

209/339-4213

Magazine:

Bimonthly

Dues: $45

per year

Nav Air/Navion Skies

Raleigh Morrow

PO.

Box

2678

Lodi, CA 95241-2678

209/367-93908 a.

m.-12

noon M-F

FAX

209/367-9390

Newsletter:

Monthly

Navion

Skies Dues

: $39 per year

E-Mail :

Nav

ion1@inreach .com

Buckeye Pietenpol Association

Grant

Maclaren

6364 Franks Rd .

Byrnes Mill,

MO 63051-1103

Phone: 314/569-2846 ,[email protected]

http

:

users.aol.com/ BPANews

Newsletter:

Quarterly

An

SASE

will

bring more information

International Pietenpol Association

Robert

l.

Taylor, Editor

PO. Box

127

Blakesburg , IA 52536

515

/ 938-2773

Newsletter: 3 - 16 pg .

New

setters

Dues : $15 for 3 issues

Short Wing Piper Club, Inc.

Eleanor

and

Bob Mills,

Ed itors/Membership

220 Main

Halstead, KS

67056

316/835-3307

(H)

;

835-2235

(W)

Magazine:

Bimonthly

Dues:

$30

per year

E-mail: [email protected]

Piper Owner

Soc

iety

P

O.

Box 5000

lola , WI 54945

715/445-5000 or 800/331-0038

FAX:

715/445-4053

Magazine: Monthly

Dues:

$42

year

E-Mail:

[email protected]

(24 hours

Web Site: www.aircraftownergroup.com

Dues:

$39

year

Dues: $25

per

year

U.S.,

$25 Canada,

$30

Foreign

L-4 Grasshopper

Wing

Bill Co ll ins,

Editor/Publisher

RR 2,

Box

619

Gould,

AR 71643-9714

870/263-4668

Newsletter: 6 per

year

Dues: $10

per year U.S.,

$15

Canada ,

$20

Foreign-All US

funds

Super Cub Pilots Association

Jim

Richmond ,

Founder/Director

PO.

Box

9823

Yakima , WA

98909

www.cubcrafters.com


509/248-

9491

Dues: $25

per

year

U.S,

$35

Canada,

$40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club

Chuck

Lebrecht

91

Hickory

loop

Ocala

, FL

34472

352 / 687 -4859

Newsletter: Quarterly

Dues: $5 per

year

Rearwin Club

Robert

l.

Taylor, Editor

P.

O.

Box

127

Blakesburg,

IA

52536

515 / 938 -2773

Newsletter: 3 - 16

pg

. Newsletters

Dues:

$15

for 3 issues

National Ryan Club

Bill

Hodges,

Editor and Historian

19 Staneybrook Ln.

Searcy, AR 72143-6129

501/268-

2620


Dues: $20

per

year $25 overseas

Airmail and

Canada


The Stampe Collectar

Don Peterson, Editor

2940

Falcon Way

Midlothian,

TX

76065

Newsletter:

4 per year

Dues

:

$40 per year,

$45

U.S.

Overseas

Stearman Restorers Association

Jack Davis, President

1209

San

Morino Ave .

San Marino ,

CA

91108

Newsletter:

3 per year

Dues: $25

per year

811

EDennett Ave

Fresno,

CA 93728-3318

559/237-7051

Newsletter: SWSC Newsletter (11 per year)

Dues: $25

per

year


Web

Site:

www

.

aeromar.com/swsc

.html

6

ssoc

iation (Schweizer)

a Division of the Scoring

Society of America

c/o Tom Barkow, e Treas.

1302

South Greenstone Ln.

Duncanville , TX 75137

214

/

296-3858

Newsletter: 8 per year

(plus a

directory)

Dues

:

$15

to 25 per year

(Scoring

Society

of

America membership

encouraged)

Swift Association, International

Charlie

Nelson

P.

O. Box 644

Athens,

TN

37371

423/745-9547

Newsletter:

Monthly

Dues

: $30 per

year

Swift Homepage:

http

:

www .napanet.net arbeau / swift/

E-mail

:

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.

West Coast Swift Wing.

c/o

Denis

Arbeau

2644 W. Pueblo

Av

.

Napa

, CA 94558-4318

707/258-8120

Newsletter:

Monthly

Dues: 1 0 per

year

Email: [email protected]

Internet: http://www.napanet.net/-arbeau/ swift/

Taylorcraft Owner s Club

Bruce Bixler II, President

12809

Greenbawer, N.E.

Alliance,

OH 44601

330/823-9748


Dues:

1 2 per year

Virginia/Carolinas

Taylorcraft

Owner's

Club

Jack Pettigrew, President

8325

Audley

Lane

Richmond,

VA

23227-1729

804/266-6323

Newsletter:

Quarterly

Dues:

1 0 per year

Travel Air Restorers Association

Jerry Impellezzeri, President
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27/36

America n Waco Club

c/o Jerry Brown, Treasurer

3546 Newhouse place

Greenwood,

IN 46143

phil Coulson, President

616/624-6490

Newsletter: Bi-monthly

Dues:

$25 per year, $30 Foreign

Nationa l Waco Club

Andy

Heins

3744 Clearview Rd

Dayton, OH 45439

937/866-6692

Newsletter: Bimonthly

Dues:

$10 per year, $15 foreign


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5630

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517/882-8433

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Newsletters

for

AA 1 AA5,

Arrow,

Boron,

310-320, 336-337,

Molibu,

Musketeer,

Norseman, Skipper, Tomahawk,

Varga,

Maule

Dues:

$10 per year

per

type

except

Maule

which is

$20 for 12 issues

National Biplane Association

Charles W. Harris,

Board

Chairman

P

O. Box 470350

Tulsa, OK 74147-0350

918/622-8400 FAX 918/665-0039

Dues: $25

Individual;

$40 Family,U.S.;

add

$10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association

(T-6, T-28, NA64, NA50, P-51,

B-25)

Kathy and Stoney Ston ich

25801 NE Hinness Road

Brush

Prairie, WA 98606

360/256-0066 FAX 360/896-5398

Newsletter:

Quarterly, Texans &

Trojans

Dues:

$45 U.S.,

Canada;

$55 all others

E-mail:

natraineraol.com

Replica Fighters Association-

Jim Felbinger, President

2409 Cosmic Drive

Joliet,

IL 60435

815/436-6948

Newsletter:

Bimonthly

Dues:

$20 per year

American

Av

iation Historical

Soci

ety

Timothy Williams, President

2333

Otis

Street

Sonta Ana, CA 92704-3846

714/549-4818 (Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 PM local)


and

Journal

Dues: $49

U.S.

and

Canada

$64

Foreign

(US

Funds)

Florida An tique Bipla ne As sociation,

In

c.

10906 Denoeu

Road

Boynton Beach, FL 33437

561/732-3250 FAX 561/732-2532


Dues: $50

year

Flying Farmers, International

Kathy

Marsh,

Office Manager

2120

Airport

Road

P

O. Box

9124

Wichita,

KS

67277

316/943-4234 FAX 316/943-4235

Newsletter: 8 issues per

year

Dues: $40

per year

U.S. Funds,

plus Chapter dues.

Average

Annual Dues $50.

Luscombe Foundation

P

O. Box 63581

phoenix, I 85082

602/917-0969

FAX

602/917-4719

Newsletter: Bimonthly "Luscombe

Update"

Subscription: $25 per

year


Web

Site: luscombe.org

International Liaison Pilot and

Aircraft Association

(ILPA)

1651

8 Ledgestone

Son Antonio, TX 78232

Bill Stratton, Editor

210/490-ILPA

(4572)

News

l

etter: "Liaison Spoken Here"

Dues: $29

per

year US

$35

JJ:er

year

Foreign

and

Canada

Send for Free Copy of "Liaison Spoken Here"

Mi

nnesota Seaplane

Pilots Association-

Michael

Schmitt

227

Halsey

Ave.

Buffalo, MN 55313

612/477-4538

Newsletter: 3-4 per year

Dues:

$15

per year

($25-2

yrs.)

National Air Racing Group

Betty

Sherman,

NAGTreasurer

5508

7th Avenue NW

Seattle, WA 98107-2727

Newsletter: Professional Air Racing

Dues:

$15 ($20 outside USA)

P

O. Box 201299

Austin, TX 78720

512/331-6239

Newsletter: 6 per

year

Dues: $10

per year

Piper Av iation Mu seum Founda tion

Elizabeth

T

Piper, President

One

Piper Way

Lock

Haven,

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