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STR IGHT e L V L

As we

approach EAA

AirVenture

Oshkosh 2002

we

look forward to

many aviation milestones. I've heard

it

said that time seems

to

pass

by

at

ever

increasing

speeds as

one

gets

older. t certainly seems that way to

me, for the idea of EAA celebrating

50 years

of conventions

just

doesn t

seem

possible. Can

it

really

be

that

long

since a few

members gathered

with Paul Poberezny to share his vi

sion of what

recreational

aviation

could be? There

was plenty of

en

thusiasm in

that small band

of

aviators, and we are

helping EAA

re

create

that special event of 1953.

During

EAA AirVenture 2002,

just

north of the

VAA

Red Barn will be a

display of aircraft and artifacts from

that very

first

EAA convention in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Some of the

same

airplanes

from

that fly-in will

be there,

and

others that are similar

will round out this nostalgic display.

Not

surprisingly,

many

of the air

planes that were

brought

to that

first fly-in

were what

we

now call

vintage airplanes, even though they

were only a few years old back then.

Some

of

them were a Piper

J 5

Cub

Cruiser, a 450-hp Stearman, a Rose

Parakeet, and a Thomas-Morse

Scout.

That

Scout

seemed old then,

but when

we add another 50 years,

it seems positively ancient

Certainly, the enthusiasm for air

planes

that you can

restore

or

build

yourself hasn't waned-we park more

than

1,000

showplanes

in our area

during EM AirVenture, most of

them

vintage airplanes. And our friends

on

the homebuilt side of the field are cer

tainly

active. Van's Aircraft has sold

more

than

7,000

RV

kits, making

the

RV one of

the

most popular aircraft

ever designed and built.

This year we have also

been

cele-

Y ESPIE BUTCH JOYCE

PRESIDENT

VINTAGE

ASSOCIATION

ilestones

brating the 75th anniversary of Lind

bergh's historic flight from New York

to Paris. Lindbergh had to have total

confidence

in his ability and

equip

ment to pull this

one

off. You can

read

all the

books,

listen to

expert

opinions, and talk

about

it at the bar,

but the truth is

that only Lindy knew

why

he

wanted to do

this

trip. Only

he

knew

what he

was

thinking when

he pushed that throttle

forward

on

that famous morning. Well, if you are

at

EM AirVenture Oshkosh this year,

you will be part

of

the 75th anniver

sary

celebration of Lucky Lindy.

Seventy-five years doesn t seem that

long

ago, especially for

those of

you

who recall

seeing

him fly the Spirit

overhead

during

his 48-state tour

in

the summer of 1927.

Of course, the biggest milestone is

coming

at

us qUickly-100 years

of

powered flight. At EAA AirVenture

this year, see

what

your organization

will be doing to celebrate

the

100th

anniversary

of the

Wright

brothers

first powered flight. The final celebra

tion

will,

of

course, be a flight of the

Wright Flyer reproduction

built

by

The Wright Experience,

and

it will be

flown at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,

on

December 17, 2003. The story of

how this

will be

accomplished

arrd

the amount of history

that

has ,come

to light

is

a most interesting story

that

you have to see.

While you

are at EAA AirVenture

Oshkosh

you can view all

of

this in

formation

at EAA s Countdown

to

Kitty Hawk

Pavilion.

Since it's well

out of my life's span so far, 100 years

seems like a

long time

to me.

Isn t

it

amazing

that

the history of practical

heavier-than-air aviation

has

only

spanned a century?

Time really

does

go by fast when

you re having a good time.

Get

out

there and enjoy the summer with your

plane

and

aviation buddies,

and then

in

only a month and a half, come to

EAA

AirVenture

and

spend

the

week.

That one week will seem like only a

couple of days. We'll do our best to

make you

feel

welcome. Come join

us

for

breakfast

at the VAA s Tall Pines

Cafe, which will be located just south

of the ultralight runway. Sit for a spell

on

the

porch of the

VAA Red

Barn,

or

visit

with

friends in the Type Club

tent. Have a glass of

lemonade

while

enjoying the afternoon air show,

or

take a walk

through the

antique air

plane parking

area. And

if there s

something you need or want to sug

gest, stop by the VM Red Barn and let

us know. A smiling volunteer will do

his or her best to make it happen.

f you really want to make it a spe

cial week, volunteer. t doesn't matter

if you can only give us a few hours or

the

whole week, we're always looking

for help. Stop by the volunteer center

.and say, "I'll help. Where do you need

me?"

You

won t

regret it,

and

I'll bet

you'll have a great time.

Talking about

these

histori c avia

tion celebrations really gives you a

sense of

why we at the Vintage Air

craft

Association

are dedicated

to

preserving

the

history

of

aviation

and

to keeping our older aircraft flying for

the youth of tomorrow. We want

them

to

enjoy

the

same pleasures we

have enjoyed.

Let's all pull

in the

same direction

for the good

of

aviation. Remember,

we are

better together.

Join

us

and

have it all.

VINTAGE AIRPLANE


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V NEWS

COMPILED

BY

H.G.

FRAUTSCHY

V

ELECTIONS

In this issue you '

ll

find candidate

biographies and a ballot

for

this year's

VAA l t i o n which will be ratified

at the annual business meeting held

during EM AirVenture Oshkosh.

E IRVENTURE

PL NNING

The Internet has allowed us to

streamline planning for

your

trip

to

EAA

AirVenture. Visit EAA s of

ficial

convention

website at

www airventure

or

g for up-to-date in

formation regarding

convention

highlights and events, including the

50th anniversary celebration of the

EAA fly-in and convention. A com

plete

schedule

of forums is also

presented throughout the week. New

features and tools are being added to

the website

on

a regular basis, so be

sure to check back often.

Also,

use the

EAA Flight Planner to flight plan your

trip. You can access it through the VM

website at www vintag

eaircraft org

FRIENDS

OF THE RED

B RN

We are pleased to

announce

that

many of you have responded to the

VAA s

annual appeal

for help

with

funding VAA activities during EAA

AirVenture. In the July issue, we'll be

publishing a list of volunteers who

have participated in the

VAA

Friends

of the Red Bam. Remember, any funds

sent and received prior to July 1, 2002,

will

be

applied to the 2002 campaign,

and those received after that date will

be placed in the fund for 2003, with

any benefits then available during

EM AirVenture Oshkosh 2003.

See page four for more details on

the

VAA

Friends of the Red Barn.

V H LL OF F ME

The Vintage Aircraft Association

is

pleased

to announce that this

year's inductee

into

th

e

VAA

Hall

of

Fame will be

octogenarian

John

Miller of Poughkeepsie, New York.

John

was present at the takeoff of

JUNE 2002

V

NNU L MEETING NOn E

Notice is hereby given that

an

annual business meeting

of

the members

of

the EM Vintage Aircraft Association will

be

held on Monday, July 29, 2002, at

9:30 a.m. COT

in

the tent next to the VM Red Barn Headquarters during the

50th annual convention of

the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc., Wittman

Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Notice is hereby further given that the

annual election of officers and directors of the EAA Vintage Aircraft Associa-

tion will be conducted by ballot distributed

to

the members along with this

June issue

of

Vintage Airplane. Said ballot must

be

returned properly marked

to

the Ballot Tally Committee , Vintage Aircraft Association, P.O. Box 3086,

Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086, and received no later than July 19, 2001. The

Nominating Committee submits the following list

of

candidates: for preSident,

Espie Butch Joyce; for secretary, Steve Nesse; for directors (eight total),

Steve Bender, John Berendt, Dave Clark, Steve Krog, Jeannie Hill, Bob Lum-

ley

Dean

Richardson, and Geoff Robison.

Pursuant to EM bylaws, the annual business meeting and elections for the

Experimental Aircraft Association EM) will be held

at the

Theater in

the

Woods at 1:00 p.m. COT on Sunday, July 28, 2002, at Wittman Regional Air-

port, Oshkosh, Wisconsi

n

during

EM

AirVenture Oshkosh

2002 to

be held

July

23 through July 29.

Charles

Lindbergh 's transatlantic

flight,

and

very

shortly

afterward

John was actively flying some un-

usual aircraft,

including

autogiros.

His pre-eminence and leadership for

more

than

75

years of active flying

participation and involvement is

unmatched by his

contemporaries

.

John

has consistently shared his per

spective and knowledge of aviation

and

flying

with

his peers through

his

lectures and

articles,

most re

cently with his

fellow

American

Bonanza Society members. Congrat

ulations to

John

Miller!

C LL

FOR

V

H LL OF F ME

NOMIN TIONS

If you wish

to

nominate an indi

vidual who you believe has made a

significant

contribution

to the ad

vancement of aviation between 1950

and

the

present day, please go

to

www.

vintageaircraft·org/programslhof

J

orm html and download the nomina

tion form. Add

supporting

material

and send it to:

Charles W. Harris

VM

Hall of Fame

P.O.

Box

470350

Tulsa,

OK

74147-0350

Be as thorough and objective as

possible. Attach copies of materials

you deem appropriate and helpful

to

the

committee.

The person you

nominate

can be

a citizen

of

any

country

and ma y

be living or deceased. The

nomi-

nee s contribution

could

be in the

areas

of

flying, design,

mechanical

or

aerodynamic

developments, ad

ministration, writing,

some other

vital and relevant field, or any com

bination

of fields that support

aviation.

To

be considered for induc

t ion

into the VAA Hall of Fame

during 2003, petitions must be re

ceived by September 30, 2002.

I f you re unable to access the In

ternet,

call VAA Administrative

Assistant Theresa Books

and

ask her

to

fax or mail you a copy of th e

form.

She

can

be

reached at 920-

426-6110.

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V VOLUNTEER INFORMATION

FOR E IRVENTURE 2 2

EAA

AirVenture Oshkosh 2002

will be held at Wittman Regional

Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin,

from Tuesday, Ju ly 23, through

Monday, July 29. Volunteers will

again be needed to staff the

many

different committees in the Vin

tage area.

If

you are going to attend

EAA

AirVenture 2002 and would like

to participate in activities as a vol

unteer,

drop a

note to

the

chairperson of the area in

which

you

would

like

to volunteer. t

would be helpful to the chairper

son

if

you could also include your

previous experience

or training

and the dates of your arrival and

departure.

The

following

committees

need volunteer help:

PAST GRAND CHAMPIONS

Steve

Krog

262-966-7627

sskrog@aol com

SECURITY

an

d FLIGHT LINE

Geoff Robison

260-493-4724

chief7025@aol com

TYPE

CLUB HQ

Roger Gomoll

507 -288-2810

rgomoli@hotmaiI com

VAAPARKING

George Daubner

262-673-5885

vaaflyboy@aol com

OTHER CONTACTS

Teresa Lautenschlager,

Operation Protect Our Planes

tlautenschlager@eaa org

Anna Osborn, Volunteer Center

annajohn@ktc com

Butch Joyce, President

336-393-0344

windsock@aol com

H G

Frautschy, Executive Director

920-426-4825

vintage@eaa org

NATIONAL

AIR

TOUR

During

the golden

age of avia

tion, many aviation

events

captured the public's imagination.

After Lindbergh's

epic

flight, peo

ple of all ages

became air-minded.

At a

time

when not even a single

road

reached across

the

United

States, air travel was beginning

to

unite

the country.

The potential

for

air travel

did

not escape the minds of Henry

and

Edsel Ford. Henry Ford

had

already

revolutionized travel on the

ground. Prior to Ford's involvement

with William B. Stout and Stout's

all-metal airplanes, virtually every

large air-transport aircraft was built

of wood

and

fabric.

The idea

for

an Airplane

Relia

bility Tour is credited

to

Harvey

Campbell

of

the

Detroit Board of

Commerce. Civic and business

leaders

formed

a

committee, and

Edsel Ford donated a t r ophy-a

beautiful structure

of gold and sil

ver four feet high, that cost

$4,850. Called simply the Edsel B

Ford Trophy, it was inscribed,

This

trophy

is offered

to

encour

age the

up-building

of commercial

aviation as a medium of trans

portation. The

first event

was

called the Edsel B Ford Reliability

Tour for

the Development

of Com

mercial

Aviation. The

official

name was altered slightly over the

years and ultimately became known

simply as the National Air Tour.

When the National Air

Tours

came to town, everybody went out

to

see

the

latest airplanes,

their

pi

lots, and what was often the town's

new airport. Between

1925 and

1931, the tours introduced literally

millions

of

people to the

idea of

air travel.

In this coming year of 2003, we

will celebrate the centennial of

powered flight as well as

the

cen

tennial

of

the

Ford

Motor Co. t

will have been 75 years since the

National

Air Tour was

at

its

zenith

as well.

I f

ever there were a year to

celebrate the development of avia

tion, 2003 is it. The Aviation

Foundation of America Inc., a non

profit public charity, is

sponsoring

the re-creation of the National Air

Tour

in

the fall of 2003.

The objective of the re-creation

of

the

National Air Tour harks back

to its original roots- to promote

and

showcase civil aviation

and

its

progress. In

2003 we

will have

a

special opportunity to show just

how

far

aviation

has

come, both

over the past century and over the

70-some

years since the

National

Air Tour was last held.

For more information

on the

re

creation

of the National Air Tour,

visit

www.NationaIAirTour.org or

e-mail [email protected].

BUCKER PHOTO CREDIT

In the April issue of Vintage Air-

plane, we

inadvertently

omitted

the credit for the air-to-air photog

raphy. We

should

have noted

that

Michael Jolley of Tucson, Arizona

took the

photographs. Our

thanks

to him for supplying the images.

FRONT

COVER:

One of the

world s

best

STOL

airplanes,

the He lio Courier can get into

a number of

amazingly short

fi elds. This newly restored

example is owned by Cliff

and Cheryl Hickson who spl it

th eir ti me between Pal m

Co

a

st

, Florida and a f ish ing

lodge t hey run nea r (but not

too

near) Bethel , Alaska.

EAA photo by Jim Koepnick

shot with a

Ca

n

on

EOSl

n

eq uipped with an 8 -2 mm

lens on

1

ASA Fuj i slide

film. EAA Cessna 21 photo

BACK COVER: Th

ree , co un t

em three

New

Standard D-25

biplanes fly in the cool morn-

ing

sky

east of La k

ela

nd ,

Florida. For more on the great

spring fly-in we all en j

oy

, see

our

cove rage of the Sun n

Fun EAA Fly-In st a

rti

ng on

page eight. EAA photo by Lee

Ann Abrams .

VINTAGE AI

RPLANE

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VAA s Friends of The Red Barn

VAA 2002 Convention Fund Raising Program

The Vintage Aircraft Association is a major partici

pant

in

the World's Largest Annual

Sport

Aviation

Event -

EAA

AirVenture Oshkosh!

The

Vintage Divi

sion hosts and

parks

over 2,000

vintage

airplanes

each

year

from

the

Red Barn area

of Wittman

Field

south to the

perimeter of

the

airport.

The

financial

support

for the

various

activities in

connection

with the week-long event in the VAA

Red Barn area has been principally derived from

the

Vintage Aircraft Association's

general

income fund.

The Vintage Board

has

elected to

more

properly un

derwrite

the annual

Vintage

Red Barn area

Convention activities from a yearly special

conven

tion support fund.

For the July 2002 Convention, the Vintage Aircraft

Association

is

establishing

the

Friends

of

the

Red

Barn program to financially support the

Vintage

Aircraft Division's activities during AirVenture

Oshkosh.

This fundraising program will be an annual affair,

beginning each year on July 1

and ending June 30

of

the following year. However, for

the

July 2002 Con

vention, the initial fund

raising

program will run

from April 15, 2002,

and

extend through June 30,

2002.

There

will be three levels of gifts and

gift

recognition:

Vintage Gold Level - $600.00

and

above gift

Vintage Silver Level - $300.00 gift

Vintage Bronze Level - $100.00 gift

Each contribution

at

one

of

these levels entitles

you to a Certificate of

Appreciation from

the Divi

sion. Your name will

be listed

as a

contributor

in

Vintag

irplane magazine,

and

you will

be

pre

sented with

a special name

badge recognizing your

level

of

participation.

During AirVenture, you'll

have

access

to

the

Red Barn

Volunteer

Center,

and

we'll host you on a special tram tour of the VAA

convention grounds.

Gold

Level

contributors

will also receive a pair

of

certificates each good for a flight on EAA's Ford Tri

motor, redeemable during AirVenture or during the

summer flying season

at

Pioneer Airport. Silver Level

contributors will receive

one certificate

for a

flight

on the Ford Trimotor.

This

is a

first

ever opportunity for all

Vintage

members

to

join together as key financial supporters

of

the

Vintage

Division.

I t

will

be

a

truly

rewarding

experience for each of us as individuals

to

be

part

of

supporting

the

finest gathering of Antique, Classic,

and Contemporary

airplanes

in the

world.

Won't

you please join those of us who recognize

the

tremendously valuable

key role the Vintage Air

craft Association

has

played in

preserving

the

great

grass

roots

and general aviation airplanes

of

the last

99 years? Your

participation in

EAA's

Vintage

Air

craft Association Friends

of

the VAA

Red

Barn

will

help insure the very

finest

in AirVenture Oshkosh

Vintage Red Barn programs.

For

those

of you who wish to contribute,

we've

included a copy of

the contribution

form. Feel free

to

copy

it

and mail t to VAA headquarters

with

your donation.

~ .

2002 VAA Friends

of

the Red Barn

Name_____________________________________________ EAA#_______________VAA# ______________

Address,

__________________________________________________________________________________

_

City/State/Zip______________________________________________________________________________

Phone_____________________________________

E-Mail

________________________________________

_

Please

choose your

level

of

participation:

_

Vintage Gold

Level

Friend

-

$600.00

Mail your contribution to:

_ Vintage Silver Level Friend -

$300.00

EAA

_

Vintage

Bronze Level

Friend

-

$100.00

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT

ASSOC.

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(below)

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00 you

or

your spouse work for a

matchin

g gift co

mpany

?

If

so,

thi

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may

qualify for a

matching donation.

Please ask

your Human Re-

sources

department

for

th

e appropriate form.

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The Vintage Aircraft Association is a non-profit educational organiza tion under IRS SOlc3 rules. Under Federal

Law,

the deduction from Federal In

come tax for charitable contributions

is

limited to the amou nt by which any money (and the value of any property other than money) contributed

exceeds the value of the goods or services provided in exchange for the contribution. An appropriate receipt acknowledging your gift will be sent to

you for IRS gift reporting reasons.

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BY

H G

FR UT S CH Y

MARCH S MYSTERY

P L A N E

SAFE-WINGS

SW-1

I

t

doesn

' t

happen

too

often,

but

this

one

had us stumped

for

a while . We did delete

the

registration

number

on the

print

in

the March issue. It

's

18220, with

·

no

N or NC preced

ing

it.

The

small

lettering

on

the

cowl says "FOO."

According to the detective work

done by the

late

Lennart Johnsson

based

on

the registration

records

compiled by Vincent J . Berinati,

the airplane is the

Safe-Wings

SW-l, powered by a 40-hp Conti

nental

engine.

Their amazing

compilation of registration num

bers prior to World War

II

is located

at

www.aerofiles.com.

That

website

is a treasure chest o f information. A

nod

and

a quick doff of the flying

cap to the folks involved in

putting

that

site

together-great

job

T H I S M O N TH S

M Y S T E R Y

P L A N E C O M E S TO US

VIA

T H E

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tin of South Bend, Indiana. He found

the photo of the SW-1 in the effects

of an aunt who

had

passed away and

while he

didn t

have

any

informa

tion about it, we've

at

least been able

to

identify

it.

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anyone

else

add

some information on the airplane?

Thanks to Cody McCormick for

gamely trying with a guess as to its

identity.

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VIS IT

THE

VAA

CHAPTER

NEAREST

YiOU

A N D

GET TO K N O W

SOME GREAT

OLD A IRPLANE

ENTHUSIASTS

CALIFORNIA

Hayward

CA

VAA

Ch.

29

Meetings 2nd Thurs.,

7:00

PM

At the Hayward Airport, Hangar 7

William Field , President

Phone: 510 784-1168

Email:

wfield49@aol com

Riverside

CA VAA Ch. 33

Meetings 3rd Sat., 1:00 PM

Clubhouse at

West end of

Flabob Airport

Darrell Blasjo, President

Phone: 909 780 7021

Email: dblasjo@yahoo com

Sacramento

CA VAA Ch. 25

Meetings 2nd Sat.,

9:00

AM

For Place Contact:

Fred Allen, President

Phone: 530-274 1542

Emai l: allenalley@infostations com

FLORIDA

Lakeland FL

VAA Ch.

1

For Place & Time Contact:

James Conyers, President

Phone: 407 339 9061

Email: jbconyers@earthlink net

JUNE 2002

ILL INOIS

Lansing

IL

VAA Ch. 26


Peter Bayer, President

Phone: 708/534 6240

Email: c180bayer@aol com

KANSAS

Overland Park KS

VAA Ch.

16

Meetings the 3rd Fri., 7:30 PM

Gardner Municipal

Airport Term Bldg.

Gerald Gippner, President

Phone:

913

-764 8512

Email: gipp@email msn com

LOUISIANA

New Iberia LA VAA Ch. 30

Meetings 1st Sun., 9:00 AM

At the Acadiana Reg. Airport

Roland Denison, President

Phone: 337 365 3047

Email: eaaac30@msis net

http: www msis netjeaaac3 /

Falmouth

MA VAA Ch. 34


James Jenkins, President

Phone: 508 540 1349

Email: jengeebee@aol com

MICHIGAN

Niles

MI VAA Ch. 35

Meetings 2nd Sat., 10:00 AM

At the Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport

Kenneth Kasner, President

Phone: 616 699 7064

Email: KKasner@skyenet net

MINNESOTA

Albert

Lea MN VAA Ch. 13

Meetings

4th

Thurs., 7:30

PM

Albert Lea

MN

Municipal Airport

William Koza, President

Phone: 507 373 9062

Email: bjkalmco@deskmedia com

Minneapolis

MN VAA Ch. 4

For Place

&

Time Contact:

Lyle Peterson, President

Phone: 651 653 2063

Email: Iylep@att net

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NEBR SK

Plattsmouth NE

VAA

Ch. 31

Meeting

1st

Sat., 10:30 AM

Plattsmouth Airport Term Bldg.

Keith Howard, President

Phone: 402-291-2103

Email: [email protected]

NEW H MPSHIRE

North

Hampton

NH VAA

Ch. 15

Meeting 2nd Sat., 11:00

AM

Chapter Clubhouse

N.

Hampton Airfield

Robert Drake, President

Phone:

603

-

942

-

9242

Email:

[email protected]

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NEW JERSEY

Andover NJ VAA

Ch. 7

Meeting 1st Sun., 10:00 AM

At the Andover Aeroflex Airport

James Ahman, President

Phone:

908

-979-1860

Emai

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Delaware OH V Ch. 27

Meeting 2nd Sat.,

8:00

AM

Delaware Municipal Airport

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Term.

Russell Sheets, President

Phone: 740-524-

1930

Email: rsheets@aoc aes.com

Troy

OH

VAA

Ch.

36

Meeting 2nd or 3rd Sat., 8 AM

WACO Field Route

25

(Main Hangar)

Richard Amrhein, President

Phone: 937-335-1444


Zanesville

OH VAA

Ch.

22

Meeting

3rd Sun. 2:30 PM

every other month, even months

John s Landing, 5800

Wortman

Rd.

John Morozowsky, President

Phone: 740-453-6889

OKL HOM

Tulsa , OK, VAA Ch. 10

Meeting 4th Thurs.,

7:30

PM

At the Hardesty Library

Christopher McGuire, President

Phone:

918

-

341-6798

Cross

SC

VAA

Ch. 3

For Place and Time Contact:

John Betts, President

Phone: 252-728-3067

Eileen Wilson, Secretary


TEX S

Houston TX

VAA

Ch. 2

Meeting 4th Sun., 2:00 PM

At

Dry Creek Airport Cypress,

TX

Robert Fowler, President

Phone:

713

-868-6230

WIS ONSIN

Brookfield WI VAA

Ch.

11

Meeting 1st Mon., 7:30 PM

At Capitol Airport

George Meade, President .

Phone: 414-962-2428

Email:

[email protected]

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10/36

2 ) )2

Seen

It 7een

E FLY-IN COVERAGE

NTIQUE AWARDS

G R A N D C H A M P I O N

N55511

Stearman

Herb Clark

Weirsdale, Florida

OU T ST AN D IN G

ANTIQUE

NC647K

Great Lakes 2T-1A

Paul Fuller

Anderson,

ndiana

BEST BR ON Z E AGE

1933-1941

N17655

Spartan Executive

Gigi Brisson

Burlingame, California

GOLD EN

AGE

C H A M P I O N

1918-1927

N2073

Ryan M-1

Andrew King

Elkwood, Virginia

CUSTOM C H A M P I O N

NC32162

Waco ZPF 7

John

Corradi

Rixeyville, Virginia

CUSTOM

R U N N E R U P

N60185

Stearman

C.

L.

Wyatt

Lakeland, Florida

ood friends nd great fun

H.G.

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11/36

obReuther s Luscombe

E

has a

number

o

well-executed custom

modifications, topped

o

with a

very pleasing color scheme.

ob

was awarded the Best Custom Clas

sic (0-100 hpj trophy for his work.

He

hails from Nashville, Tennessee.

One

of the Outstanding Classic award winners was this neat Taylorcraft

owned

by Ray

Cook

o

Spring Grove, Illinois.

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12/36

2 ) )2 S ~ It ~

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FLY IN COVERAGE

Next time you're at

an

air show and John

Mohr is one of the performers, stop for a

few moments and watch his act.

He

flies a

completely stock, Lycoming 225-hp PT-

17

Stearman, with the only modification an

added smoke oil tank. John's act is one

of

pure airmanship distilled to its essence.

Kermit Weeks' Fantasy

of

Flight owns one

of

the Spirit

of

St. Louis

replicas built by Tallmantz Aviation for the filming of the Jimmy Stewart

movie of the same name. While politics

in

France prevented Kermit

from re-enacting Lindbergh's arrival at

Le

Bourget just outside of Paris,

Sun 'n

Fun

attendees got to see it fly

on

a number of occasions.

This Piper

L 4

was across the taxiway in the Warbirds area, but t hat s okay. When was the last time you actually saw a

Brodie Device installed

on

a Cub? T

he

Brodie was

an

ingenious system deployed

on

ships

that

a

ll

owed

an L 4

to

be

recovered without the use of a ru nway or carrier deck-the airplane was flown to and latched onto a cable rigged

alongside the ship. This particular LA B was delivered

to

the Army

Air

March

15,

1943. Dick and Richard Brown of Ex-

celsior, Minnesota restored it, with assistance on the Brodie Device from none other than James Brodie, the system s

inventor. James lives

in

Minnesota as well, and was able to prov i

de

drawings of the necessary components.

10

JUNE 2 2


13/36

The

Best Restored Classic (101-165 hpj

of

the event is this

ex-

cellent Globe Swift restored and maintained

by

Porter Houston

Jr. His father, Porter

Sr.

bought the airplane in

1947

. It had only

CL SS I C W RDS

G R N D

C H M P I O N

N9526E

Aeronca 11AC Chief

Paul

E

Gould

Sardinia Ohio

G R N D C H M P ION

Custom Classic

N3303K

Swift

H W

Cope

Spring Texas

B E

ST

R ESTO R ED C L SSIC

0 100

hp

N3469E

Aeronca 11AC

Chief

Ray Johnson

Marion

Indiana

BE S T R ESTORED C L S S IC

101 - 165 hp

N78171

Swift

Porter Houston

Hunt

Valley Maryland

1

hours

on

it, but he

had to work overseas, so it

sat for

15

years. Porter

Jr.

has never restored it, but

it does have a new interior,

and

the bottom paint was

added. (Polishing the belly and lower wing surfaces was never high on Porter's

list of fun things to do.) It has Cleveland brakes and the factory modification for

mufflers. The interior was copied from a Globe factory brochure.

B EST RESTORED

C L S S I C

Over 165 hp

N4426C

Cessna C-195

R

Luigs

Bandera Texas

B E

ST

C U S

TOM

C L S SIC

0

100

hp

N144BR

Luscombe 8E

Bob Reuther

Nashville Tennessee

B EST C U STOM C L A S

SIC

Over 165

hp

N80856

Swift

Raymond Miller

Taylors

South

Carolina

O U T S T NDI N G

C L S S I C

O U T S T N D I N G C L S S I C

I R C R F T

N43645

Taylorcraft

Ray Cook

Spring Grove Illinois


I R C R F T

N30898

Cessna C-195

Ro

n Karwacky

Riverside California


I R C R F T

N41X

Cessna C-195

Calvin & Va leri

Ar

ter

Mulberry Florida

A I R C RA FT

N78104

Swift

D W

Cahill

Tampa Florida

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~

J ~

E

FLY IN COVERAGE

CONTEMPOR RY

W RDS

(19S6

to

1966)

B E S T

C O N T E M P O R R Y

NS148A

Cessna 172

Robert Kachergius

Orland

Park, Illinois

O U T S T N D I N G C U S T O M I Z E D

N12711

Beech

BE-3S

Steven

W.

Oxman

Riva, Maryland

B E S T T W I N

N814RC

Piper

PA30-B

Turbo Twin Comanche

Richard

F

Charette

Wadsworth, Illinois

O U T S T N D I N G

IN T Y P E

N2848Z

Piper PA22-1S0

Tri-Pacer

Tim Baky

Peachtree City, Georgia

O U T S T N D I N G

IN T Y P E

NS478D

Beech Bonanza

Larry Van

Dam

Riverside, California

O U T S T N D I N G I N T Y P E

N2STJ

Piper PA22/20

Pacer

Tom Ferraro

McKinney, Texas

O U T S T N D I N G IN TY P E

N9S86T

Cessna 210

John Bragdon

Lakeland, Florida

12 JUNE 2002

Swifts are probably one

of

the most modi

fied certificated aircraft

in

existence, and

this one sure is

Ray

Miller's

GC

-1B Swift

is powered

by

a Lycoming 0-

290. The

red,

white, and blue metallic paint scheme was

applied before

Ray

bought the airplane

about a year and a half ago . Ray pOinted

out

that

Dave

Cutler

of

Fair

Play

South

Carolina, did the outstanding fiberglass

work

on

the cowl .

The Luscombe Aircraft Corp.

of

Altus, Oklahoma, displayed its Luscombe

185

Model

l l in

the commercial display area.

The

original version , first

produced in

1948

saw only about

100

examples built. With four seats

and a useful load

of

830

pounds, the Luscombe

185s

are looking

to

give

the Cessna 172 a little competition. Luscombe Aircraft anticipates its FAA

type certificate sometime

in

mid-

2002.

Check out its progress at www.lus

combeaircraft.com.

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15/36

The

Contemporary Outstanding Customized

Sun

'n

Fun

tro

A dawn flight in Waldo Wright's Flying Service 's

New

phy

winner is this fast-looking Beechcraft B-35 Bonanza

Standard D-25 is pure heaven. Sun 'n

Fun

secretary

belonging to Steven

Oxman

of

Riva , Maryland.

executive assistant Sherry Abels and V director

and Waco enthusiast Phil Coulson brave a little morn

ing chill

to

experience a sublime sunrise

in

the front

cockpit. Bob Lock pilots the ship from the aft 'pit

of

the Wright Whirlwind-powered biplane.

Paul

Gould 's Aeronca 11AC Chief was this year 's Sun 'n

Fun Grand

Ch

ampion Classic.

Brad Strickland flew John "Wi " Talton 's fine-looking

1947

Stinson 108-2 from North Carolina. A Continental 0-470

powers it.

Rows

for past award winners con

tinue to grow as more members

choose to bring their spectacular air-

planes back

to

the fly-in each year.

Ted

Patecell along with

Ed

and

Bar-

bara Moore brought their Howard

DG

-15Ps and parked them along a

line

that

included Comanches, a

Cessna

195

and a pair

of

Cubs.

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16/36


17/36

Real Estate For Sale

Cute RIVER-front country lodge

for

those seeking solitude.

Sleeps ten. Clos

est road system, four hundred miles

away.

Closest

village, three

and a half

hours

by boat. Minutes by float plane.

Spectacular fishing. Nearest neighbor?

We

don t think

there

are

any.

Outside

(very outside) Bethel, Alaska.

kay so

the

ad

didn' t

read

exactly

that

way, but

you

get the

picture. The Anvik

River Lodge isn't on

anyone's beaten

path

to

anywhere. In fact,

there aren't

many

paths in the

neigh

borhood

either.

You

can paddle

the

better

part

of a week to get

there, or you can hop

in Cliff and Cheryl

Hickson's H391B He

lio Courier

and

spend

a few

minutes

enjoy

ing the scenery before plopping

down on

the

Anvik River

in front

of their lodge.

Then

you can spend

as much

time

as you want, admir

ing

the

spectacular

surroundings

or

trying to

coax some of

the

biggest freshwater fish

in

non-cap

tivity

into

your boat.

A

warning to those

who are

vaguely dissatisfied with

the

direc

tion their life is taking

them-read

on at your own risk. There is the dis-

tinct possibility after

reading this

that you'll find yourself headed

north for a new life among the trees,

northern pike,

salmon,

bears, and

huskies. First, however, you have to

get a

bush

plane,

which in

the case

of

the Hicksons meant

a

Helio

Courier. But we're getting ahead of

ourselves because there's nothing in

Cliff Hickson's background to indi

cate

that he'd eventually wind

up

operat ing a fishing lodge

in

Alaska

that

caters

to sportsmen

from

around the world.

I was born and raised just out

side of

Homestead,

Florida,

he

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IRPL NE

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18/36

he

leading edge slats

on

the Helio give the airplane remarkable low speed handling characteristics.

says, and almost every day I'd look

up at little biplanes doing aerobat

ics overhead. Curtis Pitts's runway

was about a mile south, so I was in

troduced to unusual airplanes right

from the start. But, I never thought

I'd be doing what I'm doing.

Hickson,

who

is a tall, easy-smil

ing

individual with

a comfortable

air

about him and

zero pretenses,

is happy about most of the choices

he 's

made

in his life,

although

he

took

some

detours

getting

where

he is now.

I graduated from

high school

and

was living the life of a 20-year

old in

the

Florida Keys.

You

know,

doing

what

I could

to

make a buck

and really, as in really, enjoying my

self. He smiles and leaves it up to

our imagination to fill in the blanks.

While I was working down there

one winter, I met some guys who

had been working on the North

Slope oil fields in Alaska. They made

it

sound like

heaven;

they were

making so much money. Or at least

they

said they were.

Just

the fact

they were hanging around

the

eys

and had

no

more money than I did

should have been a clue. But, I was

young, looking for adventure and

6

JUNE

2002

money, so I headed north .

What he found

when

he went

north was not as advertised.

I

tried working on the

North

Slope, but basically I nearly starved

to death for a couple of years. But,

being young, I guess I

wasn't

as se

rious

about

it as I could have been.

I'd

spend

my winters in

Florida

having fun and go back

up

for the

summers.

t

took a little

while

be

fore

I

got my

act

together and

started working

as a

framer

for a

construction company.

Between

the opportunities

for

remote building and

his construc

tion

experience, Cliff began to see

business

opportunities

that didn't

exist in

the

lower 48.

I put together an

air-mobile

construction crew

that would do

nearly

any

kind of

construction.

We had a lightweight compressor

and

tools,

and

we'd

have some

bush

operator

fly us

into

a

site.

We'd

build almost

anything that

needed to be

built.

That was

my

first serious introduction

into

how

useful

and

necessary

airplanes

are

when

doing business

in

Alaska.

Little by little his reputation as a

contractor

spread until he was

hired to be the project

manager on some bigger

projects for

the

regional

native

corporations

and

some for the federal gov

ernment. This led to

establishing his own

general contracting business.

It

took

me a while,

but

I even

tually cracked the code on working

with the feds. The

bidding

style

and

ways of

working with them

are different. But once I

made the

transition, I

began

getting all sorts

of projects, mostly in small towns

scattered

around

Alaska.

During this time, Cliff had been

utilizing bushplanes

constantly

but didn't have a pilot's certificate

and hadn't really thought

about

getting

one. He was too

busy to

add yet another skill to his already

impressive bundle

of

tricks. That

changed when

the

Anvik River

Lodge entered his life

in

one of

those

quirks

of

fate

that drive

many interesting lives.

We have a three-hundred-mile

dog

sled race

that

starts

in

Bethel.

It's a big

event

and there's always a

housing

shortage in

town, so

everyone opens

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visiting

mushers.

We

had provided

ours to

a

really inter

esting

guy

who had practically no dog

sled experience

and was

from down

south

,

but he

was

determined.

He

took off on the race

with

only

five hours

of

experience mush-

ing

behind a leased dog

team and did really well.

liThe owner

of

the dog

team

mentioned that

he had a

fishing

lodge that

he'd

like to sell. We sat

around

the house

with our

guest

and talked about it

a

little,

but

nothing really

serious. t was

an

intriguing

possibility.

Cheryl

had

been catering local banquets and

weddings

so she

wasn't

afraid

to

cook for a crowd. I had almost

twenty years

of

bush con-

struction and expediting

experience, but financially

it was out of our league, so

our guest went home and

we forgot about it.

They may have forgot-

ten

about

it,

but

their

guest

didn't

.

He called back and pro

posed that we become

partners

in the lodge. He'd

put up

the

money and

our

share

would be by sweat

equity. We'd do whatever work the

lodge needed and we'd operate it.

We knew

this

was a life changing

decision. Cheryl and

I

slept

on

it

overnight,

and

in

the

morning

we

decided

to

go for it.

We haven't

re

gretted

that

decision for a minute

since. Besides,

as a

contractor,

I

was always too

busy

to go fishing,

which

always drove

me

nuts.

The Anvik River

Lodge

came

into the

Hickson's lives in February

1996, and they had it ready for

their first sum

mer season.

From

the

village of Anvik,

it's nearly four

hours

by power

boat, but only 12

minutes by

airplane, so

it

was obvi

ous that we'd

be

needing

someone to

provide our guests

with transportation.

We

contracted

with Jim Webster,

who

is nearly a

legend

in Alaska. He flew a C-185

on floats and has 22,000 hours on

floats in

the

bush with

no

acci-

dents.

He was

absolutely

terrific.

He flew for us until last year, when

his wife and

he decided to change

their lifestyle ,

and

we were sud-

denly without transportation

to

the lodge.

Cliff still

didn

' t

have

a

pilot's

certificate and

hadn't

taken a sin

gle formal flying lesson in his life.

Still, it

made

sense for them

to

have their own airplane

and

for

Cliff

to

fly it.

I had flown hundreds of hours

with Jim

in

the

185 from the right

seat, and he told me I

had

plenty

of experience and could easily do

what

was

needed.

So, we

decided

to

buy

our own bush

airplane

and

I'd learn

to

fly it.

f

you

want

to

start a small war,

all you have

to do is

get

bush

pilots

together

and

ask them

what the

best bush airplane

is. The

Super

Cub will always pop up on the top

of

the list,

but Hickson

needed

something

much bigger

that

was a

little different. His clientele had de

veloped

to the

point

that he had

a

good idea

what

kind of person

he'd

be flying and what their tastes

were. Picking the airplane was more

than just getting something that

could

carry

cargo and people and

operate

off

the

water.

y that time

they'd

had guests from nearly every

country in

Europe in

addition

to

those from the States, and he knew

they expected

safety

and

comfort

and

a certain

amount

of class.

Up

there

we all

have our

fa

vorites,

but,

if pilots are being

honest

about

what float

planes

work

best out

of

short lakes and

are the safest, the Helio Courier is

always mentioned.

I

liked

it

be-

cause its slow speed makes it really

easy to

get

into lakes regardless of

the wind direction.

Of

course, when Cliff and

Cheryl decided

they

would pro-

vide

their own transportation,

they had two

sizeable

projects

in

front of them. First, Cliff had to

learn

to fly and second, they had

to find a Helio Courier that would

n't

break

the

bank.

They

had been spending their

most

recent winters

at their home

in

Palm

Coast, Florida,

so

it

was

fortuitous

that

they got

word

of a

Helio H391B

located

just up the

coast from them that might be for

sale. They

went up and

took

a look,

but what they

found

was some-

thing

that looked like

a Helio

Courier.

t was in such sad

shape

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20/36

that

it was hard to tell for sure.

The

airplane

had

been

donated

to a fly-

ing missionary

operation,

but it

needed so

much

work, they could

n't afford to

rehabilitate

i t It sat

around for several years, collecting

all that ugly stuff airplanes collect

when

left sitting

around,

until

Cliff called

them.

Yes, they would

part with the airplane because they

needed

an engine

for

one

of

their

airplanes in Honduras. No, it was

n't

flyable at

that moment.

Yes,

he

could come look at it.

"When

we looked at the

air-

plane, we realized

this

was

going

to be

another

one of those sweat

equity

things.

To buy a Helio

Courier of the quality we thought

we

needed would be prohibitive.

Here was

one

we could afford to

buy, but we really

couldn't

afford

to contract

someone to

rebuild

it

for us. So, we

took

it to operators

in

Flagler, and then to Ormond

8

JUN 2 2

Beach,

where we

rolled

up our

sleeves

and began to pour

sweat

equity into it.

When he

picked

up

the airplane

from the missionaries, Cliff still did

n't

have a pilot's certificate and, in

fact , he had only recently

started

taking flying lessons. His flight in

structor accompanied him

while

they ferried the

airplane

back to

their hangar

at

Flagler Airport.

I started out taking lessons in an

Aeronca,

and

because of all my pre

vious experience, I could have

flown

the airplane

safely solo the

first day. So, I made good progress.

He finished his training at St.

Au-

gustine

and

had a regular schedule.

He'd get up, drive to the airport, fly,

drive to another

airport

and work

on the Helio

until

late that night,

and

then

start the entire thing over

again

the

next morning.

"When we ferried

the

airplane,

we had done a

quick

inspection,

JIM KOE

PN

I

CK

oiled the engine, aired the tires, and

fired it up. I

had

someone else fly

ing

it,

of course,

and

we made it to

our

destination fine.

When

we took

it apart, however, we realized what

bad shape it was really in. f

we

would have known that, we might

have trucked it, Hickson says.

"Once

we

got

off

the

ground we

realized practically nothing in the

instrument

panel

worked

and

everything in

the

airplane needed

cleaning

and adjusting.

However,

the basic airplane was solid. Even

though the skin was rough

on the

outside,

the

airframe was basically

corrosion-free and the steel tubing

had no

rust. It's just

that

everything

about

the airplane was really ugly.

"The interior

, for instance, was

that 1950's crushed velour you

used to see, and you can't

imagine

how

bad

that

stuff

looks

when

it

gets

that

old

and

is neglected for

so

long.

It was

really gross The


21/36

windows also were useless, so all of

them had to be replaced.

The airplane was serial number

011 and was the first model Helio

built (eventually there were seven

different models of Helio Couri

ers).

The early

391B's were built

from 1954 to 1957,

and the

Hick

son's airplane was first

owned and

operated by the U S Border Patrol

under the

Immigration

and

Natu

ralization Service (INS).

It

bashed

around

the

Mexican border

for

years before being sold to a rancher

and finally working its way over to

the missionaries.

The

engine, which is a geared

GO-435

Lycoming

and puts out

260 hp, needed an overhaul.

At

the same

time, he says, we re

placed the prop because it had an

expensive AD

[Airworthiness

Di

rective] on it .

When

the

Helio

Courier

first

went

into

production in 1954, the

mission

for

the

airplane hadn't

been clearly defined,

and the

abil

ity

to

mount floats wasn't

incorporated

into

all of them.

This airplane didn't have the

float

hard points

in

the

steel truss,

so we contacted David May ag who

owns

the type certificate. He

sent

us some parts and the

drawings,

and we pulled the skin and welded

in the fittings. At the

same time,

we re-bushed the gear.

Fortunately, most

of the con

trol

system stuff

was

okay

.

The

cables

and

pulleys were fine and

the slats needed very little work.

Then

the

day

arrived when the

airplane

was

finished and

was

ready to be

flown. At this point,

Cliff had

been

a certificated

pilot

for only a few

months.

Alt h ough

he had

minimal

flying experience

in his logbook, he

had actually

flown right

seat

several

hundred

hours in Alaska. Taking

on

the He

lio

Courier, however,

was

still

a

daunting task.

I was

terrified

on

those

first

flights. We had it out

of

the shop

for one

day,

and

I had a DC-3

check pilot fly around with me for

another

day.

Then

I

pointed the

nose north and headed for Alaska

with

one

of

my

flight instructors

in the

other seat.

Let's

see-Florida

to

Alaska.

On

the

North American

continent,

cross-countries don't get much

longer than that. Making it more

interesting was the

fact

that the

airplane

cruises at

under

100

knots, and Cliff was a

brand

new

pilot flying

an

airplane

that

hasa

reputation for

being

a

handful in

some situations.

I

had spent

a lot

of

time talking

to

everyone who had Helio time,

trying to

get

hints.

Skip Lipscomb

up in Alaska was super helpful.

He

had

been a Helio demo pilot and

really knew the airplane.

The

airplane's

reputation

for

being l l mannered

on

the

ground

is

generated by its big vertical tail,

its

far forward gear placement,

and its doesn't-want-to-stop-fly

ing

wing. t has

humbled

more

than one pilot.

It

can

be a real bear

in

a cross

wind, Cliff says. Lipscomb gave

me a

good

technique, which

is

to

continued on p ge

9

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9


22/36

2

JUN

2 2

ixture to idle cutoff

master of{, and

hop

out

to tie the plane down as

quickly as

yo

u can because you re

hungry

You

only have to get within a

few

dozen

yards

downwind

of

the hot

griddles

and you know life is going to

be

much better

very

shortly.

?It

Shelbyville Illinois is a small

town in

south-central

Illinois just

south

of

Decatur. The

handsome

sma

ll

airport on

the west edge

of

town

must

have one of the highest

populations per capita of Wacos

and t has a friendly couple working

together as the

F O

to

boot.

Mike

and

Tracy

Potter

were

working

all

Avgas

over the field to make sure everyone

had a great time. The folks in Shel

byville

put

on a great fly-in

with

plenty of hot pancakes first

thing

in

the morning and then a

freshly

cooked burger for lunch washed

down with lemonade shake-ups.

Combined with good friends .

how could likfe be better?


23/36

Glenn Peck

flew the Historic Aircraft Restoration

Mu

seum's Piper PA-15 Vagabond to Shelbyville from Dauster

Flying Field

in

Creve Coeur, Missouri. It s another vintage

friendly airport.

O

ne of

the

great guys

at Shelbyville

is

Bob

Howie, who spends a major

amount

of

time during

his

preflight

on

his

Waco

CTO

(formerly Speed

Holman s

Taperwing, Registration No .

7446)

oiling the valves and rocker arms on the bi

plane's Wright

J-4.

Of course, that means that most

of it

will also wind up

on

the windscreen or his gog

gles, but hey,

that s

what flying neat old biplanes is

all about

John Livesay is now enjoying flying his Warner-powered

Waco

RNF complete with a ring cowl.

Mel McCollum made a quick hop over from the St. Louis area with his sharp

Monocoupe 90-AL.

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 2


24/36

P SS T TO BUCK

BY E.E. "BUCK" HILBERT, EA

A

21 VAA 5

P O

Box 424 UNION IL 60180

odeling

talent

I ve

been

around restorers and to own and fly. I hadn t heard

airplanes in general for a very long

from

him

in more than 20

years,

time, and still I m

amazed at

the but these shots

showed

up in the

incredible work

members can

do. mail a

little while ago,

and I

Take a look at the

modeling

done

wanted

to

share them

with

you.

by Lester Klean, who now lives in Lots of you are modelers, too, and

Sun City, Arizona.

Lester

and I

we appreciate

all the

different

knew each

other

way back when. ways you keep old airplanes alive.

He

did

a

number

of

meticulous

K

restorations over the years, includ-

~ t J ~

ing

a really great Champ

he

used

This l/B-inch scale model

of

the

Ryan NYP

Spirit

of

St. Louis was sold to

Ker-

mit Weeks. It

spans

69

inches and duplicates the entire structure

of

the

Spirit right down

to

the details

in

the cockpit.

The Wright J-5 Whirlwind engine is

available as a 1-1/2-inch

l /B)

scale

kit from Williams Brothers, a well

known

plastic

modeling

firm

www.wil/iamsbrosinc.com).

One side is covered

the other left with the

structure

showing.

Look at all those wing

ribs Even

the spars

and

rigging

f i tt ings

were duplicated.

22 JUNE 2002

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25/36

NEW

MEMBERS

Hitzke

Queensland,

Australia

Roger Bryant . Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Archie Chamberlain Schomberg, Ontario, Canada

Steve MacDonald

Wyoming, Ontario,

Canada

Brian Reis

Wiarton, Ontario,

Canada

Peter F Snaith Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Mike Fowler. . . . . . Market Harborough, England

Stephane

Rosse Nandy, France

Caddeo

Philippe Vierzy, France

Ca

rl

Josef Kaeser . Coburg, Germany

Michael

Haworth Hampshire

, Great Britain

Cha

rles W. Huke Shropshire, Great Britain

Rami

Lothan

Tel Aviv, Israel

Carolyn Jones Eagle River,

AK

Michael].

Bedard Madison, AL

Richard].

Adams Mesa,

AZ

Michael Gonzales Mesa, AZ

Ryan Kassik

Phoenix,

AZ

Carl G. Remmel Sun City West, AZ

Norman W Batchelder Palm Springs, CA

Ron Greenall Visalia,

CA

Edwin

K.

Kempkey . Napa,

CA

Doug King . . . . Castro Valley, CA

Howard

Pomerantz

Los Gatos,

CA

. Calistoga,

CA

Dennis W.

Timmons

Riverside, CA

Rick Williams

Murphys,

CA

Christopher P Yakubek Los Gatos,

CA

Steve Saunders Oxford, CT

Arnold . Miami,

FL

Roy

A.

Berube . Miami,

FL

Lonnie David Blackburn Citra, FL

Brewer

Panoma

Park,

FL

Thomas M. Camman

. Lake Mary,

FL

Raymond S.

Dauer. Ft. Myers,

FL

john F Hansen Ft Lauderdale,

FL

Clifford

B.

Hickson Palm

Coast

,

FL

William

A.

Kirby

Gainesville,

FL

Daniel Tomczak Tampa, FL

Guy

Hill . Atlanta, GA

Kenneth

Williams Griffin, GA

john

C Burg

Washburn, IA

Charles Michael Brown Sandpoint, ID

joseph

A.

Dory

Caldwell, ID

Randy

Coutre

. . Plainfield,

IL

jeffrey J. Kaney Rockford,

IL

john

D. O'Malley Winnetka, IL

Gerald

D.

Oliver

Downers

Grove, IL

Richie Davidson Hanover, IN

Berl

j.

Grant

Seymour, IN

David Wewers . . Kansas City, KS

Felix Proulx

Hanson,

MA

David Larson

Lexington

Park, MD

William R. Aikens . Bloomfield Hills, MI

joel

K.

Mikaelsen

.

Montague,

MI

jeffrey

S.

Croy Pryor Lake, MN

James D. Ludford II Eden Prairie, MN

Pauline

Vivan Milner .

Plymouth,

MN

Michael

C Finke St. Louis, MO

William Francis Mancheste r, MO

Lester M.

Grotpeter

Creve Coeur, MO

Marvin E.

Hendershot .

Jonesburg

, MO

Glenn

E. Peck

Maryland

Heights, MO

C lifton T Trice St. Charles, MO

William

E.

Hood

Dover, NC

Michael Kellogg . Oxford, NC

Charles

O. Peterson Pinehurst, NC

Eric Turner LeXington, NC

Dana E. Anderson

St Edward, NE

jon M. Enevoldsen Lincoln,

NE

Tim Gleason Omaha,

NE

Daniel L

Petersen Unadilla, NE

james

Ahman

Hackettstown,

Nj

Andrzej

Chmielewski

Asbury, Nj

Michael Peters Succasunna,

NJ

Michael Rinaldi

Las

Vegas NY

Chris]. Hatin Northville, NY

Donald

j.

Howe Oakdale,

NY

Duane A. Bostrom Medina, OH

Kenneth

K Clark Tulsa, OK

Timothy j. Kerber Sherwood, OR

Luigi

U.

Ricci Moretti.

Philadelphia, PA

Troy Brown . .

Ft.

Mill, SC

Dennis

Dykstra .

Monroe,

SD

Frank Mele Cookeville, TN

Rick Pellicciotti Bartlett, TN

Robert

Seymour

Hendersonville, TN

Fred Bussell Tyler, TX

jay Crowell Paris, TX

Emile L Faciane Rowlett, TX

Robert D.

Funk

Bullard, TX

Donald L Gibson

El Paso, TX

George H. Gould Lamarque, TX

Daniel

P.

Leone .

Houston, TX

Sam

L

Pool

Houston,

TX

john Royes Center, TX

Greg Young Spring, TX

Kim Peterson

Spanish

Fork, UT

John

A.

Best

Moneta, VA

Scott Compton Goodview,

VA

Chris Merritt Centreville, VA

john M. Potock S.

Riding,

VA

james F White,

jr. Abingdon,

VA

Robyn G. Mayer Stevens Point, WI

Tim A. Robertson Appleton, WI

Francis

L

Susor. Wausau, WI

Dave Shaw Cody, WY

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3


26/36

FLY-IN

CALENDAR

Th

e

followin

g list of coming eve

nts

is furnish ed to

our

re

ad

ers as a

matter

of

information only

and does

not

con

stitute

approval

,

spon

s

or

s

hip, involv

eme

nt, control

or

dir

e

ction of an

y event (

fly-in, seminars,

fly market,

et

c.

listed. Please

se

nd th

e

information to EAA,

Att:

Vin

tage Airplane, P.O. Box 3086, Os

hkosh, WI

54903-3086.

Information

s

hould

be r

eceiv

ed four months prior to

the

event date.

JUNE

13-I6-St.

Louis, MO-American Waco Club Inc.

Fly-In. Creve Coeur Airport. Info: Phil 616-624-6490

or Jerry 317-535-8882

JUNE

13-I6-Middletown

, OH-ll th Nat'l Aeronca

As-

soc.

Convention

. Hook Field. Aircraft judging, Air

Force Museum tours, steak fry Fri. , forum &

banquet

Sat. Info: 217-395-2522

JUNE

I5

- Cooperstown,

NY- K23) Old Airplane Fly-In

& Breakfast Sponsored by EAA Ch. 1070. 7:30 a.m.

Noon , rain or

shine

. Adults $4.00, Children under

12 $3.50. Pilots

of

1962 or older aircraft eat free

Info: 607-547-2526

JUNE I5-I6-West Bend, WI-Southeast Wisconsin

Airfest.

8am-5pm

ea. day. Air show, flight simula-

tors, military and vintage airplane showcase, chil

dren's entertainment area, vintage car

show

and

parade, food, and more Firefighters, Police,

and

active or retired military,

admitted

free

with

ID or

proof of service. Info: 800-414-0065

JUNE I6-23

-Las

Vegas, NV-34th

Annual

Convention

of the Int'l Cessna 170 Assn. Texas Station Hotel, 800

654-8888, Info 702-595-8019

EAA FLY·IN SCHEDULE

2 2

EM

ROCKY

MOUNTAIN REGIONAl.

VIRGINIA STATE

EM FLY·IN

www.

gr

eeleynet omleaar

egional

www.vaeaa.org

June 29·30, Longmont, CO September

7·8

, Dinwiddie

County

Airport

NORTHWEST

EM AY IN

EM

EAST

COAST

FLY.JN

www.nweaa.org

www.eastc

oastfl

yin.org

July

1() 14, Arlington, WA

September 13·15,

Toughkenamon,

PA

EM

AlRVENTURE

OSHKOSH

EM

SOUTHWEST

REGIONAl.

FLY.JN

www.airventure.org

www.swrfi· om

July 23·29, Oshkosh,WI

September

27·28,

Abilene,TX

EM

GOLDEN WEST

REGIONAl. AY.JN

EM SOI TII£AST

REGIONAl.

FLY.JN

www.gwfly-in.

or

g www.serfi.org

September

6-8,

Yuba County Airport MRV) October 4·6,

Evergreen,

L

EM MID EASTERN FLY IN COPPERSTATE EM

AY·IN

419-447·1773 (telefax) www.copp

ers

tat

e.org

September 6-8

,

Marion, OH October 1() 13

,

Phoenix, AZ

JUNE

20-23-

Mason, MI-Ercoupe Reunion National

Convention.

Mason-Jewett Airport (TEW).

Everyone welcome.

Info:

810-231-3392 or mlrdun

[email protected].

JUNE 2 2 Zanesville, OH-EAA Ch. 425 Fly-In-Drive

In Breakfast. Riverside

Airport

. 8am-2pm. Breakfast

all day, lunch

items

llam-2pm. Fly Market . Info:

740-454-0003.

JUNE

2 2 Wauseon,

OH-Ch. 149 Annual Pancake

Breakfast

Fl

y-In .

Fulton

County Airport (US E). Info:

419-636-5503.

JUNE 22 Marquette County,

MI-First Annual Sawyer

Aviation Expo.

Sponsored

by EAA Ch . 850 Mar

quette

County Area

Chamber

of Commerce.

Celebrating the history of the

former

K.1. Sawyer

AFB. Sawyer International is located 160 mi. north

of

Green Bay, WI. Info: [email protected] or 306

346-3567

JUNE 2 3 Niles, MI-EAA

Ch.

865 Annual Fly

In/Breakfast at Jerry Tyler Municipal Ai r

port

(3 TR ),

7 till

noon.

Info

: 219-271-8533

JUNE 27-

3

Mr

. Vernon,

OH-43rd

Annual

Nat l

Waco Club

Reunion.

Wynkoop Airport. Info: 937-

866-6692 or

WA

[email protected]

JUNE 2 9

Prosser,

WA-EAA Ch. 391

Fl

y-In Breakfast.

Info:

509-786-1830

JULY 4-Mansfield,

O H -

(MFD) Pancake Breakfast

Mansfield Aviation Club, 7-11 a.m. Info: 419-774

7575

JULY 6 R ensselaer,

IN

E

AA

Chapter

828

Fly-In

at

Jasper C

ounty

Airport . Ham be

an

lunch. Info:

219-866-5587

JULY

6-Gain

esville, GA- GVL)

EAA

611 34th An

nual

Cracker Fly-In. 7:30 a.m. Pancake Breakfast &

Fly-IN.

Judging in

9 categories, awards, rides, food.

Info : 770-531-0291 or 770-536-9023 or

www.eaa611. c

om

JULY 5- Alliance, OH-Taylorcraft

Foundation, Tay

lorcraft

Owner s Club

Fly-In &

Reunion

. Barber

Airport (2Dl). Breakfast Sat. & Sun. by

EAA

Ch . 82.

Info 330-823-1168 or www.taylorcraft.org

JULY 13-Toughkenamon, PA-EAA Chapter

240

,

28th

Annual Fly-In/Drive-In Pancake Breakfast 8:00

a.m. at New

Garden Airport (N5 7). Young Eagles'

Rally.

Admission

free . Info: 215-761-3191

JULY

13-Zanesville,

OH-EAA Ch. 425 Fly-In/ Drive

In Breakfast.

PARR

Airport. 8 a .

m.-2

p.m . Breakfast

all da y, lunch

items

11 a.m.-2

p.m.

Fly Market.

Info: 740-454-0003 .

JULY 2 Cooperstown,

NY- K23)

Old

Airplane Fly

In & Breakfast

Sponsored

by EAA Ch. 1070.

7:30am-Noon,

rain or shine. Adults $4.00, Children

under

12 $3.50. Pilots of 1962 or older aircraft e

at

free Info:

607-547-2526

JULY 2 Alamosa, CO-San Luis Valley Regional

Airport Air Show

and

Fly-In. Features classic war

birds

(WWII),

acrobatic exhibitions, current

mili

tary aircraft, experimental aircraft, and ho mebuilts.

Pancake

Breakfast. Event free to public. Info: 719

852-9860

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20-2I-Dayton,

OH-1st

Eastern Region Nat'l Avi

ation Heritage Invitational coinciding with 2002

Dayton Air Show. Co-sponsored by Rolls-Royce North

America, NASM, Nat'l Aviation Hall of Fame

and

Reno

Air

Racing Assn. No more than 50 aircraft are selected

for each Invitational. Applications are due by

June

15.

For details on eligibility

and

judging criteria, entry ap

plication, etc. contact Ann, 703-621-2839

ULY

2I-Burlington WI-10th

Annual Group Ercoupe

Flight Into AirVenture. Wheels up at noon. Everyone

welcome to jOin. Info: 715-842-7814

24-0shkosh WI-VA

A Picnic at AirVenture. Na

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