Vintage Airplane - Nov 1992

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November1992 Vol.20,No.11
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1 Straight& Level/
Espie "Butch"Joyce
2 AeroMail
3 AlCNews/
compiledbyH.G. Frautschy
PageS
5 VintageLiterature/DennisParks
8 Aerodrome'92/H.G. Frautschy
12 MoreEAAOshkosh'92/
H.G.Frautschy
14 Best195ofPaulBeck!
NormPetersen
19 WhatOurMembersAreRestoring/
Norm Petersen
22 TypeClubListing
21 PassittoBuck!
E E. "Buck" Hilbert
26 MysteryPlane/George Hardie
27 Calendar
31 VintageTrader Page 14
FRONT COVER ...This Albatras DVa was built from scratch by the late
Bob Sleep for Frank Ryder's Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter
Museum. Powered by a Ranger engine.the ful l size replica is a
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photobyJim Koepnick.shot with a Canon EOS-1equipped with an BO-
200mm lens. 1/125 @ IB.O on Kodachrome 64. Cessna 210 photo plane
flownbyBruceMoore.
BACK COVER ...Paul Beck Ilieshis awardwinningCessna 195overLake
Winnebagoduring EMOSHKOSH '92.EMPhoto byCarlSchuppel.shot
with a Canon EOS-1 equipped with an BO-200mm lens. 1/ 250 @ IB.O on
Kodachrome64.Cessna210photoplaneIlownbyBruceMoore.
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by Espie "Butch" Joyce
October 1992, the Antique/Classic
Chapter 3 had its fall fly-in in Camden,
South Carolina. This annual event is
very well attended by individuals from
the Southeast. We even had some folks
from Michigan this year. This fly-in is
very well managed. Camden Airport is
an old military field that has several
runways and a lot of parking area.
Headquarters for the evening events is
at the Holiday Inn at Lugoff, South
Carolina, the town next to Camden.
This motel has very good facilities and
an excellent restaurant. I really enjoy
these fly-ins. I am a past President of
this Antique/Classic Chapter 3. It has
been a chapter for a number of years.
As with all chapters, it seems that it has
its real hard-core membership that
usually volunteer to do all of the ad-
ministrative and other required jobs in
order for a fly -in to come off successful-
1y. The current President of Cha pter 3 is
Phil Loftin. He's done an excellent job
the past few years running this chapter.
His regular job is as the tower chief for
Charlotte, North Carolina airport, a U.
S. Air hub. It's also a TCA. It's nice to
know that people like Phil understand
our type of flying. Phil also owns a very
nice Cessna 170 and has a home next to
the runway. Phil, thanks for doing such
a good job for the Chapter these past two
years! During the fly-in, we had very
good weather on Friday. There were
about 55 airplanes on the field Friday
evening, a very good turnout, in fact one
of the best that I can remember. Friday
night was movies, fellowship and going
out to dinner with friends. Saturday
also had good weather and by about
3:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon, we
had approximately 300 airplanes on the
field. With this large number of
airplanes, and the judging requirements
of different categories, it becomes very
hectic. Judging generally starts about
2:00 PM and is through at 4:00 PM, with
the awards banquet on Saturday night.
The weather outlook for Sunday was not
that good, so there were a number of
people who scurried home Saturday
afternoon and opted not to attend the
awards banquet. The banquet turned
out to be very entertaining. There were
a number of good-looking and restored
contemporary aircraft. There seems to
be a growing interest in the Contem-
porary Class of aircraft, as people see
this as an alternative to trying to find a
classic to buy or restore. I think we will
find a continued growth in interest in
this area in the future. It is an era of
aircraft manufacture and growth that
was unprecedented and put a lot of
people in the air with thei r own aircraft.
Waking up on Sunday morning, I real-
ized that the people who scurried out
Saturday afternoon made the correct
decision. The weather was real stinko.
We loaded up and left around 11:00
o'clock in the morning, IFR, in my
Baron and we went into the base of the
clouds at 800 feet in the rain and was
solid in the clouds until we broke out on
approach at my home base, Shiloh Air-
port, close to Madison, North Carolina.
It seemed like the weather system ac-
tually ended on the approach path with
the weather to the north being fairly
decent. As you read this magazine, your
Antique/Classic Board of Directors al-
ready have had their Fall Board meet-
ing. In a future issue, I'll give you a
report of what transpired at this meet-
ing. A unique aspect of the Fall meeting
is when we have what is known as a
joint board meeting. The Antique/Clas-
sic Board of Directors, the Warbirds of
America Board of Directors, the Inter-
national Aerobatic Club Board of
Directors, the EAA Aviation Founda-
tion Board of Directors and the EAA
Board of Directors all meet the same
weekend. On Friday afternoon, starting
at 3:00 PM, we have a joint board meet-
ing. There's quite a number of people
attending this meeting, and gives you
some idea of the amount of volunteer
work and volunteer management that
goes into running the entire EAA or-
ganization. The Antique/Classic Board
of Directors voted in a new program -
the Antique/Classic Hall of Fame. We
will have a nomination every two years
for an individual to be placed into the
Hall of Fame. They will be recognized
in a special place with-in the EAA Air
Adventure Museum by a very well done
photo-etched plaque of the individual.
In the future, we will be taking nomina-
tions from the membership for in-
dividuals to be indoctrinated into the
Antique/Classic HalJ of Fame. The
leaves are about off the trees here in the
Carolinas and Thanksgiving is just
around the corner, turkey day with
friends and family, then we rush right
off into December and Christmas time
and then New Year. It is hard to believe
that I am going on my fifth year as
President of the Division. I hope every
member is pleased with the way that
your Antique/Classic Division has been
run. As I have said in the past, if anyone
has any concerns, we do not take of-
fense from any suggestions from our
membership. How else will we know
what our members want? I would like to
report that we have passed 8100 mem-
bers in the Division. I just could not be
prouder of those people who chose to
receive our VINTAGE AIRPLANE
magazine. H.G. is doing a great job
with it. Our Division has at this time the
best retention of new and continued
memberships of any division of EAA.
We are doing it right, and I want to keep
doing it right. Your Division will work
and do everything they can to keep your
flying affordable. A good example of
that is through our insurance program
where the rates are enabling our mem-
bership to make flying more affordable.
One way that you as a member of the
Division can help is to be extra careful
when flying your aircraft. None of us
likes to hear of an aircraft loss or an
injury, so we should all exercise the best
judgment we can. Let 's all pull in the
same direction for the good of aviation.
Remember, we are better together. Join
us and have it alJ! ....
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1
MAIL
ISITSTILLAROUND?
DearSir,
Could this bepublished in VIN-
TAGEAIRPLANEmagazine,please:
Iamseekinginformationandpho-
tographs relatingto CurtissJunior
NC10943. A friend and Iareconstruct-
inga1/4scale flyingreplica/model (ra-
dio-controlled)ofthis particularair-
craft. Wehaveafew olderphotos(date
unknown) of it in a yellow color
scheme,with white trim (apparently
scalloped at wing and tail leading
edges) ,with black accentlines. We
wouldlike furtherdetailsofthiscolor
scheme. In particular,thetop& under-
sidesofwing/enginenacellearea.
Also,we would like to hearmore
about this interesting aircraft ; it ' s
whereabouts today;andwould like to
hearfrom anyonewho is familiarwith
thisaircraft.
Thankyou foryourattention.
I very much enjoy receiving and
readingVINTAGEAIRPLANEevery
month.
BestWishes,
Paul Kilgour
Tui,RD1
Takaka
Aotearoa,NewZealand
I advised Paul that Curtiss- Wright
Junior NC 10943 is still carried on the
current FAA registration list, residing in
Carson City, NV. There are 29Juniors
currently registered. For others who
wish to know if an airplane is still regis-
tered, you can call or write the FAA for
that information. I understand that the
phone numbers can be busy, so you may
need to try a couple of times before you
get through. The address to write to is:
FAAAircraft Registry
P.O. Box25082
OklahomaCity,OK 73125

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NXQ-1 takes its pilot, Don Pellegrino for a romp above the clouds during EAA
Oshkosh '92.
2 NOVEMBER 1992
or you can reach them by phone at :
405/680-3116 or 3117.
These people are very helpful, if you
can give them something to start with - a
registration number is best.- HGF
ANOTEFROM
ANEAAOSHKOSH
PARTICIPANT
Goodmorning!
I , an old XNQ-l, made it to
Oshkosh.
Justa note to thankyou for the
wonderfulweekthere. Afterallthe
excitementofmy first cross-country
flight since1955,it wasfun tolandat
Oshkoshand taxi to theFairchild
area. Hownice itwas topark nextto
so many ofmy brethren Fairchilds
andhearall thattalkby otherowners
and restorers.
Many EAAmembers looked at
me,somevirtuallyinsideandout,and
I enjoyedsharingmypast. Veryfew
couldtell whattypeaircraft Iwas,but
many moreknew mewhen theweek
wasover.
How lucky I was tofind someone
whowantedmeto fly againandfeel
"windon my wings" andwhowas
willing tospend nine anda halfyears
restoringme.
I especiallythank the Antique/
ClassicDivision ofthe EAAfor the
Special Recognitionaward. It was
the" frostingon the fuselage" after
mywonderfulweekatOshkosh.
Sincerely,
FairchildXNQ-l
Thanks for the note, "Q-I". You're
certainly right, you won the unofficial
contest " Mystery Plane of the EAA
Convention" this year! You and your
pilot, Don Pellegreno, are most wel-
come to come visit all your Fairchild
friends in the Antique/Classic area any
time you wish. See you again soon! -
HGF ...
compiledbyH.G.Frautschy
From EAA Vice-President - Govern-
ment Affairs, Bob Warner, we have the
following .. .
FAAAIRSPACE
RECLASSIFICATIONGOES
INTOEFFECT
Starting this past September, VFR
aeronautical charts (Sectional and WAC
charts, as well as Terminal Area charts)
began depicting the transition to newly
named and designated airspace underthe
agreed-upon international standard.
During the rest of 1992 and finishing in
October 1993, the FAA will begin
depicting the changes on visual charts.
ForU.S. pilots,this meansarelearningof
the terminology thatnow definesmuch of
the airspace in the United States with
letter designations, such as Class A, B,
and C airspace. The actual rule changes
will go intoeffectin October,1993.
Thechangesareprimarilyamatterof
renaming, rather than any changes of
operating rules of the size of the
airspace. The goal to simplify airspace
understanding will also be achieved by
the elimination ofa numberoflayers of
overlapping airspace designations, each
ofwhich have theirownsetofoperating
rules. Forexample,airport traffic areas
and control zones will become Class D
airspace. Pilots should study the new
aeronautical chartingsymbols and other
related materials that describe the
changes in airspace reclassification.
FAA facilities nationwide have
available easy-to-understand brochures
that explain the purpose and magnitude
ofthechanges.
Foran informativearticle concerning
these changes, read the article "New
Lyrics For An Old Tune" by Buck
Hilbert starting on page 51 of the
OctoberissueofSPORTAVIATION.
HINTSFORRESTORERSNEWS
Back in the July issue ofVINTAGE
AIRPLANE, we wrote that Snap-on
Toolswas nolongerasponsorof" Hints
for Restorers " and Hints for Home-
builders". We are happy to report that
Snap-on has returned as a sponsor of
this popular feature , and will continue
to supply winners published in either
SPORT AVIATION, VINTAGE
AIRPLANE or EAA EXPERI-
MENTER with a prize each month, as
well as a Grand Prize (a Snap-on Tools
KR657 Roll Cab and KR637 Top
Chest) awarded each year during the
EAA Convention. Welcome back,
Snap-onTools!
In addition to the prizes awarded by
Snap-on Tools , Aircraft Spruce and
Specialty will award a $25 gift
certificate, plus a current catalog, to
each winner ofairframe related "Hints
for Restorers " and Hints for
Homebuilders" published.
Members are also invited to submit
hints of an electrical nature. Any
electrical hint published will receive a
Fluke Model 23-2 Muitimeter with
Holster from the John Fluke Mfg. Co.,
Inc. They will a lso be awarding a
Grand Prizeeach year during the EAA
Convention for the best hint published
duringtheprevious12 months.
Our thanks to these three sponsors
for their generosity, and we look
forward to publishing your "Hints".
Send your entries to: EAA' s Hints For
Homebuilders, Attn: Golda Cox, P.O.
Box3086,Oshkosh,WI54903-3086.
EAAADULTAIRACADEMY'93
ANNOUNCED
Basic aircraft maintenance, building
and restoration skills will be the
subjects of the EAA Adult Air
Academy in each of two one-week
sessions, scheduled for February 14 -
20, and February 21 - 27 of 1993. The
experienced staff of the EAA Air
Academy will share their aviation
knowledge and experience in many of
the basic skills required to successfully
restore, build and maintain aircraft.
The $700 registration fee provides
accommodations, meals, local trans-
portation, classroom supplies and
necessarymaterials.
Furtherinformation and registration
materials are available from the
Education Office ofthe EAA Aviation
Foundation by calling 414-426-4888 or
by writing the Education Office, P. O.
Box 3065, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3065.
Registration will be limited to 25
participants per session. Make you r
decisionandregisterearly.
EAAAIRACADEMYADDED
TOSUN'NFUN'93
For the first time, an EAA Air
Academywill be held for youngpeople,
ages 14 - 17, during the 1993 EAA
Sun'n Fun Fly-In. For more
information, contact Education Office
of the EAA Aviation Foundation by
calling 414-426-4888 or by writing the
Education Office, P. O. Box 3065,
Oshkosh,WI 54903-3065. Registration
will be limited to 25 participants per
session. Make your decision and
registerearly.
PAULGARBERPASSESAWAY
Historian Paul Garber, a name
synonymous with the Smithsonian
Institution' s Air and Space Museum,
passed away at the age of 93 on
September23, 1992. Paul Garber's life
literally spa nned the age of manned
flight - the first airplane he eversaw, at
the age of9,was the 1909 Wright Flyer
undergoing trials at the U.S. Army
Signal Corps field at Fort Meyer, VA.
Witnessing that flight sparked an
interest in flight that would never
diminish. After WW I, Garberworked
at the airportatCollege Park, MD,and
later , in 1920, he was hired by the
Smithsonian on a three-month
temporary assignment. He never left,
and hi s impact on the world ofaviation
preservation was immeasurable. It was
he who sent a cablegra m to Charles
Lindbergh via the U.S. Ambassador in
Paris, asking that Lindbergh donatethe
Spirit ofSt. Louis to the Smithsonian.
His zeal for obtaining and preserving
theartifactsofflight helpedfill the halls
ofwhat we now enjoy as the National
Air and Space Museum. In 1980, the
Museums restoration facility was
renamed the "Paul E. Garber
Preservation, Restoration and Storage
Facility" in his honor. What could be
more fitting as a tribute to a man who
spent his life documenting and
preservingthehistoryofmannedflight.
EARLVIEAUX
The news from the Chicago area
EAAChapter260 is justas sad. EarlE.
Vieaux, a lifelong aviation promoter,
enthusiast and Chapter 260 officer
passed away August28, 1992. Earlwas
a commercial pilot and active EAAer,
and his passing will leave a void in
Chicagoareasportaviation thatwill not
easily be filled. Our condolences are
extended to his many friends and his
family.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3
THEFAMILYTHAT
RESTORESTOGETHER...
ThesummerslippedawaybeforeIgota
chancetoshowoffa feataccomplished
by the father and son team of Lyle and
Chris Wheeler. The Antique/Classic
divisionatthe1992EAASun'nFunFly-In
atLakeland,FI wasthesiteofarareand
unusual event, when the Wheelers
entered both their airplanes in the
judgingcompetition,andtheybothwon!
N68238, a1943 Boeing Stearman, N2S-3
is owned by Chris (Lyle's son) and was
awarded the "Best WW II Era Antique".
ChrisisfromBocaRaton, FL.
N87881, a 1946 Piper J3C-85 Cub is
owned byLyleWheeler, ofSarasota, FL.
It won the "Best Custom Classic up to
85 hp." It was also awarded an
"Outstanding Aircraft" prize at the 1990
Sun 'n Fun Fly-In. Congratulations to
boththeWheelers!
The 1993 edition ofthe EAA Sun 'n Fun
Fly-In will take place April 18 through
April24, 1993. Seeyouthere!
EAAOSHKOSH BESTLUSCOMBE
Thanks to Phil High, one of our ace
volunteer photographers during EAA
Oshkosh, we have this nice shot of
Randy Hudson's very sharp Luscombe
8A. Randy was honored with the "Best
Luscombe" award at EAA Oshkosh '92
for all the elbow grease used up while
polishing this beauty. (I'll bet he's glad
those arefabric covered wings after he
gets done polishing the fuselage!)
RandyisfromCedarRapids,IA.
4 NOVEMBER1992

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WhatPilotsThinkofLegislation
In 1926 the United
pilots in
surplus World
War I aircraft , was also
making a small beginning. The
States was severa l
years behind European
countries, which had moved more
quickly after the war to establish civil
aviation on a commercial basis.
It was not until 1925 , when
Congress passed the Kelly Airmail
Act , that the Post Office withdrew
from the flying business and gave the
job of carrying themail to private
transport companies.
Private flying, mostly of the barn-
storming variety done by World War I
economics of barnstorming were sim-
ple; anybody with an airplane that had
two seats could get into the business.
All that was needed was a cow pasture
near a town and a small advertisement
in the local weekly paper saying that
aerial sightseeing flights would be
given for two dollars to all comers.
In the early 1920' s there were few
government regulations. There was
no requirement for a pilot's li cense,
nor for an airplane airworthiness cer-
tificate, and it was a long time before
the U.S. government elected to take
over the job of regulating and promot-
ing civi l aviation, as was bei ng done in
Europe. In 1912, the Aero Club of
America in its publi cation AERO-
NAUTICS, emphasized the impor-
tance of federal registration of aircraft
and the licensing of airmen. The Aero
Club' s idea did not take hold, how-
ever, and the club itself issued the first
pilot licenses and continued to do so,
under the authority of its interna-
tional charter, until 1926, when
Congress passed the Air Commerce
Act.
While Congress was reluctant to
take over regulation and promotion of
the nation's infant commercial avia-
tion efforts, it did realize that future
aeronautical progress depended on
federal help and guidance. Thus the
National Advisory Committ ee for
Aeronautics (NACA) had been cre-
ated by Congress in 1915 "to super-
vise and direct the scientific study of
the problems of aerial flig ht , with a
view to their practical solution." One
of the first things NACA did was
press for federal regulation of aero-
nautics.
In 1919, President Wilson sub-
mitted to Congress a bill, drafted
by NACA, which would autho-
rize the Department of Com-
merce to license pilots, inspect air-
craft, and supervise the use of
airfields. No action was taken on
President Wilson's recommendation,
but bills to regulate this infant indus-
try continued to be introduced one af-
ter another until fina ll y, seven years
later, in 1926, the Air Commerce Act
was passed. This act has been ca ll ed
the legislative cornerstone for the de-
velopment of commercial aviation in
America. On A ugust 11 , 1926, the
President appointed William P. Mac-
Cracken, Jr. , to be the first Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Aeronau-
tics. MacCracken was a World War I
Army pilot, former chairman of the
American Bar Association Commit-
tee on Aviation Law, and an officer of
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5
Na tional Air Tra nsport , one o f the
first airlines.
In late 1925 the Senat e passed the
Bingham Bill t o promot e a nd r egu-
late fl ying in the United St at es. An
editorial in the Ja nuary 4, 1926 issue
o f AVIATION s upport e d the bill ,
noting that it cl e arly attempt e d to
promote rathe r than extingui sh avia-
ti on, " If thi s law, before its final pas-
sage, is not amended, so as to change
it s purpose, a happy soluti on o f the
r egulatory probl e m will have be en
r eached. "
A VIATION solicited th e input
fr om its reade rship on the matt er of
the impe nding r egulation a nd pub-
li shed the res ult s during 1926 in a se-
ri es call ed " What Pilots Think About
Legislation. " The letters printed are
not only inte resting in revealing the
attitudes of pil ot s a bout r egulation
but also give an insight into aviation at
the time , what was being fl own and
how a ircr a ft we re being used. The
6 NOVEMBER 1992
foll owing lett e rs a re re print ed fr om
that 1926 series.
FLYING SAFE WITHOUT
LEGISLA TION
I do not think th a t because a fe w
unli censed pilots have had wrecks that
there is reason t o say that they make
fl ying unsafe. There were more wrecks
a ft e r the Wa r , whe n the pilot s ca me
ri ght from th e fl yin g se rvice, th an
there are now by those who are being
graduated from the civilian schools.
How about the wreck of three Stout
Pl anes - in the South? The best pil ot
will go wrong once in a whil e. I had a
regul a r army office r te ll me th a t he
ha d " was hed out " thirty-three a ir-
planes. What do you think about that?
We need flyin g fie lds mor e th a n
anything e lse. Give the aeronautical
industry fi e lds a nd it will gr o w.
Fr a nkly, e ve n if th er e is some bill
passed by Congress, I doubt if it will
help any. Let them keep out of civil-
ian avi ati on.
CARL ZELLWEGER
Orient , Iowa
FEARS LEGISLATION
I have a lways had a horror of a ny
aircraft legislation, because I love the
air and I would sooner be dead than to
be bani shed from it . The reason I fee l
that I would not be permitted to fly is
because my right hand is crippled and
I know that the first thing the govern-
me nt would require is a ve r y seve re
phys ical examinati on. I know two pi-
lots who a re ve ry badl y crippled ye t
th e y c an o utfly a lo t o f physi call y
sound pil ots, especi all y in li ght pl anes.
However , I would like to see a law to
stop stunt fl ying. As to making laws t o
make fl ying safe; that has already been
The Buhl-Verville J4 Airster was
awarded the first "Approved Type
Certificate" under the new regulations
on March 29, 1927.
tried by the Armyand] reallyand
trulybelievethattheArmypilotshave
far morecrashesthan the commercial
fliers ,proportionately. Onereasonis
thatthe majority of" barnstormers"
can' t afford totakea chance beca use
theiroldJennyis abouta ll theyown.
She may notbe much ofa plane but
she flies and they like the m. I taught
myselftofly in 1916on a single sur-
face Curti ss pusherwhich Tstill have.
If the lawwill allow I amgoing to use
her thiscomingseason and fly he r for
exhibition purposes. I make myliving
carryingpassengersduring t he sum-
mermonths and rebuildingwrecked
JenniesandCanucksduringthe win-
ter. I useJe nnies mostly because that
is aboutaliIcan afford toown. Ihave
neverhada real seriousaccidentor in-
juredanyone,includingmyself.
TOTDOUGLAS
Frankfort,Ind.
LAWNECESSARYIN
INTERESTSOFFLYING
I have simply flown for pleasure,
originall yusingmyshiptofly backand
forth from Indianapoli s to Grand
Rapids ,Mich . Used the VE7on thi s
work.Flewthe littleStandardScout this
summerfrom Chicago,straight across
LakeMichigan toMuskegon.
Ithink thateverypilot ,oreveryper-
son who flies a ship,shouldbea mem-
berofthe N.A.A. and havea pilot'sli-
censebefore he is permitted tosolo .
One ofthegreatest injuriestoaviation
in thiscountryisthatanyonecanbuyan
oldjunkshipand immediatelybeginto
takeup innocent passe ngers. Theso
ca lled pilot knows littl e,ifanything,
about flying andsti ll lessofthe condi-
tion ofhi sship,which isprobablyeight
ornine years oldand never had any in-
spection within theeightornine years.
Thisregulation,it seemstome,should
beFederal,sincean airplanecoversso
much territorysoquicklythatit is prac-
tically no time untiloneoranothership
haspassedoverdifferentstatelines.
JOSEPHC. DISSETIE
Indi anapolis,Ind.
FAVORSFEDERAL
LEGISLATlON
Iamin favoroflicensingpilotsandal-
lowingonly those so lice nsed tocarry
passengers.Therehave beenany num-
berofinstancesofincompetentpi lots
taking up passengers and it oughttobe
stopped. Partofmybusinessisinstruct-
ing, and after Iturnamanloose, Itry to
impress him with thefact thathe is by no
meansa finished pilotand should putin
a numberofhoursofsolo flying before
attemptingto take upany passe ngers.
Mostofthemsee the point ,butI have
hadothersgo rightoutwith a totaltime
offourorfive hoursand takeuppassen-
gers. Ibe lieve the publicoughtto be
protectedagai nst takingsuch chances. I
am operating,StandardsWith Hispano,
Liberty6and OXengines. Thelastis for
instructionworkand theothersforcross-
countryand shortsight-seeing"hops". I
thinkthe short hopsare the mostprof-
itabl e . I beli eve Federa l regulation
would bethe best; one universallaw to
work under ,instead offorty-eight to
worryabout. Also,thesame regulat ions
thatare toapplyin the operationofan
airlineshouldnotbeappliedtothesmall
operatorwhodoesmost of hi s flying
abouthisown field andisalways rightat
his base. This is anentirelydifferent
proposition.
W.W.MEYER
MortonGrove,Ill.
TOOSOONTOLEGISLATE
Tthinkthatcommercialflyingshould
be left alonefor at least three more
years.
Licensingpilotsand airplaneinspec-
tion will, I believe,besocomplicated,
thatit will putmostoftheGypsyfliers
andsmall fie ld operatorsoutofbusi-
ness. Whois itthatis educatingthepeo-
pl e to flying? TheGypsy flier and the
small operator,ofcourse.
Licensingpilotswill notpreventacci-
dents,for ninety-nine percentofall the
accident soccurthroughfoo li shstunt-
ing. I operatean aviation field here,I
havea Canuck,a Hispano,Jennyanda
Hi sso-Standard. Itrain a few students,
and takepeople uponshortflights or
longcross-cou ntry flights ,do photo-
graph ic work and havebee n doinga
verygoodbusiness. Ihave beenflying
steadilysinceI first learned to fly in
Sept ember,1919. I haveflown about
1500 hours,mostofthisbe ingGypsy
flying all overtheUnitedStatesandOld
Mexico.
J.WARRENSMITH
Delaware,Ohio
FORSTATECONTROL
Iam highly in favor ofStatecontrol
which could beworkedoutin thesame
line thattheautomobi le is handled. As
to a li censedpilotbeinga betterflier
than apilotwhoholdsnolicense,thisis
all wrong. Ihavepersonallytaughtpeo-
ple tofly,and,in from twelve tofifteen
hours,had them abletogothrough the
requiredtests. Thatdid notmakethem
A-I pilots,although theywere ableto
fly thetestsas required.
OntheotherhandI haveseen pilots
whoholda licenseandwhohave hada
considerablenumberofhoursin the air,
butcould not make a landi ngon all
threepoints ,oruse theirheads in an
eme rgency,aswell as somebeginners
thathadnoli censesand less than fifty
hoursin flying time.
Atthe presenttimeIdonotknowof
anyparticularbranchofthe flying busi-
ness thatis veryprofitable,unl ess it is
advertisingand passengerwork. At
prese nt, I am flyin g a Jenniewith the
OXjob,butin the past12 yearsIhave
flown all kindsfrom theoldpusheron
through.
C. E. NELSON
La Porte,Ind.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7
A fly-in for builders. flyers and enthusiasts of World War I aircraft as well as a
tribute to those brave men who flew the first generation of combat aircraft ...
When's an an tique not an an tique?
When it 's a replica! Northern
Alabama was host to 54 replicas of
various WW I types over Labor Day
weekend , thanks to the ge ne rosi ty
and plain old fashioned planning and
hard work by Aerodrome '92 organiz-
er Frank Ryder and a cast of volun-
teers.
Amazingly, every airplane prese nt
was not a replica - the Thomas Morse
Scout you see above is actually con-
structed from various original compo-
ne nts gat here d over th e years by
Ernie Freeman, an American Airlines
pilot. Now retired, Ernie allowed his
son Roger to put the TM Scout back
in the air after its first restoration in
the early 1970s. The crowds at
Aerodrome '92 were treated daily to
th e sounds and smell s of a real
LeRhone rotary engine as Roger
made a point of flying the airplane as
often as he could.
A number of guests were present at
the fly-in, including Anna-Ursul a Von
Stryk. the niece of Baron Manfred
Von Richthofen, the famous "Red
Baron ". Mrs. Von Stryk recalled her
days spent in her youth playing in the
trophy room of her famous uncl e in
the family hom e locat e d 10
Schweidnitz, Prussia.
Another notable guest was Early Bird
Glenn Messer, who flew with the
Royal Flying Corps in 1916, and later Enough cannot be said for the volun-
as an instructor in the United States. teers and staff of Aerodrome '92. For
Feldwebel (Sgt) Otto Roosen (left) flew a German Rumpler C.IV until May 27,
1917 when Billy Bishop, Canada's celebrated WW I ace shot Roosen and his
oberserver down. Roosen survived to continue flying with his unit, and would
later fly a Ju52 transport during WW II. Arthur Bishop, (right) noted author and
aviation historian, as well as a veteran WW II combat fighter pilot, is the son of
Billy Bishop. Bishop and Roosen were honored guests at Aerodrome '92. Now
a chipper 97 years of age, Otto Roosen emigrated to Canada, where he now
lives. His recollections of his days as a photo reconnaissance pilot over the
trenches during WW I were enlightening. His Rumpler aircraft was one of the
first airplanes to be equipped with oxygen for use by the crew. He routinely
flew missions four hours in length, at altitudes approaching 21,000 feet.
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Frank Ryder, Alabama inventor and avi-
ation enthusiast, was the organizer of
the first ever Aerodrome '92.
a first time event, it went off without
any major hitches, and it was due,
according to Frank Ryder, to the
efforts of the volunteers from all over
the local area, as well as the U.S. A
number of the volunteers came from
the company Frank heads, Ryder
International. Their work, as well as
that of the staff at the Lake
Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter
Museum is to be applauded!
Will there be another Aerodrome fly-
in? "Yes!" is the latest word we have
from Frank Ryder. It will probably be
at another site in 1994. We will keep
you posted.
Aerodrome '92 was enjoyed by
builders, pilots and spectators alike -
on the following pages are some of the
planes and pilots who made the week-
end so interesting.
Guntersville's Joel Williams in the Fokker Dr.1 Triplane and Don Rushton,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in his Sopwith Camel replica liven up the skies in north-
ern Alabama over Labor Day weekend.
Members of the Great War Association traveled from the Northeast U.S. to take part
in Aerodrome '92. Here they take an RFC pilot prisioner after he was forced down
during a skirmish on an Allied airfield during the afternoon airshow.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9
(Above) Tony Owens is a study in con-
centration as he lands the DeHaviliand
DH-5, one of the aeroplanes in the Lake
Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter
Museum collection.
(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow
over Labor Day weekend! Here he flies
his "Red Baron" Fokker Dr.1 Triplane off
the right wing of Fred Murrin,
Sharpsville, PA. Fred's triplane is fin-
ished in the markings of German Ace
Werner Voss, and features a tailskid and
no brakes as a couple of its authentic
details.
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William Crist and
Cecil Ellis, both of
Houston, TX, relax at
the end of the day
next to the 7/8 scale
S.E.5a replica they
share as partners.
The scaled-down
S.E.5a has proved to
be a well liked WWI
aircraft for home-
builders to con-
struct, with 9 of
them flown at the
fly-in.
Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome '92. The Sopwith Pup on the left was built
by Allan Wehman, Jr. and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 5.8 cu. inch radial engine! Skeeter Carlson's Curtiss
Canuck was built by Lyman Slack, and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery.
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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168), New Smyrna
Beach, FL brought his newly re-engined
Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention. It now has
a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed, with a complete
new cowl.
(Right) Galen and Aubry D'Atiliio took some time
out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees
in the Antique/Classic area.
12 NOVEMBER 1992
By H.G. Frautschy
So many airplanes and airplane people,
so fewpagesto showthemall ...
Here are a few more snapshots ofthe
unique sights here in Oshkosh this past
summerin theAntique/Classicarea.
(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price
(AIC 18696), Sonoma, CA and his friend,
Josh Brownell, Freemont, CA were
winging their way across the U.S. when
we met up up with them in Showplane
Camping. Both Chris and Josh were
recent private pilots, Josh having been
issued his license only the week before
in a Stinson 108. They both commented
on how nice people had been to them
on their jorney, which they were only a
1/4 of the way through when they
arrived in Oshkosh. They planned on
continuing to Rhinebeck, NY, and then
meander their way back to California
during the month of August.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13
by Norm Petersen
Theglint in the mor-
ning sun is always the
same. It' s the flash ofthe
sun followed by the bright
light of a fully polished
aluminum airplane - the
kind you have always
want ed, but never had
the required stamina
(elbow grease) to
produce!
Paul Beck's Ces-
sna 195, N9341A,
SIN 7421, came out of
the Cessna factory in 1949 and
moved to the southwest part of the U.
S., spendingtime in Tucson and Yuma,
AZ. From there,it moved to Wyoming
for a spell before relocating in the San
FranciscoareawherePaul Beckbought
it from a United airline pilot named
Gary Coverman in 1975. The big five
place airplane was painted orange and
white and had orange carpet inside the
cabin - heavily stained with oil! As
Paul says, "It was not a particularly
goodlookingairplane."
Paul Beck (EAA406297,AIC 19070)
lives in Sausalito, CA, just north of the
Golden Gate bridge. He was born in
California, however, at the age ofthree,
he moved with his family to the small
town of Garretson, SO, where he
graduated from high school. Movingon
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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City,
lA, he finished his undergraduate work
and continued in the School of
Dentistry. Upon graduation. he headed
west to set up a dental practice in the
San Francisco area.
His interest in airplanes led Paul to
take flying lessons at Hayward. CA in
1972, soloing in a Cessna 150. In 1975,
he bought his first airplane, a Stearman
with a 220 Continental engine, which
he still has to this day. Once he caught
on to flying taildraggers and listening to
the throb of a round engine, he bought
the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross
country cabin airplane for year around
fl ying. Paul likes to fly into the hi gh
country of northern California and
Idaho and the 195, with 300 hp up
front, is perfect for the job.
Whil e all this was going on, Paul
managed to buy a North American AT-
6C, which required a certain amount of
his time to improve and cl ean up. In
fact, after painting the airpl ane in an
authentic 1942 paint scheme, he flew
the big trainer to Oshkosh '85 and ran
off with the Best T-6 Award for his
efforts! The T-6 sits in the hangar and
gets flown once in a whil e - when the
spirit moves Paul.
Meanwhil e, the decision to take a
whack at polishing an aluminum
a irplan e was finally made and Paul
st ripped the orange and white paint
from the 195 and began polishing. He
started with Met-All , buffing for hours
until the muscl es were sore! Discov-
ering that Semi-Chrome was supposed
to be a better polish, he commenced
using it and, by golly, it worked. The
195 was starting to look better with its
polished skin, but it needed some
" pizzazz" to perk up the 1949 paint
scheme. In the October 1950 issue of
Flying Magazine, an ad for Midwest
Airways caught Paul's attention.
This small, single-engine airline, was
flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in
Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota and
Nebraska, hauling passengers and mail.
The winged logo on the side of the
airplane would add that "something
extra " that Paul wanted. Carefully
laying out the design on paper, it was
easily transferred to Contact paper,
which was pl aced on the sides of the
airplane. The painting areas were then
dulled with Scotch Brite and a very
light coating of epoxy primer was
sprayed on. Acrylic urethane was then
sprayed on for the dark blue and white
areas, using a small touch-up type of
spray gun. Paul does all his own
spraying using a 5 hp compressor with
overhead lines to reduce the chance of
water contamination.
The balance of the paint scheme was
done in a red Ditzler Durethane and
follows the original paint design
exactly. Even the numbers on the tail
surface and wings are "per original".
As you might suspect, this caught the
judge'S eye.
The polished original pointed
spinner was purchased from Ray
Whitman and when installed, added the
touch of originality to the nose of the
airplane. This was accented by the
slim, tall , original 195 wheel pants that
are very hard to find as every ground
loop in this type of airplane usually
tears up the wheel pants - and they are
gone forever! (See paragraph at end of
this story.)
A new interior was installed along
with new seats to really dress up the
cabin of the Cessna and the instrument
panel was refinished to original colors.
Again, the patience of Paul Beck shows
throughout the airplane as the small
details are carefully examined. This
195 is obviously a labor of love.
When Paul purchased the 195 back
in 1975, it had a Carl Baker overhauled
engine, which Paul replaced with a
Page engine after nearly 1000 hours.
The Page engine was flown over 500
hours in the course of time and was
getting to the "oily" stage in its life! In
December 1991, a new 300 hp Jacobs
R-755-A2 engine from Jacobs Service
Co., Payson , AZ was installed. Paul
reports the new engine not only runs
extremely well , but is remarkabl y clean
and dry. Having put over 50 hours on
the new engine, Paul feels it is nicely
broken in and the temps have stabilized
in the green. And this engine is being
run with only one oil cooler in
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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950's era.
dual, as shown, or throw-over, single wheel type.
Control yoke was either
The classic beauty of the narrow 195
wheel pant never changes. These
original pants are like gold! (See story)
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pointed propeller spinner,
we can see several cyl -
inders of a spotless 300 hp
Jacobs. Beauty, indeed.
The 195, wi th its Wittman
gear and strutless wings,
has stood the test of time
for a " classic" airplane.
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deference to the two oi l coolers used
with the Page e ngine. Paul is well
pleased with the new engine,
especially the "get up and go".
Incidentally, one of the reasons that
prompted the new engine was an
almost unh eard of coincidence!
Within one hour ' s flyin g time , Paul
lost the di stributor side of the dual
ignition system - fixed it - then lost the
magneto side on the very next flight!
(One wonders what the odds are of
this happening?)
About ten years ago, Paul replaced
the aging Goodyear brakes with a new
set of Cleveland disc brakes. They
have performed well ever since, in
fact, one has to be a bit careful as too
much brake can be app li e d - with
disastrous r es ult s ! As Paul says,
"Easy does it. " The only other
re placeme nt has bee n the rear
bulkhead in the fuselag e, often
referred to as th e "toil e t seat
bulkhead", because of its shape.
The onl y critical situation with the
195 occurred when Paul installed a
new set of Armstrong Condor 6:50 X
10 tires unde r the polished wheel
pants. These tires were just a shade
larger on the tread corners than the
old ones when fully inf lated.
Returning from a flight to Nut Tree
Airport, Paul landed the 195 on the
grass strip as. When the tire made
contact with the ground, the expanded
left tire wedged itself in the left wheel
pant and ripped it loose! As the
whee l pant di sintegrated, Paul used
e ve ry bit of his considerable
experience to keep the old girl from
upending on the runway! Luckily, he
was able to bring the 195 to a stop
without further damage, however, the
left wheel pant was in pi eces!
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Cabin class luxury, three seats wide, is the name of the game! Note attention to
detailin Paul Beck' sairplane.
(N3491 V) , Jim mentioned he just
happened to have an ext ra left wheel
pant for a 195 on hand! With the
scarcit y of such an it em, money was
tot ally useless. However, Jim needed
a couple of teeth rebuilt , so a deal was
struck! Two new "caps" on Jim 's
teeth for the wheel pant! (Isn't barter
a lovely thing?) And besides, we have
now a rrived at a new val ue for 195
wheel pants!
As Paul cruises a long in the
poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph , he
doesn't mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because
he loves round e ngin es and any
airplane that happens to have one on
the nose. This year he brought his gi rl
friend, Peggy Copple, a long to
Oshkos h and beli eve me, they were
one happy couple to go home with the
Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward.
As Pa ul says, " It doesn ' t get any
better than this!" ...
" U. S. Mail" pouch as used by Midwest
WHATOUKMEMBERSARERESTORING
----------------------------byNormPetersen
KenPerkins'StinsonJR"S"
One of thirteen JR "S" models re-
maining on the FAA register, this Stin-
son Junior "S", NC10852, SIN 8039, is
being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA
302126, AIC 14387) of North Hampton,
NH. The Stinson was delivered to Cen-
tury Airlines on July 17, 1931 and on
April 4, 1932, it went to American Air-
ways, Inc. at Chicago, IL.
Ken found the Stinson in an open
barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it
looked like it had been dismantled with
a wrecking bar! The whole mess of
pieces and boxes was covered with
twenty years worth of muck. Trucked
back to New Hampshire, the long re-
build was begun from the ground up.
The results to date are quite impressive
according to the pictures. The Ly-
coming R-680-13 engine is being over-
hauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsyl-
vania.
Even though Ken is a retired United
Air Lines pilot, he is planning to paint
the Stinson in American Airways col-
ors! We look forward to the finished
airplane - it should be a jewel.
Walt Groskurth'sPA17
Groskurth (EAA 130113, AI C 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic.
Mankato, MN. An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond pro-
Pictured in front of his recently com- considerable not e in the Mankato area, ject from the estate of the late Arnold
pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato, who
Vagabond, N4881H, SIN 17-180, is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of
years but never quite fin-
ished it. Walt took up the
charge, adding a second
door on the left side, swing
out windows on both sides
and a set of genuine
Grimes navigation lights.
Another nice addition is a
six-gallon aux. fuel tank in
the left wing. The stan-
dard Continental A65-8
engine was installed along
with a Sensenich wooden
prop, complete with skull-
cap spinner. Walt says the
sharp looking Vagabond
flies just as well as it looks!
Congratulations on a fine
job, Walt. "Arnie" Waage
would have been ex-
tremely proud to see " his
Vagabond" looking so
nice.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19
WHATOUR.MEMBERSARERESTORING
---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen
Piper Pacer, N7326K
This photo of Piper Pace r N7326K,
SIN 20-234, was taken at an airshow in
Hector, MN, where the pre tty four-
placer really looked sharp among all
the airplanes. Complete with a pretty
much original panel , new interior and
a neat paint scheme, the Pacer sported
original wheel pants and a Scott 3200
tailwheel. The Pacer is registered to
David Re tka (EAA 142R99 , A/C
8410) of So. St. Paul , MN and Gary
Granfors (EAA 242832, A /C 10666)
of Inver Grove Heights , MN . The
Pacer spent a number of years in Ea-
gle Grove, Iowa and Albert Lea, Min-
nesota before moving to St. Paul.
(EAA 4071, A/C 7893) of Anchorage,
AK were incorporated, such as single
piece windshi e ld , wr ap a round nose
splash rail and controllable props on the
(original) 200 hp Ranger engines.
The result is a magnifi cent amphib-
ian that fli es as well as it looks!
This author had a chance to spend a
bea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with
Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a
real "pro" at work. Being the son of the
" Dea n of Alaskan Bush Pilot s", Noe l
Wi e n, Merrill grew up on bush flying in
Fairbanks, AK, learning the many tricks
of the trade. It is indeed a pleasure to
view a "class" restorati on and then dis-
cover the restorer is just as capable at
fl ying as he is at rebuilding. Thanks
aga in, Merrill, and to your neighbor ,
Denni s Newell for the ride in his Waco
YMF-5, N40116.
Grumman Widgeon, N1340V
Completely restored in authentic U.
S. Coast Guard colors is thi s 1941 Grum-
man G-44 Widgeon, N 1340V, SI N 1228,
flown by its owner, Merrill Wi en (EAA
58226, A/C 9957) of Kent, Washington,
who spent over three years o n the
restoration. Ma ny of the mods deve l-
oped by Widgeon guru, George Pappas
a good flying airplane , albeit a bit noisy
with the straight stacks! Normal crui se is
John Lorence's Rearwin 9000W
This is one rare bird! John Lorence
(EAA 66691, AIC 5119) of Independence,
Or egon, flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W,
N18008, SIN 549- 0 , to fl y- ins knowing he
will be in the "one-of-a-kind" row. Pow-
ered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab
Jr. of 90 hp, the Rearwin was one of nine
built in 1937 at Fairfax Airport , Kansas
City, MO. (Thi s was the same model that
Juan Trippe, president of PAA, fl ew on
floats .) John 's has the only 9000W re-
maining on th e FAA regist er. There is
one additional 9000W, NC18073, SIN 559-
0 , that is listed as a Commonwealth Rear-
win , but th ere is no owner or address.
On that basis, we have to fi gure John 's
9000W as a one only, rare bird.
John reports the tandem two-placer is
about 100 mph and the airpl ane gets off
nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil. ...
20 NOVEMBER 1992
byBuckHilbert
(EM 21, NC 5)
P.O. Box424
Union, IL60180
Dear Buck,
The photographs enclosed show the
current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13
sesquiplane restoration project. The F-13
is an experimental prototype (serial no.
1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and
built by C. Claude Flagg with the inten-
tion of replacing the old Jennies in air-
shows and barnstorming events. The de-
pression took care of any plans for further
production as the potential customers
simply could not afford to part with their
current ships and purchase a new Flagg.
The original powerplant was a 165 HP
Comet and numerous airshows were per-
formed to demonstrate the F-I3's capabil-
ities. Iteven had an inverted fuel system
comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5
quart fuel tanks positioned in each land-
ing gear strut! The ship was sold at a
sheriff's auction in late ' 34 and subse-
quently purchased by Bruce Raymond in
1935. At that time it was powered by a 65
HP Velie - quite a drop in power! Bruce
flew it with the Velie for many years and
in '47 had a 145 Warner installed. In 1950
he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in
numerous air shows. Bruce last flew the
F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on
take off ended in a broken airplane.
I purchased the remains, less the en-
gine, a little over a year ago and immedi-
ately started the restoration. The Flagg
was in sad shape, with the wings damaged
beyond repair but , I couldn ' t stand the
thought of it just rotting away.
I was able to restore the ailerons and
use the compression struts and metal fit-
tings in both sets of wings (the top wing is
one piece). I used the original spars, ribs,
formers, etc., as patterns for the new
PASS IT TO
~
An information exchange column with input from our readers.
found numerous signatures of the original
builders and from personnel at Ham-
mond Tech who did a restoration in 1947.
I figured these signatures should remain
in the plane so I cut them out in 1/8"
plates and glued them to the new spars.
They will continue to fly with the Flagg!
The names are:
Jimmy Coon 1933
Ken Morris 1933
Roy Krieger 1947
Ralph Weiss 1947
Sherman Williams 1947
Edward Bunchek 1947
Bill Anderson 1947
Roy Smith 1947
Frank Nestor 1947
Richard Cole 1947
R.C. Sampson 1947
Ifyou know any of these people , it
sure would be nice to hear from them.
EAA's Ben Owen was kind enough to
send me the articles on Claude Flagg that
appeared in " VINTAGE AIRPLANE"
several years ago. The F-13 was men-
tioned and it was stated that its where-
abouts were unknown. We can now clear
up that mystery!
My big problem now is locating (and
affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so
I can start working on the front end. The
cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the
picture and the Comet lacks too much in
reliability and availability.
I am spending every spare moment on
the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am
keeping a photo record book of the pro-
ject as well as a builders log. I am doing
99% of the work myself (with help from
my wife and kids), having learned a
tremendous amount about aircraft
restoration from my father and brother
during our family restorations of an
Aeronca 7CCM, a Fairchild PT-26 and a
Rawdon Tl. I have had the Rawdon
(N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times
where it has won 7 awards, including two
(Continued on page 27)
parts. Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13, an experimental
While working with the original spars I prototypebuiltbyC.ClaudeFlaggin1933.
VINTAGEAIRPLANE21
1992
ECLIJB
LISTING
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latedorganizations. If yourgroupis notlisted,pleaseprovideus with informationwhichcanbeincludedin a future issueof
VINTAGEAIRPLANEandit will beaddedtoourfollow-up for nextyear(We' ll alsolist you immediatelyin AIC NEWS).
If you havechangesrelatedtoyourlisting,pleasedropapostcardin themail withthenewlistingexactlyas youwouldlikeitto
appear. Sendit to: AntiquelClassicTypeClubs,EAAAviationCenter,P.O.Box3086,Oshkosh,WI54903-3086.
A new listcategoryhas beenaddedtocompiletheclubs thatmaynotbespecifictooneparticularaircraftmake,ie.,The
NationalBiplaneAssociation. You'llfind thisnewlistingbeforetheOrganizationslist on page25.
AeroncaAviator'sClub
JulieandJoe Dickey
511 TerraceLake Road
Columbus,IN 47201
812/342-6878
Newsletter:4issuespersubscription
Dues:Nodues- $16subscription
InternationalAeroncaAssoc.
(FormerlytheAeroncaLover'sClub)
BuzzWagner
Box3,4011stSt. East
Clark,SD57225
605/532-3862
Newsletter: Quarterly
Dues:$15 peryear
NationalAeroncaAssociation
JimThompson,President
806LockportRoad
P. O. Box2219
TerreHaute, IN 47802
812/232-1491
Newsletter:6peryear
Dues:$20 U.S., $30 Canada,
$45 Foreign
AeroncaSedanClub
RobertHaley
115 WendyCourt
UnionCity,CA94587
510/487-3070
Newsletter:3peryear
Dues:$5 peryear
Bellanca-ChampionClub
LarryD' Attilo
P.O.Box708
Brookfield,WI 53008-0708
4141784-4544
"BellancaContact!"
Dues: $32 peryear(2 yrs.l$56),
Foreign $37 (2 yrs.l$67, U.S.Funds)
BirdAirplaneClub
Jeannie Hill
P. O. Box328
22 NOVEMBER 1992
Harvard,IL60033
815/943-7205
Newsletter:2-3 annually
Dues: Postage Donation
AmericanBonanzaSociety
CliffR. Sones,Administrator
P. O.box 12888
Wichita, KS 67277
316/945-6913
Newsletter:Monthly
Dues:$35 peryear
StaggerwingClub(Beechcraft)
Jim Gorman,President
P. O. Box2599
Mansfield,OH44906
419/529-3822 (H) ,755-1011 (W)
Dues:$15 peryear
Twin BonanzaAssociation
Richard1. Ward,Director
19684LakeshoreDrive
Three Rivers, MI 49093
616/279-2540
Dues: $25 peryearU.S. andCanada,
$35 Foreign
BiickerClub
JohnBergeson,SecretarylTreasurer
6438 W.Millbrook Road
Remus,MI49340
517/561-2392
Newsletter: 6peryear
Dues: $15 peryearU.S. & Canada,
$20 peryearForeign
NationalBiickerClub
AmericanTigerClub, Inc.
(deHavilland)
FrankPrice, President
Rt. 1, Box419
Moody,TX76557
817/853-2008
Newsletter:12 peryear
Dues:$25 peryear
CessnaAirmasterClub
GarWilliams
9So.135 AeroDrive
Naperville,IL60565
708/904-8416
Dues:None
InternationalBirdDogAssociation
(CessnaL-19)
Phil Phillips, President
3939 C-8San Pedro,NE
Albuquerque,NM 87110
505/881-7555
Newsletter: Quarterly"Observer"
Dues:$25 peryear
CessnaT-SO FlyingBobcats
JonLarson
3821 53rd Street.S.E.
Auburn,WA98002
206/833-1068
Newsletter:Quarterly
Dues:Donation
CessnaOwnerOrganization
P.O. Box337
lola.WI 54945
715/445-5000or800/331-0038
FAX:7151445-4053
Magazine: Monthly
Dues:$36.00year
CessnaPilotsAssociation
JohnFrank,Executive Director
Mid-ContinentAirport
P.O. Box12948
Wichita,KS 67277
316/946-4777
Newsletter: Monthly
Dues:$30 annually
InternationalCessna1201140 Association
Bill Rhoades, Editor
6425 Hazelwood Avenue
Northfield, MN55057
612/652-2221
Newsletter: Monthly
Dues: $15 U.S. peryear
WestCoast Cessna1201140 Club
DonnaChristopherson,Membership
451 Bellwood Drive
SantaClara,CA95054
408/988-8906 or554-0474
Newsletter: Bimonthly
Dues:$10peryear
Cessna1501152Club
SkipCarden,Executive Director
P. O. Box71018
Durham,NC27704
919/47 J-9492
Newsletter: Monthly
Dues: $20peryear
InternationalCessna170
Association,Inc.
VelvetFackeldey,ExecutiveSecretary
P.O. Box1667
Lebannon.MO65536
417/532-4847
Newsletter: Fly Paper(11 peryer)
The170News(Quarterly)
Dues: $25 peryear
InternationalCessna180/185 Club
(Cessna180-185 OwnershipRequired)
HowardLandry
P. O. Box222
Georgetown,TX78627-0222
512/863-7284
Newslett er:8-9 peryear
Dues: $l5peryear
Eastern1901195 Association
CliffCrabs
25575 Butternut Ridge Rd.
NorthOlmsted,OH44070
2161777-4025 after6PMEastern
Newsletter:Irregular;Manualon
maintenance for members
Dues:$10initiationandas requiredyearly
International195Club
DwightM.Ewing,President
P.O. Box737
Merced,CA95344
2091722-6283 FAX2091722-5124
Newslett er: Quarterly
Dues:$25 peryear U.S.
CorbenClub
RobertL. Taylor,Editor
P.O.Box127
Blakesburg, IA52536
515/938-2773
Newsletter:3- 16 pg. Newsletters
Dues: $12 peryear
CulverClub
LarryLow,Chairman
60SkywoodWay
Woodside. CA94062
415/851 -0204
Newsletter:None
Dues: None
CulverPQ-14Association
TedHeineman,Editor
29621 KensingtonDrive
LagunaNiguel ,CA92677
714/831-0713
Newsletter: Annually
Dues: Donation
DartClub (Culver)
Lloyd Washburn
2656 E. SandRd.
Pt. Clinton,OH43452-2741
Newsletter
Dues: None
Robin'sNest
(ForenthusiastsoftheCurtiss Robin)
Jim Haynes. Editor
21 Sunset Lane
Bushnell, IL61422
ContactJimfor moreinformation.
deHavilland MothClub
GerrySchwam,Chairman
1021 SerpentineLane
Wyncote,PA 19095
215/635-7000 or886-8283
Dues:$12 US andCanada,$15 Overseas
deHavillandMothClubofCanada
R. deHavillandTedLeonard,
FounderlDirector
305 OldHomestead Road
Keswick,OntarionCanadaL4P1E6
416/476-4225
Newsletter: Periodically
Dues:$20annually
ErcoupeOwnersClub
SkipCarden,Executive Director
P. O. Box15388
Durham,NC27704
919/471-9492
Newsletter: Monthl y
Dues: $20 peryear
FairchildClub
JohnW. Berendt,President
7645 EchoPointRoad
Cannon Falls,MN 55009
507/263-2414
Dues: $10 peryear
Fairchild FanClub
RobertL. Taylor.Editor
P. O. Box 127
Blakesburg,IA52536
515/938-2773
Newsletter:3- 16pg. Newsletters
Dues: $J2peryear
FleetClub
GeorgeG.Gregory,President
4880 DuguidRoad
Manlius,NY13104
315/682-6380
Newsletter: Approx.2-3 peryear
Dues:Contributions
FunkAircraftOwnersAssociation
RayPahls,President
454S. Summitlawn
Wichita, KS 67209
316/943-6920
Newsletter:10peryear
Dues:$12
GreatLakesClub
RobertL. Taylor,Edi tor
P. O.Box127
Blakesburg,IA52536
515/938-2773
Dues:$12peryear
TheAmericanYankeeAssociation
StewWilson
3232Western Drive
Cameron Park,CA95682
916/676-4292
Newsletter
Dues:$32 peryear U.S. ,$30Foreign
HatzClub
P. O. Box 127
Blakesburg,fA 52536
515/938-2773
Newsletter:3- 16pg.Newsletters
Dues:$12 peryear
HeathParasolClub
WilliamSchlapman
6431 Paulson Road
Winneconne,WI54986
414/582-4454
Newsletter
Dues:Postage Donation
TheInterstateClub
P. O. Box 127
Blakesburg,IA52536
515/938-2773
Dues: $12peryear
ContinentalLuscombeAssociation
Loren Bump,FearlessLeader
5736EsmarRoad
Ceres,CA95307
209/537-9934
Newsletter: Bimonthly(6 peryear)
Dues:$10U.S. ,$12.50Canada,or
$10 U.S. funds,$15 Foreign
LuscombeAssociation
JohnBergeson,Chairman
6438 W. Millbrook Road
Remus, MI 49340
5171561-2392
Newsletter:6peryear
Dues:$15 peryearU.S., $20per
yearCanada,$25 peryear Foreign
MeyersAircraftOwnersAssociation
William E.Gaffney,Secretary
26Rt.17K
Newburgh,NY12550
914/565-8005
Newsletter:5-6 peryear
Dues: Postage FundDonation
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23
Monocoupe Club
Bob Coolbaugh, Editor
6154 River Forest Drive
Manassas, AV 22111
703/590-2375
Newsletter: Monthly
Dues: $15 per year
Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn.
Mark Harris
314 Stardust Drive
San Antonio, TX 78228
512/434-5959
Newsletter
Dues: $30 per year
American Navion Society
Raleigh Morrow, Board Chairman
P. O. Box 1810
Lodi , CA 95241-1810
209/339-4213
Newsletter: Monthly
Dues: $50 for initial membership,
then $35 per year
Buckeye Pietenpol Association
Grant MacLaren
3 Shari Drive
St. Louis, MO 63122-3335
Dues: $8.50 per year U.S. , $10.00 Canada &
Mexico, $14.00 all other countries
International Pietenpol Association
Robert L. Taylor, Editor
P. O. Box 127
Blakesburg, IA 52536
515/938-2773
Newsletter: 3 - 16 pg. Newsletters
Dues: $12 per year
Short Wing Piper Club, Inc.
Eleanor and Bob Mills, Editors
220 Main
Halstead, KS 67056
316/835-3307 (H); 835-2235 (W)
Magazine: Bimonthly
Dues: $27 per year
Piper Owner Society
P.O. Box 337
[ola, WI 54945
715/445-5000 or 800/331-0038
FAX: 715/445-4053
Magazine: Monthly
Dues: $36.00 year
Cherokee Pilots Association
P.O. Box 7927
Tampa, FL 33673
813/935-7492
800/292-6003
FAX 813/238-5889
Magazine: II issues per year
Dues: $28.00 (US)
$30.00 Canada and Mexico,
$40.00 Foreign
International Comanche Society
P. O. Box 400
24 NOVEMBER 1992
Grant, NE 69]40
308/352-4275
Newsletter: Monthly
Dues: $34 per year
Cub Club
John Bergeson, Chairman
P. O. Box 2002
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48804-2002
517/56]-2392
Newsletter: 6 per year
Dues: $15 per year U.S.,
$20 Canada, $25 Foreign
L4 Grasshopper Wing
Publisher: John Bergeson, Cub Club
P. O. Box 2002
Mt. Pleasant, M[ 48804-2002
517/561-2392
Dues: $10 per year U.S. , $]5
CanadalUS Funds, $20 Foreign
Note: Must also be a Cub Club member
Super Cub Pilots Association
Jim Richmond, FounderlDirector
P. O. Box 9823
Yakima, WA 98909
509/248-9491
Dues: $25 per year U.S.,
$35 Canada, $40 Foreign
Porterfield Airplane Club
Chuck Lebrecht
1019 Hickory Road
Ocala, FL 32672
904/687-4859
Dues: $5 per year
Rearwin Club
P. O. Box 127
515/938-2773
Dues: $12 per year
Ryan Club, National
Bill 1. Hodges, Chairman
811 Lydia
Stephenville, TX 76401
817/968-4818
Dues: $20 per year
Seabee Club International
Captain Richard W. Sanders, President
6761 NW 32nd Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309
305/979-5470
Newsletter: Quarterly (plus phone
consultation), Directory
Dues: $15 U.S. and Canada,
$20 Foreign
Stearman Restorers Association
Tom Lowe, President
823 Kingston Lane
Crystal Lake, IL 600 14
815/459-6873
Dues: $15 per year
National Stinson Club
clo Jonesy Paul
14418 Skinner Road
Cypress, TX 77429
Dues: $7.50 per year
National Stinson Club (l08 Section)
Bill and Debbie Snavley
115 Heinley Road
Lake Placid, FL 33852
813/465-6101
Quarterly magazine: Stinson Plane Talk
Dues: $25 US,
$30 Canada and Foreign
Southwest Stinson Club
Jerre Scott, President
812 Shady Glen
Martinez, CA 94553
415/228-4176
Newsletter: SWSC Newsletter
10 per year
Dues: $10 per year
Swift Association, International
Charlie Nelson
P. O. box 644
Athens, TN 37303
6151745-9547
Newsletter: Monthly
Dues: $25 per year
Taylorcraft Owner's Club
Bruce Bixler [I , President
12809 Greenbower, N.E.
Alliance, OH 44601
216/823-9748
Dues: $10 per year
Travel Air Club
P. O. Box 127
515 /938-2773
Dues: $12 per year
Travel Air Division of
Staggerwing Museum
Dub Yarbrough
P. O. Box 550
Tullahoma, TN 37388
615/455-1974
Newsletter: 4-5 per year
Dues: $25 per year
International Waco Assoc.
806 Lockport Rd.
P.O. Box 2065-WACO
Terre Haute, IN 47802
812/232-1042
Quarterly magazine
Dues: $25.00 per year
NationalWaco Club
Ray Brandly,President
700 Hill Avenue
Hamilton,OH45015
513/868-0084
Dues: $8 peryear
MULTIPLE AIRCRAFfORGANIZATIONS
Artic Newsletter
David Neumeister
5630S. Washington
Lansing,MI48911-4999
517/882-8433
QuarterlyNewslettersfor AAl,AA5,
Arrow,Baron,310-320,336-337,
Malibu,Musketeer, Norseman,Skip-
per,Tomahawk,Varga,Maule
Dues:$10peryeareach type except
Maul ewhich is $20for 12 issues
World BeechcraftSociety
AldenC. Barrios
1436MuirlandsDrive
LaJolla,CA92037
619/459-5901
Magazine
Dues:$20peryear
National BiplaneAssociation
CharlesW. Harris,BoardChairman
Betsey Kersey,AdministrativeCoordinator
Hangar5,4-J Aviation
Jones-Riverside Airport
Tulsa,OK74132
918/299-2532
Dues: $25 Individual;$40 Family,
U.S.; add $10 for Foreign
NorthAmericanTrainerAssociation
(T-6,T-28, NA64, NA50)
KathyandStoneyStonich
25801 NE Hinness Road
BrushPrairie,W A98606
206/256-0066
FAX206/896-5398
Newsletter: Quarterly,Texans& Trojans
Dues:$40 U.S. and Canada,
$50 Foreign/U.S.Funds
ReplicaFightersAssociation
Jim Felbinger,President
2409 CosmicDrive
Joliet,IL60435
815/436-6948
Dues:$20 peryear
World WarIAeroplanes,Inc.
LeonardE.Opdycke
DirectorlPublisher
15 Crescent Road
Poughkeepsie,NY 12601
914/473-3679
Journals(Published4timesannualy):
WW IAero(1900-1919);
Skyways(1920-1940)
Dues: Minimum - $25 each for one year;
$25 Foreign for WW IAero
ORGANIZATIONS
AmericanAirRacingSociety
Rudy Profant,President
4060W. 158thSt.
Cleveland,OH44135
216/941-0089
Dues:$10peryear
SocietyofAirRacing Historians
Jim Butler,Treasurer
36250LakeShoreBlvd., Apt. 518
Eastlake,OH44095-1442
216/946-9069
Golden Pylons
Dues:$10 U.S., $12 Other
AmericanAviationHistoricalSociety
HarryGann,President
2333 OitsStreet
Santa Ana,CA92704
714/549-4818 (Tuesday,
7:00-9:00 PM local)
Dues:$25 (incl udesJournaland Newsletter)
FlyingFarmers,International
T. W. Anderson, ExecutiveDirector
2120AirportRoad
P. O. Box9124
Wichita, KS67277
316/943-4234
Newsletter: 10 issues peryear
Dues: $40peryearU.S. Funds,
plus Chapterdues
DonLuscombe
A viation History Foundation
P.O. Box63581
Phoenix,AZ85082-3581
MinnesotaSeaplane Pilots
Association
Steve Carpenter
8250Stevens Avenue,S.
Bloomington,MN 55420
612/888-8430
Newsletter: 3-4 peryear
Dues: $15 peryear($25-2 yrs.)
National AirRacingGroup
GeraldL. Williams,President
P. O. Box423
Shasta,CA 96087
916/241-2130
Newsletter: Professional
AirRacing(10/year)
Dues: $10 peryear,domestic
NationalChampionshipAirRaces
SusanAudrain,Marketing Director
P. O. Box1429
Reno,NV 89505
702/972-6663
Naval Aircraft RestorersAssn.
Gerald Miller
3320 Northridge Drive
GrandJunction,CO81506
303/245-7899
Newsletter
Dues: $12 peryear
The99s, Inc.
International Women Pilots
LorettaJean Gragg,Exec. Director
Will RogersAirport
P. O. Box59965
OklahomaCity,OK73159
405/685-7969
Newsletter: Monthlyl
The99 News
Dues: $40 annually
ox-sAviation Pioneers
Robert F. Lang
P.O. Box201299
Austin,TX78720
512/331-6239
Newsletter: 6peryear
Dues: $10peryear
SeaplanePilotsAssociation
Robert A. Richardson,Exec.Director
421 Aviation Way
Frederick,MD 21701
301/695-2083
Newsletter: WaterFlying(Quarterly);
1991 WaterLandingDirectory
$14 Membersl
$30 non-members
plus$2 shipping
Dues: $32 peryear
SilverWings Fraternity
Russ Brinkley,President
P. O. Box 11970
Harrisburg, P A17108
717/232-9525
Newsletter: Monthly
SlipstreamTabloid
Dues: $10peryear
SpartanSchoolofAeronautics
AlumniAssociation
Vern Foltz,Alumni Relations
8820 E. PineStreet
Tulsa,OK74115
918/836-6886
Dues: $10 annuall y
VintageSailplaneAssociation
JanScott,Secretary
Rt.l ,Box239
Lovettsville,V A22080
703/822-5504
Dues: $10peryear
Waco HistoricalSociety,Inc.
R. E. Hoefflin,Treasurer
1013Westgate Road
Troy,OH45373
513/335-2621
Newsletter:4peryear
Dues:$6 peryear,9/1-8/31 ...
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25
---------
MYSTERY PLANE
byGeorgeHardie
The designer of this all-metal trimo-
tor was a pioneer in the use of metal in
aircraft. The photo is from the EAA
archives. Answers will be published in
the February, 1993 issue of VINTAGE
AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is
December 20, 1993.
The August , 1992 Mystery Plane still
remains somewhat of a mystery.
Charley Hayes of Park Forest, IL was
the first to send in an answer. He writes:
" Well , here we go again! It sure is
fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the
old flying machines!! The August Mys-
tery Plane just might be the first (or
early) design of George Fernie, whose
second design was the Fernie T-IO Crui-
saire circa 1929, in which Fernie pe r-
ished at the National Air Races in
Chicago, August 29, 1930. He was
working on a much larger twin-engined
trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his
death. Whil e the August Mystery Plane
is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0, I
think there are significant features com-
mon to both. "
John Underwood of Glendale, CA
adds this:
" It is the Frenard ' Duck' at Colum-
bus, Ohio. All I know is that it was built
in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59. and
was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts".
So take your pick - we'll have to wait
until someone comes up with more def-
inite information to be sure about the
correct answer. ...
The "Frenard Duck"?
--- ..'--.
26 NOVEMBER 1992
The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matterof
information only and does not constitute approval, sponsorship, involvement,
controlordirectionofanyevent(fly-in, seminars,flymarket,etc.)listed.Pleasesend
the information to EAA, Att: Golda Cox, P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086.
Informationshouldbereceivedfourmonthspriortotheeventdate.
NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON
BAY, CA - 3rd Annual Fall Fly-
In/Airport DayOpen house. 415/726-
3417
NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HA-
VEN, FL 4th Annual Warbird,
Antique and Classic Fly-In/ Air-
show/Barbeque. 813/293-2501 .
November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA
BEACH,FL- EAA Antique/Classic
Chapter1Fly-In.
DECEMBER1213- TAMPA, FL
EAAAntique/Classic Chapter1Fly-
In.VandenbergAirport.
Pass it to Buck
(Colltillued/rom page 21)
Rese rve Grand Champi o n Classic
awards. My majorgoalis toputthesame
qualityinto theFlagg. Ibeli evecomple-
tion will requireanother1-112 to2years
work.
I dohave aquestionconcerningregis-
tration numbers. I wanttoputthe big
numbers on th e wings (N13625) and
would like to show it as NX13625. Can
the "X" beaddedwithout re-registering
theaircraft?
Iwill keepyoupostedon ourprogress
with theFlaggandthank youfor putting
up with alongletter!
BestRegards,
TerryR. Chastain
EAA132137 AIC4282
8302Maple AcresDrive
Houston,Tx. 77095
DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2,
1993 SARASOTA, FL - Inter-
national Comanche Soci e t y 13th
Annual New Year's Fly-In . Call
904/837-6950for more information.
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