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Front Cover . . . Jim Herpst's colorful Taylorcraft BC-12D certainly gets
plenty of looks wherever it lands. Restored by Brian Marchetti and the father
and son team of Ron and Michael Jones, the Taylorcraft is Jim's first tail
wheel airplane. EM photo by Mark Schaible, shot with a Canon EOS-1 n
equipped with an 80-200mm lens on 100 ASA slide film . EM Cessna 210
photo plane flown by Bruce Moore.
Back Cover ...Don Parsons captured this rare shot of a Tank-powered
Curtiss Robin and Curtiss Canuck in formation just over the east side of
Dauster Field (Creve Coeur airport), west of St. Louis, Missouri. Both planes
belong to the Historic Aircraft Aviation restoration Museum, based at the
airport. Phil Chastain is flying the Canuck, and restorer Glenn Peck is piloting
the Robin. Terry Chastain is flying the Rawdon T-1 photo plane. See the
story beginning on page 10.
STRAIG
LEVEL
traffic out of the lot. You were on your own to drive out of
the show. Without a group of well-organized people and a
plan to move cars effectively, leaving was anarchy. It took
two full hours to get out of the traffic and back to the
beachfront hotel. Adjusting for the fact that I was a rookie
at this event, and didn't know any shortcuts, I was stuck
following the rest of the herd. Next year I will be prepared
and know which way the traffic is flowing!
Many things struck me about the way this event was
run. Folks seemed to have a certain level of expectation re
garding the car show, and the show met them. When we
attend a fly-in, we've come to expect a certain level of or
ganization. Over the years both national and local EAA
Chapter fly-ins have evolved to include many things we
have come to take for granted. As a rule, we receive a high
level of service from those who put on a fly-in . We have
developed a high-quality group of volunteers who under
stand this level of service. I recall that in the mid to late
1960s many fly-ins were low-key events. The trip to this
car show made me remember how it used to be. Some of it
made me smile, as I remembered the fun we had, and
some memories made me wince, as I recalled the difficul
ties we overcame to make local events more enjoyable.
I'd like to emphasize that the car show attendees
seemed to have as good a time as I did, so I'm not com
plaining. It wasn't a negative experience. I didn't see an
unhappy person during that Saturday. We can take a les
son from that as well. Do we sometimes expect too much
from each other? The remarkable events we enjoy during
the year all require organized effort, most often by volun
teers. They deserve not only our thanks, but if pOSSible,
our participation. It all goes a bit smoother if we add our
efforts to the mix!
The new pending proposal for the sport pilot program
sure has been generating a lot of positive discussion
around the airports I have visited lately. I have not heard
one person speak up and say that it is a bad idea. Every
person that I have talked to relates the hope that the sport
pilot certificate will come to pass. We'll keep you posted.
In the June issue of Vintage Airplane we will have com
plete coverage of the 2001 Sun 'n Fun EAA Fly-In. If you
want to know if your buddy won an award, the VAA
awards list is published on page 3 of this issue.
Now is the time for you to become more serious about
your visit to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2001. Let's all pull
in the same direction for the good of aviation. Remember,
we are better together. Join us and have it all.
.......
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VAANEWS
compiled by H.G. Frautschy
VAA WORK WEEKEND
MAY 2001
Ocala, FL
Best Transport
Douglas DC-3
Continental Airlines, Dallas, TX
Hudson, FL
CLASSIC {1946-1955}
Newalla, OK
]. M. Ramsey, Anderson, SC
Theodore Patecell,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Miami, FL
Best Cabin
Fairchild F-24
Patrick McAlee, Belews Creek, NC
Long Beach, CA
Best Monoplane
Monocoupe 90
Bob Coolbaugh, Manassas, VA
Best Biplane
Travel Air 2000
Bar Eisenhauer, Winter Haven, FL
CONTEMPORARY {1956-1960}
Best Authentic
Beechcraft Bonanza
Richard P. Jones, Mukilteo, W A
Best Custom
Cessna 210
Outstanding in Type
Meyers 200
]. Michael Araldi, Lakeland, FL
Outstanding in Type
Piper Comanche PA 24-250
Gregory Davis and Ronnie Cox,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3
PRE-OILER USE
Dear Buck,
I just read your article on the
Freon tank pre-oiler in the December
2000 issue of Vintage Airplane.
I had an occasion to use the same
priming method but didn't want to
go to very much trouble to modify
the Freon tank, so I didn't. The prob
lem is getting two or so quarts of oil
into the tank through that little hole
in the valve. Here's how I did it:
It's quite simple to do if you have
a vacuum pump. First, make sure no
Freon remains in the tank.
Then, using a hose that will with
stand the vacuum, attach the pump
and evacuate the tank. Close the
valve and disconnect the vacuum
pump line.
Now attach your flexible hose to
the valve on the Freon tank and
submerse the other end in a quart of
aviation oil. Open the valve on the
tank, and the oil will be sucked in
to the tank. To get the second quart
of oil in the tank, close the valve,
immerse the flexible hose in the sec
ond quart and open the valve on
4 MAY 2001
the tank.
When you have the proper
amount of oil in the tank, let it con
tinue filling with air until the
pressure in the tank is equalized
with ambient air pressure. Now con
nect it to your air compressor and
pressurize the tank to about 40 psi
or so. Connect it to the oil gallery as
mentioned in the article and open
the valve to force oil into the en
gine's oil passages.
You will have to invert the tank
when you are priming your freshly
overhauled engine. It works great!
Keep it clean in case you need to use
it for this purpose again.
Mike Hartman
(Via e-mail)
VAA 16638
Bridgeport, Michigan
Gentlemen,
Thumbing through the March is
sue of Vintage Airplane, the article
about Dr. Adams and the airborne
pick-up and delivery of mail brought
back memories of my youth in
Thomasville, Georgia,
which is mentioned in
the article. The experi
ments there were carried
out at Archbold Planta
tion with Dick Archbold
as a supporter or backer.
The tests were men
tioned in the local paper
but I don't remember the
year. Dick Archbold was
an explorer (New Guinea,
I believe) and once
bought a twin-engine,
twin-tailed Sikorsky am
phibian (probably a
Sikorsky S-38-Ed) to the
HI, H.G.,
Weldon Cooke was John Thorp's
cousin (of Thorpe T-18 homebuilt
fame) and his inspiration to take up
where Weldon left off, as an aircraft
designer. Weldon was a real innova
tor. Today he's all but forgotten.
Among other thing, he made the
first inverted in-line installation and
a flying boast of advanced concept.
Weldon was killed when John was
four years old, so he never really
knew his cousin, although he re
membered a flight Weldon made
over the family home. John's mother
was a Locke and he was raised in the
historic Locke family home, at Lock
eford, California, which had been
Cooke's home early on. John died
there in 1992.
Cheers!
John Underwood
Glendale, CA
Beech's D-18CT certainly looked as though it would be a great match for the air pickup system, with twin-engine reliability and speed, along
with a roomy cabin . This Beech photo was taken at their Wichita, Kansas, facility during the testing phase.
6 MAY 2001
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10 MAY 2001
12 MAY 2001
yet ...
In the purchase was a Tank en
gine, which had, unfortunately,
been hurt when the aircraft it was
propelling fell to earth. It was super
fiCially dinged, not too badly
damaged. But when the time finally
arrived to build up the power plant,
we were amazed to find the pistons
were Wiseco slipper pistons of a type
most suited for "hopped up" 350 cu
bic inch Chevy's. Bad dodo.
So began more frantic searching
for the right pistons. But now the
problem was more complex. In order
to fit those slipper pistons, all the
cylinders had been bored out to plus
ten, too big for even our crummy
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13
Also a part of the Historic Aircraft Museum collection at Creve Coeur, the OX-5 powered
Curtiss Canuck flies in formation with the Robin.
The water-cooled OX-5 in the Curtiss Jenny and Canuck was improved by the Milwaukee
Parts Corporation's Tank engine modification . The Tank, which used the bottom end of the
OX-5, was an air-cooled version with improved cylinders and manifolds. By installing a Tank,
the lower weight of the engine installation and increased horsepower combined to give bet
ter cruise and climb performance.
14 MAY 2001
-continued on page 30
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15
W:
18 MAY 2001
The cockpit of the Taylorcraft is neatly appointed with a crinkle finish paint and instruments that were refur
bished by the legendary Keystone Instruments of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.
......
20 MAY
2001
saxophone,
festival.
Music to fly by
Cllbs and
1II111i
largest and loudest flute, not once
but at least a half dozen times.
As many of us know, there is a
whole lot more joy to flying than
just takeoffs, landings, and going
places. It's a feeling inside that lives
on well after the event, as the Funk
Brothers well know. Flight is a lot
like the music we hear and hum un
der our breath. Flashbacks of flight
are with us Funksters as we go about
our everyday lives . It's not music,
and yet it is, it's both and when we
c<;:>mbine the two, we really have
something to hang on to and cher
ish!
This story is one that I don't tell
normal (non-pilot) people, so I save
this for you guys. Anyone who has
n 't flown a Funk and knows of its
gentle nature, its superior flight
characteristics, would not under
stand that there's a whole lot more
to flight than just stick and rudder.
We 're talking about understanding
by Jon Schroeder
2001
Mar Mystery
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PASS
IT TO
BUCK
Hi Buck,
I'd call operating temperatures. The
I have been wanting to write you for oil lines to the remote oil tank dissi
some time. I enjoy your articles very pate a lot of heat, and the tank itself
much, especially the recent ones on rust takes a long time to get warm.
in the engines.
The Menasco Pirate on our R an
As you probably know, the Continen STA didn't have an oil cooler like
tal W670 engine is a cold running your PT-26 . We did not fly it very
engine. Most of them never really get up much in really cold weather and
to goo d operating temperature. The when we did, the oil temperature
problem that we have is on No.1 cylin needle never came off the bottom
der. It does not get enough oil and the stop . Even my Champ with its long
moisture does not dissipate. This causes underwear in place and the winter
rust on the rocker arms and valve front installed takes a long time to
springs. I remove the rocker covers every come up , and then it rarely gets
spring and check. Last year I did replace above 140QF.
We pre-heat with a contractor's
both rocker arms and greased them with
kerosene burning torpedo heater,
high temperature grease.
We also have oil temperature prob and that's about the only time the
lems with the Ranger engines in winter. oil temperature shows. Soon as we
It does not get up to operating tempera start up in the really cold weather
ture. The Fairchild PT 26 has solved the temperature takes a dive.
Guess we're just lucky to live up
this problem by putting a control valve
in the front inlet to the cooler. In winter here in the frozen north.
Those guys down south sure have
I close the valve most of the time, and I
can control the temperature at about it nice and easy, but I like it up here!
Over to you Ed,
165F. It has worked well for me. It is
very important to keep the engine close
Buck
to normal operating temperature.
Dear Buck,
Keep up the good work Buck,
I thought you might get a kick out of
Your friend,
this. I enjoy your "Pass it to Buck" col
Edward C. Wegner
umn in Vintage Airplane. I am an
Plymouth, WI
old-time, low-time SEL-SES pilot. ['m
now restoring a 1946 Champ, N2923E,
Eddie;
What a pleasure to hear from one and will soon retire from gold mining
of our senior members (and a fellow and move back to my hometown of Ely,
Hall of Farner, no less!).
Minnesota-float country!
Ron Riikola
I appreciate your comments and
Elko, Nevada
they go hand-in-hand with my experi
From the Elko, Nevada Free Press
ences. The Warner 145 on my Fleet
25 Years Ago
lOF manufactures water just like the
Continental. I too have taken to
April 7, 1976: A United Airlines pi
pulling the rocker box covers off at lot, E.E. Hilbert, flying a Swallow
very frequent intervals, like every four biplane that he restored, arrived in Elko
hours, and there is always an accumu yesterday commemorating the 50th an
niversary of commercial airmail se/vice.
lation in the upper rocker boxes.
While I have them open I do a He followed th e original Varney Air
valve clearance check. The Warner Lines (now United Air Lines) route from
doesn't have overhead oiling, so Pasco, Washington to Elko with a brief,
there isn't any way to carry off the unplanned stop at the Petan Ranch to
condensation with oil flow. And verify his way to Elko. At noon, Hilbert
you're right; in cooler weather the spoke of his adventures at the Rotary
round engines never get up to what Club. He has been working on the plane
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