VA-Vol-15-No-6-June-1987

STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

by Bob Lickteig

Looking ahead to An Aviation Showcase Oshkosh 87 - your EAA AntiqueClassic Division has scheduled a Convention week of group activities To help you plan your time at Oshkosh listed here are the dates times and general information plus the chairman of each event If you have any questions or need additional information please contact any of the chairman who are always ready to help

AntiqueClassic Fly-Out The fourth annual AntiqueClassic Conshy

vention Fly-Out for members and guests is scheduled for Monday August 3 We will be flying to Shawano Wisconsin 55 miles north of Oshkosh Shawano Flying service will be our host Two sod and one hard surface runshyway will be open plus a seaplane base shyso were extending an invitation for all float planes to join us

Briefing 700 am at AntiqueClassic Headquarters departure 8-830 am return 1 30 - 200 pm in time for the air show

Chairman - Bob Lumley 414255-6832

AntiqueClassic Picnic The AntiqueClassic Picnic will be held at

the EAA Nature Center Sunday evening Aushygust 2 starting at 600 pm The committee has arranged for refreshments and the servshying of a pig roast with all the trimmings Tickshyets are $600 - a real bargain and will be on sale at the AntiqueClassic Headquarters and must be purchased by 600 pm Saturshyday August 1 as we must advise the cook the number of people we will have 24 hrs in advance

Chairman - Steve Nesse 507373-1674

AntiqueClassic Parade of Flight The AntiqueClassic annual Parade of

Flight will be staged on Tuesday August 4 as the main part of the air show and when the field is closed Briefing for the event will be at 1 00 pm at the AntiqueClassic Headshyquarters

Chairman - Phil Coulson 616624-6490

AntiqueClassic Riverboat Cruise The AntiqueClassic Riverboat Dinner

Cruise will be held Tuesday evening August 4 sailing at 700 pm from the Pioneer Inn dock Due to the limited number of passenshygers the tickets are offered for sale in adshyvance through the mail If there are any reshymaining tickets they will be on sale at the AntiqueClassic Headquarters up to the time of sailing

Chairman - Jeannie Hill 815943-7205

AntiqueClassic Parking Arrangements have been made for the

Type Clubs and any individuals who wish to park their type aircraft together The parking committee has developed a simple type parking plan Information and parking inshystructicms will be mailed to you Contact the Chairman

Chairman - Art Morgan 414442-3631

AntiqueClassic Forums

A complete schedule of forums covering all makes and models of AntiqueClassic airshycraft will be presented throughout Convenshy

tion week These forums will be conducted by the most qualified individuals available Check Convention programs for complete details

Chairman - Ron Fritz 616678-5012

AntiqueClassic Aircraft Awards Antique Judging - All categories Chairshy

man - Dale Gustafson 317293-4430 Classic Judging - All categories Chairshy

man - George York 419529-4378

AntiqueClassic Type Club Headquarters All type clubs are invited to set up their

headquarters in the type club tent We have again set up a larger tent so there will be enough room Tom Poberezny Senior ViceshyPresident of EAA and the Convention Chairshyman will address the type clubs in the headshyquarters tent at 1 30 pm Tuesday August 4 Additional activities are also planned

Chairman - Butch Joyce 919427-0216

AntiqueClassic Workshop

The AntiqueClassic Workshop located next to the AntiqueClassic Headquarters will again be in operation throughout Convention week Mary Feik of the Smithsonians Paul H Garber Facility at Silver Hill will again visit our workshop She will present slides and a talk on the restoration of the World War I Spad 13 at 1 00 pm on three days Sunday August 2 Tuesday August 4 and Thursday August 6 Please come by for this special program and help with the completion of our project and gain the hands-on experience of actually working on a restoration

Chairman - George Meade 414228-7701

AntiqueClassic Photo Contest

The fourth annual AntiqueClassic

Amateur Photo Contest will be held during Oshkosh 87 All contestants please register at the AntiqueClassic headquarters and reshyceive up-to-date contest rules please Reshymember photos taken enroute during the Convention and return home are all eligible for the contest

Chairman - Jack McCarthy 317371shy1290

AntiqueClassic Participant Plaque The AntiqueClassic Division will present

to each registered aircraft a recognition plaque with a colored photo of the aircraft parked at Oshkosh Please register your airshycraft as soon as possible after you are parked as this will speed the procedure to present you with your plaque

Chairman - Jack Copeland 617336shy7245

AntiqueClassic Interview Circle The AntiqueClassic Interview Circle will

be expanded this year and will schedule two interviews per day If you have an interesting aircraft and would like to be included in this program for an interview please contact the Chairman so you can arrange to be included in his schedule at your convenience

Chairman - Kelly Viets 913828-3518

Airline Pilots Headquarters A tent for all airline flight crews will again

be located in the AntiqueClassic area Chairman - Don Toeppen 3121377-9321

AntiqueClassic Information Booth The membership and information booth

will be located outside the AntiqueClassic Headquarters Complete information on membership and Convention activities can be obtained here

Chairman - Kelly Viets 913828-3518

AntiqueClassic Ha of Fame Reunion The annual Hall of Fame Reunion for preshy

vious Grand and Reserve Champ aircraft will again be held at Oshkosh 87 A special disshyplay area special awards and a special flyshyby recognition are planned All previous winshyners are encouraged to bring their aircraft back to Oshkosh for the members and guests to enjoy

Chairman - Dan Neuman 612571-0893

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers headquarters

tent is located in the AntiqueClassic area Chairman - Bob Wallace 301 686-3279

Please check your Oshkosh 87 Convenshytion program and EAA AntiqueClassic Headquarters for complete details of all events

Its going to be a great Convention shymake the AntiqueClassic area your headshyquarters for Oshkosh 87

Please remember - were better together Welcome aboard - join us and you have it all

2 JUNE 1987

JUNE 1987 Vol 15 No6

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Copyright 1987 by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc All rights reserved

Contents

2 Straight and Level by Bob Lickteig

4 ACNews by Gene Chase

5 Calendar of Events 6 Johnny Bouteller and his N3N-3

by Mary Jones 9 Notice of Annual Business Meeting

and Election 11 Vintage Seaplane

by Norm Petersen 12 Interesting Members

by S H Wes Schmid 14 Flying a Classic

by Herbert A Schaffner 16 1986 AntiqueClassic Photo Contest

by Jack McCarthy 18 Volunteers - A Book of Heroes

by Art Morgan and Bob Brauer 19 Vintage Literature

by Dennis Parks 20 Pass it to Buck

by E E Buck HilbertDale Wolford 23 Type Club Activities

by Gene Chase 24 Interviews at Oshkosh

by Pamela Foard and Larry DAttilio 27 Mystery Plane

by George A Hardie Jr 28 Vintage Trader

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FRONT COVER Johnny Bouteller flying his 1940 N3N-3 Dow1own Tulsa is in the background See story on page 6

(Photo by Ben Newby)

BACK COVER EM Air Museums Hisso-powered Standard J-1 photographed in July 1986 at Pioneer Airport This in-license antique was donated by the Chuck Klessig estate

(Photo by Jack McCarthy)

The words EM ULTRALIGHT FLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM SPORT AVIATION and the logos of EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC EM INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION EAA ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISION INC INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB INC WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC are registered trademarks THE EAA SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EM AVIATION FOUNDATION INC and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above associations is strictly prohibited

Editorial Policy Readers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs Policy opinions expressed in articles are solely those of the authors Responsibil ity for accuracy in reporting rests entirely with the contributor Material should be sent to Gene R Chase Editor The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Phone 414426-4800

The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc and is published monthly at Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh WI 54901 and additional mailing offices Membership rates for EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc are $1800 for current EM members for 12 month period of which $1 200 is for the publication of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation

ADVERTISING - AntiqueClassic Division does not guarantee or endorse any product offered through our advertisshying We invite constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise obtained through our advertising so that corrective measures can be taken

Postmaster Send address changes to EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3

Compiled by

Gene Chase

EAA SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS TO PARIS

Too late to be announced in last months issue of The Vintage Airplane plans were finalized to bring the EAA replica Ryan Spirit of St Louis out of retirement to take part in the 60th anshyniversary celebration of Lindberghs historic solo flight at Le Bourget Field Paris France on May 21 1987 The plane was disassembled and crated for shipment to Paris where it will remain for more commemorative activities at the Paris Air Show June 11-21

The EAA Aviation Foundation s Spirit was built in 1977 to commemoshyrate the 50th Anniversary of Lindberghs solo accomplishment and the tour he made of the US on his return from Paris Duplicating that tour in 1977 the EAA Spirit was seen by millions of people during stops at more than 100 cities

The plane was retired last fall and put on display in the EAA Air Museum in Oshkosh Wisconsin after flying more than 1300 hours - three times the total on Lindberghs original The original Spirit of St Louis is on display in the Smithsonian Institutions National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC

After its arrival in Paris via Air France B-747 the EAA Spirit was assembled and test flown Several flights over the city have been made by EAA and EAA Foundation Directors Capt Verne Jobst and race pilot Jimmy Leeward The plane is tremendously popular with the French people and it will be appearshying at several other major aviation events before being shipped back home after the Paris Air Show It will proudly be displayed at the Paris Air Show beshyside the Voyager

EAA Founder and President Paul H Poberezny could not attend the 60th anniversary activities in Paris where he was to be awarded a Lindbergh Eagle in recognition of his contributions to avishyation and his stunning accomplishshyments with EAA over the years The Eagle award is presented by the Lindshybergh Fund in recognition of an indishyviduals or events extraordinary conshytributions in one or more areas of speshy

cial interest to Charles Lindbergh Tom Poberezny accepted the award on his fathers behalf

FLOTTORP AND AEROMATIC PROshyPELLERS NOW PRODUCED BY KINETICS INC

Kinetics Inc 437 Main Ave North Britt Iowa 50423 has purchased the type certificates engineering tooling jigs production equipment and invenshytory of Flottorp and Aeromatic propelshylers from the Propeller Manufacturing Division of UNIVAIR Aircraft Corporashytion of Aurora Colorado This will allow KINETICS to produce Flottorp and Aeromatic wooden aircraft propellers as well as experimental specialty and deshycorative propellers

Under the Flottorp trademark KINEshyTICS also produces the Beech Roby propeller The Flottorp fixed pitch wooden propeller is the worlds oldest propeller line

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Pioneer aviator Clarence E Page on his 90th birthday Standing is Joe Cunningshyham editor of the monthly publication Oklahoma Aviator

90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR CLARENCE E PAGE

A celebration was held on February 21 1987 on the occasion of the 90th birthday of pioneer aviator Clarence E Page of Oklahoma City Oklahoma In 1910 Page witnessed Charles Willard make the first flight in Oklahoma in his Curtiss Pusher He was a pilot during WW II in the Army Signal Corps and barnstormed on weekends afterward

Page was active in the development of airports in Oklahoma City and it is fitting that the three major fields are

named Will Rogers World Wiley Post and Clarence E Page During WW II 8500 pilots went through his flight trainshying school In the years following the second world war Page developed an aviation business that included an F B O at Will Rogers an engine overhaul facility at Cimarron Field and a nationshywide military training and maintenance organization that was to reach annual sales of 50 million dollars

He sold to Northrop Corporation in 1972 and soon began to spend his time effort and his money in building Okshylahomas Air Space Museum one of the finest in the country

Page has received many prestigious honors and awards and a book about his life Jennys to Jets was published in 1983

Several members of AntiqueClassic Chapter 10 in Tulsa were invited to Okshylahoma City to join in Clarence Pages 90th birthday celebration

SHELBY B HAGBERG 1919-1987

Shelby B Hagberg 68 of Greenville Iowa passed away on April 12 1987 in Pamona California after a lingering illshyness Shelby was a nationally known antiquer and he regularly attended flyshyins throughout the Midwest and beyond Over the years he owned several anshytique aircraft and was involved in the restoration of many others Shelby was proud of his low membership numbers in EAA (2473 Lifetime) and the Antique Classic Division (211) Shelby Hagberg will be missed by all who knew him

FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOOL FOR RC MODELS

Preparations are underway by the father and son team of Brad and Dave Scott for the first flight training school for radio-controlled model aircraft in the US There has long been a need for such an activity and this new school will meet that need The mailing address for the school is at Shawano Wisconsin (55 miles north of Oshkosh) but it is possible that a site nearer Oshkosh will be available during the period of the Convention Anyone interested in getshyting some RIC model flight experience while attending Oshkosh 87 should contact Brad Scott (EAA 142466 NC 10787) 521 S Sawyer Shawano WI 54166 Phone 715524-2985 bull

4 JUNE 1987

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

JUNE 5-7 - MERCED CALIFORNIA - 30th Anshynual Merced West Coast Antique Fly-In Conshytact 209n 22-3145

JUNE 5-7 - BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA shyFirst Annual National Biplane Fly-In at Phillips Airport sponsored by National Biplane Associshyation Expected to be largest gathering of bipshylanes on one field since World War II Modern factory aircraft invited and welcome Contact Charles W Harris Chairman 9181585-1591 or Mary Jones Executive Director 9181299-2532 Address inquiries on NBA membership to NBA Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airshyport Tulsa OK 74132

JUNE 5-7 - SPECULATOR NEW YORK - 14th Annual Seaplane Pilots Assn Safety Seminar at Camp-of-the-Woods on Lake Pleasant Conshytact Chamber of Commerce Box 184 Speculator NY 12164 or Camp-of-the-Woods Speculator NY 12164 518548-4311

JUNE 6 - PARIS TENNESSEE - EAA Chapter 734 Paris-Kentucky Lake Air Show Paris Tenshynessee (Rain date June 7) Contact Richard Battles Henry County Airport Route 2 Box 269 Paris TN 38242 phone 901 1642-7676 home - 901 642-7791

JUNE 6-7 - COLDWATER MICHIGAN - 3rd Anshynual Fairchild Reunion at Branch County Memorial Field Contact Mike Kelly 22 Cardishynal Drive COldwater MI49036 517278-7654

JUNE 6-7 - JOHNSTOWN PENNSYLVANIAshyEAA Chapter 633 and Air Force Association Chapter 221 Aviation Day Fly-In of civilian and military aircraft at Cambria County Pennsylvania Airport Contact Bob Gohn 814 266-1055 or Don Fyock 8141266-8737

JUNE 7 - DEKALB ILLINOIS - EAA Chapter 241 Fly-In Breakfast 7 am to noon DeKalbshyTaylor Municipal Airport Contact Jerry Thornshyhill 3121683-2781

JUNE 12-14 - DENTON TEXAS - 25th Annual Texas Chapter AAA Fly-In Denton Municipal Airport Contact Jack Winthrop Rt 1 Box 111 Allen TX 75002 214727-5649

JUNE 12-14- TAHLEQUAH OKLAHOMA-Nashytional Ercoupe Fly-In Contact Skip Carden P O Box 15058 Durham NC 27704

JUNE 14 - AURORA ILLINOIS - EAA Chapter 579 Fly-indrive-in breakfast and airportFBO open house at Aurora Municipal Airport 700 am to noon (Rain date June 21 ) Contact Alan Shackleton 3121466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 3121466-7000

JUNE 14 - ANDERSON INDIANA - EAA Chapshyter 226 Fly-lnIBreakfast Anderson Municipal Airport Contact Chuck Stottlemyer 317643shy5225

JUNE 20 - MENOMINEE MICHIGAN - Aviation Display and Fly-In at Twin County Airport Milshyitary aircraft on static display as well as fly-bys Contact I W Stephenson Box 202 Menominee MI phone 906863-8291

JUNE 20-21 - MORRIS ILLINOIS - Intemashytional Bellanca Club Midwest Region Fly-In at Morris Municipal Airport For high and low wing Bellancas Contact Warren Heitsley 414637shy5809

JUNE 21 - ADAMS WISCONSIN - 7th Annual Fathers Day Fly-In Breakfast sponsored by Adams County Aviation Association Serving 0700 til Pancake breakfast til 12 noon by area Jaycees StatiC Displays crafts antiques etc AlC camping available Contact R F

Davenport b08339-6810 or Adolf Pavelec 6081339-3388

JUNE 21 - MARSHALL MISSOURI - Fly-In breakfast and air show at Marshall Municipal Airport Free breakfast to all flying arrivals Airshyshow 1 00 - 300 All sport aviation types welshycome Contact Tim Reeder 7 E Eastwood Marshall MO 65340 Phone 8161886-2264 or 886-8235

JUNE 25-28 - HAMILTON OHIO - 28th Annual National Waco Reunion Contact National Waco Club 700 Hill Ave Hamilton OH 45015

JUNE 26-28 - DAYTON OHIO - Luscombe Asshysociation National Fly-in at Moraine Airpark Contact Ralph Orndorf 1749 W Stroop Road Kettering OH 45439 or The Luscombe Associshyation 6438 W MillbroOk Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393

JUNE 27-28 - INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA - Inshydiana International Airshow and Trade Expo 87 at Indianapolis Mount Comfort Airport Con shytact Confederate Air Force P O Box 41190 Indianapolis IN 317243-6587

JUNE 28 - BARRINGTON ILLINOIS - 1987 Mill Rose Farm Breakfast Fly-In Rain date Sunshyday July 5th Contact Bill Rose 65 S Barshyrington Road Barrington IL 60010

JULY 3-5 - ALLIANCE OHIO - Annual Taylorshycraft Fly-In Reunion with food fly-bys forums fellowship and possibly a tour of the original Taylorcraft factory exterior including the old runway buildings and final assembly hangar Contact Bruce Bixler 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748

JULY 3-5 - BLAKESBURG IOWA - Aeronca Fly-In at Antique Airfield Open to all Fly-out forums awards Contact AAA Rt 2 Box 172 Ottumwa IA 52501 515938-2773

JULY 5-9 - MONTICELLO NEW YORK - 6th Annual Short Wing Piper Club Convention at Sullivan County Airport Convention headquarshyters at Stevensville Country Club 4 miles away in Swan Lake NY Contact Kurt J Schneider Easton Road Box 679 Revere PA 18953 215847-2501

JULY 10-19 - LOCK HAVEN PENNSYLVANIA - Sentimental Journey To Cub Haven Fly-In to celebrate Fifty Years of Aviation History paying tribute to William T Pipers contribution to aviation history Contact Irving L Perry P O Box J-3 Lock Haven PA 17745 Phone (days) 717893-4201

JULY 10-12 - MINDEN NEBRASKA- National Stinson Club Fly-In Contact George and Linda Leamy 117 Lanford Road Spartanburg SC 29301 803576-9698

JULY 11-12 - MANKATO MINNESOTA - EAA Chapter 642 Annual Aviaton Swap Meet at Mankato Airport 8 am to 5 pm Annual Fly-In Breakfast Sunday 7 am to noon Contact Bob Holtorf 208 Capri Drive Mankato MN 56001507625-4476 or Walt Groskurth 5071 388-5926

JULY 11-12 - CELINA OHIO - 3rd Annual Northwestern Ohio Stearman Fly-In and Lakefield Jamboree at Lakefield Airport Pig Roast - Saturday breakfast - Sunday Contact 419268-2565

JULY 17-19 - ARLINGTON WASHINGTON shy18th Annual Northwest EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention at Arlington Airport Forums workshops commercial exhibits fly market judging and award programs Contact

AI Burgemeister Director of Services 17507 SE 293rd Place Kent Washington 2061631shy9194

JULY 19-24 - SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA - 19th Annual Convention of the International Cessna 170 Association at Montgomery Field Primary motel is the new Holiday Inn on the airport Contact Duane or Prieta Shockey 619278shy9676 or Association Headquarters 4171741shy6557

JULY 23-26 - SUN RIVER OREGON - Internashytiona I 180185 Club National Convention Conmiddot tact Joe Stancil 3119 Lo-Hi Court Placerville CA 95667 or phone 916622-6232 days

JULY 24-26 - COFFEYVILLE KANSAS - Funk Aircraft Owners Association Annual Fly-In Games judging trophies Saturday night banshyquet Contact Ray Pahls 454 South Summitshylawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920

JULY 31-AUGUST 7 - OSHKOSH WISCONSIN - Worlds Greatest Aviation Event Experishymental Aircraft Association International Fly-In and Sport Aviation Exhibition Contact John Burton EAA Headquarters Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 10-14 - FOND DU LAC WISCONSIN - Annual lAC Championships Contact Shashyron Heuer 758 Grovewood Drive Cordova TN 38018 phone 901 756-7800

AUGUST 14-16 - BLAKESBURG IOWA - Anshynual AAA Reunion for members only Antique Airfield Contact AAA Rt 2 Box 172 Otshytumwa IA 52501 phone 5151938-2773

AUGUST 28-30 - SUSSEX NEW JERSEY -Sussex Air Show 87 at Sussex Airport Conshytact Paul G Styger 201 875-7337 or 875shy9919

AUGUST 29-30 - SCHENECTADY NEW YORK - Flight 87 Airshow sponsored by American Red Cross and Empire State Aerosciences Museum at Schenectady County Airport featurshying Concorde USAF Thunderbirds Golden Knight Parachute Team military and civilian ground displays and demonstrations Contact Frank Goodway Director Flight 87 419 Mohawk Mall Schenectady NY 12304 5181 382-0041

SEPTEMBER 6 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISshyCONSIN - 7th Annual Antique Transportation Show and Fly-In 10 am to 4 pm Sponsored by EAA Chapter 706 and Central Wisconsin Model T Club Contact Bob Affeldt 715325shy2470 or Joe Norris 715886-3261

SEPTEMBER 9-13 - GALESBURG ILLINOISshyAnnual Stearman Fly-In Massive surplus parts sale camping etc Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 60014

SEPTEMBER 11-13 - SANTA YNEZ CALIFORshyNIA - West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Anshynual Fall Fly-In and Membership Meeting Conshytact Lloyd Sorensen 805688-3169 or Lou AImiddot laire 408659-2752

SEPTEMBER 17-20 - RENO NEVADA - 1987 Reno Air Races at Stead Airfield Contact Reno Air Races P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505

SEPTEMBER 18-20 - JACKSONVILLE ILshyLINOIS - 3rd Annual Stinson Fly-In and Reunshyion Seminars on Franklins re-covering and modifications Banquet on Saturday night Flyshyouts contests fly market camping at field Contact Loran Nordgren 815469-9100 or write 4 West Nebraska Frankfort IL 60423

OCTOBER 1-4 - GARDNER KANSAS - 12th Annual International Cessna 12011 40 Assn Convention at Gardner Municipal Airport Conshytact Ralph Campbell 913236-8613

OCTOBER 9-11 - TAHLEQUAH OKLAHOMAshy30th Annual Tulsa Fly-In at Tahlequah Municishypal Airport Contact Charles W Harris 119 =ast 4th Street Tulsa OK 74103 phone 9181 585-1591

OCTOBER 9-11 - TAHLEQUAH OKLAHOMAshy7th Anual National Bucker Fly-In held in conshyjunction with Tulsa Fly-In at Tahlequah Municshyipal Airport Contact Frank Price Route 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

JOHNNY BOUTELLER

AND HIS

N3N-3

by Mary Jones (EAA 203857 AlC 9002) 223 West 114th Court Jenks OK 74037

(Photos by the author except as noted)

It started 12 years ago in Mesa Arizona at Falcon Field Johnny Boutelshyler then Chief Pilot for Frates Propershyties Co of Tulsa Oklahoma was followshying up leads on biplanes for sale This was the way he usually spent his time in between flights He was looking for an open cockpit Waco During World War II as a flight instructor at Wiley Post

Johnny Bouteller proudly poses with his N3N-3

Airport in Oklahoma City he flew over 1200 hours giving dual instruction in the Civilian Pilot Training (CPT) program in Waco F-2s and UPF-7s He developed a strong attachment to Wacos and vowed someday he would own one

On this particular day in 1975 howshyever he saw a sight that changed his mind completely about the kind he would buy He saw the inside of a Navy N3N-3

I couldnt believe my eyes Johnny said The N3N-3 was built like a bridge Most biplanes at that time were of tube and fabric construction with wood wings Here was a pre-WW II bipshy

lane made of extruded aluminum with riveted metal gussets and metal wings

It didnt take Johnny long to decide hed rather have a biplane constructed in that manner He later learned more about the history of this airplane

The N3N-3 was designed and deshyveloped by the US Navy in the late 1930s at the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia Pennsylvania It was used for both seaplane and landplane trainshying Some of the first production models on floats were delivered to NAS Penshysacola Florida In its seaplane configshyuration it was assigned to the Naval Academy where flight instructors and

Boutellers 1940 N3N-3 is SIN 1974 with FAA registry N3NZ 6 JUNE 1987

This is how N3N-3 SIN 1974 looked when Bouteller acquired it in Calpatria CA

The structure of the N3N is all metal including the wing spars and ribs

Bouteller and Bill Reif install the instruments

Elmo Mauer tapes a wing panel The covering process is Stits

students christened it the Yellow Peril because of its canary yellow color

Between April 1940 and January 1942 816 N3N-3s were produced and delivered After that time the Navy stopped producing them and brought the Stearman N2S into service

The N3N-3 sometimes mistaken for the Stearman has the distinction of being the last biplane to serve in the military In the 1950s those at the Naval Academy were retired from service and disposed of as surplus Because of their rugged construction many Ns were put into service as crop dusters

Yes Johnny bought the N3N-3 N2860 that day in Mesa After getting it back home in Tulsa he flew it every chance he could get in between his corporate flights I loved that airplane Johnny said

When asked why he sold it in 1984 Johnny remarked I knew Id be retiring someday and I had decided my first reshytirement project would be putting toshygether an N3N-3 I knew if I had a flyshyable N I would never get to the restoshyration project So I sold N2860 after I retired

Five years before Johnny had started collecting N3N parts Id make the rounds of all the airplane junk yards on my time off between flights Johnny said He claims he knows every airplane graveyard in the states of California and Arizona He finally found his basket case in Calpatria California in 1983 It was an N3N-3 fuselage He also negotiated there for the lower wings The fuselage looked more like the carcass of a picked-over steer From then on his search for parts beshycame an intriguing scavenger hunt which took him all over the country

I remember the day I found the center section in Madera California and brought it back to Tulsa in the baggage compartment of the Lear I was flying No one knew it was on board I found the Wright Whirlwind R-760-8 in Mesa Arizona and the top wing in Chandler Arizona added Johnny He discovered the oil tank in an abandoned field at Vero Beach Florida Someone had cut a gew gashes in it Undaunted he had it repaired and installed it in the airplane

The motor mount and gas tank came from Strongsville Ohio just outside of Cleveland A Tempe Arizona junk pile relinquished the wind screens and the carburetor air box The rudder pedals were found in EI Cajon California The flying wires landing wires aileron conshytrol rods as well as other miscellaneous parts came from Madera California I had a difficult time locating a nose bowl but I finally located one in Vacaville California he added

The restoration project started inDeshycember 1983 picked up speed when the Navy extended an invitation to Johnny and five other Tulsa biplane

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7

Bouteller spraying silver on the right lower wing panel outside As is usually the case many friends helped with this restoration his hangar at Tulsas Jones-Riverside Airport Here Doug Philpot (L) and Marv Sullinger mount the Wright R-760

owners to participate in the 75th Anshyniversary of Naval Aviation Celebration at NAS Pensacola the first week in May 1986

Johnny worked 10 to 14 hours per day seven days per week to finish his airplane in time to go on the Pensacola Adventure I really put in the hours said Johnny The 1200 mile roundtrip to Pensacola was the planes first cross-country after restoration

I had lots of help Johnny said An old-timer friend of mine Elmo Mauer did the covering and helped with the sanding He also taught my friend Mary Jones how to do the rib stitching She made the baggage compartment which she copied from an original I had borshyrowed from Woodland California he said

Bill Reif then Chief Pilot for the Wilshyliams Company in Tulsa spent some Saturdays helping me install instrushyments and do other chores which were more easily done with two people The hanging of the engine was like a stage production with at least a half dozen friendly experts helping under the guishydance of engine mechanic Marvin Sulshy

lenger Jr Two years previously Sulshylenger had overhauled the engine

I was very lucky to have another N3N-3 at the airport to use as a pattern smiled Johnny N45254 owned by my rib-stitcher Mary Jones was close by and I could always double check things on it In fact when I couldn t locate a brake bracket I ended up removing one from Marys airplane and using it for a pattern to have one custom made said Johnny

It was a big day when I fired up the engine for the first time Johnny said I was so eager to fire it up I didnt wait to put on the wings She purred like a kitten

It wasn t long after that when friends Gene OBrien and Doug Philpot helped me to install the wings I followed the book to do the rigging and did it right the first time It came out great Johnny said

The plane painted in Coast Guard colors had its first flight on April 13 1986 a Saturday morning when the galshylery present would have made the Wright brothers envious Ive been flyshying it ever since said Johnny Its a

dream to fly With his conversion to the N3N-3

Bouteller has since become known as the N3N-3 expert in his part of the counshytry He frequently receives telephone calls for help from other would-be N restorers and is always very responshysive His only prior experience in restorshying an airplane was a 1935 Wiley Post Model A biplane (see THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE March 1973) Johnny learned to fly in a Wiley Post The one he restored NC13961 SIN 12 is now in the Oklahoma City Air Space Museum

John Bouteller has been flying since he was 17 years old when he won the Wiley Post biplane in a scholastic comshypetition Ive never done any1hing else but fly for a living said John Ive been very lucky During his 40-plus years of flying he has accumulated 23000 hours He retired as Chief Pilot for Vikshying Petroleum in 1984 He has an ATP license rated in DC-3 B-25 Sabreliner Lear Jet Falcon Lodestar B-26 B-34 Hes also a Pilot Proficiency Examiner (PPE) for the Lear bull

First engine run Aircraft is chocked and secured to the vehicle As seen through the wires of a Stearman Bouteller gives a Note fire extinguisher nearby friend a ride over the hills and lakes of northeast Oklahoma 8 JUNE 1987

NOTICE OF ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EM Antique Classic Division will be held on Friday August 7 1987 at 1000 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 35th Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Associshyation Inc Wittman Field Oshshykosh Wisconsin

Notice is hereby further given that the annual election of officers and directors of the EM Antique Classic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the memshybers along with this June issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be retumed properly marked to the Ballot Tally Comshymittee EM AntiqueClassic Divishysion Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 30 1987

The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candishydates

Kelly Viets Vice-President

E E Buck Hilbert Treashysurer

John S Copeland Director

Stan Gomoll Director

Dale A Gustafson Director

Daniel F Neuman Director

Philip Coulson Director

William A (Bill) Eickhoff Inshyterim Director

M C KELLY VIETS Lyndon Kansas

A native of Kansas Kelly entered the consulting engineering field in 1938 and spent World War II designing airports and base facilities for the U S govemshyment He started his own engineering firm Viets Consulting Engineers in 1954 which he has now tumed over to his eldest son

Kelly spent a lot of his younger days around Kansas City Municipal and Fairshyfax Airports where he witnessed Benny Howards Ike make its first flights and the Travel Air Mystery Ship on the way to Cleveland He soloed in a 7AC Champ in 1946 and has owned an Ershycoupe since 1966 He has restored a 194014-12 Bellanca and a 1947108-2 Stinson Station Wagon

He and his wife Edna started the Inshytemational Ercoupe Association in 1972 and put out a monthly newsletter for seven years to Ercoupe lovers world wide

He served on the EM Aviation Founshydation Board from 1974 to 1983 He served as a Director on the AlC Board from 1972 and became Secretary of the AlC Division in 1980 He resigned from both positions when he retired in 1983

In 1985 Kelly was elected to a two-year term as Vice-President of the Antique Classic Division Kelly and Edna have 3 children and live on the Pomona Lake Airport in the Flying R subdivision

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began leaming the pilots point of view while working as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65LA Chief in October 1941

He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in 8-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationalist Pilots twin engine transition

Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9

II NOTICE OF ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING II

the 24th Infantry Division A most reshywarding and memorable experience he reports

Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilberts Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyable old airplanes Buck is a retired United Airlines captain

Buck is no stranger to the Antique Classic Division He is past president having served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviashytion Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on active duty in the U S Air Force from 1955-58 attaining the rank of captain in the USAF reserve

Jack holds a commercial pilot license with a flight instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties

He has been an active volunteer at the last ten annual Conventions serving at various times as Classic Parking CoshyChairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the Antique 10 JUNE 1987

Classic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship

Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA inshyvolvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Cub on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewshyman on B-29s based at Guam Stan reshyceived his AampE license in 1949 at Sparshytan School of Aeronautics then reshyturned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport

In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechaniC progressing to Flight Engineer Co-pilot and he curshyrently flies as Second Officer on Boeing 747s

Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and flies a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 CUb Over the years he has restored many airplanes

Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Adshyvisor and elected to the Board of Direcshytors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minshyneapolis area

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis Indiana

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Inshydiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance

Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronautics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a flight instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAIR He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time beshytween Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip

Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson Vshy77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He curshyrently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearshyman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small airport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of sevshyeral organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is serving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

DANIEL F NEUMAN Minneapolis Minnesota

Dan soloed a Fairchild KR-31 in 1935 and obtained his AampP license while still in high school in Detroit Michigan His first job was in final assembly at Stinson Aircraft Corporation in 1938 Later he was employed by Warner Aircraft Corp in the engine testing department

Prior to WW II he was chief pilot for an FBO at Detroit City Airport flying Stinson Model un Trimotors Sikorsky S-38 amphibians Wacos Stinsons etc Dan was also a flight instructor in the C P T program

In 1942 he was hired by Northwest Orient Airlines and flew as captain from 1943 until retirement in 1978

He has been actively interested in vintage aircraft since 1947 owning and restoring various types including a Beech Staggerwing Spartan Execushytive Stinson Reliant MQnocoupe Waco etc In 1968 he won the AM Grand Champion Award with his Curtiss JN4-D and the EM Grand Champion Award in 1982 with his Buhl LA-1 Pup

Dan owns and operates Midland Avishyation Co an F BD in Minneapolis He was named an Advisor in 1982 and elected to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in January 1985

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a farm in southwestshyern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PTshy23 owned and flown by Horace Sacshykett a local pilot and AampP Twentyshyyears later Horace would be Phils guidshying light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF

Phil learned to fly off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instruction and solo flying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the years he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft Tri-Pacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their Kinner-powered 1930middot INF They also own a Model G Bonanza

Phils military career consisted of four years in the US Air Force during the Korean War

Phil is a lifetime EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil has been chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh for the past seven years He was appointed advisor to the AnshytiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulshysons live in Lawton Michigan

WILLIAM A (BILL) EICKHOFF St Petersburg Florida

Bill s interest in aviation started in the late 60s when he had his first flight in a J-3 Cub with Freddie Quinn his father-in-law He later obtained his prishyvate pilots license His dedication to flyshying building and restoring aircraft led to his involvement with the Sun n Fun EM Fly-Inn some 13 years ago Bill has been a member of EAA since 1972 and participates through Chapter 47 in St Petersburg Bill has served as Presshyident of the Sun n Fun EM Fly-In for the last four years He is also a member of the Florida Sport Aviation Antique amp Classic Association

Bill is a principal of Eickhoff amp Pieper Inc an independent registered investshyment management company

Bill his wife Suzy and their son Jusshytin live in S1 Petersburg Florida

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

c Floating quietly at the Brennand Seashy~ plane Base during Oshkosh 85 is Piper a Tri-Pacer N8872D SIN 22-6046 mounted 0 on Edo 89-2000 floats and flown by JoeE l5 Devorak of Route 4 Fergus Falls MNz

56537 The pretty blue amp white seaplane lJ features drooped wingtips and stall

~ 0 fences for improved performance

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Interesting Members

by S H Wes Schmid (EAA 3113 AlC 6688) 2359 Lefeber Avenue Wauwatosa WI 53213

(Photos from T C Weaver Collection)

Truman C Pappy Weaver

It was exciting this first air show he ever attended And little wonder with stars such as Johnny Livingston Art Davis Florence Klingensmith even Travel Air test pilot Clarence Clark demshyonstrating the fabulous Mystery Ship which Doug Davis had earlier that month won the Thompson Cup race at Cleveland

The occasion was the Sioux Falls South Dakota Air FairAir Races Sepshy

tember 16-21 1929 The townspeople had never seen flying like this before shythe tight military formations the precise loops incredibly fast snap rolls in the nimble new Waco Taperwings breathshytaking spins that continued almost to the ground the throaty bellow of big enshygines as brightly colored aircraft pershyformed unbelievable stunts A far cry from the occasional barnstormer who passed through the area with a battered old Jenny

But to 12-year-old Truman Weaver the most impressive part of the show was the excitement generated as pilots chased one another around the race course They flew so low their props acshytually stirred up dust as they skimmed the ground fighting for position Roundshying pylons their wing tips appeared to scrape the grass These pilots were special Biggest winner and the pilot

Pappy and Rita Weaver

Weaver most admired was Johnny Livingston (Little did Weaver realize that one day he would not only meet the great Livingston but would also develop a close friendship with him in later years)

From that first air show Weavers life would never be the same The aviation bug had bitten Hard

Fortunately the city fathers of Sioux Falls followed up their 1929 success by scheduling Air FairAir Race events again in 1930 and 1931 These were magic for Weaver as he saw many fashymous pilots compete - the likes of Steve Wittman Harold Neuman Jim Haizlip Frank Hawks Art Chester and scores of others Their exploits on the race course only increased his admirashytion for these heros of the pylons Like many boys of that era Weaver read evshyerything he could find on aviaton He went further by clipping newspaper artishycles collecting photos gathering every scrap of information he could find and keeping detailed files on pilots aircraft and the various race events around the country Already at this early stage he concentrated on air race subjects This was the beginning of what has grown today into one of the worlds most comshyplete files of information on air racing during the golden age - 1929 through 1939 It has almost made Truman Pappy Weaver one of the worlds most knowledgeable experts of that period

Weaver was born in Donnellson Iowa in 1917 but the family moved to South Dakota when he was very young He graduated from Sioux Falls high school in 1934 and like practically everyone from that depression period found work was scarce He held a varishyety of temporary jobs including a stint in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCG) program When the European war started he tried to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force It was not to be He did however get in the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) at Sioux Falls Pappy during a Stan-Eval flight in a B-25 in 1956 at Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio

12 JUNE 1987

Jim Clevenger leaves the cockpit of the beautiful full-scale replica he built of the Wedell-Williams Racer No 44 on the ramp at Patterson LA as Pappy Weaver looks on

where flying time was logged in Portershyfields and Waco UPF-7s In October 1942 he joined the Army Air Force Later as a cadet he took primary trainshying at Pine Bluff Arkansas and earned his wings and commission after comshypleting advanced at Lubbock Texas in June 1944 He spent 22 years in sershyvice eventually flying 50 different milishytary aircraft types - recip and jet shywhile accumulating over 20000 flying hours He held command pilot rating FAA commercial license mUlti-engine land and sea instrument and CFII ratshyings

In 1964 he retired from the Air Force with the rank of Major During the Koshyrean conflict he flew 110 combat misshysions and earned two DFCs and four Air Medals Prior to retirement he served as assistant airfield manager of Scott Air Force Base in Illinois

He next spent 12 years with the US Civil Service as operations and airfield manager spending time among other things flying politicians and officials for the State of Missouri and the University of Missouri At all times Weaver conshytinued to add to his bulging air racing files He was constantly on the lookout for additional material traveling thousands of miles on occasion to intershyview partiCipants collecting pictures accurately recording race results

There have been many myths and inshyaccuracies connected with past races that in time became accepted fact and much of Weavers research has uncoshyvered and corrected many of these ershyrors He wrote hundreds of articles that have been published in major aviation publications The Smithsonian Institute Air Force Museum and many other avishyation organizations engaged his sershyvices for various research projects Aushythors in particular beat a path to Weavers door when preparing manushyscripts dealing with pre-war air racing And he is always obliging He has beshycome recognized as the ultimate aushy

thority on the pilots the racing aircraft and the events in which they flew shywhether the big ones at Cleveland Los Angeles Chicago - or the reg ional or even the smallest local event

In 1958 while still on active duty Weaver began a monthly series of artishycles on air racing for EAAs Sport Aviashytion These proved to be one of the most popular series ever presented in the magazine as many of those early EAA members could well remember those glorious days of air racing at Cleveland Reproduction of this series served as the backbone for the book The Golden Age of Air Racing - Pre 1940 co-aushythored with S H Wes Schmid and published by the EAA Air Museum Foundation in 1963 (In 1982 this pubshylication was totally revised and exshypanded into two volumes and is curshyrently available from EAA Aviation Foundation Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 for $1495 each shyplease add $200 postage and handling for each VOlume)

Other books Weaver authored inshyclude Sixty Rare Racing Aircraft Roarshying Army Rs and Three Fingers of Death Unfortunately these books are no longer in print His thoroughly reshysearched articles continue to appear periodically in both Sport Aviation and the EAA AntiqueClassic Divisionss The Vintage Airplane

Although all the big race events have been well documented Weaver has in recent years concentrated research on the smaller regional races - the events nobody but the local paper covered There were hundreds of these races some held in very small towns way back in the boonies Weavers research has already uncovered interesting aspects connected with these events For many towns it was the highlight of the year

Schools and factories actually closed so people could attend the show to be thrilshyled by the close military formations and the buzzing of grandstands that would permanently ground a pilot immediately if done today But in the early 30s - it was part of the show Oftentimes these small shows offered opportunities to asshypiring race pilots to test the waters shyto find out if they had what it takes to be a big time race pilot Additionally these competitions proved to be good places to shake out the bugs when testshying modifications or new race designs Of equal importance who is to say what impact these events had on young imshypreSSionable minds and what careers may have been formulated because of the antics of a few daredevils of the sky

Following World War II and a renewal of interest in air racing sparked by the newly formed 190 cu in class (Goodyear) plus the easily acquired surplus fighter aircraft that were modshyified for racing Weaver now took an acshytive part in the race scene His professhysionalism knowledge and dedication to the sport of air racing was quickly recshyognized and it was not long before he became operations director for many of the biggest races scheduled In addition to his handling events in St Louis Fort Lauderdale Cleveland Cape May Miami and other events in Texas and Illinois he was involved in many of the eastern regional Formula 1 biplane Tshy6 and unlimited events during the 50s 60s and 70s Weaver gained the reshyspect of all ranks within the race comshymunity and was known for his ability to work efficiently with pilots promoters officials publicity groups ticket takers or timers Part of the secret involved in these smooth running operations was

(Continued on Page 22)

Truman C Pappy Weaver retired Air Force pilot poses with a Beech Staggerwing at the Wedell-Williams Aviation Museum at Patterson LA Pappy was named curator of the museum

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

Flying A Classic Why Not

The Schaffner Cessna 195 N4308V SIN 7215 over Pennsylvania farmland

by Herbert A Schaffner (EAA 83258 Ale 10829) 145 Park Avenue Hummelstown PA 17036

A Cessna 195 that was put together in 1947 carries the designation as a Classic by the EAA Classic may mean according to Websters of the highest class most representative of the excellence of its kind having recogshynized worth famous as traditional or typical Whatever definition the classishyfiers at EAA had in mind the 195s are like most airplanes something special Their speciality rests on their design criteria more based in 1930s than in the war years and their designers obshyjectives providing a business airplane for the post-World War II airplane boom The boom never amounted to even a puff yet the airplanes are still around Of the 1200 or so made 550 to 650 will be flying every year

Lets examine the proposition Flying a Classic - Why Not and see how such a pastime stands with airplane flyshying in general 14 JUNE 1987

Well for one thing you get a lot of nice comments about your airplane and that is at the very least gratifying I mean lets admit it a person gets some gratification when someone else says Your home is beautiful or Your car is a gem or Your wife looks stunning today Its the same thing with an airplane The airplane of course is only seen around airplane places and looked at by airplane people so when a comshyment is made its likely to be meaningshyful Also with a Classic you find that airplane people no matter how old they are have a sentimental if not a love for the planes of the 1930s and 40s And so airplane watchers looking at a 195 or a Staggerwing or a Cub know it is a ship from the golden days of yestershyday even if they are not quite sure what kind it is

It is not unusual and its kind of nice on a cross-country to hear the ground controller or even the tower operator say as you taxi by Fine looking airplane Sometimes its even grander than that For example picture four air-

Herbert A Schaffner and his custom Cessna 195

craft parked on the ramp three corposhyrate jets of various sizes and a big old radial engine taildragger Who was walking around what airplane and lookshying at every corner of it Four or five young men in white shirts with epaulets dark blue ties pol ished shoes obvishyously belonging to the corporate jets giving that old taildragger a thorough pre-flight Can you believe that they would even say to the blushing owner Boy some people really travel in style It happens so one thing about a Classic is that people say nice things to you

Nice comments are one thing but for the general aviation recreational flyer there is one overriding concern these days - COST Everything about an airplane is expensive too expensive and almost everyone who regularly flies his own airplane or a rented one makes a personal sacrifice of one kind or another A lot of cost items that a pilot meets are constant without regard to what kind of airplane he flies Hangar rent or tie-down space doesnt vary Gas costs the same amount if you put it in a 1985 Cessna 172 or a 1952 TrishyPacer The same holds true with a new radio or annual insurance So for routine costs the classic flyer is not penalized or isn t any better off than a pilot of a recently put together Piper Saratoga Two other areas of cost reshymain acquisition and maintenance Lets look at acquisition first and comshypare for openers restoring an oldie and buying brand new Well equip the airplanes with a transponder two stateshyof-the-art transceivers and OME And lets set out some performance data so we get reasonable comparable airplanes

TABLE A

Fuel Useful Consumption Load Cruise

Cessna 195 145 1OOOlbs 145MPH Saratoga 12 1OOOlbs 160MPH Cessna 182 12 7501bs 140MPH

A quick examination and comparison of the above statistics reveals that the listed aircraft have similar performance norms As noted before its going to cost the same to hangar one as the other Too new radios in an older bird are just as salty as for a new one What about acquisition costs Well first of all we are not comparing apples with apshyples were sort of sizing up tangerines with oranges A comparison for examshyple of the cost of a 1947 Stinson 108 just found in a garage in pieces without fabric cannot reasonably be made with a newly manufactured Taylorcraft So lets narrow the difference in the models compared a little bit One way to do that is to hang a new engine on our classic give her at the same time a new paint

job and put in some black boxes For a 195 the figures could look like this

TABLE B

New engine installed $1000000 New paint job 250000 Two new Mark 120s 450000 Transponder 50000 OME 200000 Strobe amp rotating beacon 50000

$2000000

Looking at Trade-A-Plane we can acquire an airframe on which to put our new engine for anywhere from $8000 to $14000 Accepting $11000 as an average we can accomplish our acquisshyition and restoration of a classic 195 for $31 000

The last time you could purchase a new Piper Saratoga with the same equipment the cost was $155000 The last time you could acquire a new Cessna 182 similarly equipped the cost would be $105000 To make sure we have comparable airplanes well even spruce up our classic a little on the inside Well put in some rugs a headliner reupholster the seats and spray a little paint Lets spend $250 doing that and then lets rollout on the tarmac and place in a row our three comparable airplanes - a Cessna 195 a Cessna 182 and a Piper Saratoga Three beautiful airplanes and the one on the left the classic may depending upon which way your pershysonal preferences lie be considered the prettiest of all But it has a tremendous advantage aside from looks That reshystored airplane costs $70000 less than the 182 and $120000 less than the Piper

The cost figures as set forth above for the classic are about as high as we can reasonably go If you and the old heads around the airport where you keep your classic paint it yourselves and do a major overhaul instead of takshying the aircraft to a commercial shop for painting and buying a new engine you could probably take $7000 off the total cost of the airplane bringing it down from about $35000 to $28000 If you only want one radio and no OME you just saved $420000 Either way there are a lot of automobiles on the road today that cost as much as the classic we just restored In reality though classic owners are for the most part going to do a lot of the necessary work on their airplanes themselves spendshying hours instead of dollars and so again the costs estimated here are high

What about maintenance Well the classic lover might suffer a little here Older things are going to wear out or need attention sooner than new (Got to be some argument about that premshyise) But do we ever have some money

to play with when you consider the money we saved in acquisition Overall even spending more for maintenance in money spent were way ahead

Theres another aspect of the mainteshynance question which thoroughly enshyriches the whole proposition of flying and maintaining a classic Aircraft parts and aircraft knowledge with regard to a classic are not the kind of things that are always readily available In fact most frequently access to parts and knowledge about the parts isn t found a fingertip distance away But when either one of those things is needed the classic flyer makes a tremendous discovery There exists a legion of people who know about your airplane and who know where parts are scatshytered and those fellows are spread from hamlet to hamlet from city to city across this country Most of them are now retired and all of them love flying love airplanes love their flying experishyences and if they know a lot about your particular model love it Their combined knowledge of old airplanes is priceless and while their demeaner and language is sometimes rough their insistence on helping once you make a contact is unrelenting Sometimes they are hard to pay What would I do with the

money and you better say Thank you and offer a ride and thats about it That kind of help is a universe away from flying your airplane into a large maintenance facility dictating a work order and returning in four weeks with your checkbook Its another thing that makes flying a classic a very special experience

So much for tangible things like costs and maintenance that have to be conshysidered when you evaluate flying a classic What about intangible things Thats what makes finally and absoshylutely our case Every owner of a classic has his own list of intangible deshylights in flying his own airplane and some of those delights probably he never even talks about The pleasures are there nevertheless For a 195er some intangibles might be

1 Pride that you can land and fly that particular airplane with its reputation

2 Simple affection for taildragger and more simple affection because its a big taildragger

3 Joy at hearing the sound of the engine in starting and idling

4 Good-humored indulgence at the puffs of beautiful blue smoke that so often accompany a start

5 The stability of its cruising ride 6 The roominess of its cockpit Any owner of any classic could make

his list go on an on but having started this one and having thought about things to add to the list Im convinced that flying a classic is the thing to do As a matter of fact thinking about the whole proposition has made me a little restless I think Ill run out to the airport bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

I

1986 Antic Photo Con

by Jack M McCarth~ 14132 South Keele

The 1986 AntiqueClassic Photo ContE the number of entries from the previous Chicago suburb of Cicero on January 31 as moderator

The following highly qualified photogra bardi Lee Fray Jim Cardis Eric Lundahl in the Air-to-Air category

For information on the 1987 contest cc at the above address or phone 312371-1

1 Ground to Ground - 1st place - Robert Majk 2 Ground to Ground - 2nd Place - Jimmy Rolli 3 Ground to Ground - 3rd Place - IW Stept 4 Ground to Air - 1st Place - Marcia Sullivar 5 Contest Judges (L-R) Bill Lombardi Ray

Koston (Moderator) and Dan Hans SGround to Air - 2nd Place - Audra Powers 7 7 Ground to Airmiddot 3rd Place - Ken Nisbet 21 8 Judges Choice - Steve Geeting 1300 Hlllt

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eClassic est Winners EAA 87959 AlC 2698) Crestwood IL 60445

was a great success with more than double The contest judging was held in the

presided over by Ted Koston who served

served as judges Dan Hans Bill LomshyRay Prucha Again there were no entries

Jack McCarthy photo contest chairman

W Sutherland Hoffman Estates IL 60195 Box 370449 Montara CA 94037-0449

Box 202 Menominee MI 49858-0202 Crooked Post Spring TX n373 Eric Lundahl Lee Fray Jim Cardls Ted

Photo by Jack McCarthy

11 st Avenue NW Grand Rapids MN 55744 Ettels Lane Apt 103 Clarksville IN 47130 ) Drive Cement City MI 49233

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

OLUtlEERS A Boollt Of Heroes

by Art Morgan and Bob Brauer

The patch Now what the heck is he talking about What in the Sam Hill is the patch Like John W would say Well let me tell ya little fella The patch is the EAA AntiqueClassic Divishysion Volunteer Patch Isnt it nice Sure but how do you get it The answer is simple You have to work 15 hours or more at the EAA Convention at Oshshykosh You say thats a lot of hours and youre on vacation and all well you know how it is

No I dont know how it is Let me shoot some numbers at you In 1986 at our annual cluster of airplane madness we (the AntiqueClassic Division) had a total of 142 volunteers Of that number 88 - yes 88 - worked 15 hours or more That my dear EAAer is 62 Thats an impressive number and I would say the highest Conventionshywide Now why do you think that was It certainly wasnt because the weather was perfect No matter how hard P H P tried we still had some crud Was it the high pay No although the benefits are great It was because of the friends you meet re-meet and make Also the fun the boisterous laughs the hard work the long hours the feeling of belonging the rain down your neck and the patch

To wear the patch with the annual chevrons sets you the 15-hour volunshyteer apart Its not something the majorshyity of attendees have done but the majority of those who work with us have achieved

Last years Convention was the most successful ever thanks in great part to the dedicated men and women who volshyunteered their time and talents We could not have done it without those people lovers

Only people lovers would express sentiments like

Volunteering makes my Convention complete

Its great working here especially meeting people and making new friends

What a great feeling it is to be back working this year with other volunteers

Many of our workers donate their time

and services year after year under the scorching sun in torrential rains and frequently in fine weather but they all agree they have fun

How much time is enough That is difficult to say but one thing is certain their time spent working with us is the stuff of a great Convention

In recognition of the dedicated work done by our volunteers we call attenshytion to the following men and women who have earned the Round engine patch award for serving the Division for 15 or more hours at Oshkosh 86

Name - Hours Worked

William (Bill) Mitchell -36 Brett Howard - 84 James (Jim) Mahoney - 88 Dick Doughty - 61 5 Jerry Hanson - 36 Rebecca Steuer - 56 Larry Agathen - 70 Gloria Beecroft - many Paul Beecroft - many Don Morrissette - 47 Geof L Robison - 38 Dani Sandlin - many Geoffrey Foote - 475 Barbara Miles - 44 Ann Howard - 405 Brad Payne - 37 Steve Payne - 40 Glenn A Loy - manymiddot Lee Mahoney - 48

Sue Tupper - 50 Don Tupper - 50 Mike Doyle - many Kirk Telhelm - 355 Dan Betzoldt - 21 5 Tim Francke - 255 Ben Olcot - 35 Bill Olcot - 20 Jim Thomas - 15 Bobby Johnson - 17 Greg A Beyer - 255 Konrad Schoen - 21 5 John Spencer - 21 Ted Peterson - 24 Vic ONeill - 265 Earl Nicholas - 225 Art Maynard - 16 Howard Nelson - 24 Bob Mason - 28 James Coleman - 16 Robert Fowler - 18 John G Finiello - 295 Kenneth Gamble - 16 Dwayne Green - 19 Michael Hewett - 33 Carrie Green - 15 Ron Johnson - 18 Scott Landschoot - 15 Brian Marquis - 23 Don Nash - 21 Anna Osborn - 165 Ken A Otte - 15 Oneil Gederos 33 Keith Swalheim - 33 Dave Yeoman - 19 Ray A Hinklin - 205 Selene Bloedorn - 37 Eugene F Dencock - 56 R Kuntz - 31 5 Stan Gomoll - manymiddot George Siavicek - 20 Kathleen Siavicek - 22 Richard Swalheim - 175 Dova Payne - 27 Jeff Hinklin - 295 Susan Peckham - 16 Robert E Johnson - 185 Joseph (Joe) Gula - 17 Karl F Ellshoff - 16 Marilyn Loy - 20 Jim Pedeareux - 28


18 JUNE 1987

by Dennis Parks

1910 - A NOVEL YEAR

American aviation in 1908-09 began to have an impact on the public conscishyence Tens of thousands of people saw the Wrights fly at Ft Myer in 1908 and 1909 In February 1909 Congress recshyognized the Wrights work and in July Curtiss won the Scientific American Trophy

In September of 1909 thousands of New Yorkers saw Wilbur Wright fly from Governors Island around the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson River past Grants Tomb

During 1910 both the Wrights and Curtiss opened flying schools and orshyganized aerial exhibition teams Across the country the public was given a chance at county fairs circuses and at organized flying meets to witness first hand the new technical wonder These exhibitions and meets were extremely popular and they exposed the public all across the land to flying

One sign of the public response and growing interest in aviation could be seen in its appearance as a topic in popular culture Songs books and films started appearing with aeronautica themes The very popular song Come Josephine in My Flying Machine apshypeared in 1910

Juvenile novels with an aviation theme began in 1908 with such series as the Boy Aviators by Captain Wilbur Lawton the Girl Aviators (advertised as Clean aviation stories) by Margaret Burnham the Bird Boys by Langworshy

thy and the Aeroplane Boys by Ashton Lamar

Existing juvenile characters such as Tom Swift the Motor Boys the Rover Boys and Ben Hardy also discovered the flying machine and took to the air

Titles in 1910 were not too imaginashytive with phrases such as in the sky in the clouds among the clouds and in the air appearing regularly

Though flying machines were not at many locations in the real world in 1910 they were scattered far and wide in the

world of fiction with such places as to the North Pole in Nicaragua in the Antarctic and in the Tropics as locales for the stories

By 1910 over twenty of these novels had been published The Aeroplane Boys Series included In the Clouds for Uncle Sam The Stolen Airplane The Aeroplane Express and The Boy Aeronautics Club The publisher of the series Reilley amp Britton of Chicago promised These stories are the newest and most up-to-date All aeroplane deshytails are correct

The aeroplane as described in the Aeroplane Boys Series titled The Aeroplane Express was described as follows The flying machine had used two plane surfaces but instead of being superimposed one was behind the other And instead of being practically flat surfaces his two planes were curved The frame is of Oregon spruce and bamboo - the planes of rubberized silk balloon cloth The power plant is a four-cylinder gasoline watershycooled motorcycle engine 25 hp

The Wrights patent infringement lawshysuit of 1909 seems to have impacted on the novel as the fictional manufacturer of the flying machine stated to a potenshytial customer We have purchased every patent that we believe is needed in making a high-class aeroplane

It is interesting to see the notion of a plane in every garage mentioned in such an early flying story The factory owner again said with our facilities we mean to popularize aeroplanes until they become as common as aushytomobiles

Later in the story after the passenger said he thought that flying looked easy the pilot (the 17-year-old hero) remarks

Everyoneli do it in a few years I guess I wont have my job very long

This novel also gives an indication of a possible commercial use of the airplane The purchaser of the plane ran a mining company in Utah and he thought the craft would be a good way to keep in communication with his prosshypecting parties in the desert

Weve got from four to eight prospecshytin parties out on them deserts all the time For weeks and months we dont hear from them It would be a big help if we could keep in touch with them They sayan aeroplane can travel forty-five miles an hour Why cant I use it to keep track of our prospectors

The airplane builder said there would be no trouble providing a machine to do the job but finding the pilot would be difficult Thats the one trouble that confronts us we have as yet deshyveloped no training-schools for avshyiators as we have schools for chaufshyfeurs

These novels fairly well written and with a decent vocabulary aimed at high school boys give a good indication of some of the attitudes in society as to the public response to the flying machine and some views as to its prosshypects

As juvenile aviation magazines such as Air Trails or Model Airplane News did not exist in the 1930s these novels were probably one of the few places for the youth of the time to learn about avishyation

Thanks to Mr Jim Gorman our Lishybrary has a collection of over 200 of these novels from 1910 to the 1930s bull

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PASS IT TO by E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ae 5) P O Box 145--1] Union IL 60180 (815) 923-4591

An information exchange column with input from readers

Aeronca C-2C-3 Ailerons

This months contribution is from Dale Wolford (EAA 10957 Ale 836) 443 TR 1500 R 2 Ashland OH 44805

Dear Buck

I once owned an Aeronca C-3 and it didnt take long to realize the most senshysitive parts on the airplane were the paper thin ailerons I worried all the time I had it that somehow the ailerons would get damaged and the airplane would be rendered unairworthy

We are restoring an Aeronca C-2 Its original registration number NC10300 had lapsed but we were able to get NC10304 which is an authentic C-2 number The story of the rebuild has been one that only another restorer can appreciate In addition to five engines all different versions of E-107s and Eshy113s we got a fuselage tail feathers and a crushed wing for a C-3 Master Literally nothing else There have been numerous hurdles all surmounted The last the ailerons appeared more like a high jump

We located an old pair of ailerons which were originally on John Kuranzs C-3 They were restorable but had years of pop-riveted patches The hinge pins on one aileron were 1-1 2 out of line Time permitting I elected to fabrishycate a new set If the airplane was ready to fly first we would go with the reshyworked originals and replace them later

Over the years I have observed a number of solutions to the aileron probshylem I heard that C-3s built under license in England had woodfabric aishylerons but Ive never been able to learn how they were constructed A beautiful set on Dr Harwells NC14556 have exshyternally corrugated skins similar to those on Luscombes and Cessna 120 140s This approach would probably be the most functional and practical and only an Aeronca purist would notice the difference Three C-3 restorations to my knowledge have internally corrugated new skins as per original These are The EAA Air Museums NC16291 reshystored by EAA Chapter 304 in Jackson Michigan Emerson Mehlhoses C-3 reshy20 JUNE 1987

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that Weaver was ably assisted by his talented wife Rita and a hand-picked crew with the experience to carry out assignments quickly and efficiently Pappy Weaver and his team became known as one of the best - and races run by his crew the most successful The Professional Race Pilots Associashytion recognized his performance by naming him general manager in 1971 72 where his involvement took him to Reno

A particularly satisfying appointment for Weaver occurred in 1981 when the state of Louisiana named him curator of the Wedell-Williams Aviation Museum in Patterson Both Jimmy Wedell and Harry Williams were long time favorites of Weaver and now the opportunity to work in the museums environment and 22 JUNE 1987

is spring loaded to open With the skins cut to size I can corrugate the (4) skins for an aileron in half an hour This is the easy part The fun comes in forming and folding the corrugation ends

The following description is intended to assist any future C-2C-3 restorers in reducing the frustration factor Unlike Jshy3s and Champs which were produced in large numbers there is not enough market demand to justify anyone marshyketing C-2C-3 prefabricated skins and

have access to complete files on these men was a dream come true With his usual vigor Weaver soon distinguished himself at the Museum with his innovashytive programs His friendly manner outshystanding knowledge and objectivity in accomplishing a variety of projects enshydeared himself to the entire community He thrived working in this new venture but unfortunately ill health forced him to resign in August 1984 He returned to his home in New Baden Illinois and once again immersed himself in air race research A few years later he was coaxed back to Patterson and the Museum but again his health deshymanded a less vigorous daily schedule and he had to resign

Weaver is a virtual encyclopedia of knowledge when it comes to air racing His files including photos and negashytives on race pilots racing aircraft and the many race events around the counshy

ailerons If anyone has need for a set I can arrange to have skins corrugated by a friend who would use my tooling and templates The cost would be on a time-material basis arranged between yourself and this third party Skins corshyrugated only can be supplied at minishymal cost along with some practice mashyterial Completed skins would cost conshysiderably more due to the labor inshyvolved bull

try during the 30s is perhaps the most complete anywhere in the world Reshymarkably he willingly and promptly shares this knowledge with everyone

Although ill health has curbed his acshytivities Pappy Weaver remains active in aviation He enjoys attending fly-ins and actively partiCipates in many symshyposiums on air race history He is a freshyquent speaker before aviation groups At the 1987 EM Oshkosh Convention Weaver will participate in the forum 40 years of Formula 1 scheduled for Tuesshyday August 4 Tent no 5 245 to 400 pm

Weaver is a member of many Air Force and aviation organizations inshycluding membership in EM and the EAA AntiqueClassic Division He holds EM no 151476 and AlC no 7699

Pappy Weaver lives at 109 W Birch Street New Baden IL 62265 with his wife Rita bull

p I~ype ClubActivities

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY TO CUB HAVEN

All friends of aviation are invited to attend Sentimental Journey 87 a celebration of fifty years of aviation history to pay tribute to William T Pipers vision and contributions to aviation from the humble beginnings of the legendary Cub through the Cheyenne 400LS

This historic family reunion at the home of the Cubs will take place at Lock Haven Pennsylvania July 10-19 A full slate of acshytivities is planned including evening corn roasts melodramas famous Pennsylvania cooking flight contests displays pilot semishynars flea market poker runs judges awards for restored classic show planes from the E-2 through the Colt daily tours of AvcoshyLycoming sea plane parade etc

Camping (tent and under-the-wing) and RV parking will be available as well as provishysions for float planes Those who can t fly in are welcome to drive

Several motels hotels rooming houses and college residence hall facilities are availshyable The folks in Lock Haven are going all out to make this event the best possible so whether your airplane is in a basket on wheels or floats old or not-so-old classic or state-of-the-art they would love to see you

For information contact Irving L Perry president A Sentimental Journey to Cub Haven Inc P O Box J-3 Lock Haven PA 17745 Phone (days) 717893-4201

The American Air Racing Society was esshytablished in 1969 and is dedicated to the research and preservation of the true historshyical facts and figures of the Golden Age of

Compiled by Gene Chase

Air Racing 1929-1939 The groups quarshyterly newsletters contain several pages of accurate accounts of races pilots and airshycraft of the period

Another service provided by the Society is the availabil ity of photos and plans Currently 47 plan sets are available most at 34 scale The plans are beautifully done extremely reasonable price-wise and in many inshystances include various configurations of the same racer Scale modelers in particular who are interested in the golden age racers will find this plans source to be a newly-found treasure

The newest addition to the plans service is a three-sheet set in 34 scale of the 1934 through 1939 versions of the Wedell-Wi lshyliams Model 44 for only $11 00 The Society claims their plans are the most accurate avshyailable in the world

For information on the American Air Racshying Society contact Rudy Profant President 4060 West 158th Street Cleveland OH 44135

BELLANCA CLUB

Two Bellanca forums are scheduled durshying the EAA Convention July 31-August 7 1987 One forum will take place on Saturday August 1 11 45-1 00 and the other on Wedshynesday August 5 11 45-1 00 Tentative arshyrangements have been made for a Bellanca Technical Representative to be at one or both forums The two forums were scheduled to accommodate both early and late Convention attendees and as a result of requests made by several club members

A Northeast Regional Bellanca Fly-In will be held at Brookhaven Long Island New York September 19-20 1987 in conjunction with and through the invitation of the Greater New York Antique Airplane Association The Association will be celebrating its 25th anniversary at this event For information on the Bellanca Fly-In contact William A Fenshynelly P O Box 13 Oceanport NJ 07757 Phone 201 222-1116

For information on the Bellanca Club conshytact Larry DAttilio and Pamela Foard 1820 North 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 Phone 4141784-0318

The Sixth Annual Short Wing Piper Club Convention promises to be the largest colshylection of Pacers Tripacers Clippers Vagshyabonds and Colts ever assembled since the factory closed The dates are July 5-9 1987 at the Sullivan County Airport Monticello New York

The main activity center is the Stevensville Country Club in Swan Lake New York (800shy431-3858) located just four miles from the airport Regular bus service is available for transportation between the two sites Campshying facilities are available at the airport and a nearby travel park

Activities include seminars aircraft judgshying air tourlpoker run business meeting barbecue picnic banquet tours of the area and more Non-members are invited to the convention and can obtain S W P C memshyberships at either the airport or the Country Club For information on the convention contact Kurt J Schneider Easton Road Box 679 Revere PA 18953 Phone 215847shy2501

For information on the Short Wing Piper Club contact the Corresponding Secretaryl Membership Chairman Larry D Smith 2022 Concord Drive Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-5943 (home after 5 pm)

AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club

The current newsletter of the Aeronca Avshyiators Club notes that strut prices will go up fast now that no ~teel company in the US makes streamline tubing It seems the Japanese would be glad to supply the tubing but the Commercl Department wont allow them to import The last US manufacturer dropped streamline tubing because the small market simply wasnt worth the liability risk

A solution to the slick steps on the Champs is the application of an adhesive-backed non-slip material called Scotch-Tred availshyable at paint and hardware stores at modest prices

The folks at Aeronca Aviators Club are in dire need of a Champion Model GCHC manshyual (or copy) for their files If anyone can help please get in touch with them

For information on the Aeronca Aviators Club contact Joe and Julie Dickey 511 Tershyrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 Phone 812342-6878

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By volunteers of the AntiqueClassic Press Committee Larry 0Attilio and Pamela Foard CoshyChairmen Photographs by George Rodenbeck

Gene FuchsStearman PT-13D N99268 SIN 75-5917

by Pamela Foard

This eyecatching yellow and black Stearman was custom restored by its owner and pilot Gene Fuchs (EM 164857 AlC 6033) RR 1 Morgan MN 56266 Gene who spends his spare moments away from airplanes as a farmer bought the 1942 Stearman through Trade-A-Pane in 1982 It has a Lycoming 225 engine which he overshyhauled He covered the Stearman with Stits with the polyurethane finish

Gene says the aircraft did military duty for its first four years then was reshytired from active duty in 1946 and stored for some time in Texas Genes first plane was a Luscombe and today he also enjoys ownership of a Cessna 180 He is currently restoring a Waco EGC-8 (1938) and in fact owns another for parts supplies

Barry MikulskiCessna 170 N2789C SIN 26333

by Pamela Foard

Barry Mikulski (EM 230641) 12630 25th Avenue No Plymouth MN 55441 is the proud owner and pilot of this stunshyning 1954 Cessna He bought the airshycraft which is his first in 1983 and said it was in bad shape The engine a Conshytinental 145 had already been overshyhauled but the planes paint and windshield were in desperate need of care It was structurally sound although the upper nose bowl had to be replaced Barry retained the original interior and trimmed the plane with scarlet Dupont Imron

He claims to have put in 100 hours polishing the surface of the Cessna shythats a lot of elbow grease (He pointed out that Bob Irwin President of the 170 Club has a very similar paint scheme) Other interesting facts the plane is STC-d for a spray tank as it was origishynally used to spray crops Barry is an engineer at General Mills in Minshyneapolis and has a daughter (15 at the time of this interview) who is following in her flying fathers footsteps

24 JUNE 1987

Arnie and Virginia WidmerBeech Staggerwing N160 SIN 4836

by Sharron Mitchell

Pilots Arnie and Virginia Widmer (EAA 266134 AlC 10597) R R 1 Box 95 Oakes ND 58474 bought a 1943 Staggerwing Beech to rebuild Buying a Beech Staggerwing in any shape is a big decision Buying one in a basket may border on being crazy but what a beautiful way to go One wing was so badly damaged that all the reuseable parts fit in a small box The plane had been up on jackstands but it fell off and crunched the wing The fuselage which was in decent shape was put on a truck and hauled to their home in Oakes North Dakota

They began working on the bottom left wing Fortunately a friend had the jigs for the wing ribs and they were able to rebuild the wing in about four months They replaced the inboard sections on all the wings with new mahogany and spruce They frequently worked from 1030 pm to 1 00 am Most of the work had to be done in the winter months because they are also crop dusters and they have more time starting in October

The Widmers farmed in North Dakota until 1980 They also did crop dusting (technically known as aerial application) on the side In 1980 they decided to give up farming and go into the flying business full time They took over the Fixed Base Operation at the city-owned airport Oakes Municipal

Their hours are different from most peoples because they spray or give flyshying instruction as long as there is dayshylight During the spring and summer there is little time for anythingmiddot else In their spare time they rebuild Staggerwings and try to keep everyshything running They own a Cessna 210 a Cessna 172 five sprayer planes a SNJ-5 and the Staggerwing Beech Thats a lot to keep running

The Widmers began work on the fushyselage the following October They bought new wood from Jerry Johnson inWyoming After replacing broken and rotted stringers they were ready to start replacing the hardware By August they were ready to start recovering They used Ceconite and dope and much sanding between coats By February they had it in silver

Deciding on the color was another matter N160 had originally been blue when it was owned by the Civil Aeronautics Authority (now FAA) Durshying WW II it was used by the Army to haul generals around and the Widmers have a picture from that time showing the original paint scheme However Arnie and Virginia did not like the blue - one liked red the other liked yellow They looked at 18 different shades of red and yellow but finally settled on red when they found that red had been one

of the original colors used by Beech It took three weeks to paint the plane

A Staggerwing has lots to paint - two top wings and two bottom wings plus a substantial fuselage They used black trim on the red Imron paint and it is reshyally outstanding - a photographers deshylight with the sun creating highlights everywhere

The Widmers redid the interior keepshying it as original as possible The panel is original except for the control wheel They added a King radio and transponshyder which are almost a necessity today They managed to put all the antennas on the inside of the plane except for a small exterior transponder antenna The color of the interior was changed to match the exterior and it is handshysome

The 450 Pratt and Whitney engine had 400 hours SMOH and uses very little oil Arnie said at 1950 rpm it burns abut 20 gallons per hour of 100 octane avgas At 65 power and 7500 feet it will cruise at 155 mph

The Widmers estimated that they spent 5600 hours restoring their Staggerwing Since finishing it in May 1986 Arnie and Virginia have flown it 20 hours They stole the show at the Fargo and Mino( North Dakota air shows Virginia said It flies so efshyfortlessly so gracefully its like dancing in the sky

A lot of people at Oshkosh might have missed seeing this beautiful oldie but goodie because it was parked in one of the last rows of the show plane camping area It was well worth the walk About 781 Staggerwings were

built betwen 1932 and 1948 Of these only 200 remain and only 50-60 of these are still flying Arnie flew N160 in the Staggerwing fly-bys The distinct shape and sound of these rare birds is unmisshytakable They really have a way of steshyaling the show

Scott OlsonErcoupe 415C SIN N2701 H SIN 3326

by Sharron Mitchell

Have you ever admired a polished metal airplane and wondered how much time it takes to get one ready to show

Scott Olsons 1946 Ercoupe initially took about 200 hours dozens of diapshyers bath towels and pounds of Gold Medal flour to polish it for the first show (The flour works like a fine polishing rouge absorbing the black oxides and sulfides as they are rubbed from the surface of the plane) But Scott (EAA 99884 AlC 5650) 214 14th Avenue No South St Paul MN 55075 claims it gets easier because you learn some tricks

Keeping the plane in a clean dry hangar helps maintain it in good condishytion He also keeps the wings covered with blankets because dew dulls the finish He also owns two $300 cycloshybuffers and has a couple of experienced buffers (young men from a local body shop who do that sort of thing all day long and have arms that dont quit) who help out with the last minute buffing This Ercoupe receives TLC

Scott bought his first Ercoupe enroute to Daytona Beach Florida several

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years ago He and a friend found the plane and put up their Daytona Beach money to buy it A year later he bought out his friends share But as luck would have it the engine quit - crash and burn time - no one got hurt and the damage was repairable

Scott found another Ercoupe

(N2701 H) in Michigan He said he was partial to Ercoupes because it was likshying owning a convertible - the girls loved it He quickly added that as soon as they found out they had to polish to get a ride he learned who his real friends were

When Scott restored N2701 H he put

in a new interior including a larger bagshygage compartment so he could take his dog along a new radio and replaced skins where needed He discovered that 2701 H had probably been undeF water and that it might have been painted at one time The log books gave no clues about either Olsons efforts were rewarded when his plane was judged best Ercoupe at Oshkosh in 1984

Scotts interest in aviation began when he flew radio-controlled model airplanes with his father His Dads inshyterests have turned to Bonanzas and Barons while Scott has become inshyterested in vintage airplanes hang glidshyers and ultralights Besides the Ershycoupe he also owns and flies an Icarus ultralight and a Rogala hang glider He earned the nickname Crash Gordon one day when he promised to fly his hang glider for the local news people Against his better judgement he atshytempted to fly the glider in 25 mph winds but succeeded only in crashing into a corn field before all the local news media and camera crews He has three films of excellent quality of this event

Scotts dream is to build a repl ica of the 1909 Wright Military Flyer by the year 2009 But this is more than just a pipe dream He has begun researching - trying to discover the details - the type of wood the exact design the weights and measurements etc The Wright unites his love for antiques with his enthUsiasm for flying ultralights He considers the Wright Flyer the earliest ultralight Good luck to him in his latest venture bull

VOLUIIWEERS A Book Of Heroes


Jim Colburn - 275 Dennis Hoffman - 30 Chris G Arvanitis - 30 Jim Thompson - 205 Dennis Gruizenga - 175 Michael O Blombach - 22 Karl Behory - 25 James W Fowler - 23 Jim Bueschel - 365 Chas C Classen - 37 Lorna Harmon - 18 Barbara Harmon - 18 Ken Kuigk - many Robert P Lewis - 20 Marcia Sullivan - 16 Robert Majka - 575

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bullAbove and beyond

In compiling the list of patch earshyners I discovered that a lot of folks for one reason or another did not fill out a card which would have qualified them for a patch Let me mention a few my wife Kate Morgan Jeannie Hill Bob Herman Ray Olcott Sally Camp Mother Ryan Larry The Bellanca Bunshydle DAttilio and Pam Play It Again Sam Foard also the entire slate of EAA AntiqueClassic Division officers directors and advisors All of these people worked the infamous many hours

Many of these people listed above worked for us in previous years We are grateful for their continued response and support of our Divisions efforts for a successful Convention Those who experienced the fun and comradeship of working with us for the first time we invite to share the experience again in 1987

A salute goes out to ALL those fine men and women who have given their time and talent in response to our reshyquest for volunteers They are the heroes whose love of people and airplanes will guarantee future success

See you at Oshkosh bull

26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr

Especially designed for the sportsman pilot this amphibian was typical of many that appeared in the 1930s The photo was submitted by Shelby B Hagberg of Greenfield Iowa who said it was taken on the Illinois River near Peoria Answers will be pubshylished in the September 1987 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is July 10 1987

The Mystery Plane in the March 1987 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE is the Allied A-2 a fourshyplace low wing originally powered by a Continental 185 hp engine Doug Rounds of Zebulon GA had supplied a different photo of the airplane to Walt Boyne who conducts a Guess What column in AIR LINE PILOT magazine It was published in their December 1986 issue and the answer appeared in

their March 1987 issue This was an unusual coincidence and we hasten to assure our reader that it wasnt planned that way

The Allied A-2 appeared in 1946 deshysigned by J A Phillips president and chief engineer of Allied Aircraft Corposhyration Inc of Wichita KS Billed as a good basic four-place design neither the cheapest nor the most deluxe its 35 ft wing was actually greater than a Bonanza but was smaller and lighter in every other respect It was pointed out that although the V-tail was popularized relatively recently it is an old idea The retractable landing gear was manually operated with a spring arrangement which balanced the sysshytem so that very little effort was required for its operation Performance characshyteristics were exceptional and it is rather strange that it did not enjoy more sucshycess Evidently lack of funds prevented entering into production Supposedly five were built of which this is Serial No 2 Wayne Van Valkenburgh of Jasper Georgia says it is now regisshytered to T J Balentine of Copan Okshy

lahoma as a T J-2 rather than an Allied A-2 It is now powered with a Continenshytal 210 hp engine

Doug Rounds and Wayne Van Valshykenburgh as mentioned before plus Bob Taylor of Blakesburg Iowa were the only readers who correctly identified the Allied A-2

As mentioned in last months Mystery Plane column additional information on the February Mystery Plane (Travel Air CW) would be presented in this issue Because of space limitations this is not possible but we hope to include it in the July issue bull

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Copyright 1987 by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc All rights reserved

Contents

2 Straight and Level by Bob Lickteig

4 ACNews by Gene Chase

5 Calendar of Events 6 Johnny Bouteller and his N3N-3

by Mary Jones 9 Notice of Annual Business Meeting

and Election 11 Vintage Seaplane

by Norm Petersen 12 Interesting Members

by S H Wes Schmid 14 Flying a Classic

by Herbert A Schaffner 16 1986 AntiqueClassic Photo Contest

by Jack McCarthy 18 Volunteers - A Book of Heroes

by Art Morgan and Bob Brauer 19 Vintage Literature

by Dennis Parks 20 Pass it to Buck

by E E Buck HilbertDale Wolford 23 Type Club Activities

by Gene Chase 24 Interviews at Oshkosh

by Pamela Foard and Larry DAttilio 27 Mystery Plane

by George A Hardie Jr 28 Vintage Trader

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FRONT COVER Johnny Bouteller flying his 1940 N3N-3 Dow1own Tulsa is in the background See story on page 6

(Photo by Ben Newby)

BACK COVER EM Air Museums Hisso-powered Standard J-1 photographed in July 1986 at Pioneer Airport This in-license antique was donated by the Chuck Klessig estate

(Photo by Jack McCarthy)

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Editorial Policy Readers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs Policy opinions expressed in articles are solely those of the authors Responsibil ity for accuracy in reporting rests entirely with the contributor Material should be sent to Gene R Chase Editor The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Phone 414426-4800

The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc and is published monthly at Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh WI 54901 and additional mailing offices Membership rates for EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc are $1800 for current EM members for 12 month period of which $1 200 is for the publication of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation

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Postmaster Send address changes to EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

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30 JUNE 1987





































VINTAGE SEAPLANES




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Interesting Members













12 JUNE 1987














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13











TABLE A





TABLE B


$2000000















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

I








16 JUNE 1987










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17















Name - Hours Worked




18 JUNE 1987

by Dennis Parks

1910 - A NOVEL YEAR

























ASHTON LAMAR

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





Dear Buck








1 ~

I gtT=-~Z ~

I AI



--r A ~

I I ~ I I 1

~wo-r-o Cgt

2-Zi-81

-r--~--~1~1 7--------~- --


c-=ti1e _ ~ ~ _w~_~~~I~ctl

-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987


















VINTAGE SEAPLANES




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Interesting Members













12 JUNE 1987














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13











TABLE A





TABLE B


$2000000















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

I








16 JUNE 1987










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17















Name - Hours Worked




18 JUNE 1987

by Dennis Parks

1910 - A NOVEL YEAR

























ASHTON LAMAR

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





Dear Buck








1 ~

I gtT=-~Z ~

I AI



--r A ~

I I ~ I I 1

~wo-r-o Cgt

2-Zi-81

-r--~--~1~1 7--------~- --


c-=ti1e _ ~ ~ _w~_~~~I~ctl

-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987



Interesting Members













12 JUNE 1987














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13











TABLE A





TABLE B


$2000000















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

I








16 JUNE 1987










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17















Name - Hours Worked




18 JUNE 1987

by Dennis Parks

1910 - A NOVEL YEAR

























ASHTON LAMAR

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





Dear Buck








1 ~

I gtT=-~Z ~

I AI



--r A ~

I I ~ I I 1

~wo-r-o Cgt

2-Zi-81

-r--~--~1~1 7--------~- --


c-=ti1e _ ~ ~ _w~_~~~I~ctl

-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987
















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13











TABLE A





TABLE B


$2000000















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

I








16 JUNE 1987










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17















Name - Hours Worked




18 JUNE 1987

by Dennis Parks

1910 - A NOVEL YEAR

























ASHTON LAMAR

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





Dear Buck








1 ~

I gtT=-~Z ~

I AI



--r A ~

I I ~ I I 1

~wo-r-o Cgt

2-Zi-81

-r--~--~1~1 7--------~- --


c-=ti1e _ ~ ~ _w~_~~~I~ctl

-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987













TABLE A





TABLE B


$2000000















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

I








16 JUNE 1987










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17















Name - Hours Worked




18 JUNE 1987

by Dennis Parks

1910 - A NOVEL YEAR

























ASHTON LAMAR

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





Dear Buck








1 ~

I gtT=-~Z ~

I AI



--r A ~

I I ~ I I 1

~wo-r-o Cgt

2-Zi-81

-r--~--~1~1 7--------~- --


c-=ti1e _ ~ ~ _w~_~~~I~ctl

-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987





TABLE A





TABLE B


$2000000















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

I








16 JUNE 1987










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17















Name - Hours Worked




18 JUNE 1987

by Dennis Parks

1910 - A NOVEL YEAR

























ASHTON LAMAR

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





Dear Buck








1 ~

I gtT=-~Z ~

I AI



--r A ~

I I ~ I I 1

~wo-r-o Cgt

2-Zi-81

-r--~--~1~1 7--------~- --


c-=ti1e _ ~ ~ _w~_~~~I~ctl

-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987



I








16 JUNE 1987










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17















Name - Hours Worked




18 JUNE 1987

by Dennis Parks

1910 - A NOVEL YEAR

























ASHTON LAMAR

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





Dear Buck








1 ~

I gtT=-~Z ~

I AI



--r A ~

I I ~ I I 1

~wo-r-o Cgt

2-Zi-81

-r--~--~1~1 7--------~- --


c-=ti1e _ ~ ~ _w~_~~~I~ctl

-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17















Name - Hours Worked




18 JUNE 1987

by Dennis Parks

1910 - A NOVEL YEAR

























ASHTON LAMAR

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





Dear Buck








1 ~

I gtT=-~Z ~

I AI



--r A ~

I I ~ I I 1

~wo-r-o Cgt

2-Zi-81

-r--~--~1~1 7--------~- --


c-=ti1e _ ~ ~ _w~_~~~I~ctl

-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987

















Name - Hours Worked




18 JUNE 1987

by Dennis Parks

1910 - A NOVEL YEAR

























ASHTON LAMAR

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





Dear Buck








1 ~

I gtT=-~Z ~

I AI



--r A ~

I I ~ I I 1

~wo-r-o Cgt

2-Zi-81

-r--~--~1~1 7--------~- --


c-=ti1e _ ~ ~ _w~_~~~I~ctl

-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987



by Dennis Parks

1910 - A NOVEL YEAR

























ASHTON LAMAR

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





Dear Buck








1 ~

I gtT=-~Z ~

I AI



--r A ~

I I ~ I I 1

~wo-r-o Cgt

2-Zi-81

-r--~--~1~1 7--------~- --


c-=ti1e _ ~ ~ _w~_~~~I~ctl

-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987







Dear Buck








1 ~

I gtT=-~Z ~

I AI



--r A ~

I I ~ I I 1

~wo-r-o Cgt

2-Zi-81

-r--~--~1~1 7--------~- --


c-=ti1e _ ~ ~ _w~_~~~I~ctl

-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987



-I



~Q~~ -









VINTAGE AIRPlANE 21






06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987








06190 01 (shy






-j f-shyr -----shy ----------shy

1___~---I - ~

-------_ __


~ middot1




























BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987
















BELLANCA CLUB








AERONCA

A~ AYlaton Club





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987





by Pamela Foard




by Pamela Foard



24 JUNE 1987


by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987




by Sharron Mitchell















by Sharron Mitchell





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987



















26 JUNE 1987

George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987



George A Hardie Jr








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987


















Total $____ Signature ______________________________

Address ______________________________________

28 JUNE 1987

A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987



A GIGANTIC






1937 CUB J-2



Oshkosh Wisconsin


PRESENTED BY



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





815-500 MON-FRI











414-426-4800

30 JUNE 1987





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