VA-Vol-24-No-9-Sept-1996

September 1996 Vol 24 No9

CONTENTS 1 Straight amp Levell

Espie Butch Joyce

2 AlC NewslHG Frautschy

3 Aeromail

6 Curtiss Challenger Enginesl Hank Palmer

8 The Bugatti 1001 HG Frautschy

10 Stearman Reunionmiddot Part III Richard T Hansen

15 65 Years Is A Long Time To WaitEarl Root

19 The Wittman Legacyl H G Frautschy

22 What Our Members Are Page 15RestoringlNorm Petersen

24 Pass it to Buckl EE Buck Hilbert

26 Mystery PlaneHG Frautschy

27 Calendar

27 Welcome New Members

30 Vintage Trader Page 19

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FRONT COVER The Wittman Hangar at EAAs Pioneer Airport was dedicated May 1 1 1996 Steve Wittman s legacy will live on in a se ries o f displays and photographs exhibited in the new building constructed to resemble Ihe hangar used by Steves Wittman Flying Service the FBO he founded on the airport in Oshkosh WI A pictorial essay on the new hangar can be found starting on page 19 Photo by EAAs Chief Photographer Jim Koepnick

BACK COVER Schools Out Early is artist Kristin Hills oil painting of a barnstomers disruption of Ihe school day al a rural one room schoolhouse She was awarded a Merit ribbon in Ihe 1996 Sport Avialion Art Competition for her work You can reach Kristin at her studio 1782 Colonial Manor Dr Lancaster PA 17603 phone 717394-9419

Copyright copy 1996 by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc All rights reserved VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association and is published monthly at EAA Aviation Cenler 3000 Poberezny Rd PO Box 3086 Oshkosh Wisconsin 54903-3086 Periodicals Postage paid al Oshkosh Wisconsin 54901 and at addilional mailing offices The membership rate for EAA AntiquefClassic Division Inc is $2700 for current EAA members for t2 month period of which $1500 is for the publicalion of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation POSTMASTER Send address changes to EAA AnliquefClassic Division Incbull PO Bex 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 FOREIGN AND AiPO ADDRESSES - Please allow at least two months for delivery of VINTAGE AIRPLANE to foreign and APO addresses via surface mail ADVERTISING - AntiqueClassic Division does not guarantee or endorse any producl offered through the advertising We inve constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise obtained through our advertiSing so that corrective measures can be taken EDITORIAL POUCY Readers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs Policy opinions expressed in articles are solely Ihose of the authors Responsibilny for accuracy in reporting rests entirely wh the contributor No renumeration is made Material should be senl to Edor VINTAGE AIRPLANE PO Bex 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Phone 4141426-4800

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EDITORIAL STAFF

Publisher Tom Poberezny

Edltormiddot inmiddotChief Jack Cox

Editor Henry G Frautschy

Managing Editor Golda Cox

Art Direc tor Mike Drucks

Computer Graphic Specialists Olivia L Phillip Jennifer Larsen

Mary Premeau

Associate Editor Norm Petersen

Feature Writer Dennis Parks

Staff Photographers Jim Koepnick Mike Steineke

Carl Schuppel Ken Uchtenburg

Advertising Editorial Assistant Isabelle Wiske

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STRAIGHT amp LEVEL

Once Ive returned from the EAA Oshkosh Convention there always seems to be a letdown This years coasting down period seemed all the more acute because of all of the activishyties that we had in conjunction with the AntiqueClassic Divisions 25th Anshyniversary We were so busy enjoying everything that coming home to our regular everyday work was tinged with a bit of disappointment

What a great time we had Overall it seemed to be a very smooth running event

We were issued some 940 mugs to give to people who registered their airshycraft for the show On the next to the last day we ran out of the mugs and had to start taking peoples names so they could be mailed to them at a later date

Each day we do a head count of airplanes in our area during the air show the numbers showed we were in line with the aircraft attendance figures we ve had in the past It was a good showing considering the three or four days of bad weather surrounding Oshkosh just prior to the opening of the Convention The quality of aircraft restorations continues to improve each year this keeps the judges on their toes and the judging system keeps the indishyviduals who restore their aircraft on their toes as well

Some of the interesting highlights of this years event include

bull Our newest AntiqueClassic memshyber to join at Oshkosh was Torquil Norshyman from London England He travshyeled to Oshkosh by flying his 1936 DH-90 Dragonfly G-AEDU from Engshyland by way of Bowling Green (Youll have to wait until the article for the full story on that one) Although he planned on staying the full week he and his copilot had to leave on Saturday beshycause the weather picture was just right for their return trip back to England Torquil remarked to me that the

weather could go sour in the North Atshylantic rapid ly and then you might be stuck for a week or more so they had best be on their way One leg that they flew would take them over some 1500 miles of water cold water I might add Torquil found when he arrived home that the award for Bronze Age Outshystanding Closed Cockpit Biplane had been given to his pretty DeHavilland

bull In attendance this year was a 1926 Laird Commercial NCIlO belonging to Doug Fuss of Arlington Texas This aircraft was very well done everyone was wondering if Doug used up half of his TBO flying to Oshkosh and would use the other half returning home Dougs dedication to the Wright J4 enshygine on the Laird was exemplary - he reshyally kept a close eye on its needs

bull The only OX-5 powered aircraft in our parking area this year was the 1929 Command Aire NC538E owned by Art Knowles of Jacksboro Texas and restored by Tom Brown of Unity WI He said that this aircraft cruised at 65 mph and stalled at 65 mph This aircraft is also a rare unit I was wondering how much of his TBO he used up on his trip

bull Two people who are consistent atshytendees are the Blankenburgs who hail from Pine Mountain Lake in California Kent and Sandy are really into polished aluminum airp lanes for a number of years they would arrive early with their polished Lockheed 12 Last year they came to the show flying their polished Cessna 195 this year they showed up with their polished 1939 Spartan Execushytive 7W Its great seeing them each year and we could all take a lesson from them on how to re lax at Oshkosh Maybe one day Sandy will write us an article on how to keep a fleet of polshyished aircraft looking so good

Out of the 62 awards given to differshyent individuals for their aircraft restorashytion 15 awards were given to Texans and nine were carried back to Califorshynia It was great to have the American Navion Society located in our area this year during the 50th anniversary of the Navion

We looked out one day and a cabin Waco really caught our eye the unusual thing was that it was covered 100 pershycent with clear Mylarreg This ship was parked out front of the AntiqueClassic Headquarters so that all could see how a tube and fabric airplane is assembled Id wager that airplane was probably the most photographed aircraft on the air-

by Espie Butch Joyce

port during the Convention The restoration of this Waco is the effort of Mark Grusauski North Canaan Aviashytion Canaan Connecticut The collecshytive work of Mark Mayflower Moving and Storage and your AntiqueClassic Division made it possible for this airshycraft to be present for everyone to view After talking with Mark Id bet well be hearing again from this young man

Joe and Julia Dickey report that we had some 26 type clubs at the AnshytiqueClassic Type Club Headquarters (TCHQ) this year and a lot of activity during the week

The AntiqueClassic area of the Oshkosh Convention is run almost toshytally by volunteers the exception being the year-round maintaining of the grounds that is done by the full-time EAA maintenance staff plus some indishyviduals who are your year-round volunshyteers - a few who come to Oshkosh alshymost every weekend These people are working on the buildings grounds airshycraft projects or at the Pioneer Airport

For those who dont live close enough to Oshkosh to spend a weekend or two they turn to their local Chapters to find out how they might help by doshying Chapter work and other EAA reshylated projects This volunteer work beshying done year-round all over the country and internationally and its very important to your AntiqueClassic Division The guys at your local airport who help a person with their personal project also are showing the volunteer spirit I have friends who have helped me with projects sometimes I felt they were putting in more hours than I was and they never asked for anything in reshyturn I do not know how you can put a value on these people except to say they are priceless

Your AntiqueClassic Director Gene Chase has chosen to step down as a Dishyrector Gene has been a long-time supshyporter of the AntiqueClassic Division and we thank him for his support Gene will still be around to help out but hell help as a member in the future Dean Richardson has moved up from the AC Advisory board to fill Genes position Please join us in welcoming him to the Board where Im sure his expertise will be of great benefit

You can help out by asking a friend to join up with us Let s all pull in the same direction for the good of aviation Remember we are better together Join us and have it all

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AC NEWS compiled by HG Frautschy

EAA OSHKOSH 97 DATE CHANGE

After speaking with many members and others during the past month EAA President Tom Poberezny has announced that the dates for the 1997 EAA Convention will be shifted one day Based on the arrival patterns of our members as well as other factors next year s event will start on Wednesshyday July 30 The format of the activishyties will remain the same over the seven day long Fly-In Convention The Major Aircraft Awards and Anshynual Meeting of the EAA membership will occur on Monday August 4 The Convention will conclude with an airshyshow on Tuesday afternoon August 5

WORLD WAR I AIRPLANE ENTHUSIASTS

One of the best references for World War I airplane enthusiasts is Leonard Opdycke of World War I Aeroplane Inc 15 Crescent Rd Poughkeepsie NY 12601 phone 914473-3679 Leonard has two magazines that he publishes both known to many AnshytiqueClassic members Theyre World War 1 Aero - The Journal of the Early Aeroplane and Skyways - The Journal of the Airplane 1920-1940 Both magazines are excellent references professional in appearance and would be of great help to anyone interested in this category of aircraft LEO is himself has extenshy

sive knowledge concerning these airshycraft and is an excellent source to netshywork with for assistance

C-85jO-200 CONVERSION STC

Aircraft Specialties Services has come up with an interesting STC - Conshyvert your Continental C-85 to an 0shy200 by replacing the crankshaft rods and pistons The STC comes with FAA certification and STC papershywork and parts needed for the change are available from Aircraft Specialties Call 1-800826-9252 for more informashytion If anyone does this conversion in the coming months please drop us a line here at EAA HQ and let us know how it went Call 414426-4800 and ask for the Vintage Airplane editor

THOSE TRAVELN DEMPTSERS Remember Bob and Diane

Demptser the Piper Super Cub pilots who have been making their way around the world (slowly) in the now not quite so new Cub Well they headed off to Australia to finish their journey this past June and did just fine on their journey to Japan right up to the time they tried to get permission to fly to the Russian Kamchatka peninshysula The Russians denied them a pershymit simply saying that there was no avgas on the peninsula No amount of work on their part would convince the

GEORGE W LEMAY George LeMay a Classic airplane judge at the EAA Convention for over 15

years passed away at the age of 74 this past June in Calgary Alberta Canada George will be fondly remembered by his fellow judges and friends at Oshkosh who placed a plaque on the EAA Memorial Wall in his honor during EAA OSHKOSH 96

An officer in the Staggerwing Museum Foundation he was also a very active airshyplane restorer He flew his Staggerwing from the US to England to fly in the London - Victoria Australia race in 1971 Members may recall the deHaviliand Rapide flown by George and Alf Bicknell across the North Atlantic in 1976 Flown all the way from Coventry England to Oshkosh i t was picked the Best Transport at EAA Oshkosh 82

Pictured with George are his daughter Jean on the left and his wife Bonnie on the right Our condolences to his family and friends

Russians so they had to make a decishysion To their credit they decided to ship the Cub home and continued their tour of Japan While it s a shame they didn t complete their circumnavishygation of the globe their personal jourshyney a trip taken just for personal pleashysure as goodwill ambassdors of the US and not to set any records or gain publicity certainly can be labeled a success A tip of the 01 flying helmet to Bob and Diane Dempster Vashon Island W A for their fortitude and pershysistence in pursuing their dream of an around the world journey in a light plane

AIRCRAFT PARTS IDENTIFICATION

As many of you know the FAA has been concentrating on combating the use of unapproved parts on certified aircraft They have issued an Advishysory Circular AC 20-62D Eligibility Quality and Identification of Aeronaushytical Replacement Parts Copies are available from the FAA AFS-340 800 Independence Av SW Washington DC 2059l

For those of us with older airplanes obtaining parts is a critical issue espeshycially when the holder of the Type Cershytificate no longer exists or supports their product

To assist in the verification of genshyuine parts obtained from retired airshycraft AC20-62D provides for their use provided a paper trail can be genershyated This is accomplished by tagging the parts identifying them and the fact they were removed from a U S certishyfied product and attested to by an apshypropriately rated certificated person as to their authenticity This process if used when parts are removed from reshytired for parted-out aircraft will allow reuse as they will have a paper trail of eligibility Airworthiness or the condition of the part is a separately handled issue

T here is no official FAA tag deshysigned for this purpose in general aviashytion so any document made for this type of parts ID is acceptable

Using this procedure when you part out an aircraft could prevent a lot of headaches later on If you have any further concerns please obtain a copy of the Advisory Circular

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VINTAGE

AeroMail RESTORATION CREDIT

Dear Mr Joyce My husband and I enjoy reading

Straight amp Level every month in VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE We are members of the AntiqueClassic Division of EAA and enjoy every benefit entitled to us

After reading your article in the May 1996 issue I would like to point out a few things that were brought to my atshytention You noted that both the Anshytique Grand Champion and the Reserve Grand Champion at Sun n Fun 96 were owned by Clay Smith in Athens Georshygia (Mr Smith lives in Athens Alshyabama) My husband Robbie Vajdos restored both of these aircraft from the ground up at his business Vajdos Aviashytion in Louise Texas

The Interstate L-6 was featured in an article by Norm Petersen in the January 1996 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Robbie finished the Stearman in March

of 1994 and flew it to Oshkosh 94 where it won WW II Military TrainerLiaison Champion He finished the Interstate L-6 in July of 1995 just days before Oshkosh We flew it there and won WW II Military TrainerLiaison Runshyner-Up Needless to say we were very excited However to win at Sun n Fun this year made the very long hours of restoration worth it

My husband has restored nine Stearshymans and 16 other various aircraft from Piper Cubs to Stinsons to Aeroncas I am very proud of his accomplishments especially since he is only 31 years old

I feel that sometimes the restorer who puts many hours into making these airplanes the best they can be someshytimes gets forgotten

I appreciate your time and look forshyward to your next article

Sincerely Dina M Vajdos

CHARLES KEEN In referring to the Charles Keen airplane in the May issue of VINTAGE AIRshy

PLANE my brother Charles Schricker says a Mr Perry was flying the plane and on takeoff climbed to about 100 feet turned downwind and lost control then When EAA was still at Hales Corners I sent several pictures and one of them was of that plane viewed from behind Enclosed is another picture from my brothers collection - it is possibly the same plane with a different color scheme

John B Schricker EAA 2759 AC 5663 Prior Lake MN

JOE JUPTNER Dear Sir What a richly deserved recognition it

is for good 01 Joe Juptner to be enshyshrined in EAAs AntiqueClassic Hall of Fame Hes good folks I first made his acquaintance by mail back in the late 1960s while he was still residing on a farm in Tennessee His home there burned and lost in that fire was a lot of his collection of old aeronautica Many of us would have thrown up our hands in despair and disgust but not Joe Juptshyner He just pulled up his socks and forged ahead

Since that time it has been hard to keep up with this guy I met him only once - at a Waco fly-in at Hamilton Ohio He seemed genuinely delighted to see me and went out of his way to visit my place a day or so later at the rural Kentucky airstrip where I then lived in a log cottage

Here came 01 Joe in a tiny little camper perched on one of those diminushytive Japanese pickups - huffing and puffshying up to my house After an evening of jawboning about old time aviation Joe insisted on spending the night in his camper parked snugly in my back yard The next morning I whipped up some bacon and eggs for us and the next thing I knew he was off again to another fly-in somewhere

Thanks Joe for being what you are Your bottomless fund of aviation lore and quickness to help others with a photo or some obscure fact has been a boon to many another writer Your seshyries US Civil Aircraft will long stand as the bible on what we hold dear - old airplanes

Edward Peck AC 3225 Louisville KY

Edward you said it best and there is little the rest of us can add - Joes a nashytional aviation treasure and certainly deshyserves our thanks - HGF

Continued on page 25

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3

LAA OllKOll 96 AntiqueClassic Awards

Antique Grand Champion

Alan ~uchner Fresno CA 1932 Vaco QDC (tiC12438)

Reserve Grand Champion Thomas V Vright Russell tV

1944 ~eechJtaggerJing D-17 (ti40t)

Customized Champion Gerrard J Dederich Vadsworth IL

1944 ~eechJtaggerJing DIY (tiCI6GD) Runner-Up Kent and Jandy ~Iankenburg Pine Mountain Lake CA

1939Jpartan Lxecutive 7V (tiCI7667) Outstanding

Frank ~orman Las Cruces tiM 1941 VacoJRt (tiCI2438)

Military TrainerLiaison Champion John A Roethlisberger ~eaver PA

1942 ~oeing 75 crtearman) (tiC60810) Runner-Up

Dennis ~Iunt Rockford IL 1943 Fairchild PT-23 (tiC60418)

Transport Champion John David Fields JrJan Angelo TX

1937 Lockheed 12A (tiC33RA) Golden Age Champion

Doug Fuss Arlington TX 1926 Laird Commercial (tiCll0)

Jilver Age (1928-32) Champion Art Knowles Jacksboro TX

1929 Command Aire (tiC538t) Pgtronze Age (1933-41) Champion

John Meyer i=1udsonville MI 1938 Piper J3C-50Jport (tiC21646)

Runner-Up T A ~urmeister Des Moines IA

1939 Fairchild 24V-9 (tiC20638) Outstanding Closed Cockpit Monoplane

Torquil tiorman London tngland 1936 Di=1 90 Dragonfly (G-AtDU)

Outstanding Open Cockpit Monoplane ~ill Rose ~arrington IL

1938 RyanJTAJpecial (tiCI728)

Outstanding Closed Cockpit Pgtiplane ~rad LarsonJanta Paula CA

1939 Cessna C-165 Airmaster (tiCI9498) VVII Era Champion

Larry ~eck Canby OR 946 Fairchild 24V-46 (tiC81369)

Runner-Up Layton i=1umphrey Coppell TX

1943 ~eechJtaggerJing D17 (ti4i=1X) Outstanding Open Cockpit Pgtiplane

K Myers Ripon VI 1943Jtearman (tiC33162)

Outstanding Closed Cockpit Pgtiplane DonJaundersJt Albert Alberta Canada

1943 ~eechJtaggerJing (CF-GKY) Outstanding Closed Cockpit Monoplane

Richard Kanode Frederick MD 1945 J3 Cub (tiC6932)

Classic Grand Champion

Ray and Judy Johnson Marion lti Aeronca 11 AC Chief (tiC3469t)

Reserve Grand Champion JamesJayers tdison 014

Cessna 195 (ti2197C)

Pgtest Class I (0-80 hp) Ted Roman Roswell GA Aeronca 7 AC (ti83460)

Pgtest Class II (81-150 hp) ~ill Goebel i=1urst TX

Cessna 170~ (ti146m Pgtest Class III (151+ hp)

RobertJeals Fresno CA ~ellanca Cruisemaster (ti522A)

Pgtest Custom Class A (0-80 hp) Peter and Mark Rowe Midlothian TX

Aeronca llAC Chief (tiC333MR) Pgtest Custom Class Pgt (81-150 hp)

Don and Deb ~Iakey ti Little Rock AR J-3 Cub (ti70631)

Pgtest Custom Class C (151-225 hp) Duane Golding Marion TX

Jwift (ti3395K)

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Pgtest Custom Class D (226+ hp) Outstanding Customized Ron andJue FrenchJan j05e CA Charles J Culwell Dallas TX

Iavion Model A (I4969K) 1956 Dellavilland E)eaver (I5CC) Class I (0-160 hp)

Best In Type Pgtest Aeronca Champ

Richard F Charette Jadsworth IL 7E)CM (184005) Pgtest Aeronca Chief

Robert Ilollenbaugh Ilarry Pratt and David Morgan Middletown Oil (159654)

Pgtest Pgteechcraft RandJingfriendJan Carlos CA tl8 (I929DV)

Pgtest Pgtellanca Mark and judy Ohlinger Akron Oil

Cruiseair (186957) Pgtest Cessna 120140

J Craig Young Iludson JI C140 (189221) Pgtest Cessna 170180

Thomas J 11011 II Clarkston MI 170E) (I4654C) Pgtest Cessna 190195

Charles t Jebb Fort Jorth TX 195 (I195CJ) Best Ercoupe

Jyd Cohen Jausau JI (IC94196) Pgtest Luscombe

Rollin Ilatfield Meridian 1[7 8A (171549) Pgtest Iavion

Ron andJue FrenchJan jose CA Model A (I4969K)

Pgtest Piper j-3 Don Curtes Menominee Falls JI 187759)

Pgtest Piper (others) Thomas Lynn Jaters Terrell TX

PA22120 (I2544P) PgtestJtinson

Andrew Ileins Dayton OIlJtinson 108 (IC97141) PgtestJwift

jon E)reese Omaha It GC1E) (I2554E) Pgtest Taylorcraft

Tim Gregory Lakeville MI E)C12D (195715) Limited Production

Pierre Labrosse Dorval Canada Dellavilland DIlC -2 E)eaver (C-iRE)L)

Most Unique Richard Porter Casper JY Ce55na 196 (I4585V)

Contemporary Grand Champion

Richard jones Everett JA 1958 E)eechcraft j-55 E)onanza (I8570D)

Reserve Grand Champion Jicks AircraftJupply Ilighland IL 1960 Piper PA-22 Colt (I4742Z)

joel MillerJoIon IA 1956 Ce55na 172 (I6910A)

Class II (161-230 hp) Pat and E)ill Doty Jinter Ilaven FL

1956 E)eechcraft G35 (I801D) Class III (231+ hp)

Mike CallasJealy TX 1960 E)eechcraft E)onanza (I552T)

Class IV (Multi engine) Dean Callan and llowardJchenckJouthlake TX

1958 Ce55na 510E) (I6644E)

Outstanding In Type PgteechJingle engine

Larry Van Dam Riverside CA 1957 E)eech 11 55 E)onanza (I5478D)

Pgteech Multi engine Alton Cianchette Palmyra ME

1959 E)eech tl8 (17120) Cessna 170172-175

john Van Lieshout Toronto Ontario Canada 1958 Ce55na 172 (C-FDGf)

Cessna 180182-210 E)obJnowden Irving TX

1958 Ce55na 180 (17505) Champion

Cliff Ilarkins Ilouston TX 1957 7FC Tri-Champ (I7577E)

Piper PA-22 George Gallaspy Oklahoma City OK

1956 PA-22 Tri-Pacer (I5954P) Piper PA-24

Paul FuliertonJt Ignace MI 1959 PA-24 Comanche 180 (I6014P)

Piper PA-23 Apache-Aztec Charles Gunderson Austin TX 1960 PA-25 Apache (I4575P)

Mooney Roy RhodesJunset E)each CA

1957 Mooney M20 (I5267E)

Also special mention should be made of these AntiqueClassic winshyners judged at the VetteJeaplane Base

Pgtest fabric floatplane Ric Ilenkel Jinnepeg Manitoba Canada middot 1948Jtinson 108-5 (CF-KjV)

Jpecial Recognition middot Larry llarmacinskiJouth E)end Ind middot 1950 Jaco ClO (IC6561)

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

The Curtiss ChallengerEngine by Hank Palmer Ale 12109 Ale 19619

I have read recently about one or two airp lanes being restored with Curtiss Chalshylenger engines I had some experience with Challengers before the war and again in 1969 through 1973 I thought that it might be of interest to some of the antique buffs

In 1939 five of us meshychanics with National Airshylines read an ad in Trade-AshyPlane offering a Curtiss Fledgling for $25000 The ship was in possession of the airport manager at Curtiss Steinberg Airport East St Louis Illinois Apparently it had been taken over for lack of payment of hangar rent I

The 120 hp Curtiss Challenger engine displaced 441 cu in and was rated at 120 hp at 1800 rpm

had a friend at Parks Air College so I wrote him and asked him to take a look at it He did and wrote back that it looked OK to him just needed dusting off and of course it was out of license So we wired the manager and asked if he would take $225 00 for it He wired back Come and get it

So we put Pete Hubert on the train dressed in white overalls with a seat pack chute and his pockets full of tools and spark plugs Pete picked up the Fledgling and made it to Memphis beshyfore his first forced landing He wired us from there that he needed more money for piston rings (apparently it had some rusty cylinders) But he said that the ship was well worth the extra costs as it had dual instruments and good tires Well after one or two more forced landings and shade tree repairs he made it to St Petersburg We rejuvenated the fabric as required and got it through an annual inspection After wearing out more rings I took some used rings from a Wasp Jr (with 118 inch larger bore) filed the ends down a bit and fitted them to the Chalshylenger These lasted longer than any of the originals Please understand that I am not recommending this solution But you understand that we had almost $30000 in this ship by now and we were all broke That ship was NC8698 During the war it was donated to a meshychanics school I don t recall any probshylems with that Challenger except for the rusty cylinders

In 1968 I bought a Fledgling basket case from Charlie Wilson who had a strip south of Memphis This ship had sat outside in the weather for 24 years except for the wings which were stored in a shed The engine on the ship was frozen up solid but it came with a spare engine it turned out to have a big crack in the rear wall of the main case which had allowed it to suck oil into the inshyduction section and thoroughly lubrishycate the cylinders and valves so that at least it would turn over When I bought this ship I thought that the engine would be the easiest part to restore as I thought that I would find Challengers and parts lying in the back of most every hangar Boy was I ever wrong there I managed to get one incomshyplete engine from Andy Anderson It was lying in the dirt in back of his hangar and Paul Poberezny let me take one from the EAA Museum in Hales Corners Wisconsin Out of the 24 cy lind ers from the four engines there were many cracked heads and many rusty barrels I rigged up a fixshyture to hold some of the barrels while I heated the heads with a weed burning torch and screwed them off with a ten foot lever bolted to the exhaust and inshytake studs Then I was able to match

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up some of the hea ds that were not cracked with barrels that were not too rusty and ended up with about ten cylinders that were serviceable except for varying degrees of rust I sent them to three different shops that said that they could chrome the barrels and bore them back to standard size In each case they studied them for a month or more and decided that they could not do anything with them so I got them back I selected the best six and assemshybled the engine

I flew it for two years until I had gone through all the spare serviceable cylinders I had Then I gave up on the Challenger and replaced it with a Contishynental W-670 I used a Stearman mount and fabricated fittings to adapt it to the Curtiss firewall I had this part apshyproved by a DER and the local FAA Inspector issued a one time field apshyproval on the rest of it I flew it to Oshkosh in 1973 and sold it to Cole Palen in 76 They flew it at Rhinebeck for 17 years and retired it in 94

Back to the Challenger engine the early ones had some magnesium parts that did not hold up well The magneshysium nose case and thrust plate just couldn t take the stress There was also a magnesium carburetor adapter and

Shot in the midshy1930s by John Roby there Curtiss Fledgshylings were at the Valshyley Stream NY airshyport

none of the four engines I had contained a serviceable one They were all badly corroded and not repairable I made one up out of automobile pipe elbows welding a flange on each end and a heat jacket around the whole thing This was a two barrel carb uretor The later model Challengers had a much stronger nose section and thrust plate of another aluminum alloy

The Challenger was reputed to be hard to start In fact the printed manshyual that I had started the paragraph on How To Start the Challenger Enshygine by saying T here is considershyable difference of opinion among pishylots as to the best procedure to be used To me this translated that they just hadnt figured it out yet I dont recall any problems in starting the one we had in 1939-40 but I do reshycall well that the Challenger I had in 1970 with the rusty cylinders was the easiest thing to start that I ever owned I include lawn mowers cars outboard motors and motorcycles One reason the Challenger was easy to start as compared with a seven or nine cylinshyder engine is that it had a two pole mag which was geared to run at 1-112 times crank speed Most seven and nine cylinder engines use four pole

mags which turn at 78 crank speed for a seven cylinder engi ne or 1-118 times for nine What all this means is that a two pole mag turns twice as fast as a four pole so you are getting a hotshyter spark at whatever speed you can crank it

As a matter of fact I did not even have to crank my Cha llenger except to pull it through to prime it I had a booster mag in the cockpit and once primed a ll you had to do was turn the small crank on the booster one time and the engine was off and running It never failed

I always considered the Challenger to be a rugged and reliable engine exshycept for the above mentioned early magnesium nose section and thrust plate Its only fault which is what I think tended to make it unpopular was that it was a rough running mashychine I believe the designers thought that by putting two three cylinder rashydials back to back on a 180 degree crank they would somehow balance each other out but this was not the case as anyone who has ever flown behind one will confirm In the later models they tried all kinds of tricks to smooth them out but as far as I know nothing worked

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The Bugatti 1 00 Racer A hot Bugatti intended for the skies not the road

Obscure You bet Radica l On all counts especially for its t ime What is it The Bugatti 100 designed and built in France just prior to the o utbreak of World War II

Ettore Bugatti was the son of a fashymous Italian silversmith and fu rniture builder Carlo Bugatti His sons inhershyite d the ir fa th ers a rti st ic abi liti es Wh ile R emb ra nd t Buggati was a renow ned se lf-ta ught schulp tor E tshytores mechanica l skills also included a sublime eye for beauty and the autoshymobi les he is most fa mous for still turn heads a t Concours shows a ll over the US and the Cont inent For avia tion enthusiasts his most in tr iguing project was a futu ristic looking airplane which he expected to fly very very fast

In te nding to wi n the De u tsc h de la Muertbe Cup air race sched uled to be he ld in Germany in 1938 Bugatti had commisshysioned we ll known French aeronautical engineer Louis D de Monge to layout the remarkable aircraft

Given the dimenshysions of a Bugatti SOB straight-eight engine de Monge set out to put the minimum amount of airplane around the 47 liter powerplant The engine was much smaller than the maximum amount alshylowed by the rules (8 liters) so drag was to be kept as low as possib le resulting in the buried engine concept The weight of the engine was pared even further when the block was cast out of magnesium instead of aluminum A Roots supercharger was a lso fitted to boost the engine output

The entire airframe was built of wood using a sandwich method that is strikingly similar to the modern comshyposite structures being built today - a lighter material being used as a core which is then covered with an outer surshyface that acts as a stiffener

With all of its technical innovation not all was well with the project and

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by HG Frautschy

deep into tbe ai rcrafts design and buildshying program const ruction was halted while the airplane was redesigned to acshycept two of the engines each one canted to o ppos it e s ides so th e dri ves ha ft s could be run forward around the sides of the cockpi t to a transmission geared to drive a pair of counter-rotating proshypellers

The engines were si tuated on either side of the airplanes CO wi th the pi shylot in a semi-reclining position well forshyward of the wing

Supplying cooling air for the wate rshycooled engine rad iators was solved usshying an ingenious me thod of induct ing the cooling air into a plenum chamber in the aft fuselage T he loca tion of the intake ducts T he leading edges of the

butterfly tai l T he cooling air was then routed a short di stance fo rward in the exp a nde d pl e num u n t il it passed through the engine radiators and then ex ited th e fuse lage via a pa ir of lo ushyvered ducts set in the trai ling edges of the wing roots

T he t a il a rr a nge me nt whi ch was

In this series of shots the remarkable layshyout of the Bugatti 100 racer is clearly shown With the wings and tail surfaces covered and finished in silver dope the bare wood fuselage of the Bugatti 100 awaits further restoration The spinners for the counter-rotating propellers are temporarily installed in place as is the original canopy The deep graceful wing root fillets complete with the exit louvers for the engine cooling air exhaust are inshystalled using a large number of screws attaching the fairings to small machined aluminum disks that are set in the surshyface of the fuselage In the head on shot you can see the intake for the cooling air in the leading edges of the tai l The enshygine exhaust fairings are installed on each side of the fuselage for the pair of modified 47 liter Bugatti racing engines Only weeks away from its f irst flight the Bugatti 100 never took to the air another victim of WW II Just imagine it flashing by its Bugatti Racing Blue form a blur as it roars past the noise from the countershyrotating propellers combining with the sort stacks of t he pair of straight-eight Bugatti engines to set up a racket that is heard for miles around

awarded just one of the multiple patents received during the design of the 100 was a butterfly arrangement (actually it s technically a Y tail) with a sub fin extending from the bottom part of the fuselage The sub fin had a shock strut mounted tailwheel installed along with a rudder

Another concept awarded a patent was the use of automatically activated flaps and landing gear Using a pitotshystatic sensing system the Bugatti 100 was able to have its flaps placed in the correct position for takeoff and landing (flaps down) high speed ( slightly reshyflexed camber) dive brakes (both split flaps deployed) and after landing as a spoiler with the top half of the split flap deflected upwards exactly as you see today on modern airliners

Wh e n the proper airspeed was reached with a low manifold pressure the landing gear was automatically deshyployed

As an airplane the Bugatti 100 was poised to break the image of the norshymal racer and transform it into someshything entirely new and exciting But it

was not to be The start of the Second World War in the fall of 1939 made it unlikely that the airplane would ever be raced and although Ettore had been given a contract to produce a fighter version of the airplane designated the nap it would never make it off of the drafting table

The German army marched through central Europe on their way to Paris and as the French public struggled against the onslaught in June 1940 the Bugatti 100 racer was lowered to a waitshying truck and secreted away to a barn in the French countryside where it would remain for over 30 years Bugatti never saw his airplane take wing and he passed away in 1946 at the age of 65

In 1958 it was seen hidden in a barn on the grounds of the Chateau d E rshymenonville Having passed through the hands of a man named Pazoli and then M Salis it was then purchased by an American Ray Jones in 1970 Jones a Bugatti enthusiast had no rea l interest in the airplane - what he really wanted were the Bugatti engines which he inshytended to install in a pair of au tomoshy

biles he was building up Since he really didn t care to keep the airframe he sold it to Dr Peter D Williamson of Lyme NH Dr Williamson turned the airshyplane over to a pair of noted Bugatti aushytomobile restorers Les and Don Lefshyferts of Vintage Auto Restorations in Ridgefield CT Les and Don worked on the project from 1975 until 1979 when work stopped

Dr Williamson had donated the airshyplane to the Air Force Museum who agreed to the donation with the undershystanding that it would not likely be placed on display but be made available to a suitable museum In 1996 Dr Williamson the Air Force Museum and the EAA Aviation Foundation came to an agreement and the title to the one and only Bugatti 100 racer was transshyferred to the EAA Aviation Foundashytion

Arriving just prior to EAA OSHKOSH 96 the smooth skinned racer was assembled and is currently on display in the EAA Air Adventure Mushyseum in its partially restored state Come and see it

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Stearman Reunion by Richard T Hansen Ale 19619

Part I - Five Years Later

From a mountainside to

a hanga0 and then back

in the air Its 630 in the morning on Septemshy

ber 5 1993 Im driving to the airport in Selma which is a 20 minute drive from my home Im excited anticipating the day and whats to follow The Stearman is finished and I will fly it today I am by myself this morning with no one to visit with so [ can let my mind wander I think about the events of the past five years that have led to this day

I knew when I brought the airp lane out of the mountains that it would be my hope to restore it and put it back into the condition it was in when [ first saw it In my mind I can see it sitting there ready to fly or with me in it flyshying above the clouds with my leather helmet and goggles and my white scarf around my neck and the thrill that would come from knowing that I had saved it from being just some rusty old scrap metal on the side of a mountain Still reality has a way of setting in and I knew before I committed myself to such a major undertaking that there would be many things to consider This wouldn t be just the restora tion of a complete airplane This would mean starting with just the parts that the Army had left behind and had not destroyed Would I be ab le to find or make all the parts still needed Would I have the knowledge [hadn t flown in 33 years cou ld I st ill fly Would I be able to fly this airplane

[ would spend three months making

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these decisions The first step would be to return once again to the crash site this time with a metal detector to see if anyshything had been overlooked previously

Because the crash occurred in Octoshyber of 1941 I had been told that the Army knowing we were going to war would be concerned about leaving anyshything sa lvageable behind that they had probably buried the engine and some of th e larger parts nearby This may also account for why the Army said that they had dynamited the airplane and that there was nothing left Skeptical of what I had been told I felt that these stories should still be investigated

I returned once again to the crash site with the metal detector and scoured the area thoroughly Other than a few bolts a small cowling that had been bent in half and a large washer that came from the engine I found nothing of importance and I am now convinced that the e ngine was disassembled and carried out piece by piece Because of the steep ness of the terrain it st ill amazes me how many of the parts were carried out by the men It must have been a monumental task One thing that did turn up was a broken hacksaw blade There was a tube on the fuse lage that had been partially cut with a hackshysaw I am assuming that in doing so they had broken the blade and with no spare blades this may have saved the fuselage from being destroyed

Richard Hansen and his project went from this to the structure you see In the following pages in 5 years of work and parts scrounging

Things sometimes have a way of falling into place and I was very fortushynate to find a project that someone had put together hoping to build a Stearshyman For whatever reason it didn t work out and it was offered to me at a very fair price This would eventually turn out to be the deciding factor as this project would include most of the major parts which I did not have When I was flying before I had owned a 1946 Aeronca Chief and at that time done a two year restoration The knowledge that I had gained at that time would be helpful if I decided to restore the Stearshyman Woodwork has always been easy for me and I felt that my trade as a cusshytom furniture upholsterer would and indeed did later prove invaluable

I mentioned Don Huston in the first part of this story Don and I have been close fr iends for over 30 years and have shared many adventures together Don has a shop that is big enough to hold the fuselage and offered it willingly Don in the beginning was a big help in the restoration and shared in the excitement with me It turned out that there are many people I can t thank enough Don will be one of them I guess as the old saying goes if there was a straw that broke the camels back mine was when I saw a Stearman painted in Army colors just as I had remembered it when I was 11 years old It was absolutely beautiful and I knew (or at least thought I knew)

what was ahead of me the decision was made to restore the ai rp la ne T he restoration was started on the twentyshythird of September 1988 The first step was to strip the fuselage to the bare frame to fi nd out how much damage was done in the crash There was a fuse lage in the project that I acquired and it could have

been used but I really wanted to use the original After stripping the fuselage and examining it thoroughly I was de shylighted to find it was a good sound fuseshylage with on ly slight surface rust and damage that was easily repaired

I would spend the first year combinshying what could be used from both the

(Above and below) The wreck is transshyformed into this beautiful structure by Richard His skills learned through his trade as a custom furniture upholsterer proved to be very useful during the project The all wood wings of the Stearman became an art form all by themselves as they came together in the shop

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project and the wreck always using the parts from the original when possible even if it meant more work repairing and restoring them to new condition Every part was stripped of paint sanded and then painted with a two part epoxy paint that was near the original color This was a long monotonous job but it was a good time to do it while the exshycitement of getting started was still new I spent a lot of time the first year locatshying parts trading for or making them and absorbing all the knowledge I could from people who would share it

It would be almost impossible for me to have rebuilt an airplane starting with so little without the sharing of knowlshyedge by others One of the great things about restoring this airplane was some of the nice people I have met along the way who were willing to share that knowledge Norris Norsegian would be one of them Norris has been working on or flying Stearmans for over 50 years He flew for Tex Rankin at Rankin Field during the war in the Civilshyian Pilot Training Corps and has been a recipient of the Charlie Taylor award an award given once a year for having 50 years of outstanding aviation mainteshynance experience I really got to know Norris when we drove to Reno to pick up the 220 Continental engine that would go on the airplane We spent about 11 hours together in the car that day That was a very enjoyable day hearing all those wonderful stories that can only be told by someone who has spent a lifetime in aviation I would disshyassemble the engine clean and paint all the parts then stand back and watch as Norris put the engine together I have gained a tremendous amount o f knowlshyedge from Norris and I now consider him a good friend

Harold Kindsvater was another pershyson who was very helpful in the beginshyning Harold is well-known for his inshyterest in restoring German airplanes and his knowledge and workmanship is outstanding Harold became an imporshytant part of my restoration when he purshychased a Stearman project that was at the time in abo ut the same stage as mine We would not only share knowlshyedge about the rebuilding but in our search for parts which was now includshying trips to both ends of the state would look for parts for each other Harold taught me how to work aluminum and consequently I was able to make many of the parts that I needed including the baggage compartment door and all the top sheet metal and inspection doors It was a very interesting and satisfying part of the restoration process

As the restoration progressed I knew that if I was going to fly this airplane when it was finished I had better see if I could still fly All of my flying before

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had been in a tail wheel airplane and in order to prepare myself for the Stearshyman that is what I needed to fly Comshying back from a customers house one day I was near a small airport and stopped to see if they had any rentals that would fit my needs I couldnt beshylieve my luck when they had a Bellanca Champ which they were renting and giving instruction I made an appointshyment for 800 the next morning

I had learned to fly in an Aeronca Champ so this would be the perfect airshyplane me-tail wheel stick and tandem A man named Jim Baker would give me a check ride He had just returned from Alaska where he flew as a bush pilot so a couple more gray hairs flying with me probably wouldnt make any difference

I hadnt touched the controls of an airplane in 33 years and had no idea of what to expect Jim sat back and let me go I really over controlled the airplane on takeoff and was all over the runway but I got it up with no help As I climbed out it all started coming back to me My slow flight and stalls were surprisingly good and the thrill was just as strong as it ever had been My landings were sloppy and I needed help with some but I was flying again after 33 years

I had mixed emotions that day The excitement of flying again was wondershyful but one of the first things I noticed was the haze and the smog I live near the middle of the San Joaquin Valley with the Coastal Range on one side and the Sierras on the other When I flew before there was never a time when you couldn t see both ranges clearly now you can hardly see six to eight

Richard and Dana proudly display a well deserved plague presented to the Stearshyman and the restorers at one of the many California fly-Ins

miles All this brown nasty looking haze was a terrible disappointment to me We have done a lot of wonderful things in the last 33 years but what we have done to the environment is not one of them

Jim soloed me in 46 hours I think we all remember the thrill of our first solo and I would have the thrill of two I would eventually buy the Champ and put over 150 hours on it preparing to fly the Stearman

The fuselage was really taking shape now It was on the gear with the engine on and was just about ready for cover It was now time to start thinking about the wings The wings were undoubtedly the most extensive part of the restorashytion and required the most worl5 and time I was able to use probably 70 pershycent of the wing hardware from the wreck and there was some in the proshyject I had bought so I was off to a pretty good start Having seen several Stearshyman wings in various stages of construcshytion and one in kit form that could be put together I started toying with the idea of making them myself It was at this time that I met Bob Lock Bob was in the process of building the wings for his Stearman I was fascinated and enshycouraged by Bob to build my wings I thank him for sharing his knowledge with me but I also thank him for enshy

Flying over the Fresno area Richards Stearman is hangared and flown only a few miles away from the base it was used for trainshying pilots during WW II The airplane was stationed at Hammer Field when it crashed in October of 1941 Hammer Field is now called the Fresno Air Terminal and is only three miles from Richard Hansens current home

couraging me I did build my wings from scratch Bob gave me some origishynal Stearman spars for patterns I took the spar material to a planing mill and had them trued on one side

I made a jig so the spars couldnt move while in the saw and using a smooth cut blade the spars were cut out and the wings were started Norris gave me some original Stearman ribs and wing tip bows for patterns I used the same materials that were originally used The spruce spar material and domestic mahogany plywood were obtained from Aircraft Spruce amp Specialty and all of the materials were of excellent quality I used nails in the gussets as per original This was very easy for me because I could put the nails in my mouth and then use my upholsterers magnetic tack hammer and use them like I would tacks They were put in the gussets in the same way which was a huge time saver I made the bows from the patterns and made and even bent my own wing walks I made my lower wings to fit the ailerons so that everything Lined up with a nice even gap It took me two years worth of spare time but for me the wings were the most enjoyable and satisshyfying part of the restoration I have alshyways loved woodwork and to me a Stearman wing when finished and varshynished is truly beautiful and I am proud of the wings that I made

As the restoration progressed I beshycame curious as to the fate of the P-40s that Lt Miles was searching for at the

time of his crash-landing This is the story that unfolded On the 24th of Ocshytober in 1941 a series of events began to unfold that would eventually lead to the story of my airplane Nineteen P-40s from the 57th pursuit group left from March Field in Riverside California bound for McLellan Field in Sacrashymento Problems began when the flight ran into storm clouds over the Tehachapis at 15000 feet The first airshyplane to be lost from the group was the airplane of 2nd Lt J H Pease of Boise Idaho It developed engine trouble forcing him to bailout over the mounshytains near Bakersfield It was someshywhere after this that the flight broke up with the airplanes scattering eight landshying safely at Smith Valley Nevada one forced down at Visalia and five reachshying their destination in Sacramento

The tragic part of the flight would begin when Lt W H Birrell of Warshyren Ohio crashed and burned on Grays Peak near Bass Lake with his body beshying found nearby There were also three planes and pilots missing There was a massive air search that followed and it was during this time that Lt Miles went down in the Stearman Two of the missshying pilots Lt Jack C West and Lt Leonard C Lydon were rescued after surviving six days in the stormy Sierras at the 8000 foot level on Barton s Peak in Kings Canyon National Park Flying together they bailed out when their planes ran low on fuel The wreckage of their planes was discovered later The

other plane and pilot Richard N Long from Connellsville Pennsylvania were never found

Occasionally you will talk to someshyone who has searched for the airplane or hear the rumors that follow a story like this Still 53 years later the fate of Lt Long and the location of his airshyplane is still unknown This would not be the end of the tragedy though The remaining group after reaching McHord Field in Tacoma Washington and participating in maneuvers over the Pacific northwest would lose three more planes and two more pilots on the return flight home Pilots R E Steckshyman and Thomas L Traux were killed when their planes crashed on a peak near San Anselmo en route to Fresno Another plane was lost when Lt Walter Radovich parachuted to safety nearby

The bad weather that plagued the Sierras and central California during this period would also cause the loss of a B-17 flying from Reno to Fresno when it ran into severe turbulence over the Sierras causing the airplanes tail section to crack off Fortunately eight of the nine aboard parachuted to safety Two more lives and one more airplane would be lost during this time when Lt L Lathrop and Cadet Edward L Riggs were killed in a training plane accident at Woodville east of Tulare In a ten day period that started with the ill fated flight of the P-40s from March Field there would be 11 airplanes and five lives lost and two men missing

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I have been working on the airplane for four years now The fuselage sat idle for the two years that I had worked on the wings so it was good to get back to work on the things that needed to be finished The fuselage was almost comshyplete with both cockpits finished Full panels in both cockpits were done all with yellow dials genuine leather seats oak sticks and matching floorboards As for the bird cage I was able to use most of the original formers and top rails I put on all new stringers which worked well because I could line everyshything up properly I put the lower wings on the fuselage before putting the wing walks on to make sure they fit

The tail surfaces were all complete now repaired where needed stripped and painted and they along with all the cowlings were then put onto the airshyplane With the exception of the center section and upper wings the airplane was now assembled complete and ready for cover It was a great feeling looking at it and realizing that it all really was going to happen It was also a good feeling to know that no corners had been cut that every sinshygle part nut and bolt were either new or just as good as new If there ever was a question if there was a better way no matter how much longer it took that is the way it was done

I have tried very hard during the restoration to keep the airplane as origshyinal as possible I did however get away from the original when and where it was necessary to improve the quality of the airplane I put in a starter a complete electrical system and a radio panel in the back seat which I copied from Don Massey Don also repaired my fuel tank as that was beyond my ability Now all the parts had been cleaned and painted the wings were done and it was time to start covering The covering really went along easily for me and here is where being an upshyholsterer was invaluable as so many of the ways that I work material in my trade could be applied to the covering of the airplane I used the Stits (now Poly-Fiber) process entirely and used Aerothane to paint it with I have heard a lot of people complain about the moshynotony of rib stitching but I enjoyed it I used the hidden stitch where the knot is pulled inside to make a neater job Maybe the reason I didnt mind the job so much was because every part that was covered meant that I was just that much closer to painting and putting the airplane together

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I arrive at the airport at 700 meet Bob Lock as planned and we jump into his Stearman and head for Sequoia Field Sequoia Field was a training base during the war and has a long wide runway with very little traffic Im in the back seat and the plan is to let me shoot some landings and if everyshything goes according to plan I will fly my Stearman later Bob has been helping me with the airplane over the last month tying all the loose ends together doshying the weight and balshyance rigging the airshyplane all the paperwork and checking it thorshyoughly getting it ready for the FAA inspection Bob is another one who I cant thank enough The airplane passed the FAA inspection on the 31st of Aushygust with flying colors The engine

been run for six hours and taxi tests

had been done Arrivshying at Sequoia Field we made seven landings and takeoffs did some air work then headed back to Selma for the big event

I know there is some concern from my wife family and some of my friends about flying this airplane I guess with good reason when you see the pictures or think about the pile of junk that lay on the side of the mountain and realize that that is the airplane I will fly today However for me I know that this airshyplane is as close to being new as possishyble and for me there is not the slightest concern only excitement

There is a satisfaction when you build something with your own hands and when it is finished you are satisfied with the results I have been at the airshyport every day this past week working on the airplane and at the end of the day I would pull up a chair have a cup of coffee and just sit and stare at this beautiful old biplane To fly it will just be icing on the cake A lot of people have tried to put into words their love for flying I think we all have our own thoughts on what it means to us In the winter here in the San Joaquin Valley for days and sometimes weeks at a time we are blanketed by a high fog You cant see the sun it is cold undershy

neath and depressing with the sky a dirty gray Sometimes you are lucky though and it will clear enough to get on top of the fog The sun is bright and warm the sky is a deep blue and you can see the snow covered Sierras for a hundred miles and your only thoughts are of the incredible beauty laid out beshy

fore you That is a feeling that is hard to put into words

So here I am sitting in this airshyplane wearing my dads goggles his wings in my pocket and Bob in the

front seat My friends and family are watching This is the moment

I have waited for through the five year restoration and

maybe you could say since I was 11 years old

The test flight was fun and exciting with

everything workshying the way I had hoped it would the airplane per-

g beautifully We were up for 45

minutes staying close to the field just in case It was a wondershy

ful day and a day Im sure I will relive many

times in the years to come At the time of this writing I have flown

the Stearman over 100 hours Flying it is everything I thought it would be Its just a great old airshyplane and really fun to fly

The airplane was stationed at Hamshymer Field when it crashed in October of 1941 The field is now called the Fresno Air Terminal and is only three miles from where I live The reunion for the Doolittle Raiders was held there on April 16 of this year I was fortunate to be asked to display my airplane and be part of it As I touched down it was a good feeling knowing although 53 years had passed that the airplane had finally come home

The restoration was finished just three weeks short of five years Longer than I had anticipated but not bad after talking to others who have restored Stearmans All of my attempts to locate Lt Miles have hit dead ends I do know that he was stationed at Hammer Field on October 241941 and that his family lived in Iowa I am assuming that if Lt Miles had survived the war he would probably now be in his mid-seventies It would be interesting to talk to him folshylow where his career had gone hear his side of the story and maybe fill in some blanks This is not the end of the story It continues every day that I fly the Stearman and it just proves that someshytimes the dreams of an ll-year-old boy can come true

Is A Long Time To Wait

by Earl Root Ale 921 5

While visiting the AntiqueClassic area at EAA OSHKOSH in 1987 I learned of an SM-8A Stinson Jushynior that might be for sale in southern Missouri

This model of a Stinson had always been of great inshyterest to me and my wife because our neighbor Jerry Thuotte flies a beautifully restored SM-8A from the resishydential air park we live on To see his big turkey fly has been a great inspiration for us to find and restore this unique airplane

Our route home from Oshkosh took us to Enid OK where our son was in pilot training at Vance Air Force Base By chance the Stinson or what remained of it was located in Marshfield MO just seven miles off Inshyterstate 44 The owners of the project were Ernie and Elizabeth Seiler

These delightful people had made a living restoring antique airplanes probably more for the love of old f1yshy

Parts are where you find them This wrecked Stinson landed on a farm in eastern Oregon in 1943 I liberated it in 1993

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ing machines than the money After arshyriving at their home we asked to see the Stin son but first we had to sit in the lawn swing and have some ice water to get acquainted - southern style After a couple of hours of rockn and talkn Ernie decided that maybe he could trust us to properly care for the Stinson A price was later agreed to and in the fall of 1987 the project was trucked to the northwest

What we had to work with was a rusty bent fuselage rotten wings bent wing struts and many missing parts to an airplane that had been out of producshytion for nearly 60 years Welcome to

~ the world of antique airplanes ll Early in 1930 Stinson Aircraft wasf purchased by EL Cord Cord conshy8 trolled many ventures including

With the wings finished Earl Root does a little varnish touch up on the beautiful wing Auburn Cord Duesenberg automoshyribs and spars bi les Lycoming motors American Airshy

ways and now Stinson The SM-8A folshylowed a line of successful models built by Eddie Stinson Now with new capishytal airplanes could be built on a producshytion line basis thus keeping the manushyfact uring costs lower The advertised pr ice in 1930 was $577500 Still a whopping amount to the average Joe in 1930 it was still a low price for those who cou ld afford to pay particularly since it was perceived as a much more expensive airp lane Some 250 to 300 ships were built at Wayne MI before the slightly changed Model S Junior reshyplaced it in 1931

A call to the Aircraft Registration ofshyfice of the FAA in Oklahoma City reshyvealed that our airplane had been built in June of 1930 and was assigned serial number M-4107 registered as NCshy934W A copy of the original sales inshyvo ice shows that Williams Brothers

Joan Root with a trial fit of all the parts prior to covering in 1992

It flies Earl and the Stinson SM-SA take to the air just before Christmas 1995 from their residential airstrip near Buckley WA

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EAA Chief Photographer Jim Koepnick joined up with the Roots at the Northwest EAA Regional Fly-In at Arlington WA Their newly restored SM-SA was judged the Chamshypion Antique at the Fly-In

Stinson dealership in Tulsa became the first owner Records also show that two months later in August it was involved in a hangar fire at the dealership This damage resulted in the removal of the aircrafts registration with the CAA The remains were then sold as salvage

The original N number had been reshyassigned to a modern aircraft and beshycause the owner did not want to change

his registration and repaint his airplane NC-934M was reserved as the new numshyber To our surprise title to the aircraft was still with the long defunct Stinson dealership in Tulsa With a little reshysearch and a lot of luck I was able to talk to a nephew of the Williams brothshyers In fact as a young boy he had swept hangar floors for his uncles at their business He very graciously proshy

~ The cabin of the Roots Stinson Junior is beautifully done in fabric and has all of the ~ appointments one would expect of a cabin class airplane from the 1930s Rope as shyIi sist straps are attached to the wall and the plate safety glass windows on each side t crank Clown to allow a bit more ventilation The large laminated wood Stinson control ~ ~ wheels coupled with a roll response that can be termed stately contribute to the

Stinson Jrs big airplane feel

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vided me with an affidavit stating that his relatives had sold their dea lership and as the surviving relative he was seIlshying the airplane to me This gave me leshygal ownership and I was ready to press on with the project

In what turned out to be a seven year restoration an amazing thing happened Some very ta lented fr iends offered to

help with various phases of the project Wings were built fuse lage tubing was welded missing parts located and speshycial tools and a paint room were borshyrowed The necessary networking for SM-SA information and parts led to new friends all over the country Parts were found from Alaska to Florida The tai l gear was found in the Aero-

Below - Heres a fitting that does triple duty on many antiques - first it s a fuel gauge with a cork on a wire floating above and an indicator disk attached to the other end of the wire Second it serves as a fuel sump catching water and other contaminants and fishynally it has a drain at the bottom to get rid of the junk that settles to the bottom of the tube

Mart at the EAA Convention in Oshkosh A tip from a fellow antiquer that a large monoplane is sitting on a farm in eastern Oregon led to the disshycovery of a wrecked SM-SA that had come down on the farm in 1943 The pla nes owner had abandoned it and there it sat for 50 years Many usable parts were on the wreck

Help also came from the EAA staff at Pioneer Airport with a suggestion to take the toe-in of the main wheels comshypletely out for better ground handling (Bauken Noack EAAs ace shipwright and all around mechanical genius preshycisely rebuilt the EAA Aviation Founshydations SM-SA [NC-1026] landing gear and in doing so made a pussycat out of what had been an ornery critter) If any owners are not flying their Stinson J unior because of darty ground hanshydling I wo uld strongly suggest the reshywork of the main gear so that in a three point atti tude the wheels have no toe-in or toe-out You will no longer be apt to see your tail tryi ng to trade places with the propeller upon landing

Covering selected was the Stits (now Poly-Fi ber) process It was painted in Boston Maroon with Diana Cream trim Poly tone gave the desired satin fi nish of the period With all new wings struts 30x5 tires Fisher wheels and an overshyhauled 225 hp Lycoming R6S0 equipped with a 101 inch Hamilton-Sta ndard Ground adj ustable propeller the airshyplane was ready to go On December 161995 our Stinson flew for the first time in 65 years It flew great It rides li ke a Lincoln Town Car at 105 mph

Maybe 65 years is not too long to wait to get back out on the flig ht line

Bendix brakes and Fisher wheels along with 30x5 tires NC-934M looks as proud as it did in really add to the ramp appeal of the Roots Junior 1930 It has a lot of catching up to do

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The

WittmanLegacy

A Visit to The New Wittman Hangar at fAAs Pioneer Airport

by HC Frautschy

Weare often in the presence of great men and there are even times in our lives when we are

aware of their greatness even while they are sti ll with us Steve Wittman was one of those great men The acshyknowledgement of his stature in aviashytion was firmly cemented when his 90th birthday celebration was held in 1994

After that celebration a group of local Oshkosh area residents conshyceived the Friends of Steve commitshytee Their intent was to preserve the great legacy of Steve Wittman by building a hangar that could house a collection of aircraft and memorabilia a display that could serve as a reshyminder of Winnebagolands rich avishyation history while inspiring others to continue his tradition

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The Wittman Hangar collection includes the only remaining Pheasant H-10 test flown by Steve after it was manufactured in Fond du Lac WI This particular airplane was donated to EAA in 1971 by Philip Stier Sussex WI In September of 1928 Steve flew a Pheasant to a 12th place finish in a coast to coast air race He owned a Pheasant until 1934 Behind it is Buttercup Steves first general aviation type airplane built in 1937 to serve as a support vehicle for Steves racing activities It could do 125 hp with a 50 hp Lycoming To its left is Witts V a formula Vee racer Steve built to compete in the class races for that type After she learned to fly under Steves tutelage his second wife Paula soloed the V at their home in Ocala FL Both the Witts V and Buttercup were donated to the hangar by the family members who include Heidi Brey Larry Anderson and Arlene Henderson Swidler In the far right hand corner is the prototype Tailwind N5747N then called the Flying Carpet While not in its exact original conshyfiguration plans are being made to restore its triple finned tail along with other changes It was donated by Eugene J Zepp of Dearborn MI Also visible is the replica Hardley Ableson as well as an RIC model of the airplane built by the Oshkosh Radio Control Flyers It took 5 months to build and 800 man hours to finish and it has been flown on a couple of occasions On the left side of the hangar are a series of photos of Steve and on the opposite side are displays detailing his lifes chronology as well as the history surrounding his work with the Civilian Pilot Training Program during WW II and his most famous invention the spring steel landing gear

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This plaque donated by the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division celebrates the life and achievements of Steve Wittman Creshyated by Oshkosh Trophy and coordinated by AlC Director Jeannie Hill it shows many of the aircraft that figured so prom ishynantly in Steves aviation accomplishshyments

(Right) This replica of the Hardly Ableshyson Steves first homebuilt airplane complete with a Harley-Davidson twinshycylinder motocycle engine was conshystructed by retired EAA Museum Exhibits Designer Pat Packard based on convershysations he had with Steve Pat then drew up a series of construction drawings A copy of one of Pats drawings as well asshydetails of the construction of the Hardly were described in an article on Steves early life in the August 1995 issue of Vinshytage Airplane

During the dedication of the hangar on May 11 1996 EAA Founder and Chairman of the Board Paul Poberezny reminisces about Steves first attendance at a very early EAA meeting in Milwaukee Steve flew down and said he could stay for just a little while beshyfore he had to get back to Oshkosh He wound up staying for the entire evening enjoyshying the fellowship of aviation enthusiasts Paul recalled of the visit by a man who beshycome a lifelong friend to Paul and EAA Looking on as Paul speaks are (left to right) EAA Foundation President Tom Poberezny Heidi Brey Steves stepdaughter and Larry Anshyderson Steves nephew The charming little lady in front is Heidis daughter Madeline

(Left) After you enter the Wittman Hangar and turn the corner youll first see this replica of Steve and Dorothys office furshynished with the original desks and other memorabilia from the days of the Wittman Aviation Service Dorothys desk is set up as though she were busy with the books and the flight schedule while Steve must have just been sitting down to pencil in a few lines on his latest drawing

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Continued from page 19 After Fundraising By The Friends OF The hangar itself was conce ived by Steve committee The Wittman Hangar

the late Tom Meik lejohn a long ti me friend of Steves R etired Oshkosh Was Formally Donated To The fAAbusinessman Henry Kimberly chaired the committees fu ndraising efforts Aviation Foundation On May 11 1996 generating over $130000 to build and maintain the hangar which was deshysigned to resemble some of the lines of the cement block building on 20th Street that housed Wittman Flying Sershyvice for many years The new hangar was designed and constructed by Wick Building Systems of Mazomanie WI The project manager for the job Jeff Wick had a special attachment for the Wittman Hangar - his grandfather s farm once occupied the site where EAA s Pioneer Airport now stands and where the new Wittman Hangar was built

After construction the Friends of Steve committee donated the hangar to the EAA Air Adventure Museum in ceremonies held May 11 1996 Present 0

were Larry Anderson Steve s nephew I Heidi Brey the daughter of Steves wife ~

Paula and many others who had their ~

hand in creating the displays These inshyclude several longtime friends of Steve from the Oshkosh area convened by Museum Director Tom Barrett to proshyvide input to Pat Packard and the EAA staff who created and arranged the disshyplays within the hangar

The next time you visit the EAA Air Adventure Museum in Oshkosh be sure and take the tram over to Pioneer Airport - in addition to seeing so many historic aircraft you can get a glimpse of a remarkable mans life in aviat ion Steve Wittman

(Right) Steves workbench from his hangar at his home on Wittman Field is centered on the back wall of the hangar along with a colshylection of props Steve had hung on the wall of his hangar Each prop had a story to tell and all you had to do was point to one and ask Whats that one from Steve would just smile and then tell the story with a twinkle in his eye Above it the rudder fabric and the propeller from the 0-0 Special are mounted The propeller rotates to serve as a memorial to Steve and his wife Paula who died April 27 1995

(Above) In the far right corner of the hangar is a display of some of the various engines used by Steve in the many airplanes he designed and flew in his lifetime including a Curshyt iss Conqueror and Cirrus Hermes Just visible in the center left of this picture is a disshyplay detailing the work done by Wittman Flying Service in the Civilian Pilot Training Proshygram during WW II Also included in this area is a chronology of Steves life as well as a wall size plaque honoring the Friends of Steve committee and its donors

Pioneer A i rport at the fAA A ir A d ve n tu re Museum is open 7 days a week from M emorial day to Labor Oay and on weekends during the late spring and early fa ll Ca ll the M useum at 414426-4818 for more in formation If you wish to fly in you must land at Wittman Regiona l Airport Park at Basler Flight Service and ask to have the Museum shuttle called and weII pick you up

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WHAT -OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------shy by Norm Petersen

Robert Carrs Aeronca Chief

Robert Carrs Piper J-5 Cruiser

No sooner had Robert Carr finshyished the above mentioned Aeronca Chief when he just couldnt resist jumping into anshyother project which happens to be the Piper J-5 Cruiser pictured N38405 SIN 5-956 The project looks fairly original and should make a dandy three-place airshyplane Robert has enclosed a photo of the ale frame after it had been sandblasted and epoxy primed with Poly-Fiber primer We look forward to seeing this 1941 antique when it is finished with the Robert Carr treatment

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These photos of Aeronca Chief NC85844 SIN llACshy251 were sent in by ownerlrestorer Robert Carr (EAA 287070 AC 21203) of Severna Park MD who spent five years restoring the pretty two-placer A close examinashytion of the photos reveals extreme attention to detail inshycluding an original AeroncaSensenich wooden proshypeIler a newly spun prop spinner and backplate (from original Aeronca drawings) a McDoweIl starter and wheelpants Besides dual ash trays and dual glove boxes the Chief features an auxiliary fuel tank in the rear fuselage and a fancy new interior in the cabin Robert has made up additional Aeronca Chief spinner and backplate blanks and is definitely the man to caIl if you are in need of a set His phone number is 301-987shy4310 in Maryland

Robert Ohlsons Cessna 170A

The photo of this sharp looking Cessna 170A N3857V SIN 18744 was sent in by ownerlrestorer Robert Bob Ohlson (EAA 39673 A C 789) of Edison NJ He reports the 1949 model was purchased in 1965 by Bob and his father and has been in the family ever since In the late 1980s the 170A was upgraded with a new T W Smith chromed Continental

0-300 engine new 35 amp alternator and a new exhaust New tires new glass and new avionics (Loran 960 radio and transponder) helped the old girl along Finally the 170A was repainted in off-white and maroon with black trim to bring it up to its present state Bob says it is nice to still own the same airplane you learned to fly in over thirty years ago

Dave Cheeks Cessna 140

Pictured in the early morning sun is a 1947 Cessna 140 N2581N SIN 12841 that is the pride and joy of David L Cheek (EAA 343691 AC 14351) of Smithshyfield VA Dave and his wife Dianne have owned the 140 for over four years and have obviously done a fine job of upgrading the bird The Continental C-85-12 engine has 150 hours since major and runs clean as a whistle Dave installed an EI Reno Spin-On oil filter which really does a fine job of keeping the oil c1eanshyand off the belly Almost every weekend is spent flyshying the neat two-placer to every fly-in within range acshycording to Dave - and thats about as good as it gets

Jim Innes and his Aeronca Champ

From Quebec Canada we have received these two photos of an Aeronca Champion on wheels and skis registered CFshyJKW in Canada and the proud possession of Jim Innes (EAA 611087) of Sherbrooke Quebec Canada Jim reports he first saw the Champ being restored in a garage in 1986 In 1988 he was offered a chance to buy the restored Champ from the man who built it up Richard Turcotte a mechanic with Air Canada With only 160 hours in nosewheel aircraft he located a friend named Elmer Andrews who checked him out in the Champ in 45 hours of dual Jim has since flown the pretty little two-placer over 300 (enjoyable) hours on skis and wheels and says it is a dandy flying airplane Note the leadshying edge landing light navigation lights and a radio antenna which leads us to suspect an electrical system in the Champ

Working on a project of your own

Send your photos along with a short story about your

airplane to

HG Frautschy EAA PO Box 3086

Oshkosh WI 4903-3086

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PASSdh BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA21 AC5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Hats Off To The Type Clubs at Oshkosh

I had the opportunity to escort the FAA s Assistant Administrator Barry Valentine the Deputy Associate Adminshyistrator Peggy Gilligan and Assistant Adminstrator Brad Mims along with the FAA Public Regulations people through the AntiqueClassic Area We spent conshysiderable time at the Type Club tent

Barry and his associates were asshytounded The Type Club people were hospitable informative courteous and made a great impression on the FAA

(Above) The FAAs Barry Valentine (center) visited the AntiqueClassic area and was escorted around the Type Club Tent during EAA OSHKOSH 96 by Buck Hilbert In the antique area standing next to Jack Hills Waco UEC Mr Valentine Brad Mims (left) and Peggy Gilligan both of them also from FAA HQ in Washington admire the many Anshytiques on display Earlier they had been speaking with various members of the Type Clubs hearing of the problems and concerns we all have regarding the ongoing maintenance of our older aircraft (Right) Here Buzz Wagner of the Inshyternational Aeronca Association fills them in on some of the challenges presented to his organization

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people I had already briefed them the FAA on some of the problems facing the Antiques and Classics in getting papershywork through the system and when they asked several of the Type Club gushyrus abo ut their problem areas they got an education

Our next stop was the flight line The past Champions and the line up of beaushytifully restored airplanes in the show plane camping area certainly impressed them

As usual schedule priorities shortshyened the visit and we were somewhat

rushed before they cou ld talk to everyshyone but guess what

Barry took it upon himself to come back after his commitshyments and nose aro u nd on his own ta lk to peop le a nd just e njoy our area Here is a man (an EAA member by the way) who is in a posishytion to get the ball r o ll ing and maybe slim down the adminshyistrative process to a

manageable level Im keeping my finshygers crossed hoping this guy will be apshypointed permanently after the elections

And now the Rest of the Story I was also given the opportunity to squire Donald Spruston around our area Hes the Director General of Canadian Civil Aviation You may have read in Tom Pobereznys Sport Aviation column last month what great things this man is doing for Canadian airplane people Donald was also very impressed with the Type Club Tent and the people and the line up of great looking airplanes I found this man a real breath of fresh air Ive had to re-examine my list of prejudices about Canadians after meeting this guy I hope he gets through to our FAA with his acshytions on behalf of recreational type flyshying

All in all our Twenty-fifth year was a great one I cant begin to express my apshypreciatio n and thank all of those memshybers who have made the AntiqueClassic Division what it is today Not without getting a ll choked up and emotional abo ut it so Ill close wit h an Over to You - all of you the current past and with great hopes for the future

Over to You t( ~t(ck ~

AeroMail Continued from page 3

Ale TIDBITS RED FLAG Dear Mr Frautschy With all of these great AC Tidshy

bits from Brad Hindall there are two that raise a red flag Both are near the bottom of page 25 of the April VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE

First is the bad boy that states to drill a clock spring and melt the hole through with head and friction In some very limited area this might be a usable concept If it involves anything remotely connected to the structure the user had better be prepared for a metal failure as the area abuse this way has been annealed As the metal flexes it will crack through this hole If anyone has already used this approach then have it heat treated back up to spec

The other one concerns drilling stainshyless steel The coolant method is OK but fails to mention that the residue Epshysom salts must be completely flushed off or the salt will attack the metal and acshycelerated corrosion will follow

Without going into a lengthy explashynation small plane designers and me shychanics usually only have to concern themselves with 300 and 400 series stainshyless 300 is non-magnetic and pretty difficult to work with 400 is magnetic and is only slightly more difficult to work than mild steel The toughness of stainless is derived from the content of nickel and chromium plus other trace metalscompounds If a cutting tool is allowed to idle the metal will work harden into a real mess

So have good properly sharpened tools preferably with a constant feed device driving the cutter (not Armshystrong)

In 300 series Stainless it is recomshymended to use cobalt or Carbide cutters (prefer the latter) and always keep the chip formation constant A good flow of coolant will reduce the metal tempershyature at the point of cutting and is alshyways preferable

Take care of yourself and regards to all of the editorial staff Congrats on the content of Vintage

Cordially Ted Businger Horseshoe Bend AR

SEABEE ENGINE HElP DearHG First of all thank you for taking the

time to speak with me on the phone the other day I enjoyed our conversation

As you know I have a 1946 RC-3 Reshypublic Seabee It is powered by an old Franklin 6AS-215-BSF engine Some later model Sea bees are powered by the 6AS-215-B9F engine (The major differshy

ence being a distributor which replaces one of the mags There are other differshyences as well) Some Seabees have been converted to the Lycoming GO-4S0 group of engines ranging in horsepower from 270 to 350 There are two multiple STCs the most popular is by Simuflight of Seattle W A The Lycoming mod has higher hp slower prop RPM (larger prop more thrust less noise) but there are CG considerations the engine cant be started in reverse (constant speed prop oil pressure) and high cost of the convershysion Plus parts are now becoming diffishycult to find (but not as hard as the Franklin) Some of the most difficult parts for the Franklin are the cylinder sleeves which are no longer available This leads me to my quest It is rumored that someone may be working on matchshying Lycoming cylinders to the Franklin engine case This is believed to be hapshypening in Canada near Edmonton

I find this match most interesting and have thought about the e ngineering possibility from time to time I dont know if this is workable but I would like to know if anyone is indeed workshying to that end Could any of our fellow EAA members shed some light on this

Im trying to build up a spare engine for my Seabee and I do have many extra Franklin engine parts but no cylinder sleeves Is there anyone out there who will help me build up a nice tight spare Franklin engine for my Seabee Any help will be very much appreciated If need be Ill make up sleeves using FAR 21303 How can I find Certification inshyformation data on Franklin engines

KC Ostronik PO Box 996473 Miami FL 33299

We hadnt heard ofthe Lycoming cylinshyderFranklin case hybrid work but that doesnt mean some enterprisingfellow up north ofthe border isnt hard at work with such a project We d love to hear about it As far as the blueprints for the Franklin are concerned since the company was exported to Poland its doubtful that the information is still here in the States but perhaps one of our Franklin aficionados can help in this area Your can drop KC a note at the above address and send us a copy as well - HGF

HALTERMAN AND WATSON DearHG Aviation lost a pair of giants this

weekend at Bartlesville when Bill Watshyson and John Halterman died in a midair collision I knew Bill by reputashytion and a few seminars I attended I knew John from one phone conversashytion and a chat with him at Bartlesville Little time to know someone yet I know the following to be absolute fact

When Bill and John began in aviashytion they knew nothing of airplanes

They learned from the old heads They built and flew airplanes until they beshycame old heads They passed on some of their knowledge and love of airplanes to the rest of us If we build and fly airshyplanes and pass on our knowledge and love of airplanes to others then Bill and John will live as long as wire braced wings and deep voiced engines rumble through the skies

There will be epitaphs eulogies and plaques hung in buildings These things are right and fitting and I applaud them But the true monument to Bill and John will be complete when the sky over Bartlesville is dark with antique airshyplanes and every inch of Frank Phillips Field is covered with cloth wings and oil dripping from the hot radials

Enough writing Im going to the airshyport to work on my project Call me if you need help with yours

Sincerely John McMurray Burkburnett TX

AND A BIT MORE William F Bill Watson Yes I knew Bill and yes his passing

is a tragedy beyond description to me personally and the aviation community as a whole but please allow me to take a positive look at this

Here was a man who was highly reshyspected in every phase of aviation From flying antiques to executive jets or rebuilding aircraft and engines he was tops and all who knew him admired and respected his work

His prime example of his varied abilishyties was his Kreider-Reisner 31 He had studied and knew the OX-5 engine until he had a very dependable engine In fact he was probably as knowledgeable an expert on the OX-5 as there is today in the United States

He was always available to help whenshyever needed and freely gave of his time skills and experience This then leads us to think how many pilots are enjoying flight how many engines are faithfully running and how many aircraft are flying because of Bill With a legacy such as this he will truly never leave us

Should we not then realize this mans life touched of greatness and what an exshyample he has set for all of us to follow

In celebration of his life let us rededishycate ourselves to promoting safety and pure enjoyment of flight By so doing those of us lucky enough to have known him and received his instruction and help can in a small way keep his name and his dreams alive

There is a vast loneliness in the sky Lets fill it with care and dedication in his name

M C Kelly Viets Lyndon Kansas

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Several ofthe J-1 s were converted to a five place version for the joyriders - four in front and pilot in back The plane pictured may be a much improved Lincoln Standard Air Coach engineered in 1924 by Swen Swanson

Charles Day later designed the beautishyful 5-place New Standard (J-5 powered) which resembled the Brunner-Winkle Bird series

Best Regards Charley Hayes EAA 5171 AIC 6289

by HG Frautschy

September brings us thoughts of the coming fall season and this month s Mystery Plane a shot from the EAAs Boeing Aeronautical Library Collecshytion shows us another biplane this time a little number with a four cylinder inline engine I cant make out the logo on the tail but perhaps it will jog someshyones memory I can tell you that we don t have a positive Identification on this one so it truly is a Mystery Plane to us as well See what you can come up with in your archives

The June Mystery Plane stumped more than a couple of you - only Charley Hayes of New Lenox IL wrote a reply Charley is one of our most conshysistent enthusiasts of the Mystery Plane and we can always count on him to send in a note Heres what he found

Dear HG The aeroplane at the top ofpage 27 of

While we cant definitively pronounce VINTAGE AIRPLANE June 1996 is basishythe that this particular Standard was cally the Charles Day designed J-1 Stanshymodified by so-and-so Charleys answer dard of WW I primary trainer and barnshyis certainly right on the mark Have fun storming fame with this months mystery

Modified Standard J-l

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rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~

The folowing list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control

or direction ofany event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to fAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information

should be received four months prior to the event date

SEPT 20middot21 bull BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 10 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 10 EAA lAC Chapter 10 and the Green Country Ultralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 918622-8400

SEPT 21middot22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market camping and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 708513-0641 or Dave Christianson at 815625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 1100

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND -Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact Julian C

Antonio A Acosta Old Tappan NJ Jim Block Evansville IN Frank E Bregger Manchaca TX Norman E Brown Grass Lake MI Noel C Christensen Matraville New South Wales Australia David Clark Yelm WA Wade J Cline Reno NV Dan Cordes Boulder CO Kenneth E Cu ller Henderson NV Frank R Davis 5alt Lake City UT Dave Dawley Jackson MI John A Dean San Manuel AZ Steve Denault Normal IL Robert Duffy5cranton PA Michael Eggert New Haven MO James J Eldredge McCall ID Richard G Evelyn Marietta GA James E Fackler Duarte CA William J Felten 5agle ID Douglas M Fey Oxford OH James L FisherCopley OH Richard Francis N Royalton OH

Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 01932857381 or FAX 01932855465

SEPT 22 - AURORA IL - Fox Valley EAA Chapter 579 annual Fly-In and Open House EAA s B-17 H Aluminum Overcast and Ford Trimotor are schedshyuled to appear plus other antique classic warbird and homebuilt aircraft Pancake breakfast 7-noon lunch from noon til 3 pm Pilots flying in with a full airplane receive free breakfast and pilots participatshying in the flight demos receive a fuel discount For info call Alan Shackleton 708466-4579

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call Jon Aldrich 209962shy6121 or Barry Branin 714545-1476 for info

New Members

Orville D Gaither Houston TX Henry E Goodearle Appleton WI William R GrantYork SC Tamara G Grobaski Cheboygan MI Kerry Grunewald Menomonee Falls WI Kurt E Gustafson Janesville WI Jess G Hami lton Patchogue NY Mark E Harvey Kamuela HI Charl es H Heide Racine WI Martin A Irvine Kingston Ontario Canada Joseph L Jacobi Mexico MO James C Jago Carolina PR Nathalie Johnson Albany CA Cynthia Kahn Granite Springs NY Michael Lacree Hammerton NJ Linda L Langenfeld Sollars Waynesboro VA D A Loesing Carmel CA Ronald C Maggio Buriingame CA Landon E Mays Reidsville NC Wayne D McLellan Naples FL Michael McRie Hamonton NJ Thomas A Mi ller Vine Grove KY Thomas G Minder Burnsville MN

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - Johns Landing Airfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welcome For more info call Virginia at 614453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taidraggers 12th Annual Fly-In 901968-2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 916275-6456 or Armal Owens 916243-4382

OCTOBER 4-6 - DARLINGTON SC - Darlington County Airport EAA NC Chapter 3 Fall Fly-In Ifo Ray Bottom Jr 804722-5056 FAX 804873shy3059

OCTOBER 9 - 13 - - SAN DIEGO CA - Silver Wings Fraternity National Convention for those who soloed over 25 years ago Open house and Fly-In San Diego Aerospace Museum Annex Gillespie Field Pickup at Montgomery Field and Hanalei Hotel For info call Marian Banks Prophett 619272-7914 or 800554-1437

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am - I pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILL E OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND -Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact Julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 01932857381 or FAX 01932 855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVILLE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info call 800221-7958 Vendors should call 210914-3746

OCT 18-20 - GURDON AR - Forest Festival Air Expo Call Mary Burns at 501353-2514 or FAX 353-4348 for info

JANUARY 1 1997 - NAPPANEE IN - EAA Chapter 938 5th annual New Years Day Hangar Over PartyFly-In 11 00 am - 2 pm For info call Fast Eddie Mileman 219546-4997

Richard Ogg 5an Lorenzo CA Paul H Peterson White Bear Lake MN Robert W Proulx Fort Collins CO War Reese Lebanon TN George H Richmond Jr Omaha NE Kevin M Rock Bettendorf IA Dave Rosenblum 5uffern NY John L Roy Redmond WA John E Salisbury Gurnee IL John R Saxton Arlington WA Paul W Schattauer Dunwoody GA Timothy G Shaw lndianapolis IN Mike Shores Leucadia CA Ron Simmons Bountiful UT Richard L Snaer La Conner WA William Stackhouse Arcadia CA Bret J Sutton Seattle WA Dave A Tarpley 5avannah GA Dennis L Taylor Harwinton CT William Terkeurst Jr Hazel Green AL Ben Torres Caguas PR Dennis L Vander Kuur Northbrook IL Hobert C Welch Jr Cordova TN

Harold L Frank Rockton IL Patrick B Mitchell West Lorne Ontario Canada John W Wiliiams Arl ington WA Roger W Gaebel Louisville NE Don Nelson Blaine WA

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The Board ofDirectors of Ocean Reef Club Key Largo Florida

cordially invites you to attend

ThE 3RD ANNuAL VINTAGE WEEKEND

December 6th7th and 8th 1996 Honoring classic conveyances by air land and sea

~ and including ~

The Antique and Classic Airplane Fly-in The Concourse dElegance ofAutomobiles

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The Antique and Classic Yacht Rendezvous

R S VP Marcy Kilby - (305) 367-5874

by November 1Sf

Bemuse Ocean Reef Club is a private club The Vintage Weekend is open only to members and invited fltests staying

in the Inn or Marina

Participation includes welcoming LOcktail party in a private home Friday evening Saturday day-long celebration ofboats

cars and planes genuine Maine lobstershybake Saturday evening with special fllest

Maine humorist Tim Sample fJ1vards and farewell breakfast Sunday morning

$150 per pmon

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Once Ive returned from the EAA Oshkosh Convention there always seems to be a letdown This years coasting down period seemed all the more acute because of all of the activishyties that we had in conjunction with the AntiqueClassic Divisions 25th Anshyniversary We were so busy enjoying everything that coming home to our regular everyday work was tinged with a bit of disappointment

What a great time we had Overall it seemed to be a very smooth running event

We were issued some 940 mugs to give to people who registered their airshycraft for the show On the next to the last day we ran out of the mugs and had to start taking peoples names so they could be mailed to them at a later date

Each day we do a head count of airplanes in our area during the air show the numbers showed we were in line with the aircraft attendance figures we ve had in the past It was a good showing considering the three or four days of bad weather surrounding Oshkosh just prior to the opening of the Convention The quality of aircraft restorations continues to improve each year this keeps the judges on their toes and the judging system keeps the indishyviduals who restore their aircraft on their toes as well

Some of the interesting highlights of this years event include

bull Our newest AntiqueClassic memshyber to join at Oshkosh was Torquil Norshyman from London England He travshyeled to Oshkosh by flying his 1936 DH-90 Dragonfly G-AEDU from Engshyland by way of Bowling Green (Youll have to wait until the article for the full story on that one) Although he planned on staying the full week he and his copilot had to leave on Saturday beshycause the weather picture was just right for their return trip back to England Torquil remarked to me that the

weather could go sour in the North Atshylantic rapid ly and then you might be stuck for a week or more so they had best be on their way One leg that they flew would take them over some 1500 miles of water cold water I might add Torquil found when he arrived home that the award for Bronze Age Outshystanding Closed Cockpit Biplane had been given to his pretty DeHavilland

bull In attendance this year was a 1926 Laird Commercial NCIlO belonging to Doug Fuss of Arlington Texas This aircraft was very well done everyone was wondering if Doug used up half of his TBO flying to Oshkosh and would use the other half returning home Dougs dedication to the Wright J4 enshygine on the Laird was exemplary - he reshyally kept a close eye on its needs

bull The only OX-5 powered aircraft in our parking area this year was the 1929 Command Aire NC538E owned by Art Knowles of Jacksboro Texas and restored by Tom Brown of Unity WI He said that this aircraft cruised at 65 mph and stalled at 65 mph This aircraft is also a rare unit I was wondering how much of his TBO he used up on his trip

bull Two people who are consistent atshytendees are the Blankenburgs who hail from Pine Mountain Lake in California Kent and Sandy are really into polished aluminum airp lanes for a number of years they would arrive early with their polished Lockheed 12 Last year they came to the show flying their polished Cessna 195 this year they showed up with their polished 1939 Spartan Execushytive 7W Its great seeing them each year and we could all take a lesson from them on how to re lax at Oshkosh Maybe one day Sandy will write us an article on how to keep a fleet of polshyished aircraft looking so good

Out of the 62 awards given to differshyent individuals for their aircraft restorashytion 15 awards were given to Texans and nine were carried back to Califorshynia It was great to have the American Navion Society located in our area this year during the 50th anniversary of the Navion

We looked out one day and a cabin Waco really caught our eye the unusual thing was that it was covered 100 pershycent with clear Mylarreg This ship was parked out front of the AntiqueClassic Headquarters so that all could see how a tube and fabric airplane is assembled Id wager that airplane was probably the most photographed aircraft on the air-

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Joe and Julia Dickey report that we had some 26 type clubs at the AnshytiqueClassic Type Club Headquarters (TCHQ) this year and a lot of activity during the week

The AntiqueClassic area of the Oshkosh Convention is run almost toshytally by volunteers the exception being the year-round maintaining of the grounds that is done by the full-time EAA maintenance staff plus some indishyviduals who are your year-round volunshyteers - a few who come to Oshkosh alshymost every weekend These people are working on the buildings grounds airshycraft projects or at the Pioneer Airport

For those who dont live close enough to Oshkosh to spend a weekend or two they turn to their local Chapters to find out how they might help by doshying Chapter work and other EAA reshylated projects This volunteer work beshying done year-round all over the country and internationally and its very important to your AntiqueClassic Division The guys at your local airport who help a person with their personal project also are showing the volunteer spirit I have friends who have helped me with projects sometimes I felt they were putting in more hours than I was and they never asked for anything in reshyturn I do not know how you can put a value on these people except to say they are priceless

Your AntiqueClassic Director Gene Chase has chosen to step down as a Dishyrector Gene has been a long-time supshyporter of the AntiqueClassic Division and we thank him for his support Gene will still be around to help out but hell help as a member in the future Dean Richardson has moved up from the AC Advisory board to fill Genes position Please join us in welcoming him to the Board where Im sure his expertise will be of great benefit

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10 SEPTEMBER 1996











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12 SEPTEMBER 1996


















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14 SEPTEMBER 1996




























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16 SEPTEMBER 1996







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18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

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20 SEPTEMBER 1996











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22 SEPTEMBER 1996











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~ and including ~


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by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

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3-4 5

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10 SEPTEMBER 1996











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12 SEPTEMBER 1996


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 SEPTEMBER 1996




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15









16 SEPTEMBER 1996







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17










18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

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by HC Frautschy






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20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















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~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


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company stack up

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- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

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3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250














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10 SEPTEMBER 1996











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12 SEPTEMBER 1996


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 SEPTEMBER 1996




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15









16 SEPTEMBER 1996







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17










18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

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by HC Frautschy






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20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















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~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

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C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


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company stack up

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- ~














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3-4 5

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12 SEPTEMBER 1996


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 SEPTEMBER 1996




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15









16 SEPTEMBER 1996







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18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

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by HC Frautschy






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20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











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~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


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company stack up

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

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3-4 5

450 500 550

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11





12 SEPTEMBER 1996


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 SEPTEMBER 1996




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15









16 SEPTEMBER 1996







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17










18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

WittmanLegacy


by HC Frautschy






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

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- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

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FROM AUA INC

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3-4 5

450 500 550

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12 SEPTEMBER 1996


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 SEPTEMBER 1996




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15









16 SEPTEMBER 1996







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17










18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

WittmanLegacy


by HC Frautschy






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

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(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

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Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






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11

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)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250













VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




14 SEPTEMBER 1996




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15









16 SEPTEMBER 1996







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17










18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

WittmanLegacy


by HC Frautschy






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

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Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






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11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250







14 SEPTEMBER 1996




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15









16 SEPTEMBER 1996







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17










18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

WittmanLegacy


by HC Frautschy






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






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~

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11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15









16 SEPTEMBER 1996







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17










18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

WittmanLegacy


by HC Frautschy






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






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I) 14

21

I)

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only $1095

~

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11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250












16 SEPTEMBER 1996







VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17










18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

WittmanLegacy


by HC Frautschy






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






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21

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only $1095

~

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11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17










18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

WittmanLegacy


by HC Frautschy






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






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I) 14

21

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only $1095

~

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11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250













18 SEPTEMBER 1996

The

WittmanLegacy


by HC Frautschy






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






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I) 14

21

I)

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only $1095

~

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11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250




The

WittmanLegacy


by HC Frautschy






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

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ZI)

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))

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only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250








20 SEPTEMBER 1996











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

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))

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only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21





22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

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ZI)

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only $1095

~

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11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250








22 SEPTEMBER 1996











airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

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only $1095

~

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11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250













airplane to



VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23






24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

n

ZI)

~E~~ -Ib

))

)0

only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250









24 SEPTEMBER 1996












































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

n

ZI)

~E~~ -Ib

))

)0

only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250






































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25




by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

n

ZI)

~E~~ -Ib

))

)0

only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250







by HG Frautschy






26 SEPTEMBER 1996

rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

n

ZI)

~E~~ -Ib

))

)0

only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250




rJMNEWMA~

Fly-In Calendar ~











New Members















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27





~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

n

ZI)

~E~~ -Ib

))

)0

only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250








~ and including ~


- -----



by November 1Sf






$150 per pmon

OCEAN REEF CLUB




C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

n

ZI)

~E~~ -Ib

))

)0

only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250






C-195 Cessna

bull

__0 ---44fit-AI


Constellations



End the Oil Mess










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

n

ZI)

~E~~ -Ib

))

)0

only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250










FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS






815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612



30 SEPTEMBER 1996


AIRCRAFT


MISCELLANEOUS












company stack up

US and Canada call


ea CAtiiMCO

INSURANCE COMPANY









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

n

ZI)

~E~~ -Ib

))

)0

only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250









- ~














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

n

ZI)

~E~~ -Ib

))

)0

only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250




Gr

Richard Spiege






(gratuotio ~o ~

FROM AUA INC

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call

800-843-3612

















No age penalty






-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

n

ZI)

~E~~ -Ib

))

)0

only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250





-shy-shy~ - shy

I) 14

21

I)

n

ZI)

~E~~ -Ib

))

)0

only $1095

~

10 shy

11

2

)1 --7f~

NAME


CITY STATE ZIP









3-4 5

450 500 550

1050 1200 1250




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