Vintage Airplane - Mar 1988

STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

by Bob Lickteig

Here it is the middle of March and after a record-breaking winter season across most of the country we are all looking forward to an early spring After the winter doldrums spring is always an exciting time of the year As we see the snow melting around the old hangar doors our thoughts turn to sunshine and blue skies Spring also means the premier fly-in is beckoning again - the Sun n Fun 88 EM Fly-In Lakeland Florida

Billy Henderson and his crew have changed the dates this year from March to April 10-16 These new dates for the fly-in are approximately one month later than previous years and are planned to accommodate our northern memshybers The month of April means the anshynual northern migration of snowbirds is under way resulting in the availability of more motel rooms rental cars - and less traffic Those of us who have folshylowed Sun n Fun over the past years know that the weather in southern Georgia and northern Florida has not been cooperative during the month of March By mid-April the weather should be more conducive to making the run to the sunshine without encountering dangerous conditions en route

The many improvements planned for Sun n Fun this year include bus service every two hours from downtown and the motels to the main gates a new paved taxiway serving Runway 9-27 and a new turnoff from the sod runway (also 9-27) three of the camping areas have been improved plus an additional airshycraft camping area has been estab-

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lished There will be separate areas deshysignated for antiques classics and a third separate area for replicas These aircraft parking areas have been exshypanded and now run from the Antique Classic headquarters to the north-south taxiway

Check NOTAMS and the Airmans Inshyformation Manual before departing for the fly-in and you will have the latest info on arrival and departure proceshydures The field will be closed to itinershyant traffic from 300 pm to 530 pm Eastern Daylight Time during the fly-in Lakeland Control Tower will operate 14 hours a day 700 am to 900 pm EDT ATIS 1242 ground control 1214 tower 1245 VOR 1160 Non-radio aircraft send a postcard to Sarasota Tower P O Box 13065 Sarasota FL 33578 Print your name - aircraft type shyN number and the word non-radio This will allow you to operate without a radio while the temporary tower is in operashytion

Type Clubs are welcome to set up their headquarters either in the Type Club tent or other areas on a no-charge basis For more information contact Sun n Fun

Rod Spanier is the new president of the EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter No1 and the AntiqueClassic coordinator for Sun n Fun 88 Rod extends a special invitation to all AntiqueClassic memshybers and guests to visit Sun n Fun and participate in the week of planned AnshytiqueClassic activities During the conshyvention week the sod runway will be available for use by AntiqueClassic airshycraft Special procedures for arrival and departure are required Contact Sun n Fun P O Box 6750 Lakeland FL 33807 or call 813644-2431 for informashytion

Registration of AntiqueClassic airshycraft will be available near the Antique Classic headquarters A special Sun n Fun Pioneer Participant Plaque will be awarded to registered aircraft dated 1936 or earlier

Past AntiqueClassic Grand Chamshypion aircraft will have a special parking area assigned at registration with proper recognition of the aircraft and the owner

Motel reservations for Antique Classic members only will be available at the Holiday Inn Central Lakeland Daily rates for single or double are $4494 The reservations are available from April 8 through the 17th Contact Rod Spanier at 813665-5572

The annual AntiqueClassic Parade of Flight is scheduled for Wednesday April 13 - rain date Thurday April 14 - and will be staged while the field is closed Evening group events are planned again this year at the Antique Classic Headquarters These activities will be published in the Sun n Fun proshygram and details will also be available at Headquarters AntiqueClassic mershychandise - hats jackets shirts etc shywill be available at the main sales buildshying located in the center of the convenshytion

The AntiqueClassic activities and contributions to the success of Sun n Fun have been growing every year More registered aircraft more group events more award-winning restorashytions lots of sunshine - and more fun

So with a personal invitation from Sun n Fun Executive Director Billy Hendershyson and EM AntiqueClassic Chapter No1 President Rod Spanier lets dust the snow off of the old bird and head for the sunshine state Were better toshygether Join us and you have it all bull

2 MARCH 1988

MARCH 1988 bull Vol 16 No3

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EDITOR Mark Phelps

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Copyright ltgt1988 by the EAA AntiquelClassic Division Inc All rights reserved

Contents

2 Straight and Levelby Bob Lickteig

4 AlC News by Mark Phelps

5 Letters to the Editor

5 Calendar of Events

6 Our Last Project - Really by Eileen Macario

10 Spar Warsby Norm Petersen

11 Members Projectsby Norm Petersen

12 FAA Helps in Vintage Aircraft Restorationby Susan K Schmidt

14 Vintage Literatureby Dennis Parks

16 Eye of the Tigerby John King

21 Welcome New Members

22 The Time Capsuleby Jack Cox

24 Coldwater 1987by John Berendt

26 Type Club Activitiesby Norm Petersen

27 Vintage Seaplanesby Norm Petersen

28 Mystery Planeby George A Hardie Jr

29 The Vintage Trader

FRONT COVER Cliff Bellingham in his 1935 de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth flying down the valley of the Grey River New Zealand South Islands West Coast (Photo by John King)

BACK COVER The Uptown Swallow In memory of Bill Irwin who dreamed for 40 years of flying his Swallow it spent those 40 years in the loft of his back alley garage on North Broadway in uptown Chicago

(Photo courtesy of Dick Hill)

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

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

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

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

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3

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NPRM becomes law there will be precious owner groundlooped on landing wiping out little Mode C-free airspace left and even getshy the right lower wing and right landing gear ting into Oshkosh will be impossible According to the VVaco newsletter the pilot

Congress has passed legislation mandatshy rilme in much too fast - at over 75 mph ing FM action on Mode C and TCAS but VVacos like to land at about 50 The HRE is the FM has chosen the dimensions of the being repaired but a UPF-7 wasnt as lucky restricted areas and the 6OOO-foot floor on when its new owner fell asleep at the conshyoverall Mode C airspace If you thought the trols on the way home and the aircraft was 30-nm Super TCA was bad this proposal totally destroyed is far worse Please If you sell an antique or a classic

The deadline for response is March 28 aircraft take pains to ensure that the new 1988 so write quickly to owner is capable of handling yesterdays

Compiled by Mark Phelps FAA Office of Chief Counsel technology ie tailwheels and slow landing Attention Rule Docket (AGC-204) speeds Pilots trained on tricycle-gear and Docket No 25531 all-paved runways need to re-adjust their 800 Independence Avenue SVV thinking before flying an older airplane VVashington DC 20591

A MESSAGE FROM THE NEW EDITOR ON Also write to your congressmen and to the THE BLOCK DOT to try to explain your side of the story

Its a long way from Flying Magazines ofshy in polite yet forthright language These fices in Times Square New York to the EAA people just dont understand all the implicashy

RON FRITZ RESIGNS FROM AlC BOARD Aviation Center here in Oshkosh The tions of their actions and if we dont explain biggest change Ive noticed so far is the 15- it to them no one will so we need to express At the winter quarterly meeting of the EM minute commute after the twice-daily hourshy ourselves responsibly AntiqueClassic Division EM Antique and-a-half ordeal between New Jersey and Classic Secretary Ron Fritz of Grand Rapids Manhattan VVith all due respect to New Jershy Michigan resigned his post as secretary as sey Transit I dont miss it a bit well as his position on the EM Antique

Ive been introduced as Gene Chases reshy Classic Division Board of Directors Citing placement but you all know that theres no STINSON ENGINE RUNS work and familial commitments Fritz adshysuch animal VVhen I finally retire if I know vised that he no longer could devote the time The engine has run on EAAs Stinson SM-half as much as Gene does now Ill count needed for the position Director George 8A The airplane was used as the Lindbergh myself lucky Fortunately for me and you York was named to complete Fritzs remainshyTour chase plane and its 225-hp Lycoming both hes not far away whenever I need to ing term as secretary which will expire inR-680 has just been rebuilt The first rebuildshyholler for help August of this year

ing effort was less than successful but EMs Even with all of that my opening message Fritz was first appointed an advisor to theGary Armitage in charge of the engine inshy

to all AntiqueClassic members takes the AntiqueClassic Division in January of 1978 stallation reports that this time around the form of a cry for help I need to know from serving in that position until October of 1980 big radial purrs like a kitten Jim Barton EM you what you like about your magazine and when he was elected a director In the fall of 16807 was at the controls when the engine what youd like to see more of At the recent 1983 he was elected secretary of the divishyfired on February 19th without as much as a EM Board of Directors Meeting I was fortushy sion and has served in that capacity since puff of smoke The airplane will be flying nate enough to meet several NC board that time soon members and pick their brains on that quesshy Fritz has been actively involved in a tion as well as to browbeat some into subshy number of AntiqueClassic Division activities mitting articles of their own including his local Chapter and the annual

Thats my second request if you have an EAA Fly-In held each year For the past five airplane or know of an interesting personal years he has acted as chairman in charge

LOSTWACOSstory write it up and send it in Take pictures of scheduling forums for the division during too If you have any questions on how to Some heartbreaking items have come in the Fly-In become a homegrown Hemingway write to from the National VVaco Club News At least His dedication and hard work on behalf of me or call (414426-4825) and Ill try to proshy five irreplaceable VVacos have been the AntiqueClassic Division is appreciated vide some tips If you really dont want to scratched from the list of flying airplanes for by all and his absence on the board will be write it yourself send in the tip and well see 1988 - some perhaps forever In too many felt what we can do about getting it into print cases VVacos and other antiques are being In other action at the winter meeting Peter VVith all the fascinating history that you folks sold to new owners not sufficiently trained Hawks (EAA 109571 NC 5642) of San Carshyknow this is no time to be shy and oriented to tailwheel biplanes One speshy los California was named an advisor to the

VVith that kind of help and all the reshy cific example is the sole remaining HRE EM AntiqueClassic Division Hawks has sources right here at the Aviation Center I Cabin (See Sport Aviation March 1985) that been active in the restoration of a number of hope that The Vintage Airplane will continue was extensively damaged when the new antique and classic aircraft over the years to improve and bring you what you all want in a divisional magazine This is your voice so lets hear it

CURRENT TCAs IN WHICH MEGA-TCAs IN WHICH MODE C MODE C IS REQUIRED WOULD BE REQUIRED

AIRSPACE ALERT

AntiqueClassic pilots especially need to stand up and take notice of the latest airspace news According to the NPRM filed on February 13th Mode C transponders will be required above 6000 feet AGL everywhere and from the ground up within 40 nautical miles (46 statute miles) of an ARSA TRSA or TCA airport The list of these airports covers three typed pages and the restricted airspace covers the overshywhelming majority of the country If the

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Editor

In your December issue article on the Waco F-2 you mention a British Brake activated by moving the throttle inboard with a selective or differential valve opshyerated by rudder pedals supposedly the same system as used on British Spitfires

I dont believe this is correct or at least not fully Every Spitfire I have ever seen or read of has the system of air operated brakes from two storage tanks served by an engine gear driven compressor Theres no throttle brake control Spitfire throttles all move fore and aft in a standard gate like a T -6 or P-51 and dont move inboard To actishyvate the brakes there is a lever much like a motorcycle front wheel brake lever on the round ring handgrip at the top of the control stick It is extremely convenient and can be operated with a finger If the rudder pedals are neutral both wheels are braked evenly A small leak could easily be replenished in flight by the compressor however a large leak would possibly mean no flaps or brakes for landing To me it seems like a better system than American toe brakes

The only DeHaviliand Chipmunk I have ever flown had a system such as

you described activated not with the throttle but with a lever next to the throtshytle

Our air show here in Aspen is Saturshyday July 2 We have numerous warshybirds but would love to have more classics and antiques - then or any other time

Sincerely

Bill Greenwood (EAA 198472 NC 10306) Box 4778 Aspen Colorado 81612

Dear Sir

I own a Culver Cadet with a Continenshytal C-85-12J fuel injected engine The injector pump is an Ex-Cell-O A-41 alshythough I have been told that my engine actually calls for a B-41 injector pump The serial number on my pump is 921 For one and a half years the engine worked fine without any problems whatshysoever

The main fuel line to the injector pump was recently replaced because it was leaking (the fuel line that is) Since that time I have been troubled by relashytively large amounts of gasoline getting

into the crankcase while the airplane sits idle By gravity the only way that the fuel can get from the fuel tank into the crankcase is via the fuel injector pump itself We have taken the injector pump off the engine but are reluctant to open it without having more information about it

I am interested in obtaining one or a combination of the following

1 An overhaul of my pump 2 A new or reconditioned A-41 pump

or possible a B-41 pump 3 An overhaul instruction manual for

the Ex-Cell-O A-41 or even the B-41 pump

4 Any information ideas or suggesshytions that might lead to a solution of my engine oil dilution problem

5 Possible alternative solutions such as converting to a carburetor

Any help that you can give to me would be most appreciated Incidenshytally the Culver was at Oshkosh last year and I hope to get it back there this year

Yours sincerely

Samuel W Clipp (EM 109465 NC 2167) 364 Oak Drive Souderton PA 18964

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------CALENDAR OF EVENTS-----shyAPRIL 10-16 - LAKELAND FLORIDA - 13th

annual Sun n Fun EM Fly-In at Lakeland Municipal Airport Contact Sun n Fun Headshyquarters 3838 Dranefield Road P O Box 6750 Lakeland FL 33807 phone 813644shy2431

APRIL 16-17 - WASHINGTON DC - 8th Annual Air and Space Museum Tour - Garber facility Dinner speaker of note Limited to 200 Conshytact Chapter 4 Museum Tour 2602 Elnora Street Wheaton MD 20902 301 942-3309

APRIL 3D-MAY 1 - WINCHESTER VIRGINIAshyEM Chapter 186 Spring Fly-In at Municipal Airport Trophies for winning showplanes Panshycake breakfast Sunday Annual Apple Blossom Festival downtown All welcome Contact George Lutz 703256-7873

MAY 21-22 - LIVE OAK FLORIDA - Florida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Associashytion EM NC Chapter 1 Fly-In at Kittyhawk Estates Contact Rod Spanier 502 Jamesshytown Avenue Lakeland FL 33801 813665shy5572

MAY 27-29 - WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIAshy24th West Coast Antique Fly-In and Air Show at Watsonville Airport Contact Watsonville Chamber of Commerce 4081724-3849

MAY 27-29 - LAKE GENEVA WISCONSINshy2nd Annual Twin Bonanza Association convenshytion at the Americana Lake Geneva Resort Contact Twin Bonanza Association 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers M149093 616 279-2540

JUNE 3-5 - MERCED CALIFORNIA - 31st Merced West Coast Antique Fly-In at Merced Municipal Airport Contact Merced Pilots Asshysociation P O Box 2312 Merced CA 95344 or Linton Wollen 2091722-6666 after 5 pm

JUNE 3-5 - BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA - 2nd Annual National Biplane Fly-in at Frank Phillips Field featuring a first-ever - Concours d Eleshy

gance Be part of the largest gathering of bipshylanes since WW II Modem factory type aircraft invited and welcomed Sponsored by the Nashytional Biplane Association (NBA) and the Bartlesville Chamber of Commerce Contact Charles W Harris Chairman 9181742-7311 or Mary Jones Executive Director 918299shy2532 Address inquiries on NBA membership to NBA Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Rivershyside Airport Tulsa OK 74132

JUNE 4-5 - INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA - 1st Anshynual Airplane Gathering saluting replica milishytary classic and sport aircraft at Mt Comfort Airport Sponsored by the EM Chapter 900 and the Central Indiana Sport Flyer Associashytion Contact Fred Jungclaus 317636-4891 (days) or 317342-3235 (eves)

JUNE 5 - DEKALB ILLINOIS - EM Chapter 241 Breakfast at DeKalb-Taylor Municipal Airshyport from 7 am to noon Contact Jerry Thornshyhill 3121683-2781

JUNE 10-12 - MIDDLETOWN OHIO - 4th Nashytional Aeronca gathering celebrating the 60th anniversary of Aeronca including tours of the Aeronca factory and the USAF Museum Banquet on Saturday night with speakers and judged aircraft awards Contact Jim Thompson Box 102 Roberts IL 60962 217 395-2522

JUNE 11-12 - HILLIARD FLORIDA - Florida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Associashytion EM NC Chapter 1 Fly-In at Hilliard Air Park Contact Rod Spanier 502 Jamestown Avenue Lakeland FL 33801 813665-5572

JUNE 14-19 - OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA - Aerospace America 1988 Air Show and Trade Exposition Contact Tom Jones Air Show Director 405681-3000

JUNE 23-26 - GRAND LAKE VACATION REshySORT OKLAHOMA - International Bird Dog Association annual meeting and fly-in at

Golden Falcon Airpark Grand Lake Vacation Resort Contact Phil Phillips 505897-4174

JUNE 23-26 - HAMILTON OHIO - 29th Annual National Waco Reunion Contact National Waco Club 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015

JULY 8-10 - 16th Annual Taylorcraft Fly-InReunshyion at Barber Airport three miles north of Alshyliance Food fellowship and flying Chat with the people who built your Taylorcraft Contact Bruce Bixler 216823-9748

JULY 17-22 - FAIRBANKS ALASKA - Internashytional Cessna 170 Association Convention at Fairbanks International Airport Convention site Sophie Station Motel Contact Convention Chairmen Rick and Cheryl Schikora 1919 Latshyhrop Drawer 17 Fairbanks AK 99701 907 456-1566 (work) or 907488-1724 (home) Reshymember the time difference

JULY 21-22 - DAYTON OHIO - Dayton Air and Trade Show at Dayton International Airport Contact Rajean Campbell 513898-5901

JULY 29-AUGUST 5 - OSHKOSH WISCONSIN - 36th annual International EM Convention and Sport Aviation Exhibition at Wittman Field Contact John Burton EM Headquarters Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

AUGUST 20 - WINTER HAVEN FLORIDAshyFlorida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Asshysociation EM NC Chapter 1 Fly-In at Gilbert Field Municipal Contact Rod Spanier 502 Jamestown Avenue Lakeland FL 33801 813 665-5572

OCTOBER 7-9 - THOMASVILLE GEORGIA shyFlorida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Asshysociation EM NC Chapter 1 Fly-In at Thomasville Municipal Airport Contact Rod Spanier 502 Jamestown Avenue Lakeland FL 33801 813665-5572

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

OUR LAST PROJECT REAllYI

UYou folks know how it is by Eileen Macario (EAA 29124 NC 1551) 2003 Stoneham Drive West Chester Pennsylvania 19382

All photos courtesy of the author

Editors Note The following detailed series is being written by Eileen Macario wife (and able assistant) of Tom Macario restorer of some 32 airshycraft over the past 40 years The Macarios beautiful J-3 Cub NC98262 garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy Award at Oshkosh 86 (See THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE MAY 1987PAGE 12)

Tom and I had agreed that the Piper J-3 Cub would be our last restoration project Although it was my first airplane project it was Toms 32nd and he said enough is enough he was getting too old for all that work But that Cub turned out to be a real beauty - structurally perfect inside and out (Tom is the ultishymate perfectionist) and with a finish like yellow satin True it took a horrendous amount of work but we were really pleased when it won the Grand Chamshypion award at Sentimental Journey at Lock Haven and the Reserve Grand Champion award at Oshkosh Howshyever we had decided to sell it because we did not have hangar space for it so in October Tom flew the yellow bird to its new owner in central Pennsylvania And that was our last airplane project so we said

But you folks know how it is - a friend tells you about a dismantled old airplane lying in a hangar at a small airshyfield in New Jersey Its in good condishytion says the friend it hasnt flown since 1982 had sat outside for several years was taken apart and stored in a hangar for a year but he is positive that it has no rust and he is positive that it would be a snap to restore And your friend even knows the owner who is 6 MARCH 1988

anxious to sell Well now any aviation enthusiast would be a sucker for that kind of story and Tom has been eating sleeping and breathing aviation since he was a tot So we contacted the owner and flew to New Jersey to see the airplane the following weekend

The owner raised the door of the small hangar and hidden behind two bright shiny planes there it was lying in pieces in the dark corner and almost unidentifiable as a 1947 Piper PA-12 The skin was half stripped off and peelshying and even my unpracticed eye could spot some rust Tom started his inspecshytion peeling back some fabric touching this part poking that part analyzing the damage that years of disuse had

wrought and assessing the difficulty of the repair work requi red What do you think I asked him It can be done responded Tom We could take it back to its original showroom condition maybe even make it look better with more coats of dope more sanding We would have a real gem of an airplane but it will take lots and lots of work Somehow I knew he was going to say that And so after some haggling with the owner about a bent propeller origishynal tail wheel rebuilt engine missing instruments and the rust a deal was struck a check was written and Tom and I had a new restoration project

The next step involved the simple logistics of transporting the plane to our basement in Pennsylvania where we would do the initial stripping cleaning sanding welding and other repair work It helps to have a friend who owns a large farm truck and also has an interest in aviation We called upon that friend and drafted two young volunteers The following weekend we tugged pulled shoved and lifted the fuselage and wings onto the truck We left the landing gear and wheels on with the idea that we could just roll the fuselage into the basement after removing the sliding doors However sometimes the best laid plans work better in theory than in practice - as we discovered that the door opening was about 23 of an inch too small for the plane on its landing gear No amount of twisting or turning could get that fuselage through the opening and as it was getting dark we decided to leave the fuselage outside for a day or two until we could remove the landing gear rest the fuselage on a dolly and roll it in

Tom and I live in a new townhouse development that has a homeowners association whose job it is to monitor

After removing the landing gear we shoehorned the PA-12 into our townhouses baseshyment

and maintain the architectural and landshyscaping standards of the community Strange as it may seem some people do not find a half-stripped fuselage atshytractive Within one day the architecshytural committee contacted us to say that we couldnt have an airplane in our backyard We had to assure them that we didnt plan to do any stunt flying beshyhind the house and that the fuselage would soon disappear into the baseshyment The following day we removed the landing gear and brought the fuseshylage inside And then began the lots and lots of work

We had set the front of the fuselage on wooden horses and the tail section on a wooden stool so that the plane was level Before removing any fabric we wanted to record the location of each inspection plate We took photographs and drew a picture of the fuselage to scale measurement marking the posishytion of each plate This completed we removed the fabric

Once the fuselage was stripped Tom could analyze the extent of the damage that would have to be repaired before we could begin to rebuild Starting at the top he found that the 38-inch chanshynelling on the turtledeck and birdcage area was in relatively good condition Some minor straightening was all that was needed there At the rear of the fuselage however there were extenshysive rusted areas on the lower left and right longerons Apparently water colshylected because of inadequate drainage openingsThe intersection of the longeshyrons and tail post and cross members as well as the two diagonal tubes at the stabilizer mount were extremely corshyroded and pitted The zinc chromate

After lots and lots of work the PA-12 is starting to take shape

primer was in poor condition with flakshying and peeling Most of the tubing in this area would have to be replaced

Toms first step was to record all measurements and angles of the fuseshylage tubing eg length of longerons distance between tubing angle reshylationships etc Then he made light punchmarks as spot indicators so that he could restore the exact alignment to the fuselage when he was ready to weld in the new tubing To maintain the fuseshylage in the same dimensions during the time after the bad tubing had been reshymoved he used two-by-fours in eightshyfoot lengths as braces clamping them to the side of the fuselage to simulate the longerons

Then he filed and sawed out the damshyaged tubing The interior of the tubing was in amazingly good condition The middot insides were rust-free and even had some of the original oiling the tubes had rusted from the outside This was another indication of the damage that ~oor drainage can do

Tom used 4130 tubing for the reshyplacement which was the same thickshyness as the original 1025 mild steel tubshying After cutting the new tubing he fitshyted and tackwelded it After verifying that all measurements were absolutely accurate he finished welding it using the inside splices and sleeves and rosettes according to the FAA Part 43 Repair Manual

With the welding completed the fuseshylage was ready for a good sandblasting to bring it back to life Fortunately for us there was a small shop nearby that specialized in truck sandblasting Naturally Tom had some discussion with the owner about the difference beshytween sandblasting truck body steel and light plane tubing before the work was started Then attached with a tow bar to the back of a friends truck the fuselage went to the shop looking like a skeleton on wheels

The minute the sandblasting was finished Tom brought the fuselage back to the basement where he imshymediately primed it with two coats of epoxy primer which is superior to zinc chromate He followed this with three coats of gray acrylic lacquer which gave added protection and also looked nicer

Wiring was the next phase Basically the wiring was in excellent condition and Tom was able to reinstall it quickly and secure it with plastiC tie-wraps inshystead of the friction tape used previshyously

It was now time to start work on the Project number 331 The no rust fuselage needed a lot of new tubing cabin interior We had already removed

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7

Cutting and sewing is easy but it takes a lot of pulling and stretching to install a headliner

the side panels of a now moldy black and gray colored vinyl and the seats which had an unbelievable cherry red and snow white (with inlaid silver sparkshyles) quilted vinyl covering Maybe you ve seen the type - in booths at the local diner during the 1960s What reshymained of the original headliner was water stained and thin as paper Since we had decided that we wanted the inshyterior to be as close to the original 1947 style as possible wed have to make the headliner side panels and seat covering from scratch I have done a lot of sewing in my time from kids clothes to draperies and furniture recovering so that type of work didnt present a probshylem The real challenge would be to find both the headliner fabric that would be

a close match in color weight and thickness to the original and also the vinyl for the side panels and seat covershyings that would be sturdy enough and yet flexible enough to withstand normal airplane usage

After several frustrating run-ins with local car customizers who wanted to do all the work themselves and refused to sell us the materials we finally found a local man who did car and truck interiors and had a stockroom full of beautiful vinyl and was willing to sell us ya~shydages He special-ordered headliner fabric that was as close to the original pearl gray color as possible

Armed with the materials we could begin We had removed the old headshyliner as carefully as possible so that I was able to make a paper pattern from it marking seams for the plackets (the metal bows) and zipper position The cutting and sewing was easy and I could even use the original long zipper for a touch of nostalgia Fitting was 8 MARCH 1988

more difficult While the five plackets I had sewn were in the correct position the thin metal bows holding up the headlinder had become bent and rusted Tom made new bows out of 14shyinch aluminum tubing and to prevent any future sagging we secured each bow with plastic tie-wraps to the cabane structure above it Although we had stretched the headliner as tightly as we could we found that after two days the fibers began to relax and the headliner drooped a bit It required two more sessions of pulling the fabric free retightening it and then regluing it beshyfore the fabric remained as taut as we wanted it

The most difficult area to fit was the configuration of the eyebrow area at the windshield Fortunately when cutshyting the fabric I had allowed extra here so that we could fit it first then glue it and finally cut off the excess Finally

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Foam insulation goes into the side panels

we placed a sheet of fiberglass insulashytion which had a very light weight aluminum backing on top and secured it to the five bows

Tom has a fantastic memory when it comes to remembering the smallest deshytails about early airplanes and having restored so many antiques he is a real font of information The cabin interior of the 1947 Piper PA-12 as he rememshybered it had a pearl gray fabric headshyliner dark gray side panels and plain seat covering and darker gray rug

To construct the side panels we had ordered from Airtex two four-by-eightshyfoot sheets of white 332-inch thick honeycombed polyethylene stiffener to provide the hard backing on which we would glue the gray vinyl We cut the stiffener to fit the cabin sides extending it back alongside the baggage compartshyment and then used it as a pattern to cut the vinyllt took a lot of patience to maneuver the stiffener into position in the close cabin space without bending and creasing it but when it was finally in place we secured it to the fuselage truss tubing with glue and plastic tieshywraps We then glued the vinyl to the stiffener and the result was a nice smooth interior siding

We wanted to insulate the cabin to make it as air tight and as quiet as posshysible yet we didnt want to add extra weight to the airplane so we decided to use a lightweight foam for insulation We purchased two four-by-eight-foot sheets of 38-inch blue foam at a local outlet store I measured the space beshytween each of the fuselage truss tubes and cut a piece of foam to fit each space We wrapped each foam section in clear plastic to make each section waterproof Then the foam sections were positioned between the truss tubes and glued to the white polyethylene side panel

The cabin was now 90-percent insushylated and waterproofed However there was one remaining open area where the cold winter drafts could enter the cabin - from the space behind the bagshygage compartment So Tom cut an extra piece of vinyl to fit that space proshyviding a hole for cables of course and glued it to the tubing Now the cabin would stay warm and toasty and we could do some winter flying

Making the seat coverings was more time consuming than I had expected shymainly because the vinyl was bulky to handle and because I had doubleshystitched every seam I used the old seat covering to make a pattern for the two parts of the front seat and the bottom of the rear seat The backrest of the rear seat presented a challenge - it was covered foam mounted on a piece of very heavy plywood and probably weighed about 10 pounds Since we were very weight conscious about the airplane we wanted to use a strong yet lightweight supporting frame to replace

the plywood backing The answer was to use a strip of 18shy

inch aluminum angle Tom cut the four angles fitted them as a rectangle and had a friend helioarc the pieces toshygether with enough support bands to hold the back cushion firmly Then a few Velcro fastener strips placed on the cushion and the aluminum ensured that the cushion would not move around

While inspecting the metal frame of the front seat Tom found an area of wear that posed a potentially serious problem Although most of the main structure of the frame was made out of 78-inch metal tubing the front piece on the seat frame was made of an inverted U-shape 032-inch thick metal channelshyling This channelling was attached by two 316-inch bolts to the support tubing rising from the floor Through the years of use the holes for the bolts had beshycome enlarged to the point where they were dangerously close to the edge of the channel and in fact hairline cracks were visible The worst possible scenario would be a steep climbout where the pilot would be pressing back in the seat If the bolts broke through the edge of the channel the front of the seat would release and tip backward The pilot would automatically pull on the stick and you can visualize the rest

Toms solution was to design a new channel of heavier 050-inch 4130 steel in which he made new bolt holes and then welded it within the existing chanshynel

With all the air leaks battened down the cabin should be warm in winter

With the headliner side panels and seats finished some other areas of the cabin interior needed attention Tom hooked up the elevator cables pulleys bellcranks torque tubes control sticks and fair leads All controls were fitted with new nuts and bolts He removed

all of the paint on the rudder and brake pedals inspected them for weakness or cracks welded some wear spots primed them with zinc chromate and finished off with black enamel

The wooden floor was in good condishytion so Tom just sanded it then reshypainted it with black enamel and a top coat of clear polyurethane varnish As he did with our J-3 Cub he made metal kick plates to be installed around the pedals These not only look good but they provide additional strength to an area that gets constant weight and pressure

Placement and installation of the ELT was next on our agenda Previously the ELT was under the front seat However we wanted to put it someplace where it would be firmly bracketed accessible but not visible and since we wanted to preserve the clean lines of the classic airplane the antenna could not be stickshying up on the outside of the fuselage After some consideration we found the perfect spot - right next to the battery box

Tom fashioned a little platform for the EL T out of 040-inch aluminum and conshynected it with clamps and machine screws to the fuselage crossmember and vertical bulkhead at the end of the battery box tray It would be easily reached through the battery access door on the side of the fuselage The attached antenna could be fully exshytended straight upward and still be inshyside the fuselage Tom made a metal clip to hold the antenna firmly to the top stringer

Now we could start to think about The EL T hides in back next to the battery invisible but easily accessible covering the fuselage bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9

A close-up of the spar reveals a compression fracture passing through the area where a wing rib was nailed on to the spar The rib must be removed to allow the crack to be seen

This close-up reveals two compression fractures eminating from the two bolt holes to the edge of the spar A doubler plate would easily hide these fractures 10 FEBRUARY 1988

BELOW The master rebuilder himself Bill Panshycake Jr holds the sample piece of Aeronca spar which he brought along to Oshkosh 87 Dont let that hat fool you for one minute Bill is a West Virginian from the word go

by Norm Petersen

The recent flap over Bellanca and Aeronca wooden spars and their propshyosed interval inspections was brought to light at EM Oshkosh 87 Longtime EM member Bill Pancake Jr (EM 118244 AlC 9617) of Rt 4 Box 218 Keyser West Virginia 26726 brought an example along to the fly-in that he had come across in his AampP work (For the full story on Bill Pancake and his Aeronca 7BCM see THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE December 1981 page 10)

The photos reveal compression fracshytures that were hidden under the wing ribs and others that were hidden under double plates If you have never seen a compression fracture take a good look at the photos and see for yourself what they look like You will then know what an inspector is looking for when he closely examines your wood spars

Our very special thanks go out to Bill Pancake (and his lovely family) for takshying the trouble to bring the suspect spar along for all to see You have done us a true favor Bill

by Norm Petersen

LEFT Pretty photo of a Danish-built KZ VII In Swiss registration (HB-EPS) was sent in by Emil Rollin (EAA 184915 AlC 6986) Dorfstrasse 40 CH-5423 Freinenwil Switzerland Powered with a 145-hp Conshytinental the 4-place KZ VII was built from 1947 to 1949 by Scandinavian Aero Industries (SAl) in Denshymark Much of the engineering on the KZ VII was done by Bjorn Andreasson (EAA1334) of Sweden

ABOVE 1949 Piper Clipper PA-16 N5804H SIN 16-421 restored by Donald E Wolfe (EAA 55832) of 2321 Midland Drive Erie PA 16506 Don who is a member of EAA Chapter 160 (Erie PA) reports the 600shyhour restoration was completed on August 7 1987 Power is an 0-235-C1 Lycoming of 108 hp This PA-16 is one of 398 remaining on the FAA Register

LEFT Self portrait taken with a wing mounted camera by Emil Rollin (EAA 184915 AlC 6986) Dorfstrasse 40 CH-5423 Freienwil Switzerland as he and his wife flew over Carmel Valley CA in their Cessna 170B during a west coast tour last spring In August Emil flew this plane from Wisconsin to Switzerland using 14 days and 60 flying hours Note oversize tires ski fittings on gear legs and float fittings on fuselage Emil purchased the 170B in Edmonton Alberta Canada in the fall of 1986

RIGHT Very pretty Stinson 108-2 recently acquired by Tony Digati (EAA 297690 AlC 11907) of 900-150 Sierra Madre Azusa CA 91702 For a 1947 airplane the total time is a low 1470 hours with 375 SMOH on a 165 Franklin Tony reports his checkout was a little tough as his 110 hours did not include any tailwheel time however we survived Note blocks under the tail for tailwheel repair

FAA HELPS IN VINTAGE AIRCRAFT RESTORATION

by Susan K Schmidt 3516 NW 52 Street Oklahoma City OK 73112

A dollar fifty cent ride in a surplus Curshytiss Jenny back in 1940 started Chester E Brakefield on a 48-year aviation comshymitment As Oklahoma Wing Commanshyder for the Confederate Air Force Chet donates a lot of his time to the flying museum The primary purpose of the Confederate Air Force is to preserve aircraft built between 1939 and 1945 The CAF currently has 20 aircraft under restoration and 140 in flying condition in different parts of the United States he said

When Chet is not flying Tinker Belle a completely restored CAF Curtiss Cshy46 he and his son Alan fly their two authentically restored Fairchild PT-19s to air shows Chet holds an FAA airshyframe and powerplant mechanic certifishy

cate with inspection authorization privileges Chets aircraft repair shop sits on the western outskirts of Okshylahoma City behind a barn and windmill He says he gets his business by word of mouth Ive done no advertising whatsoever he says He prides himself on the authenticity of his restorations down to researching and when possishyble reassigning the original registration number

In 1949 Chet bought his first World War II surplus Fairchild PT-19 It was a sealed bid at Tinker Field I paid $86 for one and $8735 for the other one he recalled Chet estimates he has restored 18 aircraft since then He said it used to be that a person could run across some sweet old birds dirt cheap but not any more People are aware of the price of airplanes today he says Just finding them is tough enough

There is a PT-19 in Chets shop right

Bill Ferguson FAA supervisory conveyances examiner locates the major repair and alteration form requested by a caller 12 MARCH 1988

now With the fabric removed it looks like the skeleton of an extinct dinosaur He heard about it at a 1986 air show from a fellow who admired his PT-19s and told him about another guy with one in his barn in Virginia Beach Virginia The owner wasn t interested in selling but suggested Chet call him back in three months After a few more delays Chets persistence paid off and he was able to trailer home that 30-year hangar queen

Also in his shop is a Piper J-3 CUb Chet will return the plane to its producshytion specifications including the original yellow paint scheme even to the point of getting the FAA to reassign the origshyinal registration number

I have an advantage researching old records over people away from here says Chet who lives close to the FAA Aircraft Registry The public documents department is located in Oklahoma City at 6500 S MacArthur Blvd in the Reshycords Building Room 123 There the FAA provides the public the opportunity to research registration numbers and inshyspect aircraft records between the hours of eight am and four pm Monshyday through Friday Discovering the hisshytory and reclaiming the original registrashytion numbers is something anyone can do - with some help and some time People who fly into Will Rogers World Airport are pleased to find that the FAAs Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center is located just a mile west of the airport

Copies of aircraft records that are currently on the United States register are available on updatable microfiche The original aircraft documents for those aircraft deregistered before the conversion from paper to microfiche are still available for review in the public documents room A $2 fee is required to recall any aircraft folder that has been sent to federal storage and takes an average of three weeks

People who do not visit the public documents room may obtain copies of an aircraft file by sending a written reshyquest to the FAA Aircraft Registry AAC-250 Post Office Box 25504 Okshylahoma City OK 73125 The request should describe the aircraft by current registration number make model seshyrial number and provide the requesters address and day telephone number There is a $2 search fee for each airshycraft 25 cents for the first side and 5 cents for each additional side of paper copies and 15 cents for each microshyfiche copy Only microfiche copies are

available on converted files Each reshyquest for copies is handled in order of receipt

FAA employees provide assistance in determining the status of an aircrafts file by checking the registration number assignment cards serial cards andor computer When the original number is available records clerk Raymond L Smith suggests sending a letter reshyquesting reassignment of the original number being sure to include the curshyrent and original registration numbers make model serial number and a $10 fee made payable to the US Treasury Department

Smith says Its a great feeling reasshysigning an original number to a vintage aircraft Its different with the commershycial people who change the number every time they change ownership

Even when a registration number apshypears to be unavailable all may not be lost Sometimes it is worthwhile to conshytact the owner of the aircraft that is curshyrently shown to be assigned the number Chet said he once wrote to some folks in New York It turned out their airplane had been totally deshystroyed in an accident and they were willing to send him a letter to that effect so the FAA could cancel their registrashytion and reassign him the registration number

Chet says There is a 5050 chance of getting the old N number back It all depends on how old and how long Ive found them where as many as three airshycraft were destroyed with the name N number

Often vintage aircraft owners want to find out how to get permission to use NC on their registration number NC NL NR and NX were used to denote the the airworthiness categories of stanshydard limited restricted and experimenshytal respectively FAA Flight Standards District Office Airworthiness Inspector Roy G Wieden said If their particular aircraft series had NC NX or NR then they can put it on Part 45 of the regs addresses that

Even though the regulations permit the use of a C L R or X in the painted registration number of certain 30-yearshyold aircraft the Aircraft Registrys comshyputer is not programmed to reflect that So the registration will show only N to denote United States registry

Experimental certificates of airworshythiness are normally issued for 12 calendar months or less Restricted cershytificates usually do not expire There probably are very few aircraft in the US certificated as NX same thing for NR Wieden said He recommended that anyone anticipating experimental or reshystricted certification confer with an FAA inspector before spending any money

Obtaining a vintage aircraft is difficult in the 1980s rebuilding it to specificashy

Wieden said If theyve never done a restoration project before its gonna take 10 times longer than they think For a young man to do a restoration is just about an impossiblity It takes an old codger like myself or Chet who reshymembers what they were like The documentation can be very hard to obshytain

Get as much data as possible before starting There are vintage aircraft orshyganizations with mountains of informashytion he said Ask some old codger pick his brain If he doesnt have it hell know of a friend who may

The inspector suggests that the reshystorer gently disassemble the aircraft and take lots of pictures Wieden who has been active in the aviation business since the 1940s says he removes all the fabric and saves it for later refershyence An example of the value in retainshying all the old fabric is knowing where the rudder cables come through the fabshyric If you want the paint scheme the same compare and measure Its better than a sketch he said

There is a saying that an airplane can be rebuilt as long as there is a data plate and a bolthole It is not as simple as it sounds Looking good is not good enough The aircraft needs to be rebuilt

to exact specifications in order to reshymain in the standard airworthiness catshyegory Chet Brakefield gives his cusshytomers a choice - bring the aircraft back to meet original specifications or go to an experimental certificate

There are so many parts on the airshycraft market today that work but wont meet the standards of the original part It is up to the individual who purchases the part to verify the part is authentic Chet pointed out these problems and suggests that buyers ask vendors to provide the PMA numbers in writing

To register an aircraft last registered in the United States the owner should submit a completed application for regshyistration (AC Form 8050-1) the $5 regshyistration fee and ink-signed evidence of ownership from the last registered owner through any intervening owner(s) to the applicant Such evishydence may be a bill of sale on which the seller specifically transfers all his right title and interest to the buyer

Sometimes the current owner of an antique aircraft is unable to complete the chain of ownership Bill Ferguson supervisory conveyances examiner in the Aircraft Registry suggests that the applicant submit an affidavit (notarized statement) in lieu of recordable evishy

tions and getting it properly registered FAA records clerk Raymond L Smith researches the cancellation date and box number requires even more patience Inspector of aircraft records sent to federal storage prior to 1966

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There are situations where a prosshypective buyer cannot obtain the original data plate Inspector Wi eden provided the example of a military aircraft made of surplus parts for which there never was a type data plate or it was milled

FAA HELPS IN VINTAGE off before being surplused The wouldshyAIRCRAFT RESTORATION

dence of ownership The affidavit should outline his or her efforts explain why the evidence of ownership is not available and attach supporting evishydence to prove each change in ownershyship of the aircraft

Evidence supporting a transaction could include receipts cancelled checks statements of witnesses to the sale etc In addition returned certified mail to the address of the last official owner demonstrates an attempt to loshycate the prior owner and complete the chain

Ferguson suggests another possibilshy

ity besides the affidavit Go to court and file a quiet title suit The registry may record a certified true copy of a court order which vests title in a specifishycally described aircraft Still another possibility can be considered in cases where the aircraft was abandoned There is usually some provision under state law for disposing of abandoned property like a sheriffs sale or sale to satisfy storage charges Ferguson said In most cases the registry may accept for registration purposes the conveyance of title provided for under state law

be restorer should contact their local airworthiness inspector for assistance he said

In some situations where an aircraft is not rebuilt to specifications the buildshyers name may be shown with the manshyufacturers name - for example Smith Lockheed A complete chain of ownershyship is not needed because it is no longer viewed as the same aircraft Only the applicants evidence of ownershyship for major components such as the fuselage and engine(s) is required in addition to his application for registrashytion and $5 fee

There is a tremendous effort involved in getting a vintage aircraft in shape to be shown at an air show such as the

by Dennis Parks LibraryArchives Director

EARLY AVIATION REFERshyENCE BOOKS

Early in the history of aviation some reference series appeared that set a high standard In one instance that standard continues until today

Brockett

Beginning in 1910 and continuing with coverage through 1932 Brocketts Bibliography of Aeronautics is the preshymier guide to aviation literature from its earliest times to the Golden Age

The first issue of 1910 covered the literature of aviation from around the world with a cut-off date of July 1909 the same month that Bleriot became the first pilot to fly across the English Chanshynel

Though today it is hard to envision the interest in aviation around the turn of the century the issue consisted of 940 pages and contained nearly 13500 entries Santos-Dumont who was the first to fly in Europe during the fall of 1906 had over 100 entries covering his activities

The first volume was published by the Smithsonian Institution as part of its Miscellaneous Collections series The other volumes 1909-1916 1917-1919

1920-21 and annuals dated from 1922 through 1932 were published by NACA

The growth in aviation literature durshying the period July 1909 through the end of 1916 was shown by the size of the second volume with over 1 400 pages There are an estimated 68000 entries in the second volume - more than a five-fold increase over all the preshyviously recorded aviation literature

The compiler of the series was Paul Brockett a librarian at the Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian had shown

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an interest in the subject as early as 1863 when it published two papers on aeronautics

The institutions aeronautical collecshytion which was the basis of the first index was built on the nucleus brought by Samuel Langley when he became director in 1887

The editorial committee of the first volume included such early aviation luminaries as Octave Chanute Alexanshyder Graham Bell and Lt Thomas Selfshyridge The library has a complete set available for reference

JANES ALL THE WORLDS AIRshyCRAFT

During 1909 when practical aviation was starting to take root in Europe Fred T Jane produced the first volume of ALL THE WORLDS AIR-SHIPS First published by Sampson Low in London Janes still after 79 years is the worlds standard reference to aircraft specificashytions

Fred Jane stated in his introduction to the first volume

Aviation is yet in an early stage and it mayor may not be many years before it is on a practical commercial or even military footing On the other hand the number of dirigibles and aeroplanes of various kinds in existence is already very large and continually increasing hence the idea that a standard work of reference giving uniform statistics should already have a market

Mr Jane came to the world of aviashy

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CITY OF WASHINGTOll

PUBLlSIIED BY THE SMITI1 SONIAN INSTITUTION

1910

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Blakesburg Iowa fly-in Chet estimates the J-3 Cub will take between 1 200 and 1600 hours to restoreThe people who own the sister ship to the Winnie Mae Wiley Posts Lockheed Vega have asked Chet to restore it It doesnt take an aviation enthusiast to recognize the excitement and sincere love Chet has for those old aircraft when he describes that ship

I probably will take it on after Janushyary Theyve got all the records on that airplane That was the first airliner in Oklahoma It flew from Oklahoma City to Tulsa and was owned by Braniff My intention is to put it back into Braniff colshyors Theyve even got a list of passenshygers

Just hearing about these old planes from an old codger like Chet makes a person understand his dedication to reshystoring and preserving a part of aviation history It is no wonder Chets family supports his aviation interest 100 pershycent They must feel the same way bull Chester E Brakefield removed the fabric from this Fairchild PT19

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FRED T JANE

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tion via his interest in naval matters While working as a naval journalist and artist he founded ALL THE WORLDS FIGHTING SHIPS in 1897 He first mentioned the progress of flying machines in the introduction of the 1902 edition of FIGHTING SHIPS By 1909 he felt that with the developments in avishyation it was time to issue a volume on aviation similar to his naval reference

The first volume of 1909 consisted of 374 pages and had over 350 photoshygraphs and drawings Aircraft of 16 countries were represented in the volshyume This amounted to nearly 400 airshycraft The country most active as indishycated by numbers was France with 154 models listed Second was the United States with 90 and Britain third having 75 different aircraft cataloged

Each countrys section was led off by general information on their flying acshytivities The one for the United States stated In the early nineties Professor Langley and the Bros Wright were exshyperimenting with heavier-than-air machines but general interest in the subject is quite recent Three aerial journals 20 aerial societies and nine flyshying rounds were listed for the USA Among others there were aerial

societies listed for New York Boston Chicago St Louis and Milwaukee

The most popular design was the Wright Biplane with 22 built or building Curtiss was next with six built or buildshying

Fred T Jane the founder and editor died in 1926 and Charles G Grey editor and founder of the British magazine Aeroplane became the editor for the next 24 years Janes continues today as the standard international reshycord for aircraft data The library is forshytunate in having a nearly complete set available for reference

AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK

First appearing in 1919 the AIRshyCRAFT YEARBOOK became an Amershyican standard reference book First pubshylished by the Manfuacturers Aircraft Asshysociation it was an annual report on the American aircraft industry and a record of the events in American aviation

The Manufacturers Aircraft Associashytion was formed in 1917 as a way of resolving the aircraft patent litigation problem mainly between Wright-Martin and Curtiss It was decided that a trust would be formed that would share in crOSS-licensing of the companies pashytents This would end all the patent litishygation and leave the industry free to exshypand to meet the demands and opporshytunities created by the world war

The first annual year book was an efshyfort by the association to provide a reshycord of the individual companies particishypation during the war in aircraft producshytion The first volume consisted mainly of 15 chapters giving the history of the members of the association with many photographs These chapters gave a

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history of the forming of the companies the officers and production activities during the war All a very valuable conshytribution in itself

The later annuals gave updates on company activities descriptions of newly developed aircraft three-view drawings on many of the new aircraft a chronolshyogy of events from the year and several pages of statistics on production figures and numbers of planes and pilots in the country

The yearbook continued under differshyent publishers until the 1959 edition The library is missing only the 1935 and the 1936 volumes Is their anyone out there who can help us complete the set

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Eye of the Tiger

New Zealand as seen from a vintage Tiger Moth

You fly over the North Island but through the South Island was how one pilot described the basic difference beshytween the two halves of New Zealand He made his observation during a reshycent group cross-country in vintage airplanes

As an Aucklander making his first flight south of Cook Strait the pilot was obviously impressed with southern scenery and was making a generalizashytion but the principle does hold true The North Island may have isolated peaks - mainly volcanic - rising more than 6000 ft but its ranges are mostly below 5000 ft and present no real problems to the aviator in suitable weather The South Island however has a well defined backbone range of mountains many of them over 9000 ft and numerous areas of rugged high country but low-level routes exist through them by way of river valleys 16 MARCH 1988

Story and photos by J ohn King (EAA 228003 Al e 8502) 29 Fairclough Road Beach H aven Auckland 10 New Zealand

and passes the lowest of them in the main Southern Alps being Haast Pass at 1874 ft but surrounded by 8000 ft peaks

Such low routes are of prime interest to the open-cockpit biplane pilot not noted for flying at high altitudes or reshyliance on radio navigation aids Instead hes developed his map-reading - and his grip for a lost map isnt much fun when you re surrounded by unfamiliar

landscape a lot bigger than you are The New Zealand vintage aviation

scene is similar in many ways to that found in Australia described by Tony Stinson in the April 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE The Tiger Moth is the best-known type purely by reason of its numbers and longevity for it was built locally by the hundreds durshying World War II for the Empire Flying Training Scheme when pilots were trained in New Zealand and sent off to fight in Europe and the Pacific

The Tiger Moths NZ postwar history is a little different from that in Australia however for it became the standard aeshyrial topdressing aircraft for some mad years after 1949 fitted with a hopper in the front cockpit and staggering aloft from farm strips with five hundredweight (560 Ibs) of superphosphate fertiliser for rejuvenating the countrys pastures The accident rate was horrendous shy

327 per 10000 hours flown the first year - as overloaded Tigers hit fences trees and everything else for 130 hp isnt much to haul that payload and a brakeless tailskid aircraft doesnt lend itself to easy ground handling Their slow speed and robust build on the other hand meant a high pilot survival rate and bent Tiger Moths were trucked back to base and reappeared remarkashybly soon afterwards often wearing difshyferent wings fuselage and numerous other major parts more than one being known by its original registration simply because the rudder hadnt been damshyaged

Fortunately for the types ultimate survival more suitable agricultural airshycraft became available and Tiger Moths were retired back to the aero clubs gliding clubs as towplanes and private owners with many other Cliff Bellingham over Bruce Bay in typical West Coast scenery

Mike Bamford takes a break from refuelling at Haast to supervise John Pheasant and Alan Land topping up his oil

airplanes sitting in component parts in the backs of hangars around the counshytry Their intrinsic worth as fun machine was always recognised and in 1969 a group of private owners got together and formed the Tiger Club of New Zeashyland still the countrys main organizashytion for privately owned vintage aeroshyplanes Prices have escalated in recent years with the side effect of bringing more Tiger Moths back into the air and something over two dozen are currently airworthy and active in various parts of New Zealand

The Tiger Club of NZ has its annual fly-in competitions and general get-toshygether at a different aerodrome each time and the 1985 event took place at Blenheim in the northeast corner of the South Island Recent years have seen

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A tied down as the sun sets in the west at Greymouth West Coast

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something of a revival in the old tradishytion of group sightseeing tours in these old types and what started out to be a gentle flight around the South Island leaving from Blenheim and taking in an Auster fly-in at Lismore Canterbury a week later grew into a memorable tenshyday jaunt over many hundreds of miles

by eleven people in seven aeroplanes Five of those were Tiger Moths one

(for part of the distance) a Replica Plans SE-SA homebuilt and the other a 1949 Auster J1 B the British four-place highshywing cabin monoplane developed from the wartime spotter licence-built from the Taylorcraft series Its extra baggage

capacity came in handy the rear locker of the Tiger Moth being somewhat lishymited Marjorie and Maurine Plowright flew their Auster from the Bay of Islands in the far north of the country Tom Grant of Dunedin came along in his SEshySA and flying their Tiger Moths were chief organiser John Crosbie Cliff Belshylingham and John Pheasant all of Aushyckland Alan Land from Gisborne and Michael Bamford in the NZ Sport and Vintage Aviation Societys Tiger from Masterton

Two North Americans also came along for a view of New Zealand that very few New Zealanders are priviliged to see Julia Clark from Gold River Vancouver Island British Columbia was on a leisurely tour on the islands of the Pacific and met Alan Land at the most opportune moment Richard Broussard came all the way from Lafayette Louisiana after reading about an earlier NZ vintage aerial safari in Continental Airlines magazine While Julia knew nothing about draughty old planes Richard as the owner of an L-19 and one or two other types at least had an inkling of what to expect on the flying side and had boned up on books about NZ geography Nobody was prepared

Tigers in the grass at Fox Glacier West Coast however for the combination of glorious 18 MARCH 1988

A pause at the Southland Gliding Clubs airstrip at Five Rivers

weather superb scenery interesting airstrips and all-round sheer good fun of the trip

The scene was set even before we departed from Blenheim with a morning mass fly-out around the Marlborough Sounds the rugged series of almost land-locked arms of the sea that reverbshyerated to the sounds of some 20 light aircraft in (very) loose formation Tiger Moths Austers Super Cubs Jodels and the odd Cessna 180 were allied by local topdressing pilot Dave Bishop in his sprayer Cub landing at a suddenly crowded strip along the way and back to Blenheim for lunch Richard was heard to say that hed be content with just that as a reason for coming all the way to New Zealand even before the safari itself started

We left Blenheim again after 500 pm that day on the first leg to Greymouth on the South Islands West Coast We had a few things to learn such as relative throttle openings for similar speeds and while three Tigers had long-range fuel tanks fitted Greymouth was at about maximum range for the other two Fortunately the weather was perfect for that leg and we didnt need the contingency plan of a top-up pause at Murchison although a slight breeze down the length of the Grey River set us back a few minutes and we landed and tied down in the setshyting sun amid a gathering crowd of people (Hows your fuel level Shes right - its still damp in there)

While we were accommodated in the clubhouse on the aerodrome Greymouth had no hangarage availshyable and its amazing how the surf a few yards away on the other side of the sand dunes can sound like wind to the subconscious mind of the sleeping vinshytage aviator But we were most fortushynate in having hangars for our planes

when we needed them most as the wind blew

With limited fuel endurance much thought had been given to the question of supplies especially in the more reshymote parts of South Westland where there werent any official public aerodshyromes let alone pumps to fi ll the tanks Added to that was the fact that aviation fuel - 100-octane being the minimum grade now available - is bad news for low-compression deHaviliand Gipsy Major engines which were designed for good quality motor spirit of no less than 70 octane according to the manual and containing no lead whatsoever beshycause of their aluminum-bronze cylinshyder heads Even todays motor fuel an authorized substitute has too much lead for these engines but fortunately a suitable modern equivalent is found in the additive-free gasoline known as white spirit and normally used for cleanshy

ing purposes John Crosbie had arshyranged for appropriate quantities to be trucked to strategic aerodromes Mind you refueling from drums using only one pump took some time and we seemed to spend more hours at the task than we did in the air

The only gap in the fuel arrangeshyments was at Haast our last point in South Westland before turning inland up the Haast River and over the pass into the lake country on the eastern side of the main divide The grapevine led us to believe that the Haast airfield disshyused for some years had been reinstated and I knew there was a petshyrol station on the road nearby besides a few miles south of Mussel Point was another unofficial strip so we were sure of being able to put down someshywhere in the area Sure enough Haast had a brand new gravel runway (only slightly second-hand after wed left tailskids and all) pointing right into what little wind there was and the petrol stashytion even had white spirit available Opshytimism reigned supreme

Perhaps open cockpit biplane types are basically optimists at heart but flyshying conditions far exceeded even the best that anyone could have envisaged True we did have a solid overcast one morning a few showers of rain another day and some westerly winds a couple of times However the winds were alshyways on the tail - John Pheasant waited for the others to catch up on the stretch down the Waitaki River by turnshying back into the wind and sitting absoshylutely stationary relative to the ground shyand the rain was only showers over the flat country of the Canterbury Plains where visibilty was no problem The rest of the time is was CAVU with the specshyial clarity and light found only in the South Island We showed mock horror at the sight of a puffy cloud on the horishyzon or wind that actually required a de-

at several other overnight stops usually Alan Lands Tiger Moth has a pre-flight inspection at Omarama VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

cision as to takeoff or landing direction Such flying conditions with not a

bump in the entire sky and with other like-minded aviators in close proximity are a terrible temptation for the openshycockpit type I wonder if we can read the name on the hall of that place down there came over the gosport tube inshytercom so we dropped down to have a look Next thing we knew the inoffenshysive little village on the Grey River was being buzzed by four Tiger Moths and the inhabitants of Ahaura are probably still wondering what brought that on

Or the valley of the Englinton River on the eastern edge of Fiordland with bushclad mountains rising all round Wed flown through the valleys from the resort of Queenstown on the impossibly blue Lake Wakatipu seeing no sign of human presence for mile after mile of genuine tourist-type scenery The Egshylinton contains the road to Milford Sound however and somebody deshycided the camp at Cascade Creek was worth a closer look which he did - by way of a stall turn

Our policy was to keep everybody in sight of everybody else as no aircraft carried a radio and much of the counshytryside was inhospitable as far as forced landings were concerned So the flight developed (degenerated) into a hilarishyous trip down the wide grassy river flats following the Glintons meanderings and waving to trout fisherman and the occasional shepherdTourist buses on the Milford Sound road proved fair game too with occupants startled at the sight of brightly coloured biplanes going the same direction in close proshyximity When one group of buses disapshypeared into a patch of forest there on the other side would be another lot for continued sport Dinner that evening at Lake Te Anau - barbecued wild pork steaks crayfish whitebait and other deshylicacies - resounded to immoderate laughter and tales of great derring-do

But for all that our flying certainly wasnt reckless Any thoughts of low fly-

Richard Broussard contemplates ZK-BAT at Omarama

ing were tempered by comments of Remember CZX a Tiger Moth double fatality that resulted from flying into power wires strung across a river gorge some years ago Such lines and isoshy

~I WONDER IF WE CAN READ THE NAME ON THE HALL OF THAT PLACE DOWN THERE

lated flying fox wires are a real hazard Our flying discipline was enforced by Mike Bamford a CFI and the senior pilot among us and we had thorough briefings and discussions on where we

were flying next Among the lot of us were pilots who knew most of the counshytry and where none of us had been beshyfore we took along a local guide

Such a stretch was the scenic joyride from Te Anau across Lake Manapouri through Wilmot pass into Doubtful Sound around the 1 OOO-foot waterfall and inside the lake 3000 feet up the wall of the fiord back through Malasshypina Reach Bradshaw Sound and the mountains with their dozens of unshynamed lakes and tarns It was aweshyinspiring country but we drew some comfort from the presence of Roy Toms in the Cessna 185 of Air Fiordland the local tourist flight operator

John Pheasant was our resident airshycraft engineer (mechanic - ed ) another comforting sort of fellow to have along As it turned out he had very little to do as aircraft reliability was all we could have hoped for in such country and the most work he had was in patching his own Tiger Moth when somebody else - not one of our party - dropped it in short at Te Anau and punched a couple of holes in the wing fabric

Even so just about everyone admitshyted to a rotten landing or two at some stage of the safari as we popped into aerodromes farm strips paddocks and all manner of landing spots managing to avoid all traces of air traffic control and unnecessary paperwork Only at Queenstown did we have to land on a sealed runway - the wind was rather too brisk for the grass cross vector shybut the other 18 pieces of ground we used for getting down varied from the lush grass growth of Te Anau through all sorts of farm paddocks - and a few licensed aerodromes - to the gravelshyand-bedrock of Makarora

Everybody learned something in all that varied flying but most importantly everybody had tremendous fun as only those who have participated in someshything similar can appreciate It certainly wont be the last of this sort of thing in

At Lismore Canterbury Like a lot of naughty children facing the wall New Zealand bull 20 MARCH 1988

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a listing of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through December 15 1987) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Starr Robert L Custer LeRoy B Ruark Eric S Potter Edward C Brownsburg Indiana ansas City Missouri Baltimore Maryland Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Harvey Keith Stotesberry Jr Donald L Raffel Leslie J Cooper Ben C Stockton California Plymouth North Carolina Chicago Illinois Kintbury Berkshire England

Kerrick Dana carpenter Thomas L Wright Kevin L Meteney Timothy C Stockton California Needles California North Mankato Minnesota Beaver Falls Pennsylvania

La Porte Donald C campbell Jerry L Hansen Graham J Meyer John R Bayside Wisconsin Corpus Christi Texas Sherwood Park Alberta Canada Seattle Washington

Kelley William J Redden Phil Croskrey Steven B Talch Morton Torrance California Pierre South Dakota Traer Iowa Skokie Illinois

Bubb John A Cruikshank Gordon Lee Ivor J Murat George Jersey Shore Pennsylvania Clinton Corners New York Sharon Pennsylvania South Bend Indiana

Adolf James F Felmley Dan Christian Rave Oowsett Barry Kenai Alaska Sacramento California La Pocherie Angers France Way Stanwell Middlesex England

Koebel Colin King Russell L Bixby Rex V Langman Henry Clarendon Hills Illinois Sarasota Florida Selma Oregon Manawa Wisconsin

Gomes Antonio Tavares Sousa Gordon James A Rehbein Marvin L Barr Robert W Sao Miguel Azores Ogden Utah Plains Montana Denver City Texas

Hayes Bob Husted Darla Madden Michael A Daubner III George H Toms River New Jersey Tampa Florida Appleton Wisconsin Hartford Wisconsin

Eckert Dieter E Bennett Ralph P Jones C Hall Cochran Philip Paso Robles California Suffield Connecticut Kent Ohio Kenai Alaska

Foster Peter Elyea Lyle Sands Robert A Tumlin Robert L Bradford Ontario Marengo Illinois Cheyenne Wyoming Greenwood Mississippi

Conrad Nicholas Cochran Eugene E Zerby Judy A Williams William L Cherry Hill New Jersey Martinsville Virginia Coon Rapids Minnesota Lewistown Montana

Thompson Phillip Morrison Rae Marrero Andres campbell James R Amarillo Texas Federal Way Washington Rio Piedras Puerto Rico Vincennes Indiana

Stewart Jeffery D larrimore Joseph K Roberta II Robert G Spence Pete Santer California Harrington Delaware Parkersbury Nevada Mail Kirk Ontario CanaYa

Swlres C James Silva Jr Joseph A Wines Lyle G Paneok Ellen Oil City Pennsylvania Fremont California Cambria California Barrou Alaska

ODell Thomas R Fey Jon Pappas James 0IcHIeId Guy V Milan Michigan Downers Grove Illinois Lodi New Jersey Richland Washington

Ferrara Ronald J Halverson W R Kundlg Konrad J A Munson Russell Murfreesboro Tennessee Sparks Nevada Randolph New Jersey New York New York

Ziegler Donald F Uchtenberg Bruce A Digatl Anthony J Chesllk Scott L Fond du Lac Wisconsin Saugus California Azusa California Muncie Indiana

OwensJeff Lang Mathew Hanklson Walter Gutzmann Gerald E Kingsport Tennessee Ocala Florida Shiloh New Jersey Milwaukee WISConsin

Bedford Dennis L Kendrick Jerry E Dudley Jr Larry D Bristol David Auke Bay Alaska Pineville Louisiana Roanoke Virginia Torrance California

Prox Dennis Strlblng James L Kowalczyk Walter L Mumford Donald Port Orange Florida Columbus Indiana Morris Illinois Warre Ohio bull

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The Time Cap_s_u__e_____B_Y_Ja_Ck_C_OX_ Photographs are time capsules bull a fleeting instant frozen forever preserved for future generations to use as a peephole to

the past The EAA Foundation has thousands of negatives that have been donated by photographers bull or their estates who attended great events of the 1930s like the Cleveland Air Races or simply haunted their local airports to photograph the airplanes passing through These priceless peeks at aviations Golden Age deserve to be seen and we intend to present a few of them each month in this new feature Any additional light readers can shed on any of the aircraft is welcomed This months photos are from the Schrade Radtke Collection

No this is not Bill Turner at Oshkosh - its Marion McKeen with the original Miss Los Angeles at the Cleveland Air Races The racer was powered with an inline inverted six-cylinder Menasco C-6-S Buccaneer fitted with an eight inch centrifugal supercharger It developed about 300 hp at 2900 rpm from 544 cubic inches Top speed was about 270 mph The original was destroyed in a racing accident Cleveland in 1939 and only Bill Turners Ranger powered in replica remains today Radtke Collection 202

One of just seven Monosport 2s built NC136K was powered by a 100-hp Kinner K-S The logo on the vertical fin reads Wolverine Insurance Co Lansing Michigan Built in 1929 or early 1930 the airplane was four or five years old when this photo was taken in the mid-30s Any of you Michiganders remember it Radtke Collection 803

A Boeing P-26A the way they really looked - with gravel pitted wheel pants and soot streaks down the sides of the fuselage Note the gunsight radio mast and the high headrest - most of which was actually a fairing for the turnover structure The prototype XP-936 and the early production models had smaller more attractive headrests but they were raised eight inches after a pilot was killied in a turnover that only moderately damaged the airplane Likewise flaps were added after the Army found the landing speed of 82-83 mph to be too fast The P-26A was the first US production all-metal monoplane fighter (put In service In 1934) and survived to be the last open cockpit fixed gear externally braced fighter In the Inventory This one belonged to one of the 1st Pursuit Group squadrons Radtke Collection 169

Judging by the landing lights mounted on the gear legs this Kinner K-5-powered American Eagle A-129 must have been used for a lot of night flying Maybe the owner flew at night to avoid all the guffaws concerning the long nose - and the nicknames like Anteater Eagle etc etc It was a sturdy 01 bird but It never won any beauty contests Radtke Collection 34

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by John Berndt (EAA 36591 AlC 984) 7645 Echo Point Rd Cannon Falls MN 55009

On Saturday June 6 the sound of Ranger and Warner engines filled the air at the Coldwater Michigan airport The third annual Fairchild Reunion was under way Actually it started on Friday afternoon when the early arrivals began to trickle in Three Fairchild 24s parked by Mike Kellys hangar By noon on Saturday the reunion was in full swing

This was the year of the Warner enshygine For years those of us who fly Rangers in our ships have been giving the Warner boys a bad time about havshying to work on their engines This year the Warners outnumbered the Rangers two to one To top it off Gar Williams from Naperville Illinois flew in a Warner-powered Cessna Airmaster

The PT section was very will repshyresented Eight PTs of all models flew in John Mertesdorf of Nicollet Minshynesota flew the greatest distance to the reunion In spite of the wind and the

thermals a photo fl ight was held on Saturday With Ken Fork flying his Fairshychild 24 and Harland Avezzie as the photographer four of the PTs were able to get in formation for some good picshytures These pilots see each other only once a year so this was no small acshycomplishment

As the wind died and evening apshyproached Ed Escallon in his Pitts put on an aerobatic show Ed also has a PT-26 and maybe he will repeat the show in his Fairchild some time By the time it was too dark to fly 10 Fairchilds were tied down John Mertesdorf Dick and June Reich Jeff and Ralph Reese and Jim Martin were in their PTs Ed Wegner Charlie Bell Tony Grunner and Ken Fork with their 24s Mike and Phil Kelly added their PTs to the line

On this first day of the 1987 Fairchild Reunion with the flying over for the day all of us got together for hangar flying and renewing old friendships Sunday would be the annual Branch County Flyshying Clubs Fly-in Breakfast It is held the first Sunday in June very year and is the largest and oldest fly-in breakfast in

Michigan By nine am Sunday the airshyport was covered with planes Jack Taft and Bob Greenhoe came in with their PTs and Robert Bare and Dave Newshybury brought their 24s

The Yankee Air Force brought their DC-3C-47 in for a static display The big twin looked like a mother hen guardshying her chicks with all the smaller airshycraft parked around it if Sue Parish flew her pink P-40 to the fly-in also I am sure many of you have seen Sue flying this ship at Oshkosh and other events We were happy that she was able to come to the reunion

Sunday was a day of special events highlighted by the dedication of a plaque in the memory of Harriet Quimby a former Branch County resishydent who made history as the first woman to become a licensed pilot in the United States History has not been kind to Harriet She started flying in 1911 After a little over four hours time in the air she took the test for her pilots license and on August 1 1911 she was issued Aero Club of Americas Pilot Number 37 - the nations first licensed

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woman aviator Harriet decided to be the first woman to fly across the English Channel On April 16th 1912 at 530 am she left the English Coast and landed on a hard beach in France If Harriets story made the paper at all it was not on the front page You see on the night of April 14th an ocean liner hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atshylantic From mid-April the world cared to hear about nothing else but the loss of the Titanic

On July 1 1912 Harriet Quimby was killed in an accident at a Boston airshymeet Her flying career had lasted less

than a year By the early afternoon on Sunday the

events at Coldwater were winding down The first pilot to leave was Dave Nelson in his J-3 CUb The wind was out of the west at 20 mph so it was going to be a long flight back to Racine Wisconsin for Dave About four pm the only Fairchild left on the line was Tony Grunners 24 He was going to fly back to his home later in the evening Harshyland Avezzie and his wife had started the long drive to their home in Westfield Massachusetts Next year well see the PT-23 Harland is rebuilding

After reviewing the past two days events with Mike Kelly I pointed my pickshyup truck west on Highway 12 My coshydriver for the trip Chuck Alsip said At least you had a ship at this years reunshyion and promptly fell asleep Yes this year I had a ship there I had bought a 1947 F-24 and was hauling it back to Minnesota to rebuild Someday I might buy an airplane that is flying

Plans are being made for the 1988 Fairchild Reunion to be held again at Coldwater Michigan The dates are Saturday and Sunday June 4th and 5th We hope to see you there

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Letters To The EditoltsriB (Continued from Page 5)

Editor

The December 1987 The Vintage Airplane contained an article by Glen Stadler Included were remarks conshycerning Bud Gurney and Charles Lindbergh Mr Stadler might make the following corrections for his records

Gurney and Lindbergh barnstorming in an old Curtiss Robin The Robin was certificated in May 1928 ATC No 40 (Juptner Vol 1 page 111) one year after the Lone Eagle completed the New York-Paris flight

Gurney and Haneline honoring Genshyeral Lindberghs last request to fly him from Los Angeles Bud Gurney had been retired from United Air Lines for over ten years when Lindbergh died

On August 18th 1974 I was captain on United flight 955 from OHare to

Honolulu On arrival

I sETaI

at Honolulu we docked immediately behind the New York-Honolulu nonstop and saw a disshyembarking by fork lift of a stretcher case

At the layover hotel I talked with Capshytain Bill Picune of flight 993 I believe _and he said that indeed Charles Lindbergh was on the flight from New York accompanied by his gracious wife Anne and a medical person The group was then flown to Hana on Maui by amshybulance plane The method of travel from Hana to the Lindbergh home near the Seven Pools I dont know

Next Honolulu trip on August 25th we heard that the great man had passed away at his home on Maui with burial in the local churchyard in a wooden handshymade coffin

Bud Gurney was a true gentleman

and hed be the last person to agree with Mr Stadlers version

We all know how reporters get carried away especially when the subject is aviation oriented But an old Curtiss Robin a high-wing cabin monoplane vs an open cockpit biplane as was Lindys Jenny Cmon Mr Stadler

Incidentally Captain Picune was inshyterviewed at length by the company paper The Mainliner at that time and he mentioned that the inbound routing to Honolulu was over Maui and the Haleakla volcano only a short distance by air from the Lindbergh Maui home and (they asked) would Lindy like a short detour to see it Lindbergh replied that would be nice but no he did not want to delay the passengers

This world is immensely better for Charles A Lindbergh having lived in it

Charles H Smith (EAA 5529 NC 43) 204 W Lockport Street Plainfield Illinois 60544-1940

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~ I~ype ClubActivities Compiled by Norm Petersen

MEYERS AIRCRAFT OWNERS ASshySOCIATION

The 1987 Meyers Aircraft Owners Asshysociation fly- in was held at Sedona Arizona and featured some excellent seminars on formation flying as well as aviation insurance The camaraderie of the group is something else The 88 fly-in is not officially located as yet but stay tuned for the latest information

An urgent note to all Meyers 2000 aircraft owners comes as a result of Pard Diver and his strip at Tecumseh Michigan Pard discovered a Rockwellshybuilt Meyers 2000 that was missing a support brace for the elevator torque tube This poses a potentially dangershyous situation The brace in question is located about halfway back in the tailshycone and everyone who owns an Aero Commander 2000 should immediately check to determine that their aircraft does in fact have the brace installed This is easily done by removing the back plate in the baggage compartment and using a flashlight following the round tube that goes all the way back to the tail making sure that there is a cross piece with a piece of phenolic mashyterial that the tube passes through apshyproximately halfway back in the tailshycone This piece supports the tube and without the brace the tube could buckle and fail under adverse conditions such as heavy ice or heavy wind gust loading on the elevator If this piece is missing from your airplane contact Pard Diver at Tecumseh Aviation Tecumseh Michigan immediately telephone 5171 423-8040

For more information on the Meyers Aircraft Owners Association contact the club secretary William E (Bill) Gaffney 26 Rt 17K Newburgh New York 12550 phone 914565-8005

West Coast C~na 120140 ~

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CESSNA 120140 CLUB

It seems the Cessna 170 bunch set a record of sorts in 1974 when some 76 Cessna 170s arrived at Oshkosh for the big one

Now any club worth its salt knows that records are made to be broken Therefore members of the Cessna 1201 140140A group (which includes the West Coast Club) have taken it upon themselves to do just that Somehow the theme 88 in 88 popped up and all signals are lined up for an arrival that will be remembered at Oshkosh for years to come

Plans call for the gathering at a satelshylite airport on Thursday July 28 and with everything in readiness takeoff will be seven am for an in-trail arrival at Oshkosh between 0900 and 0930 on Friday July 29 the first day of EAA Oshkosh 88 The Monticello Iowa Municipal Airport has been selected as the satellite airport and it has the cashypacity to handle the entire group of Cessna 120140 airplanes and crew Quite a gathering is planned including many different events that are bound to please all

If you are a 120140140A driver and are planning on attending EAA Oshshykosh 88 dont miss this once-in-ashylifetime opportunity to become part of 88 in 88 For more information conshytact the co-chairmen of the event Jim Barker 25636 Franklin Avenue No 1 Hayward CA 94544-2824 or Jack Croshynin 433 Franklin Street Denver CO 80218 If you are able to volunteer any time or talents please inform the chairshyman

Membership in the West Coast Cessna 120140 Club is $10 per year Contact the club treasurer Elsie Thompson at P O Box 727 Roseburg OR 97470-0151 for information phone 503672-5046

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TWIN BONANZA ASSOCIATION

With its second birthday just passed the Twin Bonanza Association seeks to assist those interested in joining toshygether to share experiences and assist in documenting this classic aircraft so that it takes its rightful place in aviation history The Twin Bonanza is technishycally referred to as the Model 50 and often referred to as the T-Bone

This rather hefty twin-engine aircraft was built by Beech in 13 variations from the Model 50 to the Model J50 Some 396 T-Bones are listed on the FAA reshygister plus 27 military Model U-80 and 2 model L-23D for a grand total of 425

Useful load in the T-Bone varies from 1 750 Ibs to 2830 Ibs depending on model so you can see the load carshyrying ability of these twins One member of the association hauls 10 skydivers at once in his airplane Most Twin Bonanza aircraft are powered with sixshycylinder Lycoming engines of 260 to 340 hp although some have been conshyverted to even larger engines

The newsletter published by the asshysociation is full of information and tips on caring for and operating the TshyBone in a safe manner The latest issue includes a two-page form for conshyducting a 100-hour inspection on the aircraft plus a large comparison chart with vital statistics on the 13 models of the T-Bone

The editor of the newsletter is Richard I Ward Membership in the asshysociation is $25 domestic and $35 foreign

For information contact Ward in care of the Twin Bonanza Association 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers Michigan 49093 phone 616279-2540

26 MARCH 1988

VINTAGE SEAPLANES by Norm Petersen

This month we feature two more photos from the collection of John Finiello Jr (EAA 250290 AlC 10530) 219 Adams NE Albuquerque NM 87108 These two pictures were taken in 1946 in Toronto Canada at the Torshyonto Island Airfield (and seashyplane base) The dashing young man leaning against the float is 18-year-old John Finiello in his favorite Howard Hughes jacket The aircraft is a Cessna T-50 powshyered with 245-hp Jacobs enshygines using Hamilton Standard controllable props and mounted on a set of Edo 61-5870 floats The T-50 (UC-78) was known as the Crane in Canadian service and affectionately referred to as the Bamboo Bomber in the US The T-50 was also apshyproved on Edo YD-6470 floats A close inspection of the photos reveals the Canadian reshygistration CF-DIC and the name GH Goodsall Euclid Sales amp Service Visible in the backshyground are such interesting floatplanes as a Staggerwing Beech WACO Cabin Stinson 108 DeHavilland Fox Moth Cessna 140 and a DeHaviliand DH 89 Rapide

by George A Hardie Jr

In the history of the development of aviation there were many attempts to design the perfect personal airplane This is evidently one mans idea for a homebuilt for his personal flying pleashysure The photo was submitted by Ed Peck of Waddy Kentucky The photo is stamped on the back with a photoshygraphers stamp originating in San Diego No date or location is known Anshyswers will be published in the June 1988 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is April 10 1988

Several interesting answers were reshyceived about the Mystery Plane in the December 1987 issue of THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE Harold Armstrong of Rawlings Maryland writes

The Mystery Plane in the December issue is an American Flea Triplane It was designed by Cassel de Hibbs and marketed by Universal Aircraft Co Inc of Ft Worth Texas in the 1930s and early 1940s In more recent years Thurshyman Baird of Asheville North Carolina sold plans for this aircraft Enclosed is a copy of a brochure which contains specifications and prices

We have the scanty remains of an earlier Flea which was put together by Bruce Hutton when he was a very young fellow Found it in a barn near Grafton lest Virginia several years ago It was powered by a Model A and differs considerably in both design and construction from the later type Beshycause of its poor condition missing parts and lack of information we have thus far not made an effort to restore it There is no evidence that this aircraft ever flew

Luverne A Kramer of Deadwood South Dakota writes

The Mystery Plane pictured in the December issue is my American Flea Triplane that I built in 1952 and 1953 To build it I used brochures with picshytures plus pieces of wing and fuselage that I obtained from Lillian Holden of Fort Worth Texas who claimed to own the patents I first learned of the airplane in ads in aviation magazines powered with a Ford Model A engine but did not write for information on the plane until 1951

I was unable to obtain blueprints and had to rely on the bits and pieces of plane that Ms Holden gave me while on a trip to Texas After completion I made up blueprints and also a 16-mm film and sent them to Ms Holden I was to be paid for my work but never reshy28 MARCH 1988

ceived anything Ms Holden was not a pilot although at one time she owned the Standard Aero Craft Co and the Universal Aircraft Co She referred to a Mr Hibbs in one letter as a former partshyner who could have been the original owner of the design

I flew the single place triplane for apshyproximately 30 hours It was powered with a 65-hp Lycoming fuel capacity was six gallons It cruised at 80 mph and landed at 45 mph It had a good climb performance - 800 fpm - and a 1~O-foot takeoff roll Its handling made it suitable for only an experienced pilot The rudder and elevator had very quick responses while the ailerons handled normally

In 1958 I heard that EAA wanted to start a museum at Hales Corners so I contacted Paul Poberezny to see if he

was interested in my triplane for the mus~um I decided to donate the plane for display and safekeeping It was the second plane for the museum after Steve Wittmans racer Bonzo

Paul Robertson Jr of Richmond Michigan writes

The original designer and builder was a Ms Lillian Holden whom I conshytacted in 1980 I was and am interested in purchasing one Ms Holden was seishyling the company in 1980 to Arthur Neal of Hastings Michigan I made several attempts to follow up Mr Neals progshyress but on my last inquiry no planes had been completed

Other correct answers were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Frank Pavliga Cuyahoga Falls OH Wayne Van Valkenburgh Jasper GA and Leo Opdycke Poughkeepsie NY bull

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PUBLICATION STAFF PUBLISHER

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VICE-PRESIDENT MARKETING amp COMMUNICATIONS

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EDITOR Mark Phelps

ART DIRECTOR Mike Drucks

MANAGING EDITORADVERTISING Mary Jones

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Norman Petersen

Dick Cavin

FEATURE WRITERS George A Hardie Jr

Dennis Parks

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Carol Krone

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Jim Koepnick Carl Schuppel

Jeff Isom

EAA ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISION INC

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Contents

2 Straight and Levelby Bob Lickteig

4 AlC News by Mark Phelps

5 Letters to the Editor

5 Calendar of Events

6 Our Last Project - Really by Eileen Macario

10 Spar Warsby Norm Petersen

11 Members Projectsby Norm Petersen

12 FAA Helps in Vintage Aircraft Restorationby Susan K Schmidt

14 Vintage Literatureby Dennis Parks

16 Eye of the Tigerby John King

21 Welcome New Members

22 The Time Capsuleby Jack Cox

24 Coldwater 1987by John Berendt

26 Type Club Activitiesby Norm Petersen

27 Vintage Seaplanesby Norm Petersen

28 Mystery Planeby George A Hardie Jr

29 The Vintage Trader

FRONT COVER Cliff Bellingham in his 1935 de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth flying down the valley of the Grey River New Zealand South Islands West Coast (Photo by John King)

BACK COVER The Uptown Swallow In memory of Bill Irwin who dreamed for 40 years of flying his Swallow it spent those 40 years in the loft of his back alley garage on North Broadway in uptown Chicago

(Photo courtesy of Dick Hill)

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

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

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

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AIRSPACE ALERT


4 MARCH 1988

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CITY OF WASHINGTOll


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14 MARCH 1988





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ISSUED BY

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1919



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(PvaUCUIOMI 9 10)

CITY OF WASHINGTOll


1910

14 MARCH 1988





FRED T JANE








AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK




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ISSUED BY

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ASSOCIATION INC

1919



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(PvaUCUIOMI 9 10)

CITY OF WASHINGTOll


1910

14 MARCH 1988





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AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK




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ISSUED BY

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ASSOCIATION INC

1919



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(PvaUCUIOMI 9 10)

CITY OF WASHINGTOll


1910

14 MARCH 1988





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AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK




AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK

ISSUED BY

MANUFACTURERS

AIRCRAFT

ASSOCIATION INC

1919



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Eye of the Tiger















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(PvaUCUIOMI 9 10)

CITY OF WASHINGTOll


1910

14 MARCH 1988





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AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK




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ISSUED BY

MANUFACTURERS

AIRCRAFT

ASSOCIATION INC

1919



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CITY OF WASHINGTOll


1910

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AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK




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ISSUED BY

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ASSOCIATION INC

1919



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(PvaUCUIOMI 9 10)

CITY OF WASHINGTOll


1910

14 MARCH 1988





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AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK




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ISSUED BY

MANUFACTURERS

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ASSOCIATION INC

1919



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30 MARCH 1988

































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(PvaUCUIOMI 9 10)

CITY OF WASHINGTOll


1910

14 MARCH 1988





FRED T JANE








AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK




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ISSUED BY

MANUFACTURERS

AIRCRAFT

ASSOCIATION INC

1919



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Eye of the Tiger















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30 MARCH 1988




















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(PvaUCUIOMI 9 10)

CITY OF WASHINGTOll


1910

14 MARCH 1988





FRED T JANE








AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK




AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK

ISSUED BY

MANUFACTURERS

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ASSOCIATION INC

1919



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30 MARCH 1988














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(PvaUCUIOMI 9 10)

CITY OF WASHINGTOll


1910

14 MARCH 1988





FRED T JANE








AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK




AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK

ISSUED BY

MANUFACTURERS

AIRCRAFT

ASSOCIATION INC

1919



INC




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AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK




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ASSOCIATION INC

1919



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