Vintage Airplane - Mar 1998

March 1998 Vol 26 No 3

CONTENTS 1 Straight amp LevellEspie Butch Joyce

2 AlC News

4 Aeromail

5 AlC SafetySteve Krog

6 The Last Flight of Time Flies Robert Forrest

8 Chicagoland AirportsWalt Kessler

10 Gipsy JunketAndrew King

12 Kilbeys Waco ATOHG Frautschy

17 Life Begins at 40Dick and Jeannie Hill

19 The Earl E-Bird RacerlDon Krout

21 Mystery PlaneHG Frautschy

22 Pass it to BuckBuck Hilbert

24 What Our Members Are RestoringNorrn Petersen

28 Welcome New Members

29 Membership Information Page 19Calendar

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FRONT COVER The late Bud Kilbeys Waco ATO project was recently completed when Buds son Mark commissioned noted restorer Ted Davis to finish the restorashytion Authentic down to its Bendix wheels this particular ATO once belonged to the famed stunt pilot Mike Murphy and was flown by Murphy as one of the Linco Air Aces EM photo by Jim Koepnick shot with a Canon EOS-l n equipped with an 80-200 mm lens ltfJ sec 120 on 100 ASA slide film EM Cessna 210 photo plane fiown by Bruce Moore

BACK COVER FRENCH ACES OF WW I-Bill Masalko s mixed media painting brings the famous men machines and medals the French brought to the 1914-1918 conflict With the help of Mr Neal OConnor of New York Bill researched the era and completed nine painting in his series within a years time French Aces Of WW I was awarded a Par Excellence ribbon during the 1997 EAA Sport Aviation Art Competition Retired and residing in Fairview Park Ohio Bill continues to be ac shyknowleged as a highly accomplished aviation artist

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STRAIGHT amp LEVEL by ESPIE BUTCH JOYCE

M any of you who are reading this edition of Straight amp Level will soon be preparshy

ing to go to the annual Sun n Fun EAA Fly-In at Lakeland FL In one of my earlier SampLs I referred to Sun n Fun as a regional EAA fly-in Mr Duffy Thompson of the fly-in staff was quick to write and point out to me that Sun n Fun is an international event Duffy is quite correct and Mr Billy Henderson Executive Director of Sun n Fun the staff directors and volunteers can take credit for the growth of this great fly-in

We all enjoy this start of the fly-in season as the winter weather breaks and we can shake off the winter dolshydrums Florida too has its winter weather and while the temperature extremes are certainly not as wild as up north it sure can get very unfriendly at times Billy and the Sun n Fun crew have had to contend with very wet and at times severe weather as they prepare the grounds this year The very severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that you may have heard about occurred just east of the Lakeland area

Some of the highlights of the upcomshying Sun n Fun (April 19-25) include

bull Daily air shows featuring top performers

bull Over 450 commercial exhibits

bull The Plane Parts Mart where one persons junk is anothers treasure

The Sun n Fun races each year have become a tradition So has the Aeroshell 3-D Speed Dash an unlimshyited drag race to altitude the Wittman

Memorial Sun 100 Race for homebuilt aircraft the Wittman Memorial Sun 60 Air Race for factory built aircraft and the 1250 Race for aircraft of 1250 cc displacement or less

Some of the site changes this year include the enlargement of the campshying area made possible by the purchase of 16 additional acres

The club house row which includes the OX5 Pioneers and OBs buildings has been moved back to the creek area The AntiqueClassic headquarters area remains the same and has long been a favorite spot for meeting your friends Our group likes to gather around in time for the afternoon airshow AC headquarters is also the place you can register your Antique Classic or Conshytemporary airplane after youve arrived Ace volunteer Jane Kimball and her crew do a great job at this and theyre always busy helping folks

You might want to check in at the AUA Inc booth 57 in the B buildshying These are the people who handle your AlC insurance program You can also call them at 1-800-727-3823 should the need arise I generally check by this booth two or three times a day so if youd like to leave me a message thats a good place to do it

For those of you who have access to the World Wide Web you can check all of this information out at www sun-n-funorg

The AC judges at Sun n Fun as well as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh will have a difficult job again this year as the restorations continue to get better and better One of our judges at both Sun n Fun and Oshkosh has been reshycently honored It has been my pleasure to have know this gentleman for a numshyber of years Hes Xen Motsinger and hes always been very modest about his many accomplishments A strong supshyporter of the EAA AntiqueClassic

movement over the years as a volunshyteer as a active chapter member and one who unselfishly donated to EAA programs It is very fitting that Xen has been inducted into the South Carolina Aviation Hall of Fame Congratulashytions Xen We look forward to your continued leadership in the future

The major theme during this years EAA Convention EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 98 will be A Salute to Corshyporate Aviation It is a joint effort by EAA the AntiqueClassic Division the NBAA and others Our part will be display those famous corporate airshycraft which fall within the Antique Classic and Contemporary aircraft Theyll be displayed on the center concrete taxiway and will be the highshylight of the show The Division is honored to have a role helping put this display together There will also be adshyditional aircraft on display which will carry this corporate aviation theme to present day - it should be quite an impressive display

Each of us has an airplane weve alshyways wanted to own For me that airplane has long been the Luscombe 8 series This past month I was able to buy my dream Im now the proud owner of a 1947 Luscombe 8E It had been owned for the past 26 years by Ken Woodard who retired as a meshychanical engineer for a company in Indiana He then moved to Greensboro NC to enjoy his retirement years N2628K has been treated with very lovshying hands over the years and is corrosion free I now have a new toy to go out and play with on the weekends-Ill share a photo of it with you in the future

Everyone please keep up the good work on our 10n1 membership drive to support your EAA AntiqueClassic Dishyvision Lets all pull in the same direction for the good of aviation Join us and have it all

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1

AC NEWS compiled by HG Frautschy

FRENCH ACES OF WORLD WAR I Key to back cover painting

1 French air bases on the Western Front 1914-1918

2 Guynemers Nieuport 17-August 1916 3 Captain Albert Fequant-Voisin Type 3 from

VB102-1915 4 Lieutenant Charles Nungesser-5pa 65 5 Captain Georges Guynemers ID card 6 The Legion DHonneur 7 The Medaille Militaire 8 Lieutenant Jean-Pierre Bourjade-5pa 152 9 SILT Fernand Guyou-N93 10 Maurice Farman Shorthorn Type So11shy

ReconaissanceSaI264

SALUTE TO CORPORATE AVIATION One of our main themes at EM AirVenture

Oshkosh 98 will be a joint celebration by EM and the National Business Aircraft Associshyation Entitled A Salute to Corporate Aviation many of the aircraft featured will come from the AntiqueClassic ranks For more information on this West Ramp spectacular please see AntiqueClassic President Butch Joyces colshyumn on page I

ACSAFETY In an effort to add to the educational base

we can all draw upon AC Advisors Steve Krog and Roger Gomoll have begun writing a bimonthly dedicated to educating all of us about operating our vintage aircraft Older airshyplanes draw on current knowledge plus they can often have idiosyncrasies that become clouded in mystery over time Steve and Roger both active CFIs who often teach in Antique Classic and Contemporary airplanes will approach each topic with the unique perspecshytive that these aircraft present This months installment deals with an honest self-appraisal of your flying skills and what you can do to brush them up It starts on page 5

We re open to your suggestions regarding which areas you would like covered You can send your comments to either Steve Krog or Roger Gomoll - their addresses are listed on the Contents page under Advisors

2 MARCH 1998

SUN N FUN STOPOVER EAA Chapter 905 invites all of you flying

to Lakeland for Sun n Fun to stop by for some southern hospitality at McKinnon Airport on St Simons Island GA The dates for the event are April 16- 19

CELL PHONES IN THE AIR-DONT A number of people have mentioned they

had seen a newsletter or E-mail concerning the use of cellular phones while airborne The earshylier article(s) said it was okay to use them when in fact it is illegal to do so The FCC is very specific about it Section 22925 of the FCC rules 47 CFR Part 22 provides that cellular telephones installed in or carried aboard airshyplanes balloons or any other type of aircraft must not be operated while the aircraft are airshyborne (not touching the ground)

Does it work Yes in some cases the call will be be made but only by interfering with other cells as far as 400 miles away depending upon your altitude The only cellular type of service that is licensed by the FCC for use in the air has just concluded testing- AirCel1 That company uses a cell type system using specific frequencies (different than regular cell service) to cover much larger cells across the country

We also have been told that it is not difficult for a seasoned cellular technician to track down an interfering signal and that the FCC is pretty aggressive about instituting fines in these situations The moral of the story- wait until your wheels are rolling on the pavement before you order your pizza or call the wife to come pick you up

If youd like more information from an expert on the subject contact Larry Schuler the network Operations Manager at United States Cellular He can be reached at Ischulercellularuscccom

Our thanks to Cy Galley of EAA Chapter 75 for letting us know about this rumor and for his work in getting the real facts

TONY LEVIER 1913-1998 Famed racing and test pilot Tony LeVier

has passed away at the age of84 LeVier like so many children of his generation became enamored with aviation during the craze over Charles Lindberghs solo transatlantic crossing By 1932 he was working as a pilot in aviation and he soon made a name for himself as a race pilot He won two races in the 550 cu in class at the 1938 Oakland CA event and he also placed third in the Unlimited race with the Schoenfeldt Firecracker Labor Day weekend that same year saw LeVier and the Firecracker in Cleveland at the National Air Races where he won the Greve Trophy race He returned the following year 1939 with the Firecracker and placed second in both the Thompson and the Greve With his passing an era closes for he was the last of the pre-war Golden Age of Air Racing pilots remaining No one stilllivshy

ing raced in the pre-war Greve Thompson or Bendix Trophy races

For many people Tony is also rememshybered for the work he did with the P-38 Lightning both as a test pilot and as a factory demo pilot showing military pilots new to the fork-tailed devil that it was indeed a forshymidable fighting machine

He returned to air racing after the war and was one of the men who designed and built the Cosmic Wind racers racing planes that many consider among the prettiest racers ever built

In his later days Tony ever active as an instructor noticed the alarming upward trend in stallspin accidents and sought to do someshything about it His SAFE program was intended to educate pilots both old and new about spin recovery and stall prevention

CLAUDE GREY 1918-1997 I f youve ever had an airplane judged under

the rules set up by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division you have Claude Grey to thank for his volunteer efforts Back in the early 1970s Claude and fellow antiquer Al Kelch took the time to formulate the simple rules for judging aircraft putting a measure of consistency and objectivity into the process

Claude was a long time restorer He and Bob Groff owned an American Eagle powered with an OX-5 Chosen as the AC Antique Grand Champion in 1976 it set a standard that was tough to match for restorers who followed His Fairchild 24 also set a high benchmark as it won numerous awards at various fly-ins He also enjoyed homebuilts having completed a Smith Miniplane in 1960 Claude a career Captain with Western Airlines passed away November 191997

GERALD JERRY B COIGNY 1912-1998 A long time EAAer and antiquer Jerry

Coigny is best remembered in vintage airplane circles for his Beechcraft Bonanza which he owned for the last 35 years Jerry flew the very original Bonanza to the EAA Convention in 1977 1987 and 1997 Accompanied by the love of his life Lucy Jerry enjoyed flying his Bonanza restoring antique Ford cars and being with his friends in the AntiqueClassic Divishysion OX5 Aviation Pioneers the Silver Wings fraternity and the UFOs A transport pilot with the Air Transport Command during WW II he flew C-47s C-49s and DC-3s Later he ran an orange grove and still later raised chickens and chinchillas

Lovers of Lusshycombes will recall the special events that brought Jerry and Lucy together while working for Luscombe the reshysult of which was Lucy eloping with

Jeny in a brand new Luscombe 8A Our condolences to Lucy and to their sons

Roger Francois and Jeny Paul

CANADAS THUNDER CmCKEN (Right) Pilots flying the north country of Canada

came to love this splendid bird of course the bird we speak of is the Noorduyn Norseshyman One of the workhorses of The North the Norseman went on to become one of the premier aircraft built in world if not the preshymier aircraft built in Canada Peter G Masefield former technical editor of The Aeroplane listed the Noorduyn aeroplane as one of the worlds 20 best stating that it stood in a class by itself

The first production Mk I appeared in 1936 and the final version a prototype Mk VII beshygan test flights in 1951 before being canceled and moved into storage

Now the question begs to be asked why the history lesson Well Alberta Aviation Museum Association is pleased to announce Norseman Lodge the coming out of one of these superb aircraft Volunteers at the mushyseum have been busy restoring CF-ElH and have completed this challenging task The time has come to honor these volunteers and toast a fine aircraft The museum is presentshying-ElH during an evening of fun food and good old reminiscing The evening is set to be a very informal with the dinner to be what might be considered Northern Fare chili salad pie etc The evenings theme will re-

October Mystery Plane has been solved

John Underwood thought about the Mystery Plane photo from October and republished in the January issue Heres what he has to say

The sign on the Aero club ofIllinois hangar should read STUDENSKY (We read it as STUDENSAY-HGF) He was a Russian I think and taught to fly by Bleriot Both ofthose signs appear to

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flect 1947 the last year - ElH flew into a Northern Lodge used for hunting or fishing

Location Edmonton Aviation Heritage Censhytre Hangar (Alberta Aviation Museum Association- AAMA)

Date Saturday April 18 1998 Doors 530 pm Presentation 630 pm Dinner 730- 1000 pm (Buffet style eat

whenever you wish) Cost $1000 per person (Cash Bar) Tickets Available at the Alberta Aviation

Museum Gift Shop (Available to Tuesday April 14 1998)

Dress Very Casual However youre comfortable

be altered The other one should read Kolovas-Davis InCidentally there were at least three groups ofidentical hangars at Cicero Field and they were erected in 1911 the gift ofCol Charles Dickinson the ACIs principal benefactor

The October Mystery Plane is actually the first biplane to bear the Beech label The designer was A C Beech no relation to Walter asfar as I know It was billed as the largest airplane in the USofA with a span of52 feet Power was a 75 hp Roberts and it accommodated three It

was sometimes referred to as a Beech-Farman or the BeechshyNational because it was built by the National Aeroplane Co ofChicago and Galveston TX

The NAC had winter quarshyters at Galveston where they operated a school with a French Nieuport a Curtiss copy a Bleshyriot and the Beech-Farman which wasfinished at Galveston

Further information can be obtained from Alberta Aviation Museum Association

Tel 403-453-1078

11410 Kingsway Avenue Edmonton AB T5G OX4

e-mail bhoundplaneteonnet

and tested there by J Hector Worden who was quite well known at the time This was early in 1912 Paul Studensky and Worden were the NAC School of Flyings instructors

The Beech biplane was unique for that time in that it was fitted with dual controls On one ofits first outings Studensky took it on a cruise around Galveston Island attaining 2000 ft and covering about 25 miles They operated it from Denver Beach until AC Beech collided with a tent pole and it was shipped to Chicago for repairs

Paul Studensky used it for exhibition flying joy riding and flight instruction He lived to old age and checked out in 1961 Worden threw in with the Mexican F ederales in the latter part of I 912 and thereafter was known as Capt Worden Having survived a revolution or two he tried to perform an inverted loop at the Dallasfairgrounds on 6 May 1916 In that he was eminently unsuccessfUl

The October Mystery Is finally unmasked thanks to the efforts of John Underwood Its the Beech-Farman sometimes referred to as the Beech-Natlonal

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3

VINTAGE

AeroMail OH IF ONLYI COULD BUY ONE OF

THOSENOW Hello

Enclosed you will find a picture we are hoping you will be able to help us identify My husbands grandfather served in the inshyfantry in Europe in World War I This picture (below) was in his memorabilia and we are quite curious about it as it appears to be an airplane factory Where What type etc

We have an Allied map of France that was his as well it that provides a clue If someone can help we would certainly apshypreciate knowing about this picture Thanks in advance

Rebecca Clark 1238 Fifth Av Safford AZ 85546

Dear Rebecca From the general overall appearance

and the variety ofaircraft types in this building Id hazard a guess that youre looking at a disposal warehouse after the Great War had ended At the cessation of hostilities there were thousands ofunshyneeded airplanes that were disposed of either intact or scrapped

Can anyone else add more to that shred ofopinion - HGF

Dear Bob [Whittier] I am enclosing a print of an early E-2

which I thought you might like to see or if you had previously seen it you might be able to provide some information about it

The only thing I can tell you about it is it was made from an etched image on a copper plate attached to a wooden block

This plate was left for me at the field where I work partshytime by an old friend who was passing through this area Unfortunately for me I was not there when he stopped so I dont have any inshyformation as to how he obtained it

I took it to a local printing shop where they were able to make some copies which Im sending to people such as you in the hopes someone will be able to provide some information on it

I suspect the location is Bradford [PA] with a small portion of the factory visible under the prop It seems likely that it was used for advertising purposes possibly in a sales brochure

Best Wishes Ed Kastner 2330 Woodard Rd Elma NY 14059-9365

Dear Ed About the Cub shown in the picture

you sent me I had never seen this parshyticular picture before Since the tail does not show we dont know what the NC number was So that sets us adrift

However I do have a lead ofsorts In an aviation history book published in England in 1956 is a photo ofan E-2 (The same photo is published in the 1932 issue of Jane s - HGF) The paint

design on the

the second number in a registration deshynoted the year ofmanufacture this my own E-2 Cub NC15009 was made in 1935) The cowling on the plane in your picture is the early type without air-deflecshytion scoops behind the cylinder blocks

The color scheme shown was not a common one although it has been copied by some antique airplane restorers In 1932 production was so modest they could paint ships to suit the buyers I beshylieve as production picked up they found it economically necessary to stick to the familiar all-silver color with dark red nose fuselage stripe and vertical tail So conSidering the cowl the color scheme the 100000 mile lettering on your ship and the fact that the NC12360 appears in a publicity photo put out by Taylor Aircraft there is afair but probably unshyprovable chance that the ship in your picture is this one

The Piper Museum in Lock Haven may be able to add a few more clues

Sincerely Bob Whittier Duxbury MA

(Editors Note Bob Whittier EAA 1235 has been an aviation author and pilot for over 50 years and is a regular contributor to EAA s Experimenter magshyazine writing the Lightplane Heritage column for the past seven years In the years prior to that he was afrequent contributor to a number ofaviation perishyodicals including EAA s Sport Aviation during EAA s early days)

fuselage is identical The NC number is 12360 indishycating it was built in 1932 (From about 1931 to the late 1930s when airplane production was modest

Vintage Airplane Safety

Butterflies and Pancakes by STEVE KROG Ale DIVISION ADVISOR

In a few weeks the pancake fly-in breakshyfast season will be upon us

This is an exciting time for all EAA AntiqueClassic pilots to renew our collecshytive interest in sport aviation Its an opportunity to get of the out of the house get away from the hangar and back in the cockpit of our pride and joy Just as imporshytant pancake fly-ins let us share the joy of flying with others who appreciate fun and interesting aircraft

Before you jump back in the cockpit its imperative you take some time and honestly analyze your flying skills your airplane(s) and the airports you hope to visit in 1998

Along with the fun offlying Antique and Classic airplanes many pilots also experishyence a different kind of flying-butterflies in their stomachs A few simple precautions can prevent those butterflies and give you more opportunities to enjoy the pancakes

STARTING FRESH A safety conscious pilot will conduct

the most thorough preflight inspection of the new year From bird nests to mouse nests and fuel sumps to tail wheel springs every component part of your airplane needs to be critically eyeballed Ifyou genshyerally burn auto fuel and havent flown the airplane in at least two months you may want to drain the fuel tanks and refill with fresh fuel Auto fuel bums just fine but it sometimes goes stale if stored for a long time Burn the old fuel in your pickup rather than risk a rough running engine on the first take-off this spring Theres no need to get stomach butterflies on your first flight ofthe new year

KNOW YOUR SKILLS A competent safety oriented pilot wi ll

also conduct a candid self-critique of his or her pilot skills

Perhaps youve been away from the cockpit for several months and its just a

matter of refamiliarizing yourself with the aircraft Several one hour local flights to hone your skills reacclimate yourself in the cockpit and reconfirm the aircrafts flight characteristics will save a stomach full of butterflies when you make your patshytern entry and landing at that first pancake breakfast of the new year

Remember that first big pancake breakshyfast you attended last year Various aircraft were in the pattern ranging from J-3 Cubs to a Stearman from a Cessna 210 to a LongshyEz and there were at least six or seven other aircraft out there as well From slow to fast some are easy to see and others just seem difficult to spot Not only was your head on a swivel looking for other aircraft you also had an uneasy feeling in your stomach The amount of traffic was first making you feel your approach was rushed and then forcing you to extend your traffic pattern The wind wasnt quite right and you knew that if you missed the first runway turn-off two or three airplanes behind you would probably have to go around Your forgot all about those greasy sausages you were planning to eat They were replaced by a case of butterfly indigestion

Before finding yourself in this position a few moments of thought and some prepashyration will help make those sausages and pancakes sit a little better

GIVE THEM A BREAK Many of the pancake fly-in participants

may be somewhat inexperienced low-time pilots Have patience and allow them a little extra room Just as we gained experience they need to be allowed to participate in flyshyins and pancake breakfasts as well Remember your first few fly-ins and the anxishyety you experienced What better excuse than pancakes is there for building time and acshyquiring experience on a sunny bright Sunday

KNOW YOUR DESTINATION AiRPORTS A vast majority of the fly-ins we attend

are held at non-tower airports Its imporshytant you review the safe and proper procedures for flying into and out of nonshytower airports Frequently I have observed pilots familiar with tower airport proceshydures fly into these events and become totally flustered They were so accustomed to having someone telling them what to do that they developed gray matter circuit overload in hearing 10 other airplanes anshynouncing positions via unicorn Sometimes in their frustration safety was comproshymised Patience and courtesy will prevent butterflies for all concerned

Think about and plan for the airport to which youll be flying Though you may have been there a dozen times previously situations do change Your arrival in the traffic pattern is not the best time to find out the favorable runway is closed

Are you familiar with the runways and conditions at the destination airport If the primary runway is only 2000 long perhaps it would be wise to practice several short field landings at your home base before making a spectacle of your landing at the breakfast site Equally important practice a half-dozen short field takeoffs as well

And what if the primary runway is hard surface and youre use to a sod runway Further what about the wind If there is a strong possibility of some type of cross wind at the pancake breakfast site then get out and try a half dozen cross wind takeshyoffs and landings at your home airport Get comfortable in your airplane for most all conditions that you might face and keep the stomach butterflies to a minimum

HANDLING CROSS WINDS Cross winds are perhaps the biggest

cause of anxiety to sport aviation pilots the greatest single cause of stomach buttershyflies Frequently a number oflocal pilots will discuss flying to the next pancake breakfast Everyone is enthusiastic about the next days flight But when Sunday morning comes and we prepare for deparshyture we usually lose several participants The most common excuse Its a little too windy I dont think Ill go Or I think the wind will pick up and itll be too windy when I get back

If cross winds give you butterflies youre missing many hours of great flying and pilot camaraderie And it s easily fixed (depending on your aircraft) by simply getshyting in some practice at your local airport

You should certainly know your flight -Continued on page 30shy

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

T he year was 1938 just shortly after the famous hurricane swept throughshy

out the New England states It was October and I was out working in a farm field About 3 00 pm I saw the aircraft Ti me Flies flying around overhead and staying in our area It had been hangared here at Rentschler Field airport close to Pratt amp Whitney Aircraft and Hamilshyton-Standard Propeller companies at East Hartford CT

For several days the aircraft had been flying around and was being flight tested by Earl Ortman for the Army Air Force The only noticeable change in the aircraft as it was modishyfied for the military was that its flush line windshield was changed to a built-up enclosed canopy

I noticed the aircraft was doing aerobatics when it started climbing to a higher altitude and was nearly out of sight So I forgot about it for a few minutes when suddenly I heard the high-pitched scream of an aircraft enshygine and as I looked up my eyes found it to be the famous Time Flies Id judge when I saw it it was in a 90shydegree vertical dive with its engine

by ROBERT E FORREST

wide open from the sound of the screaming prop Back in 1938 that was the fastest Id ever seem an airshyplane move and the plane was losing hundreds of feet per second I watched for the pull-up but it never started I knew it would be the end as by now it could never pull out of the dive withshyout coming apart

I began to worry about Earl Ortshyman I had not seen him bailout and I could see the airc raft was breaking up into thousands of pieces and flying

through the air Pieces were falling and coming

down for sometime after the plane had crashed I still hadn t seen Ortshyman bailout but after searching the sky I finally saw a white speck floating and knew it was a chute

All that remained of the Time Flies were the prop engine and fuseshylage where it crashed The wings and tail had completely disintegrated As the highly polished doped fabric tore off the surfaces and plywood started

Time Ales with its new canopy sits at the edge of the tarmac before being taken up by Earl Ortman for Army Air Corps tests Courtesy Robert Forrest

6 MARCH 1998

ripping exposing the rough open framework of ribs and spars pieces flew like seeds in the wind The slight breeze that was blowing had scattered pieces of fabric and plywood for 50 miles

The Pratt amp Whitney twin Wasp and Hamilton-Standard constantshyspeed prop roared all the way to earth and hit with a terrific impact in the center of a hurricane damaged tobacco barn The time of the crash was about 400 pm Just a few minutes before 400 pm some people were in the barn working at salvaging what they could of the tobacco They had just quit working for the day and had left when the plane hit

When I saw what was about to happen I stopped working and ran to the end of the field jumped on my bicycle and tore off in the direction of the crash site which was about five miles away

The next day as I read the facts in the newspaper Earl Ortman told reporters that as he was putting the aircraft through some routine maneushyvers he started a series of dives Then he felt the aircraft shudder for a secshyond and saw pieces of fabric rip off the wing He knew he had to act fast He unlocked the canopy and as he was pushing himself up out of the cockpit a piece of something flew back and hit him in the head knockshying him clear of the aircraft and knocking him out or stunning him for a moment or two He said it must have been a piece of the cowling He said he didnt cut the engine switches

and didn t remember pulling the chute s rip cord But when he came to his senses he saw his chute was open and as he glanced down he saw the ship hit the ground and explode in flames

Ortman landed several miles from the crash site but was picked up and brought to the scene laterHe was glad no one was hurt or killed One other fact I might mention here is that a streamlined aileron countershyweight weighing about 20 - 25 pounds had come loose and landed within two or three feet of a child who was playing in a backyard not far from the crash site

When I arrived at the crash the plane was still burning It was the hottest fire I had ever seen You couldnt get closer to it than 70 or 80 feet it was so hot The fire engines got there about as soon as I and nothshying they could do would put the fire out They tried to contain it and save

some of the barn but most of it was burned and lost

I was 17 years old when the accishydent happened and I was an active model airplane builder I had collected quite a number ofpieces of the Time Flies and one piece which I prized very highly was a section of the left wing leading edge from the wing tip to a length of three or four feet long back to the first spar complete with its section of leading edge sub ribs with its th in plywood covering and yellow doped polished fabric over that

After showing off my prize collecshytion of Time Flies for some weeks I finally made a big deal with one of the model airplane hobby shops in Hartford CT For several dollars worth of balsa wood and model airshyplane kits the owner proudly hung up his new prized trophy in his hobby shop with a sign telling it was from the original Time Flies

I had always loved that aircraft It was a beautiful looking race plane but not quite beefy enough for a military aircraft I wonder if I am the only one left who may have witnessed the death of the old Time Flies or if anyone else would have any news clippings of the event I would like to hear from anyone who has any inforshymation whatever about it

The two photos Ive enclosed show the Time Flies as she first appeared as a race plane flown by Frank Hawks and the later version as she had been flown by Leigh Wade in the 1938 Cleveland Race and later that same year by Earl Ortman to its demise

Courtesy Robert Forrest

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7

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Northerly Island (upper right) was the site of a portion of the 1932 Century of Progress exposition In 1948 the Island was dedicated as Northerly Island Airport The next year It was renamed Merrill C Meigs Field

that same immediate vicinity) In the surshyrounding area Ettie fields like Elmhurst Sky Haven and Wilson would also disapshypear as OHare quickly became the busiest airport in the world lu tle 19308 and 40s forty small ~rports serv_ed ) he Chicago area 1

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If it has been a while since you visited Meigs Field perhaps an upcoming event might be just the reason you need to drop on byshyon May 16-Museum Campus Day in Chicago there will be a vashyriety ofspecial events at Meigs including a static airplane display Youre welcome to fly or drive in The general public is invited EAAs Ford Trimotor will be there and if you have an interesting airplane youd be willing to place on disshy play that day please contact Steve Whitney Friends ofMeigs Field 847-470-9300 (W) 773-465-6396 (H) or E-mail fromeigsaolcom

The weather date is June 13

-HG FrautschyIn 1935 plans were well underway for a lakefront

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9

GIPSY JUNKET

by ANDREW KING

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It had been an uneventful flight so far Fifteen-hundred feet below was the cement plant at Holly Hill South Carolina The sun was setting in the west the weather was beautiful except for the persistent head wind and the engine was purring a steady note Twenty more miles across that eight mile wide lake and wed land in Manning and get a ride to a hotel for the night

Greg and I had started that morning from a small airstrip north of Tampa Florida in Gene DeMarcos Gipsy powered Stampe biplane headed for its summer job at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York We had stopped at Kermit Weeks Fantasy of Flight Museum (l used to work for Kermit so I was able to obtain permission to land there) for breakfast and a tour of the facilities with Paul an old friend and one of Kermits chief mechanshyics After taking off from the longest and widest grass strip Ive ever been on we flew over Disney World and then stopped to see Jim and Kevin Kimball at their shop in Zellwood where several interesting airshyplanes were coming together

Then our trip began in earnest Greg had ridden with me in my Taylorcraft to California a year earlier so he was used to low and slow but this was his first trip in an open cockpit airplane There were no instruments in the front pit but he was a good navigator so I let him fly sometimes and he held his altitude pretty well

There are a lot of swamps beshytween Florida and Virginia and it seemed like we flew over all of them but the Gipsy engine never skipped a beat Until that cement plant

Bang POW Cough cough bang Our once trust engine was suddenly very unshyhappy about something We had just passed some open fields so I made a 180 and headed back as the engine continued coughing and banging and we slowly deshyscended Fuel was on mixture was wired rich carb heat is automatic on a Gipsy so there wasnt much to check I looked down at the magneto switches reached over and shut off the left one and suddenly the note

of the engine smoothed out somewhat and I found that I could maintain level flight with only an occasional bang from up front

The chart showed a small grass strip the Holly Hill Airport a few miles to the north so I made another 180 and caushytiously opened the throttle a bit Soon the airport was in sight then in gliding disshytance so I pulled the power back and we settled onto the grass runway at the deserted airport

Panoramic view of the two pilots over the clouds somewhere over Florida

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We looked under the cowling found a little oil on the left mag took off the disshytributor cap and cleaned it up as best we could checked the points and hopefully started the engine again Nothing doing our solution would not be that simple and it was now almost dark We tied the forshylorn Stampe down and started walking It wasnt too far before we came to the local country club where a bunch of guys had just finished playing golf and were standshying around their trucks smoking cigars and shooting the breeze They looked at us as if we had just landed from Mars instead of from Walterboro down the road but evenshytually we convinced them we werent Yankee spies so they gave us a ride into town and then to a motel up by the interstate

In the morning we met Albert Canaday who owned the body shop in Holly Hill and more importantly to us owned a hangar out at the airport where he kept his Tri-Pacer He drove us out to the strip opened his hangar showed us where the tools were and told us hed check back

from time to time to see if we needed anyshything else There was some southern hospitality After a while Lamar Day stopped by he also flew out of the airport and worked at the cement plant that we had almost visited the day before Lamar found whatever we couldnt find in Alshyberts hangar and drove me into town to get lunch for us

It didnt take long to discover the probshylem We initially assumed that it was an ignition problem since shutting off one mag made things better (we also discovered that the left mag switch was hooked up to the right mag) but after finding nothing obviously wrong with the ignition system we decided to look under the rocker box covers Here was a surprise The rocker arms on a Gipsy Major are supported on a cast or forged pedestal that is bolted to the cylinder with three bolts On the rear cylinshyder two of the three bolts had broken and the third was just hanging on so valve clearances and timing had gone all to heck with the resulting protests from the engine Oddly enough shutting off the spark plug closest to the valves had made the engine run better as if just the distance across the cylinder was enough to make the other

(Left) The Stampe in front of the hangars at Kermit Weeks Fantasy of Right museum

spark plug fire ok We discovered that half of the other

pedestal bolts were loose so off came all the baffles rocker arms rocker shafts push rods and the pedestals and we set to work righting the wrongs Fortunately the broken bolts were the same size as Tri-Pacer lift strut bolts and Albert happened to have a few in the hangar which he donated to the cause Lamar took the spark plugs off to clean while Gregg and I kept going on the rocker pedestals and amazingly enough by about 430 that afternoon we had everything buttoned up again and were ready for a test flight All went well on a five minute hop so we looked over our work loaded our bags and said good-bye to our new found friends

The rest of the flight was somewhat anshyticlimactic We made it to Sanford North Carolina that night and stayed with fellow antique airplane nuts Connie and Jimmy Dean and the next day despite a migraine headache on my part (Greg did a lot of the flying that day) made it to our homes in Virginia A few days later on Saturday morning we went the rest of the way 300 miles to Old Rhinebeck where the airshyplane starred in the afternoon air show while Greg and I relaxed and enjoyed the sights

We even returned home in style - on Monday morning Gene glad that we hadnt put his Stampe in a swamp flew us back to Virginia in his Howard DGA although he sat in the back half the time and let us play big airplane pilots in the front I havent asked Greg if he wants to go on another trip yet but I suspect that hes crazy enough to say yes Time will tell

Sharing the ramp at New Garden Pennsylvania with a Corsair Greg working on the engine while Lamar keeps a watchful eye Holly Hili South Carolina

Bud Kilbeys Heritage

AJourneyman Restorers Masterpiece is Completed by HG FRAUTSCHY

The Taperwing You dont even need to say the name Waco in the same sentence for many an antiquer to know immediately what youre talking about That remarkable product ofthe Waco company is the

subject ofmuch affection from the pilots and admirers ofthe Waco line One can only imagine the joy the late George Bud Kilbey Jr (EAA 4114) must have felt in 1958 when he bought one for $250 Already an aircraft restorer at a time when restoring an airplane just wasnt a very common occurrence Bud not only had a Taperwing but a historical airplane as well Its pedigree reads as follows

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Bud Kllbey was given this photo of NCU211 taken on New Years Day shy1931 It was to be lIown bome by Its new owner Glenn W Shereii (left) of lansing MI The other two people are not ldentilled When IIrst dellveJed tbeshyWaco was a stralgtrtwlng and featured a pair of Bend ~ ~=Jllll and tires The article has the details as to bow Bud was given lfi8 photo 1 2 MARCH 1998

Manufactured in December of 1930 Waco ATO SIN 3148 was sold to Glenn W Sheren of Lansing MI Glenn didnt enjoy it for too long for on New Years

Day 1931itwas banged up severely enough to require the replacement of all four wings the center section and repairs to the fuseshylage prop engine and landing gear Still Sheren kept flying the airplane until April 20 1935 when he sold it to the Michigan Aeronautical Corp in Ypsilanti MI The airplane then came into the ownership of the Becker-Forner Flyshying Service of Jackson MI who sold it on October 21 1935 to the Mackey Flying Service of Findshylay OH Up to that point in time the biplane had been registered as a Commercial airshy

plane but Becker-Forner had made changes to the airplane to get it ready for the air circus circuit The installation of a 25 gallon smoke oil tank in the front cockpit plus the smoke system was done A 250 hp Wright R-760 was also installed making the biplane as atshytested to in an affidavit by Francis Archer Wacos chief engineer eligible for certification as a Waco CSO With the new engine and smoke oil tank the Waco was now a single-place airplane licensed in the Restricted category for use in banner towing and sky writing

In September of 1937 Mackey sold the Taperwing to Michael Murphy In another affidavit to the Bureau of Air Commerce dated March 16 1938 Archer testified the biplane was eligible for registration as a Waco ATO when a set of taperwings was installed per the factory specifications

My favorite piece of paperwork that came in a package of data collected by Larry Harmacinski (Thanks Larry) was a request from the Murphy Flying Service for a new copy of the registration certificate from the CAA According to the letter Murphy lost the original durshying inverted flight when the certificate fell out of its holder and disappeared over the side

Murphys work and exploits with the Taperwing and other airplanes could fill a book His airshow firsts alone are

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quite a list - the first to put a landing gear on the top side of a plane so he could land it upside down the first to make a car top worlds smallest airshyport landing the first to land and takeoff from land on a float-equipped plane- all of these exploits were just a few of his antics A frequent airshow pilot at the National Air Races in Cleveshyland Murphy was later a decorated pilot in WW II- as a glider pilot He was instrumental in training troop carshyrier glider pilots for the Normandy invasion and was himself severely injured in a pre-dawn D-Day glider landing During the rollout the gliders brakes failed to hold and Murphy led with his chin as the big Waco glider crashed into trees at the edge of his landing field Murphy was the first cashysualty of that battle and was returned to the US It took him over six months of hospitalization to regain his strength After his wartime service his return to civilian life continued to revolve around aviation where he earned several aeroshybatic awards including the Freddie Lund Trophy which he retired after winning it three times He was one of the founding members of the Aerobatic Club of America (ACA) the predecesshysor of the current lAC and held ACA card number I

By May 29 1940 Murphy decided to sell his Taperwing now registered as

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a 3-place Waco ATO to Bruce Rayshymond of Hammond IN Just before the sale so that it would be in compliance with the requirements for a Commercial certificate Murphy Flying Service had an overhauled Wright J-5 installed in the airplane In addition the upper wings and center section were recovered along with the fuselage and tail group The wings were taken by Murphy from Waco Taperwing NC9577

Raymond didnt get to fly it too long since he went into the RAF He sent a

letter giving Power of Attorney to his lawyer from his posting at RAF No 45 (Atlantic Transport) In July 1944 the Waco was sold to Flightways Inc of Milwaukee WI By January of 1946 it came into the possession of 1 O Dockshyery Stuttgart AR and then E O Champion of Oxford MI Earl Stevens of Buchanan MI then bought the airshyplane June 12 1946 In 1952 a certificate of registration for the airplane was issued to Lester Meiners and Ray L Mull of Benton Harbor MI

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By now the Waco had been a proshyject for a number of years and George Bud Kilbey knew all about it He paid Meiners and Mull $250 for the airplane and hauled it home to South Bend IN

Thanks to Larry Harmacinski and Buds son Mark we have some glimpses of his life as he restored his airplanes As a young boy Mark used to accompany his dad to fly-ins as they flew Buds newly restored Fleet bishyplane Bud insisted that they arrive in style complete with white shirts and black ties When the Fleets prop stopped Bud handed a can of metal polshyish to his young son and pointed to the prop and short exhaust stacks At least half an hour was spent at each fly-in cleaning up the Fleet Mark reminisced about those days saying he didnt mind the polishing but he really could have done without the tie

Marks experiences with his dad didnt lead him into aviation - his avocation has turned to sailboat racing from Lazshyers all the way up to 70 racing boats in the Great Lakes and the open ocean Still he did grow up with an appreciashytion for the painstaking work done by his dad on his other two projects the Waco and a Travel Air 2000 he was restoring The Travel Air project was sold to a coushyple of fellows in Battle Creek who were capable ofdoing the project justice

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(Left) The rear pilots cockpit of the Waco eTo with Its one piece curved windshield and carved wood control stick The wrinkle finish panel is very original with nothing added to spoil the 1930s look of the cockpit

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Art would be out of the office all day and come back anshyother day were the words of the mechanic laying under the Cub while he worked patching some dope and cotton

Absent mindedly the meshychanic asked Hey mister what do you want to see Art about anyway

Bud replied Well I need some parts for my open cockshypit Waco

The mechanic says Ive worked on a few of those and

even had one myself Whats your tail number

As the mechanic dipped his brush in a can ofdope Bud said One - one - two - one - one (He never said 112 eleven etc)

At this the dope brush fell - plop - right into the dope can and the man slid out from underneath the Cub and

The Waco was another story but to do it right lets start at the beginning To set the scene let me quote from a letter Larry Harmacinski wrote detailing some of the time he spent with Bud Kilshybey Larry spent many hours helping Bud with his projects Bud made his living as a very parshyticular tool and die man but in one of nashytures cruel twists he came down with arthritis in his hands as he got older Often Larry let his hands be Buds - Bud telling the young man what to do and Larry learning from the journeyman craftsshyman Heres what Larry wrote concernshying Buds early research into the hisshytory of his Waco

After he purchased NCI1211 in the late 50s Bud went to Art Davis of Waco fame who ran a service in Lansing MI Bud went in search of parts and information Upon arrival Bud found out

said 11211 I bought that airplane brand new

With that Bud was led to a desk in the office and out came the photo The man himself is Glenn Sheren pictured as the daring young aviator in splendid leather armor He said the picture was

taken on New Years day (1931) and after the shot was taken they all climbed in and flew home to Lansing The two other people are not identified Its a rarity to see the low pressure tires as nearly all ASO ATO models sported the 30x5 Bendix wheels

At the time Bud had brought his Waco project home he was just finishshying up a Knight Twister and was well along on the restoration of his Fleet II a restoration that would earn him a Grand Champion trophy at the AAA fly-in at Ottumwa in 1962

Later on Bud worked on his projects in an unusual location- the Carnegie Library in Mishawaka IN The move was prompted by a shop fire one away from his home In the fire he lost the wings to the Waco but thankfully the fuselage of the Waco was at home in the garage and was spared from the flames The Travel Air project barely survived the fire

One of the many municipal libraries constructed decades earlier with a grant from industrialist Andrew Carnegie it had fallen into disrepair after a new library was built The wide open spaces made for a spacious workshyshop and up until his death in 1992 Bud worked on his Travel Air Waco

Photos on this page courtesy Larry Harmacinski and Mark Kilbey

(Above) Mark Kilbey Buds son poses with the CTO as It Is loaded into a truck before Its final completion The beautiful cotton fabric work done by Bud had to be redone by Ted Davis when It wouldnt pass a punch test

(Right) Noted restorer Ted Davis was honored to be chosen by Mark Kllbey as the man to complete his fathers Waco restoration This shot of Ted was taken just prior to the first test flight after restoration

and his bicycle collection He never worked fast - fact his son Mark estishymated that Bud had made some 40 different pieces of sheet metal for the cowls and discarded each of them for an imperfection that he alone could see A perfectionist Bud insisted it always be done right

When he passed away in December of 1992 the Waco looked very close to beshying finished Mark was confronted with the question regarding the airplanes Since he wasnt interested in continuing the restoration work himself what should he do Just sell them all as is and let the chips fall where they may Knowing how much the Waco had meant to his dad Mark decided to sell the Travel Air proshyject and have the Waco project finished in tribute to his father

The fuselage had been completely covshyered in cotton and doped and a new set of wings constructed After his passing

some work was done on the project by John Nace Then Mark Kilbey asked award winning restorer Ted Davis in Brodhead WI to finish the restoration

One of the surprising and disappointshying things that happened after Bud s passing were the results of a punch test on the cotton Bud had used to cover the fuse lage It didn t pass It had never been in sunl ight or exposed to a harsh environment but it was well below the standard set for Grade A cotton In conshytrast Bud s Fleet was flying until 1995 with the 30+ year-old Irish linen he had installed when he restored biplane

Mark couldn t say enough about the quality of work done by Ted in finishing hi s dads Waco He also wanted to acshyknowledge the work done on the Waco by Scott Hertel and Brian Herreman as well as Larry Harmacinski The remarkable restoration is a testimony to both generashytions of restorers - George Bud Kilbey

Bud Kllbey was also restoring a Travel Alr 2000 You can see the exterior of the Carnegie Ubrary in Mishawaka IN which was used by Bud as a workshop during part of the many years he worked on his projects

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the persnickety machinist who never let anything be good enough and Larry who learned at the side of the old master Then theres Ted Davis who applied his finishing skills to the Waco completing it in a way that would have made the old master smile For all of that old and new work Waco NC1121 was awarded the Silver Age Champion Lindy trophy at EAA Oshkosh 97

(Left) The late George Bud Kllbey South Bend and Mishawaka IN (EAA 4114) and his Fleet II biplane which won the AAAs Grand Champion Antique award at their fI)-in In 1962 Known as a perfectionist his wry sense of humor is evidenced In the writing on the patch (below right) after someone had put their foot through the fabric of the lower right wing

THISOLDCUB by DICK HILL

Photos by Lee Ann Abrams

expert we lder Dick Hili taxis by slowly In a light breeze with the little Continental A40 ticking over

Here is the history of the J-2 Taylor Cub NC 17854 including its most reshycent adventure as a seaplane

In 1967 my teen-aged son was ready to begin flight lessons I began searching for a good instructional airshyplane for him to learn in I knew that there was a glider at the airport where I had previously flight instructed The glider hadnt flown in 15 years and was in need of total restoration I made a trip to check it out but the owner wanted more for it than I had planned to spend so I asked about other projects

He said that I might like the 1-2 Taylor Cub It was priced right so I surveyed the situation It was a true basket case In fact the engine was litshyerally in some bushel baskets and the plane was in piles in a hangar Someshyone had started to recover it and had it all laid out on a sawhorse when a storm took down the hangar The beams had fallen on the wings and fuselage One had smashed the fuselage at the stabishylizer fittings and another had come down on the front attach point for the wings The wings fared a bit better with no broken spars just several smashed ribs

I hauled the Cub home and started lookshying for guidance and help with the project A good friend the late Bill Zelenski

was operating an aircraft repair stashytion at that time at Lewis-Lockshyport Airport He steered me to an

Tom McNeilly who then lived nearby Tom accepted the challenge and began the repairs to the fuselage

I took the engine to Bob and Frank Thompson in Dayton Ohio They were the current Continental A-40 experts Another friend in the repair business Nick Kucki had a pair of700 x 4 inch tires There are only four instruments on a 40 horse Cub oil temperature oil pressure tachometer and altimeter The originals were in good shape as were the instrument panel and the seat frames

Continuing my research I visited the E-2 that was in the EAA Museum at Hales Corners Wisconsin I then went to Wings and Wheels at Santee South Carolina where there was both a J-2 and an E-2 I found the names and addresses of several Taylor Cub ownshyers and began correspondence with these folks relationships that have lasted to this day As a result of this search we have been able to help with many projects over the years both here

at home as well as in England Ausshytralia and Czechoslovakia Pictures drawings and notes in hand I went to work on the J-2

Time passed and one day while I was spraying color on the fuselage I took a few moments out to watch as Neil Armstrong made his historic moon walk

Upon its completion in the spring of 1970 we loaded the plane into a rental van and made a trip to the old Mayshywood Field in the suburbs of Chicago There we erected the plane for a photo display Maywood Field is the field where Lindbergh had picked up his mailbags for the trips to St Louis The airport was closed right after his Atshylantic crossing and this was the first plane to visit the site since

The field is now the home of Heinz hospital To secure permission for the event we had to promise copies of the photos for the archives of the original Airmail building which still stands

along First A venue Ever so many times I have made the approach to Chicagos OHare airport to land on runway 32 left and have looked down on the site

We disassembled the Cub and hauled it to the old Aurora Industrial airport The airport was owned by the late Pete Julius who offered a hangar and the airport for fmal prepashyrations One might not know that this field had been operated by the great race pilot Johnny Livingston Sadly it too has become just another inshydustrial site

The Taylor J2 Is more than adequately floated by a set of Edo 1070s A climb prop was needed to extract enough power from the Continental A40 to get the Cub up speed so It could fly off the water

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There was time to teach my son to fly the Cub and solo him on his 16th birthday I flew it to a few local events and then to Oshkosh for the first Convention of the curshyrent series (I say current series because the show was first started in Oshkosh and then went to Rockford lilinois for many years before returnshying to Oshkosh)

During the J-2s first trip to Oshkosh we made several stops to change pilots along the way I was teaching sevshyeral teenagers to fly in the Cub and each wanted to be part of the fl ight The week of the Convention one of the boys turned 16 and was ready for solo

The morning of the scheduled solo we took off early and flew north to Brennand field There we practiced and prepared for the young mans solo Several circuits and bumps later he

The J-2 cockpit doesnt suffer from sensory overload unless a sunburn would qualify in that regard You get four instruments three of them telling you something about your engine (tachometer oil temperature and oil pressure) and one flight instrument-an altimeter The gas gage is the generally reliable cork and wire

More often than not when a set of floats is added to what was a land plane to counteract the additional side area of the floats that is located forward of the center of gravity (CG_) more fin area is needed It can take ail sorts of configurations including single fins under the aft fuselage or bolted to the horizontal stabilizers such as on the J-2

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was ready After the usual lecture he was on his way Takeoffwent smoothly and before we knew it he had flown the pattern and was on final Coming in a bit too low the wheels of the plane entered the tall grass at the end of the runway and it was pulled in Thump thump and the Cub was on its back

Well there it was the tail on the runway and the plane balanced on the bed of grass The only thing that touched the ground was the prop and the rudder We got some help and turned the Cub over Then we pulled it to the tiedown area

Back at the Convention I located a prop and repaired the rudder The next day the young man completed his solo rubber side down As a footshynote he went on to become a captain with a major airline and recently visshyited us During the visit 1 was privileged to give both his sons a flight in the J-2 the same plane their dad had learned to fly and had soloed

That first year we made several more local events before going to Ottumwa for the Antique Airplane Association fly-in The J-2 and the Fokker Eindekker were the only planes at the show that were opershyated with a tail skid For those who are unfamiliar the 40 horse Cubs are operated without brakes are single ignition and seldom have a tail wheel

After Ottumwa we removed the engine and took it back to Ohio for a tear down inspection The engine was in perfect condition and showed no wear

During that year we found that an E-2 Cub was in storage near the old Chicagoland airport I had flown E-2s a couple of times and liked the idea

of owning one We found the owner and asked about the plane With all of the work that we had done on the J-2 and with all the research wed done the restoration of the E-2 was quite easy By this time there were more teenagers and now with the two planes we had quite a group to take to Oshkosh Once again we made several stops along the way This time the boys traded off with each other to fly the E-2 and 1 flew the J-2 with those who had not soloed

Only one of the boys could go to Blakesburg that year so we just traded planes when we stopped for fuel 1972 was much the same making the rounds and sharing the planes On the trip home from Oshkosh Jeannie and I flew the J-2 and my son Greg flew the E-2 When he landed for fuel he found that the gas tank had sprung a leak Once again a minor repair reshysulted in several driving trips to get the plane home

1973 began much the same but both planes were damaged in June at a Burlington Wisconsin regional fly-in Someone stepped through the elevator of the 1-2 and the seat on the E-2 was broken These were just minor inconveshyniences compared to what was to come

Only the J-2 went to Oshkosh that year My airline schedule took me away for the fmal few days ofthe Convention One of the boys flew the J-2 home with my young son Glen in the front seat They stopped for fuel at a private strip and on departure the Cub went down They took off from behind a row of trees and had to make an early turn to avoid the usual line of new homes at the end of the runway

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t began almost 45 years ago when Lt Sam Pilgrim USN and naval aviator and pioneer EAA member

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(EAA 964) decided to build a homebuilt airplane He opted to build a Knight Twister and incorporate some of his own design changes Sticking pretty close to the plans for the fuselage he designed and built his own wings using an M-6 airfoil and all Piper Cub parts Using Cub rear spars and building ribs from unassembled Piper wings and cut down ailerons he powered the little biplane with a Contishynental C-85 and painted the airplane in a Pitts color scheme

After taking five years to build it Sam first flew the airplane in 1957 He flew the little biplane around Pensacola FL until being transferred by the Navy when he had to sell it The airplane made its way through three more owners and 90 hours total flight time until finally falling victim to a landing mishap in New Jersey in 1960 Over the next 35 years three more owners and 3000 miles and being traded for an old car it ended up in a bam in Paradise CA

Now after some 45 years and seven owners the once proud little biplane had been reduced to something less than a basshyket case with nothing left forward of the firewall - no instruments or wheels and the fabric was half tom off The biplane was again put up for sale in a local Sacrashymento CA paper A friend of mine named Chris Farinha saw the ad advertising a Knight Twister and assumed it was an origshyinal with wood racing wings and possibly easily converted into a competitive racer

THE E-BIRD RACER

by EARL R ALLEN EAA 399578

Chris called and asked me to fly to Parshyadise CA with him and fellow race pilot Ed Enefer to look at an airframe We were picked up at the airport by a guy driving an old WW II Army Jeep and were driven about 10 miles up into the mountains to find somewhat of a collection of old stuff We were escorted past piles of anshytique bicycles and old cars to a barn with a lean-to Next to the lean-to under the roof we saw what looked to be an airshyframe-possibly a distant cousin to a Knight Twister but definitely not a Twister The fuselage looked Knight Twister from the cockpit back but forshyward of that we could not tell The wings were fabric covered but had all metal ribs and spars After about 20 minutes the owner produced a metal box of papers and pictures including the original logshybooks and papers dating back to 1952 These included the original airworthiness license and all subsequent papers right up to its last flight in 1960

My friend Chris told the owner he would think about it and get back to him I also began to think about what looked like an interesting winter project Espeshycially appealing to me was its round fuselage I just happened to have a mold for a round cowling that was made for a fuselage just like this one Chris decided to pass on the Pilgrim Twister so I called the guy who had the airframe and made him an offer He accepted immedishyately In a few days my wife Karen and I were in my shop looking at our new investshyment I was doing my best trying to explain what a great winter project this was had how much potential the airshyplane had and that after I finished it I would sell it and finally buy the carpets and

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French doors I had been promising her Well the project turned out a little

longer than estimated (about two years) But Karen finally had gotten the longshypromised French doors and the carpet is ordered

Now a little about the Earl E-Bird Racer (renamed from Pilgrim Special) As stated above the original airframe was originally built by Lt Sam Pilgrim USN The project was started in 1952 and the first flight was in 1957 powered with a Continental C-85

After some 35 years the Pilgrim Special was reduced to little more than a hulk still covered in its original cotton skin The first thing we did was strip the airframe down to bare bones and clean her up The California climate had been good to her and corrosion was non-existent Once inshyside the airframe it became apparent that in order to increase the horsepower and adapt the round cowling it was going to be a major undertaking The original gear had already failed and the firewall area would have to be modified To accomshyplish this the fuselage was cut off just forward of the seat and a Pitts-type bungee gear with the Cleveland brakes were adapted After new cabane struts firewall and motor mount and of course a new round cowling countless hours of labor

The E-Blrd on the start line at the Reno National Air Races It placed last In 1996 and 1997- but they had fun doing It

and other modifications the Earl E-Bird was getting very close to being a bornshyagain biplane As much as I would like to keep the airplane ( I am one of the very fortunate pilots with a wife who loves to fly as much as I do) a single-place airshyplane was out of the question Even a quick trip around the pattern with our 310 to dry it off after washing is met with $ ifI dont call her to see if she would like to go for a ride Im not comshyplaining (actually I am bragging)

I ended up selling the E-Bird to my good friend Don Krout (EAA 375947 AIC 23858) Don actually purchased it a couple months before completion With my help the project took a little less time During these hours we made a deal to have me fly the airplane at the 1996 Reno Air Races Don Krout had crewed for me on the Legal Eagle 21 race team and also for many years for the late Don Beck This was to be Don Krouts entry-level biplane racer

(Above) The cockpit of the E-Blrd racer

(Below) The excellent graphics work on the EshyBird was done by Jim Moser of Grass Valley CA

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Don has a beautifully restored 1930 Model A Ford and also a 1927 Model T Touring Since the plane looked so much like a Laird Solution we decided to paint it like a 1930s vintage racer and even lashybel it as the pace plane for the 1930 Cleveland Air Races (The 1930 races were held in Chicago) The Earl E-Bird was to become a replica of a fictitious race plane pacing for a race that never was

Construction continued and it was fishynally ready for the finishing touches Jim Moser of Grass Valley CA was conshytracted to paint the numbers striping and graphics Mosers artistry is obvious and really did put on the final touches Jim also did the graphics for the Unlimited Sea Fury racer Critical Mass

The last thing to be installed in the airshyplane before going to Reno were beautiful leather seat pads by Perone Leather of New York-the ultimate fmal touch

In August 1996 the Earl E-Bird was finally ready to fly Fortunately all the paperwork was up-to-date and with all documentation complete the Sacramemto GADO issued a new Airworthiness Cershytificate After transporting the airframe and wings to Lincoln airport assembly took only two days including rigging Fishynally Sunday came and with just a few observers including Don and Cindy Krout a few taxi tests were completed and it was time to fly

The aircraft is very short coupled and is just a bit squirrely on take off but after a short ground roll she leaped into the sky It was almost anti-climatic in handlingshyit flew hands off After a climb and trip around the pattern a normal full stall landing was made again a bit squirrely After an hour of takeoffs landings and air work the aircraft was flown to Auburn 12 miles away where I home base and have a hangar Subsequently the restrictions were flown off and a Haigh tail wheel was

installed It was time for the Earl E-Bird s public debut

On September 8 the Earl E-Bird was flown to Reno The next day after Tech inspection we were granted the very first qualifying slot After three practice laps the signal was given to the timers We were ready to qualify with the throttle pushed forward as far as it would go The Earl E-Bird qualified at a whopping 121 mph- almost exactly 100 mph below the top qualifier But we sure looked good To no ones surprise we would finish the races in last place but we got our names in the books and had a really good time doing it

This also gives some validity to the plane since its representative of an era and has also appeared in the 1996 National Championship Air Races it Reno Beshycause of its unique appearance in was a real crowd pleaser and probably one of the most photographed little racers there After the race the airplane was once again flown back to Auburn and then subseshyquently down to Lincoln to be delivered to its new owners Don and Cyndy Krout

Don plans to use the airplane just for fun and to commute the short distance from his home to where he owns a golf store and works on his days offfrom flying as a Captain on American West Airlines

I spend my days off building another biplane I will also sell (This time Karen wants a new car) After that I plan to build a Stinson 108-2 modified enough to be a homebuilt and powered with a Chinese 9-cylinder radial Kind of a mini-Detro iter but with a new production engine

Sam Pilgrim is still very active in his 80s having just completed an RV-6 which hes using to teach his grandaughter to fly He lives in Savannah GA

The E-Bird also raced in the 1997 edishytion of the biplane race at Reno and it again placed - dead last

Our December Mystery Plane was a treat from John Underwood Glendale CA He was kind enough to send it along with his answer to the September 1997 Mystery Plane the 1927 Schmuck Monarch Correct answers were sent in by Marty Eisenmann Alta Lorna CA and Lennart Johnsson Eldsberga Sweshyden Marty wrote

The December Mystery Plane is the West Coast WCK-2 Sportster also known as the Schmuck Brothers Sportshyster Reports state that this was Tony Le

Thanks to Roy Cagle Prescott AZ we have

this months Mystery Plane Its name is fairly

well known but few were built Your answer

needs to be in to EAA HQ no later than April 20 1998 so it can be included in the June issue of

Vintage Airplane

~Plane Viers first test flight

John Underwood does it once more Keep them coming Marty E

Lennart wrote Oh another Schmuck This time

the Sportster I quote KG Ecklands Web Site Aero

Data Files httptcsnnetadf S-3 Sportster 1928 = 2pOhwM 90

hp Curtiss OX-5 later with 100 hp Kinshyner K-5 Reg no 510

It appears on the 1930-1932 regisshyters with c1n 2 and an OX-5 engine

First registered in 1929 Owned by the Schmuck brothers until early 1931 when it was sold to Keith Sims Peoria IL

Sincerely Lennart Johnsson

In supplying the picture John wrote in reference to their first effort the Monarch This was their venture into manufacturing and I think they completed two It was not a bad airshyplane I guess but the makers name

by HG Frautschy

West Coast WCK-2 Sporster

did little to enhance sales prospects They tried again in 1930 with a rather nice little parasoljob the WCK-2 Sportshyster using a different name West Coast Aircraft Corporation It came to griefin the hands ofan aspiring test pilot called Tony Le Vier

Thanks to the other folks who hazshyarded a guess Frank Abar Livonia MI and Nick Hurm Spring Valley OH Nick really worked at identifying

it and gave it a good shot Keep up the good work Nick Our thanks to the rest of the Mystery Plane regulars for their efforts

The October Mystery Plane

has been solved

To fine out what it is please go to the Antique Classic News on page 2

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by EE Buck Hilbert

EM 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Dear Buck Enclosed is a photo (below) that

showed up in our files recently Ofcourse there is no identification on the photo We dont know where or exactly when it was taken nor the gentlemen in the picture

Can you help identify the model of Jenny in the picture Also could you hazard a guess as to the location and time You may be able to see things in the picture that dont mean anything to me Any comments would be welcome

David Smith President Manchester Historical Society 106 Hartford Rd Manchester CT 06040

Hello David Thanks for the vote ofconfidence in

asking me to try to identify the scene with the Canuck Im really not that well versed in these WW I trainers I didn t get into airplanes until [ was about four years old when Charles Lindbergh flew over

PaSSitto Buel

Rockford IL on his tour ofthe United States That was the day my Dad a railshyroad signal engineer says I took a turn for the worse Not only did [forever forgo railroad trains I also went Air Corps inshystead ofNavy when WW II came along He and Mother were convinced [ would never be anything except an airport bum

I have forwarded your inquiry to H G Frautschy our editor ofEAA s Vintage Airplane Ifhe hasnt any answers for you maybe we will be able to publish the photo and your letter in the magazine (Yep thats what were doing - HGF) Surely with a readership often thoushysand there will be someone out there who will have a clue

Being somewhat involved with our loshycal McHenry County Historical SOCiety here in Union IL I know how vexing these puzzles can be There is very little aviation history in evidence in this area We did have several brothers all WW I pilots who were the pioneers in this area and there is virtually nothing recorded as to their deeds or their operations They tried all kinds of things starting airshyports instruction barnstorming bootlegging and there is no hard record on them Occasionally one will come across a sentence or a statement in refershyence to them but its impossible to find anything else

Well David well try meanwhile you have and good one and its over to you

Those forward Sloping Windshields

Dear Buck I saw your piece in Vintage Airplane

regarding raked forward windshields The enclosed page copy from Putnams Miles Aircraft since 1925 by Don L Brown gives one good reason as expressed by the Miles Brothers in my native UK

Once they had learned to mold Pershyspex (Plexiglasreg) they switched to those beautiful domed windshields seen on later enclosed Miles types Obviously they had figured out how to avoid distortions

Warm Regards Jim Newman Hobart IN

Heres a quote from the page Jim sent The first production Falcon G-ADBF

wasjlown in January 1935 and had a slightly wider cabin to accommodate four people The windscreen was ofa new form which had been used on certain aircraft in the USA It sloped forwards and was found to add an extra 4 mph to the top speed as well as giving a less disshytorted view and eliminating reflections from inside the cabin

Dear Buck I surely do enjoy your contribution

each month in the Vintage Airplane Magazine

It was interesting to note I am not the only one wondering about the forward sloping windshields of the 20s and 30s About the best explanation I have heard is that in those days the windshields did not have the best optical qualities and since all of these airplanes were tail draggers the windshield would be relatively vertishycal when the plane was flared for a landing and the windshield would have a minimum ofdistortion for the view ahead this was especially helpful at night in the rain Whatever the reason it apparently didnt do as much good as some of the designers thought so it soon discontinued

22 MARCH 1998

Keep up the good work Dale Crane Basin WY EAA 7823 AlC 25513

Hello Dale The theory I like was the one on the

added reflections and etc and inverting the glass put the pilots face closer to the windshield and helped eliminate or minishymized the reflections

Whatever the reason it sure didnt last long Knowing the astute engineering minds ofthat day Im sure people like Virginius Clark would have used them if they were to any advantage Clark was one ofthe first Aeronautical Engineering graduates ofMIT designer ofthe entire Fleet and Consolidated airplanes the Fleetster and had a lot to do with Lockshyheed Northrop Douglas and was working on the Hughes Flying Boat (aka Spruce Goose) when he died

Thanks for the letter Dale and its Over to you

Buck

J-2 Cub Dear Buck

I just received the January issue of Vintage Airplane and enjoyed the article on the J-2 Cub I saw a J-2 for the first time at the Park Ridge Airport which was just out of Chicago As I remember it was painted silver instead of yellow The striping was the same as shown in the magazine The plane I saw was new My question is were the first J-2s painted silver from the factory

Thank you Bob Engels RonanMT EAA 278307 AlC 12507

Dear Bob The J-2 was delivered in silver and

the yellow color was an option back then (so was the Bronze and opalescent green we saw a couple ofmonths ago the J-2 belonging to the Wagners)

Dear Buck Im resting here reading my January

Vintage Airplane and your article on propping I just had an experience which scared the heck out of me which Id like to pass on

Ive been flying for 32 years and conshysider myself a very careful pilot I started out with helicopters in Vietnam and now fly a 767 for United

I flew my Champ down to a local field and shut it down After about 10

minutes I went out to prop it I prop from beshyhind and I have an FAA waiver to fly with the door off for aerial phoshytography I have installed a parking brake and use chocks and tie it down One of HGs favorite forward sloped windscreen airplanes has long been

On the first prop it the 1934 Kinner Envoy This picture is of SI N 108 The Envoy designed by Max Harlow Incorporated many of the racing worlds t ricks includshyflipped backward and ing a thin wire braced wing wheel spats and streamlined fillets It had

was out of position I a 300 hp supercharged Kinner C7 engine shut the mags off and went around in front of the plane to posishytion the prop As I moved it though it roared to life

I wasnt expecting this as I wasnt reshyally propping the airplane just moving the prop with the mags OFF The engine ran only for a couple of seconds and then shut down

After checking the P-leads and disshycussing hot spots on the cylinders etc I had my local AI take my 51-year-old mag switch apart

The Bakelite an old plastic had rubbed across the contacts for half a century and there was just enough to stop the switch from grounding The vibration of the enshygine running grounded the mags after several seconds

I wonder how many 50-year-old mag switches are waiting to catch the unsusshypecting as we move the prop through with the mags OFF We never inspect the inside of the mag switch If I had lost my balance I wouldnt be writing this

Keep up the good work Jack OConnor Mt Dora FL EAA 323003 AlC 15139

Hello Jack You had an experience with your

Champ that prompted an AD note or maybe it was an AdviSOry Circular many years ago There were enough incidents attributed to that switch and the tendency to wipe the brass across the insulating Bakelite to cause enough considerashytion that the switch was condemned and the AD specified that they were all to be rep laced with a newer model There seems to be a lack ofmemory about this as there are quite a few ofthese switches still out there

There is another thing about these and even the replacement switches Sort ofa sneaky thing but perhaps people should be reminded about it Good thing you brought it up

ANY time that switch is OUT ofany detent in other words between OFF and LEFT and RIGHT and BOTH you are

HOT It is only when the contacts are firmly made that the position selected is bona fide Keep that in mind and youll understand why I use the shut down proshycedure that I do

Whenever I shut down even for just a minute with one ofthese old A-657585 Continentals with the Strom baby carshyburetor I idle at about 1000 rpm tum the switch OFF and as it spools down I OPEN the throttle WiDE OPEN This sucks all the fuel out ofthe idle passages and beshycause it isnt turning fast enough doesn t leave any residual filel in the bigjet either

The other thing I didnt mention is that when Im ready to put it away for the day I usually shut the fuel offas Im running through that same shut down procedure Before I shut down I do a Mag Check to be sure there wont be any surprise the next time I come out to fly

What prompted this procedure A couple ofincidents just like yours Go back more than 50 years to when I was a line boy and one ofour female students inadvertently taxied into a small swale and did exactly the correct thing She shut the engine down and asked for help I went out there helped her push the J-3 back up on level ground and then preshypared to prop her I called Switch OFF and she answered OFF I grabbed the prop nonchalantly and I never got hit so fast and so often before or after She kept screaming Its OFF its OFF and it was OFF That was my first and last experience getting too close and too familiar with a propeller

Over the years its happened once to my Kinner powered Ryan PT-22 and a couple oftimes since once at Oshkosh as I propped the grand Champion Champ in preparation for a photo shoot but Ive been lucky in so far as I have always treated the prop as ifthe switch were ON

Jack I thank you for sharing this with the rest ofthe world Hopefully people will read this and learn from it Youve alerted them now it s Over to Them

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

Australian Vintage Airplanes

From Paddington NSW Ausshytralia comes two photos sent in by veteran EAAer Alan Lewis (EAA 1634 AIC 1286) The first is a Ryan ST-3KR (PT-22) al l done up in an early military paint scheme and powered with a Kinshyner 160 hp engine Alan says it was imported from the us as all Australian machines featured inshyline engines from the Dutch East Indies (Ryan STM-2)

The other photo features an Australian registered Klemm (YH-UUR) powered with a Continenta l 0-200 of 100 hp instead of the original small radial engine (Many of the American Aeromarine-Klemms used an 85 hp LeBlond) Blessings on you Alan for keepshying us infonned on the activities in far off Australia

Gene Garveys Luscombe 8AIF

(Right) In 1989 Gene Garvey (EAA 233164 AIC 13604) of Floyds Knobs IN found this red amp black 47 Luscombe 8AfF dismantled and stored in a dry heated garage She has been the recipient of extensive upgrading in the fonn of dual KY-97 radios transponder Apollo 604 TCA Loran custom Cessna seats and interior dual landing lights wheelpants and a host of other goodies Gene has made seven trips to Oshkosh behind the Continental C90-12F engine and is considering a Lycoming 150 in the Luscombe - in case the Starduster Fever doesn t get to him first Congratulations Gene on a sharp looking Luscombe

Simon Moos KZ II Trainer

(Left) From Denmark comes this photo of a very rare 1946 Kramme amp Zeuthen KZ II Trainer regi stered OY-FAK SIN 115 in Denmark and carrying the military serial number of 107 on the side of the cowl One of fifteen built for the Danish Air Force in 1946 only two remain on flying status OY-FAK and OY -FA T Power is a 145 hp DeHavi lland Gypsy Major X enshygine pulling a fixed pitch propeller Of rather robust construction featuring a steel tube fuselage with wooden wings the KZ II Trainers were used for cadet training and basic aerobatics OYshyF AK is the pride and joy of Simon Moos longtime member of the Danish KZ amp Yeteranfly K1ubben from Sydals Denmark The photo was sent in by Peer Sk0tt of Nordborg Denmark 24 MARCH 1998

Robert Petersons Taylorcraft Model15A

A rare airplane is this 1953 Taylorcraft Model 15A N6644N SIN 5-13044 that is the pride and joy of longtime EAAer Robert Peterson (EAA 63046 AlC 4049) ofMahaffey PA Powered with a Continental 0-300 engine of 145 hp pulling a fixed pitch metal prop the four-place Tourist as it was called can cruise at about 110 and land at about 35 mph with its large flaps and slotted leading edges The empty weight is 1365 Ibs and the gross is 2200 Robert bought the Model 15A from the original owner Charles Bennett in 1967 and has maintained it in perfect condition since The total time

on the airplane is an unbelieveable 26615 hours The current FAA register lists 38 Taylorcraft Model 15As Robert who worked at Piper Aircraft in Lock Haven for quite a number of years and helped build many many Piper Cubs is very knowlshyedgeable on airplanes and a fascinating person to visit with- as I happily discovered at Sentimental Journey 97

Golden Oldie from 1959

(Left) This photo of a 1941 Beech Staggerwing D-17 NCI038M SIN 1017 was taken in April 1959 at Prescott AZ by the owner at the time Don Macor now of Duluth MN That is Don s pretty wife Marilyn standing by the wing Don bought the D-17 in 1958 for $2900 from an airline captain in Rochester MN It was used for charter work and air rides during Fair Week at Superior s Bong Airport In 1959 he and Marilyn flew it to Ramona CA and return using only maps and a whiskey comshypass Don eventually sold the D-17 to a couple of Northwest Airlines pilots Later in 1988 the D-17 crashed with the loss of the owner and his wife The remains are presently registered to Robert G and Robert 1 Hayes of Palm City FL

Matt Szaynas Luscombe SA

(Right) Pictured by his all-metal 1948 Luscombe 8A N2083B SIN 6510 is Matt Szayna (EAA 308776 AlC 27654) a professional engineer from North Wales PA Matt reports the original paint scheme is done in burshygundy and white with matching interior and instrument panel The Luscombe is powered with a Continental A-65 and is equipped with two 125 gallon wing tanks shoulshyder harnesses and swing-out windows Matt reports the Luscombe is a joy to fly and moves out smartly with its metal McCauley prop He would especially like to thank his helpers Joyce Ada Bob and Mark who helped a great deal on the restoration of the Luscombe

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This Old Cub -Continuedrom page 18shy

trees they encountered the down wash from a quartering tail wind and the plane staIled A friend who witnessed the accident said that the plane did not pitch up in a stall but merely stopped climbing and fell to the ground During the hearing with the principal officer of the DuPage GADO we explained the situation We mentioned the wind condition and the angles involved The fact that the pilot flew into a tail wind condition caused the pLane to stall These planes operate between a stall speed of 28 mph and a cruise speed of 45 to 47 mph In the early climb the Cub was probably flying its heart out at just over 30 mph Take ten mph off (for the wind) from the climb speed and the C ub is in a deep stall The hearing officer said That could not be the cause He just stalled it and spun in Wind shear doesn t affect small planes near the ground only big planes Where is a tape-recorder when you really need one

The personal damage from the accishydent was extensive My son had a bump on his head where he broke the glass in the oil temperature gauge The boy who was flying from the rear seat slammed forward and his head hit the cluster where the instrument panel is reinforced to the fuselage He had a seshyvere concussion that necessitated surgery After several months of conshyvalescence he took his commercial flight test and started flying as copilot on a third level carrier His career later changed and he has been an engineer for Douglas for almost 20 years

Other things became important The remains of the J-2 were stored and the Eshy2 was placed in the Airpower Museum at Blakesburg Iowa In 1980 we decided that the time was right to restore both Cubs We spaced the parts and pieces out to begin the job In May of 1980 the fuselages were sitting bare bones on the ramp in front of our hangar The Saturshyday before Oshkosh both planes were on the gear awaiting engines On Sunshyday a friend delivered the engines and that evening one was running

Monday both Cubs were running and we started installing windshields and other items Tuesday brought more hookups and engine run-in time On Wednesday Jeannie drove to pick up the new props at the bus station (no 26 MARCH 1998

UPS service for us in those days) Thursday a soon to become dear

friend Harold Middlebrook arrived in his E-2 Cub all the way from Penn Yan New York He began the task ofremovshying each cylinder head hold down nut because the engine mechanic had not installed washers between the steel nuts and the aluminum heads If it werent for Harold were not sure that both Cubs would have made it to Oshkosh

After more run ups on Thursday Jeannie drove to OHare to pick up our friend e G Taylor the designer of the Cubs Friday eGs son Robert arrived from Ohio with his E-2

That same day I test flew both the E-2 and the J-2 Later Alex Wittmore arrived from Texas in his 40 hp powshyered Taylor-Young model A Another friend from Chicago Mike Rodino showed up in his A-40 Taylor-Young Now there were six 40 horse engines running at our place with the designer e G Taylor in the middle of the group giving council and advice

Saturday we had thunderstorms and heavy rain for most of the day That night we had a cookout for about 70 people Robert Taylor had brought some movies of eG that were taken in the 1920s Jim Hayes from Texas brought a slide show of Mr Taylors achievements and the evening was capped off with a This is Your Life Mr Taylor tribute

Sunday Jeannie made a pancake breakfast for everyone and we all deshyparted for Oshkosh From that time we have kept the Cubs in sort of a private oblivion here at our place They have not ventured very far Theyre most ofshyten seen in sunrise and sunset flights where Jeannie takes a Cub and I take the other to fly around together in our immediate area

1997 was to be different though Last year a friend sold some of his airshycraft and parts Due to this liquidation we became the owners of a set of floats EOO 1070 floats to be exact The floats were built in 1937 the same year the J-2 was built Talk about a perfect combination They are both 60 years old this year But the Cub has never been on float s and the floats probably havent been in the water since the beginning of WW II

Well we raised the Cub and reshy

moved the landing gear Then we slid the floats under the fuselage and lowshyered it in place Everything fit The gear bolts slid into place and the cables were all the proper length Just a few little details and the Cub would be ready to slide in the water

Another raise with the hoist and the wheels were back on The floats were secured on a trailer for the ride to the seaplane base at Oshkosh When I took off my friend since grade school Don Wonders drove up north with the floats

Road conditions the way they are I beat him to Oshkosh by several hours (a real accomplishment for the J-2 it rarely beats anything anywhere) After arrival at the Vette seaplane base we borrowed a hoist from Al Ziebell - he is one of the originators of the seaplane base - and then we proceeded to match the plane to the floats Soon the Cub was slid into the water and was ready for the trip to the dock for fuel

Wind and water conditions were right so Al towed the Cub out into the bay I stepped out on the float to prop the engine and quickly jumped inside After some water taxiing to get the feel I noticed Al had returned He could not see the water rudder and wanted to make sure that it was reshytracted before I took off I answered his signal and opened the throttle

The results were less than impresshysive Instead of a staggering rush into the air we barely achieved moderate water taxi speed The engine did not tum up enough rpm so I played around awhile getting accustomed to the opshyeration and then returned to the dock

We made a phone call to a friend who removed the climb prop from our E-2 back home and sent it up to Oshkosh the next morning via Volkshyswagen After the J-2s cruise prop was removed and the E-2s climb prop was installed and tracked the Cub was ready for another try

They pushed it away from the dock and I gave the prop a spin After a genshytle cruising trip out into the bay we were ready

As soon as I opened the throttle I felt that the Cub would fly The tail went right down and speed began to build After a few bounces over the considerable chop applying full right aileron got the left float out of the washy

ter and we were airborne The 40 horse Cub seaplane was airshy

borne and she flew well Okay She didnt climb like an empty 757 but she got up and that was all we wanted Afshyter making several splashdowns I approached the far side of the bay near the shelter of the trees and slid in for the final landing We planned to fly again that evening but the wind came up fiercely so we waited until morning There was no letup from the fierce wind so I decided to take the floats off and start home

Well as it turned out that was about all that I did Within 30 miles of Oshkosh the engine started to get hot the oil temperature began to rise and the oil pressure started down

I reduced power and thought that I could make it to Bob and Carol Baiers strip near Brownsville Well that just wasnt going to be That time of the year Wisconsin is hayfield cornfield hayfield cornfield etc so you just have to decide which hayfield to use I looked for one that had been raked and one that was near to a house so that I wouldnt have to walk too far

The Giese farm had a hayfield that was just right so I coasted in and switched off the engine as I flared for the landing The plane rolled up just short of the cornfield so I hopped out and walked to the bam

I couldnt have found a better place Giese had taken some flying lessons before being married and his wife had worked during the EAA Conventions They rol1ed out the welcome mat and all I had to do was contact Jeannie to arrange for another engine Don Wonders had taken the floats home and was waiting there for me

Our Cessna Bobcat was sitting at the Oshkosh airport so as soon as the daily air show was ended I took off for home We loaded a spare engine in the truck and were back in Oshkosh before bedtime We changed engines the next morning There were some glitches beshycause the second engine had been stored for several years Jack Wojahn a friend and mechanic from Oshkosh came out to help After some troubleshyshooting the engine was running

Shortly thereafter I took off and had an uneventful flight home Safe back in its hangar the J-2 awaits the developshyments of its next 60 years

LIFE (on floats) BEGINSATFORTY (horsepower) by Jeannie Hill Ale 629

Having owned our 1933 E-2 and our 1937 J-2 Taylor Cubs for nearly 30 years its safe to say theyre more than just airplanes to us Theyve become part of the family often reshyferred to as the kids

Maybe theyve come to mean so much to us because we restored them together side by side within the span of three short months and because their original designer C G Taylor was with us on their inaugural flights Maybe its because the E-2 was my primary instruction airplane and my partner during my fIrst solo flight

Whatever the reason the Cubs have always been a source of great pride and joy for us We remember their birthdays and even take time to celebrate their decade milestones whenever possible One year on the E-2s 40th we made a cake from an overturned alushyminum bucket painted it white and topped it off with 40 original spark plugs for the candles The Cubs 50ths were both duly noted But this year the J-2 did something really special for its 60th birthday it became a seaplane for the first time ever (Talk about the icing on the cake no pun intended)

When you own a couple of40 horse Cubs the first thing you come to realize is that you arent going to dazzle anyone with performance records Though one ofthe most fun airshyplanes to fly the 40 hp Cub is simply not known for its speed and muscle In short its not going to get you anywhere fast About the best it can do is just get you there- eventual1y

In fact when given the prudent choice the 40 hp Cub wi11 gladly stay in the hangar and take the day off whenever any of the following conditions exist

1 ifthe temperature exceeds 85 degrees Fahrenheit 2 ifthere is a breeze strong enough to rustle oak leaves or 3 ifany person or persons exceeding 180 pounds attempts

to climb in andfly it Given its age and delicate nature the 40 hp Cub also likes to refrain from strenuous

activities such as lengthy run ups and extended taxi It also prefers to avoid long complishycated aerial maneuvers like climbing and turning In fact during anything less than ideal conditions a climbing turn to a 40 hp Cub is considered an advanced aerobatic maneuver

Ok So the Cub is no powerhouse Then why you might ask would anyone in his right mind expect to alter the sleek aerodynamic profile of this airplane by adding something so cumbersome as a pair ofEDO 1070 floats

Wel1 sidestepping the in his right mind issue lets go on to the subject of adding the floats Its only fair to tell you that the Cubs have flown successfully on snow skis for many years Granted this is accomplished after much coaxing and pleading from the pilot and only after the above mentioned items 1-3 have been strongly complied with

We had heard by the grapevine that the 40 hp Cubs did just fine on floats Since our experience in J-3s on floats had been such fun we thought wed like to try seaplane flying with our Cub We already had researched the pJoject and found pictures stories and firstshyhand accounts of the adventures of 40 hp Cubs on floats so we knew it was possible Armed with this information we set out to introduce NC17854 to a pair ofEDO 1750s

It turned out it to be a match made in heaven Both the J-2 and the floats we were lucky enough to find turned 60 this past year- the Cub in March and the floats just a week beshyfore the EAA Convention And what better time to introduce the J-2 to the joys of seaplaning than its 60th birthday and during the Convention

After all is said and done I think its safe to say you would have to search far and wide to find a better looking float plane In fact theres no other way to describe the J-2 on floats than to say that its darn right cute I even heard this adjective used by the more mashycho members of the group and it was usually accompanied by that goofy look most people give babies puppies and little fuzzy ducks The support of the folks at the seaplane base was fantastic Just about everyone there realized the importance and the significance of putting that little 40 hp Cub on floats

When the J-2 fmally got up enough guts to turn itself into a seaplane the hootin and holshyerin from the crowd along the shoreline was something to behold The J-2 had developed quite a fan club during its stay at the seaplane base Its supporters constantly treated it like the little engine that could even when it looked like it couldnt Their loyalty was greatly appreciated and we hope rewarded as the Cub left the water on its maiden sea voyage

We ll never forget that magical moment when all the effort and time paid off and that little Cub broke water for the fITst time It was a unique and unforgettable instant in time an instant that will remain etched into our memories forever It may even have taken a small place in aviation history I know that it took a large place in our hearts

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MARCH 14-15 - MANASSAS VA - AeroElectric Conshynection Seminar 316685- 86J 7

MARCH 21-22 - DENTON TX - EAA Sport Air Workshyshop 800967-5746

MARCH 22 - GREELEY CO - EAA Ch 720 Snow shybuster Fly-bvB Fast 970353-5807

MARCH 21 - HUNTSVILLE AL - Moomown Airport EAA Chapter 190 Fly-In sausage egg and pancake Eat Em Up Breakfast 205-852-978

MARCH 28 - RIVERSIDE CA - 6th Annual Airshow-98 Pancake BreakfastClassic Car Show 909351-6113

APRIL 4-5 - MINNEAPOLIS MN - EAA SportAir Workshop 800967-5746

APRIL 16-17 - ST AUGUSTINE FL - Fifth East Coast ILPA Gathering Info Hamilton Upchurch 9041797-7557 FAX904825-4862

APRIL 18 - HUNTSVILLE AL - Moonto wn Airport EAA Chapter 190 Fly-In sausage egg and pancake Eat Em Up Breaffast 205-852-9781

APRIL 19-25 - LAKELAND FL - 24th Anoual EAA Fly-In amp Sport Aviation Convention 941 644-2431

APRIL 25 - LEVELLAND TX - EAA Chapter 19 Fly-In Breakfast 8-10 am Info 8061794-5961

APRIL 25-26 - SPRINGFIELD IL - 5th Annual Charlie Wells Memorial Fly-In Bjast 217483-320

APRIL 28 - HALF MOON BAY CA - 8th Annual Pashycific Coast Dream Machines to benifitthe Coastside Adult Health Center Info 650726-2328

MA Y 1-3 - ROANOKE RAPIDS NC - Spring EAA FlyshyIn sponsored by EAA AC Chapter 3 Vintage videos barbeque major speaker awards in all categories EAAfellowship Fax to Ray BOllom 7571873-3059

MA Y 1-3 - CLEVELAND OR -14th Annual Air Racing History Symposium 2161255-8100

MA Y 3 - DA YTON OH - EAA Ch 48 Fly-In B Fast Moraine Airpark 9371878- 9832

MAY 16 - RUNTSVlLLE AL - Moontown Aipori EAA Chapter 190 All Day Annual Old Fashioned Fly-In Info2051852-9781

MA Y 16-17 - HICKORY NC - 6th annual Warbirds over Hickory Fly-In 930 am - 5 plII Info 7041437-0541

MAY 16-17 - MEMPIDS TNmiddot EAA SportAir Workshop 8001967-5746

MAY 17 - WARWICK NY - Warwick Aerodrome (N72) to am -4 pm Food trophies Judging reg closes at 2 pm Info Harry Barker 973838-7485

JUNE 5-6 - MERCED CA - Annual Merced West Coast Fly-In 209383-4632

JUNE 5-6 - BARTLESVILLE OK - Frank Phillips Field - 12th Annual National Biplane Convention and Exposition Biplane Expo 98 Biplanes and NBA memshybers free - all others pay admission Info 9181622-8400 or 9181336-3976

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JUNE 12-14 - MATTOON IL - Luscombe Fly-In Coles County Memorial Airport (MTO) 217234-7120

JUNE 13-14 - FREDERICK MD - EAA SportAir Workshyshop 800967-5746

JUNE 13-14 - GAINESVILLE TX - 36th Annual Texas AAA Chapter Fly-in Info 940668-4564 web site httpwwwcokenet-airport

JUNE 14 - FULTON NY - Oswego County Airporl (FlY) EAA Chapter 486 Pancake Breakfast featuring bishyplanes Award for Best Biplane Info Ken Graves 315466-6928

JUNE 18-21 - CREVE COEUR MO - Creve Coeur airshyport American Waco Club Fly-In Info Phi Coulson 616624-6490 or Jerry Brown 317535-8882

JUNE 20-21 - LACROSSE WI - AirFest 98 two day airshow Info 608781-5271 Check NOTAMSfor field closure

JUNE 20 - HUNTSVILLE AL - Moontown Airport EM Chapter 190 Fly-In salsage egg and pancake Eat Em Up Breakfast 205-852-9781

JUNE 20 - COOPERSTOWN NY (NY54) - EAA Ch 1070 Fly-In BFast 607547-2526 Rain 621

JUNE 20 - LAGRANGE OH - EAA Ch 255 Fly-In Breakfast 440355-6491

JUNE 20-21- RUTLAND VT- EAA Ch 968 Taidragger Rendezvous Pancake BJast 802492-3647

JUNE 25-28 - MT VERNON OH - Annual Gathering of Wacos 937866- 6692

JUNE 27-28 - DENVER CO - EAA SportAir Workshop (CoveringComposites) 800967-5746

JUNE 27-28 -PETERSBURG VA (PDA) - VA State EAA Fly-In 804358-4333

JUNE 27-28 -LONGMONT CO - 20th Annual Rocky Monntain EAA Fly-In 3031798-6086

JUNE 28-JUL Y 3 - LAKELAND FL - 30th Annual Inshyternational Cessna 170 Assoc convention Info Dale or Marty Faux 9411646-4588

JULY 3-5 - CREVE COEUR MO - Creve Coeur airport (I HO) Great War Fly- In Info Don Parsons 314397-5719 PlsurFlyinaolcom or Tim Adcock 314861-0183 ADFESToolcom

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JULY 12 - NAPLES FL - EM Ch 1067 Pancake Breakshyfast 941126-5701

JULY 13-16 - MIDDLETOWN OU - Short Wing Piper Club Convention Fly-In 513398-2656

JULY 18 - HUNTSVILLE AL - MOOnown Airport EM Chapter 190 Fly-In sausage egg and pancake Eat Em Up Breakfast 205-852-9781

JULY 18 - COOPERSTOWN NY (NY54) - EAA Ch 1070 Fly-In BFast 607547-2526 Rain 719

JULY 24-26 - MERRILL WI - Hatz CB-l Anniversary Reunion 75536-3197

JULY 29-Aug 4 - OSHKOSH WI - 46th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 9201426-4800

JUNE 14 - FULTON NY - Oswego County Airport (FlY) EM Chapter 486 Pancake Breakfast featuring vintage aircraft cars and motorcycles Awards Info Ken Graves 315466-6928

Sept 12-13 - MARION OH - Mid-Eastern EAA Fly-In (MERFI) 513849- 9455

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Vintage Airplane Safety - Continued from page 5shy

limitations and live by them So Im not advocating pushing yourself beyond your own defined limits However with some cross wind practice you can expand your limitations and safely participate in many more fun fly-in events throughout the panshycake season

As well as being a sport aviation enthushysiast (tail wheel airplanes) I am also a Certified Flight Instructor When someone gives me the its too windy excuse I ofshyfer to spend some time in the cockpit with them to practice cross wind takeoffs and landings Most take me up on the offer In fact on many occasions without exceedshying either my or the airplanes limitations Ive suggested an hour of pattern dual on days windy enough they question my sanshyity My response has always been What if you decide to fly somewhere and the wind picks up Dont you want to feel comfortable and confident enough to make the return trip and landing at home without having those butterflies in the pit of your stomach all the way home

TAKEOFFS AND LANDING The most recent data available indishy

cates that nearly 60 percent of the single-engine fixed gear aircraft incidents and accidents occur during either take-off or landing That should be justification enough for spending some time in the trafshyfic pattern honing your take-off and landing skills Lets all make a vow in 1998 to not become part ofthat statistic

GROUND THOSE BUTTERFLIES All too often I find enthusiastic sport

aviation pilots suffering the butterfly synshydrome for the entire flying day From take-off until reaching their destination theyre anxious about making the destinashytion landing Throughout the pancake breakfast theyre worried about the take-off and return flight Once in the air theyre anxious about making the cross wind landing upon returning to their home airshyport Most all of thi s anxiousness could be eased if not eliminated by getting out and getting some practice in your airplane Life is too short to not enjoy every VFR day to its fullest See you at the next panshycake breakfast

30 MARCH 1998

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M any of you who are reading this edition of Straight amp Level will soon be preparshy

ing to go to the annual Sun n Fun EAA Fly-In at Lakeland FL In one of my earlier SampLs I referred to Sun n Fun as a regional EAA fly-in Mr Duffy Thompson of the fly-in staff was quick to write and point out to me that Sun n Fun is an international event Duffy is quite correct and Mr Billy Henderson Executive Director of Sun n Fun the staff directors and volunteers can take credit for the growth of this great fly-in

We all enjoy this start of the fly-in season as the winter weather breaks and we can shake off the winter dolshydrums Florida too has its winter weather and while the temperature extremes are certainly not as wild as up north it sure can get very unfriendly at times Billy and the Sun n Fun crew have had to contend with very wet and at times severe weather as they prepare the grounds this year The very severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that you may have heard about occurred just east of the Lakeland area

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The Sun n Fun races each year have become a tradition So has the Aeroshell 3-D Speed Dash an unlimshyited drag race to altitude the Wittman

Memorial Sun 100 Race for homebuilt aircraft the Wittman Memorial Sun 60 Air Race for factory built aircraft and the 1250 Race for aircraft of 1250 cc displacement or less

Some of the site changes this year include the enlargement of the campshying area made possible by the purchase of 16 additional acres

The club house row which includes the OX5 Pioneers and OBs buildings has been moved back to the creek area The AntiqueClassic headquarters area remains the same and has long been a favorite spot for meeting your friends Our group likes to gather around in time for the afternoon airshow AC headquarters is also the place you can register your Antique Classic or Conshytemporary airplane after youve arrived Ace volunteer Jane Kimball and her crew do a great job at this and theyre always busy helping folks

You might want to check in at the AUA Inc booth 57 in the B buildshying These are the people who handle your AlC insurance program You can also call them at 1-800-727-3823 should the need arise I generally check by this booth two or three times a day so if youd like to leave me a message thats a good place to do it

For those of you who have access to the World Wide Web you can check all of this information out at www sun-n-funorg

The AC judges at Sun n Fun as well as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh will have a difficult job again this year as the restorations continue to get better and better One of our judges at both Sun n Fun and Oshkosh has been reshycently honored It has been my pleasure to have know this gentleman for a numshyber of years Hes Xen Motsinger and hes always been very modest about his many accomplishments A strong supshyporter of the EAA AntiqueClassic

movement over the years as a volunshyteer as a active chapter member and one who unselfishly donated to EAA programs It is very fitting that Xen has been inducted into the South Carolina Aviation Hall of Fame Congratulashytions Xen We look forward to your continued leadership in the future

The major theme during this years EAA Convention EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 98 will be A Salute to Corshyporate Aviation It is a joint effort by EAA the AntiqueClassic Division the NBAA and others Our part will be display those famous corporate airshycraft which fall within the Antique Classic and Contemporary aircraft Theyll be displayed on the center concrete taxiway and will be the highshylight of the show The Division is honored to have a role helping put this display together There will also be adshyditional aircraft on display which will carry this corporate aviation theme to present day - it should be quite an impressive display

Each of us has an airplane weve alshyways wanted to own For me that airplane has long been the Luscombe 8 series This past month I was able to buy my dream Im now the proud owner of a 1947 Luscombe 8E It had been owned for the past 26 years by Ken Woodard who retired as a meshychanical engineer for a company in Indiana He then moved to Greensboro NC to enjoy his retirement years N2628K has been treated with very lovshying hands over the years and is corrosion free I now have a new toy to go out and play with on the weekends-Ill share a photo of it with you in the future

Everyone please keep up the good work on our 10n1 membership drive to support your EAA AntiqueClassic Dishyvision Lets all pull in the same direction for the good of aviation Join us and have it all

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J-2 Cub Dear Buck



























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23
















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25












































































































28 MARCH 1998





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



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THE E-BIRD RACER




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19










20 MARCH 1998



















Vintage Airplane











by HG Frautschy






has been solved


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

by EE Buck Hilbert








PaSSitto Buel















22 MARCH 1998






Buck

J-2 Cub Dear Buck



























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23
















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25












































































































28 MARCH 1998





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1






20 MARCH 1998



















Vintage Airplane











by HG Frautschy






has been solved


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

by EE Buck Hilbert








PaSSitto Buel















22 MARCH 1998






Buck

J-2 Cub Dear Buck



























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23
















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25












































































































28 MARCH 1998





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1







Vintage Airplane











by HG Frautschy






has been solved


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

by EE Buck Hilbert








PaSSitto Buel















22 MARCH 1998






Buck

J-2 Cub Dear Buck



























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23
















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25












































































































28 MARCH 1998





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1

by EE Buck Hilbert








PaSSitto Buel















22 MARCH 1998






Buck

J-2 Cub Dear Buck



























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23
















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25












































































































28 MARCH 1998





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1






Buck

J-2 Cub Dear Buck



























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23
















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25












































































































28 MARCH 1998





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1
















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25












































































































28 MARCH 1998





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25












































































































28 MARCH 1998





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1












































































































28 MARCH 1998





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1























































































28 MARCH 1998





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1






























































28 MARCH 1998





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1





















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1








30 MARCH 1998


sell or trade


MISCELLANEOUS












lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1

lQQO








FAX 909-684-0518

















i I

I VIS4 I

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

JULV 2Q-~UGU~T 4



It ll show you just

Aircraft Coatings -

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1

Ray amp Judy

Marion IN


Pancake Breakfast


AUAis

approved

To become an

EAA Antique amp

Classic Division

Member call
















No age penalty




















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1
















NEW MEMBER CAMPAIGN



1

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