Vintage Airplane - May 1985

STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

by Bob Lickteig President

AntiqueClassic Division

World of Flight - Oshkosh 85 is scheduled for July 26 to August 2 This is one day earlier than normal so the July issue of our AntiqueClassic magazine THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will also be our Convention issue This will be a special issue and will include the 15-year history and highlights of your EAA AntiqueClassic Division Our Headquarters editorial staff consisting

of Dick Matt Jack Cox Gene Chase and Mary Jones are working overtime to bring you this historical review I know how important this issue will be to your collection of VINTAGE magazines I suggest you pick up an extra copy or two at the AntiqueClassic Headquarshyters during our Convention

With this major project in good hands we can also announce the Antique Classic events that are planned for Oshkosh 85 The regular activities will be the AntiqueClassic Fly Out Picnic Hall of Fame Reunion Antique and Classic Awards Parade of Flight Intershyview Circle Educational Forums Type Club Headquarters Tent and Convenshytion Photo Contest In addition we hope to sponsor a riverboat dinner cruise and will conduct our first week-long Antique Classic workshop We are also initiating an annual program to present each reshygistered aircraft owner or pilot a Parshyticipants Recognition Plaque

Our riverboat cruise is tentatively scheduled for Monday evening July 29th and will include refreshments dinner and a scenic boat trip on the Fox River

The participants wall plaque will be presented to each registered aircraft owner or pilot and will include a color

photograph of the aircraft parked at Oshkosh - a lifetime remembrance

The AntiqueClassic workshop will give each member an opportunity for hands-on experience in dope and fabric and aircraft woodworking

Your AntiqueClassic Division has a full week of scheduled activities with something for every member and guest No sorry to say we cannot lay claim to the Concorde visit as an Antique Classic exclusive however we do know everyone will enjoy seeing this super bird

Complete details of these events will be published in the June issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Watch for it and make plans to be part of this interesting informative and exciting week

Its going to be a great Convention Make the AntiqueClassic area your headquarters for Oshkosh 85 Welshycome aboard - join us and you have it all

Photo by Jack McCarthy EAA AntiqueClassic Division Headquarters at Oshkosh 84 The Type Club Tent is on the left

2 MAY 1985

PUBLICATION STAFF

PUBLISHER Paul H Poberezny

DIRECTOR MARKETING amp COMMUNICATIONS

Dick Matt

EDITOR Gene R Chase

CREATIVE ART DIRECTOR Mike Drucks

MANAGING EDITORADVERTISING Mary Jones

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Norman Petersen

FEATURE WRITERS George A Hardie Jr

Dennis Parks

EAA ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISION INC

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President Vice President R J Lickteig Roy Redman

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MAY 1985 bull Vol 13 No5 Copyright copy 1985 by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc All rights reserved

Contents

2 Straight and Level by Bob Lickteig

4 ACNews by Gene Chase

5 Calendar of Events 6 Rare Ryan Returns Home

by Gene Chase Page 6 8 Low Time Cessna 180 Classic

by Norm Petersen 10 Mystery Plane

by George A Hardie Jr 11 One-on One Campaign 12 AI Menasco Aviation Pioneer Part

by Chet Wellman 17 Type Club Activities

by Gene Chase 18 Spartan Aircraft Production

by George E Goodhead Jr 21 Vintage Literature

by Dennis Parks 22 Hay Meadow Ski Fly-In

by Norm Petersen 24 Hamilton Metalplanes on Floats

by Gene Chase 26 Letters to the Editor 27 The Vintage Trader

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FRONT COVER Bill Allen flies his rare 1940 Ryan STMshyS2 N466WA SIN 466 over La Jolla California in December 1983 Front seat passenger is Carl Hays See story on page 6

(Photo by Chris Woods) BACK COVER _DeHaviliand DHC-2 Mk I Beaver N9300Z SIN 1400 owned by Tyee Airlines of Ketchikan Alaska This tranquil Alaska scene was photographed by Roy G Cagle (EAA 15401 NC 1691) 9096 Minor Court Juneau AK 99801

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

Editorial Policy Readers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs Policy opinions expressed in articles are soley those of the authors Responsibility for accuracy in reporting rests entirely with the contributor Material should be sent to Gene R Chase Editor The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-2591 Phone 414426-4800

The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091 -6943) is published and owned exclusively by EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc and is published monthly at Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903shy2591 Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh WI 54901 and additional mailing offices Membership rates for EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc are $1800 for current EM members for 12 month period of which $1200 is for the publication of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation

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

Postmaster Send address changes to EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-2591 VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3

Compiled by Gene Chase

CANADIANS TO OSHKOSH 85

All Canadians flying their aircraft to EAA Oshkosh 85 (July 26-August 2) or the lAC International Aerobatic Competitions at Fond du Lac (August 5-10) must comply with the provisions of Federal Aviation Regulations Please follow the instructions below to obtain your Special Flight Authorization

CANADIAN EAA MEMBERS FL YING AMATEUR-BUlL TIUL TRAUGHTI WARBIRD AIRCRAFT TO OSHKOSH

It is necessary to comply with Federal Avishyation Regulations Section 91 28 in regard to Special Flight Authorization for Canadian registered amateur-built ultralight and warshybird aircraft Due to the large number of Canadian EAAers attending the FAA has arshyranged to issue a Special Fl ight Authorizashytion to EAA which will authorize operation of amateur-built ultralight or warbird aircraft within the United States from the Canadian border to Oshkosh and return by the most direct route

Members desiring to fly amateur-built ulshytralight or warbird aircraft to Oshkosh will be required to complete an application form Upon receipt of the completed form a copy of the Special Flight Authorization must be in the aircraft at all times when the aircraft is operated within the United States Please write to Oshkosh Canadian Coordinator EAA Headquarters Wittman Airfield Oshshykosh WI 54903-2591 for application forms and detailed instructions Please note Comshypleted application forms must be received by EAA Headquarters NO LATER THAN JULY 8 1985

CANADIAN NON-EAA MEMBERS FL YING AMATEUR-BUlL TI UL TRAUGHTIWARBIRD AIRCRAFT TO OSHKOSH

Please do not write to EAA Headquarters Address your request to Richard L Porter Manager Flight Standards District Office No 61 General Mitchell Field Milwaukee WI

STANDARD CATEGORY CERTIFIshyCATED AIRCRAFT (CERTIFICA TlON OF AIRWORTHINESS)

A special United States Flight Authorizashytion is not required providing your aircraft has correct and current Canadian documentashytion However you must file a United States Flight Plan to point of entry and clear cusshytoms on arrival Please note customs clearshyance is not available at Oshkosh without

substantial cost After customs clearance another flight plan must be filed to Oshkosh If you require specific details write to EAA Headquarters

WEST COAST AIRLIFT TO OSHKOSH 85

The third annual Flight of the Eagles an airlift from either Los Angeles or Oakland California to Oshkosh 85 is scheduled for July 26 to August 1 The complete price for the 7 day6 night package is only $419 and includes

1 RIT jet (United Airlines) from Los Angeles or Oakland direct to Milwaukee Wisconsin

2 RIT in-flight meal service 3 RIT motor coach to lodging and Conshy

vention 4 Convention lodging transfers taxes 5 Paid admission to the EAA Aviation

Center-Museum 6 Pre-flight party admission at deparshy

ture points 7 Convention cap and commemorative

patch 8 $1000 goes to EAA Aviation Founshy

dation for each tour sold

Only 100 seats have been reserved out of both locations and no more will be available at the current rates

The tour is sponsored by Dr Gerry Curtiss (EAA 98908) He will be the tour director and can be reached for details at 216 Ridge Tershyrace Lane Montebello CA 90640 phone 818915-8664 or 213722-3142

REFERENCE GUIDE FOR EAA PUBLICATIONS

John Bergeson now has his fine reference guide for 1984 EAA publications available at $500 which includes SPORT AVIA TlON THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE UL TRAUGHT AND THE UGHT PLANE and SPORTAERshyOBA TICS This latest guide includes the years 1980 through 1984 in one easy-to-use volume This latest guide follows those he did for the previous years 1953 through 59 1960 through 69 1970 through 74 and 1975 through 79 Each volume is $500 or all for $2000

The guides are logically organized and make it easy to locate information from EAA magazines If you locate information but dont have the magazines he will make copies of the needed article for 25 cents per page ($300 minimum charge) We use his Guides in every Department at EAA Headshyquarters and find them indispensable Order from John Bergeson 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340

AD PROPOSAL FOR MARVEL SCHEBlER CARBS

The FAA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) requesting an Air Worthiness Directive against Marvel Scheshybier Carburetors (now produced by Facet Enterprises Inc)

The proposed AD concerns the replaceshyment of composite construction floats with brass pontoon floats The FAA contends that the composite float can become saturated with gasoline over a period of time causing flooding engine stoppage and other fuel metering problems The FAA cites 132 reshyports of carburetor flooding over the past five years

TEFLON TAPE CAUSES VACUUM PUMP FAilURES

There are several reports of vacuum pump failures caused by particles of teflon pipe thread tape being ingested by the pumps Particles of tape have also been found inside gyro instruments

The use of plumbers thread tape to seal threads on aircraft vacuum system fittings should be avoided

OSHKOSH 85 ANTIQUEClASSIC FlYOUT

A popular activity for AntiquelClassic members at Oshkosh 84 was the fly-out to Wautoma Wisconsin for coffee and rolls flyshying games and lunch (See story on pp 16shy18 of the November 1984 issue of THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE)

Fly-out Chairman Bob Lumley reports that Wautoma City Councilman Russ Nero has extended an invitation to the group to return this year The city will provide refreshments and they expect a good turn-out of local citishyzens

The airport has a full-time FBO now and camping is available for those traveling to and from the Convention

The 85 Fly-out date is Monday July 29 with a rain date set for Tuesday More details will be forthcoming

Volunteers are needed to make this activshyity a success Anyone wishing to help is asked to contact Bob Lumley W158 N11 070 Legend Avenue Germantown WI 53022 phone 414546-2525 (office) or 414255shy6832 residence

SUN N FUN 85

The 11 th Annual EAA Sun n Fun FlyshyIn hosted 113930 people from March 17-23 including 141 overseas guests from 21 countries Grand champion awards included

ANTIQUE Butler Blackhawk N299N LeRoy H Brown Zellwood FL

CLASSIC - Cessna 170B N4414B Glenn and Kathy Dee Michigan City IN

REPLICA - Great Lakes 2T1 A N1 FF Gerald amp Barb Fidler Alva FL

A more detailed -account of the Fly-In and other award winners will appear in the next issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

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ADDITIONAL AUTO FUEL STCs

Harry leisloft Director of Engineershying EAA Aviation Foundation reports the organization has just received STC approval for the use of auto fuel in the Lycoming 0-235 and 0-290 engines For details contact STC-EAA Aviation Foundation Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3065

EAAlALLISON GAS TURBINE ENmiddot GINE SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED

Allison Gas Turbine Division of Genshyeral Motors Corp has offered two fiveshyyear scholarships to be awarded through the EAA Aviation Foundation Recipients of these scholarshipsmiddot for a

full Bachelor of Science Degree in mechanical or electrical engineering will be cooperative students at the prestigishyous AMI Engineering and Management Institute in Flint Michigan

As cooperative students sponsored by the Allison Gas Turbine Division reshycipients will alternate 12 weeks of study on campus with 12 weeks of work exshyperience (with pay) at the Allison facilities in Indianapolis IN These are unique opportunities for a quality enshygineering education and work experishyence while enjoying many benefits of employment by General Motors

Chapter officers and members as well as all EAA members at large are urged to seek applicants for these addishy

tions to the EAA Scholarship Program EAA membership is not required to apply for these or any of the EAA Scholshyarships

Young men and women interested in pursuing careers in engineering through these scholarships scheduled for awarding at Oshkosh 85 are urged to immediately call or write Chuck Larshysen Education Director EAA Aviation Foundation Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3065bull

CALENDAR OF EVENTS We would like to list your aviation event in our calendar Please send information to the Editor The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-2591 Information must be received at least two months in advance of the issue in which it will appear

MAY 18 - HAMPTON NEW HAMPSHIRE - 9th Annual Aviation Flea Market (rain date Sunday May 19) Fly-in drive-in bring your junk Buyers and sellers welcome No Fees Anyshything aviation related okay Food available from 11 00 am to 500 pm Contact 603964-6749 - days or 6031964-8833

MAY 18-19-CHINO CALIFORNIA-5th Annual Planes of Fame Air Display - Victory through Airpower with Warbirds Pappy Boyington worlds only flying Zero fighter Contact 714 597-3722 9 am to 5 pm daily

MAY 24-26 - ATCHISON KANSAS - Greater Kansas City Area 19th Annual Antique Fly-In at Amelia Earhart Memorial Airport Contact Fly-In Chairman Lynn Wendl 8902 Pflumm Lenexa KS 66215 913888-7544

MAY 24-26 - WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIAshyAnnual Antique Fly-In Contact Watsonville Chamber of Commerce

MAY 3o-JUNE 2 - FREDERICK MARYLANDshyCessna 150-152 National Fly-In Contact Skip Carden PO Box 15288 Durham NC 27704 phone 919471-9492

JUNE 5-10 - TULLAHOMA TENNESSEE shy1985 Staggerwing Convention at Parish Aeroshydrome For information contact the Staggershywing Museum PO Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 phone 6151455-1974

JUNE 7-9 - MERCED CALIFORNIA - 28th Anshynual Merced West Coast Antique Fly-In Merced Municipal Airport Contact Gail McCulshylough 2091722-3145

JUNE 22 - OSAGE CITY KANSAS - Sport Avishyation Day and Pancake Breakfast sponsored by EM Chapter 313 Contact Dan Walters 913828-3579 or Kelly Viets 913828-3518 R R 2 Box 128 Lyndon Kansas 66451

JUNE 28-30 - DAYTON OHIO - Luscombe Assn National Fly-In at Moraine Airpark Conshy

tact Ralph Orndorf 1749 W Stroop Road Ketshytering OH 45439

JUNE 29-30 - ORANGE MASSACHUSETTS shyAnnual New England regional fly-in sponsored by EM Chapter 726 Awards for best antiques and best classics Antique steam and gas enshygine show flea market food Contact Jim OConnell 413549-3800

JUNE 29-30 - KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN - 1985 Michigan International Air Show High on Kalamazoo at Kalamazoo County Airport Aershyial events and daily airshow featuring Canadian Snowbirds French Connection and Leo Loudenslager Contact High on Kalamazoo Kalamazoo County Airport Kalamazoo MI 49002 616385-8177

JULY 2-4 - CARLSBAD NEW MEXICO - 1985 National Ercoupe Fly-In Contact Skip Cardin Box 15058 Durham NC 27704 Phone 9191 471-9492

JULY 4-6 - BLAKESBURG IOWA - Aeronca Fly-In at Antique Airfield Awards forums flyshyout Aeronca party and slide show Contact The Aeronca Club 1432 28th Court Kenosha WI 53140414552-9014

JULY 5-7 - ALLIANCE OHIO - nnual Taylorshycraft Fly-InReunion at Barber Airport three miles north of Alliance Contact Bruce M Barshyney Bixler 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601

JULY 5-7 - MINDEN NEBRASKA - 9th Annual National Stinson Club Fly-In Make reservashytions at the Pioneer Motel in Minden phone 308832-2750 For information on the Fly-In contact Doug Shannon P O Box 12864 Dalshylas TX 75225

JULY 7 - ALBERT LEA MINNESOTA - EM AntiqueClassic Chapter 13 2nd Annual Fly-In breakfast and many other activities including sky diving Contact Air Albert Lea 5071373shy0608

JULY 18-21 - VANDALIA OHIO - Dayton Intershynational Air Show amp Trade Exposition Daylon International Airport Vandalia OH Contact George Wedekind Jr Room 214 Terminal Building Daylon International Airport Vanshydalia OH 45377 513898-5901

JULY 22-26 - BLAKESBURG IOWA - 17th Anshynual International Cessna 170 Association Convention Contact F O Kline 602567shy4588

JULY 26 - AUGUST 2 - OSHKOSH WISCONSIN - 33rd Annual EM Fly-In and Convention Make your plans now to attend the Worlds Greatest Aviation Event Contact EM Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

AUGUST 2-4 - COFFEYVILLE KANSAS - Funk Fly-In Fly-bys contests homebuilts antiques Contact Ray Pahls 454 S Summillawn Wichita KS 67209

AUGUST 18 - WEEDSPORT NEW YORK shyEM Chapter 486 Airshow - Whitfords Airport Pancake Breakfast refreshments Contact Jack Briggs 315699-2946

AUGUST 25 - MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA - 4th Annual Michigan City Aviators Fly-In Drive-In Pancake Breakfast and Airshow Antiques Classics Warbirds Ultralights Homebuilts on display Door prizes and much more Contact Marge Edson PO Box 2092 Michigan City IN 46360 2191785-2103

SEPTEMBER 4-8 - GALESBURG ILLINOIS shyNational Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 60014

SEPTEMBER 6-8 - GIG HARBOR WASHINGshyTON - Puget Sound Antique Airplane Clubs 5th Annual Fly-In at Tacoma Narrows Airport AntiqueClassic judging and awards Contact Lloyd Tuckness 29528 - 179th Place SE Kent WA 98031 phone 206631-7454

SEPTEMBER 7-8 - MARION OHIO - Annual Mid-Eastern Regional EM Fly-In at Marion Municipal Airport Contact Lou Lindeman after 5 pm 513849-9455

SEPTEMBER 7-8 - SUSSEX NEW JERSEY shyEAA Chapters 73 and 238 Tri-Chapter Fly-In with AntiquelClassic Chapter 7 Food campshying Saturday night entertainment Aviation vendors welcome Contact Vearl Lack 201 584-9553 or Anne Fennimore 201 584-4154 (after 6 pm)

OCTOBER 11-13 CAMDEN SOUTH CAROLINA - EM Chapter 3 Fall Fly-In Conshytact Henry or Pat Miller 919548-9293

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

An interesting in-flight shot of N466WA by photographer Chris Woods

Rare Ryan Returns Home by Gene Chase

After an absence of 40 years a Ryan STM-S2 arrived back in San Diego California on a ship the same way it departed in 1940 when it was shipped by the Ryan Aeronautical Co to the Dutch East Indies It was one of 108 aircraft ordered by the Dutch during the buildup of Japanese troops around Java

The Dutch used the planes to train their pilots before sending them off to England to continue the fight against the Axis powers All but 34 of the Ryans were destroyed or captured by the Japanese with the surviving aircraft being loaded ori a boat for Australia where they were flown on a limited basis by officers of the Royal Australian Air Force

After WW II the Ryans were declared surplus and acquired by civilian pilots in Australia SIN 466 had at least two such owners before being acquired by Bill Allen (EAA 193107 AlC 9195) of San Diego

It was through Australian Jeff Trapshypett that Allen owner of a Ryan PT-22 and a Stearman PT-13D found his STM-S2 6 MAY 1985

Several years ago Trappett a squadron leader flying F-111 s with the RAAF was on a military mission in the United States and he contacted Allen about some P-51 parts During their conversation Allen learned that Trapshypet1 owned two STM-S2s

Trappett wanted a Stearman and Allen wanted an STM so they agreed on a trade When Jeff returned to Aushystralia Allen didnt hear from him for quite a long time and he feared the deal was off Suddenly an import permit came for the Stearman and the way was cleared for the trade

This was the first Stearman to go to Australia and it has become a popular attraction there Jeff flies it to many air shows in the country

Through Trappett Allen learned some of the history behind his aircraft His Ryan contains components of two aircraft The fuselage with a data plate are from serial number 466 and the wings are from number 475 Allens Ryan displays the original side number S-30

Jeff Trappett bought the STM from Les Barnes an ex-airline pilot Barnes had quit his job with the airline and went

Photo courtesy 01 the San Diego Aerospace Museum - Ryan Library

Ryan STMs lined up for inspection in Java circa 1941 All three of the STMs now in the US are in this photo including Bill Allens S-30 Pat Friedmans S-21 and Bill Roses S-22 Patricia Friedman (EAA 63840) and Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) both live in the Chicago area

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Les Barnes and Ryan STM S-30 SIN 466 in Australia Les was the first civilian owner of this aircraft Its Australian registration was VH-AGR

to work for a new company which later failed Having fallen on hard times Barnes was forced to sell the Ryan

Trappett and a friend traveled to the middle of New South Wales to pick up the plane which was stored in a barn

When they opened the doors they found the STM covered with cobwebs and bird droppings and looking very forshylorn Beneath the mess the black fuseshylage red fairings and yellow wings barely were visible

After hiking out for water and spendshying two days scrubbing the airplane they decided to see if the engine would start After changing the oil and putting in gas the 150 hp Menasco started right up

Trappett flew it back to Melbourne that day and experienced some excitemiddot ment when he hit some turbulence and a strip of fabric departed one wing Back in Melbourne he restored the STM in his spare time

When Bill Allen received the plane in 1980 he elected to tear it down and reshystore it to its original condition from the ground up The most enjoyable hours during the restoration were when sevshyeral of the old Ryan employees and even Mr T Claude Ryan himself would show up to check on the progress They were all very excited when word got out that an STM was back home Some of the Dutch pilots who flew them during the war also showed up It brought back a lot of fond memories for them

Assisting Bill with the restoration were Carl Hays Sam Jeromine Bob Laughlin Bob McDonald Marshall Smith Dave Smith and the Kelly Brothers All wiring pulleys cables and the seat belts were replaced The fabric surfaces were recovered with Stits Polyfiber Ole Fahlin made a new promiddot peller for it and Bob Yates custom built the spinner

Work on the wings alone took more than 500 hours and everyone who worked on them wrote his name inside what he did and the date

Bill even found some Ryan inspection stickers and placed them inside the plane as the work was completed The Ryan was finished in the original Dutch colors silver with orange markings Beshycause the STM-S2 was never type cershytificated in the US it is licensed in the experimental exhibition category with registration number N466WA

Finally after 1500 hours of work over a three year period the Ryan was ready

Ryan Aeronautical Co ad in an early forties magazine

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sO ~I~( ~middot~e~a~~middot~i~i~ a~ planes cre primal) basic advanced and blind flying (uinmiddot

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primary trainers to multi-engine equipment When the

Japs sleuck the~ already overworked trainen were pressed

intO incet-island IYoHrol service and the transporting of pershy

sonnel suollegic materials and medical supplies

Ho heroically the Dutch proved that Ryan Builds Well

TODAY I ~ exlre ltkln1nJ of war ~ provIlg I~ qualify of Rpn IHpbn(l manifolds and mljor bus(~bhes TOMORROW ~It(n rhls sI~ quJoty ill be bOlllr infO R) n produCTS for 1 frienJly ~Ofld look fox ~ondroos reo IUhs~ Remember in puce IS in ~1f Ryan Builds W(ll

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to fly Don Carter made the test flight for Bill and all went well

Bill Allens great interest in Ryan airshycraft the history of the company and its role in aviation training has been heightened by his becoming friends with many ex-Ryan people including William P Doc Sloan one of three pilots who delivered STMs to Honduras Walter K Balch director of technical training and maintenance Joe Hecker who rigged all the STM-S2s before shipment to Java WT Bill Imshymenschuh director of the X-13 Vertijet program and currently President of the San Diego Aerospace Museum Imshymenschuhs first job with Ryan was layshying out the Dutch markings on the STMshyS2s

Another friend is John H Russell the third American instructor sent to Java to train Dutch pilots and before he died T Claude Ryan who enjoyed coming to Allens hangar and seeing both the PTshy22 and STM

Bill keeps these two Ryans plus a Stearman PT-17 and Great Lakes 2Tshy1 A in his hangar at Montgomery Field north of San Diego He considers it a real privilege to own and fly the rare Ryan STM He believes only ten exist in the world with three of those being in the US

What a rare treat it would be to see those three STMs parked wing tip to wing tip at Oshkosh one day

Editors Note Willis M Bill Allen Jr lives at 7868 Lookout Drive La Jola CA 92037 He currently serves on the Board of the San Diego Aerospace Museum Hall of Famebull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7

Low Time

Rear quarter view clearly illustrates the bright polish job on this 1955 airplane Note two VOR antennas on wing and Grimes strobe

Bright finish on door reveals scroll-like One-Eighty exactly as done at the factory Swing out windows were standard on 180 models Note fuel tank vent above cabin

on top of fin

Story and Photos by Norm Petersen

Moving slowly along the lines of classic airplanes at Oshkosh 84 brought many pleasant memories as each airplane seemed to tell its own story Suddenly my pulse quickened as I spotted a Cessna 180 that ran shivers up my spine The beautiful maroon paint job was set off by polished aluminum that glistened like chrome The paint design was unmistakeably shy1955

Cessna 180 N4698B SIN 31596 was delivered to its first owner in the small western Montana town of Polson in 1955 For 25 years the airplane was maintained by Johnson Flying Service of Missoula MT - yes the same comshypany with the Ford Tri-Motors and Travel Air 6000 machines used for haulshying smoke jumpers The owner flew it less and less over the years In fact from 1970 to 1980 the Cessna logged only 10 hours

Keeping an eye on this operation was a veterinarian in Missoula named Dr Robert Crossley (EAA 223092 AlC 8352) 1605 Stephens Missoula MT 59801 Dr Crossley had flown as a crewman in WW II and had taken up flying in 1953 His wife was a cousin to the wife of the Cessna 180 owner As the usage of the Cessna declined each year the doctor would approach the 8 MAY 1985

owner about selling - to keep it in the fami ly

In 1980 Dr Crossleys efforts paid off when the owner decided to sell for medical reasons The Cessna was purshychased with 310 hours total time comshyplete with original logs owners manual and the original low frequency radios

Thrown in with the deal was a pair of Federal hydraulic wheel-skis

The first item on the improvement list was a new windshield as the old one was yellowed and crazed A Scott tail wheel replaced the original hard rubber unit and a Brackett air filter was instalshyled on the carb intake

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Looking like it just rolled out of the Cessna factory the beautiful 1955 180 is really enhanced by the brand new factory wheel pants Paint job is authentic

A full compliment of King radios was added to upgrade the avionics from 1955 status Included were dual King KX-170Bs plus KT-75 Glideslope Reshyceiver and KI-209 LocGlideslope Indishycator In addition a King KR-86-ADF with a KMA20-04 Audio AmpMarker Beacon was added A King KT-76A Transponder was installed along with a new Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)

Once the avionics were ready for cross country work the Cessna was flown to Troutdale Oregon for a new coat of Imron paint on the trim at the AAR facility By now the 180 was really looking sharp especially with the aluminum polished to a bright shine

In 1984 new Cleveland wheels and brakes were installed along with a pair of brand new factory wheel pants which Cessna had just turned out on a special run using the old factory jigs and dies from thirty years ago A Grimes strobe was installed on the top of the fin and a portable Puritan oxygen system added for high altitude work

Dr Crossley brought N4698B to Oshshykosh 84 with his two sons as passenshygers One of his boys is an Air Force pilot so he helped along the way Alshythough they were only able to stay for three days it did give us a chance to enjoy looking at what must be one of the lowest time 180s in the world The tach showed 380 hours at Oshkosh (It now shows 390 hours as of April 1 1985)

Although he has a float rating Dr Crossley feels he would prefer to keep the 180 as a land plane He feels fortushynate to hangar his beauty for $25 a month at St Ignatius just a few miles north of Missoula A dust cover fits over the entire airplane to help keep the beautiful finish from deteriorating

Once a year Dr Crossley takes the 180 is for its annual inspection at Minuteman Aviation in Missoula the company that bought out Johnson Flyshying Service In other words all mainteshynance on N4698B has been acshycomplished by the same people at the same firm for 30 years How is that for continuity

The specifications for Dr Crossleys 1955 Cessna 180 are as follows

Wing Span 36 Empty weight 1480Ibs Gross weight 2550Ibs

Useful load Fuel onboard Flaps manual Cruise Speed Engine Cont Horsepower Fuel Oil

1070Ibs 60 gals (58 useable)

200 300 400

150 mph 0-470-J

225 80 octane

12 qts

The original Cessna 180 Owners Manual from 1955 has some very fine words in the introduction Congratulashytions You are now the owner of a truly outstanding airplane The Cessna 180 has been engineered to give you the ultimate in performance flying comshyfort and economy for business or pleashysure Every fine possession is worth caring for and this is especially true of your Cessna 180

Dr Robert Crossley we salute you for preserving a beautiful piece of 1955 aviation bull

With the big 0-470 Continental 225 hp engine ticking over Dr Robert Crossley taxies his pride and joy past the rows of classics at Oshkosh 84 Co-pilot is Robert Crossley Jr

Worms eye view from head on shows large spinner and MacCauley constant-speed propeller New Brackett air filter is mounted on carb intake Note clean belly

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9

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This months Mystery Plane is from the postmiddotWorld War II era and probably is not a mystery to many of our experts It is evidently from the 1950s period when many manufacturers were seekmiddot ing the perfect design to appeal to the expected burgeoning demand in the prishyvate plane market The photo was subshymitted by Robert F Pauley of Farminshygton Hills Michigan Location and date are unknown Answers will be published in the August 1985 issue of THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is June 15 1985

The Mystery Plane for February 1985 was identified by a number of our readshyers as the Ryan M-1 Charley Hayes of Park Forest Illinois wrote

This is one of several versions of the Ryan M-1 The M-1 first flew on Feburshyary 14 1926 It was powered with a varishyety of engines including the Curtiss OX-5 Hisso 150 Hisso 180 Wright Whirlwind J-4E Super Rhone 120 Hisso 200 Ryan-Siemens 125 and Menasco-Salmson 250 water cooled radial Several Mmiddot1 s were used as mail planes on the West Coast and one M-1 10 MAY 1985

by George A Hardie Jr

was converted to a five-place cabin plane with the 200 Hisso E and called the Bluebird

Although the airplane in the photo apshypears to be an M-1 it actually is a Cruizair designed by William Waterhouse and built in Los Angeles at the same time as the M-1 It can be identified by comparing the magazine photo with one shown on page 25 in the book The Spirit of Ryan by Ev Cassagshyneres Note the difference in the mountshying of the tail skid from that of the M-1 and the cowl does not have the swirled finish featured on Ryan M-1s Only three of the Cruizairs were built while Ryans M-1 became a successful deshysign which was the basis for one of the most famous of all airplanes Lindberghs Spirit of St Louis

Claude Ryan had hired Waterhouse to do the engineering for his M-1 deshysign original with Ryan and later patented by him Waterhouse was building one of his own while working

for Ryan and when Ryan discovered this he quickly finished the M-1 with the help of Hawley Bowlus and captured the market for his new design Details of this story can be found in Cassagshyneres book and also in Ryan The Avshyiator by William Wagner

Answers were submitted by Jim Borshyden Burnsville MN and Doug Rounds of Zebulon GA (both of whom correctly identified it as the Cruizair) Kirk Ullman Orchard Lake MI H Glenn Buffington San Diego CA RH Brooks Canyon Lake TX Ted Businger Willow Springs MO Norman S Orloff San Antonio TX and C L Scott Renton WA

OneOnOne --Campaign

The early results of the One-on-One Campaign for new AntiqueClassic Divishysion members are in Listed below is the new members name a comment (if provided on the membership applicashytion) and the name of the recruiter

W B Dasher Macon GA William B Camp Warner Robbins GA

Bob Dolsen Middlefield OH Bob is 65 years old and has loved planes since age 9 He was with NACA during WW II doing engine testing Charles E Hedge Bedford OH

Leo Drozdowski Grand Blanc MI Leo is very knowledgeable about WW II aircraft Theodore Travis Flushing MI

Melvin D Folkerts Rudd IA Ron Demaray Rockford IA

John Giordano Cedar Rapids IA John and Raymond are building a Sonerai ilL and they frequently fly toshygether in Raymond s 1949 Piper Clipshyper John has a special appreciation for antique and classic airplanes Raymond A Walsh Marion IA

Duane Golding Sheboygan Falls WI Charles Bell Sheboygan WI

Roger Gomoll Minneapolis MN Roger owns a 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D and is a classical musical announcer for Minnesota Public Radio Stan Gomoll Minneapolis MN

Richard Gretz Naperville IL Gene Popma NapervillelL

Everett Gunter Ft Worth TX Everetts interest in antique aircraft goes back 20 years and he has a real knowledge of some of the old aircraft Ned Kensinger Joshua TX

Richard J Halldorson Cavalier NO Elmer (unable to read last name No address or membership number given)

Phillip N Hocker Juneau AK Phillip is a great aviation enthusiast He has a commercial license with land sea and instrument ratings and flies his Cessna 180 over 200 hours yearly Roy G Cagle Juneau AK

Robert Holtorf Mankato MN Robert is President of EAA Chapter 642 Floyd Backstrom Mankato MN

Dianne Lynne Johnson Dallas TX Dianne is EMs daughter and she is interested in antique and lighter than air aircraft E MJohnson Jr Dallas TX

Ellsworth R Jorgenson Annandale MN Ellsworth and his 2 brothers built a Stits SA-11 homebuilt and are currently working on the restoration of Stan Gomolls Stinson V77 Stan Gomoll Minneapolis MN

Harry E Jorgenson New Bright MN He built a Stits Playmate N30J and is restoring a Stinson V77 Stan Gomoll Minneapolis MN

John W Jorgenson Minneapolis MN John is a partner in a Stits Playmate N30J and is assisting in the restoration of a Stinson V77 Stan Gomoll Minneapolis MN

John Krueger Redlands CA John is a 7000 hour commercial pilot and owns a C-150 C-210 Starduster Too and an AT-6 He is President of EM Chapter 845 Ben Giebeler San Bernadino CA

Bruce W LeRoy Madison WI Stanely Mockrud Madison WI

Neil R Lewis Canton IL Neil received his private pilot certificate on 1685 and is interested in restoring an antique or classic aircraft Don Barth Pekin IL

Mike Melfa Miami FL Mikes 3rd airplane is a Global powered psuedo Aeronca C-2 which he says flies better than the original Ray Fow Miami FL

Jun Morris Toledo OH Jun is restoring a 1940 BC-12 Taylorshycraft KF Kreutzfeld Waterville OH

Charles T McBath Naperville IL Charles soloed in 1939 in a 37 hp Taylor Cub He flew P-47s during WW II and flew for American Airlines for 33 years Gar Williams Naperville IL

J Francis Pagels Bayport NY Tom Hutchins Huntington Station NY

Uwanna Perras Redwood City CA Uwanna is doing a complete rebuild of a Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing with his brother Yon Perras Peter Hawks San Carlos CA

Gerard R Peterson Rochester NH Gerard is a very active member of EAA Chapter 225 He is interested in classic aircraft Jack E Denison Rochester NH

Betty I Roman Sunrise FL Betty is very interested in flying She is a student pilot and hopes to get her license soon Hal McGovern Miami FL

Jack Romkey Burlington IA Jack is restoring an OX-5 powered Air King (National Airways Co Lomax IL) Robert J Ziegler Nauvoo IL

John H Rudy Sand Springs OK John is a Ford dealer owns a C-172 and is building a Pietenpol with a Ford Escort engine George E Goodhead Jr Tulsa OK

Fred Scholz Naperville IL Gar Williams Naperville IL

Robert A Stoinoff Jr Harrison OH Robert owns a 1954 C-170B and is reshystoring a Stearman PT-17 to Army specifications Arthur J Parks Cincinnati OH

Peter B Strombom Evansville IN Peter is restoring a Fairchild 24R Stan Gomoll Minneapolis MN

Arnold R Stymest Keene NH Arnold is Director of Aeronautics (Masshysachusetts) He has over 9000 hours commercial license with CFII CFIA ASMELS AGI and IGA ratings He owns a 1948 Stinson 108-3 Station Wagon and a C-182C Bob Lickteig Albert Lea MN

Edward C Tobin Bolingbrook IL Gar Williams Naperville IL

Mark Wiese Blooming Praire MN John D Lafferty Austin MN

Capt Robert A Wittke Hilton Head Island SC Robert is a retired TWA Boeing 747 captain David H Scott Washington DC

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

AL Menasco Aviation Pioneer bull bull

Part II (of two parts)

by Chet Wellman

(Photos courtesy of AI Menasco except as noted)

As AI said he had been tinkering With repairing rebuilding and building engines all his life as he was fascinated by them at an early age After the disasshytrous experience with the French Salmson engines as mentioned in his speech AI determined that he would build his own engines stronger and betshyter than any others Future events proved that AI would succeed in this deshysire

AI says that inverted engines were not invented by him He points out the Europeans had inverted several enshygines and the Army Air Corps under the command of Col Dargue was planshyning a South American good will tour in Loening amphibians and had ordered the Allison Machine Shop in Inshydianapolis Indiana to invert some Libshyerty engines This was done so the pilot could see out over the engine and also to get proper clearance for the props Thus started the Allison Engine Comshypany now known as Allison Gas Turshybine Engine Mfrs a very fine company still located in Indianapolis

In 1929 AI s friend Jack Northrop who was experimenting with the flying wing concept convinced AI of the adshyvantages of an in-line inverted engine AI readily agreed and commenced work on the design The aircraft was almost finished and Jack wrote both the Cirrus and De Havilland companies in England asking if they had considered an inshyverted design of their engines The reshyplies were both negative and the De Havilland reply was quite emphatic

To expedite the aircraft tests AI deshycided to invert one of the Cirrus engines until he could produce one of his own models in the 90-95 hp range required The Cirrus inversion served its purpose to expedite various ground tests with the Northrop Flying Wing until the first Menasco A-4 was finished and installed 12 MAY 1985

AI Menasco in early day flying togs

Original photo is captioned Tokyo 1916 Menasco Oliver Wild

for flight tests These were to be held at Muroc Dry Lake California now Edshywards Air Force Base After the ground tests the plane was returned to the new Northrop hangar in Burbank

At this time Northop turned their full attention to the production of the Alpha This plane was an improved Air Mail design which became the leader in its field both as a mail carrier and as a passenger design The flying wing deshyvelopment was put in a corner of the hangar to be continued when time pershymitted

AI produced five of the Menasco A-4 engines which were installed in various aircraft before tooling up for production of the 95 hp engine with improvements which were also incorporated in later engines such as the six cylinder B6 model

The A-4 engines were named Pirate and the first such engine is now on disshyplay in the Dallas office of Menasco Inc The horsepower then was inshycreased to 95 and the first of this model is on display in the Smithsonian s Nashytional Air and Space Museum The sucshycess of this engine necessitated moving from AI s garage to a small factory on McKinley Avenue in Los Angeles His work force increased to 30 people From the outset Menasco Motors tested their engines at 125 of rated power for 100 hours

AI also pioneered high pressure super-charging of aircraft engines using manifold pressures double those of other engines This together with the inverted designs small frontal area and large propellers are usually cited as the reasons behind AI s ability to get higher performance from an engine with a small displacement

AI purchased all new manufacturing tools and machines and in a short while assembled the finest and most comshyplete machine shop west of Chicago This equipment later played an imporshytant part in the transition of the company from an engine manufacturer to the world s foremost maker of landing gears The Menasco engine became an immediate success and AI s shop was soon self-contained making all parts inshyhouse including the gears His only competition in later years was Fairchild and Sherman Fairchild became a lifelong friend Menasco engines were never intended for racing but because of their ruggedness reliability power and inverted configuration race pilots found them perfect for race planes The fact that AI used ball bearings instead of bronze bearings wherever possible also gave his engines an edge for racshying He learned this friction saving trick from the German engine designer Maybach

AI says that he had always been a free soul under no restraints and able to do what he wanted - like a pirate

So he named his engines Pirate Swashbuckler Freebooter Corsair and the C6S-4 Buccaneer (supershycharged) which AI says was his finest engine

Bill Boeing was on the Menasco Board and AI says he carried the comshypany during the Depression Howe(er in 1937 as with most other companies things were not good with Menasco The company was still making a few shyvery few - aircraft engines and had taken to making small counter top washing machines jacks security valshyves etc

In 1938 AI had a disagreement with the Board as to the direction the comshypany would take and left the company but remained the companys largest shareholder Shortly thereafter the Air Force asked the Menasco Company to build landing gears largely because of their complete machine shop and skilshyled workers That contract brought with it unlimited financing Because of the war business exploded and Menasco became the largest manufacturer of landing gears and remains so today inshycluding gears for the space shuttles Next time you fly commercially chances are you will take off and land on Menasco-built landing gears

Menasco engines enjoy an enviable record as racing engines In 1933 and 1934 these engines won three times as many races in the US as all other engines combined The greatest number of victories won by a single airplane was powered by a Menasco B6S engine This model the Bucshycaneer was the result of six years of development work It was sold as a commercial engine but the racers soon took it to heart In 1937 Menasco enshygines took both the Greve Trophy Race (550 cu in) and the Thompson Trophy Race the 200-mile unlimited against 1800 cu in racers

While Menasco-powered planes were single engine design there were a few twin engine designs including the American Gyro Crusader and at least one trimotor the 1930 Ogden Incidenshytally the American Gyro Crusader was the November 1984 Mystery Plane in THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE The plane was designed by Tom Shelton who aushythored a detailed report of it in the July 1964 issue of SPORT A VIA TlON The ship was powered by two C4S Menasshycos giving excellent performance Tom Shelton still lives in Burbank California

After leaving the Company AI could not remain idle for long so he opened a Ford auto dealership in Culver City California with great success until the second World War when he received a commission as a Major in the US Govshyernment Materiel Command

AI was stationed in Detroit for much of World War II assigned to the producshytion of large military aircraft manufacshy

tured and assembled by the nation s major auto makers as part of the war effort He returned to Los Angeles in 1945 and opened a new Ford dealershyship AI remembers that among his best customers were actors directors and producers from the motion picture inshydustry and that some of the great movie stars were among his close personal friends Clark Gable visited AI s ranch on several occasions

In the middle 1950s AI decided to get out of the auto business and into the wine business So he sold his dealshyership on contract and purchased a ranch and vineyard in the beautiful Napa Valley north of San Francisco This engaged him for many years He recently sold the vineyard retaining over an acre on which his residence is located He lives there today with his lovely wife Julie who is a talented and devoted golfer and has headed several women s golf associations

Julie took a very active part in Ronald Reagan s campaign and election as Governor of California and to two terms as President of the United States She has received special commendation for her efforts Julie and AI make a good team and she tends to keep AI on an even track AI is always thinking of new projects to do because at heart he is still the kid who skipped school to see the air meets in Los Angeles

AI Menasco at 88 is as energetic as a man of 50 He has a keen mind and is interested in everything He is enshygaged in creating a small museum in a remodeled barn behind his and Julies cozy residence in St Helena California AI has boxes of photos and memorabilia of the old days Many photos are alshyready on the walls and AI has an inshyteresting story for each of them

AI is extremely proud of his part in the evolution of the aircraft industry One notes when conversing with him that his recall of each event is immediate and accurate

His friendship with aircraft pioneers such as Donald Douglas Bill Boeing Lindbergh Doolittle Haizlip Claude Ryan and almost every early Aviation Great is clearly remembered One feels that the events he describes so vividly could have happened yestershyday

It has been over 70 years and AI has moved from bicycles and models to motorcycles to home-made race cars to stick and wire open pusher Wright flyers and from biplanes to the moon and space shuttles AND ALBERT SIDshyNEY MENASCO THE PIONEER WHO WAS THERE TO EXPERIENCE IT AND ACTUALLY BE A FORCE IN THE BIRTH OF IT ALL IS STILL HERE TO TELL IT LIKE IT WAS

Following is the conclusion of AI Menascos story as told in his own words in a speech he made on January

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

29 1969 to the Menasco Manufacturing Companys California Division Manageshyment Club C W

It took me from Monday morning until Wednesday to arrive in San Franshycisco closing out my shop and everyshything in Los Angeles arriving in San Francisco on the S S Yale or Harvard I forget which that cost ten bucks from San Pedro to San Francisco

That started an association that lasted a long time We went to Japan first - but I am getting ahead of my story - we started to build the cars and planes in a shop in San Francisco We never finished them because the boat schedule caught up with us and I spent the last hectic days and nights without sleep making a catalog of all the parts and materials and checking them aboard ship

We took off for Japan March 4 1916 as scheduled on the Chiyo Maru - a big liner for the Pacific of 22000 tons Down in the engine room they had a machine shop including a lathe drill press and shapero I did not see much of the Pacific because for 17 days I was down there machining the unfinished parts

We had differentials on the jack shafts with chain drive to the rear wheels somewhat of a reverse from the new front wheel drives on the cars today The steering gear hubs and axles for the cars and parts for the airplanes were all semi-finished - incishydentally we had rack and pinion steershying which is so highly touted today for sports cars I did most of the finish machine work in the engine room of the Chiyo Maru I wish you could have seen the equipment I can still remember it all today

When we arrived in Japan everyshything was semi-finished We had a big team of six racing car drivers including myself and an organization of 23 memshybers assembled in Japan including adshyvance men photographers etc It took six weeks in Tokyo before we had 3 cars and one airplane ready for the first show at Aoyama Parade Grounds at T6kyo 225000 paid admission to the parade grounds and I am sure that most of the 5 or 6 million other residents of Tokyo at least saw Art in the sky And from then on he was taken into the hearts of the Japanese

He was a little guy - 56 - about the stature of most Japanese and was always pleasant and even tempered shyhe just clicked with them - that was all We made a tour over most of Japan I stayed in Tokyo most of the time after we were well organized and built up the second airplane and finished the eight cars

With our new Curtiss 90 hp eight cyshylinder engines and other improvements the aircraft performance enabled Art to fly from fields that were impossible beshy14 MAY 1985

fore We would arrive at a field with coolies pulling five crates which conshytained the airplane We assembled it ready to fly in an hour and a half From the time he landed it was back in the crates in 45 minutes

Our controls were the same as today except we used the wheel to conshytrol the rudder with ailerons controlled with the feet We used an altimeter the size of a pocket watch strapped around the pilots leg and a tachometer alongside the seat That was the inshystrumentation A ground wire from the magneto to a switch on the wheel and a foot throttle on the aileron bar were the engine controls The ground wire was disconnected from the magneto in disassembly

At the show in Sapporo the ground wire was installed badly causing it to short on take off Attempting to avoid a landing among spectators Art crashed and was severely injured and we had to ship home washing out the tour Fishynancially we came out about evenshystephen by the time we returned to San Francisco

Arts injuries including his left leg broken in three places required his being sent to a hospital in Chicago while I stayed in San Francisco and reshybuilt the equipment We returned to Japan six months later a little bit smarshyter

We did not take a big crew just Art and myself his mother and one Japanese assistant Japanese promotshyers had contacted us meanwhile and money was deposited in the banks at Yokohama before dates were assigned by our Japanese manager in Tokyo

We were booked ahead into Korea Manchuria China Formosa and the Phillippines besides returning to all the cities of Japan There was not an end in sight - Singapore and beyond Our lowest fee for the smaller towns was 5000 yen - $2500 for two flights shythe larger cities were negotiated upon gate receipts and the money was rolling in

We had two sets of equipment which we could grasshopper over each other - our Tokyo office lined them up so that we averaged as many as five differshyent cities a week When the United States declared war we decided to come home and join the army

Art took time out to give me some very expensive flying lessons cancelshyling about five dates to do so We laid over at Niigata on the west coast of Japan We used the home stretch of a mile race track there for take offs and landings and simulated landings on a beach nearby until I had 180 minutes of instruction which Art deemed sufficient

I had previously had acrobatic lesshysons being one of the very few who learned to loop before the art of taking off and landing We had our last show

in Shanghai where we had a good field enabling me to solo and I was considshyered a full -fledged aviator

We arrived back in San Francisco in November both volunteering for the Aviation branch of the Signal Corps They turned me down because of my bad ears - maybe they were right beshycause my hearing is still bad - and sent Art back to the new Langley Field Virshyginia as a test pilot

I joined the Canadian Royal Flying Corps in Vancouver after being turned down by the Navy At Toronto the RFC was adopting United States proshycedures so again I was grounded and I finally wound up at Langley Field also where I was put in charge of engine testing and instruction for the Signal Corps as an aeronautical engineer with a civil service salary of $1 800 a year - that that was a great thing - I was an engineer

My work embraced some correcshytions to the Hispano-Suiza engines then being built as the choice for a fighter program which led me to joining the builders - the Wright-Martin Company shywho was the licensee in the United States Wright-Martin later became the present Curtiss-Wright Co who built the Wright J-5 engine that Lindbergh flew the Atlantic with

I decided to come home after the war - we had trained 18000 pilots in Jenshynies and you could buy a surplus Jenny for $35000 Pilots were a dime a dozen giving passenger rides for $500 from cow pastures all over the country

I took a job as a machinist in a shop on West Pico St for 60 cents an hour Art stayed on and the infant Air Mail was born He flew the mail From the shop in Los Angeles I graduated to seIshyling machine tools then started my own shop building air compressors

One of my early pals in racing Karl Weber invented a glass grinding machine and I joined his company the Weber Showcase Co The automobile business began building the closed cars and we could hardly build the glass machines fast enough for Detroit and we were in the chips again

Art was still flying the mail He had scattered most of the money from Japan around Texas in oil well drilling He had also bought 250 war surplus French Salmson engines which our goverment had received from France after the war - quite possibly the most we ever received from France of a repashyrations nature The engine was known as the Liberty of France - a very adshyvanced engine for its time a 9 cylinder radial water cooled type of 230 hp

He planned to start an aircraft factory while flying the mail and build a sky-writshying airplane He was still inventing things and was going to corner the skyshywriting business He had improved the war surplus DH mail ships with several

of his devices It was still the US Airshymail Service - not yet a private carrier

The government asked for bids to reshyplace old DHs The Curtiss and Dougshylas companies responded with two proshytotypes for evaluation Douglas submitshyted an adaptation of its round-the-world cruiser carrying 1000 Ibs of mail in a front cockpit with the pilot in the rear open cockpit Curtiss submitted a new model called the Carrier Pigeon of basshyically the same type - both biplanes But the Carrier Pigeon was an ungainly looking ship by comparison and had a very high cowling forward that lessened forward visibility

Douglas appeared to be favored all the pilots tested both at Cleveland Art was a friend of Curtiss and wanted to see the Pigeon get a fair trial He said that he did not want to just fly it around the field but take it on his regular night run to Chicago under actual weather conditions He was at that time very inshyterested in bad weather flying and deshyveloping aids during his trips

He took the Carrier Pigeon on his run to Chicago that day and encounshytered bad weather for the return trip I was in New York and had planned to meet him in Washington the following day to visit the patent office Ten inches of snow fell on New York that night and Art was out in the Carrier Pigeon

He bored through safely to Bryan Ohio and decided to land at the emergency field there to replenish his fuel in case of necessary circling over Cleveland later He broke through at Bryan okay but in circling a farm to get his bearings he struck a lone tree that was about 40 feet above all else and that is where he finished

I went down to Ft Wayne to his funshyeral They erected a statue on the golf course there where he taught himself to fly It is a beautiful statue - a shaft of granite 40 feet high with an 8 foot symshybolic figure of a man with wings outshystretched in bronze on top

In helping his mother and father to settle his estate we found that his prinshycipal asset was the 250 Salmsons in a warehouse at Dayton Civil aviation was beginning to stir so I tried to peddle these engines to some of the emerging companies but none of them seemed to have much money

I finally shipped the engines to California and started to convert them to American standards to make enough to take care of Mrs Smith and Arts father who was failing rapidly That was mistake We increased the horsepower to 260 by making a few improvements but the engine started throwing parts such as valves springs and other pieces

Lindbergh flew the ocean while we were doing this and all hell broke loose Everyone wanted to get into the aircraft business They would buy engines

theyd buy anything remotely connected to the aircraft business You could sell stock in any company that even suggested an affiliation For example there was a small railroad in Florida called Seaboard Airlines To the amazement of stockholders and manshyagement their stock zoomed to asshytronomical figures overnight No one stopped to question that it was a railroad

I had unlimited opportunities to sell the engines except about that time the government established an Aeronautics Bureau through the Department of Commerce to create some regulations for the exploding industry

It became necessary to license airshycraft properly also to set speCifications for safety among which were tests to prove airworthiness Engines were reshyquired to pass certain tests to obtain an airworthiness certificate

The whole concept was proper and well done But I was stuck with the Salmsons unless I could get them cershytified To do this we had to operate an engine at full throttle for 50 hours at the Bureau of Standards in Washington DC - within a range of temperatures and fuel consumption figures and other safety factors

We made five trips and in the last attempt we ran 49 hours and 27 minshyutes before the last piece of the French engine blew which was the crankcase as we had replaced about everything else by that time

By this time we had assembled a good crew and had a good shop so I said Im back in the engine business but I am going to build my own engines

That was the start of the Menasco Manufacturing Company

We called it Menasco Motors Jack Northrop also a young man at that time but already with impressive credits was responsible for my decision to build an inverted type engine He convinced me that all previous types were not built for the utmost aerodynamic efficiency but

to obtain the best power-weight ratio The Wright Whirlwind J-5 which Lindbergh had used was supreme they could sell more than they could build a nine cylinder radial Of the 140 some types by as many companies then apshyplying for certification 90 percent were radials of large frontal area

Jack said The inverted engine of small frontal area with the crankshaft above gives a higher center of thrust plus more propeller clearance which in turn allows for a shorter landing gear shya better aerodynamic situation all around

Other advantages of streamlining lower center of gravity accessibility were apparent Jack was anxious to build a small prototype flying wing and this type of engine fit in his plans The design also included a retractable landshying gear and other innovations

We had the most complete machine shop within the aviation fraternity then Douglas Lockheed Ryan and others were primarily airplane builders lacking much in the way of metal working machine tools

As a result we were able to execute the more difficult machined parts for them So we built the first retractable landing gear for Northrop of Jacks deshysign It was what we termed a piece of jewelry then I dont think you even have the tools in the plant today to do the job - we practically had to hand tool the whole thing out

That was the first retractable landing gear built in the industry to my knowlshyedge It worked fine in tests at Burbank but in crosswind testing at Muroc Dry Lake (now Edwards Air Force Base) it was troublesome Jack wanted to get on with the testing of the airplane itself so we finished with a fixed gear to prove several of the other new features of the first flying wing Eddie Bellande did the flying - who has just retired as Chairman of the Board of the Garrett Corporation incidentally

Photo courtesy of Wes Schmid

Rudy Kling and his Menasco-powered Folkerts SK-3 racing aircraft in which he won both the Greve and Thompson trophies in 1937

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That was at least a partial success for the first retractable gear - designed by Northrop and built by Menasco So at long last we come back here to where you are building landing gear

I must tell you one more landing gear story then button this up We had grown into air racing We were quite successful in fact thats being too modshyest During that era we won four times as many races as all other engine comshypanies combined But we never built a racing engine These were stock apshyproved type engines I must digress to explain this After five failures with the French engine I made up my mind that when I built my own engine and put my name on it that there would be no failshyures at the Bureau of Standards 50 hour tests

No engine was submitted by us for testing thereafter that could not run 100 hours at 125 full throttle I did not even bother to attend the tests in Washingshyton We got seven approved type certifishycates in a row - no other manufacturer had ever submitted to seven successive tests successfully

We did it by diligence and determinashytion to give the customer more than he asked for Throughout the Burbank plant today I saw a lot of your work and it was beautiful I am really proud to have my name on the door again

I promised one more anecdote about the second landing gear we were inshyvolved in A group of San Francisco flyers and sportsmen decided to build an airplane to compete in the National Air Races at Cleveland They backed a young designer by the name of Keith Rider who produced an outstanding airplane - all metal cantilever low wing using our first supercharged enshygine and a retractable landing gear

We had appeared for the first time at a National Air Race scene in Chicago in 1930 Now it was 1931 and the San Francisco people became so enthused when they saw their entry develop that they decided to build two of them We arrived at Cleveland and created quite an impression They were beautiful to see they looked like the modern fighter of today The slender nose of the in-line engine the short un braced low wing in gleaming aluminum was quite someshything We were in a small cubic inch class our largest engine was only 544 cubic inches and we had no aspirations to win the big Thompson Trophy race which was unlimited with engines as high as 1 800 inches But we did bite off the 1000 inch class we thought we could do well in that

There were 50000 people in the grandstand as the race started Planes were lined up abreast in what was called a racehorse start If the wind was from the wrong direction they took off opposite to the counter-clockwise direcshytion of the course cirCling a scattering

pylon before entering the first lap on the proper course

I was in a grandstand as a guest of some prominent people instead of my usual place at the starting line

The flag was dropped and all the planes started Right in front on the inshyside pole comes this Miss San Franshycisco It hopped off the ground and was in the air - level with the eye in the grandstand while the others were still lumbering along down there on the field and as it passed the grandstand the wheels disappeared the landing gear came up and went out of sight Nobody had ever seen that happen except to a bird

The grandstand came undone He was down around that scattering pylon and back on the 10 miles course and out of sight before some of the other guys were barely airborne

That was the first sight of the retractshyable landing gear to this big audience at the National Air Races In those days it was a 1 ~-day meet - the Olympics of the air Everything was done to disshyplay aircraft The Army Navy Marine Corps and foreign governments particshypated Many new types of aircraft were displayed and demonstrated each year

It was a great show It was done by myoid friend and high school pal Cliff Henderson who had the genius of PT Barnum in my book He alternated beshytween Los Angeles and Cleveland for the 12 years of popularity shortened at the end to four days Menasco engines dominated most events and finally in 1937 we succeeded the ultimate victory of winning the Thompson Trophy race the unlimited against engines of as high as 1800 cubic inches displacement with our model C6S-4 engine making the fastest time in the last lap of any American machine in the history of the event

This boy Rudy Kling did the job as an embryo pilot I believe at the time he only had about 300 hours in the air shyand that was our ultimate success It went on as you know to the great things that are going on today

The eventual change from aircraft engines to landing gears seems a fitting thing because Ive described how landshying gear was also part of the history of aircraft development by some great guys and now Menasco is known for landing gear

In 1969 AI and Julie were invited back to Japan to celebrate the 53rd Annivershysary ofArt Smith and AIs tours ofJapan in 1916 and 1917 Their hosts were the Mikimoto Pearl Company located on an island off the coast of Japan It was on this island that Art and AI had demonshystrated their aircraft in 1917 The Japanese treated them royally wined and dined them and they appeared on television AI was presented with a handsome album made up of some of the photos the Japanese had taken in 1917 AI and Julie also played golf with the President of the company and another officer (Julie won)

AIs brother Milton was seven years older than AI and was the one who took him in during his turbulent younger days He also saw that AI went back to school In 1912-13 at Milton s urging AI took evening classes at Polytech in Los Angeles in Machine Shop and Engines Milton later became a well known artist especially in England and Kentucky for his landscapes and horse pictures His use of color and shadow was outstandshying While in Kentucky he was commisshysioned to paint most of the famous thoroughbreds of his day Milton died in 1978 a famous and respected artist bull

Photo courtesy of Wes SChmid A Menasco engine being installed in the Floyd-Bean racer in 1939

16 MAY 1985

I ~ype ClubActivities CompIled by Gtnt ( hast

Bruce M Bixler II President of the Taylorcraft Owners Club reports the group has over 500 members and is growing Dues are $1000 per year which includes a quarterly newsletter The Taylorcrafter Bruce edits the newsletter which includes some history some technical information upcoming events and a classified ad section

Dorothy Feris President and Owner of Taylorcraft Aviation Corp offers some advice that may be of help to ownshyers of pre-war Taylorcraft A and B Modshyels The oil temperature gauge is actushyally a water temperature unit used by the automotive industry in 1936 Chevshyrolets Plymouths and 1937 Kenworth Peterbuilt and Mack trucks Any antique car magazine would probably provide sources for them

The Annual Taylorcraft Fly-InReunshyion will be the weekend of July 5-7 this year at Barber Airport three miles north of Alliance Ohio

For information on the Fly-In andor the Taylorcraft Owners Club contact Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601

The Stearman Restorers Association is one of the oldest of the currently operating Type Clubs Founded in 1963 by Don Williams with the encourageshyment of Lloyd Stearman it boasts an active membership today of over 1 400 members

This well-organized group publishes a fine 24 to 28 page quarterly newsletter called the Outfit The newsletter which more resembles a magazine is well worth the annual $1000 membershyship fee

In addition to the Annual National Stearman Fly-In members of the Stearshyman Restorers Association can particishypate in regional fly-ins Those events scheduled for 1985 are

May 24-26 - Annual Southern Stearshyman Fly-In Pensacola Florida Dates and location not firm at this time Contact Ellis Davis PO Box 2007 Pensacola FL 32503

July 12-14 - Ohio Stearman Fly-In Allen County Airport Lima Ohio Contact Jim Zimmerman 1190 South Thayer Road Lima OH 45806

August 3-4 - Northwest Stearman FlyshyIn Cottage Grove Oregon Contact Tom Cochrane 85431 Doane Road Eugene OR 97402 Phone 503687shy8830

September 4-8 - National Stearman Fly-In Galesburg Illinois Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 60014 or Ted McCullough 2310 Monmouth Blvd Galesburg IL 61401

For information about the Stearman Restorers Association contact Tom Lowe at the above address

Another highly organized Type Club is the Short Wing Piper Club This group has chapters throughout the country and is promoting the formation of others Chapters currently oerating or in the process of being formed are

1) New England (Massachusetts) 2) Mid Atlantic (Maryland) 3) Florida 4) Indiana-Ohio 5) Michigan 6) Wisconsin (North Central) 7) Missouri Valley (Iowa) 8) Mid-America (Missouri) 9) Southwest (North Texas) 10) Nebraska 11) Southern California 12) Golden Gate (Northern California) 13) Rag Wing Pipers (Washington) 14) Arizona 15) Illinois 16) Western Canada (British Columbia)

For information on contacting the above chapters or forming new ones contact Robert Fuller President and National Chapter Director 245 Nassau

Street Princeton NJ 08540 Robert Fuller can also be contacted for inforshymation on the Short Wing Piper Club

The 1985 National Funk Fly-In is scheduled for August 2-4 at Coffeyville Kansas The dates were juggled some this year so those who wish can spend a week at Oshkosh 85 then come to Coffeyville

There will the usual round of games and contests the Friday night get-toshygether and the Saturday night banquet Antiques and homebuilts are invited Trophies wil be presented at the banshyquet

For information on the fly-in or the Funk Aircraft Owners Association conshytact Ray Pahls President 454 Summitshylawn Wichita KS 67209

The Seventeenth Annual Convention of the International Cessna 170 Associshyation will be July 21-26 1985 at Antique Airfield Blakesburg Iowa The schedule of events is

SUN JULY 21 - Pre-registration MON JULY 22 - Registration set up tent Surprise tour No host party

TUES JULY 23 - Fly-out to Amana Board meeting

WED JULY 24 - Airport Day Breakfast in Blakesburg 170 Forum lunch at airport proficiency flying BBQ at airport party movie

THURS JULY 25 - Fly-out lunch in Keosauqua Annual business meeting

FRI JULY 26 - Fly-out to Pella Dutch town lunch Strawtown Awards Banquet

For information contact FO Kling 602567 -4588 bull

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Spartan 7W-P in Chinese markings on the ramp at Spartan s Spartan 7W-P with cowling removed in Spartan Hangar No 2 Hangar No2 at Tulsa Municipal Airport

SPARTAN AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION

The 7W-P disassembled for shipment about to be placed in the large wooden box shown beyond the plane

Photo from the early 1940s Popular AviationFlying magazine showing the Spartan 7W-P nosed over in a Chinese river

by George E Goodhead Jr (EAA 3603 AlC 5176) 6326 E 4th Street Tulsa OK 74112

To some the exact number of Sparshytan aircraft manufactured from the first Model 7X powered with the Jacobs L-5 to the Model 12 with the PampW Wasp Jr has been a mystery Following is a breakdown of the units manufactured by the Spartan Aircraft Company Inc at Tulsa Oklahoma from 1935 to 1946

1-Model 7X SIN 0 34 - Model 7W SIN 1 through 34 1 - Model 7W-P SIN P-1 1 - Model 8W SIN 8W-1 1 Model 12W SIN 12-1 38 Total 18 MAY 1985

(Photos by Author except as noted)

Of the above models the Federal Airshycraft Register dated 5-5-84 listed 20 Model 7Ws and one Model 12

Type Certificates were issued only to the Models 7W (ATC 628 issued 2-15-37) and 7W-P (ATC 646 issued 6-28-37)

Spartan built only one Model 7W-P Its date of manufacture was 9-14-36 It was built as a photographic plane and the extensive modification to the fuseshylage center section to accommodate the camera equipment required a new type certificate

The Spartan 7W-P was finished in Chinese markings crated and shipped to China Its fate is unknown

Spartan 7W NC17605 SIN 7W-10 was one of only two Executives that came off the assembly line with a comshy

plete paint job This ship was painted a bright red with the full Spartan logo painted down the side of the fuselage in cream This is the same ship that Arshylene Davis flew to fifth place in the 1939 Bendix race with an average speed of 196489 mph

At a later date photographs of this same airplane appeared with a gunner appearing through the top of the cabin with a machine gun and a gunsight protruding from the windshield The plane also carried two 30 caliber fixed guns in the engine cowl and 6 bombs mounted under each wing (See page 164 Juptner US Civil Aircraft Vol 7) This ship was never built in this configshyuration A close examination of the photo will show that it is re-touched

Spartan Aircraft Photo

The one and only Spartan 8W Zeus SIN 8W-1 in Mexican markings Date of manufacture was 8-14-37 This 2-place aircraft was licensed Experimental and carried NX17612 registration number A hoped-for government contract did not materialize and plane was scrapped

Spartan 7W Executive SIN 7W-19 was manufactured on 5-8-39 for the King of Iraq Note the Kings crest on vertical fin Regisshytration is YI-SOF This plane was last known to be in England in 1941

Spartan Aircraft Photo YI-S05 with an eagle and the words Eagle of Iraq painted in gold on the red trim on the cowling

US Air Force photo courtesy of Lt Gen Ken Tallman USAF Ret

NC17633 SIN 7W-21 in military colors as a UC-71 during WW II Plane is now owned by Colgate W Darden III of Cayce SC


Model7W NC17605 SIN 7W-10 manufactured 11-5-37 was the first of only two Executives to leave the factory with full paint This is the one Arlene Davis flew in the 1939 Bendix Trophy Race

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probably by the Spartan Engineering Department

The most beautiful Spartan ever built was for the King of Iraq It was SIN 7Wshy19 with Iraqi registration YI-SOF The interior was upholstered in red antique velour trimmed in gold The Kings crest was placed on the fin and wing tips The plane was trimmed with a red and gold stripe A gold eagle was painted on the engine cowl thus the ship was called Eagle of Iraq The young king was kilshyled in an automobile accident just beshyfore the plane arrived in Iraq

During World War II sixteen Spartan 7W Executives were acquired by the Air Force and designated UC-71 transshyports One of these Spartan 7W SIN 7W-21 NC17633 bui lt 7-29-39 was purshy

chased by the USAAF in March of 1942 and assigned number 42-38367 At the end of WW II the UC-71 s were sold back to civilian owners As of this date 42-38367 was again assigned N17633 and is owned by Colgate W Darden III (EAA 14846 AlC 1023) at Cayce SC

A two-place tandem-seater was built in August 1937 called the 8W Zeus The model 8W Zeus was built using major components of the 7W Executive around a new fuselage center section and was powered by a 550 hp PampW Wasp S3H-1 engine It came off the Spartan assembly line with Mexican markings on the wing tips and rudder Spartan assigned it SIN 8W-1 with US registration NX17612 It is reported that this ship was flown to Mexico as well as

to Cuba trying to obtain a military conshytract On return from this trip the Mexishycan markings were removed and a US Military contract was applied for in comshypetition with the AT-6 and others This contract did not materialize The ship at a later date was disassembled and scrapped

A story of the Spartan 7W Executive complete with a list of all aircraft built date of manufacture serial numbers engine numbers and a list of owners from the time of manufacture to the year 1978 can be obtained from the Amershyican Aviation Historical Society 2333 Otis Street Santa Ana California 92704 The article was published in their Summer 1980 Volume 25 Number 2 issue of the AAHS Journal

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cancelled on 11-15-39 and not renewed


Spartan factory assembly line in 1937 Plane in foreground is Model 7W NC17613 SIN 7W-12 Next is the Model 8W NX17612 SIN 8W-1 followed by Model 7W NC17614 SIN 7W-13

20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

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MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS 1929 shyModel airplanes were the first powshy

ered aircraft to fly though it may be wrong to call them model airplanes for there were no airplanes to model Actushyally the big man-carrying airplanes were scaled up copies of the model airplanes so they might be considered model aircraft

The first engine-driven model airplane to fly was John Stringfellows steam powered 10 monoplane of 1848 Having proven that he could build a powered aircraft and lacking any recogshynition for this achievement Stringfellow went back to running his lace factory

A more direct ancestor of todays model airplanes was Alponse Penauds small aircraft These were the first model aircraft to be powered by twisted rubber bands and were successfully flown from 1874 Penaud died a few years later before getting a chance at lasting fame but the heritage of his rubshyber powered aircraft endures to this day

In 1896 Samuel Langley secretary of the Smithsonian Institution flew a large tandem winged model aircraft This was a 26 lb twin-screw 1-112 hp steam powered model of 13 wingspan It eventually flew over a mile course in a little over a minute With his successful flights Langley demonstrated that manshyned powered flight was possible and proceeded to scale up his model aircraft to man carrying size Powered by a 50 hp radial engine two attempts were made to launch the craft from a houseshyboat Both ended in failure the second nine days before the Wright Brothers first powered flight

The Wrights epic flight transposed model building from an experimental

by Dennis Parks

tool into a dynamic hobby With the adshyvent of full sized aircraft which once copied the small now the small aircraft would copy the full scale aircraft and the hobby of model aviation was born

The first literature devoted to model aviation enthusiasts was in books The first I can verify was The Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning by Valshyentine Johnston London 1910 The oldest in the EAA Library is Model Balshyloons and Flying Machines by J H Aleshyxander London 1911 In the preface to this book the author held that both inshystruction and amusement can be obshytained from the making and flying of models He hoped the knowledge deshyrived from model flights would tend to develop talent and foster a love for the science of aviation The book had five sheets of working drawings These inshycluded plans for Farman Voisin Wright and Bleriot aircraft

Model aeroplane supply catalogs made an early appearance with catalogs from Ideal and White available in 1912 The White catalog had 20 pages and provided materials plans and kits for the modeler A three-foot Bleriot model was available for $300

Though some general aviation jourshynals carried modeling sections and plans such as Popular Aviation and Air Trails with plans by Paul Lindberg Willshyiam Winter and Joe Ott Model Airplane News was the first to devote itself to aeronautical modeling

First appearing in July 1929 Model Airplane News is the oldest continushyously published modeling magazine for the aviation enthusiast The founder of the magazine was George Johnson His first editorial page was dedicated to the young modelers of America It was

stated that as building of model airplanes has become Young Americas favorite pastime that would suffice as the inspiration for any publication but that there was a more significant messhysage That was that model building is a primary education in one of the great growing industries of the world

The most influential editor was probshyably Charles Hampson Grant who shepherded the staff of MAN from 1933 to July 1943 Grant was an aviashytion graduate of MIT an Early Bird and the author of the large book study Model Airplane Design and Theory of Flight This book was an outgrowth of his series of articles on the aerodynamics of the model airplane

Another regular feature in the thirties was the series of how-to articles of

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

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Aerial view of the Fly-In by Dan Bull shows 20 of the planes that flew in Landing strip runs from left to right across top of picture

Hay Meadow Ski Plane Fly-In by Norm Petersen

Photos by Dan Bull

If ever the term risky business was applied to a particular endeavor it would apply to those few hardy souls who plan a ski plane fly-in months in advance There are so many variables - anyone of which can upset the planshyning (Le - applecart)

On Saturday February 9 1985 evshyerything came together for EAA Chapshyter 640 of Merrill Wisconsin and one of the most successful ski plane fly-ins was enjoyed by over 50 hardy souls at John Hatzs (EAA 3990 NC 2983) Hay Meadow Airport near Gleason Wisconshysin

The picture-perfect setting of this rural 2200 foot landing strip surrounded by forests and hay fields is a sight to behold for the true grassroots flyer And to have a soft white powdery snowfall arrive to cover the previous acshycumulation just in time for the fly-in shysomebody really delivered the goods

Ye olde editor almost missed the whole show I had arranged to fly with Chuck Andreas (EM 97349 NC 7492) and his 115 hp Citabria on Federal skis 22 MAY 1985

However the night before he called with the sad news that the runway at Bill Brennands airport was scraped so clean we couldnt take off on skis (With my transportation down the tubes I now suspected the weather would turn nice and a dandy fly-in was in the offing shyMurphys Law was in full operation)

Early Saturday morning I was greeted by the suns rays as the day dawned bright and cold with the tempershy

ature just above zero To find out if anyshybody else might be flying up to Gleason I drove out to Earl Grunskas (EAA 940 NC 565) farm just south of Neenah Wisconsin His J-3 Cub was in the hangar with the skis mounted - ready to go However Earl was nursing a sore left elbow due to a flare-up of arthritis After listening to my sad tale of woe about not going in the Citabria he suggested I take his Cub and fly up to

Ye Olde Editor winds up the J-3 Cub for takeoff at Hay Meadow Note loose cables on skis and tight bungee cord with ice-cutter cable on lower end

The Patriarch of Hay Meadow John Hatz holds the window as Norm Petersen fits himself and many pounds of clothing into the rear seat of the CUb

Gleason (Maybe my dauber down expression had something to do with it)

Before long we had the J-3 pushed out of the hangar and the 65 hp Contishynental warming up Earl had installed winter covers on the intake tubes and the oil sump In addition he had one of Wag-Aeros Artic Heaters installed on the left side of the engine to help heat the cabin In approximately 20 minutes the engine oil temperature was off the peg and I had climbed into the rear seat with nearly all the warm clothes I owned on my back It is really amazing how much (bulk) will fit in the back seat of a Cub

Earl held the left wing back as I added power and swung towards the snow coshyvered landing strip Gone was the rumshyble of the wheels Skis slide so graceshyfully over the snow I swung a wide arc at the far end of the strip checking the mags as I did so As the nose lined up with the runway I added full power and lifted the tail In just a few feet the Cub lifted into the cold air and I was on my way to Hay Meadow

A slight tailwind helped the 76 mph cruise speed of the Cub as I covered the 90 miles in 1 hour and 5 minutes The outside temperature was 15 deshygrees above by now yet inside the Cub I was comfortably warm and enjoyed the extremely smooth winter air Circlshying Hay Meadow Airport I could see a few people were stirring but I was still the first arrival on skis

John Hatzs runway was in perfect shape for such an event with the sixshyinch snow and no wind to blow it into drifts The sun was peeking in and out of the thin overcast as the planes began to arrive one after another

Arriving from the farthest distance was Marv Vandenheuval (EM 258422) from Milwaukees Capitol Airport in his newly restored Taylorcraft L-2 on 1500 Federal skis Obviously the coldest pilot award would go to Merrill McMahan who flew in from Wausau in his open cockpit Stearman The final total showed 18 planes on skis plus 5 planes on wheels for one of the finest turnouts ever recorded Again the secret was the ideal winter weather combined with perfect snow conditions

The large heated shop was a welshycome respite from the cold as John Hatzs wife Berdina assembled a tasty meal of hot chili with all the trimmings Gallons of hot coffee helped warm the thirsty pilots and others of Chapter 640 who drove out to the Fly-In Following the delicious meal a short business meeting was held with Chapter ViceshyPresident Merrill McMahan presiding It was easy to see on the smiling faces that this was a group of ski plane enshythusiasts And with hosts like John and Berdina Hatz along with their sons Clifshyford and Allan who maintain one of the


Jim LeFevre Oconto WI flew in with his nicely painted Piper Pacer on 2000 Federals Even the skis were painted to match the airplane Overall scheme is Ivory with Brown and Orange trim

Allan Hatz cranks up the prototype Hatz Biplane on skis for a trip around the patch This not-too-Iarge two-place homebuilt really jumps with its 150 hp Lycoming

Line-up of Aeronca Chief on skis Stearman on wheels Piper Super Cub on skis Piper Pacer on skis and Piper J-4E Coupe on wheels Such a variety

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LANES ON FLOATS

This Hamilton H-47 Metalplane is mounted with Hamilton floats Note the M strutting configuration in the front view

by Gene Chase

The article by Bob Monk A Teenshyager in Panama in the December 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE reshysulted in some interesting responses We decided to present them along with the appropriate photos as an article

The following letters speak for themshyselves

Dear Mr Chase

I enjoy the VINTAGE AIRPLANE regshyularly and find the articles useful Of particular interest was the article on the Panama Hamiltons by Bob Monk I have some knowledge of the Hamilton Metalplanes and also of seaplanes in general I have some additions and corshyrections

On page 14 of the December issue the caption referring to the front right view of the Hamilton on the beaching dolly is not correct It clearly has EDO floats installed The caption states that they are Hamilton floats Quite correctly all of the other photos show Hamilton floats

To elaborate the particular EDO model shown is the J-5300 which was the largest of the standard line of letter series built in the late twenties and early thirties The shape is quite characterisshytic and easily recognizable to the trained eye

The number 5300 refers of course to the displacement of one float in pounds of fresh water The pair supplies 100 reserve buoyancy and would be used on aircraft weighing around 5300 24 MAY 1985

pounds This float was also used on the cept having a 24 section removed This Fokker Super Universal Fairchild 71 was used on Bellanca Pacemaker Travel Air A-6000A and the Wiley PosU Travel Air 6000B and Ryan B-5 Will Rogers ill-fated Lockheed Orion Larger floats were available under Explorer special order and in the late thirties the

The next smaller float was the K-4650 numbered series with the characteristic which was identical to the J-5300 ex- shape still built today was begun

This photo was incorrectly captioned on page 14 of the December 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE The floats are Edos not Hamiltons as pointed out by reader Anderson

Drawing by Douglas E Anderson in collaboration with Art Mills

Drawing of a Hamilton Metalplane H-47 of Ontario Provincial Air Service Floats are YC-6400 by Edo

In the photos the different floats can be distinguished by the strutting arshyrangement The EDOs have a simple N configuration while the Hamiltons had the more complex M in the front view Hamilton floats built by the aircraft manufacturer were not considered satisfactory and in many cases were reshyplaced

I have included a copy of a drawing of Canadian Hamiltons I did in collabshyoration with Art Mills who measured the existing example which is based in St Paul Minnesota The EDO J-5300 floats are not shown since the installashytion did not appear in Canada There was however a larger EDO built under license in Canada and fitted to the Hamiltons of Ontario Provincial Air Sershyvice This was the YC-6400 one sub model in a series beginning with the Yshy6075 used on Lindberghs Sirius and culminating in the high production Ydshy6470

There is much more I could say about floats Perhaps it will make a good artishycle someday

Also referring to the Pheasant restoshyration article on page 10 The EAAs Pheasant is not the only surviving example The Western Development Museum at Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Canada holds the fully restored H-10 G-CASR CIN 121 The aircraft origishynally registered NC5411 was operated by Cherry Red Air Lines of Prince Alshybert Sasketchewan in the late 1920s and early 30s

I hope the above may be of interest

Sincerely Doug Anderson Heart Lake Road R R 1 Inglewood Ontario Canada LON 1KO

Dear Mr Monk

I was most interested in your story about Isthmian Airways in the Deshycember 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE

In the summer of 1931 I got a job as ordinary seaman on the SS To loa opshyerated by the United Fruit Company We sailed from New York stopped at Havanna and then went on to Cristobel in the Canal Zone There I was given the day off as cargo was being unshyloaded

A fellow seaman and I discovered Isthmian Airways and bought a round trip ticket on the airline to Panama City and back As I recall the cost was $500 each way It was a very wonderful way to see the entire canal from low altitude

This was only my second ride in an airplane as my first ride was in a Fokker tri-motor at Hadley Field near New

HAY MEADOW SKI FLY-IN (Continued from Page 23)

finest grass roots facilities in all of Wisshyconsin the feeling of camaraderie and appreciation for all fabric-covered airplanes really hit home

Besides the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser and Stearman being rebuilt in the shop a short walk to the west hangar revealed Johns OX-5 powered Waco 10 and a group of planes waiting their turn for rebuilding Included were several J-3 Cubs a Citabria a Stinson 108 a PA-11 Cub Special and other asshysorted flying machines and engines (No wonder Johns only complaint is There arent enough hours in the day)

With the afternoon shadows beginshyning to creep along the ground it was

Brunswick New Jersey in 1929 The Hamilton was my first ride in a seaplane and helped convince me that aviation would be my chief interest in life

Unfortunately I did not have a camera with me but your photos brought back memories of a very happy time

Cordially yours David H Scott (EM 12181 AlC 63) 3050 West Lane Keys NW Washington DC 20007 bull

time to head for home John Hatz propshyped the 65 Continental and I taxied out for take off A short run across the smooth snow and suddenly the Cub was flying - the transition from snow to air being undetectable After circling the beautiful little airport with its multishycolored airplanes parked in neat rows I headed the Cub for Earl Grunskas airstrip In 1 hour and 35 minutes I was back on the snow in front of Earls hangar and together we slid the yellow bird back in its roost What a splendid fun machine (Thank you Earl)

A good hour-long soak in a tub of hot water finally got my body temperature back to normal and I rolled into bed exhausted

This flying is hard work you know VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

Letters To Editor

Dear Bob

I just received my very first issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE (March 1985) and it is great I am writing in regard to your Straight and Level column I sometimes get to sneak into Day10n International Airport in the rear where I stand near the gate located a few feet from the runway I stand there with my Dad at night and watch the DC-3s and Electras load up and take off and listen to the lonesome Pratts chug off towards Cinshycinnati

The oldest aircraft stationed at Day1ons Airport are the Electras and DC-3s I did acshytually see a couple of Stearmans there and boy are they pretty Also on page 23 the second picture of the Stearmans looks like something out of World War II like one of the training bases

The picture of you on page 2 with your Cub if Im not mistaken looks just like the one my grandfather owned in the early 70s He sold it due to the snow that covered it one winter breaking the wings off He also owned a Cessna 150 I wish I knew the year - but it was all silver and had tigers teeth and eyes painted on both sides of the nose

One last thing Ive got to tell you A year ago I had a chance to ride in a black and

yellow Stearman What an experience it was so peaceful and the engine was music to my ears I am only 17 and I hope to be a member forever

Thanks Mr Cory Buntin (EAA 240374 AlC 9131) 624 Aullwood Road Day1on OH 45414

Dear EAA

Its time the FAA stops dragging their feet on the approval of using auto fuel in aircraft As an owner of a Stinson 108 with a 150 hp Franklin engine designed to use low octane avgas I am concerned

I never had a problem until I was forced to use 100LL and then I nearly crashed due to lead fouling

The FAA always talks about safety - they should stick their heads inside a Franklin after it has burned 100LL

Ron L Gordon (EAA 223238) Rt 3 Box 292 Newport NC 28570

Dear Mr Chase

Having recently received the December 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE I looked at the back cover and thought what a fine example of 1930s period photography it was Everything about it from the composshyition the attractive aeroplanes to the hazy wintry-looking trees in the background all pointed to its being the sort of classic period photo I like

Then I became suspicious Id heard of a Pioneer Airport at Oshkosh although I didnt get a chance to visit it during my all too brief stay at the extravaganza last July and refershyence to the caption revealed that it was after all a modern photograph My congratulashytions to Jack Cox for a superb illustration of what the AntiqueClassic Divison is all about and my reaction from an aviation photoshygraphers point of view is one of envy wishshying Id taken that

Yours sincerely

John King (EAA 228003 AlC 8502) 29 Fairclough Road Beach Haven Auckland 10 New Zealand

For your viewing pleasure we are repeating the classic photo of the C8 Fairchild referred to by Mr King

26 MAY 1985

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VINTAGE LITERATURE (Continued from Page 21)

model airplane construction Edwin T Hamilton called Fundamentals of Model Airplane Building This was very similar to todays one-page drawings of helpful hints

Robert C Morrison had a feature On the Frontiers of Aviation This series provided information on new aircraft Along with details of the aircraft Morrishyson provided photos and detailed solid scale plans The May 1934 issue inshycluded three-view drawings of the Lockshyheed 12 and Orion the Davis D-1-W and detailed scale plans of the Electra

Other features included a series on aviation history by Allen R Moulton model building articles by Howard McEntee and studies of aeronautics and aerodynamics from Professor Aleshyxander Klemin Once in a while a noted figure from the aviation industry had a presentation In December 1933 an arshyticle The World s Greatest Airline was done by Donald Douglas In case you hadnt guessed by now it was on the DC-1 Fletcher Pratt a well-published author presented a series on airpower in the late 30s

Besides the feature articles Model Airplane News was a bounteous source of drawings for the scale and built-up modeler To those of us whose experishyence with the magazine began in the 50s some of these names will be familshyiar These include Willis L Nye Hugh Butterfield John E Roe Joseph Nieto and W A Wylam Wylams later emshyphasis on detail was evident in his first drawings in the 30s on WW I aircraft

Probably one of the most famous and far reaching set of plans was those preshysented in April and May 1935 by Joseph Kovel of his KG2 gas powered model The advent of miniature gas-enshygine powered model planes can be traced in the pages of MAN First apshypearing in a national meet in 1932 gas models had spread enough by 1935 to envoke the editorial What Do Gas Models Mean to You The magazine believed the new development would reshape modeling for the better and gave it its full support

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Contents

2 Straight and Level by Bob Lickteig

4 ACNews by Gene Chase

5 Calendar of Events 6 Rare Ryan Returns Home

by Gene Chase Page 6 8 Low Time Cessna 180 Classic

by Norm Petersen 10 Mystery Plane

by George A Hardie Jr 11 One-on One Campaign 12 AI Menasco Aviation Pioneer Part

by Chet Wellman 17 Type Club Activities

by Gene Chase 18 Spartan Aircraft Production

by George E Goodhead Jr 21 Vintage Literature

by Dennis Parks 22 Hay Meadow Ski Fly-In

by Norm Petersen 24 Hamilton Metalplanes on Floats

by Gene Chase 26 Letters to the Editor 27 The Vintage Trader

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FRONT COVER Bill Allen flies his rare 1940 Ryan STMshyS2 N466WA SIN 466 over La Jolla California in December 1983 Front seat passenger is Carl Hays See story on page 6

(Photo by Chris Woods) BACK COVER _DeHaviliand DHC-2 Mk I Beaver N9300Z SIN 1400 owned by Tyee Airlines of Ketchikan Alaska This tranquil Alaska scene was photographed by Roy G Cagle (EAA 15401 NC 1691) 9096 Minor Court Juneau AK 99801

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The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091 -6943) is published and owned exclusively by EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc and is published monthly at Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903shy2591 Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh WI 54901 and additional mailing offices Membership rates for EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc are $1800 for current EM members for 12 month period of which $1200 is for the publication of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation

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MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~














_ momiddot













~----~--~~~~~--~
















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7

Low Time



on top of fin









- -












200 300 400

150 mph 0-470-J

225 80 octane

12 qts





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9











OneOnOne --Campaign





































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11



by Chet Wellman






























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



















16 MAY 1985




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~














Low Time



on top of fin









- -












200 300 400

150 mph 0-470-J

225 80 octane

12 qts





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9











OneOnOne --Campaign





































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11



by Chet Wellman






























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



















16 MAY 1985




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~














- -












200 300 400

150 mph 0-470-J

225 80 octane

12 qts





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9











OneOnOne --Campaign





































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11



by Chet Wellman






























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



















16 MAY 1985




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~
























OneOnOne --Campaign





































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11



by Chet Wellman






























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



















16 MAY 1985




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~














OneOnOne --Campaign





































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11



by Chet Wellman






























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



















16 MAY 1985




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~
















by Chet Wellman






























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



















16 MAY 1985




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~




































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13




















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



















16 MAY 1985




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~

































































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



















16 MAY 1985




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~







































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15



















16 MAY 1985




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~
































16 MAY 1985




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~









































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~





































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~






















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19








In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~





















In thftI

UNLICENSED AIRCnAFT
















20 MAY 1985

MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~














MODEL E NEWS

VI~TA(3~ LIT~~ATU~~







by Dennis Parks










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~














I



Photos by Dan Bull





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~


























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~














LANES ON FLOATS


by Gene Chase



Dear Mr Chase
















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~






















Dear Mr Monk















Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~














Letters To Editor

Dear Bob







Dear EAA





Dear Mr Chase



Yours sincerely



26 MAY 1985

)(

o ()

C) co gtshyD o (

Q c



















Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~
































Total $___ _ Signature _ ______________________________

Address

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27











[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~
























[EA~ J ~ ~













414-426-4800 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~





















FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS





830-500 MON-FRI







100

ARCTIC AIRCRAFT




50-TC 65-TC IL-3J)

CO o INC _ S-IA

AA-IC




0-35 E-35 F-35 G-35 35R

CESSNA 120 140 140A 150 150A-H 150J-M


1T-4IA) 172G H 1721 K L M


0-1O0-IF) 305C 10-IE) 3050

IP-IG) 305F







415C 4150 E G 415 -CO



2i5O 2150A 2180








VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29








~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~





















~






-I Iet










30 MAY 1985

LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~














LER I OK


MANUA l

rlmiddot ~ Rpoundto

0


A SSOCIATION

CUSTOM AlRClUUT

BUILDING



EA~














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