November 1989 - EAA Vintage Members Only

7 Members' Projectslby Norm Petersen 8 Vintage Literaturelby De nni s Parks Page 4 10 Welcome New Members 12 1989 Type Club Listing! compiled by Mark Phelps 20 Grand Champion Antique / by Mark Phelps 22 Grand Champion Classic! by Norm Petersen Page 12 24 Speedwinglb y Mark Phelps 28 Pass It To Buck/by E. E. " Bu ck" Hilbert 30 Chapter Capsule lby Bob Br auer 31. Vintage Trader 35 Mystery Planelby George Hardie, J r. Page 22 FRONT COVER ... Three Waco UPF-7s in formation over Oshkosh. From front to rear, Tom Flock Bob Poor and Dale Cunningham. (Photo by Car l Schu ppel, Photo plane flow n by Carl Koeling.) REAR COVER .. . Former VINTAGE AIRPLANE Edi to r, Gene Chase liffs off from Pioneer Airport, Oshkosh in the EM Aviation Founda tion's St an dard J-1. The St andard is the 300th aircra ff ty pe lis t ed in Gene's log book. Congra tulations, Gene, and may there be 300 more to follow . (Photo by Mark Phelps) The words EM ULTRALIGHT , FLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM. 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VI~TAf3~ AI12VLA~~ A~l2() Metalplanes of Milwaukee Dear Editor, and anchored offshore . The planes In the June installment of "Vintage were then flight-tested . Shortly after Seaplanes" you had a photo of three tests, the aircraft were turned over to Hamilton Metalplanes on floats and Canadian pilots and used for Canadian you requested more information about forest fire patrols. A photo of the same the photo. It was taken at McKinley three aircraft appeared in the Mil Beach in Milwaukee around 1925 . The waukee Journal and being an airplane aircraft were towed from the factory to "nut" I cut it out. The newspaper listed the beach where they were assembled Jack Hagemeyer as providing the photo and the Boeing archives as pro viding the information . Sincerely , Eric Whyte Brookfield, Wisconsin Norm. Just to add confusion to the puzzle, I'll give you a couple of tidbits that I uncovered when I did the research for Jack Lysdale a few years back prior to his rebuild of the H-47 at St. Paul. Quite a lot of Hamiltons (maybe 10 or so) went to South America. The insig nia and tail markings could very well be those of Panama . My best lead is on a letter and photo sent to me several years ago by Wes Fletcher who lives in North Freedom. Wisconsin and worked at the Hamilton factory . He writes on the back of the photo that the airplane pictured was sold and shipped to Italy and was painted yellow. If you look at your photo closely you 'll see that the center plane is indeed painted a different color than the two on the ends . Somewhere in my notes, I have listed the plane sent to Italy as having been registered there as I-ROMA. Likely the registration was not painted on the aircraft at the time of the photo. John Underwood took a guess at where the plane was going. He guessed Peru. I'm not sure any ever went to Peru , but ~ho knows? I'm betting on the Italy theory. Tom Hamilton was still alive a few years ago, living in California. Sincerely, Noel Allard Chaska, Minnesota Solved Mystery Dear Editor, RE: August " Vintage Seaplanes" top photo, page seven. Frank Ellis's book, " Atlantic Con quest" (1963- Kimber & Co . , Ltd.) carries an identical photo with the cap tion: " TAC Survey Plane Number One 4 NOVEMBER 1989 - a diesel-engined Bellanca seaplane in which 'Shorty' (Parker D.) Cramer (right) and Oliver Paquette were the first airmen ever to fly over the Green land Ice-cap." (July-Aug. 1931). The magazine is looking great continued best wishes. Sincerely, H. Glenn Buffington EI Dorado, Arkansas Original Aussie Parasol Dear Sir, During the year 1936, Alan Mogg of Ashfield, New South Wales, Au stralia commenced construction of a single-seat, high-wing monoplane. The fuselage structure was similar to a Pietenpol but material dimensions were increased to make the aircraft more robust. The tail was from a Heath Parasol, but the design of the wings was Mogg's own creation. The in tended engine was a four-cylinder Menasco but because of import prob lems, Mogg purchased two nine-cylin der, 59 -hp Salmson engines from En gland, modified for dual ignition. Due to the Salmsons' lighter weight the nose had to be extended for balance. The airplane was named Miss Mogal (from Alan Mogg) and the aircraft was first flown at Morisset, NSW in November 1939. Flight characteri stics were described as excellent with no vices. Speeds were quoted as a maximum of 95 mph, cruise of 75 mph and stall 30 mph. The aircraft was damaged in the mid-1950s and rebuilt over several years at Manley, NSW Oliver Paquette (left) and Shorty Cramer. then sold to Ron Willis at Boggabri , NSW in the 1960s . It is now on display at the Tamworth Museum (a second hand shop) where I took these photos. I've tried to phone Alan for the last three months with no success . Cheerio, Alan Lewis (EAA 1634) Paddington, NSW Moths across New Zealand Dear Mark, The Tiger Club of New Zealand is organising a Vintage Air Rally from North Cape to Bluff, the two ex tremities of New Zealand, starting on Monday 26 February 1990 and finish ing near Gore the following Friday . The idea has been enthusiastically en dorsed by the 1990 Commission as an Offici al Project to help celebrate the country's sesquicentenni al. and w e' re commemorating the pioneering long distance flights in New Zealand which culminated in the December 1933 ef fort of Ted Harvie and Miss Trevor Hunter in Gipsy Moth ZK-APB, when they were the first people to cover the full length of the country in one day . Miss Hunter, now Mrs . Trevor Col way , will be taking some part in our activities . There is also the likelihood of a li mited number of our members having a go at doing the North Cape to Bluff flight in one day in Tiger Moths and a Gipsy Moth, something nobody has tried in open-cockpit biplanes for 56 years. This whole event is gaining interna tional recognition. The deHavilland Fox Moth that was used to start Bert Mercer's Air Travel operations in South Westland in 1934 (and which re- VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5 sided in upstate New York for some years as N 83DH) will be coming out from England for the rally and a couple of airshows, and with it in the same container will be a Gipsy Moth and possibly a Hornet Moth, depending on available room. Some of our members from the USA and Australia have also indicated they will be making the trip to New Zealand to take part. Our rally will be followed im mediately by our annual fly-in at Man deville , not far west of Gore, and the Will Scotland Memorial Air Race for Tiger Moths from Invercargill to Gore, commemorating the first cross-country flight in either New Zealand or Au stralia, using a Caudron in February 1914. All these three linked events are official 1990 projects. It promises to be a memorable event - provided the weather behaves itself. But then, open-cockpit biplane pilots always did tend to be an optimistic lot anyway. always enjoy reading your magazine. Keep up the good work. 6 NOVEMBER 1989 Yours sincerely , John King (EAA 228003, AIC 8502) Secretary, The Tiger Club of New Zea land Hart to Heart Dear Mark Phelps. Thank you for your generous ap preciation of my contribution to VIN TAGE AIRPLANE. It encourages me to continue sending a variety of vintage aero antics, and serious articles. Meet ing Buck Hilbert on a flight to En senada, Mexico ("Pass It to Buck," June) was something special, because HE is . Buck accumulates friendships wherever he goes, sharing his wealth of knowledge and even PARTS with anyone dedicated to restoring or pre serving our kind of flying machines. Just this second , I turned pages to find the name of the author of "Cat's Meow" (August), intending to write a paragraph about his outstanding attri butes - to you! Shock . Honestly, the most enjoyable article I've read in ages for a row of reasons. First, but not in order of importance, my vast files on vintage aircraft yield but one shot of the Kitten, and precious little data . Now this explosion of intimate knowl edge, and great pictures of the beauti ful animal! Best of all were your explanations of functional aerodynamic problems and their solutions . I don't recall other fine articles with so much real-life finding and fixing problems pertaining to sound design guidance, as valid today as way back then . The Kitten's wingspan increased from 28 to 32 feet with " no decrease in top speed noted ," sounds credible to me. A lower angle of attack in level flight can be ex pected, reducing drag enough to com pensate for the extra span. Icing on the Kitten's cake - "By June 1943 Leroy Grumman had enough confidence in his litter of Navy fighters to turn his attention to another breed of cat." And, "That solved the problem of the Kitten's recalcitrant paws once and for all." Such a light touch turning up in a solid serious story turns people like me to adding another leaf to your fanmail tree. Sinceriously, Ed Lockhart (aka Edlock Hart) Lakeside , California Thanks are due to Mort Kelman who provided most of the photos for that story from his archives. Here 's one more that didn't make it into print the first time. - Ed. I MEMBERS' PROTECTS ...VI by Norm Petersen Built in October of 1942 at Middletown, Ohio, this Aeronca 65-CA "Chief," NC39576, SIN CA18482, is the proud possession of Jeff Laver (EAA 330421 , AlC 13739) of Lake Jackson, Texas. Jeff reports the Chief had been completely restored in 1973 prior to his buying the airplane in July of 1988. He is now in the process of making a new cowl, new engine baffeling and rerigging the entire airplane with new control cables. In additiof\ a set of wheel pants are being made. Jeff is planning on re-doing the interior of the Chief and asks if anyone has any information on pre -war Chiefs, please contact him at 203 Stanford Rd , Lake Jacksof\ TX 77566. From West Germany comes this pretty picture of a Cessna 140, D-EHSC, flown by Peter Lendle (EAA 316217, AlC 14403) of Erlenweg 11, D-7734 Brigachtal, West Germany. This type of aircraft is quite popular in Europe as it has the necessary electrical system for VHF radio (required in Europe) plus low fuel burn (at $3 to $4 per gallon!). Note 3200 Scott tailwheel and original main gear hubcaps. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7 ()uring the decade after World War I, the science of aerodynamics was bei ng expanded and deepened in the research laboratories and workshops of many na ti ons. Some of the theory deve loped wo uld be used to refine th e shape of the airplane through streamlining. ("Vin tage Literature ," July 1989.) Much of the research, which would be incorpo rated in the new wing sections and shapes in the airplanes of the 1930s , was on lift and drag. Of special importance among the in ventions and improvements was the slotted wing. The effect of the slot was discovered independently in Germany by G. V . Lachmann and in England by Handley Page. Lechmann was to join the Handley Page company and the de vice became known throughout the world as the Handley Page Slot. The effec ti veness of the slots was shown in wind tunnel and fli ght tests both in Germany and England with the tests showing a 60 percent increase in wing lift at high angles of attack. Though the results of the invention of the slotted wing aroused immense excitement, it found little use in the 1920s. This was possibly due to the low wing loading of the predominant biplane designs and their slow landing speeds. With the advent of all-metal aircraft and higher wing loading, slots became more useful. An exception was the Royal Air Force which required all new aircraft to have them beginning in 1928. Thanks to Mr. Clifford C. Jackson of Davison, Michigan, the EAA Avia tion Foundation Library recently re ceived some examp les of Handley Page company publications on the slot ted wing. One titled "The Automatic Slot" which appears to have been published in 1930 was a 26-page brochure that gives a general history of the device and how it operates . The brochure car ries a very strong message on the slot 's 8 NOVEMBER 1989 I:AA Li b.-a0'/ "'-nhives ()i.-edu.- Handley Pa~e, Ltd. ;\1 HO, ·\\ l rlC ,,,1. F ;.J (;I:-':E E I{ S TilE .·\LT()~I.-\TIC SLOT ( ' IUC" LEII'OOIl I.(I NOO:"l N\L! rd<p.~v '" T ":<I ' ~'~' Ih mpl lu d l~ OO . H~drop~,d . CfL( ld . ... lAlndon co ntribution to avia ti on safety. The booklet begins with a story called , "T he Parable of the Unselfish Husband" which presents as much of a comment on the sensibility of the times as a message on flying safety. "A certain husband was in the habit of denying himself things in order th e better to provide for his beautiful wife's extensive needs and so to retain her affection, he gave up smoking cigars and took to cigarettes; he drank water instead of wine, and he reduced the numher of clubs to which he be longed from eight to one, so that a larger part of his income could be de voted to th e purchase of clothes, hats, perfumes , and other articl es for his wife. "And when he came to buy an aeroplane , he chose a cheap one , and, being told that the fitting of auto-slots would cost [extra] , he refused to have slots fitted. And in due course his aeroplane stall ed and spun into the ground, and he was killed." The Handley-Page "Gugnunc" slotted and flapped biplane was an entry in the 1929 Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition . According to the Handley Page com pany , the le sson of the story as stated in I:) the parable wa s: z j ~ "The Jate oj this t unselfish and de J voted husband should be a warning to all who do not place a sufficient value on th eir own saJety. Th e experi ences oj life may be unpleasant , but inas mu ch as th ose oj d ea th may be even more unpleasant, it is advisable to fit slots and be secure." As you can tell - a rather strong message. The re st of the brochure is more technical in nature covering air accidents, th e wing slot and controlla bility and a technical description of th e slot in ac ti on: Facts About Slots "The Handley Page automatic slot is now so widely used that the time is ripe Jor a re capitulation oj some oj th e chieJJacts about it . It s history is unique in aeronautics. It has progressed and overcome ignoran ce and prejudice at an astonishing rat e, as will be seen if the course oj events is examined. "First installed as a means oj in creasing th e speed range oj an aerop lane by decreasing its landing speed, it was developed to provide at these lower 5peeds a method oj lateral con trol and stability, then and now so woeJully la cking in aircraJt with ordi nary wings. It went on to report that tests of the slots by British government were so successful in the laboratory and on a Bristol fighter that all Bristol fighters in use with the RAF were ordered to have auto-slots. "A similar rapid development took pla ce in civil aviation. It began when a Jamou s make oj light aeroplane was fitted with auto-slots and tested. Th e results were so conclusive that private aeroplane owners began immediately to stipulate that their machines must Britain affirm that slots do what th ey are claimed to do, and second, that the validity oj the patent ANCil...E BETWEEN A I!lFLDw l. WlNC . ANCL..E OF INCIDENCE. be Jitted with auto-slots. Now almost every private aeroplane owner in Great Britain and the Dominions in sists on the inclusion oj auto-slots in his machine." The British Government and slots Another section of the report dealt with the fact that after testing , the British Government bought the rights to the slots for 100 , 000 Pounds. "The ag re ement constitutes a public proclamation first that the best techn i cal brains in Great is unshakable. " E. In 1928 the Gov ernment began to fit some Service aircraft with slots. Every Britstol fighter in the Service was slotted, and steps were then taken to equip D .H .9s . It was then decided to fit slots to all Service aircraft. " In order to check as quickly as po s sible th e wastage oj lives and material that was going on owing to th e Jre quency oj the stall-and-spin type oj air accident , the Air Ministry was pre pared to interfere with th e works pro grammes oj the va rious aircraJt manu Jacturers to th e extent oj insisting that all Royal Air Force machines were to be slotted beJore being put in service. "The effects oj these decisions are already noticeabl e. Up to the time oj writing no single Jatal stall-and-spin accident has happened to a British Service aircraJt Jitted with slots." It was noted that prior to the slot installations the RAF was experiencing 20 to 30 fatal stall-and-spin accidents per year. Safer Civil Flying After discussing the causes of fatal civil accidents in private or club air craft (as in the U. S ., stall-spins ac counted for the largest number), the section concludes: "The auto-slot is not a 'Gadget.' It is not, that to say, an unessential ac cessory. It is part oJthe machine itself, and it improves the machine by in creasing the pilot's control over it. Auto-slots no; only increase the aerop lane 's saJety, but also during certain manoeuvers , improve the performance oj the machine ." • VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a parliallisting of new members who have joined the EAA Antique/Classic Division (through May 3, 1989). We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members ' common interest is vintage aircraft. Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members. Tom Sabata Scot ia , New York Robert B. Sackmann Bloomington , In diana William E. Sadler Atlant a. Georg ia David Sanderson, III Sierra Vista , Arizona Donald M. Sather Haywa rd , Ca lifor nl a Kenneth Sawusch Lib er tyv ill e , JI- Iinois Cliff Schlender Clintonville, Wi scon S ill Walter Borns Scragg Syd ney. New South Wales. Australia Michael Sentell Maryville, Tennessee Cheryl Serviss Arroyo Grande, Ca lifor ni a Robert J. Severson Houston. Texas Bruce Shaeffer, Jr. Lititz, Pennsyl val1la Thomas W. Sharpe Reidsv ill e, North Carolina Rodney Sheakley Pet ro li a, Pennsyl va l1la Larry Sheiter Manchester, Mi ssouri Short Wing Piper Club Halstead , Kansas Robert Wayne Simpson Norwood, North Carolina Lendon V. Sink Le x in gton. North Carolina C. Donald Sitta Farmington. New Mex ico Brian Smith Ripo n, California Michael Smith Sioux Falls, South Dakota Richard C. Smith Wi chita, Kansas Lars Soe-Jensen Farum, Denmark Ronnie L. Southard Milford. Dela ware Patricia B. Sowell States boro . Geor gia George P. Spolsdoff Law ndale, Ca lifornia Robert D. Sponseller Shelby. O hi o Schuyler O. Stackus Ph oen ix, Arizo na John I. Stahly Nappanee, Indiana Roland Standring It asca, Illinois Peter Stanek San Rafae l, California John Roger Stark Fort Worth . Texas Ralph H. Starr Daytona Beach, Florida Edward T. Stettner Lake Alfred, Florida Mark F. Stevens Biloxi, Mi ss iss ippi John H. Stewart Needham, Mas sachu setts Charles A. Stone Danbury , Connec ti c ut Ernest R. Streifthau Middletow n, Ohio Harold Swanson North Branch , Min nesota David N. Switzer Cocoa , Florida Gagniere Sylvain Les Garrigues, Mauguio , France Texas State Technical Institute Waco , Texas Bill Thibault Newpo rt Beach. Ca li for ili a Matthew J. Thiele Nashua. New Hampshire James P. Thomas Springfield. Illinois Walter O. Thompson Columbus , Ohio Tony Tinsman Westph al ia, Missouri Larry Tippit Cumby, Texas Jeremy Tischendorf Green Bay , Wis cons ll1 Thoma s B. Traylor, Jr. Birmingham, Al abama Robert J. Triplett Bruce, Wisconsin Mark Allen Turner Eufaula, Alabama Reuben D. Tye, Jr. Arlington, Texas David Valaer Dallas , Texas Kevin Van Dyke Pa lm Beach Gar dens, Florida Jack Veach Reno , Nevada John W. Veil, Jr. Wyomi ssi ng, Pennsy lv ania Andrew J. Volovar Mys ti c, Connec ti c ut Richard L. Wagner San Bernardin o, California Fred Walatka Anchorage, Alaska Rem Walker Reg in a, Saskatchewan, Canada Randall J. Wall Ava, Illinoi s William Walters Battle Creek, Michi- Leonard C. Smith EI Toro, Ca lifornia Greg Teufel Seattle, Washington gan 10 NOVEMBER 1989 Don Ward Green Bay. Wisconsin He rbert E. Ware Muncie. In diana William F. Watson Tulsa . Ok lahoma David Welch Venice. Florida Lee C. Whitehead Middleport. New York Jame s B. Williams, Jr. Ridgeway. Virginia Morgan Williams, Jr. Midland. On tario . Ca nada George W. Williams Portsmouth. New Hampshire Dallas Wise Hyattsville . Maryl a nd Robert Wislocki Be th any. Con nec ticut Charles E. Wolter Niles. Michigan William N. Woodhouse Power. Mon tana Gregory D. Wastrel Deephaven. Minnesota David F. Wrench Mountain View. California George F. Wright Sutton Coldfie ld . West Midlands. England James Wunderlin Milwaukee . Wis consin Frank Wu s track Oostburg . Wiscon Sill James Wutzen Kirkland, Washington Michael Yearout Breckenridge. Co l orado Carlton C. Young Bessemer. Alabama Robert A. Zembinski Milwaukee. Wisconsin William J. Zimmer Venice, Florida American Champion Aircraft Corp. Rochester . Wisconsin Robert C. Ansley Winchester, Ten nessee Michael P. Anthony Kerrville. Texas John Barnes East Doncaster. Au stra li a Clyde E. Barton Angleto n. Texas Philip A. Block Anchorage. Alaska Jo se M. Bouza Ewa Beach. Ha waii John D. Bram se n Ch icago. Illinois Ralph E. Brandon Newark. Ohio Bernard M. Brill Sacrame nt o. Cal iforn ia Herman B. Bru st , Jr. Frederick. Maryland Jame s E. Buchanan Ph oen ix. Arizona Edward G. Cartwright Kan sas City, Missouri Nick Charlemagne Libreville . Gabon. Africa Phillip E. Cline Lockhart, Texas Richard N. Cochrane Clarks Sum mit . Pennsylvania Giorgio Conti-Veccui Cag liari . It aly Elizabeth Ann Copland Ann Arbor. Michigan Mary Crawford Port SI. Lucie, Florida Eugene Davidson O ld smar . Florida A. Robert Davies Troy. Ohio John Davis Cincinnati, Ohio Michael F. Diem Minneapolis. Min nesota Timothy R. Dykman Quogue . New York Donald E. Ellis Grass Valley, Ca li for nia George Elton Snohomish . Washing ton Rocco J. Farano Dobbs Ferry. New York Steven C. Fisher Sim i Valley. Californ ia Robert Fox Arab. Alabama Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow. Essex. Eng land Norris E. Garvey New Albany. In diana Camile P. Gaspard Blanks, Louisiana James F. George Vineland. New Jer sey Robert A. Gingell Sunn yva le. California Dan Grace Covington. Georgia Ralph S. Graham SI. Pa ul , Min nesota Peter Groves Vancouver, British Co l umbi a. Ca nada Don W. Guthrie, Sr. Forestville , California Robert D. Halvorsen Van Nuys. California James R. Hammond Bradenton. Florida George R. Hartigan Spring, Texas William M. Henderson Fargo , North Dakota G. Hengeveld Sprang Capelle. Netherlands Robert L. Hess Clarence. New York Carthel A. Hole Po nt otoc, Missi ss ippi Ray L. Hulce Niles , Mi c hi ga n International Civil Aviation Organi zation Montreal. Quebec, Canada Paul M. Jablonski Greenwood. In diana Kenneth w. Jerolaman Be rn a rd svi ll e, New Jersey Cliff W. Johnston Hawkes Bay, New Zealand F. Ben Jones Kat y, Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11 1989 LISTING co mpil ed by Mark Phe lps B irds of a feather do flock t oge th er and type clubs are th e best way for own ers of like mac hin es to share inform a ti on , pa rt s and soc ial c amar ade ri e. The Cess na 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produ ce a record assault on EAA O shkosh '88 . In 19 89 , Th e Ame ri ca n Yank ee Associ a ti on he Jd it s national conve ntion in Ca bl e , Wi scons in th e week be fore EAA Oshkosh '89 and several me mbe rs fl ew on d ow n to O shkosh the fo ll ow in g w ee k to for m the "G ru m man Co rral" in the north parking area. Bes ides owners of spec ific airc r aft , p il ots w ith simil ar ex pe ri e nces or interests ca n gath er to share a li e or two. The OX-5 Aviation Pi on ee rs, fo r in stan ce, include pil ots bold e nough to ha ve fl own behind the Curti ss OX -5 e ng in e before Wo rl d War II. Officers and me mbe rs of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contac t for pilot s cons id e ring a sp ec ific airplane type and that usua ll y exc it es the pr ospec ti ve ow ne r abo ut getting the project started. Yo u might say that many of those who call with doubts abo ut th e type are " clubb ed" into submi ss ion. Ae ronca Av iator ' s Club A Di vision of Pea Patch Airlines Julie & Joe Dickey 51 1 Te rrace Lake Road Columbu s, IN 472 01 8 12/342-6878 Newsletter: 4 tim es as yea r Dues: No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on Na tional Aeronca Club Jim Thompson , Preside nt 266 Lamp & Lantern Vill age Cheste rfield , MO 63017 12 NOV EM BE R 1989 Most type clubs also di stribute ne wsle tt e rs th at in clude sto ri es, mainte nance informa ti on and schedul es of ac ti v iti es. Th ey also offer a c han ce to get a pi cture of a me mber 's aircra ft in print fo r everyo ne across th e country to ap pr ec iate. An e xce ll e nt e x amp le of a type-c lu b n ews let t er is the Sho rt Wing Pip er NI' \\ 's, p ubl is hed by the Short Wing Piper C lub . If yo u ow n a n antique or class ic airc r af t. or eve n an orph aned spa m ca n such as the Grum ma n Amer ican air pl an es, a nd yo u wo uld like to netwo rk w ith o th ers who share yo ur e nthu sias m , type c lu bs are the best way. T he fo ll owing is the Antique/C lass ic Di vis ion 's most curre nt li st o f ty pe club s. If we have le ft out yo ur group or made an er ror in o ur li stin g, send in the in fo rma ti on and we ' ll make it ava il able to me mbe rs nex t year. The or ga ni zations are li sted alphabe ti ca ll y by the name mos t co mmo nl y assoc iated w ith the type , i.e. Beech Stagge rw ing clu bs are li sted unde r "S" and the W es te rn Bonan za Assoc ia ti on is li sted un der "B ." Ne wsle tt e r: 6 per year Dues: $2 0. 00 US, $30 Ca nada , $45 For eign. $ 40 C harter US, $50 Cha rt er Can ada , $65 Ch ar te r Foreign Ae ronca Lover's Club Buzz W ag n er Box 3, 40 1 1st S I. East Clark , SO 57225 60 5/ 532-3862 Ne wsletter: Qua rt e rl y Du es : $ 15 per yea r 44135 Aeronca Sedan Club Mr. Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah, W A 98027 Newsletter: 3 per year Dues : $3.50 per year American Air Racing Society Mr. Rudy Profant, President 4060 W. 158th Street Cleveland , OH 216/941-0089 Newsletter: Quarterly Dues: $10.00 per year American Aviation Historical Soci ety Mr. Harry Gann , President 2333 Otis SI. Santa Ana, CA 92704 714/549-4818, Tuesday nights. 7 :00 9:00 p.m . local Newsletter: Quarterly Dues: $25, includes Journal and News letter Flying Apache Assn. John Lumley 1 S. 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park , IL 60181 312/627-8027 Dues: $25 per year Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S . Washington Lansing, MI 48910 517/882-8433 Newsletter Dues : $10 per year Bellanca Champion Club Ms. Pam Foard and Mr. Larry D'At tilio 1820 N. 166th Street Brookfield, WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter: Quarterly - "Bellanca Con tact!" Dues: $25.00 per year Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P. O. Box 328 Harvard, IL 60033 815/943-7205 Newsletter: 2-3 annually Dues: Postage Donation American Bonanza Society Cliff R. Sones , Administrator P.O. Box 12888 Wichita, KS 67277 316/945-6913 Newsletter: Monthly Dues: $35.00 per year Western Bonanza Society Alden C. Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla, CA 92037 619/459-5901 Newsletter Dues: $20 per year Bucker Club John Bergeson, Secretary/Treasurer 6438 W . Millbrook Road Remus, MI 49340 517/561-2393 Newsletter: 6 per year Dues: $10 per year (U.S. & Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign) Bucker Club, National Frank Price, President RI. 1, Box 419 Moody, Texas 76557 817/853-2008 Newsletter: 12 per year Dues: $25.00 per year Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So . 135 Aero Drive Naperville, IL 60565 312/355-9416 Dues: None International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips, President 3939 C-8 San Pedro, NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 505/88 1-7555 Newsletter: Quarterly "Observer" Dues: $25.00 per year Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street, S.E. Auburn, WA 98002 206/833-1068 Newsletter: Quarterly Dues: Donation Cessna Pilots Association John Frank, Executive Director Mid Continent Airport P. O. Box 12948 Wichita, KS 67277 316/946-4777 Newsletter: Monthly Dues : $30 annually International Cessna 120/ 140 Associ ation Dorchen Forman, Editor Box 830092 Richardson, TX 75083-0092 817/497-4757 (D. Forman) Newsletter: Monthly Dues: $15 U.S. year West Coast Cessna 120 / 140 Club Donna Christopherson. Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 408/ 988-8906 or 554/0474 Newsletter: Bi-monthly Dues: $ 10 per year Cessna 150/152 Club Skip Carden, Executive Director P .O. Box 15388 Durham , NC 27704 919/471-9492 Newsletter: Monthly Dues: $20.00 per year VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13 I ntcrn ational Cessna 1711 Associa tion. Inc. Vclvel Fad.:cldc),. Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO. Bo\ 1667 Lehanon. MO 655.\6 New~lc tlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul'~: S 15 .00 per year International Cessna 180/ 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier. Pr e~ id en t 45.\l) N. 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix. AZ X50.1 I Newsletter: 9 or 10 per year Dues: S 15 per year Eastern 190/195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted. OH 44070 216 17 77-4025. after 6 p.m. Easte rn Newsletter: Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues: $10 initiation & as required each year. International 195 Club Dwight M . Ewing. President P. O. Box 737 Merced , CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter: Quarterl y Dues: $20.00 U.S. annually International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O. Box 400 Grant. NE 69140 308/352-4275 Newsletter Dues: $34 per year Corbe n Club Robert L. Taylor. Editor P. O. Box 127 Blakesburg, IA 52536 515/938-2773 Newsletters: Quarterly Dues: $8.00 for four issues Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson . Chairman P. O. Box 2002 Mt. Pleasant , MI 48804-2002 517/561-2393 Newsletter: 6 per year Dues: $15 per year (U.S.), $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign) L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher: John Bergeson , Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989 P. O. Box 2002 Mt. Pleasant. MI 48804-2002 517/561-2392 Newsletter: 6 per year Dues: $10 per year (U.S.). $ 15 (Canada - U.S. Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note: Must be a Cub Club member, also Culver Club Larry Low. Chairman 60 Skywood Way W oo dside. CA 94062 415/851-0204 Newsletter: None Due s: None Culver PQ-14 Assoc. Ted Heineman. Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel. CA 92677 714/831-0173 New sletter: Annually Due s: Donation Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI. Clinton, OH 43452 Newsletter: "Now and Then " Dues: None Curtiss Robin Club W. Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark , CA 93021 805/529-2359 Dues : None deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam, Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote . PA 19095 215/ 635-7000 or 215/886-8283 Newsletter: Quarterly Due s: $ 12 U.S. & Canada $15 Overseas deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R . deHavilland Ted Leonard, Founder Director 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick , Ontario , Canada L4P I E6 416 / 476-4225 New sletter: Periodica ll y Dues: $20 annually American Tiger Club (de Havilland) Mr. Frank Price. Pres id ent Rt. I , Box 419 Moody , Texas 76557 817/853-2008 Newsletter: Monthly Due s: $25.00 per year Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden. E\ecutivc Director Box 1505~ Durham. NC 2770.+ 91l1 1471-94l12 Newsletters: Monthly. with ~pecial editions Dues: S20 per year Fairchild Club John W. Berendt. President 7645 Echo Point Road Ca nnon Falls. MN 55009 507/263-24 14 Newsletter: Quarterl y Dues: $5 Fairchild Fan Club Robert L. Taylor. Edi t or P.O. Box 127 Blakesburg , IA 52536 515/938-2773 Newsletter: Quarterly Dues: $8.00 per year Flying Farmers, International Kyle Ann Stream, Exec utive Director P .O. Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road W ic hit a. KS 67277 3 1619.+3 -4234 News le tt e r: 10 issues per year Dues: S35 per yea r U.S . funds. plus chapter dues Fleet Club George G. Gregory. Pres id e nt 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius. NY 13 104 3 15 /682-6380 Newsletter: Approx. two per year Dues: Con tributi ons Funk Aircraft Owners Association G. Dale Beach. Ed it or - Treasurer 1621 Dre he r Street Sac rame nt o. CA 958 14 916/443-7604 Newsletter: 10 per yea r Dues: $ 12 . 00 Great Lakes Club R obe rt L. Ta ylor. Ed itor P .O. Box 127 Blakesburg, IA 52536 515/938-2773 Newsletter: Quarte rl y Dues: $ 10 per yea r The American Yankee Assn. (Grum man American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park . C A t)56~2 Newsletter Dues: S27.50 per year (U. S.), $30.00 (Fore ign) Hatz Club Robe rt L. Taylor . Ed itor P.O . Rox In Bl ak es bur g, IA 52536 515 /938-2773 Newsletter: Quarterly Dues : $~ per year Heath Parasol Club William Sch l apman 6431 Paul so n Road Winneconne, WI 5496 8 414/582-4454 News le tt e r: Annually Dues: Post age donation The Interstate Club Robert L. Taylor. Editor P. O. Box 127 Blak es bur g, IA 52536 515/ 93 8-2773 Newslette r: Interstate Inte rcom deHaviliand TIger Moth Dues: $8 for four issu es Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams , Chairm an 33 1 E. Franklin Stre e t Portage , WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informa tion Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump, Fearless Leader 5736 Es mar Road Cere s , CA 95307 209/537-9934 New sletter: Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues: $ 10 (U.S.) , $ 12.50 (Canada or $10 U.S. funds) $ 15 (Foreig n) Luscombe Association John Bergeson, Chairman 6438 W. Millbrook Road Remu s, MI 49340 517/ 561-2393 Newsletter: 6 per year Due s: $ 15 per year (U.S.) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign) Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm . E. Gaffney, Secretary 26 Rt. 17K VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15 Newburgh, NY 12550 914/565-8005 Newsletter: 5-6 per year Dues: Postage Fund Donation Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associa tion Jack E. Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake, MN 56681 218/659-4431 Newsletter: 3-4 per year Dues: $15 per year Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn. Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio, TX 78228 512/434-5959 Newsletter Dues: $30 per year National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco. President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale, CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter: Professional Air Racing (lO/year) Dues : $IO/year, domestic National Biplane Association Charles W . Harris, Board Chairman Mary R . Jones, Executive Director Hangar 5, 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa, OK 74132 918/299-2532 Dues: $15.00 per year National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain, Marketing Director P.O. Box 1429 Reno, NY 89505 702/826-7500 Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn. Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction, CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues: $12 per year American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow , Chairman of Board Gerry Bright, Executive Secretary Box 1175 , Municipal Airport Banning, CA 92220 714/849-2213 Newsletter: Monthly Dues: $35 per year The 99s, Inc., International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg, Executive Direc tor P.O. Box 59965, Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City, OK 73159 405 /685-7969 Newsletter: The 99 News - monthly Dues: $40.00 annually Norseman Club David E. Neumeister 5630 S. Washington Lansing, MI 48911-4999 517 /882-8433 Newsletter: Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues: $10 per year North American Trainer Association (T6, T-28, NA64, NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs. CA 95682 916/677 -2456 Newsletter: Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues: $25 U.S., $35 Canada . Foreign. U.S. Funds - In!'1 Money OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y . Phillips . National Secretary 10405 W. 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge. CO 80033 303/233-5905 Newsletter: 6 per year Dues: $10 per year Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S. Pavliga. Newsletter Editor Pietenpol AirCamper ~ () (l o'" '"E '=; 16 NOVEMBER 1989 c 2800 S. Turner Road Canfield, OH 44406 2161792-6973, days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter: Buckeye Pietenpol Assn. Newsletter - Quarterly Dues: $7.50 per year International Pietenpol Association Robert L. Taylor, Editor P.O. Box 127 Blakesburg , IA 52536 515/938-2773 Newsletter: Quarterly or Semi-annu ally Dues: $8 per year Short Wing Piper Club, Inc. Lonnie McLaughlin, Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood, NY 11717 516/273-5072 Newsletter: Bi-monthly Dues: $25 per year Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala, FL 32672 904/687-4859 Newsletter: Quarterly Dues: $5 per year Rearwin Club Robert L. Taylor, Editor P .O. Box 127 Blakesbu rg , IA 52536 515/938-2773 Newsletter: Quarterly Dues: $8 per year Ryan Club, National Bill J. Hodges , Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville, TX 76401 817/968-4818 Newsletter: Quarterly Dues: $10 per year Replica Fighters Association Frank G. Weatherly, President 22451 David Taylor, MI 48180 313/295-0590 Newsletters: Bi-monthly Dues: $15 per year Seabee Club International Captain Richard W. Sanders, President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 305/979-5470 Newsletter: Quarterly (plus phone con sultation) & directory Dues: $15 (U.S. & Canada) $20 (Foreign) Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A. Richardson, Executive Di rector 421 Aviation Way Frederick , MD 21701 301/695-2083 Newsletter: Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) '88 SPA Seap lane Landing Directory - $12 - Mem bers/$25 non-members Dues: $28 per year Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley, President P.O. Box 11970 Harrisburg, PA 17108 717/232-9525 Newsletter: Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues: Initiation - $10, $5 per year Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz, Alumni Relations 8820 E. Pine Street Tulsa, OK 74115 918/836-6886 Newsletter: Quarterly Dues: $10 annually Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman, President 1885 Millsboro Road VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17 Mansfie ld , OH 44906 4 19/529-3822 (home), 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsle tt e r: Qu a rt e rl y Du es: $ 15 per year Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R . Baldw in P. O . Box 1408 Lebanon, TN 3708 8 News le tt er Dues: $20 per year Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe , Pres id e nt 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake, IL 6 001 4 8 15/459-6873 N ews le tt er: 4 per year Dues: $ 15 per year National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Roa d Cypress, TX 77429 News le tt er: Qua rt e rl y Du es: $7 .50 National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H . Leamy, Pres id ent, 108 C lu b I 15 He inley Road Lake Pl ac id , FL 33852 News le tt er: Quarte rl y Dues: $ 15 per year Northeast Stinson Flying Club Di ck Bourqu e, Founde r 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury, CT 06070 203/658- 1566 Newsletter: Bi -monthl y Dues: $ 10 per y ea r Replica Sopwilh Camel Not e: Members hi p lim it ed to 100 members Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges, Pres iden t 36 19 Nortree Stree t San Jose, CA 95 148 408/274-9 179 N ews letter: SWSC N ews letter, 10 per year Dues: $ 10 per year , , Taylorcrafl 18 NOVEMBER 1989 Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond, FounderlDirector P.O. Box 9823 Yakima, WA 98909 509/248-9491 Newsletter: Monthly Due s: $25 per year U. S . $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign) Swift Association, International Charlie Nel son P. O . Box 644 Athens, TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter: Monthly Dues ; $25 per year Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M. Bixler II, President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance , OH 44601 216/823-9748 Newsletter: Quarterly Dues: $10 per year Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden, Editor P. O . Box 15388 Durham, NC 27704 Newsletter: Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues: $20.00 per year Travel Air Club Robert L. Taylor, Editor P.O. Box 127 Blakesburg , IA 52536 515/938-2773 Newsletter: Travel Air Tales - Quar terly Dues: $8 per year Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P . O. Box 550 Tullahoma, TN 37388 615/455-1974 Newsletter Dues: $25 per year Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward, Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers, MI 49093 616/279-2540 Newsletter: Quarterly Dues: $25 per year (U .S . & Canada) $35 per year (Foreign) Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott, Secretary Rt. I, Box 239 Lovettsville, V A 22080 703/822-5504 Newsletter: Quarterly Dues: $10 per year Waco Club, National Ray Brandly, President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton , OH 45015 513/868-0084 Newsletter: Bi-monthly Dues: $8.00 per year Waco Historical Society R. E . Hoefflin , Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy, OH 45373 Waco UPF-7s 513/335-2621 Newsletter: 4 per year Dues: $4 per year, Sept. I - Aug. 31 . World War I Aeroplanes, Inc. Leonard E. Opdycke, Director/Pub lisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie , NY 1260 I 914 / 473-3679 Journals: WW I Aero (1900-1919); Skyways (1920-1940) Dues: Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19 1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE L-__________________________________________________________________________________________~ Qi Q Q "~ u a Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967. A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc. especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316. The reward for that effort comes with recognition. both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judg ing ballots at EAA Oshkosh '89 where the airplane was voted Grand Cham pion Antique. Bill's G 17S was originally built at Beech's Wichita factory in February 1947. Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings. Im provements over the D Models in cluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer , sleeker cowling; a new windshield with shal greater with the V-tai l. aluminum speedster as we ll. The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were pro duced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day. The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing, however, will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of th e great airplanes of the Golden Age. Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory. Four more were asse mbl ed from parts lat er on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply In c. And a fac tory demonstrator, Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita, but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech so ld to a regular cus tomer , in this case, an oil drilling outfit from Colorado . The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc. in Ten nessee . In the early 1960s, Robert Col eman bought the Staggerwing and re covered it in Razorback, painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C. In 1967, a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and fly ing until 1972 when, one of the eight, Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members. As luck would have it , an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner. He was left with the prospect of a total rebuild and no one to lower slope ; a re-de share the expense. He signed instrument pan did have plenty of el; different vertical help from many quar stab ilizer and rudder; ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fair rebuild was performed ings . The company in by Bill himself. tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s, but at $29,000, from the airplane re the price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention. The post-war prosperity. basic structure was The newfangled Bo sound, but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 . 975 and its perfor from approximately mance was compara 2,400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging. The Staggerwing. Operat landing gear was com Carl Schuppel ing economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989 were the brakes. The electrical system was overhauled and con verted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package. The IFR set up includes dual nav coms with glideslope, ADF, DME, three light marker beacon and a Mode C trans ponder. Bill also in corporated a variety of warning systems for the gear, cabin doors, flaps, low-fuel or oil and fire. The 450-hp Pratt & Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now . Bill paid a con siderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul. It con tinues to purr like the P& W factory cat. The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis. This time , however. leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original. The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec, including the headliner. Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope, sanding in between every cross coat. The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wet sand, followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing. The rc suits are stunning. Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand. He began his flying as a lineboy, trad ing chores for flying time at Grand Forks, North Dakota. He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s, -17s, AT-6s and B-25s in the service . After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s. Ulti mately , he flew almost everything they had, including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his career, retiring In 1986. Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Min nesota Air National Guard. Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma, Ten nessee and chairs the museum's Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee. The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memora bilia and houses paperwork, plans and other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer, Walter Beech. The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education . It is named for the son of another museum founding member, Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients. When Bill ' s group first bought the Staggerwing, it was just another 20 year-old corporate luxury barge. What they did would compare to a group, today, buying a used King Air for per sonal transport. It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history, and Bill has been there through it all, thick and thin . • VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21 On Monday evening of EAA Osh kosh '89, with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass, it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area. It was fun to watch people walk by, stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts. It is called desire hunger, if you will. Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum air craft seemed to bring on more admiration. Some shook their heads in amazement, others quietly pointed out features to their friends. Somehow, I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners. By Wednesday af ternoon, both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided. The Thurs day evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989 a few convictions home! Globe Swift, NC78181, owned by Daryl Dressler of St. Paul , Minnesota won the Custom Class /I (over ISO-hp) Award. And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced, Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift, NC8090S, ran off with all the marbles! It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion "Lindy" Award. Charles Hoover (One of life's simple pleasures .) At first, Charles had a, "You gotta be kid ding!" apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware. However, my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home' He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood. Later, Charles admitted he didn't get much work done the rest of that day! A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards at Oshkosh with his Swift, with the AIC Grand Champion "Lindy" being Num ber seven! On top of this, the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoover's ownership. The original Swift, named the GC-l, was a steel tube and plywood airplane de signed by K. H. "Bud" Knox back in 1941. It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War /I in 1945. The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoover's metal Swift with its 85-hp engine. The Swift was built by three differ ent companies following World War II. Globe Aircraft Corp. of Fort Worth. Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas En gineering & Manufacturing Co. (Temco). These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft. which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts. The grand total manufactured is ap proximately 1.500 Swifts. of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today. or these. it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine. Now we can understand why Charles Hoover's 85 hp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows! It is a rare bird! Built in July. 1946. Charles' GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register. Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower. The lowest number on the register is NC33336, SIN 2, which is owned by Louis Leftwich, Jr. of Orlando, Florida. This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946. Included in the op tions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis! An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells. (Talk about " Dream ers"!) Some of the detailing on Charles' Swift really caught the judges' eye at EAA Oshkosh '89. The beautiful de cals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with "Swift" across the face were done by fellow Swift owner, Pat Moore of Minneapolis. They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful. Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it. Herein lies the secret! Just because Charles didn't win Grand Champion in 1973, he didn't give up. Each year, more improvements were ac complished, eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward. This is persistence at its very best. For this, we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors. And let us not forget the "Lake Elmo" bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society. Led by Mark Holliday, Jim Montague and a host of others, they have set the collective Antique/Classic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way "home" to Lake Elmo. We salute you! • VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23 SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B Ifyou've ever watched a kitten grow up, you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood . A kitten doesn't know what's possible and what isn ' t. It can ' t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf, which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger, and leaping up on the roof. It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf. Some time later, it will find another way to get to the roof. You have to wonder if , along the way , the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were. In the 1930s, aviation was like that kitten . It hadn't yet figured out what it couldn't do . Designer s were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989 by Mark Phelps ways to coax more speed and capabil ity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis. Improved airframes alternated with more sophi sticated engines, play ing techno-leapfrog from one design to the next. In June 1932, Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with it s 8-14-8 " Speedwing ." Only two were built and Vern Dallman, most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh '89 for his " Little Looper" replica , has one of them at his " Ala Dob le Aerobatic Ranch" in Es parto , California. The " Speedwing" was essentially an A-14-D "Sportsman" with a nine-cy linder, 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine. The Sportsman, which itself was cer tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder , 240-hp R-760-E. With 60 mor e horse s up front. the Speed wing aimed its ample nose in the direc tion of the wealthy sport-flyer market. It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front. Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr , however. in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers. The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from th e factory in St. Louis. Missouri. Other standard equipm e nt included a metal propeller , electric starter , navi gation lights . cockpit lights , battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit. Re tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100, he could have the optional two-tone paint job. The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the center section tank. In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the dis criminating owner-pilot, two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit. The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower, 100 pounds. The shatter-proof windshield was ad justable as was the rear seat. Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph. Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same R 975 engine for Casey Lambert. Vern Dallman's airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perfor mance. In fact, Curtiss-Wright later developed its "Osprey" as a fighter bomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget. With the sorry state of owner-flown, high-performance aircraft sales today, it seems odd that an airplane such as the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression. In fact, it didn't. Only two were built. One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator. Vern's is the old factory airplane, com plete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for cross country work). The progression of Curtiss- Wright's aircraft design trends went like this. From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential mili tary contract ships of the mid- to late 1930s to the "Co ndor" series of trans ports that got the factory people so ex cited after that. It's significant that in 1933 , Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each. No one bought them. The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before. Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today, yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940. Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932. With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence . Ralph Damon became president and George Page, 1r. became chief engineer. Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss- Wright machines. It's interesting that you can break down the design influence and prog ress of a company virtually by the month, based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost. Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time. In fact, it 's likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed. The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears. In the case of the 8-14- 8, that means lots of horsepower, raw speed and one person on board. Practical? No , but in those days, aviation wasn ' t grown up enough to know what was impossible . • VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25 AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Re li c Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork. Choose from the de Havilland D . H.4: Bleriot XI: Alba tross D. Ya: Wright EX "Yin Fiz": Fok ker T-2: Douglas World Cruiser "Chi cago": or Curtiss NC-4. Through an agreement with the Smithsonian In stitution's National Air and Space Museum. each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft. Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HA\ ' lllA,\' J) D .H . -t history of the aircraft. The prints are available framed at $145 each or un framed at $55 each. For the quality and historica l significance involved, this represents a good value. For a catalog or to order by telephone. call to ll -free. 1-800 / 533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Re li c Prints, 8152 North .":,,, . 32nd Street, Ric hland. Michigan 49083-0576. .~ SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Washington. D.C. 20560 U5.A. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY This aviati01l relic print was issued in a limited quantity by the Smithsonian I11stitutioll, Natio11nl Air and Space Museum, Washington, D. C. Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric serie s 'l ms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11. The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric, a piece of wh ich is attached to this relic print. ~~Donald S. Lopez Deputy Director National Air and Space Museu.:,,:. .:::,%'~ ~~i~ .(atiii(rSa7~ ~~\:ii;rii~7)1i~ :~t ~)!1~~~i~ "::;~' :il: ~ ~~\' . ~i 26 NOVEMBER 1989 This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen, noted aviation photographer from Fairborn, Ohio. Although taken in 1989, it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B, NC16130, SIN 9693, owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville, Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 "Custom Beverly" owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn, Ohio. Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory! Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company. The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B- 26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile. SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Com pitch propellers, In recent years, the firm has pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse, Inc, and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types, , , and that aspect of the business named president. Wilbur was president of will also be continued. For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s. Under new contact: Sensenich Propeller Company, East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road, P,O, Box 5100, Lancaster, PA present facilities in Lancaster, PA and will 17601-0100. Phone: 717/569-0435, continue to make wood and metal fixed VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27 PASS IT TO ---rJAn information exchange column with input from readers. Oh boy! Here it is d ea dline time and I don' t have anything down on paper. See ms t oo, that p eo pl e are using the pho ne more and more. I have o nl y a few le tt e rs thi s month . But I havc what seems li ke a million phone ca ll s. A l mos t a ll th e ca ll s are from peo pl e wa nt in g to talk to people who have writte n arti cles for thc magazine. Geo rge Qu as t' s se ri es of articles o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has gene rated an in ord in ate number of ca ll s, a ll wa ntin g hi s home ad dr ess and phone num ber. It was not in the article. (Reach George (If PO Box 233. Hutchinson . Min lI eso lil 55350-0233. Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog. M ax . - Ed .) I' ve had ca ll s fro m '" Baron" vo n Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch o ut 28 NOVEMB ER 19 89 by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 , Ale 5) P.o. Box 424 Union, IL 60180 San Di eg o way and anoth er in vite to do Mex ica n Av ia ti on Day at Ensenada. Th e re have b ee n phone ca ll s fro m San A nt o ni o's Bill Str atton with more talk abo ut his Liai so n Pilot s' gro up ; from N ew York as king fo r info on Ae ron ca e ngines; and ca ll s from guys who ju st wanted to talk . So me we re a ft e r II :00 at ni ght (" Hey Buck . A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ' ve go t to settl e an argume nt. What color was the headliner on a 19 40 Champ ?"), but in the main I' ve e nj oye d talking to eve r yo ne of them . I ju st fini shed anothe r sojo urn ac ross the co untry taking in the fa ll co lo rs and visiting av iatin ' fri e nds along the way. I vi s ited Ge or ge York in Ma ns fi eld , Ohio last month . We di scussed aircraft jud ging and some o f th e p ec uliariti es of that partic ul ar job at O shkosh. I' ve said it often enough , I hop e, th at I rea ll y respect our j ud ges a nd their efforts during the Co nve ntion. Both G eorge a nd I ag ree th at we co uld use a few mor e a ppr e ntices to work with the jud ges duri ng the Co nvention. Th e pro gram n ee ds some ne w tale nt , so guy s a nd ga ls, get in ea rly and lea rn how the syste m works. Le t' s have your input. I also visited Bill "D oc" M itche ll at Coud e rspo rt , Pe nnsy lva ni a. Bill 's very ni ce PT - 19 is that a ll -s il ver one that you al ways see in the front row d own at AIC Sh ow pl ane Parking. He was coe r ce d into taking it d ow n to the War bird Ar ea a co uple of times, but he always seems to wind up back with us. He is al so one o f the best " lin e" boys I've ever encountered. Along with Ra y Olcott. he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention. I got to visit his hangar and you wouldn't believe the goodies he ha s. That PT - 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has. I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy. I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Booth bay, Maine but as usual my time/dis tance perception was way off base. After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines, it's hard to realize how long it takes to drive . To me, Bos ton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O' Hare . We took five day s! I had intended to visit the Marlboro an tiquers in Massachusetts but had to by pass them because I flat ran out of time. I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the ga ng around upstate New York, but again, I ran out of time . I'm going to change my ways a nd just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and not tr yi ng to spread it out too much. I might mention th at I did visit with Father John MacGillivray in Anti gonish. Nova Scotia. Canada. Father John as you may know. donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles " Hawk" to the EAA Aviation Foundation over th e years and is a mainstay of EAA. He maintains his "seat" up at the infor mation window at EAA Headquarte rs during the Convention and also con duct s services at th e Theatre In the Woods despite all th e airplane noise. Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground. He keeps EAA mem bers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that 's going on. He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to out of-towners such as Dorothy and me. We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didn't take ad vantage of the dinner invitation in con currance with the chapter meeting . I've also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on dis play in the EAA Air Adventure Museum. The new arrangement of air craft and the display. now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar, ha s made several of those people very happy. Previous to thi s, there just wasn't room and many of the airplanes were in storage. Now we can all see them . I' m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the "Old Timers" has gone "West.·' Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project , or see that beauti ful SE 5 replica in the display area , think of Gil Bodeen. Gil goes way back. Back to the beginning. The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb. Illinois was largely his. He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which you'lI se ld om see.' 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there. I'm gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will liv e on , right there in the muse um displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Air port . • A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29 CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Ring's private air strip "Ring Interna tional" in Berwick, Maine since it was formed in 1985. Known as the "New England Chapter," it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft. The chapter was founded by its first president, Bob Ring of Ber wick; Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence, Massachusetts; Jack Copeland of Westborough , Massachusetts; and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn, Massachusetts. Membership now num bers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire, eastern Massachusetts , and southwest Maine . Ring International is a busy place because of both the club's as well as the individual members' projects . Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration. This project, plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects, leave little time for dull moments. A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton , Massachusetts . When the airplane is complete, Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties. Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider. Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continu ally work on projects, either their own or those of fellow members. As a mat ter of fact, getting together at each other's projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity. President Errol Dow sums it up best: "We are an aid to each other. Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete pro ject. It becomes a learning experience for all of us ." Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned pro 30 NOVEMBER 1989 Left to right: Bob Ring, Jock Denison, Harvey Wells, Errol Dow, Gerry Peterson, Jock Cope land, Dick Gilchrist. Louis Furnos, Maurice Lambert (guest), Paul Poulson and Charlie Pear son grams. These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal, fabric covering and general restora tion. He notes that, "everyone likes to teach or instruct." This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft. Errol is re storing an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester, New Hampahire has sev eral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration. In cluded in Dick's collection is a rare , if not the only existing, Waco Model "D." Included among members' airplanes are a Luscombe, Champ, and a J-3. Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off. As far as flight is concerned, how ever, Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past. For example, Jack Cope land has been instrumental in en couraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAA's position on general aviation and airplane issues. In Errol Dow 's opinion, EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airman's right to fly . Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton, New Hampshire who passed away last November. At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb, he earned everyone's respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes. Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don 's shoes, but from the current interest shown by mem bers, Errol has made his own shoes to walk in! He believes in a sustained ef fort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the club's base . That base is sure to grow because of the chapter's desire to teach . Seems as though they can't wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes. This group of New Englanders are proving that something old ha s a bright future . • ~~ere The Selle!s and Buyers lII'Leet... 25¢ per word, SS .OO minimum charge. Send your ad to The Vintage Trader, EAA Aviation Center Oshkosh , WI 54903-2591 . AIRCRAFT: Replica 213 scale Jenny - 2 place, 4130. Outper forms the original. Inexpensive and fast to build flown to Oshkosh twice. Plans - $75.00, video $25.00, info - $1 .00. Wiley, P.O. Box 6366 , Longmont , CO 80502. (12-3) Cessna Airmaster - C-34 Project. Warner 145 Scarab, Curtiss-Reed prop. Factory drawings, needs new wing . $12,000. 201 /832-2009. (11-2) Rearwin - 1940 Skyranger. Good original condi tion, ferryable but needs annual. $6,500 OBO, 319/ 679-2324. (12-2) MISCELLANEOUS: Super Cub PA18 fuselages repaired or rebuilt - in precision master fixtures . All makes of tube assemblies or fuselages repaired or fabricated new. J. E. Soares Inc., 7093 Dry Creek Road, Bel grade, Montana 59714,406/388-6069, Repair Sta tion 065-21. (c /12-89) 1910-1950 Original aviation items for sale - in struments, wood propellers, helmets, goggles, manuals, 44-page catalog airmailed, $5.00. Jon Al drich, Box 706 , Airport, Groveland, CA 95321 , 209/ 962-6121 . (c-2/90) Will Share my treasure of aircraft parts! - 24 year collection with continuous additions . . . and still buying ... for all types of aircraft. Tell me what you need! Air Salvage of Arkansas, Rt. 1, Box 8020, Mena, Arkansas 71953, phone 501 /394 1022 anytime. (c-3/ 90) Monocoupe, Rearwin, Culver - Gee Bee 's, Hall, Chester, etc. Catalog/News - $3.00. Refundable . 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WRIGHT EX "VIN F1Z" lSI trans-US flight. 1911 FOKKER T-2 1st non-stop trans -US. 192 3 BLERIOf XI 1914 French monoplane ALBAlROS D.VA German WWI fi ghter DE HAVILLAND DH4 US-built WWI bomber CURT ISS NC4 ISl tran s- Atlanti c fli ght. 1919 DOUGLAS WORLD CRUISE R 1st round -Ihe-world flight. 1924 A sig ned Ce rtificate of Authenticity from the Smithsonian and a colorful 2-page history , ponraying the aircrafl and its illustrious past. is included with each print. Specia l duotone printing process adds realism and depth to the aircrafl images, reproduced from Smith so nian archival photos. Aviatio n Relic Prints .. _ an inv es tment in aviati on historyl Print, rramed in solid wood (20'/2 x 26 '12 ), wit h oolor coordi nated matboards. ($ 150 each. include s shipp ing ) Print o~y (15 x 20 ). ($ 58 eac h. include s shi ppin g) Michi ga n deliveries add 4 % MC / VISA ord ers ca ll TOLL FREE : 800-533-7763 , or se nd chec k 10 : AVIAT ION RELIC PRII'iTS 8152 N. 32nd 51., Box 576 Richland. MI 49083 616-629-5858 Pric es effective thru tit5/90 by George Hardie Jr. Airplanes come in a variety of shapes and sizes. This one can be con sidered an extreme in shape at least. The photo was submitted by Pete Bow ers of Seattle, Washington, date and location unknown. Answers will be published in the February, 1990 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE . Deadline for that issue is December 10, 1989 . John Underwood of Glendale , California gave an extensive answer to the Mystery Plane for August, 1989. He writes: " It is the prototype Cycloplane, built in Los Angeles in 1930 by O. L. Woodson and Dick Myhers. The com pany marketed a low cost flight train ing program which consisted of a ' grass cutter' and solo trainer, both motivated by the 22-hp Cyclomotor two-stroke twin. Only eight or 10 out fits were sold before the company went belly up. Woodson, the designer (Woodson Express, Simplex Red Arrow, etc.) went on to a distinguished career with Northrop and Bell, which included the first American jet fighter. skills ($2.50/hr wet) on Cycloplanes were A. W . (Tony) Le Vier , Jim Dewey of Screaming Eagle/Santa Paula fame, Ruth Reinhold (Barry Goldwater campaign pilot and Arizona aviation pioneer) and Mary Wiggins, motion picture stunt flier and among the first to throw in with Cochran's WASP. X-144W survived well into war years, long after the Cyclomotor had pooped out, as a primary glider. " Other answers were received from Charley Hayes of Park Forest , Illinois; H. G. Buffington of EI Dorado, Arkan sas; George W. Friess of Lakewood , California; Bob Armstrong of Rawl ings , Maryland; William O . Williams , Jr. of Bryan , Ohio; Lynn Towns of Baton Rapids, Michigan; Ed Garber of Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Frank H. Abar, Jr. of Livonia, Michi gan; Hal Swanson of Shoreview, Min nesota, and Marty Eisenmann of Gar rettsville, Ohio. Reference: U. S. Civil Aircraft, Vol. 5 by Joseph Juptner, p . 132. • " Among those who sharpened their Cycloplane VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35