EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher

Tom Poberezny

November 1992 Vol 20 No 11

CONTENTS 1 Straight amp Level

Espie Butch Joyce

2 AeroMail

3 AlC News compiled by HG Frautschy

PageS 5 Vintage LiteratureD ennis Parks

8 Aerodrome 92HG Frautschy

12 More EAA Oshkosh 92 H G F rautschy

14 Best 195 of Paul Beck Norm Petersen

19 What Our Members Are Restoring Norm Petersen

22 Type Club Listing

21 Pass it to Buck E E Buck Hilbert

26 Mystery PlaneGeorge Hardie

27 Calendar

31 Vintage Trader Page 14

FRONT COVER This Albatras DVa was built from scratch by the late Bob Sleep for Frank Ryders Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum Powered by a Ranger engine the ful l size replica is a

t~=) magnificent accomplishment in the art 01 custom aircraft building EM photo by Jim Koepnick shot with a Canon EOS-1 equipped with an BOshy200mm lens 1125 IBO on Kodachrome 64 Cessna 210 photo plane flown by Bruce Moore BACK COVER Paul Beck Ilies his award winning Cessna 195 over Lake Winnebago during EM OSHKOSH 92 EM Photo by Carl Schuppel shot with a Canon EOS-1 equipped with an BO-200mm lens 1250 IBO on Kodachrome 64 Cessna 210 photo plane Ilown by Bruce Moore

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Editor Henry G Frautschy

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Art Director Mike Drucks

Computer Graphic Specialists Olivia L Phillip Sara Hansen

Advertising Mary Jones

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Feature Writers George Hardie Jr Dennis Parks

Staff Photographers Jim Koepnick Mike Steineke

Carl Schuppel Donna Bushman

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by Espie Butch Joyce

October 1992 the AntiqueClassic Chapter 3 had its fall fly-in in Camden South Carolina This annual event is very well attended by individuals from the Southeast We even had some folks from Michigan this year This fly-in is very well managed Camden Airport is an old military field that has several runways and a lot of parking area Headquarters for the evening events is at the Holiday Inn at Lugoff South Carolina the town next to Camden This motel has very good facilities and an excellent restaurant I really enjoy these fly-ins I am a past President of this AntiqueClassic Chapter 3 It has been a chapter for a number of years As with all chapters it seems that it has its real hard-core membership that usually volunteer to do all of the adshyministrative and other required jobs in order for a fly -in to come off successfulshy1y The current President of Cha pter 3 is Phil Loftin Hes done an excellent job the past few years running this chapter His regular job is as the tower chief for Charlotte North Carolina airport a U S Air hub Its also a TCA Its nice to know that people like Phil understand our type of flying Phil also owns a very nice Cessna 170 and has a home next to the runway Phil thanks for doing such a good job for the Chapter these past two years During the fly-in we had very good weather on Friday There were

about 55 airplanes on the field Friday evening a very good turnout in fact one of the best that I can remember Friday night was movies fellowship and going out to dinner with friends Saturday also had good weather and by about 300 oclock Saturday afternoon we had approximately 300 airplanes on the field With this large number of airplanes and the judging requirements of different categories it becomes very hectic Judging generally starts about 200 PM and is through at 400 PM with the awards banquet on Saturday night The weather outlook for Sunday was not that good so there were a number of people who scurried home Saturday afternoon and opted not to attend the awards banquet The banquet turned out to be very entertaining There were a number of good-looking and restored contemporary aircraft There seems to be a growing interest in the Contemshyporary Class of aircraft as people see this as an alternative to trying to find a classic to buy or restore I think we will find a continued growth in interest in this area in the future It is an era of aircraft manufacture and growth that was unprecedented and put a lot of people in the air with thei r own aircraft Waking up on Sunday morning I realshyized that the people who scurried out Saturday afternoon made the correct decision The weather was real stinko We loaded up and left around 1100 oclock in the morning IFR in my Baron and we went into the base of the clouds at 800 feet in the rain and was solid in the clouds until we broke out on approach at my home base Shiloh Airshyport close to Madison North Carolina It seemed like the weather system acshytually ended on the approach path with the weather to the north being fairly decent As you read this magazine your AntiqueClassic Board of Directors alshyready have had their Fall Board meetshying In a future issue Ill give you a report of what transpired at this meetshying A unique aspect of the Fall meeting is when we have what is known as a joint board meeting The AntiqueClasshysic Board of Directors the Warbirds of America Board of Directors the Intershynational Aerobatic Club Board of Directors the EAA Aviation Foundashytion Board of Directors and the EAA Board of Directors all meet the same

weekend On Friday afternoon starting at 300 PM we have a joint board meetshying Theres quite a number of people attending this meeting and gives you some idea of the amount of volunteer work and volunteer management that goes into running the entire EAA orshyganization The AntiqueClassic Board of Directors voted in a new program shythe AntiqueClassic Hall of Fame We will have a nomination every two years for an individual to be placed into the Hall of Fame They will be recognized in a special place with-in the EAA Air Adventure Museum by a very well done photo-etched plaque of the individual In the future we will be taking nominashytions from the membership for inshydividuals to be indoctrinated into the AntiqueClassic HalJ of Fame The leaves are about off the trees here in the Carolinas and Thanksgiving is just around the corner turkey day with friends and family then we rush right off into December and Christmas time and then New Year It is hard to believe that I am going on my fifth year as President of the Division I hope every member is pleased with the way that your AntiqueClassic Division has been run As I have said in the past if anyone has any concerns we do not take ofshyfense from any suggestions from our membership How else will we know what our members want I would like to report that we have passed 8100 memshybers in the Division I just could not be prouder of those people who chose to receive our VINTAGE AIRPLANE magazine HG is doing a great job with it Our Division has at this time the best retention of new and continued memberships of any division of EAA We are doing it right and I want to keep doing it right Your Division will work and do everything they can to keep your flying affordable A good example of that is through our insurance program where the rates are enabling our memshybership to make flying more affordable One way that you as a member of the Division can help is to be extra careful when flying your aircraft None of us likes to hear of an aircraft loss or an injury so we should all exercise the best judgment we can Let s all pull in the same direction for the good of aviation Remember we are better together Join us and have it alJ

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1

MAIL

IS IT STILL AROUND

Dear Sir

Could this be published in VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE magazine please

I am seeking information and phoshytographs relating to Curtiss Junior NC10943 A friend and I are constructshying a 14 scale flying replicamodel (rashydio-controlled) of this particular airshycraft We have a few older photos (date unknown) of it in a yellow co lor scheme with white trim (apparently scalloped at wing and tail leading edges) with black accent lines We would like further details of this color scheme In particular the top amp undershysides of wingengine nacelle area

Also we would like to hear more about this interesting aircraft it s whereabouts today and wou ld like to hear from anyone who is familiar with this aircraft

Thank you for your attention

I very much enjoy receiving and reading VINTAGE AIRPLANE every month

Best Wishes Paul Kilgour Tui RD 1 Takaka Aotearoa New Zealand

I advised Paul that Curtiss- Wright Junior NC 10943 is still carried on the current FAA registration list residing in Carson City NV There are 29 Juniors currently registered For others who wish to know if an airplane is still regisshytered you can call or write the FAA for that information I understand that the phone numbers can be busy so you may need to try a couple of times before you get through The address to write to is

FAA Aircraft Registry PO Box 25082 Oklahoma City OK 73125

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NXQ-1 takes its pilot Don Pellegrino for a romp above the clouds during EAA Oshkosh 92

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or you can reach them by phone at 405680-3116 or 3117

These people are very helpful if you can give them something to start with - a registration number is best- HGF

A NOTE FROM AN EAA OSHKOSH

PA RTICIPANT

Good morning I an old XNQ-l made it to

Oshkosh Just a note to thank you for the

wonderful week there After all the excitement of my first cross-country flight since 1955 it was fun to land at Oshkosh and taxi to the Fairchild area How nice it was to park next to so many of my brethren Fairchilds and hear all that talk by other owners and restorers

Many EAA members looked at me some virtually inside and out and I enjoyed sharing my past Very few could tell what type aircraft I was but many more knew me when the week was over

How lucky I was to find someone who wanted me to fly again and feel wind on my wings and who was willing to spend nine and a half years restoring me

I especially thank the Antique Classic Division of the EAA for the Special Recognition award It was the frosting on the fuselage after my wonderful week at Oshkosh

Sincerely Fairchild XNQ-l

Thanks for the note Q-I Youre certainly right you won the unofficial contest Mystery Plane of the EAA Convention this year You and your pilot Don Pellegreno are most welshycome to come visit all your Fairchild friends in the AntiqueClassic area any time you wish See you again soon shyHGF

compiled by HG Frautschy

From EAA Vice-President - Governshyment Affairs Bob Warner we have the following

FAA AIRSPACE RECLASSIFICATION GOES

INTO EFFECT

Starting this past September VFR aeronautical charts (Sectional and WAC charts as well as Terminal Area charts) began depicting the transition to newly named and designated airspace under the agreed-upon international standard During the rest of 1992 and finishing in October 1993 the FAA will begin depicting the changes on visual charts For US pilots this means a relearning of the terminology that now defines much of the airspace in the United States with letter designations such as Class A B and C airspace The actual rule changes will go into effect in October 1993

The changes are primarily a matter of renaming rather than any changes of operating rules of the size of the airspace The goal to simplify airspace understanding will also be achieved by the elimination of a number of layers of overlapping airspace designations each of which have their own set of operating rules For example airport traffic areas and control zones will become Class D airspace Pilots should study the new aeronautical charting symbols and other related materials that describe the changes in airspace reclassification FAA facilities nationwide have available easy-to-understand brochures that explain the purpose and magnitude of the changes

For an informative article concerning these changes read the article New Lyrics For An Old Tune by Buck Hilbert starting on page 51 of the October issue of SPORT AVIATION

HINTS FOR RESTORERS NEWS

Back in the July issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE we wrote that Snap-on Tools was no longer a sponsor of Hints for Restorers and Hints for Homeshybuilders We are happy to report that Snap-on has returned as a sponsor of this popular feature and will continue to supply winners published in either SPORT A VIA TION VINTAGE AIRPLANE or EAA EXPERIshyMENTER with a prize each month as

well as a Grand Prize (a Snap-on Tools KR657 Roll Cab and KR637 Top Chest) awarded each year during the EAA Convention Welcome back Snap-on Tools

In addition to the prizes awarded by Snap-on Tools Aircraft Spruce and Specialty will award a $25 gift certificate plus a current catalog to each winner of airframe related Hints for Restorers and Hints for Homebuilders published

Members are also invited to submit hints of an electrical nature Any electrical hint published will receive a Fluke Model 23-2 Muitimeter with Holster from the John Fluke Mfg Co Inc They will a lso be awarding a Grand Prize each year during the EAA Convention for the best hint published during the previous 12 months

Our thanks to these three sponsors for their generosity and we look forward to publishing your Hints Send your entries to EAA s Hints For Homebuilders Attn Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

EAA ADULT AIR ACADEMY 93 ANNOUNCED

Basic aircraft maintenance building and restoration skills will be the subjects of the EAA Adult Air Academy in each of two one-week sessions scheduled for February 14 shy20 and February 21 - 27 of 1993 The experienced staff of the EAA Air Academy will share their aviation knowledge and experience in many of the basic skills required to successfully restore build and maintain aircraft The $700 registration fee provides accommodations meals local transshyportation classroom supplies and necessary materials

Further information and registration materials are avai lable from the Education Office of the EAA Aviation Foundation by calling 414-426-4888 or by writing the Education Office P O Box 3065 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065 Registration will be limited to 25 participants per session Make you r decision and register early

EAA AIR ACADEMY ADDED TO SUN N FUN 93

For the first tim e an EAA Air Academy will be held for young people

ages 14 - 17 during the 1993 EAA Sunn Fun Fly-In For more information contact Education Office of the EAA Aviation Foundation by calling 414-426-4888 or by writing the Education Office P O Box 3065 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065 Registration will be limited to 25 participants per session Make your decision and register early

PAUL GARBER PASSES A WAY

Historian Paul Garber a name synonymous with the Smithsonian Institutions Air and Space Museum passed away at the age of 93 on September 23 1992 Paul Garbers life literally spa nned the age of manned flight - the first airplane he ever saw at the age of 9 was the 1909 Wright Flyer undergoing trials at the US Army Signal Corps field at Fort Meyer VA Witnessing that flight sparked an interest in flight that would never diminish After WW I Garber worked at the airport at College Park MD and later in 1920 he was hired by the Smithsonian on a three-month temporary assignment He never left and his impact on the world of aviation preservation was immeasurable It was he who sent a cablegra m to Charles Lindbergh via the US Ambassador in Paris asking that Lindbergh donate the Spirit of St Louis to the Smithsonian His zeal for obtaining and preserving the artifacts of flight helped fill the halls of what we now enjoy as the National Air and Space Museum In 1980 the Museums restoration facility was renamed the Paul E Garber Preservation Restoration and Storage Facility in his honor What could be more fitting as a tribute to a man who spent his life documenting and preserving the history of manned flight

EARLVIEAUX

The news from the Chicago area EAA Chapter 260 is just as sad Earl E Vieaux a lifelong av iation promoter enthusiast and Chapter 260 officer passed away August 28 1992 Earl was a commercial pilot and active EAAer and his passing will leave a void in Chicago area sport aviation that will not easily be filled Our condolences are extended to his many friends and his family

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3

THE FAMILY THAT RESTORES TOGETHER

The summer slipped away before I got a chance to show off a feat accomplished by the father and son team of Lyle and Chris Wheeler The AntiqueClassic division at the 1992 EAA Sunn Fun Fly-In at Lakeland FI was the site of a rare and unusual event when the Wheelers entered both their airplanes in the judging competition and they both won N68238 a1943 Boeing Stearman N2S-3 is owned by Chris (Lyles son) and was awarded the Best WW II Era Antique Chris is from Boca Raton FL N87881 a 1946 Piper J3C-85 Cub is owned by Lyle Wheeler of Sarasota FL It won the Best Custom Classic up to 85 hp It was also awarded an Outstanding Aircraft prize at the 1990 Sun n Fun Fly-In Congratulations to both the Wheelers The 1993 edition of the EAA Sun n Fun Fly-In will take place April 18 through April 24 1993 See you there

EAA OSHKOSH BEST LUSCOMBE

Thanks to Phil High one of our ace volunteer photographers during EAA Oshkosh we have this nice shot of Randy Hudsons very sharp Luscombe 8A Randy was honored with the Best Luscombe award at EAA Oshkosh 92 for all the elbow grease used up while polishing this beauty (Ill bet hes glad those are fabric covered wings after he gets done polishing the fuselage) Randy is from Cedar Rapids IA

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What Pilots Think ofLegislation

In 1926 the United

pilots in surplus World

War I aircraft was also making a small beginning The

States was severa l years behind European countries which had moved more quickly after the war to establish civil aviation on a commercial basis

It was not until 1925 when Congress passed the Kelly Airmail Act that the Post Office withdrew from the flying business and gave the job of carrying themail to private transport companies

Private flying mostly of the barnshystorming variety done by World War I

economics of barnstorming were simshyple anybody with an airplane that had two seats could get into the business All that was needed was a cow pasture near a town and a small advertisement in the local week ly paper say ing that aerial sightseeing flights would be given for two dollars to all comers

In the early 1920s there were few government regulations There was no requirement for a pilots li cense nor for an airplane airworthiness cershytificate and it was a long time before

the US government elected to take over the job of regulating and promotshying civil aviation as was being done in Europe In 1912 the Aero C lub of America in its pub li cation AEROshyNAUTICS emp hasized the imporshytance of federal registration of aircraft and the licensing of airmen The Aero Club s idea did not take ho ld howshyever and the club itself issued the first pilot licenses and continued to do so under the authority of its internashytional charter until 1926 when Congress passed the Air Commerce Act

While Congress was reluctant to take over regulation and promotion of the nations infant commercial aviashytion efforts it did realize that future aeronautical progress depended on federal help and guidance Thus the National Advisory Comm ittee for Aeronautics (NACA) had been creshyated by Congress in 1915 to supershyvise and direct the scientific study of the problems of aerial flig ht with a view to their practical solution One of the first things NACA did was press for federal regulation of aeroshynautics

In 1919 President Wilson subshymitted to Congress a bill drafted by NACA which would authoshyrize the Department of Comshy

merce to license pilots inspect airshycraft and supervise the use of airfields No action was taken on President Wilsons recommendation but bills to regulate this infant indusshytry continued to be introduced one afshyter another until fina ll y seven years later in 1926 the Air Commerce Act was passed This act has been ca lled the legislative cornerstone for the deshyvelopment of commercial aviation in America On A ugust 11 1926 the President appointed William P MacshyCracken Jr to be the first Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronaushytics MacCracken was a World War I Army pilot former chairma n of the American Bar Assoc iation Commitshytee on Aviation Law and an officer of

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Na tional Air Tra nsport on e o f th e first airlines

In late 1925 the Senate passed the Bingham Bill to promote a nd regushyla te fl ying in the United States An editorial in the Ja nuary 4 1926 issue o f AVIATION supporte d th e bill noting that it cl e arly attempt e d to promote rathe r than extinguish aviashytio n If this law before its final passhysage is not amended so as to change it s purpose a happy soluti o n o f th e r eg ulatory probl e m will have be en reached

A VIATION solicited th e input fr o m its reade rship on the matte r of th e impe ndin g regulation a nd pubshylished the results during 1926 in a seshyri es ca ll ed What Pilots Think About Legislation T he letters printed are no t only inte res tin g in revea lin g the a ttitudes o f pil o ts a bout reg ulation but also give an insight into aviation at the time wh at was being fl o wn and ho w a ircra ft we re being use d Th e

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foll owin g le tt e rs a re re printed fr o m that 1926 series

FLYING SAFE WITHOUT LEGISLA TION

I d o not think th a t because a fe w unli censed pilots have had wrecks that the re is reason to say that they make fl ying unsafe There were more wrecks a ft e r th e Wa r whe n th e pilots ca me ri g ht from th e fl yin g se rvice th an the re are now by those who are be ing gradua ted from the civilian sch oo ls H ow about th e wreck of three Sto ut Planes - in the South The best pil o t will go wrong once in a while I had a regul a r army office r te ll me th a t he ha d was hed out thirty-three a irshyplanes What do you think about that

W e nee d flyin g fie lds more th a n anything e lse Give th e aeronautica l indu stry fi e ld s a nd it will g ro w Fr a nkly e ve n if th e r e is som e bill

passed by Congress I do ubt if it will he lp any Let them keep out of civilshyian aviation

CARL Z E LLWEGER Orient Iowa

FEARS LEGISLATION

I have a lways had a horror o f a ny aircraft legislation because I love the air and I would soone r be dead than to be banished from it The reason I fee l that I would not be pe rmitted to fly is because my righ t hand is crippled and I know that the first thing the gove rn shyme nt wo uld require is a ve ry seve re phys ical examination I know two pishylots who a re ve ry badl y crippled ye t th e y c an o utfly a lo t o f physi call y sound pilots especi all y in light planes However I would like to see a law to stop stunt fl ying As to making laws to make fl ying safe that has a lready been

The Buhl-Verville J4 Airster was awarded the first Approved Type Certificate under the new regulations on March 29 1927

tried by the Army and] really and truly believe that the Army pilots have far more crashes than the commercial fliers proportionately One reason is th at the majo rity of barnstormers can t afford to take a chance beca use their old Jenny is about a ll they own She may not be much of a plan e but she flies and they like the m I taught myself to fly in 1916 on a s ingle surshyface Curtiss pusher which Tstill have If the law will allow I am going to use he r this coming season and fly he r for exhibition purposes I make my living carrying passengers during the su mshymer months and rebuilding wrecked Jennies and Canucks during the winshyter I use Je nnies mostly because that is about aliI can afford to own I have never had a real serious accident o r inshyjured anyone including myself

TOT DOUGLAS Frankfort Ind

LA W NECESSARY IN INTERESTS OF FLYING

I hav e simply flown for pleasure originally using my ship to fly back and forth from Indianapoli s to Grand R a pid s Mich Used the VE7 on thi s work Flew the little Standard Scout this summer from Chicago straight across Lake Michigan to Muskegon

I think that every pilot or every pershyson who flies a ship should be a memshyber of the NAA and have a pilots lishycense before he is pe rmitted to so lo O ne of the greatest injuries to avia tion in this country is that anyone can buy an old junk ship and immediately begin to take up innocent passe ngers The so ca lled pilot knows littl e if anything about flying and sti ll less of the condishytion of his ship which is probably eight or nine years old and never had any inshyspection within the eight or nine years This regulation it seems to me should be Federa l since an airplane covers so much territory so quickly that it is pracshytically no time until one or another ship has passed over different state lines

JOSEPH C DISSETIE Indianapolis Ind

FAVORS FEDERAL LEGISLATlON

I am in favor of licensing pilots and alshylowing on ly those so lice nsed to carry passengers There have been any numshyber of in stances of incompetent pi lots taking up passe nge rs and it ought to be stopped Part of my business is instructshying and after I turn a man loose I try to impress him with the fact that he is by no means a finished pilot and should put in a number of hours of solo flying before attempting to take up any passe ngers Most of them see the point but I have had others go right out with a tota l time of four or five hours and take up passenshygers I be lieve the public ought to be protected agai nst taking such chances I am operating Standards With Hispano Liberty 6 and OX engines The last is for instruction work and the others for crossshycountry and short sight-seeing hops I think the short hops are the most profshyitabl e I beli eve Federa l regulation wo uld be the best one universa l law to work und e r in stead of forty-eight to worry about Also the same regulat ions that are to app ly in the operation of an air line should not be applied to the small operator who does most of hi s flying about his own field and is always right at his base This is an entirely different proposition

W W MEYER Morton Grove Ill

TOO SOON TO LEGISLATE

Tthink that commercial flying should be left alone for at least three more years

Licensing pilots and airplane inspecshytion will I believe be so complica ted that it will put most of the Gypsy fliers an d small fie ld operators out of busishyness Who is it that is educating the peoshyple to flyin g The Gypsy flier and the small operator of course

Licensing pilots will not prevent accishydents for ninety-nine per cent of all the accidents occur through foo lish stuntshying I operate an aviation field here I have a Canuck a Hispano Jenny and a Hisso-Standard I train a few students and take p eople up on short flights or long cross-cou ntry flights do photoshygraph ic work and have bee n doing a very good business I have been flying steadily since I first learn ed to fly in September 1919 I have flown about 1500 hours most of this be ing Gypsy flying all over the United States and Old Mexico

J WARREN SMITH Delaware Ohio

FOR STATE CONTROL

I am highly in favor of State contro l which could be worked out in the same line that the automobile is handled As to a li censed pilot being a better flier than a pilot who holds no license this is all wrong I have personally taught peoshyple to fly and in from twelve to fifteen hours had them able to go through the required tests That did not make them A-I pilots although they we re able to fly the tests as required

On the other hand I have seen pilots who hold a license and who have had a considerable number of hours in the air but could not make a landi ng on all three points or use their heads in an eme rgency as well as some beginners that had no licenses and less than fifty hours in flying time

At the present time I do not know of any particular branch of the flying busishyness that is very profitable unl ess it is advertising and passenger work At prese nt I am flyin g a Jennie with the OX job but in the past 12 years I have flown all kinds from the old pusher on through

C E NELSON La Porte Ind

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A fly-in for builders flyers and enthusiasts of World War I aircraft as well as a

tribute to those brave men who flew the first generation of combat aircraft

Whens an an tique not an an tique When it s a replica Northern Alabama was host to 54 replicas of various WW I types over Labor Day weekend thanks to the ge ne rosi ty and plain old fashioned planning and hard work by Aerodrome 92 organizshyer Frank Ryder and a cast of volunshyteers Amazingly every airplane prese nt was not a replica - the Thomas Morse Scout you see above is actually conshystructed from various origina l composhyne nts gat here d over th e years by Ernie Freeman an American Airlines pilot Now retired Ernie allowed his son Roger to put the TM Scout back in the air after its first restoration in the early 1970s The crowd s at Aerodrome 92 were treated daily to th e sounds and sme ll s of a rea l LeRhone rotary engine as Roger made a point of fly ing the airplane as often as he could A number of guests were present at the fly-in including An na-Ursula Von Stryk the niece of Baron Manfred Von Richthofen the famous Red Baron Mrs Von Stryk recalled her days spent in her youth playing in the trophy room of her famous uncle in the family hom e locat e d 10

Schweidnitz Prussia Another notable guest was Early Bird Glenn Messer who flew with the

Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and later Enough cannot be said for the volunshyas an instructor in the United States teers and staff of Aerodrome 92 For

Feldwebel (Sgt) Otto Roosen (left) flew a German Rumpler CIV until May 27 1917 when Billy Bishop Canadas celebrated WW I ace shot Roosen and his oberserver down Roosen survived to continue flying with his unit and would later fly a Ju52 transport during WW II Arthur Bishop (right) noted author and aviation historian as well as a veteran WW II combat fighter pilot is the son of Billy Bishop Bishop and Roosen were honored guests at Aerodrome 92 Now a chipper 97 years of age Otto Roosen emigrated to Canada where he now lives His recollections of his days as a photo reconnaissance pilot over the trenches during WW I were enlightening His Rumpler aircraft was one of the first airplanes to be equipped with oxygen for use by the crew He routinely flew missions four hours in length at altitudes approaching 21000 feet

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Frank Ryder Alabama inventor and avishyation enthusiast was the organizer of the first ever Aerodrome 92

a first time event it went off without any major hitches and it was due according to Frank Ryder to the efforts of the volunteers from all over the local area as well as the US A number of the volunteers came from the company Frank heads Ryder International Their work as well as that of the staff at the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum is to be applauded Will there be another Aerodrome flyshyin Yes is the latest word we have from Frank Ryder It will probably be at another site in 1994 We will keep you posted Aerodrome 92 was enjoyed by builders pilots and spectators alike shyon the following pages are some of the planes and pilots who made the weekshyend so interesting

Guntersvilles Joel Williams in the Fokker Dr1 Triplane and Don Rushton Edmonton Alberta Canada in his Sopwith Camel replica liven up the skies in northshyern Alabama over Labor Day weekend

Members of the Great War Association traveled from the Northeast US to take part in Aerodrome 92 Here they take an RFC pilot prisioner after he was forced down during a skirmish on an Allied airfield during the afternoon airshow

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(Above) Tony Owens is a study in conshycentration as he lands the DeHaviliand DH-5 one of the aeroplanes in the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum collection

(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow over Labor Day weekend Here he flies his Red Baron Fokker Dr1 Triplane off the right wing of Fred Murrin Sharpsville PA Freds triplane is finshyished in the markings of German Ace Werner Voss and features a tailskid and no brakes as a couple of its authentic details

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William Crist and Cecil Ellis both of Houston TX relax at the end of the day next to the 78 scale SE5a replica they share as partners The scaled-down SE5a has proved to be a well liked WWI aircraft for homeshybuilders to conshystruct with 9 of them flown at the fly-in

Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

12 NOVEMBER 1992

By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

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found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

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Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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by Espie Butch Joyce

October 1992 the AntiqueClassic Chapter 3 had its fall fly-in in Camden South Carolina This annual event is very well attended by individuals from the Southeast We even had some folks from Michigan this year This fly-in is very well managed Camden Airport is an old military field that has several runways and a lot of parking area Headquarters for the evening events is at the Holiday Inn at Lugoff South Carolina the town next to Camden This motel has very good facilities and an excellent restaurant I really enjoy these fly-ins I am a past President of this AntiqueClassic Chapter 3 It has been a chapter for a number of years As with all chapters it seems that it has its real hard-core membership that usually volunteer to do all of the adshyministrative and other required jobs in order for a fly -in to come off successfulshy1y The current President of Cha pter 3 is Phil Loftin Hes done an excellent job the past few years running this chapter His regular job is as the tower chief for Charlotte North Carolina airport a U S Air hub Its also a TCA Its nice to know that people like Phil understand our type of flying Phil also owns a very nice Cessna 170 and has a home next to the runway Phil thanks for doing such a good job for the Chapter these past two years During the fly-in we had very good weather on Friday There were

about 55 airplanes on the field Friday evening a very good turnout in fact one of the best that I can remember Friday night was movies fellowship and going out to dinner with friends Saturday also had good weather and by about 300 oclock Saturday afternoon we had approximately 300 airplanes on the field With this large number of airplanes and the judging requirements of different categories it becomes very hectic Judging generally starts about 200 PM and is through at 400 PM with the awards banquet on Saturday night The weather outlook for Sunday was not that good so there were a number of people who scurried home Saturday afternoon and opted not to attend the awards banquet The banquet turned out to be very entertaining There were a number of good-looking and restored contemporary aircraft There seems to be a growing interest in the Contemshyporary Class of aircraft as people see this as an alternative to trying to find a classic to buy or restore I think we will find a continued growth in interest in this area in the future It is an era of aircraft manufacture and growth that was unprecedented and put a lot of people in the air with thei r own aircraft Waking up on Sunday morning I realshyized that the people who scurried out Saturday afternoon made the correct decision The weather was real stinko We loaded up and left around 1100 oclock in the morning IFR in my Baron and we went into the base of the clouds at 800 feet in the rain and was solid in the clouds until we broke out on approach at my home base Shiloh Airshyport close to Madison North Carolina It seemed like the weather system acshytually ended on the approach path with the weather to the north being fairly decent As you read this magazine your AntiqueClassic Board of Directors alshyready have had their Fall Board meetshying In a future issue Ill give you a report of what transpired at this meetshying A unique aspect of the Fall meeting is when we have what is known as a joint board meeting The AntiqueClasshysic Board of Directors the Warbirds of America Board of Directors the Intershynational Aerobatic Club Board of Directors the EAA Aviation Foundashytion Board of Directors and the EAA Board of Directors all meet the same

weekend On Friday afternoon starting at 300 PM we have a joint board meetshying Theres quite a number of people attending this meeting and gives you some idea of the amount of volunteer work and volunteer management that goes into running the entire EAA orshyganization The AntiqueClassic Board of Directors voted in a new program shythe AntiqueClassic Hall of Fame We will have a nomination every two years for an individual to be placed into the Hall of Fame They will be recognized in a special place with-in the EAA Air Adventure Museum by a very well done photo-etched plaque of the individual In the future we will be taking nominashytions from the membership for inshydividuals to be indoctrinated into the AntiqueClassic HalJ of Fame The leaves are about off the trees here in the Carolinas and Thanksgiving is just around the corner turkey day with friends and family then we rush right off into December and Christmas time and then New Year It is hard to believe that I am going on my fifth year as President of the Division I hope every member is pleased with the way that your AntiqueClassic Division has been run As I have said in the past if anyone has any concerns we do not take ofshyfense from any suggestions from our membership How else will we know what our members want I would like to report that we have passed 8100 memshybers in the Division I just could not be prouder of those people who chose to receive our VINTAGE AIRPLANE magazine HG is doing a great job with it Our Division has at this time the best retention of new and continued memberships of any division of EAA We are doing it right and I want to keep doing it right Your Division will work and do everything they can to keep your flying affordable A good example of that is through our insurance program where the rates are enabling our memshybership to make flying more affordable One way that you as a member of the Division can help is to be extra careful when flying your aircraft None of us likes to hear of an aircraft loss or an injury so we should all exercise the best judgment we can Let s all pull in the same direction for the good of aviation Remember we are better together Join us and have it alJ

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1

MAIL

IS IT STILL AROUND

Dear Sir

Could this be published in VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE magazine please

I am seeking information and phoshytographs relating to Curtiss Junior NC10943 A friend and I are constructshying a 14 scale flying replicamodel (rashydio-controlled) of this particular airshycraft We have a few older photos (date unknown) of it in a yellow co lor scheme with white trim (apparently scalloped at wing and tail leading edges) with black accent lines We would like further details of this color scheme In particular the top amp undershysides of wingengine nacelle area

Also we would like to hear more about this interesting aircraft it s whereabouts today and wou ld like to hear from anyone who is familiar with this aircraft

Thank you for your attention

I very much enjoy receiving and reading VINTAGE AIRPLANE every month

Best Wishes Paul Kilgour Tui RD 1 Takaka Aotearoa New Zealand

I advised Paul that Curtiss- Wright Junior NC 10943 is still carried on the current FAA registration list residing in Carson City NV There are 29 Juniors currently registered For others who wish to know if an airplane is still regisshytered you can call or write the FAA for that information I understand that the phone numbers can be busy so you may need to try a couple of times before you get through The address to write to is

FAA Aircraft Registry PO Box 25082 Oklahoma City OK 73125

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NXQ-1 takes its pilot Don Pellegrino for a romp above the clouds during EAA Oshkosh 92

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or you can reach them by phone at 405680-3116 or 3117

These people are very helpful if you can give them something to start with - a registration number is best- HGF

A NOTE FROM AN EAA OSHKOSH

PA RTICIPANT

Good morning I an old XNQ-l made it to

Oshkosh Just a note to thank you for the

wonderful week there After all the excitement of my first cross-country flight since 1955 it was fun to land at Oshkosh and taxi to the Fairchild area How nice it was to park next to so many of my brethren Fairchilds and hear all that talk by other owners and restorers

Many EAA members looked at me some virtually inside and out and I enjoyed sharing my past Very few could tell what type aircraft I was but many more knew me when the week was over

How lucky I was to find someone who wanted me to fly again and feel wind on my wings and who was willing to spend nine and a half years restoring me

I especially thank the Antique Classic Division of the EAA for the Special Recognition award It was the frosting on the fuselage after my wonderful week at Oshkosh

Sincerely Fairchild XNQ-l

Thanks for the note Q-I Youre certainly right you won the unofficial contest Mystery Plane of the EAA Convention this year You and your pilot Don Pellegreno are most welshycome to come visit all your Fairchild friends in the AntiqueClassic area any time you wish See you again soon shyHGF

compiled by HG Frautschy

From EAA Vice-President - Governshyment Affairs Bob Warner we have the following

FAA AIRSPACE RECLASSIFICATION GOES

INTO EFFECT

Starting this past September VFR aeronautical charts (Sectional and WAC charts as well as Terminal Area charts) began depicting the transition to newly named and designated airspace under the agreed-upon international standard During the rest of 1992 and finishing in October 1993 the FAA will begin depicting the changes on visual charts For US pilots this means a relearning of the terminology that now defines much of the airspace in the United States with letter designations such as Class A B and C airspace The actual rule changes will go into effect in October 1993

The changes are primarily a matter of renaming rather than any changes of operating rules of the size of the airspace The goal to simplify airspace understanding will also be achieved by the elimination of a number of layers of overlapping airspace designations each of which have their own set of operating rules For example airport traffic areas and control zones will become Class D airspace Pilots should study the new aeronautical charting symbols and other related materials that describe the changes in airspace reclassification FAA facilities nationwide have available easy-to-understand brochures that explain the purpose and magnitude of the changes

For an informative article concerning these changes read the article New Lyrics For An Old Tune by Buck Hilbert starting on page 51 of the October issue of SPORT AVIATION

HINTS FOR RESTORERS NEWS

Back in the July issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE we wrote that Snap-on Tools was no longer a sponsor of Hints for Restorers and Hints for Homeshybuilders We are happy to report that Snap-on has returned as a sponsor of this popular feature and will continue to supply winners published in either SPORT A VIA TION VINTAGE AIRPLANE or EAA EXPERIshyMENTER with a prize each month as

well as a Grand Prize (a Snap-on Tools KR657 Roll Cab and KR637 Top Chest) awarded each year during the EAA Convention Welcome back Snap-on Tools

In addition to the prizes awarded by Snap-on Tools Aircraft Spruce and Specialty will award a $25 gift certificate plus a current catalog to each winner of airframe related Hints for Restorers and Hints for Homebuilders published

Members are also invited to submit hints of an electrical nature Any electrical hint published will receive a Fluke Model 23-2 Muitimeter with Holster from the John Fluke Mfg Co Inc They will a lso be awarding a Grand Prize each year during the EAA Convention for the best hint published during the previous 12 months

Our thanks to these three sponsors for their generosity and we look forward to publishing your Hints Send your entries to EAA s Hints For Homebuilders Attn Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

EAA ADULT AIR ACADEMY 93 ANNOUNCED

Basic aircraft maintenance building and restoration skills will be the subjects of the EAA Adult Air Academy in each of two one-week sessions scheduled for February 14 shy20 and February 21 - 27 of 1993 The experienced staff of the EAA Air Academy will share their aviation knowledge and experience in many of the basic skills required to successfully restore build and maintain aircraft The $700 registration fee provides accommodations meals local transshyportation classroom supplies and necessary materials

Further information and registration materials are avai lable from the Education Office of the EAA Aviation Foundation by calling 414-426-4888 or by writing the Education Office P O Box 3065 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065 Registration will be limited to 25 participants per session Make you r decision and register early

EAA AIR ACADEMY ADDED TO SUN N FUN 93

For the first tim e an EAA Air Academy will be held for young people

ages 14 - 17 during the 1993 EAA Sunn Fun Fly-In For more information contact Education Office of the EAA Aviation Foundation by calling 414-426-4888 or by writing the Education Office P O Box 3065 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065 Registration will be limited to 25 participants per session Make your decision and register early

PAUL GARBER PASSES A WAY

Historian Paul Garber a name synonymous with the Smithsonian Institutions Air and Space Museum passed away at the age of 93 on September 23 1992 Paul Garbers life literally spa nned the age of manned flight - the first airplane he ever saw at the age of 9 was the 1909 Wright Flyer undergoing trials at the US Army Signal Corps field at Fort Meyer VA Witnessing that flight sparked an interest in flight that would never diminish After WW I Garber worked at the airport at College Park MD and later in 1920 he was hired by the Smithsonian on a three-month temporary assignment He never left and his impact on the world of aviation preservation was immeasurable It was he who sent a cablegra m to Charles Lindbergh via the US Ambassador in Paris asking that Lindbergh donate the Spirit of St Louis to the Smithsonian His zeal for obtaining and preserving the artifacts of flight helped fill the halls of what we now enjoy as the National Air and Space Museum In 1980 the Museums restoration facility was renamed the Paul E Garber Preservation Restoration and Storage Facility in his honor What could be more fitting as a tribute to a man who spent his life documenting and preserving the history of manned flight

EARLVIEAUX

The news from the Chicago area EAA Chapter 260 is just as sad Earl E Vieaux a lifelong av iation promoter enthusiast and Chapter 260 officer passed away August 28 1992 Earl was a commercial pilot and active EAAer and his passing will leave a void in Chicago area sport aviation that will not easily be filled Our condolences are extended to his many friends and his family

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THE FAMILY THAT RESTORES TOGETHER

The summer slipped away before I got a chance to show off a feat accomplished by the father and son team of Lyle and Chris Wheeler The AntiqueClassic division at the 1992 EAA Sunn Fun Fly-In at Lakeland FI was the site of a rare and unusual event when the Wheelers entered both their airplanes in the judging competition and they both won N68238 a1943 Boeing Stearman N2S-3 is owned by Chris (Lyles son) and was awarded the Best WW II Era Antique Chris is from Boca Raton FL N87881 a 1946 Piper J3C-85 Cub is owned by Lyle Wheeler of Sarasota FL It won the Best Custom Classic up to 85 hp It was also awarded an Outstanding Aircraft prize at the 1990 Sun n Fun Fly-In Congratulations to both the Wheelers The 1993 edition of the EAA Sun n Fun Fly-In will take place April 18 through April 24 1993 See you there

EAA OSHKOSH BEST LUSCOMBE

Thanks to Phil High one of our ace volunteer photographers during EAA Oshkosh we have this nice shot of Randy Hudsons very sharp Luscombe 8A Randy was honored with the Best Luscombe award at EAA Oshkosh 92 for all the elbow grease used up while polishing this beauty (Ill bet hes glad those are fabric covered wings after he gets done polishing the fuselage) Randy is from Cedar Rapids IA

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What Pilots Think ofLegislation

In 1926 the United

pilots in surplus World

War I aircraft was also making a small beginning The

States was severa l years behind European countries which had moved more quickly after the war to establish civil aviation on a commercial basis

It was not until 1925 when Congress passed the Kelly Airmail Act that the Post Office withdrew from the flying business and gave the job of carrying themail to private transport companies

Private flying mostly of the barnshystorming variety done by World War I

economics of barnstorming were simshyple anybody with an airplane that had two seats could get into the business All that was needed was a cow pasture near a town and a small advertisement in the local week ly paper say ing that aerial sightseeing flights would be given for two dollars to all comers

In the early 1920s there were few government regulations There was no requirement for a pilots li cense nor for an airplane airworthiness cershytificate and it was a long time before

the US government elected to take over the job of regulating and promotshying civil aviation as was being done in Europe In 1912 the Aero C lub of America in its pub li cation AEROshyNAUTICS emp hasized the imporshytance of federal registration of aircraft and the licensing of airmen The Aero Club s idea did not take ho ld howshyever and the club itself issued the first pilot licenses and continued to do so under the authority of its internashytional charter until 1926 when Congress passed the Air Commerce Act

While Congress was reluctant to take over regulation and promotion of the nations infant commercial aviashytion efforts it did realize that future aeronautical progress depended on federal help and guidance Thus the National Advisory Comm ittee for Aeronautics (NACA) had been creshyated by Congress in 1915 to supershyvise and direct the scientific study of the problems of aerial flig ht with a view to their practical solution One of the first things NACA did was press for federal regulation of aeroshynautics

In 1919 President Wilson subshymitted to Congress a bill drafted by NACA which would authoshyrize the Department of Comshy

merce to license pilots inspect airshycraft and supervise the use of airfields No action was taken on President Wilsons recommendation but bills to regulate this infant indusshytry continued to be introduced one afshyter another until fina ll y seven years later in 1926 the Air Commerce Act was passed This act has been ca lled the legislative cornerstone for the deshyvelopment of commercial aviation in America On A ugust 11 1926 the President appointed William P MacshyCracken Jr to be the first Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronaushytics MacCracken was a World War I Army pilot former chairma n of the American Bar Assoc iation Commitshytee on Aviation Law and an officer of

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Na tional Air Tra nsport on e o f th e first airlines

In late 1925 the Senate passed the Bingham Bill to promote a nd regushyla te fl ying in the United States An editorial in the Ja nuary 4 1926 issue o f AVIATION supporte d th e bill noting that it cl e arly attempt e d to promote rathe r than extinguish aviashytio n If this law before its final passhysage is not amended so as to change it s purpose a happy soluti o n o f th e r eg ulatory probl e m will have be en reached

A VIATION solicited th e input fr o m its reade rship on the matte r of th e impe ndin g regulation a nd pubshylished the results during 1926 in a seshyri es ca ll ed What Pilots Think About Legislation T he letters printed are no t only inte res tin g in revea lin g the a ttitudes o f pil o ts a bout reg ulation but also give an insight into aviation at the time wh at was being fl o wn and ho w a ircra ft we re being use d Th e

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foll owin g le tt e rs a re re printed fr o m that 1926 series

FLYING SAFE WITHOUT LEGISLA TION

I d o not think th a t because a fe w unli censed pilots have had wrecks that the re is reason to say that they make fl ying unsafe There were more wrecks a ft e r th e Wa r whe n th e pilots ca me ri g ht from th e fl yin g se rvice th an the re are now by those who are be ing gradua ted from the civilian sch oo ls H ow about th e wreck of three Sto ut Planes - in the South The best pil o t will go wrong once in a while I had a regul a r army office r te ll me th a t he ha d was hed out thirty-three a irshyplanes What do you think about that

W e nee d flyin g fie lds more th a n anything e lse Give th e aeronautica l indu stry fi e ld s a nd it will g ro w Fr a nkly e ve n if th e r e is som e bill

passed by Congress I do ubt if it will he lp any Let them keep out of civilshyian aviation

CARL Z E LLWEGER Orient Iowa

FEARS LEGISLATION

I have a lways had a horror o f a ny aircraft legislation because I love the air and I would soone r be dead than to be banished from it The reason I fee l that I would not be pe rmitted to fly is because my righ t hand is crippled and I know that the first thing the gove rn shyme nt wo uld require is a ve ry seve re phys ical examination I know two pishylots who a re ve ry badl y crippled ye t th e y c an o utfly a lo t o f physi call y sound pilots especi all y in light planes However I would like to see a law to stop stunt fl ying As to making laws to make fl ying safe that has a lready been

The Buhl-Verville J4 Airster was awarded the first Approved Type Certificate under the new regulations on March 29 1927

tried by the Army and] really and truly believe that the Army pilots have far more crashes than the commercial fliers proportionately One reason is th at the majo rity of barnstormers can t afford to take a chance beca use their old Jenny is about a ll they own She may not be much of a plan e but she flies and they like the m I taught myself to fly in 1916 on a s ingle surshyface Curtiss pusher which Tstill have If the law will allow I am going to use he r this coming season and fly he r for exhibition purposes I make my living carrying passengers during the su mshymer months and rebuilding wrecked Jennies and Canucks during the winshyter I use Je nnies mostly because that is about aliI can afford to own I have never had a real serious accident o r inshyjured anyone including myself

TOT DOUGLAS Frankfort Ind

LA W NECESSARY IN INTERESTS OF FLYING

I hav e simply flown for pleasure originally using my ship to fly back and forth from Indianapoli s to Grand R a pid s Mich Used the VE7 on thi s work Flew the little Standard Scout this summer from Chicago straight across Lake Michigan to Muskegon

I think that every pilot or every pershyson who flies a ship should be a memshyber of the NAA and have a pilots lishycense before he is pe rmitted to so lo O ne of the greatest injuries to avia tion in this country is that anyone can buy an old junk ship and immediately begin to take up innocent passe ngers The so ca lled pilot knows littl e if anything about flying and sti ll less of the condishytion of his ship which is probably eight or nine years old and never had any inshyspection within the eight or nine years This regulation it seems to me should be Federa l since an airplane covers so much territory so quickly that it is pracshytically no time until one or another ship has passed over different state lines

JOSEPH C DISSETIE Indianapolis Ind

FAVORS FEDERAL LEGISLATlON

I am in favor of licensing pilots and alshylowing on ly those so lice nsed to carry passengers There have been any numshyber of in stances of incompetent pi lots taking up passe nge rs and it ought to be stopped Part of my business is instructshying and after I turn a man loose I try to impress him with the fact that he is by no means a finished pilot and should put in a number of hours of solo flying before attempting to take up any passe ngers Most of them see the point but I have had others go right out with a tota l time of four or five hours and take up passenshygers I be lieve the public ought to be protected agai nst taking such chances I am operating Standards With Hispano Liberty 6 and OX engines The last is for instruction work and the others for crossshycountry and short sight-seeing hops I think the short hops are the most profshyitabl e I beli eve Federa l regulation wo uld be the best one universa l law to work und e r in stead of forty-eight to worry about Also the same regulat ions that are to app ly in the operation of an air line should not be applied to the small operator who does most of hi s flying about his own field and is always right at his base This is an entirely different proposition

W W MEYER Morton Grove Ill

TOO SOON TO LEGISLATE

Tthink that commercial flying should be left alone for at least three more years

Licensing pilots and airplane inspecshytion will I believe be so complica ted that it will put most of the Gypsy fliers an d small fie ld operators out of busishyness Who is it that is educating the peoshyple to flyin g The Gypsy flier and the small operator of course

Licensing pilots will not prevent accishydents for ninety-nine per cent of all the accidents occur through foo lish stuntshying I operate an aviation field here I have a Canuck a Hispano Jenny and a Hisso-Standard I train a few students and take p eople up on short flights or long cross-cou ntry flights do photoshygraph ic work and have bee n doing a very good business I have been flying steadily since I first learn ed to fly in September 1919 I have flown about 1500 hours most of this be ing Gypsy flying all over the United States and Old Mexico

J WARREN SMITH Delaware Ohio

FOR STATE CONTROL

I am highly in favor of State contro l which could be worked out in the same line that the automobile is handled As to a li censed pilot being a better flier than a pilot who holds no license this is all wrong I have personally taught peoshyple to fly and in from twelve to fifteen hours had them able to go through the required tests That did not make them A-I pilots although they we re able to fly the tests as required

On the other hand I have seen pilots who hold a license and who have had a considerable number of hours in the air but could not make a landi ng on all three points or use their heads in an eme rgency as well as some beginners that had no licenses and less than fifty hours in flying time

At the present time I do not know of any particular branch of the flying busishyness that is very profitable unl ess it is advertising and passenger work At prese nt I am flyin g a Jennie with the OX job but in the past 12 years I have flown all kinds from the old pusher on through

C E NELSON La Porte Ind

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A fly-in for builders flyers and enthusiasts of World War I aircraft as well as a

tribute to those brave men who flew the first generation of combat aircraft

Whens an an tique not an an tique When it s a replica Northern Alabama was host to 54 replicas of various WW I types over Labor Day weekend thanks to the ge ne rosi ty and plain old fashioned planning and hard work by Aerodrome 92 organizshyer Frank Ryder and a cast of volunshyteers Amazingly every airplane prese nt was not a replica - the Thomas Morse Scout you see above is actually conshystructed from various origina l composhyne nts gat here d over th e years by Ernie Freeman an American Airlines pilot Now retired Ernie allowed his son Roger to put the TM Scout back in the air after its first restoration in the early 1970s The crowd s at Aerodrome 92 were treated daily to th e sounds and sme ll s of a rea l LeRhone rotary engine as Roger made a point of fly ing the airplane as often as he could A number of guests were present at the fly-in including An na-Ursula Von Stryk the niece of Baron Manfred Von Richthofen the famous Red Baron Mrs Von Stryk recalled her days spent in her youth playing in the trophy room of her famous uncle in the family hom e locat e d 10

Schweidnitz Prussia Another notable guest was Early Bird Glenn Messer who flew with the

Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and later Enough cannot be said for the volunshyas an instructor in the United States teers and staff of Aerodrome 92 For

Feldwebel (Sgt) Otto Roosen (left) flew a German Rumpler CIV until May 27 1917 when Billy Bishop Canadas celebrated WW I ace shot Roosen and his oberserver down Roosen survived to continue flying with his unit and would later fly a Ju52 transport during WW II Arthur Bishop (right) noted author and aviation historian as well as a veteran WW II combat fighter pilot is the son of Billy Bishop Bishop and Roosen were honored guests at Aerodrome 92 Now a chipper 97 years of age Otto Roosen emigrated to Canada where he now lives His recollections of his days as a photo reconnaissance pilot over the trenches during WW I were enlightening His Rumpler aircraft was one of the first airplanes to be equipped with oxygen for use by the crew He routinely flew missions four hours in length at altitudes approaching 21000 feet

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Frank Ryder Alabama inventor and avishyation enthusiast was the organizer of the first ever Aerodrome 92

a first time event it went off without any major hitches and it was due according to Frank Ryder to the efforts of the volunteers from all over the local area as well as the US A number of the volunteers came from the company Frank heads Ryder International Their work as well as that of the staff at the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum is to be applauded Will there be another Aerodrome flyshyin Yes is the latest word we have from Frank Ryder It will probably be at another site in 1994 We will keep you posted Aerodrome 92 was enjoyed by builders pilots and spectators alike shyon the following pages are some of the planes and pilots who made the weekshyend so interesting

Guntersvilles Joel Williams in the Fokker Dr1 Triplane and Don Rushton Edmonton Alberta Canada in his Sopwith Camel replica liven up the skies in northshyern Alabama over Labor Day weekend

Members of the Great War Association traveled from the Northeast US to take part in Aerodrome 92 Here they take an RFC pilot prisioner after he was forced down during a skirmish on an Allied airfield during the afternoon airshow

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(Above) Tony Owens is a study in conshycentration as he lands the DeHaviliand DH-5 one of the aeroplanes in the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum collection

(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow over Labor Day weekend Here he flies his Red Baron Fokker Dr1 Triplane off the right wing of Fred Murrin Sharpsville PA Freds triplane is finshyished in the markings of German Ace Werner Voss and features a tailskid and no brakes as a couple of its authentic details

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William Crist and Cecil Ellis both of Houston TX relax at the end of the day next to the 78 scale SE5a replica they share as partners The scaled-down SE5a has proved to be a well liked WWI aircraft for homeshybuilders to conshystruct with 9 of them flown at the fly-in

Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

12 NOVEMBER 1992

By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

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found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA

Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3500 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $2000 annually Family membership is available for an additional $1000 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership (FAX (414) 426-4873

ANTIQUECLASSICS

EAA Member- $2000 Includes one year membership in EAA AntiqueClassic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane and membership card Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number Non-EAA Member- $3000 Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique Classic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards Sport Aviation not included

lAC

Membership in the International Aerobatic Club Inc is $3000 annually which includes 12 issues of Sport Aerobatics All lAC members are required to be members of EAA

WARBIRDS

Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

EAA EXPERIMENTER

EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dollars address

EAA AVIATION CENTER POBOX 3086

OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800

FAX (414) 426-4828 OFFICE HOURS

815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

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MAIL

IS IT STILL AROUND

Dear Sir

Could this be published in VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE magazine please

I am seeking information and phoshytographs relating to Curtiss Junior NC10943 A friend and I are constructshying a 14 scale flying replicamodel (rashydio-controlled) of this particular airshycraft We have a few older photos (date unknown) of it in a yellow co lor scheme with white trim (apparently scalloped at wing and tail leading edges) with black accent lines We would like further details of this color scheme In particular the top amp undershysides of wingengine nacelle area

Also we would like to hear more about this interesting aircraft it s whereabouts today and wou ld like to hear from anyone who is familiar with this aircraft

Thank you for your attention

I very much enjoy receiving and reading VINTAGE AIRPLANE every month

Best Wishes Paul Kilgour Tui RD 1 Takaka Aotearoa New Zealand

I advised Paul that Curtiss- Wright Junior NC 10943 is still carried on the current FAA registration list residing in Carson City NV There are 29 Juniors currently registered For others who wish to know if an airplane is still regisshytered you can call or write the FAA for that information I understand that the phone numbers can be busy so you may need to try a couple of times before you get through The address to write to is

FAA Aircraft Registry PO Box 25082 Oklahoma City OK 73125

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NXQ-1 takes its pilot Don Pellegrino for a romp above the clouds during EAA Oshkosh 92

2 NOVEMBER 1992

or you can reach them by phone at 405680-3116 or 3117

These people are very helpful if you can give them something to start with - a registration number is best- HGF

A NOTE FROM AN EAA OSHKOSH

PA RTICIPANT

Good morning I an old XNQ-l made it to

Oshkosh Just a note to thank you for the

wonderful week there After all the excitement of my first cross-country flight since 1955 it was fun to land at Oshkosh and taxi to the Fairchild area How nice it was to park next to so many of my brethren Fairchilds and hear all that talk by other owners and restorers

Many EAA members looked at me some virtually inside and out and I enjoyed sharing my past Very few could tell what type aircraft I was but many more knew me when the week was over

How lucky I was to find someone who wanted me to fly again and feel wind on my wings and who was willing to spend nine and a half years restoring me

I especially thank the Antique Classic Division of the EAA for the Special Recognition award It was the frosting on the fuselage after my wonderful week at Oshkosh

Sincerely Fairchild XNQ-l

Thanks for the note Q-I Youre certainly right you won the unofficial contest Mystery Plane of the EAA Convention this year You and your pilot Don Pellegreno are most welshycome to come visit all your Fairchild friends in the AntiqueClassic area any time you wish See you again soon shyHGF

compiled by HG Frautschy

From EAA Vice-President - Governshyment Affairs Bob Warner we have the following

FAA AIRSPACE RECLASSIFICATION GOES

INTO EFFECT

Starting this past September VFR aeronautical charts (Sectional and WAC charts as well as Terminal Area charts) began depicting the transition to newly named and designated airspace under the agreed-upon international standard During the rest of 1992 and finishing in October 1993 the FAA will begin depicting the changes on visual charts For US pilots this means a relearning of the terminology that now defines much of the airspace in the United States with letter designations such as Class A B and C airspace The actual rule changes will go into effect in October 1993

The changes are primarily a matter of renaming rather than any changes of operating rules of the size of the airspace The goal to simplify airspace understanding will also be achieved by the elimination of a number of layers of overlapping airspace designations each of which have their own set of operating rules For example airport traffic areas and control zones will become Class D airspace Pilots should study the new aeronautical charting symbols and other related materials that describe the changes in airspace reclassification FAA facilities nationwide have available easy-to-understand brochures that explain the purpose and magnitude of the changes

For an informative article concerning these changes read the article New Lyrics For An Old Tune by Buck Hilbert starting on page 51 of the October issue of SPORT AVIATION

HINTS FOR RESTORERS NEWS

Back in the July issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE we wrote that Snap-on Tools was no longer a sponsor of Hints for Restorers and Hints for Homeshybuilders We are happy to report that Snap-on has returned as a sponsor of this popular feature and will continue to supply winners published in either SPORT A VIA TION VINTAGE AIRPLANE or EAA EXPERIshyMENTER with a prize each month as

well as a Grand Prize (a Snap-on Tools KR657 Roll Cab and KR637 Top Chest) awarded each year during the EAA Convention Welcome back Snap-on Tools

In addition to the prizes awarded by Snap-on Tools Aircraft Spruce and Specialty will award a $25 gift certificate plus a current catalog to each winner of airframe related Hints for Restorers and Hints for Homebuilders published

Members are also invited to submit hints of an electrical nature Any electrical hint published will receive a Fluke Model 23-2 Muitimeter with Holster from the John Fluke Mfg Co Inc They will a lso be awarding a Grand Prize each year during the EAA Convention for the best hint published during the previous 12 months

Our thanks to these three sponsors for their generosity and we look forward to publishing your Hints Send your entries to EAA s Hints For Homebuilders Attn Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

EAA ADULT AIR ACADEMY 93 ANNOUNCED

Basic aircraft maintenance building and restoration skills will be the subjects of the EAA Adult Air Academy in each of two one-week sessions scheduled for February 14 shy20 and February 21 - 27 of 1993 The experienced staff of the EAA Air Academy will share their aviation knowledge and experience in many of the basic skills required to successfully restore build and maintain aircraft The $700 registration fee provides accommodations meals local transshyportation classroom supplies and necessary materials

Further information and registration materials are avai lable from the Education Office of the EAA Aviation Foundation by calling 414-426-4888 or by writing the Education Office P O Box 3065 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065 Registration will be limited to 25 participants per session Make you r decision and register early

EAA AIR ACADEMY ADDED TO SUN N FUN 93

For the first tim e an EAA Air Academy will be held for young people

ages 14 - 17 during the 1993 EAA Sunn Fun Fly-In For more information contact Education Office of the EAA Aviation Foundation by calling 414-426-4888 or by writing the Education Office P O Box 3065 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065 Registration will be limited to 25 participants per session Make your decision and register early

PAUL GARBER PASSES A WAY

Historian Paul Garber a name synonymous with the Smithsonian Institutions Air and Space Museum passed away at the age of 93 on September 23 1992 Paul Garbers life literally spa nned the age of manned flight - the first airplane he ever saw at the age of 9 was the 1909 Wright Flyer undergoing trials at the US Army Signal Corps field at Fort Meyer VA Witnessing that flight sparked an interest in flight that would never diminish After WW I Garber worked at the airport at College Park MD and later in 1920 he was hired by the Smithsonian on a three-month temporary assignment He never left and his impact on the world of aviation preservation was immeasurable It was he who sent a cablegra m to Charles Lindbergh via the US Ambassador in Paris asking that Lindbergh donate the Spirit of St Louis to the Smithsonian His zeal for obtaining and preserving the artifacts of flight helped fill the halls of what we now enjoy as the National Air and Space Museum In 1980 the Museums restoration facility was renamed the Paul E Garber Preservation Restoration and Storage Facility in his honor What could be more fitting as a tribute to a man who spent his life documenting and preserving the history of manned flight

EARLVIEAUX

The news from the Chicago area EAA Chapter 260 is just as sad Earl E Vieaux a lifelong av iation promoter enthusiast and Chapter 260 officer passed away August 28 1992 Earl was a commercial pilot and active EAAer and his passing will leave a void in Chicago area sport aviation that will not easily be filled Our condolences are extended to his many friends and his family

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THE FAMILY THAT RESTORES TOGETHER

The summer slipped away before I got a chance to show off a feat accomplished by the father and son team of Lyle and Chris Wheeler The AntiqueClassic division at the 1992 EAA Sunn Fun Fly-In at Lakeland FI was the site of a rare and unusual event when the Wheelers entered both their airplanes in the judging competition and they both won N68238 a1943 Boeing Stearman N2S-3 is owned by Chris (Lyles son) and was awarded the Best WW II Era Antique Chris is from Boca Raton FL N87881 a 1946 Piper J3C-85 Cub is owned by Lyle Wheeler of Sarasota FL It won the Best Custom Classic up to 85 hp It was also awarded an Outstanding Aircraft prize at the 1990 Sun n Fun Fly-In Congratulations to both the Wheelers The 1993 edition of the EAA Sun n Fun Fly-In will take place April 18 through April 24 1993 See you there

EAA OSHKOSH BEST LUSCOMBE

Thanks to Phil High one of our ace volunteer photographers during EAA Oshkosh we have this nice shot of Randy Hudsons very sharp Luscombe 8A Randy was honored with the Best Luscombe award at EAA Oshkosh 92 for all the elbow grease used up while polishing this beauty (Ill bet hes glad those are fabric covered wings after he gets done polishing the fuselage) Randy is from Cedar Rapids IA

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What Pilots Think ofLegislation

In 1926 the United

pilots in surplus World

War I aircraft was also making a small beginning The

States was severa l years behind European countries which had moved more quickly after the war to establish civil aviation on a commercial basis

It was not until 1925 when Congress passed the Kelly Airmail Act that the Post Office withdrew from the flying business and gave the job of carrying themail to private transport companies

Private flying mostly of the barnshystorming variety done by World War I

economics of barnstorming were simshyple anybody with an airplane that had two seats could get into the business All that was needed was a cow pasture near a town and a small advertisement in the local week ly paper say ing that aerial sightseeing flights would be given for two dollars to all comers

In the early 1920s there were few government regulations There was no requirement for a pilots li cense nor for an airplane airworthiness cershytificate and it was a long time before

the US government elected to take over the job of regulating and promotshying civil aviation as was being done in Europe In 1912 the Aero C lub of America in its pub li cation AEROshyNAUTICS emp hasized the imporshytance of federal registration of aircraft and the licensing of airmen The Aero Club s idea did not take ho ld howshyever and the club itself issued the first pilot licenses and continued to do so under the authority of its internashytional charter until 1926 when Congress passed the Air Commerce Act

While Congress was reluctant to take over regulation and promotion of the nations infant commercial aviashytion efforts it did realize that future aeronautical progress depended on federal help and guidance Thus the National Advisory Comm ittee for Aeronautics (NACA) had been creshyated by Congress in 1915 to supershyvise and direct the scientific study of the problems of aerial flig ht with a view to their practical solution One of the first things NACA did was press for federal regulation of aeroshynautics

In 1919 President Wilson subshymitted to Congress a bill drafted by NACA which would authoshyrize the Department of Comshy

merce to license pilots inspect airshycraft and supervise the use of airfields No action was taken on President Wilsons recommendation but bills to regulate this infant indusshytry continued to be introduced one afshyter another until fina ll y seven years later in 1926 the Air Commerce Act was passed This act has been ca lled the legislative cornerstone for the deshyvelopment of commercial aviation in America On A ugust 11 1926 the President appointed William P MacshyCracken Jr to be the first Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronaushytics MacCracken was a World War I Army pilot former chairma n of the American Bar Assoc iation Commitshytee on Aviation Law and an officer of

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Na tional Air Tra nsport on e o f th e first airlines

In late 1925 the Senate passed the Bingham Bill to promote a nd regushyla te fl ying in the United States An editorial in the Ja nuary 4 1926 issue o f AVIATION supporte d th e bill noting that it cl e arly attempt e d to promote rathe r than extinguish aviashytio n If this law before its final passhysage is not amended so as to change it s purpose a happy soluti o n o f th e r eg ulatory probl e m will have be en reached

A VIATION solicited th e input fr o m its reade rship on the matte r of th e impe ndin g regulation a nd pubshylished the results during 1926 in a seshyri es ca ll ed What Pilots Think About Legislation T he letters printed are no t only inte res tin g in revea lin g the a ttitudes o f pil o ts a bout reg ulation but also give an insight into aviation at the time wh at was being fl o wn and ho w a ircra ft we re being use d Th e

6 NOVEMBER 1992

foll owin g le tt e rs a re re printed fr o m that 1926 series

FLYING SAFE WITHOUT LEGISLA TION

I d o not think th a t because a fe w unli censed pilots have had wrecks that the re is reason to say that they make fl ying unsafe There were more wrecks a ft e r th e Wa r whe n th e pilots ca me ri g ht from th e fl yin g se rvice th an the re are now by those who are be ing gradua ted from the civilian sch oo ls H ow about th e wreck of three Sto ut Planes - in the South The best pil o t will go wrong once in a while I had a regul a r army office r te ll me th a t he ha d was hed out thirty-three a irshyplanes What do you think about that

W e nee d flyin g fie lds more th a n anything e lse Give th e aeronautica l indu stry fi e ld s a nd it will g ro w Fr a nkly e ve n if th e r e is som e bill

passed by Congress I do ubt if it will he lp any Let them keep out of civilshyian aviation

CARL Z E LLWEGER Orient Iowa

FEARS LEGISLATION

I have a lways had a horror o f a ny aircraft legislation because I love the air and I would soone r be dead than to be banished from it The reason I fee l that I would not be pe rmitted to fly is because my righ t hand is crippled and I know that the first thing the gove rn shyme nt wo uld require is a ve ry seve re phys ical examination I know two pishylots who a re ve ry badl y crippled ye t th e y c an o utfly a lo t o f physi call y sound pilots especi all y in light planes However I would like to see a law to stop stunt fl ying As to making laws to make fl ying safe that has a lready been

The Buhl-Verville J4 Airster was awarded the first Approved Type Certificate under the new regulations on March 29 1927

tried by the Army and] really and truly believe that the Army pilots have far more crashes than the commercial fliers proportionately One reason is th at the majo rity of barnstormers can t afford to take a chance beca use their old Jenny is about a ll they own She may not be much of a plan e but she flies and they like the m I taught myself to fly in 1916 on a s ingle surshyface Curtiss pusher which Tstill have If the law will allow I am going to use he r this coming season and fly he r for exhibition purposes I make my living carrying passengers during the su mshymer months and rebuilding wrecked Jennies and Canucks during the winshyter I use Je nnies mostly because that is about aliI can afford to own I have never had a real serious accident o r inshyjured anyone including myself

TOT DOUGLAS Frankfort Ind

LA W NECESSARY IN INTERESTS OF FLYING

I hav e simply flown for pleasure originally using my ship to fly back and forth from Indianapoli s to Grand R a pid s Mich Used the VE7 on thi s work Flew the little Standard Scout this summer from Chicago straight across Lake Michigan to Muskegon

I think that every pilot or every pershyson who flies a ship should be a memshyber of the NAA and have a pilots lishycense before he is pe rmitted to so lo O ne of the greatest injuries to avia tion in this country is that anyone can buy an old junk ship and immediately begin to take up innocent passe ngers The so ca lled pilot knows littl e if anything about flying and sti ll less of the condishytion of his ship which is probably eight or nine years old and never had any inshyspection within the eight or nine years This regulation it seems to me should be Federa l since an airplane covers so much territory so quickly that it is pracshytically no time until one or another ship has passed over different state lines

JOSEPH C DISSETIE Indianapolis Ind

FAVORS FEDERAL LEGISLATlON

I am in favor of licensing pilots and alshylowing on ly those so lice nsed to carry passengers There have been any numshyber of in stances of incompetent pi lots taking up passe nge rs and it ought to be stopped Part of my business is instructshying and after I turn a man loose I try to impress him with the fact that he is by no means a finished pilot and should put in a number of hours of solo flying before attempting to take up any passe ngers Most of them see the point but I have had others go right out with a tota l time of four or five hours and take up passenshygers I be lieve the public ought to be protected agai nst taking such chances I am operating Standards With Hispano Liberty 6 and OX engines The last is for instruction work and the others for crossshycountry and short sight-seeing hops I think the short hops are the most profshyitabl e I beli eve Federa l regulation wo uld be the best one universa l law to work und e r in stead of forty-eight to worry about Also the same regulat ions that are to app ly in the operation of an air line should not be applied to the small operator who does most of hi s flying about his own field and is always right at his base This is an entirely different proposition

W W MEYER Morton Grove Ill

TOO SOON TO LEGISLATE

Tthink that commercial flying should be left alone for at least three more years

Licensing pilots and airplane inspecshytion will I believe be so complica ted that it will put most of the Gypsy fliers an d small fie ld operators out of busishyness Who is it that is educating the peoshyple to flyin g The Gypsy flier and the small operator of course

Licensing pilots will not prevent accishydents for ninety-nine per cent of all the accidents occur through foo lish stuntshying I operate an aviation field here I have a Canuck a Hispano Jenny and a Hisso-Standard I train a few students and take p eople up on short flights or long cross-cou ntry flights do photoshygraph ic work and have bee n doing a very good business I have been flying steadily since I first learn ed to fly in September 1919 I have flown about 1500 hours most of this be ing Gypsy flying all over the United States and Old Mexico

J WARREN SMITH Delaware Ohio

FOR STATE CONTROL

I am highly in favor of State contro l which could be worked out in the same line that the automobile is handled As to a li censed pilot being a better flier than a pilot who holds no license this is all wrong I have personally taught peoshyple to fly and in from twelve to fifteen hours had them able to go through the required tests That did not make them A-I pilots although they we re able to fly the tests as required

On the other hand I have seen pilots who hold a license and who have had a considerable number of hours in the air but could not make a landi ng on all three points or use their heads in an eme rgency as well as some beginners that had no licenses and less than fifty hours in flying time

At the present time I do not know of any particular branch of the flying busishyness that is very profitable unl ess it is advertising and passenger work At prese nt I am flyin g a Jennie with the OX job but in the past 12 years I have flown all kinds from the old pusher on through

C E NELSON La Porte Ind

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A fly-in for builders flyers and enthusiasts of World War I aircraft as well as a

tribute to those brave men who flew the first generation of combat aircraft

Whens an an tique not an an tique When it s a replica Northern Alabama was host to 54 replicas of various WW I types over Labor Day weekend thanks to the ge ne rosi ty and plain old fashioned planning and hard work by Aerodrome 92 organizshyer Frank Ryder and a cast of volunshyteers Amazingly every airplane prese nt was not a replica - the Thomas Morse Scout you see above is actually conshystructed from various origina l composhyne nts gat here d over th e years by Ernie Freeman an American Airlines pilot Now retired Ernie allowed his son Roger to put the TM Scout back in the air after its first restoration in the early 1970s The crowd s at Aerodrome 92 were treated daily to th e sounds and sme ll s of a rea l LeRhone rotary engine as Roger made a point of fly ing the airplane as often as he could A number of guests were present at the fly-in including An na-Ursula Von Stryk the niece of Baron Manfred Von Richthofen the famous Red Baron Mrs Von Stryk recalled her days spent in her youth playing in the trophy room of her famous uncle in the family hom e locat e d 10

Schweidnitz Prussia Another notable guest was Early Bird Glenn Messer who flew with the

Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and later Enough cannot be said for the volunshyas an instructor in the United States teers and staff of Aerodrome 92 For

Feldwebel (Sgt) Otto Roosen (left) flew a German Rumpler CIV until May 27 1917 when Billy Bishop Canadas celebrated WW I ace shot Roosen and his oberserver down Roosen survived to continue flying with his unit and would later fly a Ju52 transport during WW II Arthur Bishop (right) noted author and aviation historian as well as a veteran WW II combat fighter pilot is the son of Billy Bishop Bishop and Roosen were honored guests at Aerodrome 92 Now a chipper 97 years of age Otto Roosen emigrated to Canada where he now lives His recollections of his days as a photo reconnaissance pilot over the trenches during WW I were enlightening His Rumpler aircraft was one of the first airplanes to be equipped with oxygen for use by the crew He routinely flew missions four hours in length at altitudes approaching 21000 feet

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Frank Ryder Alabama inventor and avishyation enthusiast was the organizer of the first ever Aerodrome 92

a first time event it went off without any major hitches and it was due according to Frank Ryder to the efforts of the volunteers from all over the local area as well as the US A number of the volunteers came from the company Frank heads Ryder International Their work as well as that of the staff at the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum is to be applauded Will there be another Aerodrome flyshyin Yes is the latest word we have from Frank Ryder It will probably be at another site in 1994 We will keep you posted Aerodrome 92 was enjoyed by builders pilots and spectators alike shyon the following pages are some of the planes and pilots who made the weekshyend so interesting

Guntersvilles Joel Williams in the Fokker Dr1 Triplane and Don Rushton Edmonton Alberta Canada in his Sopwith Camel replica liven up the skies in northshyern Alabama over Labor Day weekend

Members of the Great War Association traveled from the Northeast US to take part in Aerodrome 92 Here they take an RFC pilot prisioner after he was forced down during a skirmish on an Allied airfield during the afternoon airshow

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(Above) Tony Owens is a study in conshycentration as he lands the DeHaviliand DH-5 one of the aeroplanes in the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum collection

(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow over Labor Day weekend Here he flies his Red Baron Fokker Dr1 Triplane off the right wing of Fred Murrin Sharpsville PA Freds triplane is finshyished in the markings of German Ace Werner Voss and features a tailskid and no brakes as a couple of its authentic details

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William Crist and Cecil Ellis both of Houston TX relax at the end of the day next to the 78 scale SE5a replica they share as partners The scaled-down SE5a has proved to be a well liked WWI aircraft for homeshybuilders to conshystruct with 9 of them flown at the fly-in

Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

12 NOVEMBER 1992

By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

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found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA

Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3500 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $2000 annually Family membership is available for an additional $1000 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership (FAX (414) 426-4873

ANTIQUECLASSICS

EAA Member- $2000 Includes one year membership in EAA AntiqueClassic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane and membership card Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number Non-EAA Member- $3000 Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique Classic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards Sport Aviation not included

lAC

Membership in the International Aerobatic Club Inc is $3000 annually which includes 12 issues of Sport Aerobatics All lAC members are required to be members of EAA

WARBIRDS

Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

EAA EXPERIMENTER

EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dollars address

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OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800

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compiled by HG Frautschy

From EAA Vice-President - Governshyment Affairs Bob Warner we have the following

FAA AIRSPACE RECLASSIFICATION GOES

INTO EFFECT

Starting this past September VFR aeronautical charts (Sectional and WAC charts as well as Terminal Area charts) began depicting the transition to newly named and designated airspace under the agreed-upon international standard During the rest of 1992 and finishing in October 1993 the FAA will begin depicting the changes on visual charts For US pilots this means a relearning of the terminology that now defines much of the airspace in the United States with letter designations such as Class A B and C airspace The actual rule changes will go into effect in October 1993

The changes are primarily a matter of renaming rather than any changes of operating rules of the size of the airspace The goal to simplify airspace understanding will also be achieved by the elimination of a number of layers of overlapping airspace designations each of which have their own set of operating rules For example airport traffic areas and control zones will become Class D airspace Pilots should study the new aeronautical charting symbols and other related materials that describe the changes in airspace reclassification FAA facilities nationwide have available easy-to-understand brochures that explain the purpose and magnitude of the changes

For an informative article concerning these changes read the article New Lyrics For An Old Tune by Buck Hilbert starting on page 51 of the October issue of SPORT AVIATION

HINTS FOR RESTORERS NEWS

Back in the July issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE we wrote that Snap-on Tools was no longer a sponsor of Hints for Restorers and Hints for Homeshybuilders We are happy to report that Snap-on has returned as a sponsor of this popular feature and will continue to supply winners published in either SPORT A VIA TION VINTAGE AIRPLANE or EAA EXPERIshyMENTER with a prize each month as

well as a Grand Prize (a Snap-on Tools KR657 Roll Cab and KR637 Top Chest) awarded each year during the EAA Convention Welcome back Snap-on Tools

In addition to the prizes awarded by Snap-on Tools Aircraft Spruce and Specialty will award a $25 gift certificate plus a current catalog to each winner of airframe related Hints for Restorers and Hints for Homebuilders published

Members are also invited to submit hints of an electrical nature Any electrical hint published will receive a Fluke Model 23-2 Muitimeter with Holster from the John Fluke Mfg Co Inc They will a lso be awarding a Grand Prize each year during the EAA Convention for the best hint published during the previous 12 months

Our thanks to these three sponsors for their generosity and we look forward to publishing your Hints Send your entries to EAA s Hints For Homebuilders Attn Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

EAA ADULT AIR ACADEMY 93 ANNOUNCED

Basic aircraft maintenance building and restoration skills will be the subjects of the EAA Adult Air Academy in each of two one-week sessions scheduled for February 14 shy20 and February 21 - 27 of 1993 The experienced staff of the EAA Air Academy will share their aviation knowledge and experience in many of the basic skills required to successfully restore build and maintain aircraft The $700 registration fee provides accommodations meals local transshyportation classroom supplies and necessary materials

Further information and registration materials are avai lable from the Education Office of the EAA Aviation Foundation by calling 414-426-4888 or by writing the Education Office P O Box 3065 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065 Registration will be limited to 25 participants per session Make you r decision and register early

EAA AIR ACADEMY ADDED TO SUN N FUN 93

For the first tim e an EAA Air Academy will be held for young people

ages 14 - 17 during the 1993 EAA Sunn Fun Fly-In For more information contact Education Office of the EAA Aviation Foundation by calling 414-426-4888 or by writing the Education Office P O Box 3065 Oshkosh WI 54903-3065 Registration will be limited to 25 participants per session Make your decision and register early

PAUL GARBER PASSES A WAY

Historian Paul Garber a name synonymous with the Smithsonian Institutions Air and Space Museum passed away at the age of 93 on September 23 1992 Paul Garbers life literally spa nned the age of manned flight - the first airplane he ever saw at the age of 9 was the 1909 Wright Flyer undergoing trials at the US Army Signal Corps field at Fort Meyer VA Witnessing that flight sparked an interest in flight that would never diminish After WW I Garber worked at the airport at College Park MD and later in 1920 he was hired by the Smithsonian on a three-month temporary assignment He never left and his impact on the world of aviation preservation was immeasurable It was he who sent a cablegra m to Charles Lindbergh via the US Ambassador in Paris asking that Lindbergh donate the Spirit of St Louis to the Smithsonian His zeal for obtaining and preserving the artifacts of flight helped fill the halls of what we now enjoy as the National Air and Space Museum In 1980 the Museums restoration facility was renamed the Paul E Garber Preservation Restoration and Storage Facility in his honor What could be more fitting as a tribute to a man who spent his life documenting and preserving the history of manned flight

EARLVIEAUX

The news from the Chicago area EAA Chapter 260 is just as sad Earl E Vieaux a lifelong av iation promoter enthusiast and Chapter 260 officer passed away August 28 1992 Earl was a commercial pilot and active EAAer and his passing will leave a void in Chicago area sport aviation that will not easily be filled Our condolences are extended to his many friends and his family

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THE FAMILY THAT RESTORES TOGETHER

The summer slipped away before I got a chance to show off a feat accomplished by the father and son team of Lyle and Chris Wheeler The AntiqueClassic division at the 1992 EAA Sunn Fun Fly-In at Lakeland FI was the site of a rare and unusual event when the Wheelers entered both their airplanes in the judging competition and they both won N68238 a1943 Boeing Stearman N2S-3 is owned by Chris (Lyles son) and was awarded the Best WW II Era Antique Chris is from Boca Raton FL N87881 a 1946 Piper J3C-85 Cub is owned by Lyle Wheeler of Sarasota FL It won the Best Custom Classic up to 85 hp It was also awarded an Outstanding Aircraft prize at the 1990 Sun n Fun Fly-In Congratulations to both the Wheelers The 1993 edition of the EAA Sun n Fun Fly-In will take place April 18 through April 24 1993 See you there

EAA OSHKOSH BEST LUSCOMBE

Thanks to Phil High one of our ace volunteer photographers during EAA Oshkosh we have this nice shot of Randy Hudsons very sharp Luscombe 8A Randy was honored with the Best Luscombe award at EAA Oshkosh 92 for all the elbow grease used up while polishing this beauty (Ill bet hes glad those are fabric covered wings after he gets done polishing the fuselage) Randy is from Cedar Rapids IA

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What Pilots Think ofLegislation

In 1926 the United

pilots in surplus World

War I aircraft was also making a small beginning The

States was severa l years behind European countries which had moved more quickly after the war to establish civil aviation on a commercial basis

It was not until 1925 when Congress passed the Kelly Airmail Act that the Post Office withdrew from the flying business and gave the job of carrying themail to private transport companies

Private flying mostly of the barnshystorming variety done by World War I

economics of barnstorming were simshyple anybody with an airplane that had two seats could get into the business All that was needed was a cow pasture near a town and a small advertisement in the local week ly paper say ing that aerial sightseeing flights would be given for two dollars to all comers

In the early 1920s there were few government regulations There was no requirement for a pilots li cense nor for an airplane airworthiness cershytificate and it was a long time before

the US government elected to take over the job of regulating and promotshying civil aviation as was being done in Europe In 1912 the Aero C lub of America in its pub li cation AEROshyNAUTICS emp hasized the imporshytance of federal registration of aircraft and the licensing of airmen The Aero Club s idea did not take ho ld howshyever and the club itself issued the first pilot licenses and continued to do so under the authority of its internashytional charter until 1926 when Congress passed the Air Commerce Act

While Congress was reluctant to take over regulation and promotion of the nations infant commercial aviashytion efforts it did realize that future aeronautical progress depended on federal help and guidance Thus the National Advisory Comm ittee for Aeronautics (NACA) had been creshyated by Congress in 1915 to supershyvise and direct the scientific study of the problems of aerial flig ht with a view to their practical solution One of the first things NACA did was press for federal regulation of aeroshynautics

In 1919 President Wilson subshymitted to Congress a bill drafted by NACA which would authoshyrize the Department of Comshy

merce to license pilots inspect airshycraft and supervise the use of airfields No action was taken on President Wilsons recommendation but bills to regulate this infant indusshytry continued to be introduced one afshyter another until fina ll y seven years later in 1926 the Air Commerce Act was passed This act has been ca lled the legislative cornerstone for the deshyvelopment of commercial aviation in America On A ugust 11 1926 the President appointed William P MacshyCracken Jr to be the first Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronaushytics MacCracken was a World War I Army pilot former chairma n of the American Bar Assoc iation Commitshytee on Aviation Law and an officer of

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Na tional Air Tra nsport on e o f th e first airlines

In late 1925 the Senate passed the Bingham Bill to promote a nd regushyla te fl ying in the United States An editorial in the Ja nuary 4 1926 issue o f AVIATION supporte d th e bill noting that it cl e arly attempt e d to promote rathe r than extinguish aviashytio n If this law before its final passhysage is not amended so as to change it s purpose a happy soluti o n o f th e r eg ulatory probl e m will have be en reached

A VIATION solicited th e input fr o m its reade rship on the matte r of th e impe ndin g regulation a nd pubshylished the results during 1926 in a seshyri es ca ll ed What Pilots Think About Legislation T he letters printed are no t only inte res tin g in revea lin g the a ttitudes o f pil o ts a bout reg ulation but also give an insight into aviation at the time wh at was being fl o wn and ho w a ircra ft we re being use d Th e

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foll owin g le tt e rs a re re printed fr o m that 1926 series

FLYING SAFE WITHOUT LEGISLA TION

I d o not think th a t because a fe w unli censed pilots have had wrecks that the re is reason to say that they make fl ying unsafe There were more wrecks a ft e r th e Wa r whe n th e pilots ca me ri g ht from th e fl yin g se rvice th an the re are now by those who are be ing gradua ted from the civilian sch oo ls H ow about th e wreck of three Sto ut Planes - in the South The best pil o t will go wrong once in a while I had a regul a r army office r te ll me th a t he ha d was hed out thirty-three a irshyplanes What do you think about that

W e nee d flyin g fie lds more th a n anything e lse Give th e aeronautica l indu stry fi e ld s a nd it will g ro w Fr a nkly e ve n if th e r e is som e bill

passed by Congress I do ubt if it will he lp any Let them keep out of civilshyian aviation

CARL Z E LLWEGER Orient Iowa

FEARS LEGISLATION

I have a lways had a horror o f a ny aircraft legislation because I love the air and I would soone r be dead than to be banished from it The reason I fee l that I would not be pe rmitted to fly is because my righ t hand is crippled and I know that the first thing the gove rn shyme nt wo uld require is a ve ry seve re phys ical examination I know two pishylots who a re ve ry badl y crippled ye t th e y c an o utfly a lo t o f physi call y sound pilots especi all y in light planes However I would like to see a law to stop stunt fl ying As to making laws to make fl ying safe that has a lready been

The Buhl-Verville J4 Airster was awarded the first Approved Type Certificate under the new regulations on March 29 1927

tried by the Army and] really and truly believe that the Army pilots have far more crashes than the commercial fliers proportionately One reason is th at the majo rity of barnstormers can t afford to take a chance beca use their old Jenny is about a ll they own She may not be much of a plan e but she flies and they like the m I taught myself to fly in 1916 on a s ingle surshyface Curtiss pusher which Tstill have If the law will allow I am going to use he r this coming season and fly he r for exhibition purposes I make my living carrying passengers during the su mshymer months and rebuilding wrecked Jennies and Canucks during the winshyter I use Je nnies mostly because that is about aliI can afford to own I have never had a real serious accident o r inshyjured anyone including myself

TOT DOUGLAS Frankfort Ind

LA W NECESSARY IN INTERESTS OF FLYING

I hav e simply flown for pleasure originally using my ship to fly back and forth from Indianapoli s to Grand R a pid s Mich Used the VE7 on thi s work Flew the little Standard Scout this summer from Chicago straight across Lake Michigan to Muskegon

I think that every pilot or every pershyson who flies a ship should be a memshyber of the NAA and have a pilots lishycense before he is pe rmitted to so lo O ne of the greatest injuries to avia tion in this country is that anyone can buy an old junk ship and immediately begin to take up innocent passe ngers The so ca lled pilot knows littl e if anything about flying and sti ll less of the condishytion of his ship which is probably eight or nine years old and never had any inshyspection within the eight or nine years This regulation it seems to me should be Federa l since an airplane covers so much territory so quickly that it is pracshytically no time until one or another ship has passed over different state lines

JOSEPH C DISSETIE Indianapolis Ind

FAVORS FEDERAL LEGISLATlON

I am in favor of licensing pilots and alshylowing on ly those so lice nsed to carry passengers There have been any numshyber of in stances of incompetent pi lots taking up passe nge rs and it ought to be stopped Part of my business is instructshying and after I turn a man loose I try to impress him with the fact that he is by no means a finished pilot and should put in a number of hours of solo flying before attempting to take up any passe ngers Most of them see the point but I have had others go right out with a tota l time of four or five hours and take up passenshygers I be lieve the public ought to be protected agai nst taking such chances I am operating Standards With Hispano Liberty 6 and OX engines The last is for instruction work and the others for crossshycountry and short sight-seeing hops I think the short hops are the most profshyitabl e I beli eve Federa l regulation wo uld be the best one universa l law to work und e r in stead of forty-eight to worry about Also the same regulat ions that are to app ly in the operation of an air line should not be applied to the small operator who does most of hi s flying about his own field and is always right at his base This is an entirely different proposition

W W MEYER Morton Grove Ill

TOO SOON TO LEGISLATE

Tthink that commercial flying should be left alone for at least three more years

Licensing pilots and airplane inspecshytion will I believe be so complica ted that it will put most of the Gypsy fliers an d small fie ld operators out of busishyness Who is it that is educating the peoshyple to flyin g The Gypsy flier and the small operator of course

Licensing pilots will not prevent accishydents for ninety-nine per cent of all the accidents occur through foo lish stuntshying I operate an aviation field here I have a Canuck a Hispano Jenny and a Hisso-Standard I train a few students and take p eople up on short flights or long cross-cou ntry flights do photoshygraph ic work and have bee n doing a very good business I have been flying steadily since I first learn ed to fly in September 1919 I have flown about 1500 hours most of this be ing Gypsy flying all over the United States and Old Mexico

J WARREN SMITH Delaware Ohio

FOR STATE CONTROL

I am highly in favor of State contro l which could be worked out in the same line that the automobile is handled As to a li censed pilot being a better flier than a pilot who holds no license this is all wrong I have personally taught peoshyple to fly and in from twelve to fifteen hours had them able to go through the required tests That did not make them A-I pilots although they we re able to fly the tests as required

On the other hand I have seen pilots who hold a license and who have had a considerable number of hours in the air but could not make a landi ng on all three points or use their heads in an eme rgency as well as some beginners that had no licenses and less than fifty hours in flying time

At the present time I do not know of any particular branch of the flying busishyness that is very profitable unl ess it is advertising and passenger work At prese nt I am flyin g a Jennie with the OX job but in the past 12 years I have flown all kinds from the old pusher on through

C E NELSON La Porte Ind

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A fly-in for builders flyers and enthusiasts of World War I aircraft as well as a

tribute to those brave men who flew the first generation of combat aircraft

Whens an an tique not an an tique When it s a replica Northern Alabama was host to 54 replicas of various WW I types over Labor Day weekend thanks to the ge ne rosi ty and plain old fashioned planning and hard work by Aerodrome 92 organizshyer Frank Ryder and a cast of volunshyteers Amazingly every airplane prese nt was not a replica - the Thomas Morse Scout you see above is actually conshystructed from various origina l composhyne nts gat here d over th e years by Ernie Freeman an American Airlines pilot Now retired Ernie allowed his son Roger to put the TM Scout back in the air after its first restoration in the early 1970s The crowd s at Aerodrome 92 were treated daily to th e sounds and sme ll s of a rea l LeRhone rotary engine as Roger made a point of fly ing the airplane as often as he could A number of guests were present at the fly-in including An na-Ursula Von Stryk the niece of Baron Manfred Von Richthofen the famous Red Baron Mrs Von Stryk recalled her days spent in her youth playing in the trophy room of her famous uncle in the family hom e locat e d 10

Schweidnitz Prussia Another notable guest was Early Bird Glenn Messer who flew with the

Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and later Enough cannot be said for the volunshyas an instructor in the United States teers and staff of Aerodrome 92 For

Feldwebel (Sgt) Otto Roosen (left) flew a German Rumpler CIV until May 27 1917 when Billy Bishop Canadas celebrated WW I ace shot Roosen and his oberserver down Roosen survived to continue flying with his unit and would later fly a Ju52 transport during WW II Arthur Bishop (right) noted author and aviation historian as well as a veteran WW II combat fighter pilot is the son of Billy Bishop Bishop and Roosen were honored guests at Aerodrome 92 Now a chipper 97 years of age Otto Roosen emigrated to Canada where he now lives His recollections of his days as a photo reconnaissance pilot over the trenches during WW I were enlightening His Rumpler aircraft was one of the first airplanes to be equipped with oxygen for use by the crew He routinely flew missions four hours in length at altitudes approaching 21000 feet

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Frank Ryder Alabama inventor and avishyation enthusiast was the organizer of the first ever Aerodrome 92

a first time event it went off without any major hitches and it was due according to Frank Ryder to the efforts of the volunteers from all over the local area as well as the US A number of the volunteers came from the company Frank heads Ryder International Their work as well as that of the staff at the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum is to be applauded Will there be another Aerodrome flyshyin Yes is the latest word we have from Frank Ryder It will probably be at another site in 1994 We will keep you posted Aerodrome 92 was enjoyed by builders pilots and spectators alike shyon the following pages are some of the planes and pilots who made the weekshyend so interesting

Guntersvilles Joel Williams in the Fokker Dr1 Triplane and Don Rushton Edmonton Alberta Canada in his Sopwith Camel replica liven up the skies in northshyern Alabama over Labor Day weekend

Members of the Great War Association traveled from the Northeast US to take part in Aerodrome 92 Here they take an RFC pilot prisioner after he was forced down during a skirmish on an Allied airfield during the afternoon airshow

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(Above) Tony Owens is a study in conshycentration as he lands the DeHaviliand DH-5 one of the aeroplanes in the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum collection

(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow over Labor Day weekend Here he flies his Red Baron Fokker Dr1 Triplane off the right wing of Fred Murrin Sharpsville PA Freds triplane is finshyished in the markings of German Ace Werner Voss and features a tailskid and no brakes as a couple of its authentic details

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William Crist and Cecil Ellis both of Houston TX relax at the end of the day next to the 78 scale SE5a replica they share as partners The scaled-down SE5a has proved to be a well liked WWI aircraft for homeshybuilders to conshystruct with 9 of them flown at the fly-in

Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

12 NOVEMBER 1992

By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

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found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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THE FAMILY THAT RESTORES TOGETHER

The summer slipped away before I got a chance to show off a feat accomplished by the father and son team of Lyle and Chris Wheeler The AntiqueClassic division at the 1992 EAA Sunn Fun Fly-In at Lakeland FI was the site of a rare and unusual event when the Wheelers entered both their airplanes in the judging competition and they both won N68238 a1943 Boeing Stearman N2S-3 is owned by Chris (Lyles son) and was awarded the Best WW II Era Antique Chris is from Boca Raton FL N87881 a 1946 Piper J3C-85 Cub is owned by Lyle Wheeler of Sarasota FL It won the Best Custom Classic up to 85 hp It was also awarded an Outstanding Aircraft prize at the 1990 Sun n Fun Fly-In Congratulations to both the Wheelers The 1993 edition of the EAA Sun n Fun Fly-In will take place April 18 through April 24 1993 See you there

EAA OSHKOSH BEST LUSCOMBE

Thanks to Phil High one of our ace volunteer photographers during EAA Oshkosh we have this nice shot of Randy Hudsons very sharp Luscombe 8A Randy was honored with the Best Luscombe award at EAA Oshkosh 92 for all the elbow grease used up while polishing this beauty (Ill bet hes glad those are fabric covered wings after he gets done polishing the fuselage) Randy is from Cedar Rapids IA

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What Pilots Think ofLegislation

In 1926 the United

pilots in surplus World

War I aircraft was also making a small beginning The

States was severa l years behind European countries which had moved more quickly after the war to establish civil aviation on a commercial basis

It was not until 1925 when Congress passed the Kelly Airmail Act that the Post Office withdrew from the flying business and gave the job of carrying themail to private transport companies

Private flying mostly of the barnshystorming variety done by World War I

economics of barnstorming were simshyple anybody with an airplane that had two seats could get into the business All that was needed was a cow pasture near a town and a small advertisement in the local week ly paper say ing that aerial sightseeing flights would be given for two dollars to all comers

In the early 1920s there were few government regulations There was no requirement for a pilots li cense nor for an airplane airworthiness cershytificate and it was a long time before

the US government elected to take over the job of regulating and promotshying civil aviation as was being done in Europe In 1912 the Aero C lub of America in its pub li cation AEROshyNAUTICS emp hasized the imporshytance of federal registration of aircraft and the licensing of airmen The Aero Club s idea did not take ho ld howshyever and the club itself issued the first pilot licenses and continued to do so under the authority of its internashytional charter until 1926 when Congress passed the Air Commerce Act

While Congress was reluctant to take over regulation and promotion of the nations infant commercial aviashytion efforts it did realize that future aeronautical progress depended on federal help and guidance Thus the National Advisory Comm ittee for Aeronautics (NACA) had been creshyated by Congress in 1915 to supershyvise and direct the scientific study of the problems of aerial flig ht with a view to their practical solution One of the first things NACA did was press for federal regulation of aeroshynautics

In 1919 President Wilson subshymitted to Congress a bill drafted by NACA which would authoshyrize the Department of Comshy

merce to license pilots inspect airshycraft and supervise the use of airfields No action was taken on President Wilsons recommendation but bills to regulate this infant indusshytry continued to be introduced one afshyter another until fina ll y seven years later in 1926 the Air Commerce Act was passed This act has been ca lled the legislative cornerstone for the deshyvelopment of commercial aviation in America On A ugust 11 1926 the President appointed William P MacshyCracken Jr to be the first Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronaushytics MacCracken was a World War I Army pilot former chairma n of the American Bar Assoc iation Commitshytee on Aviation Law and an officer of

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Na tional Air Tra nsport on e o f th e first airlines

In late 1925 the Senate passed the Bingham Bill to promote a nd regushyla te fl ying in the United States An editorial in the Ja nuary 4 1926 issue o f AVIATION supporte d th e bill noting that it cl e arly attempt e d to promote rathe r than extinguish aviashytio n If this law before its final passhysage is not amended so as to change it s purpose a happy soluti o n o f th e r eg ulatory probl e m will have be en reached

A VIATION solicited th e input fr o m its reade rship on the matte r of th e impe ndin g regulation a nd pubshylished the results during 1926 in a seshyri es ca ll ed What Pilots Think About Legislation T he letters printed are no t only inte res tin g in revea lin g the a ttitudes o f pil o ts a bout reg ulation but also give an insight into aviation at the time wh at was being fl o wn and ho w a ircra ft we re being use d Th e

6 NOVEMBER 1992

foll owin g le tt e rs a re re printed fr o m that 1926 series

FLYING SAFE WITHOUT LEGISLA TION

I d o not think th a t because a fe w unli censed pilots have had wrecks that the re is reason to say that they make fl ying unsafe There were more wrecks a ft e r th e Wa r whe n th e pilots ca me ri g ht from th e fl yin g se rvice th an the re are now by those who are be ing gradua ted from the civilian sch oo ls H ow about th e wreck of three Sto ut Planes - in the South The best pil o t will go wrong once in a while I had a regul a r army office r te ll me th a t he ha d was hed out thirty-three a irshyplanes What do you think about that

W e nee d flyin g fie lds more th a n anything e lse Give th e aeronautica l indu stry fi e ld s a nd it will g ro w Fr a nkly e ve n if th e r e is som e bill

passed by Congress I do ubt if it will he lp any Let them keep out of civilshyian aviation

CARL Z E LLWEGER Orient Iowa

FEARS LEGISLATION

I have a lways had a horror o f a ny aircraft legislation because I love the air and I would soone r be dead than to be banished from it The reason I fee l that I would not be pe rmitted to fly is because my righ t hand is crippled and I know that the first thing the gove rn shyme nt wo uld require is a ve ry seve re phys ical examination I know two pishylots who a re ve ry badl y crippled ye t th e y c an o utfly a lo t o f physi call y sound pilots especi all y in light planes However I would like to see a law to stop stunt fl ying As to making laws to make fl ying safe that has a lready been

The Buhl-Verville J4 Airster was awarded the first Approved Type Certificate under the new regulations on March 29 1927

tried by the Army and] really and truly believe that the Army pilots have far more crashes than the commercial fliers proportionately One reason is th at the majo rity of barnstormers can t afford to take a chance beca use their old Jenny is about a ll they own She may not be much of a plan e but she flies and they like the m I taught myself to fly in 1916 on a s ingle surshyface Curtiss pusher which Tstill have If the law will allow I am going to use he r this coming season and fly he r for exhibition purposes I make my living carrying passengers during the su mshymer months and rebuilding wrecked Jennies and Canucks during the winshyter I use Je nnies mostly because that is about aliI can afford to own I have never had a real serious accident o r inshyjured anyone including myself

TOT DOUGLAS Frankfort Ind

LA W NECESSARY IN INTERESTS OF FLYING

I hav e simply flown for pleasure originally using my ship to fly back and forth from Indianapoli s to Grand R a pid s Mich Used the VE7 on thi s work Flew the little Standard Scout this summer from Chicago straight across Lake Michigan to Muskegon

I think that every pilot or every pershyson who flies a ship should be a memshyber of the NAA and have a pilots lishycense before he is pe rmitted to so lo O ne of the greatest injuries to avia tion in this country is that anyone can buy an old junk ship and immediately begin to take up innocent passe ngers The so ca lled pilot knows littl e if anything about flying and sti ll less of the condishytion of his ship which is probably eight or nine years old and never had any inshyspection within the eight or nine years This regulation it seems to me should be Federa l since an airplane covers so much territory so quickly that it is pracshytically no time until one or another ship has passed over different state lines

JOSEPH C DISSETIE Indianapolis Ind

FAVORS FEDERAL LEGISLATlON

I am in favor of licensing pilots and alshylowing on ly those so lice nsed to carry passengers There have been any numshyber of in stances of incompetent pi lots taking up passe nge rs and it ought to be stopped Part of my business is instructshying and after I turn a man loose I try to impress him with the fact that he is by no means a finished pilot and should put in a number of hours of solo flying before attempting to take up any passe ngers Most of them see the point but I have had others go right out with a tota l time of four or five hours and take up passenshygers I be lieve the public ought to be protected agai nst taking such chances I am operating Standards With Hispano Liberty 6 and OX engines The last is for instruction work and the others for crossshycountry and short sight-seeing hops I think the short hops are the most profshyitabl e I beli eve Federa l regulation wo uld be the best one universa l law to work und e r in stead of forty-eight to worry about Also the same regulat ions that are to app ly in the operation of an air line should not be applied to the small operator who does most of hi s flying about his own field and is always right at his base This is an entirely different proposition

W W MEYER Morton Grove Ill

TOO SOON TO LEGISLATE

Tthink that commercial flying should be left alone for at least three more years

Licensing pilots and airplane inspecshytion will I believe be so complica ted that it will put most of the Gypsy fliers an d small fie ld operators out of busishyness Who is it that is educating the peoshyple to flyin g The Gypsy flier and the small operator of course

Licensing pilots will not prevent accishydents for ninety-nine per cent of all the accidents occur through foo lish stuntshying I operate an aviation field here I have a Canuck a Hispano Jenny and a Hisso-Standard I train a few students and take p eople up on short flights or long cross-cou ntry flights do photoshygraph ic work and have bee n doing a very good business I have been flying steadily since I first learn ed to fly in September 1919 I have flown about 1500 hours most of this be ing Gypsy flying all over the United States and Old Mexico

J WARREN SMITH Delaware Ohio

FOR STATE CONTROL

I am highly in favor of State contro l which could be worked out in the same line that the automobile is handled As to a li censed pilot being a better flier than a pilot who holds no license this is all wrong I have personally taught peoshyple to fly and in from twelve to fifteen hours had them able to go through the required tests That did not make them A-I pilots although they we re able to fly the tests as required

On the other hand I have seen pilots who hold a license and who have had a considerable number of hours in the air but could not make a landi ng on all three points or use their heads in an eme rgency as well as some beginners that had no licenses and less than fifty hours in flying time

At the present time I do not know of any particular branch of the flying busishyness that is very profitable unl ess it is advertising and passenger work At prese nt I am flyin g a Jennie with the OX job but in the past 12 years I have flown all kinds from the old pusher on through

C E NELSON La Porte Ind

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A fly-in for builders flyers and enthusiasts of World War I aircraft as well as a

tribute to those brave men who flew the first generation of combat aircraft

Whens an an tique not an an tique When it s a replica Northern Alabama was host to 54 replicas of various WW I types over Labor Day weekend thanks to the ge ne rosi ty and plain old fashioned planning and hard work by Aerodrome 92 organizshyer Frank Ryder and a cast of volunshyteers Amazingly every airplane prese nt was not a replica - the Thomas Morse Scout you see above is actually conshystructed from various origina l composhyne nts gat here d over th e years by Ernie Freeman an American Airlines pilot Now retired Ernie allowed his son Roger to put the TM Scout back in the air after its first restoration in the early 1970s The crowd s at Aerodrome 92 were treated daily to th e sounds and sme ll s of a rea l LeRhone rotary engine as Roger made a point of fly ing the airplane as often as he could A number of guests were present at the fly-in including An na-Ursula Von Stryk the niece of Baron Manfred Von Richthofen the famous Red Baron Mrs Von Stryk recalled her days spent in her youth playing in the trophy room of her famous uncle in the family hom e locat e d 10

Schweidnitz Prussia Another notable guest was Early Bird Glenn Messer who flew with the

Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and later Enough cannot be said for the volunshyas an instructor in the United States teers and staff of Aerodrome 92 For

Feldwebel (Sgt) Otto Roosen (left) flew a German Rumpler CIV until May 27 1917 when Billy Bishop Canadas celebrated WW I ace shot Roosen and his oberserver down Roosen survived to continue flying with his unit and would later fly a Ju52 transport during WW II Arthur Bishop (right) noted author and aviation historian as well as a veteran WW II combat fighter pilot is the son of Billy Bishop Bishop and Roosen were honored guests at Aerodrome 92 Now a chipper 97 years of age Otto Roosen emigrated to Canada where he now lives His recollections of his days as a photo reconnaissance pilot over the trenches during WW I were enlightening His Rumpler aircraft was one of the first airplanes to be equipped with oxygen for use by the crew He routinely flew missions four hours in length at altitudes approaching 21000 feet

8 NOVEMBER 1992

Frank Ryder Alabama inventor and avishyation enthusiast was the organizer of the first ever Aerodrome 92

a first time event it went off without any major hitches and it was due according to Frank Ryder to the efforts of the volunteers from all over the local area as well as the US A number of the volunteers came from the company Frank heads Ryder International Their work as well as that of the staff at the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum is to be applauded Will there be another Aerodrome flyshyin Yes is the latest word we have from Frank Ryder It will probably be at another site in 1994 We will keep you posted Aerodrome 92 was enjoyed by builders pilots and spectators alike shyon the following pages are some of the planes and pilots who made the weekshyend so interesting

Guntersvilles Joel Williams in the Fokker Dr1 Triplane and Don Rushton Edmonton Alberta Canada in his Sopwith Camel replica liven up the skies in northshyern Alabama over Labor Day weekend

Members of the Great War Association traveled from the Northeast US to take part in Aerodrome 92 Here they take an RFC pilot prisioner after he was forced down during a skirmish on an Allied airfield during the afternoon airshow

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(Above) Tony Owens is a study in conshycentration as he lands the DeHaviliand DH-5 one of the aeroplanes in the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum collection

(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow over Labor Day weekend Here he flies his Red Baron Fokker Dr1 Triplane off the right wing of Fred Murrin Sharpsville PA Freds triplane is finshyished in the markings of German Ace Werner Voss and features a tailskid and no brakes as a couple of its authentic details

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William Crist and Cecil Ellis both of Houston TX relax at the end of the day next to the 78 scale SE5a replica they share as partners The scaled-down SE5a has proved to be a well liked WWI aircraft for homeshybuilders to conshystruct with 9 of them flown at the fly-in

Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

12 NOVEMBER 1992

By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

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found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

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The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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What Pilots Think ofLegislation

In 1926 the United

pilots in surplus World

War I aircraft was also making a small beginning The

States was severa l years behind European countries which had moved more quickly after the war to establish civil aviation on a commercial basis

It was not until 1925 when Congress passed the Kelly Airmail Act that the Post Office withdrew from the flying business and gave the job of carrying themail to private transport companies

Private flying mostly of the barnshystorming variety done by World War I

economics of barnstorming were simshyple anybody with an airplane that had two seats could get into the business All that was needed was a cow pasture near a town and a small advertisement in the local week ly paper say ing that aerial sightseeing flights would be given for two dollars to all comers

In the early 1920s there were few government regulations There was no requirement for a pilots li cense nor for an airplane airworthiness cershytificate and it was a long time before

the US government elected to take over the job of regulating and promotshying civil aviation as was being done in Europe In 1912 the Aero C lub of America in its pub li cation AEROshyNAUTICS emp hasized the imporshytance of federal registration of aircraft and the licensing of airmen The Aero Club s idea did not take ho ld howshyever and the club itself issued the first pilot licenses and continued to do so under the authority of its internashytional charter until 1926 when Congress passed the Air Commerce Act

While Congress was reluctant to take over regulation and promotion of the nations infant commercial aviashytion efforts it did realize that future aeronautical progress depended on federal help and guidance Thus the National Advisory Comm ittee for Aeronautics (NACA) had been creshyated by Congress in 1915 to supershyvise and direct the scientific study of the problems of aerial flig ht with a view to their practical solution One of the first things NACA did was press for federal regulation of aeroshynautics

In 1919 President Wilson subshymitted to Congress a bill drafted by NACA which would authoshyrize the Department of Comshy

merce to license pilots inspect airshycraft and supervise the use of airfields No action was taken on President Wilsons recommendation but bills to regulate this infant indusshytry continued to be introduced one afshyter another until fina ll y seven years later in 1926 the Air Commerce Act was passed This act has been ca lled the legislative cornerstone for the deshyvelopment of commercial aviation in America On A ugust 11 1926 the President appointed William P MacshyCracken Jr to be the first Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronaushytics MacCracken was a World War I Army pilot former chairma n of the American Bar Assoc iation Commitshytee on Aviation Law and an officer of

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Na tional Air Tra nsport on e o f th e first airlines

In late 1925 the Senate passed the Bingham Bill to promote a nd regushyla te fl ying in the United States An editorial in the Ja nuary 4 1926 issue o f AVIATION supporte d th e bill noting that it cl e arly attempt e d to promote rathe r than extinguish aviashytio n If this law before its final passhysage is not amended so as to change it s purpose a happy soluti o n o f th e r eg ulatory probl e m will have be en reached

A VIATION solicited th e input fr o m its reade rship on the matte r of th e impe ndin g regulation a nd pubshylished the results during 1926 in a seshyri es ca ll ed What Pilots Think About Legislation T he letters printed are no t only inte res tin g in revea lin g the a ttitudes o f pil o ts a bout reg ulation but also give an insight into aviation at the time wh at was being fl o wn and ho w a ircra ft we re being use d Th e

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foll owin g le tt e rs a re re printed fr o m that 1926 series

FLYING SAFE WITHOUT LEGISLA TION

I d o not think th a t because a fe w unli censed pilots have had wrecks that the re is reason to say that they make fl ying unsafe There were more wrecks a ft e r th e Wa r whe n th e pilots ca me ri g ht from th e fl yin g se rvice th an the re are now by those who are be ing gradua ted from the civilian sch oo ls H ow about th e wreck of three Sto ut Planes - in the South The best pil o t will go wrong once in a while I had a regul a r army office r te ll me th a t he ha d was hed out thirty-three a irshyplanes What do you think about that

W e nee d flyin g fie lds more th a n anything e lse Give th e aeronautica l indu stry fi e ld s a nd it will g ro w Fr a nkly e ve n if th e r e is som e bill

passed by Congress I do ubt if it will he lp any Let them keep out of civilshyian aviation

CARL Z E LLWEGER Orient Iowa

FEARS LEGISLATION

I have a lways had a horror o f a ny aircraft legislation because I love the air and I would soone r be dead than to be banished from it The reason I fee l that I would not be pe rmitted to fly is because my righ t hand is crippled and I know that the first thing the gove rn shyme nt wo uld require is a ve ry seve re phys ical examination I know two pishylots who a re ve ry badl y crippled ye t th e y c an o utfly a lo t o f physi call y sound pilots especi all y in light planes However I would like to see a law to stop stunt fl ying As to making laws to make fl ying safe that has a lready been

The Buhl-Verville J4 Airster was awarded the first Approved Type Certificate under the new regulations on March 29 1927

tried by the Army and] really and truly believe that the Army pilots have far more crashes than the commercial fliers proportionately One reason is th at the majo rity of barnstormers can t afford to take a chance beca use their old Jenny is about a ll they own She may not be much of a plan e but she flies and they like the m I taught myself to fly in 1916 on a s ingle surshyface Curtiss pusher which Tstill have If the law will allow I am going to use he r this coming season and fly he r for exhibition purposes I make my living carrying passengers during the su mshymer months and rebuilding wrecked Jennies and Canucks during the winshyter I use Je nnies mostly because that is about aliI can afford to own I have never had a real serious accident o r inshyjured anyone including myself

TOT DOUGLAS Frankfort Ind

LA W NECESSARY IN INTERESTS OF FLYING

I hav e simply flown for pleasure originally using my ship to fly back and forth from Indianapoli s to Grand R a pid s Mich Used the VE7 on thi s work Flew the little Standard Scout this summer from Chicago straight across Lake Michigan to Muskegon

I think that every pilot or every pershyson who flies a ship should be a memshyber of the NAA and have a pilots lishycense before he is pe rmitted to so lo O ne of the greatest injuries to avia tion in this country is that anyone can buy an old junk ship and immediately begin to take up innocent passe ngers The so ca lled pilot knows littl e if anything about flying and sti ll less of the condishytion of his ship which is probably eight or nine years old and never had any inshyspection within the eight or nine years This regulation it seems to me should be Federa l since an airplane covers so much territory so quickly that it is pracshytically no time until one or another ship has passed over different state lines

JOSEPH C DISSETIE Indianapolis Ind

FAVORS FEDERAL LEGISLATlON

I am in favor of licensing pilots and alshylowing on ly those so lice nsed to carry passengers There have been any numshyber of in stances of incompetent pi lots taking up passe nge rs and it ought to be stopped Part of my business is instructshying and after I turn a man loose I try to impress him with the fact that he is by no means a finished pilot and should put in a number of hours of solo flying before attempting to take up any passe ngers Most of them see the point but I have had others go right out with a tota l time of four or five hours and take up passenshygers I be lieve the public ought to be protected agai nst taking such chances I am operating Standards With Hispano Liberty 6 and OX engines The last is for instruction work and the others for crossshycountry and short sight-seeing hops I think the short hops are the most profshyitabl e I beli eve Federa l regulation wo uld be the best one universa l law to work und e r in stead of forty-eight to worry about Also the same regulat ions that are to app ly in the operation of an air line should not be applied to the small operator who does most of hi s flying about his own field and is always right at his base This is an entirely different proposition

W W MEYER Morton Grove Ill

TOO SOON TO LEGISLATE

Tthink that commercial flying should be left alone for at least three more years

Licensing pilots and airplane inspecshytion will I believe be so complica ted that it will put most of the Gypsy fliers an d small fie ld operators out of busishyness Who is it that is educating the peoshyple to flyin g The Gypsy flier and the small operator of course

Licensing pilots will not prevent accishydents for ninety-nine per cent of all the accidents occur through foo lish stuntshying I operate an aviation field here I have a Canuck a Hispano Jenny and a Hisso-Standard I train a few students and take p eople up on short flights or long cross-cou ntry flights do photoshygraph ic work and have bee n doing a very good business I have been flying steadily since I first learn ed to fly in September 1919 I have flown about 1500 hours most of this be ing Gypsy flying all over the United States and Old Mexico

J WARREN SMITH Delaware Ohio

FOR STATE CONTROL

I am highly in favor of State contro l which could be worked out in the same line that the automobile is handled As to a li censed pilot being a better flier than a pilot who holds no license this is all wrong I have personally taught peoshyple to fly and in from twelve to fifteen hours had them able to go through the required tests That did not make them A-I pilots although they we re able to fly the tests as required

On the other hand I have seen pilots who hold a license and who have had a considerable number of hours in the air but could not make a landi ng on all three points or use their heads in an eme rgency as well as some beginners that had no licenses and less than fifty hours in flying time

At the present time I do not know of any particular branch of the flying busishyness that is very profitable unl ess it is advertising and passenger work At prese nt I am flyin g a Jennie with the OX job but in the past 12 years I have flown all kinds from the old pusher on through

C E NELSON La Porte Ind

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A fly-in for builders flyers and enthusiasts of World War I aircraft as well as a

tribute to those brave men who flew the first generation of combat aircraft

Whens an an tique not an an tique When it s a replica Northern Alabama was host to 54 replicas of various WW I types over Labor Day weekend thanks to the ge ne rosi ty and plain old fashioned planning and hard work by Aerodrome 92 organizshyer Frank Ryder and a cast of volunshyteers Amazingly every airplane prese nt was not a replica - the Thomas Morse Scout you see above is actually conshystructed from various origina l composhyne nts gat here d over th e years by Ernie Freeman an American Airlines pilot Now retired Ernie allowed his son Roger to put the TM Scout back in the air after its first restoration in the early 1970s The crowd s at Aerodrome 92 were treated daily to th e sounds and sme ll s of a rea l LeRhone rotary engine as Roger made a point of fly ing the airplane as often as he could A number of guests were present at the fly-in including An na-Ursula Von Stryk the niece of Baron Manfred Von Richthofen the famous Red Baron Mrs Von Stryk recalled her days spent in her youth playing in the trophy room of her famous uncle in the family hom e locat e d 10

Schweidnitz Prussia Another notable guest was Early Bird Glenn Messer who flew with the

Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and later Enough cannot be said for the volunshyas an instructor in the United States teers and staff of Aerodrome 92 For

Feldwebel (Sgt) Otto Roosen (left) flew a German Rumpler CIV until May 27 1917 when Billy Bishop Canadas celebrated WW I ace shot Roosen and his oberserver down Roosen survived to continue flying with his unit and would later fly a Ju52 transport during WW II Arthur Bishop (right) noted author and aviation historian as well as a veteran WW II combat fighter pilot is the son of Billy Bishop Bishop and Roosen were honored guests at Aerodrome 92 Now a chipper 97 years of age Otto Roosen emigrated to Canada where he now lives His recollections of his days as a photo reconnaissance pilot over the trenches during WW I were enlightening His Rumpler aircraft was one of the first airplanes to be equipped with oxygen for use by the crew He routinely flew missions four hours in length at altitudes approaching 21000 feet

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Frank Ryder Alabama inventor and avishyation enthusiast was the organizer of the first ever Aerodrome 92

a first time event it went off without any major hitches and it was due according to Frank Ryder to the efforts of the volunteers from all over the local area as well as the US A number of the volunteers came from the company Frank heads Ryder International Their work as well as that of the staff at the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum is to be applauded Will there be another Aerodrome flyshyin Yes is the latest word we have from Frank Ryder It will probably be at another site in 1994 We will keep you posted Aerodrome 92 was enjoyed by builders pilots and spectators alike shyon the following pages are some of the planes and pilots who made the weekshyend so interesting

Guntersvilles Joel Williams in the Fokker Dr1 Triplane and Don Rushton Edmonton Alberta Canada in his Sopwith Camel replica liven up the skies in northshyern Alabama over Labor Day weekend

Members of the Great War Association traveled from the Northeast US to take part in Aerodrome 92 Here they take an RFC pilot prisioner after he was forced down during a skirmish on an Allied airfield during the afternoon airshow

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(Above) Tony Owens is a study in conshycentration as he lands the DeHaviliand DH-5 one of the aeroplanes in the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum collection

(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow over Labor Day weekend Here he flies his Red Baron Fokker Dr1 Triplane off the right wing of Fred Murrin Sharpsville PA Freds triplane is finshyished in the markings of German Ace Werner Voss and features a tailskid and no brakes as a couple of its authentic details

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William Crist and Cecil Ellis both of Houston TX relax at the end of the day next to the 78 scale SE5a replica they share as partners The scaled-down SE5a has proved to be a well liked WWI aircraft for homeshybuilders to conshystruct with 9 of them flown at the fly-in

Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

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By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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Looking past the original pointed propeller spinner we can see several cyl shyinders of a spotless 300 hp Jacobs Beauty indeed

The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

20 NOVEMBER 1992

by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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Na tional Air Tra nsport on e o f th e first airlines

In late 1925 the Senate passed the Bingham Bill to promote a nd regushyla te fl ying in the United States An editorial in the Ja nuary 4 1926 issue o f AVIATION supporte d th e bill noting that it cl e arly attempt e d to promote rathe r than extinguish aviashytio n If this law before its final passhysage is not amended so as to change it s purpose a happy soluti o n o f th e r eg ulatory probl e m will have be en reached

A VIATION solicited th e input fr o m its reade rship on the matte r of th e impe ndin g regulation a nd pubshylished the results during 1926 in a seshyri es ca ll ed What Pilots Think About Legislation T he letters printed are no t only inte res tin g in revea lin g the a ttitudes o f pil o ts a bout reg ulation but also give an insight into aviation at the time wh at was being fl o wn and ho w a ircra ft we re being use d Th e

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foll owin g le tt e rs a re re printed fr o m that 1926 series

FLYING SAFE WITHOUT LEGISLA TION

I d o not think th a t because a fe w unli censed pilots have had wrecks that the re is reason to say that they make fl ying unsafe There were more wrecks a ft e r th e Wa r whe n th e pilots ca me ri g ht from th e fl yin g se rvice th an the re are now by those who are be ing gradua ted from the civilian sch oo ls H ow about th e wreck of three Sto ut Planes - in the South The best pil o t will go wrong once in a while I had a regul a r army office r te ll me th a t he ha d was hed out thirty-three a irshyplanes What do you think about that

W e nee d flyin g fie lds more th a n anything e lse Give th e aeronautica l indu stry fi e ld s a nd it will g ro w Fr a nkly e ve n if th e r e is som e bill

passed by Congress I do ubt if it will he lp any Let them keep out of civilshyian aviation

CARL Z E LLWEGER Orient Iowa

FEARS LEGISLATION

I have a lways had a horror o f a ny aircraft legislation because I love the air and I would soone r be dead than to be banished from it The reason I fee l that I would not be pe rmitted to fly is because my righ t hand is crippled and I know that the first thing the gove rn shyme nt wo uld require is a ve ry seve re phys ical examination I know two pishylots who a re ve ry badl y crippled ye t th e y c an o utfly a lo t o f physi call y sound pilots especi all y in light planes However I would like to see a law to stop stunt fl ying As to making laws to make fl ying safe that has a lready been

The Buhl-Verville J4 Airster was awarded the first Approved Type Certificate under the new regulations on March 29 1927

tried by the Army and] really and truly believe that the Army pilots have far more crashes than the commercial fliers proportionately One reason is th at the majo rity of barnstormers can t afford to take a chance beca use their old Jenny is about a ll they own She may not be much of a plan e but she flies and they like the m I taught myself to fly in 1916 on a s ingle surshyface Curtiss pusher which Tstill have If the law will allow I am going to use he r this coming season and fly he r for exhibition purposes I make my living carrying passengers during the su mshymer months and rebuilding wrecked Jennies and Canucks during the winshyter I use Je nnies mostly because that is about aliI can afford to own I have never had a real serious accident o r inshyjured anyone including myself

TOT DOUGLAS Frankfort Ind

LA W NECESSARY IN INTERESTS OF FLYING

I hav e simply flown for pleasure originally using my ship to fly back and forth from Indianapoli s to Grand R a pid s Mich Used the VE7 on thi s work Flew the little Standard Scout this summer from Chicago straight across Lake Michigan to Muskegon

I think that every pilot or every pershyson who flies a ship should be a memshyber of the NAA and have a pilots lishycense before he is pe rmitted to so lo O ne of the greatest injuries to avia tion in this country is that anyone can buy an old junk ship and immediately begin to take up innocent passe ngers The so ca lled pilot knows littl e if anything about flying and sti ll less of the condishytion of his ship which is probably eight or nine years old and never had any inshyspection within the eight or nine years This regulation it seems to me should be Federa l since an airplane covers so much territory so quickly that it is pracshytically no time until one or another ship has passed over different state lines

JOSEPH C DISSETIE Indianapolis Ind

FAVORS FEDERAL LEGISLATlON

I am in favor of licensing pilots and alshylowing on ly those so lice nsed to carry passengers There have been any numshyber of in stances of incompetent pi lots taking up passe nge rs and it ought to be stopped Part of my business is instructshying and after I turn a man loose I try to impress him with the fact that he is by no means a finished pilot and should put in a number of hours of solo flying before attempting to take up any passe ngers Most of them see the point but I have had others go right out with a tota l time of four or five hours and take up passenshygers I be lieve the public ought to be protected agai nst taking such chances I am operating Standards With Hispano Liberty 6 and OX engines The last is for instruction work and the others for crossshycountry and short sight-seeing hops I think the short hops are the most profshyitabl e I beli eve Federa l regulation wo uld be the best one universa l law to work und e r in stead of forty-eight to worry about Also the same regulat ions that are to app ly in the operation of an air line should not be applied to the small operator who does most of hi s flying about his own field and is always right at his base This is an entirely different proposition

W W MEYER Morton Grove Ill

TOO SOON TO LEGISLATE

Tthink that commercial flying should be left alone for at least three more years

Licensing pilots and airplane inspecshytion will I believe be so complica ted that it will put most of the Gypsy fliers an d small fie ld operators out of busishyness Who is it that is educating the peoshyple to flyin g The Gypsy flier and the small operator of course

Licensing pilots will not prevent accishydents for ninety-nine per cent of all the accidents occur through foo lish stuntshying I operate an aviation field here I have a Canuck a Hispano Jenny and a Hisso-Standard I train a few students and take p eople up on short flights or long cross-cou ntry flights do photoshygraph ic work and have bee n doing a very good business I have been flying steadily since I first learn ed to fly in September 1919 I have flown about 1500 hours most of this be ing Gypsy flying all over the United States and Old Mexico

J WARREN SMITH Delaware Ohio

FOR STATE CONTROL

I am highly in favor of State contro l which could be worked out in the same line that the automobile is handled As to a li censed pilot being a better flier than a pilot who holds no license this is all wrong I have personally taught peoshyple to fly and in from twelve to fifteen hours had them able to go through the required tests That did not make them A-I pilots although they we re able to fly the tests as required

On the other hand I have seen pilots who hold a license and who have had a considerable number of hours in the air but could not make a landi ng on all three points or use their heads in an eme rgency as well as some beginners that had no licenses and less than fifty hours in flying time

At the present time I do not know of any particular branch of the flying busishyness that is very profitable unl ess it is advertising and passenger work At prese nt I am flyin g a Jennie with the OX job but in the past 12 years I have flown all kinds from the old pusher on through

C E NELSON La Porte Ind

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A fly-in for builders flyers and enthusiasts of World War I aircraft as well as a

tribute to those brave men who flew the first generation of combat aircraft

Whens an an tique not an an tique When it s a replica Northern Alabama was host to 54 replicas of various WW I types over Labor Day weekend thanks to the ge ne rosi ty and plain old fashioned planning and hard work by Aerodrome 92 organizshyer Frank Ryder and a cast of volunshyteers Amazingly every airplane prese nt was not a replica - the Thomas Morse Scout you see above is actually conshystructed from various origina l composhyne nts gat here d over th e years by Ernie Freeman an American Airlines pilot Now retired Ernie allowed his son Roger to put the TM Scout back in the air after its first restoration in the early 1970s The crowd s at Aerodrome 92 were treated daily to th e sounds and sme ll s of a rea l LeRhone rotary engine as Roger made a point of fly ing the airplane as often as he could A number of guests were present at the fly-in including An na-Ursula Von Stryk the niece of Baron Manfred Von Richthofen the famous Red Baron Mrs Von Stryk recalled her days spent in her youth playing in the trophy room of her famous uncle in the family hom e locat e d 10

Schweidnitz Prussia Another notable guest was Early Bird Glenn Messer who flew with the

Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and later Enough cannot be said for the volunshyas an instructor in the United States teers and staff of Aerodrome 92 For

Feldwebel (Sgt) Otto Roosen (left) flew a German Rumpler CIV until May 27 1917 when Billy Bishop Canadas celebrated WW I ace shot Roosen and his oberserver down Roosen survived to continue flying with his unit and would later fly a Ju52 transport during WW II Arthur Bishop (right) noted author and aviation historian as well as a veteran WW II combat fighter pilot is the son of Billy Bishop Bishop and Roosen were honored guests at Aerodrome 92 Now a chipper 97 years of age Otto Roosen emigrated to Canada where he now lives His recollections of his days as a photo reconnaissance pilot over the trenches during WW I were enlightening His Rumpler aircraft was one of the first airplanes to be equipped with oxygen for use by the crew He routinely flew missions four hours in length at altitudes approaching 21000 feet

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Frank Ryder Alabama inventor and avishyation enthusiast was the organizer of the first ever Aerodrome 92

a first time event it went off without any major hitches and it was due according to Frank Ryder to the efforts of the volunteers from all over the local area as well as the US A number of the volunteers came from the company Frank heads Ryder International Their work as well as that of the staff at the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum is to be applauded Will there be another Aerodrome flyshyin Yes is the latest word we have from Frank Ryder It will probably be at another site in 1994 We will keep you posted Aerodrome 92 was enjoyed by builders pilots and spectators alike shyon the following pages are some of the planes and pilots who made the weekshyend so interesting

Guntersvilles Joel Williams in the Fokker Dr1 Triplane and Don Rushton Edmonton Alberta Canada in his Sopwith Camel replica liven up the skies in northshyern Alabama over Labor Day weekend

Members of the Great War Association traveled from the Northeast US to take part in Aerodrome 92 Here they take an RFC pilot prisioner after he was forced down during a skirmish on an Allied airfield during the afternoon airshow

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(Above) Tony Owens is a study in conshycentration as he lands the DeHaviliand DH-5 one of the aeroplanes in the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum collection

(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow over Labor Day weekend Here he flies his Red Baron Fokker Dr1 Triplane off the right wing of Fred Murrin Sharpsville PA Freds triplane is finshyished in the markings of German Ace Werner Voss and features a tailskid and no brakes as a couple of its authentic details

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William Crist and Cecil Ellis both of Houston TX relax at the end of the day next to the 78 scale SE5a replica they share as partners The scaled-down SE5a has proved to be a well liked WWI aircraft for homeshybuilders to conshystruct with 9 of them flown at the fly-in

Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

12 NOVEMBER 1992

By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

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found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

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The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

The Buhl-Verville J4 Airster was awarded the first Approved Type Certificate under the new regulations on March 29 1927

tried by the Army and] really and truly believe that the Army pilots have far more crashes than the commercial fliers proportionately One reason is th at the majo rity of barnstormers can t afford to take a chance beca use their old Jenny is about a ll they own She may not be much of a plan e but she flies and they like the m I taught myself to fly in 1916 on a s ingle surshyface Curtiss pusher which Tstill have If the law will allow I am going to use he r this coming season and fly he r for exhibition purposes I make my living carrying passengers during the su mshymer months and rebuilding wrecked Jennies and Canucks during the winshyter I use Je nnies mostly because that is about aliI can afford to own I have never had a real serious accident o r inshyjured anyone including myself

TOT DOUGLAS Frankfort Ind

LA W NECESSARY IN INTERESTS OF FLYING

I hav e simply flown for pleasure originally using my ship to fly back and forth from Indianapoli s to Grand R a pid s Mich Used the VE7 on thi s work Flew the little Standard Scout this summer from Chicago straight across Lake Michigan to Muskegon

I think that every pilot or every pershyson who flies a ship should be a memshyber of the NAA and have a pilots lishycense before he is pe rmitted to so lo O ne of the greatest injuries to avia tion in this country is that anyone can buy an old junk ship and immediately begin to take up innocent passe ngers The so ca lled pilot knows littl e if anything about flying and sti ll less of the condishytion of his ship which is probably eight or nine years old and never had any inshyspection within the eight or nine years This regulation it seems to me should be Federa l since an airplane covers so much territory so quickly that it is pracshytically no time until one or another ship has passed over different state lines

JOSEPH C DISSETIE Indianapolis Ind

FAVORS FEDERAL LEGISLATlON

I am in favor of licensing pilots and alshylowing on ly those so lice nsed to carry passengers There have been any numshyber of in stances of incompetent pi lots taking up passe nge rs and it ought to be stopped Part of my business is instructshying and after I turn a man loose I try to impress him with the fact that he is by no means a finished pilot and should put in a number of hours of solo flying before attempting to take up any passe ngers Most of them see the point but I have had others go right out with a tota l time of four or five hours and take up passenshygers I be lieve the public ought to be protected agai nst taking such chances I am operating Standards With Hispano Liberty 6 and OX engines The last is for instruction work and the others for crossshycountry and short sight-seeing hops I think the short hops are the most profshyitabl e I beli eve Federa l regulation wo uld be the best one universa l law to work und e r in stead of forty-eight to worry about Also the same regulat ions that are to app ly in the operation of an air line should not be applied to the small operator who does most of hi s flying about his own field and is always right at his base This is an entirely different proposition

W W MEYER Morton Grove Ill

TOO SOON TO LEGISLATE

Tthink that commercial flying should be left alone for at least three more years

Licensing pilots and airplane inspecshytion will I believe be so complica ted that it will put most of the Gypsy fliers an d small fie ld operators out of busishyness Who is it that is educating the peoshyple to flyin g The Gypsy flier and the small operator of course

Licensing pilots will not prevent accishydents for ninety-nine per cent of all the accidents occur through foo lish stuntshying I operate an aviation field here I have a Canuck a Hispano Jenny and a Hisso-Standard I train a few students and take p eople up on short flights or long cross-cou ntry flights do photoshygraph ic work and have bee n doing a very good business I have been flying steadily since I first learn ed to fly in September 1919 I have flown about 1500 hours most of this be ing Gypsy flying all over the United States and Old Mexico

J WARREN SMITH Delaware Ohio

FOR STATE CONTROL

I am highly in favor of State contro l which could be worked out in the same line that the automobile is handled As to a li censed pilot being a better flier than a pilot who holds no license this is all wrong I have personally taught peoshyple to fly and in from twelve to fifteen hours had them able to go through the required tests That did not make them A-I pilots although they we re able to fly the tests as required

On the other hand I have seen pilots who hold a license and who have had a considerable number of hours in the air but could not make a landi ng on all three points or use their heads in an eme rgency as well as some beginners that had no licenses and less than fifty hours in flying time

At the present time I do not know of any particular branch of the flying busishyness that is very profitable unl ess it is advertising and passenger work At prese nt I am flyin g a Jennie with the OX job but in the past 12 years I have flown all kinds from the old pusher on through

C E NELSON La Porte Ind

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A fly-in for builders flyers and enthusiasts of World War I aircraft as well as a

tribute to those brave men who flew the first generation of combat aircraft

Whens an an tique not an an tique When it s a replica Northern Alabama was host to 54 replicas of various WW I types over Labor Day weekend thanks to the ge ne rosi ty and plain old fashioned planning and hard work by Aerodrome 92 organizshyer Frank Ryder and a cast of volunshyteers Amazingly every airplane prese nt was not a replica - the Thomas Morse Scout you see above is actually conshystructed from various origina l composhyne nts gat here d over th e years by Ernie Freeman an American Airlines pilot Now retired Ernie allowed his son Roger to put the TM Scout back in the air after its first restoration in the early 1970s The crowd s at Aerodrome 92 were treated daily to th e sounds and sme ll s of a rea l LeRhone rotary engine as Roger made a point of fly ing the airplane as often as he could A number of guests were present at the fly-in including An na-Ursula Von Stryk the niece of Baron Manfred Von Richthofen the famous Red Baron Mrs Von Stryk recalled her days spent in her youth playing in the trophy room of her famous uncle in the family hom e locat e d 10

Schweidnitz Prussia Another notable guest was Early Bird Glenn Messer who flew with the

Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and later Enough cannot be said for the volunshyas an instructor in the United States teers and staff of Aerodrome 92 For

Feldwebel (Sgt) Otto Roosen (left) flew a German Rumpler CIV until May 27 1917 when Billy Bishop Canadas celebrated WW I ace shot Roosen and his oberserver down Roosen survived to continue flying with his unit and would later fly a Ju52 transport during WW II Arthur Bishop (right) noted author and aviation historian as well as a veteran WW II combat fighter pilot is the son of Billy Bishop Bishop and Roosen were honored guests at Aerodrome 92 Now a chipper 97 years of age Otto Roosen emigrated to Canada where he now lives His recollections of his days as a photo reconnaissance pilot over the trenches during WW I were enlightening His Rumpler aircraft was one of the first airplanes to be equipped with oxygen for use by the crew He routinely flew missions four hours in length at altitudes approaching 21000 feet

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Frank Ryder Alabama inventor and avishyation enthusiast was the organizer of the first ever Aerodrome 92

a first time event it went off without any major hitches and it was due according to Frank Ryder to the efforts of the volunteers from all over the local area as well as the US A number of the volunteers came from the company Frank heads Ryder International Their work as well as that of the staff at the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum is to be applauded Will there be another Aerodrome flyshyin Yes is the latest word we have from Frank Ryder It will probably be at another site in 1994 We will keep you posted Aerodrome 92 was enjoyed by builders pilots and spectators alike shyon the following pages are some of the planes and pilots who made the weekshyend so interesting

Guntersvilles Joel Williams in the Fokker Dr1 Triplane and Don Rushton Edmonton Alberta Canada in his Sopwith Camel replica liven up the skies in northshyern Alabama over Labor Day weekend

Members of the Great War Association traveled from the Northeast US to take part in Aerodrome 92 Here they take an RFC pilot prisioner after he was forced down during a skirmish on an Allied airfield during the afternoon airshow

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(Above) Tony Owens is a study in conshycentration as he lands the DeHaviliand DH-5 one of the aeroplanes in the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum collection

(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow over Labor Day weekend Here he flies his Red Baron Fokker Dr1 Triplane off the right wing of Fred Murrin Sharpsville PA Freds triplane is finshyished in the markings of German Ace Werner Voss and features a tailskid and no brakes as a couple of its authentic details

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William Crist and Cecil Ellis both of Houston TX relax at the end of the day next to the 78 scale SE5a replica they share as partners The scaled-down SE5a has proved to be a well liked WWI aircraft for homeshybuilders to conshystruct with 9 of them flown at the fly-in

Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

12 NOVEMBER 1992

By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

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The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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A fly-in for builders flyers and enthusiasts of World War I aircraft as well as a

tribute to those brave men who flew the first generation of combat aircraft

Whens an an tique not an an tique When it s a replica Northern Alabama was host to 54 replicas of various WW I types over Labor Day weekend thanks to the ge ne rosi ty and plain old fashioned planning and hard work by Aerodrome 92 organizshyer Frank Ryder and a cast of volunshyteers Amazingly every airplane prese nt was not a replica - the Thomas Morse Scout you see above is actually conshystructed from various origina l composhyne nts gat here d over th e years by Ernie Freeman an American Airlines pilot Now retired Ernie allowed his son Roger to put the TM Scout back in the air after its first restoration in the early 1970s The crowd s at Aerodrome 92 were treated daily to th e sounds and sme ll s of a rea l LeRhone rotary engine as Roger made a point of fly ing the airplane as often as he could A number of guests were present at the fly-in including An na-Ursula Von Stryk the niece of Baron Manfred Von Richthofen the famous Red Baron Mrs Von Stryk recalled her days spent in her youth playing in the trophy room of her famous uncle in the family hom e locat e d 10

Schweidnitz Prussia Another notable guest was Early Bird Glenn Messer who flew with the

Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and later Enough cannot be said for the volunshyas an instructor in the United States teers and staff of Aerodrome 92 For

Feldwebel (Sgt) Otto Roosen (left) flew a German Rumpler CIV until May 27 1917 when Billy Bishop Canadas celebrated WW I ace shot Roosen and his oberserver down Roosen survived to continue flying with his unit and would later fly a Ju52 transport during WW II Arthur Bishop (right) noted author and aviation historian as well as a veteran WW II combat fighter pilot is the son of Billy Bishop Bishop and Roosen were honored guests at Aerodrome 92 Now a chipper 97 years of age Otto Roosen emigrated to Canada where he now lives His recollections of his days as a photo reconnaissance pilot over the trenches during WW I were enlightening His Rumpler aircraft was one of the first airplanes to be equipped with oxygen for use by the crew He routinely flew missions four hours in length at altitudes approaching 21000 feet

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Frank Ryder Alabama inventor and avishyation enthusiast was the organizer of the first ever Aerodrome 92

a first time event it went off without any major hitches and it was due according to Frank Ryder to the efforts of the volunteers from all over the local area as well as the US A number of the volunteers came from the company Frank heads Ryder International Their work as well as that of the staff at the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum is to be applauded Will there be another Aerodrome flyshyin Yes is the latest word we have from Frank Ryder It will probably be at another site in 1994 We will keep you posted Aerodrome 92 was enjoyed by builders pilots and spectators alike shyon the following pages are some of the planes and pilots who made the weekshyend so interesting

Guntersvilles Joel Williams in the Fokker Dr1 Triplane and Don Rushton Edmonton Alberta Canada in his Sopwith Camel replica liven up the skies in northshyern Alabama over Labor Day weekend

Members of the Great War Association traveled from the Northeast US to take part in Aerodrome 92 Here they take an RFC pilot prisioner after he was forced down during a skirmish on an Allied airfield during the afternoon airshow

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(Above) Tony Owens is a study in conshycentration as he lands the DeHaviliand DH-5 one of the aeroplanes in the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum collection

(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow over Labor Day weekend Here he flies his Red Baron Fokker Dr1 Triplane off the right wing of Fred Murrin Sharpsville PA Freds triplane is finshyished in the markings of German Ace Werner Voss and features a tailskid and no brakes as a couple of its authentic details

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William Crist and Cecil Ellis both of Houston TX relax at the end of the day next to the 78 scale SE5a replica they share as partners The scaled-down SE5a has proved to be a well liked WWI aircraft for homeshybuilders to conshystruct with 9 of them flown at the fly-in

Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

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By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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Looking past the original pointed propeller spinner we can see several cyl shyinders of a spotless 300 hp Jacobs Beauty indeed

The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

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found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

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World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

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American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

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The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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Frank Ryder Alabama inventor and avishyation enthusiast was the organizer of the first ever Aerodrome 92

a first time event it went off without any major hitches and it was due according to Frank Ryder to the efforts of the volunteers from all over the local area as well as the US A number of the volunteers came from the company Frank heads Ryder International Their work as well as that of the staff at the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum is to be applauded Will there be another Aerodrome flyshyin Yes is the latest word we have from Frank Ryder It will probably be at another site in 1994 We will keep you posted Aerodrome 92 was enjoyed by builders pilots and spectators alike shyon the following pages are some of the planes and pilots who made the weekshyend so interesting

Guntersvilles Joel Williams in the Fokker Dr1 Triplane and Don Rushton Edmonton Alberta Canada in his Sopwith Camel replica liven up the skies in northshyern Alabama over Labor Day weekend

Members of the Great War Association traveled from the Northeast US to take part in Aerodrome 92 Here they take an RFC pilot prisioner after he was forced down during a skirmish on an Allied airfield during the afternoon airshow

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(Above) Tony Owens is a study in conshycentration as he lands the DeHaviliand DH-5 one of the aeroplanes in the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum collection

(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow over Labor Day weekend Here he flies his Red Baron Fokker Dr1 Triplane off the right wing of Fred Murrin Sharpsville PA Freds triplane is finshyished in the markings of German Ace Werner Voss and features a tailskid and no brakes as a couple of its authentic details

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William Crist and Cecil Ellis both of Houston TX relax at the end of the day next to the 78 scale SE5a replica they share as partners The scaled-down SE5a has proved to be a well liked WWI aircraft for homeshybuilders to conshystruct with 9 of them flown at the fly-in

Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

12 NOVEMBER 1992

By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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Looking past the original pointed propeller spinner we can see several cyl shyinders of a spotless 300 hp Jacobs Beauty indeed

The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

20 NOVEMBER 1992

by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

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The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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(Above) Tony Owens is a study in conshycentration as he lands the DeHaviliand DH-5 one of the aeroplanes in the Lake Guntersville Aero Replica Fighter Museum collection

(Right) Frank Ryder was a busy fellow over Labor Day weekend Here he flies his Red Baron Fokker Dr1 Triplane off the right wing of Fred Murrin Sharpsville PA Freds triplane is finshyished in the markings of German Ace Werner Voss and features a tailskid and no brakes as a couple of its authentic details

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William Crist and Cecil Ellis both of Houston TX relax at the end of the day next to the 78 scale SE5a replica they share as partners The scaled-down SE5a has proved to be a well liked WWI aircraft for homeshybuilders to conshystruct with 9 of them flown at the fly-in

Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

12 NOVEMBER 1992

By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

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The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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Large scale radio control models were invited to fly and be on display at Aerodrome 92 The Sopwith Pup on the left was built by Allan Wehman Jr and is powered by a handbuilt Edwards Forrest 58 cu inch radial engine Skeeter Carlsons Curtiss Canuck was built by Lyman Slack and the Jenny behind it was built by Larry Tillery

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

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By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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Looking past the original pointed propeller spinner we can see several cyl shyinders of a spotless 300 hp Jacobs Beauty indeed

The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

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found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

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The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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(Above) Blake Oliver (AIC 32168) New Smyrna Beach FL brought his newly re-engined Fleetwings Seabird to the Convention It now has a 300 hp Jacobs 755A-2 installed with a complete new cowl

(Right) Galen and Aubry DAtiliio took some time out to do a little airplane modeling under the trees in the AntiqueClassic area

12 NOVEMBER 1992

By HG Frautschy

So many airplanes and airplane people so few pages to show them all Here are a few more snapshots of the unique sights here in Oshkosh this past summer in the AntiqueClassic area

(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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Looking past the original pointed propeller spinner we can see several cyl shyinders of a spotless 300 hp Jacobs Beauty indeed

The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

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Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

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International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

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Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

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Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

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National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

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American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

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National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

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The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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(Right) Two kids in a Cub - Chris Price (AIC 18696) Sonoma CA and his friend Josh Brownell Freemont CA were winging their way across the US when we met up up with them in Showplane Camping Both Chris and Josh were recent private pilots Josh having been issued his license only the week before in a Stinson 108 They both commented on how nice people had been to them on their jorney which they were only a 14 of the way through when they arrived in Oshkosh They planned on continuing to Rhinebeck NY and then meander their way back to California during the month of August

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by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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Looking past the original pointed propeller spinner we can see several cyl shyinders of a spotless 300 hp Jacobs Beauty indeed

The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

20 NOVEMBER 1992

by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

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The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by Norm Petersen

The glint in the morshyning sun is always the same Its the flash of the sun followed by the bright light of a fully polished aluminum airplane - the kind you have always wanted but never had the req uired stamina (elbow grease) to produce

Paul Beck s Cesshysna 195 N9341A

SIN 7421 came out of the Cessna factory in 1949 and

moved to the southwest part of the U S spending time in Tucson and Yuma

AZ From there it moved to Wyoming for a spell before relocating in the San Francisco area where Paul Beck bought it from a United airline pilot named Gary Coverman in 1975 The big five place airplane was painted orange and white and had orange carpet inside the cabin - heav ily stained with oil As Paul says It was not a particularly good looking airplane

Paul Beck (EAA 406297 AIC 19070) lives in Sausalito CA just north of the Golden Gate bridge He was born in California however at the age of three he moved with his family to the small town of Garretson SO where he graduated from high school Moving on

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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to the University of Iowa at Iowa City lA he finished his undergraduate work a nd continued in the School of Dentistry Upon graduation he headed west to se t up a dental practice in the San Francisco area

His interest in airplanes led Paul to take flying lessons at Hayward CA in 1972 soloing in a Cessna 150 In 1975 he bought his first airplane a Stearman with a 220 Continental engine which he still has to this day Once he caught on to flying taildraggers and listening to the throb of a round engine he bought the Cessna 195 to have a ni ce cross country cabin airplane for year around fl ying Paul likes to fly into the high country of northern California and Idaho and th e 195 with 300 hp up front is perfect for the job

Whil e all this was go ing on Paul managed to buy a North American ATshy6C which required a certain amount of his time to improve and clean up In fact after painting the a irplane in an a uthe ntic 1942 paint scheme he flew the big trainer to Oshkosh 85 and ran off with the Best T-6 Award for his efforts The T-6 sits in the hangar and gets flown once in a while - when the spirit moves Paul

Meanwhil e the decision to take a whack at polishin g an aluminum a irplan e was finally mad e and Paul st ripped the orange and white paint from the 195 and began polishing He started with Met-All buffing for hours until the muscles were so re Discovshyering that Semi-Chrome was supposed to be a better polish he commenced

using it and by golly it worked The 195 was starting to look better with its polished skin but it needed some pizzazz to perk up the 1949 paint scheme In the October 1950 issue of Flying Magaz ine an ad for Midwest Airways caught Pauls attention

This small single-engine airline was flying Cessna 190 and 195 aircraft in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska hauling passengers and mail The winged logo on the side of the airplane would add that something extra that Paul wanted Carefully laying out the design on paper it was easily transferred to Contactreg paper which was placed on the sides of the airplane The painting areas were then dulled with Scotch Britereg and a very light coating of epoxy primer was sprayed on Acrylic urethane was then sprayed on for the dark blue and white areas using a small touch-up type of spray gun Paul does all his own spraying using a 5 hp compressor with overhead lines to reduce the chance of water contamination

The balance of the paint scheme was done in a red Ditzler Durethane and follows the original paint design exactly Even the numbers on the tail surface and wings are per original As you might suspect this caught the judgeS eye

The polished original pointed spinner was purchased from Ray Whitman and when installed added the touch of originality to the nose of the airplane This was accented by the slim tall original 195 wheel pants that are very hard to find as every ground loop in this type of airplane usually tears up the wheel pants - and they are gone forever (See paragraph at end of this story)

A new inte rior was installed along with new seats to really dress up the cabin of the Cessna and the instrument panel was refinished to original colors Again the patience of Paul Beck shows throughout the airplane as the small details are carefully examined This 195 is obviously a labor of love

When Paul purchased the 195 back in 1975 it had a Carl Baker overhauled engine which Paul replaced with a Page engine after nearly 1000 hours The Page engine was flown over 500 hours in the course of time and was getting to the oily stage in its life In December 1991 a new 300 hp Jacobs R-755-A2 e ngine from Jacobs Service Co Payson AZ was installed Paul reports the new engine not only runs extremely we ll but is remarkably clean and dry Having put over 50 hours on the new engine Paul feels it is nicely broken in and the temps have stabilized in the green And this engine is being run with only one oil cooler in

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

20 NOVEMBER 1992

by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

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American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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Nicely restored instrument panel illustrates the 1950s era dual as shown or throw-over single wheel type

Control yoke was either The classic beauty of the narrow 195 wheel pant never changes These original pants are like gold (See story)

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The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

20 NOVEMBER 1992

by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

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Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

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Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

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World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

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American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

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The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

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26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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Looking past the original pointed propeller spinner we can see several cyl shyinders of a spotless 300 hp Jacobs Beauty indeed

The 195 w ith its Wittman gear and strutless wings has stood the test of time for a classic airplane

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

20 NOVEMBER 1992

by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

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parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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deference to the two oi l coolers used with the Page e ngine Paul is well pleased with the new engine especially the get up and go

Incidentally one of the reasons that prompted the new engine was an almost unh ea rd of coincidence Within on e hour s flyin g time Paul lost the di stributor side of the dual ignition system - fixed it - then lost the magneto side on the very next flight (One wonders what the odds are of this happening)

About ten years ago Paul replaced the aging Goodyear brakes with a new set of Cleve land disc brakes They have performed well ever since in fact one has to be a bit careful as too much brak e can be app li e d - with disastrou s res ult s As Paul says Easy does it The only other re placeme nt has be e n th e rear bulkhead in the fuselag e often referred to as th e to il e t seat bulkhead because of its shape

The only critical situation with the 195 occurred when Paul in sta lled a new set of Armstrong Condor 650 X 10 tires und e r the polish ed wheel pants These tires were just a shade la rger on the tread corners than the old ones when fully inf lated Returning from a flight to Nut Tree Airport Paul landed the 195 on the grass strip as When the tire made contact with the ground the expanded left tire wedged itself in the left wheel pant and ripped it loo se As th e whee l pant di sintegrated Paul used e ve ry bit of his considerab le experience to keep the old girl from upending on the runway Luckily he was able to bring the 195 to a stop without further damage however the le ft wheel pant was in pieces

Relating hi s unnerving experience to fellow 195 driver Jim Rollison

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Cabin class luxury three seats wide is the name of the game Note attention to detail in Paul Becks airplane

(N3491 V) Jim mentioned he ju st happened to have an extra left wheel pant for a 195 on hand With the sca rcit y of such an item money was totally useless However Jim needed a couple of teeth rebuilt so a deal was struck Two new caps on Jim s tee th for the wheel pant (Isnt barter a love ly thing) And besides we have now a rrived at a new val ue for 195 wheel pants

As Paul cruises a long in the poli shed 195 at a nice 165 mph he doesnt mind the 12 ( 0 14 gph because he loves round e ng in es and any airplane that happens to have one on the nose This year he brought his girl friend Peggy Copple a lon g to O shkosh and be lieve me they were one happy couple to go home with the Cessna 1901195 Best of Type A ward As Pa ul says It doesn t get any better than this

U S Mail pouch as used by Midwest

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

20 NOVEMBER 1992

by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

(Continued on page 27)

parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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

Ken Perkins Stinson JR S

One of thirteen JR S models reshymaining on the FAA register this Stinshyson Junior S NC10852 SIN 8039 is being restored by Ken Perkins (EAA 302126 AIC 14387) of North Hampton NH The Stinson was delivered to Censhytury Airlines on July 17 1931 and on April 4 1932 it went to American Airshyways Inc at Chicago IL

Ken found the Stinson in an open

barn in Kentucky in 1989 where it looked like it had been dismantled with a wrecking bar The whole mess of pieces and boxes was covered with twenty years worth of muck Trucked back to New Hampshire the long reshybuild was begun from the ground up The results to date are quite impressive according to the pictures The Lyshycoming R-680-13 engine is being overshyhauled by Jess Hackenburg in Pennsylshyvania

Even though Ken is a retired United Air Lines pilot he is planning to paint the Stinson in American Airways colshyors We look forward to the finished airplane - it should be a jewel

Walt Groskurths PAmiddot17 Groskurth (EAA 130113 A IC 6302) of Europe over the (cold) North Atlantic Mankato MN An airplane rebuilder of Walt purchased the Vagabond proshy

Pictured in front of his recently comshy considerable note in the Mankato area ject from the estate of the late Arnold pleted restoration of Piper PA-17 Walt has also done numerous ferry pilot Waage (EAA 35857) of Mankato who Vagabond N4881H SIN 17-180 is Walt tasks in flying single engine aircraft [0 had owned the project for a number of

years but never quite finshyished it Walt took up the charge adding a second door on the left side swing out windows on both sides and a set of genuine Grimes navigation lights Another nice addition is a six-gallon aux fuel tank in the left wing The stanshydard Continental A65-8 engine was installed along with a Sensenich wooden prop complete with skullshycap spinner Walt says the sharp looking Vagabond flies just as well as it looks Congratulations on a fine job Walt Arnie Waage would have been exshytremely proud to see his Vagabond looking so nice

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

20 NOVEMBER 1992

by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

(Continued on page 27)

parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------------------------------------byNorrnPetersen

Piper Pacer N7326K

This pho to of Piper Pace r N7326K SIN 20-234 was taken at an airshow in Hector MN where th e pre tty fourshyplacer really looked sharp among all the airplanes Complete with a pretty much origina l panel new interior and a neat paint scheme the Pacer sported original whee l pants and a Scott 3200 tailwheel The Pacer is registered to David R e tka (EAA 142R99 AC 8410) of So St Paul MN and Gary Granfors (EAA 242832 A C 10666) of Inver Grove Heights MN Th e Pacer spent a number of years in Eashygle Grove Iowa and Albert Lea Minshynesota before moving to St Paul

(EAA 4071 AC 7893) of Anchorage AK were incorpora te d such as single piece windshi e ld wrap a round nose splash rail and controllable props on the (original) 200 hp Ranger engines

The result is a magnificent amphibshyian that flies as well as it looks

This author had a chance to spend a b ea utiful Septe mber day flyin g with Me rrill in the Widgeon and observing a rea l pro at work Being the son of the D ea n of Alaskan Bush Pilots Noe l Wie n Merrill grew up o n bush flying in Fairbanks AK learn ing the many tricks of th e trade It is indeed a pleasure to view a class restora ti on and then disshycover th e restorer is just as capable at fl yin g as he is at reb uildin g Thanks aga in Merrill and to yo ur neighbor Dennis Newell for the ride in his Waco YMF-5 N40116

Grumman Widgeon N1340V

Completely restored in authentic U S Coast Guard colors is this 1941 Grumshyman G-44 Widgeon N 1340V SIN 1228

flown by its owner Merrill Wien (EAA 58226 AC 9957) of Kent Washington who spent over thre e years o n the restoration Ma ny of the mods deve lshyoped by Widgeon guru George Pappas

a good flyin g airplane albeit a bit noisy with the straight stacks Normal cruise is

John Lorences Rearwin 9000W

This is one rare bird John Lorence (EAA 66691 AIC 5119) of Independence Orego n flies thi s Rea rwin 9000W N18008 SIN 549-0 to fl y- ins knowing he will be in the one-of-a-kind row Powshyered with a five cylinder Warner Scarab Jr of 90 hp the Rearwin was one of nine built in 1937 a t Fairfax Airport Kansas City MO (This was the same model that Juan Trippe president of PAA fl ew on floats ) Jo hn s has th e only 9000W reshymaining on th e FAA regist er There is one additional 9000W NC18073 SIN 559shy0 that is listed as a Commonwealth Rearshywin but th ere is no owner or address On that basis we have to fi gure John s 9000W as a one only rare bird

John reports the tandem two-placer is about 100 mph and the a irplane gets off nicely with its Munk M-6 airfoil

20 NOVEMBER 1992

by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

(Continued on page 27)

parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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Membership in the International Aerobatic Club Inc is $3000 annually which includes 12 issues of Sport Aerobatics All lAC members are required to be members of EAA

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Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

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EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

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by Buck Hilbert (EM 21 NC 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

The photographs enclosed show the current progress of my 1933 Flagg F-13 sesquiplane restoration project The F-13 is an experimental prototype (serial no 1) aerobaticiracing plane designed and built by C Claude Flagg with the intenshytion of replacing the old Jennies in airshyshows and barnstorming events The deshypression took care of any plans for further production as the potential customers simply could not afford to part with their current ships and purchase a new Flagg

The original powerplant was a 165 HP Comet and numerous airshows were pershyformed to demonstrate the F-I3s capabilshyities It even had an inverted fuel system comprised of a second carburetor fed by 5 quart fuel tanks positioned in each landshying gear strut The ship was sold at a sheriffs auction in late 34 and subseshyquently purchased by Bruce Raymond in 1935 At that time it was powered by a 65 HP Velie - quite a drop in power Bruce flew it with the Velie for many years and in 47 had a 145 Warner installed In 1950 he installed a 185 Warner and flew it in numerous air shows Bruce last flew the F-13 in 1982 when an engine failure on take off ended in a broken airplane

I purchased the remains less the enshygine a little over a year ago and immedishyately started the restoration The Flagg was in sad shape with the wings damaged beyond repair but I couldn t stand the thought of it just rotting away

I was able to restore the ailerons and use the compression struts and metal fitshytings in both sets of wings (the top wing is one piece) I used the original spars ribs formers etc as patterns for the new

PASS IT TO --~ An information exchange column with input from our readers

found numerous signatures of the original builders and from personnel at Hamshymond Tech who did a restoration in 1947 I figured these signatures shou ld remain in the plane so I cut them out in 18 plates and glued them to the new spars They will continue to fly with the Flagg The names are

Jimmy Coon 1933 Ken Morris 1933 Roy Krieger 1947 Ralph Weiss 1947 Sherman Williams 1947 Edward Bunchek 1947 Bill Anderson 1947 Roy Smith 1947 Frank Nestor 1947 Richard Cole 1947 RC Sampson 1947

If you know any of these people it sure would be nice to hear from them

EAAs Ben Owen was kind enough to send me the articles on Claude Flagg that appeared in VINTAGE AIRPLANE several years ago The F-13 was menshytioned and it was stated that its whereshyabouts were unknown We can now clear up that mystery

My big problem now is locating (and affording) a decent 145 or 165 Warner so I can start working on the front end The cost of a 185 puts it completely out of the picture and the Comet lacks too much in reliability and availability

I am spending every spare moment on

the Flagg (1200 hours to date) and am keeping a photo record book of the proshyject as well as a builders log I am doing 99 of the work myself (with help from my wife and kids) having learned a tremendous amount about aircraft restoration from my father and brother during our family restorations of an Aeronca 7CCM a Fairchild PT-26 and a Rawdon Tl I have had the Rawdon (N5160) at Oshkosh numerous times where it has won 7 awards including two

(Continued on page 27)

parts Terry Chastain has been hard at work restoring the Flagg F-13 an experimental While working with the original spars I prototype built by C Claude Flagg in 1933

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

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Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

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Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA

Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3500 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $2000 annually Family membership is available for an additional $1000 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership (FAX (414) 426-4873

ANTIQUECLASSICS

EAA Member- $2000 Includes one year membership in EAA AntiqueClassic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane and membership card Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number Non-EAA Member- $3000 Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique Classic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards Sport Aviation not included

lAC

Membership in the International Aerobatic Club Inc is $3000 annually which includes 12 issues of Sport Aerobatics All lAC members are required to be members of EAA

WARBIRDS

Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

EAA EXPERIMENTER

EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dollars address

EAA AVIATION CENTER POBOX 3086

OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800

FAX (414) 426-4828 OFFICE HOURS

815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

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1992

E CLIJB LISTING

Once again as a service to our members we present the AntiquelClassic Divisions most current list of type clubs and reshylated organizations If your group is not listed please provide us with information which can be included in a future issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE and it will be added to our follow-up for next year (We ll also list you immediately in AIC NEWS) If you have changes related to your listing please drop a postcard in the mail with the new listing exactly as you would like it to appear Send it to AntiquelClassic Type Clubs EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

A new list category has been added to compile the clubs that may not be specific to one particular aircraft make ie The National Biplane Association Youll find this new listing before the Organizations list on page 25

Aeronca A viators Club Julie and Joe Dickey 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 812342-6878 Newsletter 4 issues per subscription Dues No dues - $16 subscription

International Aeronca Assoc (Formerly the Aeronca Lovers Club) Buzz Wagner Box 3 4011st St East Clark SD 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

National Aeronca Association Jim Thompson President 806 Lockport Road P O Box 2219 Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1491 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $20 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign

Aeronca Sedan Club Robert Haley 115 Wendy Court Union City CA 94587 510487-3070 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $5 per year

Bellanca-Champion Club Larry DAttilo PO Box 708 Brookfield WI 53008-0708 4141784-4544 Newsletter Quarterly Bellanca Contact Dues $32 per year (2 yrsl$56) Foreign $37 (2 yrsl $67 US Funds)

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328

22 NOVEMBER 1992

Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator P O box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

Staggerwing Club (Beechcraft) Jim Gorman President P O Box 2599 Mansfield OH 44906 419529-3822 (H) 755-1011 (W) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $15 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard 1 Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US and Canada $35 Foreign

Biicker Club John Bergeson SecretarylTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US amp Canada $20 per year Foreign

National Biicker Club American Tiger Club Inc ( de Havilland) Frank Price President Rt 1 Box 419 Moody TX 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $25 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 708904-8416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 505881-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $25 per year

Cessna T-SO Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn W A 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Owner Organization PO Box 337 lola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 7151445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director Mid-Continent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 1201140 Association Bill Rhoades Editor 6425 Hazelwood Avenue Northfield MN 55057 612652-2221 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US per year

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

24 NOVEMBER 1992

Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA

Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3500 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $2000 annually Family membership is available for an additional $1000 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership (FAX (414) 426-4873

ANTIQUECLASSICS

EAA Member- $2000 Includes one year membership in EAA AntiqueClassic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane and membership card Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number Non-EAA Member- $3000 Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique Classic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards Sport Aviation not included

lAC

Membership in the International Aerobatic Club Inc is $3000 annually which includes 12 issues of Sport Aerobatics All lAC members are required to be members of EAA

WARBIRDS

Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

EAA EXPERIMENTER

EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dollars address

EAA AVIATION CENTER POBOX 3086

OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800

FAX (414) 426-4828 OFFICE HOURS

815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

West Coast Cessna 1201140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 554-0474 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $10 per year

Cessna 1501152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 71018 Durham NC 27704 91947 J-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

International Cessna 170 Association Inc Velvet Fackeldey Executive Secretary P O Box 1667 Lebannon MO 65536 417532-4847 Newsletter Fly Paper (11 per yer) The 170 News (Quarterly) Dues $25 per year

International Cessna 180185 Club (Cessna 180-185 Ownership Required) Howard Landry P O Box 222 Georgetown TX 78627-0222 512863-7284 Newsletter 8-9 per year Dues $l5 per year

Eastern 1901195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Rd North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 PM Eastern Newsletter Irregular Manual on maintenance for members Dues $10 initiation and as required yearly

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 FAX 2091722-5124 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year US

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851 -0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Association Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive

Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0713 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 2656 E Sand Rd Pt Clinton OH 43452-2741 Newsletter Dues None

Robins Nest (For enthusiasts of the Curtiss Robin) Jim Haynes Editor 21 Sunset Lane Bushnell IL 61422 Contact Jim for more information

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote P A 19095 215635-7000 or 886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $12 US and Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FounderlDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontarion Canada L4P 1 E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodically Dues $20 annually

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-2414 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsle tters Dues $ J2 per year

Fleet Club George G Gregory President 4880 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13104 315682-6380 Newsletter Approx 2-3 pe r year Dues Contributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association Ray Pahls President

454 S Summitlawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $12

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

The American Yankee Association Stew Wilson 3232 Western Drive Cameron Park CA 95682 916676-4292 Newsletter Dues $32 per year US $30 Foreign

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg fA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paulson Road Winneconne WI 54986 414582-4454 Newsletter Dues Postage Donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bimonthly (6 per year) Dues $10 US $1250 Canada or $10 US funds $15 Foreign

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 5171561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 per year Canada $25 per year Foreign

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association William E Gaffney Secretary 26Rt17K Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

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Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

24 NOVEMBER 1992

Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA

Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3500 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $2000 annually Family membership is available for an additional $1000 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership (FAX (414) 426-4873

ANTIQUECLASSICS

EAA Member- $2000 Includes one year membership in EAA AntiqueClassic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane and membership card Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number Non-EAA Member- $3000 Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique Classic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards Sport Aviation not included

lAC

Membership in the International Aerobatic Club Inc is $3000 annually which includes 12 issues of Sport Aerobatics All lAC members are required to be members of EAA

WARBIRDS

Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

EAA EXPERIMENTER

EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dollars address

EAA AVIATION CENTER POBOX 3086

OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800

FAX (414) 426-4828 OFFICE HOURS

815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

Monocoupe Club Bob Coolbaugh Editor 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas AV 22111 703590-2375 Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Drive San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Board Chairman P O Box 1810 Lodi CA 95241-1810 209339-4213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $50 for initial membership then $35 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Grant MacLaren 3 Shari Drive St Louis MO 63122-3335 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $850 per year US $1000 Canada amp Mexico $1400 all other countries

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Eleanor and Bob Mills Editors 220 Main Halstead KS 67056 316835-3307 (H) 835-2235 (W) Magazine Bimonthly Dues $27 per year

Piper Owner Society PO Box 337 [ola WI 54945 715445-5000 or 800331-0038 FAX 715445-4053 Magazine Monthly Dues $3600 year

Cherokee Pilots Association PO Box 7927 Tampa FL 33673 813935-7492 800292-6003 FAX 813238-5889 Magazine II issues per year Dues $2800 (US) $3000 Canada and Mexico $4000 Foreign

International Comanche Society P O Box 400

24 NOVEMBER 1992

Grant NE 69]40 308352-4275 Newsletter Monthly Dues $34 per year

Cub Club John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 51756]-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year US $20 Canada $25 Foreign

Lmiddot4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant M[ 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year US $]5 CanadalUS Funds $20 Foreign Note Must also be a Cub Club member

Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector P O Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter 10 per year Dues $25 per year US $35 Canada $40 Foreign

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Ryan Club National Bill 1 Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $20 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32nd Avenue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone consultation) Directory Dues $15 US and Canada $20 Foreign

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane

Crystal Lake IL 600 14 815459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $15 per year

National Stinson Club clo Jonesy Paul 14418 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $750 per year

National Stinson Club (l08 Section) Bill and Debbie Snavley 115 Heinley Road Lake Placid FL 33852 813465-6101 Quarterly magazine Stinson Plane Talk Dues $25 US $30 Canada and Foreign

Southwest Stinson Club Jerre Scott President 812 Shady Glen Martinez CA 94553 415228-4176 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $10 per year

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O box 644 Athens TN 37303 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce Bixler [I President 12809 Greenbower NE Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter 3 - 16 pg Newsletters Dues $12 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter 4-5 per year Dues $25 per year

International Waco Assoc 806 Lockport Rd PO Box 2065-WACO Terre Haute IN 47802 812232-1042 Quarterly magazine Dues $2500 per year

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorlPublisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 914473-3679 Journals (Published 4 times annualy) WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $25 each for one year $25 Foreign for WW I Aero

ORGANIZATIONS

American Air Racing Society Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th St Cleveland OH 44135 216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Society of Air Racing Historians Jim Butler Treasurer 36250 Lake Shore Blvd Apt 518 Eastlake OH 44095-1442 216946-9069 Newsletter Bimonthly Golden Pylons Dues $10 US $12 Other

American Aviation Historical Society Harry Gann President 2333 Oits Street Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 (Tuesday 700-900 PM local) Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 (includes Journal and Newsletter)

Flying Farmers International T W Anderson Executive Director 2120 Airport Road P O Box 9124 Wichita KS 67277 316943-4234 Newsletter 10 issues per year Dues $40 per year US Funds plus Chapter dues

Don Luscombe A viation History Foundation PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Association Steve Carpenter 8250 Stevens Avenue S Bloomington MN 55420 612888-8430 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year ($25-2 yrs)

National Air Racing Group Gerald L Williams President P O Box 423 Shasta CA 96087 916241-2130 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (10year) Dues $10 per year domestic

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505 702972-6663

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive

Grand Junction CO 81506 303245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Exec Director Will Rogers Airport P O Box 59965 Oklahoma City OK 73159 405685-7969 Newsletter Monthlyl The 99 News Dues $40 annually

ox-s Aviation Pioneers Robert F Lang P O Box 201299 Austin TX 78720 512331-6239 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Exec Director 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) 1991 Water Landing Directory $14 Membersl $30 non-members plus $2 shipping Dues $32 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President P O Box 11970 Harrisburg P A 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Monthly Slipstream Tabloid Dues $10 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rtl Box 239 Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Historical Society Inc R E Hoefflin Treasurer 1013 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373 513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $6 per year 91-831

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA

Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3500 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $2000 annually Family membership is available for an additional $1000 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership (FAX (414) 426-4873

ANTIQUECLASSICS

EAA Member- $2000 Includes one year membership in EAA AntiqueClassic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane and membership card Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number Non-EAA Member- $3000 Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique Classic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards Sport Aviation not included

lAC

Membership in the International Aerobatic Club Inc is $3000 annually which includes 12 issues of Sport Aerobatics All lAC members are required to be members of EAA

WARBIRDS

Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

EAA EXPERIMENTER

EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dollars address

EAA AVIATION CENTER POBOX 3086

OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800

FAX (414) 426-4828 OFFICE HOURS

815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

National Waco Club Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $8 per year

MULTIPLE AIRCRAFf ORGANIZATIONS

Artic Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI48911-4999 517882-8433 Quarterly Newsletters for AAl AA5 Arrow Baron 310-320 336-337 Malibu Musketeer Norseman Skipshyper Tomahawk Varga Maule Dues $10 per year each type except Maule which is $20 for 12 issues

World Beechcraft Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Magazine Dues $20 per year

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Betsey Kersey Administrative Coordinator Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $25 Individual $40 Family US add $10 for Foreign

North American Trainer Association (T-6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Kathy and Stoney Stonich 25801 NE Hinness Road Brush Prairie W A 98606 206256-0066 FAX 206896-5398 Newsletter Quarterly Texans amp Trojans Dues $40 US and Canada $50 ForeignUS Funds

Replica Fighters Association Jim Felbinger President 2409 Cosmic Drive Joliet IL 60435 815436-6948 Newsletter Bimonthly Dues $20 per year

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

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MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

---------

MYSTERY PLANE by George Hardie

The designer of this all-metal trimoshytor was a pioneer in the use of metal in a ircraft The photo is from the EAA archives Answers will be published in the February 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE - Deadline for that issue is December 20 1993

The August 1992 Mystery Plane still remains somewhat of a mystery Charley Hayes of Park Forest IL was the first to send in an answer He writes

Well here we go again It sure is

fun to play Sherlock Holmes with the old flying machines The August Mysshytery Plane just might be the first (or early) design of George Fernie whose second design was the Fernie T-IO Cruishysaire circa 1929 in which Fernie pe rshyished at the National Air Races in Chicago August 29 1930 He was working on a much larger twin-engined trans-Atlantic plane at the time of his death While the August Mystery Plane is crude compared to the Fernie T-I 0 I

think there are significant features comshymon to both

John Underwood of Glendale CA adds this

It is the Fre nard Duck at Columshybus Ohio All I know is that it was built in the late 1940-49 or early 1950-59 and was for sale in 1956 or thereabouts

So take your pick - well have to wait until someone comes up with more defshyinite information to be sure about the correct answer

The Frenard Duck --- --

26 NOVEMBER 1992

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA

Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3500 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $2000 annually Family membership is available for an additional $1000 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership (FAX (414) 426-4873

ANTIQUECLASSICS

EAA Member- $2000 Includes one year membership in EAA AntiqueClassic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane and membership card Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number Non-EAA Member- $3000 Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique Classic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards Sport Aviation not included

lAC

Membership in the International Aerobatic Club Inc is $3000 annually which includes 12 issues of Sport Aerobatics All lAC members are required to be members of EAA

WARBIRDS

Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

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EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dollars address

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

NOVEMBER 8 - HALF MOON BA Y CA - 3rd Annual Fall FlyshyInAirport Day Open house 415726shy3417

NOVEMBER 8 - WINTER HAshyVEN FL bull 4th Annual Warbird Antique and Classic Fly-In AirshyshowBarbeque 813293-2501

November 14 -15 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL - EAA Antique Classic Chapter 1 Fly-In

DECEMBER 12middot13 - TAMPA FLmiddot EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 1 FlyshyIn Vandenberg Airport

Pass it to Buck (Colltilluedrom page 21)

Rese rv e Grand Cha mpio n Classic awards My major goal is to put the same quality into the Flagg I beli eve compleshytion will req uire another 1-112 to 2 years work

I do have a question concerning regisshytration numbers I want to put the big numbers o n th e wings (N13625) and would like to show it as NX13625 Can the X be added without re-registering the aircraft

I will keep you posted on our progress with the Flagg and thank you for putting up with a long letter

Best Regards Terry R Chastain EAA 132137 AIC 4282 8302 Maple Acres Drive Houston Tx 77095

DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 2 1993 bull SARASOTA FL - Intershyn a tional Comanche Soci e t y 13th Annual New Years Fly-In Call 904837-6950 for more information

THURSDA Y JULY 29 - WEDNESshyDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHmiddot KOSH WI - 41st Annual EAA FlyshyIn and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshshykosh WI 54903-3086 Call 414426shy4800 for more in fo rm a tion ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

Terry

Just bee-youty-full Keep those progress reports coming Regarding your question about the registration number Ben Owen confirms that you can display the X in your registration number on the airplane without re- registering the airplane (This assumes of course that it is still currently registered as an experimental) A lso while for restorations sake you may want to use the large numbers on the wings you only need to have the 2 numbers on th e af t fuselage or rudder to be legal

For those of you who have a question concerning the legally co rrect size of the registration on your project drop a note to Ben Owen EA A A viation Center P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and ask fo r the N-number mailing Every shything you ever wanted to know abo ut Nshynumbers is spelled out in the papers

Over to you Buck

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA

Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3500 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $2000 annually Family membership is available for an additional $1000 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership (FAX (414) 426-4873

ANTIQUECLASSICS

EAA Member- $2000 Includes one year membership in EAA AntiqueClassic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane and membership card Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number Non-EAA Member- $3000 Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique Classic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards Sport Aviation not included

lAC

Membership in the International Aerobatic Club Inc is $3000 annually which includes 12 issues of Sport Aerobatics All lAC members are required to be members of EAA

WARBIRDS

Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

EAA EXPERIMENTER

EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

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Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dollars address

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The author spent ten years researching and writing this work The story is backed up by appropriate documentation It is an amazing story - one that has not been told until now Personalities include George E Buck Weaver Charlie Meyers Ray Bud Vaughan Hattie Meyers Elwood H Sam Junkin Clayton Brukner and many more

In the case of the Waco Aircraft Companys founding there were two teams of two men each who were responsible Messrs Weaver and Meyers fonned one team Messrs Junkin and Brukner the other Their interpersonal relationships are delved into extensively Includes the inside stoof the development of the Ohio Aviation School the DBJ (Deuther Brukner Junkin) Aeroplane Co the Weaver Aircraft Co and the Advance Aircraft Co Comprehensive Waco history from 1910 to 1925 Soon-to-be-released Volume 2 will include Waco history from 1925 through the 1930s to include the Taperwing

8112 111 190 pages 150+ photos 5middotllew drawings 106middotA - Hardbound $5495 106 - Softbound $2495

Dont miss the new Waco history book a masterpiece - Waco Historical Society June 1992

Waco Magazines of the International Waco Association The International Waco Association was formed nearly two years ago to provide Waco enthusiasts a forum in the fonn of a quality 28 page

quarterly magazine The magazine features stories from leading Waco historians Waco owners and Waco enthusiasts Each issue is packed with extensive text numerous photographs drawings illustrations and helpful and historical information regarding various Waco models and Waco personalities past and present

In order to subscribe to receive future quarterly Waco 28 page magazines you must join the International Waco Association New members subscriptions will start with the next issue and your membership fees will be good for the next four quarterly issues Membership dues are $2500 for Regular Membership or $5000 for Charter Membership Individual past issues may be obtained for per issue fees of $1000 each for nonshymembers or $625 each for members You may join the I WA by sending dues to Intemational Waco Association PO Box 2065 - WACO Terre

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What did Don Luscombe this designs consummate promoter call it Monocoupe Clarton Folkerts Jerry Lederer Fred Knack and Ivan Driggs made the Monocoupe name synonymous with

gracefu styling and sprightly perfonnance Other designs included the four-place Monocoachthe open-cockpit Monoprep and the swiftMonosport

Some evolved into sleek and powerful racers Don Luscombe who was he A charismatic promoter true but he was a visionary He anticipated correctly

what the market wanted and he endeavored to meet this demand Though he never designed his airplanes he brought together the necessary engineers and skilled workers who could design and build his airplanes

Don Luscombes promotional efforts were aided by the many air racing and aerial derbies that were common

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designs comprised half of the worlds light aircraft fleet The story opens with the 1935 splif with WT Piper Taylor designed a new plane started a new

company and succeeded against almost insurmountable odds Detailsof the original design the difficult searchb

8112111236 pages 423 photos 108middotA - Hardbound $3495

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ROOSEVELT FIELD Worlds Premier Airport

by Joshua StoH amp William camp Curators Long Island Cradle of AvlaUon Museum Roosevelt Field was the center of the aviation world in the 20s and 30s When Lindbergh made Paris in

1927 he introduced to the world-the place of his departure-Roosevelt Field Long Island New York During aviations Golden Age crowds flocked to see Charles Lindbergh Admiral Byrd Bert Acosta Elinor Smith Jimmie Doolittle Roscoe Tumer Bert Balchen Clarence Chamberlin Amelia Earhart Clyde Panghom Ruth Elder Ruth Nichols and AI Williams Roosevelt Field was more than an attraction or a stage for the dashing aviators it was the premier showcase for demonstrations of flying skill or innovative design Curtiss Beech Sikorsky Bumelli Bellanca Fokker Seversky Grumman and Waco all displayed their latest products It was the capital of the air the worlds premier airport Traced through forty years of uninterrupted aviation history from Glenn Curtiss arrival with his pusher biplane in 1909 through the closing of the field at the dawn of the Jet Age in 1951 then takes us through the 1970s when Roosevelt FieldS last hangar was destroyed for subsequent commercial development Extensively illustrated Extensive ampdetailed text

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for financial backing and production facilities are detailed and illustrated with numerous original factory photos Growth and prosperity are recounted then wartime liaison production and the post-war boom ampbust The author Chet Peek captures the spirit of the early aviation scene with color and clarity Foreword to book written by Bob Taylor son of CG Taylor Epilogue to book written by Duke Iden

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World1s Greatest Scale Airplane Drawings Internationally Acclaimed SCale Drawings by Paul Matt I ~

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WACO shy symbol of Coura and Excellence Volume 1 1910 to 1925 by Fred Kobernuss

Waco - Symbol of Courage and Excellence deals with the commercial aircraft during the 1920s and 30s For example in 1927 this company built Boeing rolled out 25

It details the founding of the Waco Aircraft Company and treats its growth in historical perspective by illuminating facts and figures that represent not only the contemporary competition to the men of Waco but also the general aviation climate of those embryonic years

Only a handful were acquainted with the historical meaning of the Waco acronym Now the mystery which enshrouded the fonnative years of the company has been removed

Painstaking research by the author the late Fred Kobemuss has cleared the ai r of prevalent conflicting

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~ ~ in the 20s and 30s Race pilots such as Roberts Om lie Quinby Bowman Klingensmith and Livingston became heroes and added to the aura of the Monocoupe legend

Don Luscombes Monocoupe work was comparatively brief lasting only seven years Market forces and corporate events compelled Don to pursue the means to mass-produce his airplanes From 1933 through the next six years Don Luscombe founded at least three other airplane companies that carried his name He pursued his mass produced all-metarvisions with an unmatched enthusiasm His factories produced stylish and robust airplanes with catchy names such as Phantom Sprite Ninety Fifty and Sixty-five These new airplanes graced a wide array of promotional literature Like the Monocoupe designs the later designs offered class with perionnance

In addition Don Luscombe created a school to train airplane mechanics in the engineerin~ and construction of metal aircraft The Luscombe School of Aeronautics was developed to meet a rapidly growing demand for individuals expenenced in the art of working on all-metar airplanes

Orders for Don Luscombes airplanes flowed into the company but itwas the Luscombe Model 8 that truly fulfilled Dons goalsof an affordable mass produced all-metal airplane for the private owner

812 111 525 pages 525 photos 5middotIlew drawings 6 color pages 109middotA - Hardbound $5695 109 - Softbound $2695

infonnation Read the fascinating story of an aircraft company that had its own gravestone -long before its demise

The author spent ten years researching and writing this work The story is backed up by appropriate documentation It is an amazing story - one that has not been told until now Personalities include George E Buck Weaver Charlie Meyers Ray Bud Vaughan Hattie Meyers Elwood H Sam Junkin Clayton Brukner and many more

In the case of the Waco Aircraft Companys founding there were two teams of two men each who were responsible Messrs Weaver and Meyers fonned one team Messrs Junkin and Brukner the other Their interpersonal relationships are delved into extensively Includes the inside stoof the development of the Ohio Aviation School the DBJ (Deuther Brukner Junkin) Aeroplane Co the Weaver Aircraft Co and the Advance Aircraft Co Comprehensive Waco history from 1910 to 1925 Soon-to-be-released Volume 2 will include Waco history from 1925 through the 1930s to include the Taperwing

8112 111 190 pages 150+ photos 5middotllew drawings 106middotA - Hardbound $5495 106 - Softbound $2495

Dont miss the new Waco history book a masterpiece - Waco Historical Society June 1992

Waco Magazines of the International Waco Association The International Waco Association was formed nearly two years ago to provide Waco enthusiasts a forum in the fonn of a quality 28 page

quarterly magazine The magazine features stories from leading Waco historians Waco owners and Waco enthusiasts Each issue is packed with extensive text numerous photographs drawings illustrations and helpful and historical information regarding various Waco models and Waco personalities past and present

In order to subscribe to receive future quarterly Waco 28 page magazines you must join the International Waco Association New members subscriptions will start with the next issue and your membership fees will be good for the next four quarterly issues Membership dues are $2500 for Regular Membership or $5000 for Charter Membership Individual past issues may be obtained for per issue fees of $1000 each for nonshymembers or $625 each for members You may join the I WA by sending dues to Intemational Waco Association PO Box 2065 - WACO Terre

Haute IN 47802 ~ E9 I I ~ bull Send payment plus $350 shipping per order to _1W 0 Check 0 Money Order 0 Visa 0 MC bull

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VISIONS OF LLJSCOMRF TIle Iary la r s

)iij(_lff~lI

Visions of Luscombe- The Early Years by Jim zazas When aviation was in its infancy a new and affordable light

airplane was makin~ its debut It was neither another war surplus tandem seating biplane nor an underpowered monoshyplane Those types were commonplace Instead thisairplane was most unique side-by-side seating an enclosed cabin a sexy fuselage responsive flight controls a powerful power plant and a single wing

What did Don Luscombe this designs consummate promoter call it Monocoupe Clarton Folkerts Jerry Lederer Fred Knack and Ivan Driggs made the Monocoupe name synonymous with

gracefu styling and sprightly perfonnance Other designs included the four-place Monocoachthe open-cockpit Monoprep and the swiftMonosport

Some evolved into sleek and powerful racers Don Luscombe who was he A charismatic promoter true but he was a visionary He anticipated correctly

what the market wanted and he endeavored to meet this demand Though he never designed his airplanes he brought together the necessary engineers and skilled workers who could design and build his airplanes

Don Luscombes promotional efforts were aided by the many air racing and aerial derbies that were common

U~2~9~~j~__ ~~=~_____~~ ~~~~~___~ Complete catalogs are sent with each order Or send SASE for complete catalog

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OSHKOSH REMEMBERS bull bullbull The Heroes ofWorld War n

It has been more than 50 years since the start of World War II EAA OSHKOSH has become a focal point for activities surrounding the events and people who served their country during this turbulent period of history OSHKOSH REMEMBERS focuses in depth on the activites of these groups during EAA OSHKOSH 92 Youll relive the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo with members of the crews hear first-hand accounts from the Aces of the 357th Fighter Group learn about the unsung role played in the War effort by Glider Pilots and discover how the Tuskegee Airmen worked to remove segregation in the Army Air Corps Youll hear the comments from those actually involveda rare and living picture of history Available Oct 15 1992 (30 min) $1995

SPECIAL OFFER Save $10 when you purchase both tapes for the low price of only $3995

NEW VIDEO 357th FIGHTER ACES REUNITE AT EAA OSHKOSH Due to overwhelming response to the appearance of Aces from the 357th Fighter Group during EAA OSHKOSH 92 a video has been produced that focuses on their participation during the Fly-In Convention The 357th was one of the most decorated and successful fighter groups of World War II Now you can spend an evening with five members of the 357th-Chuck Yeager Clarence Bud Anderson Richard Pete Peterson Leonard Kit Carson and Tommy Hayes-as they relate their combat experiences A living piece of history 357th Fighter Aces Reunite at EAA OSHKOSH is hosted by former Good Morning America host David Hartman This video chronicles the emotional arrival and riveting presentation at Theater in the Woods Youll hear from each of the Aces as they discuss their experiences both on the ground and in the air If you were there you know it was a magical event If you missed it heres your chance to relive this important EAA OSHKOSH 92 highlight (60 min)

$1995

The The Taylorcraft story -TAYLORCRAFG

-- --~ by Chet Peek s~ Story The complete story of the Taylorcraft Company and its airplanes are detailed in this new book CG Taylor can truly be called the father of the light airplane industry At one time Taylors two famous

designs comprised half of the worlds light aircraft fleet The story opens with the 1935 splif with WT Piper Taylor designed a new plane started a new

company and succeeded against almost insurmountable odds Detailsof the original design the difficult searchb

8112111236 pages 423 photos 108middotA - Hardbound $3495

108 - Softbound $2495

ROOSEVELT FIELD Worlds Premier Airport

by Joshua StoH amp William camp Curators Long Island Cradle of AvlaUon Museum Roosevelt Field was the center of the aviation world in the 20s and 30s When Lindbergh made Paris in

1927 he introduced to the world-the place of his departure-Roosevelt Field Long Island New York During aviations Golden Age crowds flocked to see Charles Lindbergh Admiral Byrd Bert Acosta Elinor Smith Jimmie Doolittle Roscoe Tumer Bert Balchen Clarence Chamberlin Amelia Earhart Clyde Panghom Ruth Elder Ruth Nichols and AI Williams Roosevelt Field was more than an attraction or a stage for the dashing aviators it was the premier showcase for demonstrations of flying skill or innovative design Curtiss Beech Sikorsky Bumelli Bellanca Fokker Seversky Grumman and Waco all displayed their latest products It was the capital of the air the worlds premier airport Traced through forty years of uninterrupted aviation history from Glenn Curtiss arrival with his pusher biplane in 1909 through the closing of the field at the dawn of the Jet Age in 1951 then takes us through the 1970s when Roosevelt FieldS last hangar was destroyed for subsequent commercial development Extensively illustrated Extensive ampdetailed text

812111140 pages 300+ photographs (most never befOre published SOftbound 107 $2295

Cht- r~1

-

~

for financial backing and production facilities are detailed and illustrated with numerous original factory photos Growth and prosperity are recounted then wartime liaison production and the post-war boom ampbust The author Chet Peek captures the spirit of the early aviation scene with color and clarity Foreword to book written by Bob Taylor son of CG Taylor Epilogue to book written by Duke Iden

son of Duke long-time Taylorcraft Sales Manager Book includes several 3-view drawings

the nngtIlt)(I order and covers all major events new models ownership changes from the start up to

Roosevelt Field shyWorlds Premier Airport by

Jollua $IOt

bullWlIIamCamp

World1s Greatest Scale Airplane Drawings Internationally Acclaimed SCale Drawings by Paul Matt I ~

Now In aset of 2books ~~71 1-+++++1-+ 325 pages of scale drawings of 124 type airplanes are in-~ -

cluded in a set of two volumes Each drawing is highly detailed -shy =fu~~f and is an accurate working print with all dimensions specificashy _ bull - ~ ~~rSJ tions airfoils cross sections templates amp color schemes inshy _ oJ~ cluded Drawings are part of the collection of the internationally acclaimed Historical Aviation Album by Paul Matt Each book is 8 112 x 11 softbound and has 150+ pages per book In addition to drawings each book contains several detail photos Includes drawings from Golden Age WWI WWII Classic amp Modern Eras

VOlume 1 coatalls airplanes froll A through G- 401 $2495 VOlume 2cOlulns airplanes frOIl Hthrougll W- 402 $2495

middotmQJllrztuefU~bullbull masterful f1lll11elous magnificent drawings

- Jeff Troy Model Aviation Magazine

really masterful we should each own a copy ofeach volume - Leo Opdycke WWI Aero Magazine

treasure trove ofmarvelous and beautifully detailed scale drawings -Kenn Rust Sky ways Magazine

______

WACO shy symbol of Coura and Excellence Volume 1 1910 to 1925 by Fred Kobernuss

Waco - Symbol of Courage and Excellence deals with the commercial aircraft during the 1920s and 30s For example in 1927 this company built Boeing rolled out 25

It details the founding of the Waco Aircraft Company and treats its growth in historical perspective by illuminating facts and figures that represent not only the contemporary competition to the men of Waco but also the general aviation climate of those embryonic years

Only a handful were acquainted with the historical meaning of the Waco acronym Now the mystery which enshrouded the fonnative years of the company has been removed

Painstaking research by the author the late Fred Kobemuss has cleared the ai r of prevalent conflicting

~~lIlb11 1 of ([l1unlBc ani)

1xrellcnn lum J

~ ~ in the 20s and 30s Race pilots such as Roberts Om lie Quinby Bowman Klingensmith and Livingston became heroes and added to the aura of the Monocoupe legend

Don Luscombes Monocoupe work was comparatively brief lasting only seven years Market forces and corporate events compelled Don to pursue the means to mass-produce his airplanes From 1933 through the next six years Don Luscombe founded at least three other airplane companies that carried his name He pursued his mass produced all-metarvisions with an unmatched enthusiasm His factories produced stylish and robust airplanes with catchy names such as Phantom Sprite Ninety Fifty and Sixty-five These new airplanes graced a wide array of promotional literature Like the Monocoupe designs the later designs offered class with perionnance

In addition Don Luscombe created a school to train airplane mechanics in the engineerin~ and construction of metal aircraft The Luscombe School of Aeronautics was developed to meet a rapidly growing demand for individuals expenenced in the art of working on all-metar airplanes

Orders for Don Luscombes airplanes flowed into the company but itwas the Luscombe Model 8 that truly fulfilled Dons goalsof an affordable mass produced all-metal airplane for the private owner

812 111 525 pages 525 photos 5middotIlew drawings 6 color pages 109middotA - Hardbound $5695 109 - Softbound $2695

infonnation Read the fascinating story of an aircraft company that had its own gravestone -long before its demise

The author spent ten years researching and writing this work The story is backed up by appropriate documentation It is an amazing story - one that has not been told until now Personalities include George E Buck Weaver Charlie Meyers Ray Bud Vaughan Hattie Meyers Elwood H Sam Junkin Clayton Brukner and many more

In the case of the Waco Aircraft Companys founding there were two teams of two men each who were responsible Messrs Weaver and Meyers fonned one team Messrs Junkin and Brukner the other Their interpersonal relationships are delved into extensively Includes the inside stoof the development of the Ohio Aviation School the DBJ (Deuther Brukner Junkin) Aeroplane Co the Weaver Aircraft Co and the Advance Aircraft Co Comprehensive Waco history from 1910 to 1925 Soon-to-be-released Volume 2 will include Waco history from 1925 through the 1930s to include the Taperwing

8112 111 190 pages 150+ photos 5middotllew drawings 106middotA - Hardbound $5495 106 - Softbound $2495

Dont miss the new Waco history book a masterpiece - Waco Historical Society June 1992

Waco Magazines of the International Waco Association The International Waco Association was formed nearly two years ago to provide Waco enthusiasts a forum in the fonn of a quality 28 page

quarterly magazine The magazine features stories from leading Waco historians Waco owners and Waco enthusiasts Each issue is packed with extensive text numerous photographs drawings illustrations and helpful and historical information regarding various Waco models and Waco personalities past and present

In order to subscribe to receive future quarterly Waco 28 page magazines you must join the International Waco Association New members subscriptions will start with the next issue and your membership fees will be good for the next four quarterly issues Membership dues are $2500 for Regular Membership or $5000 for Charter Membership Individual past issues may be obtained for per issue fees of $1000 each for nonshymembers or $625 each for members You may join the I WA by sending dues to Intemational Waco Association PO Box 2065 - WACO Terre

Haute IN 47802 ~ E9 I I ~ bull Send payment plus $350 shipping per order to _1W 0 Check 0 Money Order 0 Visa 0 MC bull

I Aviation Heritage Books Indicate Item Card No I SunShine House Inc Expires __Signature

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

I PO Box 2065-V Include $350 shipping per order Name I I Terre Haute IN 47802 Total Address I

VISIONS OF LLJSCOMRF TIle Iary la r s

)iij(_lff~lI

Visions of Luscombe- The Early Years by Jim zazas When aviation was in its infancy a new and affordable light

airplane was makin~ its debut It was neither another war surplus tandem seating biplane nor an underpowered monoshyplane Those types were commonplace Instead thisairplane was most unique side-by-side seating an enclosed cabin a sexy fuselage responsive flight controls a powerful power plant and a single wing

What did Don Luscombe this designs consummate promoter call it Monocoupe Clarton Folkerts Jerry Lederer Fred Knack and Ivan Driggs made the Monocoupe name synonymous with

gracefu styling and sprightly perfonnance Other designs included the four-place Monocoachthe open-cockpit Monoprep and the swiftMonosport

Some evolved into sleek and powerful racers Don Luscombe who was he A charismatic promoter true but he was a visionary He anticipated correctly

what the market wanted and he endeavored to meet this demand Though he never designed his airplanes he brought together the necessary engineers and skilled workers who could design and build his airplanes

Don Luscombes promotional efforts were aided by the many air racing and aerial derbies that were common

U~2~9~~j~__ ~~=~_____~~ ~~~~~___~ Complete catalogs are sent with each order Or send SASE for complete catalog

INC Aviation Underwriting Agency

Po Box 35289 bull Greensboro NC 27425

BeCOIlle A Metnber Of The BAA AntiqueClassic Insurance PrograIll

BElTEFITS INCLUDE

bull Lower Uabllity amp Hull Premiums Call Today bull Fleet DiscoLUlts bull No Age Penalty 800-727-3823 bull No Hand Propping Exclusions bull No Component Parts Endorsements bull A+ Company with In-House Claims ~~

Service bull Option to Repair Your Own Aircraft

OSHKOSH REMEMBERS bull bullbull The Heroes ofWorld War n

It has been more than 50 years since the start of World War II EAA OSHKOSH has become a focal point for activities surrounding the events and people who served their country during this turbulent period of history OSHKOSH REMEMBERS focuses in depth on the activites of these groups during EAA OSHKOSH 92 Youll relive the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo with members of the crews hear first-hand accounts from the Aces of the 357th Fighter Group learn about the unsung role played in the War effort by Glider Pilots and discover how the Tuskegee Airmen worked to remove segregation in the Army Air Corps Youll hear the comments from those actually involveda rare and living picture of history Available Oct 15 1992 (30 min) $1995

SPECIAL OFFER Save $10 when you purchase both tapes for the low price of only $3995

NEW VIDEO 357th FIGHTER ACES REUNITE AT EAA OSHKOSH Due to overwhelming response to the appearance of Aces from the 357th Fighter Group during EAA OSHKOSH 92 a video has been produced that focuses on their participation during the Fly-In Convention The 357th was one of the most decorated and successful fighter groups of World War II Now you can spend an evening with five members of the 357th-Chuck Yeager Clarence Bud Anderson Richard Pete Peterson Leonard Kit Carson and Tommy Hayes-as they relate their combat experiences A living piece of history 357th Fighter Aces Reunite at EAA OSHKOSH is hosted by former Good Morning America host David Hartman This video chronicles the emotional arrival and riveting presentation at Theater in the Woods Youll hear from each of the Aces as they discuss their experiences both on the ground and in the air If you were there you know it was a magical event If you missed it heres your chance to relive this important EAA OSHKOSH 92 highlight (60 min)

$1995

______

WACO shy symbol of Coura and Excellence Volume 1 1910 to 1925 by Fred Kobernuss

Waco - Symbol of Courage and Excellence deals with the commercial aircraft during the 1920s and 30s For example in 1927 this company built Boeing rolled out 25

It details the founding of the Waco Aircraft Company and treats its growth in historical perspective by illuminating facts and figures that represent not only the contemporary competition to the men of Waco but also the general aviation climate of those embryonic years

Only a handful were acquainted with the historical meaning of the Waco acronym Now the mystery which enshrouded the fonnative years of the company has been removed

Painstaking research by the author the late Fred Kobemuss has cleared the ai r of prevalent conflicting

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~ ~ in the 20s and 30s Race pilots such as Roberts Om lie Quinby Bowman Klingensmith and Livingston became heroes and added to the aura of the Monocoupe legend

Don Luscombes Monocoupe work was comparatively brief lasting only seven years Market forces and corporate events compelled Don to pursue the means to mass-produce his airplanes From 1933 through the next six years Don Luscombe founded at least three other airplane companies that carried his name He pursued his mass produced all-metarvisions with an unmatched enthusiasm His factories produced stylish and robust airplanes with catchy names such as Phantom Sprite Ninety Fifty and Sixty-five These new airplanes graced a wide array of promotional literature Like the Monocoupe designs the later designs offered class with perionnance

In addition Don Luscombe created a school to train airplane mechanics in the engineerin~ and construction of metal aircraft The Luscombe School of Aeronautics was developed to meet a rapidly growing demand for individuals expenenced in the art of working on all-metar airplanes

Orders for Don Luscombes airplanes flowed into the company but itwas the Luscombe Model 8 that truly fulfilled Dons goalsof an affordable mass produced all-metal airplane for the private owner

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infonnation Read the fascinating story of an aircraft company that had its own gravestone -long before its demise

The author spent ten years researching and writing this work The story is backed up by appropriate documentation It is an amazing story - one that has not been told until now Personalities include George E Buck Weaver Charlie Meyers Ray Bud Vaughan Hattie Meyers Elwood H Sam Junkin Clayton Brukner and many more

In the case of the Waco Aircraft Companys founding there were two teams of two men each who were responsible Messrs Weaver and Meyers fonned one team Messrs Junkin and Brukner the other Their interpersonal relationships are delved into extensively Includes the inside stoof the development of the Ohio Aviation School the DBJ (Deuther Brukner Junkin) Aeroplane Co the Weaver Aircraft Co and the Advance Aircraft Co Comprehensive Waco history from 1910 to 1925 Soon-to-be-released Volume 2 will include Waco history from 1925 through the 1930s to include the Taperwing

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Dont miss the new Waco history book a masterpiece - Waco Historical Society June 1992

Waco Magazines of the International Waco Association The International Waco Association was formed nearly two years ago to provide Waco enthusiasts a forum in the fonn of a quality 28 page

quarterly magazine The magazine features stories from leading Waco historians Waco owners and Waco enthusiasts Each issue is packed with extensive text numerous photographs drawings illustrations and helpful and historical information regarding various Waco models and Waco personalities past and present

In order to subscribe to receive future quarterly Waco 28 page magazines you must join the International Waco Association New members subscriptions will start with the next issue and your membership fees will be good for the next four quarterly issues Membership dues are $2500 for Regular Membership or $5000 for Charter Membership Individual past issues may be obtained for per issue fees of $1000 each for nonshymembers or $625 each for members You may join the I WA by sending dues to Intemational Waco Association PO Box 2065 - WACO Terre

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Visions of Luscombe- The Early Years by Jim zazas When aviation was in its infancy a new and affordable light

airplane was makin~ its debut It was neither another war surplus tandem seating biplane nor an underpowered monoshyplane Those types were commonplace Instead thisairplane was most unique side-by-side seating an enclosed cabin a sexy fuselage responsive flight controls a powerful power plant and a single wing

What did Don Luscombe this designs consummate promoter call it Monocoupe Clarton Folkerts Jerry Lederer Fred Knack and Ivan Driggs made the Monocoupe name synonymous with

gracefu styling and sprightly perfonnance Other designs included the four-place Monocoachthe open-cockpit Monoprep and the swiftMonosport

Some evolved into sleek and powerful racers Don Luscombe who was he A charismatic promoter true but he was a visionary He anticipated correctly

what the market wanted and he endeavored to meet this demand Though he never designed his airplanes he brought together the necessary engineers and skilled workers who could design and build his airplanes

Don Luscombes promotional efforts were aided by the many air racing and aerial derbies that were common

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