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September 1997

Vol

25, No.9

CONTENTS

I Straight & Levell

Espie "Butch" Joyce

2

lC News

4 EAA Os

hk

osh '97 lC A

wards

6 ACNolunteers/Trish Dorlac

9 1956 Champion 7EC Nancie Cummings

10 Vintage Seaplanes

Norm

Petersen

12 Mystery PlanelH.

G

Frautschy

13 Sowell's Fun kIH.G. Frautschy

18 The Old Rhinebeck Ae

rodrome s

Nie

uport 11

" Bebe"IH.G. Frautschy

20 Stin soneers Convene a t SSF/

John Underwood

23

J3-A Differe

nt

Strut Fitt ing/

Norm Petersen

24 Pass

I t

To BucklE.E. "Buck" H

il

bert

26

What

Our

Me

mb

ers Are Restoring/Norm Petersen

Page 9

Page 13

EDITORIAL STAFF

Publisher

Tom Poberezny

Editor"in-Chlef

Jack Cox

Editor

Henry G. Frautschy

Managing

Editor

Go lda Cox

Art Director

Mike Drucks

Computer Graphic Specialists

Olivia

L Phillip

Jennifer

Larsen

Mary

Premeau

Associate Editor

Norm Petersen

Feature Writer

Dennis Parks

Staff Photographers

Jim Koepnick LeeAnn Abrams

Ken Lichtenberg

Advertising/Editorial Assistant

Isabelle

Wiske

EAA

ANTIQUE/CLASSIC

DIVISION

, INC .

OFFICERS

President

Vice

Pres ident

Espie "Butch" Joyce

George Daubner

P.O. Box 35584

2448 Lough Lane

Greensboro.

NC

27425

Hartford.

WI

53027

910/393-0344

414/673-5885

Secretary

Treasurer

Sieve Nesse

Charles Harris

2009 Highland

Ave.

7215 East 46th

St

.

Albert

Leo

. MN 56007

Tulsa. OK 74145

507/373-1674

918/622-8400

DIRECTORS

John

Berendt

Gene Morris

7645 Ec ho Point Rd.

115C

St

eve Court. R.R. 2

Cannon

Falls.

MN

55009

Roan

o

ke

.

TX

76262

507/263-2414

817/491-9110

Phil

Coulson

Robert

C.

"

Bob

"

Brauer

28415

Springbrook

Dr.

9345 S. Hoyne

Lawton. MI 49065

Chicago.

IL

60620

616/624-6490

3121779 2105

John S.

Copeland

55

Ookey

Av.

Joe

Dickey

28-3 Williamsburg

Ct

.

Lawrenceburg.

IN

47025

Shrewsbury.

MA

01545

812/537-9354

508/842-7867

Stan

Gomoll

7724 Shady

Hill

Dr.

Dale A. Gustafson

1042

90th Lane.

NE

IndianapOlis. IN 46278

Minneapolis. MN

55434

317/293-4430

612/784-1172

Jeannie Hill

1708 Boy

Oaks

Dr.

Robert Uckteig

P.O. Box 328

Albert Lea

. MN 56007

Harvard. IL

60033

507/373-2922

815/943-7205

Dean Rchardson

Robert D.

"Bob"

Lumley

6701 Colony Dr.

1265 South 124th

SI.

Madison. WI 53717

Broo kfield. WI 53005

608/833-1291

414/782-2633

S.H. 'We s" Schmid

Geoff

Rob

ison

2359

Lefeber Avenue

1521

E. MacGregor Dr

.

Wauwatosa

. WI 53213

New Haven.

IN 46774

414/771-1545

219/493-4724

George

York

181 Sloboda Av .

Mansfield. OH 44906

419/529-4378

DIRECTORS EMERITUS

Gene

Chase

EE

"Buck" Hilbert

2159

Cartlon

Rd. P.O. Box 424

Oshkosh. WI 54904

Union, IL60180

920/231 -5002 815/923-4591

ADVISORS

Steve Krog Roger Gomoll

930 Tara

HL

E

3238

Vicario

SI. N

Hartford. WI 53027

$I

Paul. MN 55126

414/966-7627

612/484-2303

David Bennett

403

Tanner Ct .

Roseville, CA 95678

916-782-7025

30 Vintage Tra der/

Me

mb

ership Infor mation

Page

26

FRONT COVER . . . This pretty

Nieuport

11 "Sebe"

wos

brought to Sun 'n Fun '97 by

the volunteers

and

stoff of Cole Palen's Old Rh nebeck Aerodrome. It's being flown

by Gene De

Marco.

the Aerod

r

ome's opera

t ions

direc

t

ar/pilo

t . A re p l

ica project

originally

started back

in the 1930's. it was

completed after extensive

rework

and

flown in 1991.

It is powered by

a 80

hp LeRhone

rotary engine.

which you can

:

plainly see whirling

around

with the

massive oak propeller.

See the

story on page

18.

EM

photo by

Jim Koepnick. shot wi th a

Canon

EOS - l n

equipped

with

an 80-200

mm lens. 1/60 sec. @1160n 100 ASA slide film.

SACK COVER . . .

EM Master

Artist James Dietz

has

graced

the EM Sport

Aviation

Art Competition

with another of

his

beautifull

y rendered oil pa intings.

Currently

on

display in the Hansen Gallery. Jim's

"Shooting Star" depicts

a

fictional aviatrix

with

her Curtiss Jenny. Sorry. it's

no

t for sale. having

been painted by Jim after being

co

mmissioned by a modern

day

aviatrix. You

can contact

Jim

at

2203 13th

Av

. East.

Seattle. WA 98102.

Copyright

1997

by

the

EM Antique/C

lassic Division Inc. All rights reserved.

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STR IGHT LEVEL

by Es

pi

e "Bu tch" Joyce

Oshkosh

1997 is

now

in the

history

, and the Convention this year was

of

the best. All

of

the Antique/Classic

very hard

to

lC

area a great place to be. The

/C Red Barn had been really improved

with the addition of a new arch

to welcome everyone to our comer

of

Located at this archway

two new booths . One is for member

applications and Chapter information.

other

is

for those wonderful individu

who want to volunteer their time work

or anywhere else on

/Classic Convention grounds.

This archway was constructed well be

Convention over

a period

of

several

a number

of

individuals, and I

who worked hard to make it happen:

Lumley, Bob Brauer

, and third

(but

, Phil Blake for their year-round

to make the Convention time suc

There

are also

a great many of

other

important volunteers who have been

of

Vintage

Air

ane by Trisha Dorlac . As I was moving

on the Convention grounds, I had a

of

people tell me how much they

Trish's articles . It

that as people come to Oshkosh year

, they see individuals doing their

work, and they wondered where

came from, etc. By reading

these people

in Vintage

Ai

rplane

, it

comfortable to approach

on a one-on-one basis.

As people have gotten more accustomed

our parking area extending further to the

the

transportation

that is

area , we heard fewer con

from those

people parked

down

In 1998 we

expect that

the

show

we now have will move to the west

the FAA), so we will be losing parking

three airplanes

per

. This does cause

us

some concern, but

we are already working to meet this chal

lenge . We tried

some

new ideas at the

Convention

this

year

and they seemed to

work well.

We really had some great airplanes on

hand. All

of

the judges were having a hard

time as the

competition

for awards was

very strong this year as restorations are be

coming better and

better. We had

some

rare and unusual Antique airplanes; when

they would taxi in, you could just see the

crowd gather around to get a closer look.

Some of the comments you could hear

would be,

"I don't

think I have ever seen

one of

these

," or

" I did not know there

were any of these around anymore " The

Classics are just getting better and better as

well, and the support

of

these aircraft from

suppliers such as Univair is improving as

time goes on.

We had almost 100 more Contemporary

aircraft on the show line this year over last

year's

total. One

of

the most impressive

Contemporary aircraft was the restored

Howard

500,

which was

picked

as the

Grand Champion. There were also a num

ber

of

specialty aircraft on hand in the An

tique/Classic area including the two Mulli

coupes, one owned by Jim Younkin and the

other by Bud Dake. They were parked on

each side

of

Mr. Mulligan, looking like a

proud father and his two sons. These air

craft were parked

in

front of the Red Bam

where Jim and Bud stood by and carried on

a continuous question and answer session

for the week

of

Convention.

They're

two

great looking airplanes

Parked across from the Mullicoupes was

the Linco Taperwing Waco restored for B

F. Goodrich Corporation. They sponsored

the rebuild, and also underwrite the opera

tion

of

the airplane . This aircraft

is

flown

by

Bob Wagner.

He

and

Pat Horgan

of

Goodrich stood by and carried on a ques

tion

and

answer session for the week of

Convention , just like Jim and Bud.

The front area

of

the Red Barn has

be

come a real education center for those at

tending Oshkosh.

f

you sat on our porch,

which

is

open to anyone who would like to

use it, you most likely found this area to be

a

welcome relief

by

midda

y.

If

you ven

tured inside the Red Bam, you found on the

north side

of

this building some interesting

items to look at

in

the mini-museum. Then

you could pick up a photo

of your

aircraft

placed in a

participant

plaque for you to

carry home as a gift from the Antique/Clas

sic Division

in

appreciation

of

your partici

pation at Oshkosh '97.

When you went in the south side

of

the

Red Bam , you found the sales area

of

this

building. We had some high quality goods

featuring the Antique/Classic theme - we

hope you found something to your liking to

carry

home with you .

Overall,

Oshkosh

this year was a great Convention and that

makes

me really

proud

to be

part of

this

great event.

Now to pass along some good news, at

least

from the state of North Carolina

.

Maybe

it

will be helpful

in

your home state.

In

1995, the North Carolina legislature rati

fied House Bill 100 I, providing owners

of

antique automobiles with a cap on value for

property tax purposes. This cap

is

a taxable

value

of $500.00. After this

had taken

place, through the efforts of Paul Cash, with

the help

of General

Larry

Huggins

(Ret.)

and Jim Clevenger, working with Rep. Bob

Hunter and Senator David Hoyle, they were

able to get House Bill 1158 passed. It puts

the cap

of

$5,000 on any aircraft manufac

tured before 1954 that meets the provisions

of

this Bill. This act is effective for taxes

imposed for taxable years beginning on or

after July I, 1998.

Your One-on-One membership cam

paign

is

doing well and with your contin

ued support

it

should continue to help your

Division grow. All you have to do

is

ask a

few

people

to

join

us

and they,

too,

can

have FUN

Let'

s all pull in the same direction for

the good

of

aviation.

Remember

we are

better together. Join us and have it all

VINT GE IRPL NE

1


4/36

A C NEWS

ANT

IQUE/CLASS IC ACTIVITIES

AT

EAA

OSHKOSH

What a week! Spectacular, cool weather,

just right for camping and walking the

flight line prevailed during the annual EAA

Convention this year, with rain showers for

the most part occurring overnight. A total

of

987 showplanes were registered in the

Antique/Classic and Contemporary parking

areas . We were close to a record number

of showplanes (poor flying weather kept

many of our members from the far west

coast from getting through), and many of

the airplanes were rare or one-of-a kind.

Greg Herrick's collection of excellent,

rare airplanes has grown by two with the

completion of the Cunningham-Hall PT 6F

and Buhl Air Sedan. Both were on display

and drew admiring crowds each day

of

the

Convention.

The Contemporary airplane that seemed

to

garner

so much

attention

did so in the

beginning

just

on sheer size alone, since

it

was

a Howard 500. Dave

Cummings

of

Portland, OR brought the big twin-engined

beast to Oshkosh for all to enjoy, and went

home with the Contemporary Grand Cham

pion award.

The always hotly contested Classic

awards were topped

off

with another

of

Joe

Fleeman's terrific restorations. After fin

ishing Delton Perry's beautiful Tri-Pacer a

few years

ago,

Joe

liked the

airplane

so

much he thought he'd like to have one him

self. So he and his partner , Ken Brown,

built

one up for

themselves, and

it was

stunning. You never

knew

a

Tri-Pacer

could look so good!

The Antique award

winner

was also a

2 SEPTEMBER 997

very

close

shave, with

our

1996

Reserve

Grand

Champion,

Tom Wright's

Beechcraft Staggerwing, declared the win

ner of this year's top award.

Congratulations to all pilots and restor

ers! We'll certainly have more on many

of

these airplanes

in

future issues of Vintage

Airplane.

At the

Antique

/Classic

corner,

big

changes took place, thanks to the volunteer

efforts by Bob Lumley, Bob

Brauer

and

many other volunteers. A new pair of In

formation and Volunteer booths were built

this past year, and they were placed flank

ing the newly paved

walkway

to the A/C

Red

Barn. Aviation

themed

flags line

the walkway, welcoming you into the Bam,

where you could check on the latest hap

penings

in

the

NC

area, or shop

in

the Red

Bam store for

NC

merchandise.

On the comer, extending over the walk

way

is a

new arch,

welcoming

all to the

NC

area with the words "Preserving Avia

tion History For Future Generations."

Taking it all

in

could be a challenge!

Did

you

see:

the MUllicoupes.

all of the volunteers who put in hundreds

of

hours

of

work

so

we all could enjoy a

smooth running fly-in.

the expanded Type Club tent, with 28

clubs attending and giving information

to members who want to

know more

about their airplanes.

there were a pair of J-2 Cubs on the field,

including the Stewart family's airplane

from Erie, PA. You' ll have to wait until

next month to hear the details on that

airplane! The other pretty J-2, a copper

Compiled

by

H.C. F

rautsch

y

and blue

color

scheme, was registered

by Bob Rusky, Lake Geneva, WI.

there were 26 Aeroncas that flew in en

masse from Hartford, WI.

the live broadcast by CNN from the An

tique/Classic area, featuring Peter Sher

win's Waco SRE, Art Knowles' Com

mand Aire and Densel

Williams'

Aeronca Super Chief.

the beautiful Waco ATO Bud Kilbey had

been

working

on for

years

was com

pleted by

Ted

Davis for

Bud's son,

Mark.

the Linco Aces Waco Taperwing re

stored

by

Barnstormers Workshop in

Griffin, GA for B.F. Goodrich.

For

members and volunteers, it was a

Convention to remember, so plan on being

here next year. The dates for EAA Oshkosh

'98 are July 29 - August

4

HEY

,

THE

Y

-

IN

SEASON

ISN 'T

OVER

YET!

Sure, the summer

is

over and

a

little

snap

is in

the air, but there's plenty of good

fly-ins to attend. You don't want to miss

the 40th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In

in

Bartlesville, OK at Frank Phillips Field,

September 19-20. Call

Charlie Harris

at

918/622-8400 for information.

For those of you out west, the Copper

state Fly-in, Mesa, AZ

is

approaching, Oc

tober 9-12. Call Bob Hasson, 52 1228-

5480 for more information.

Also,

in

the hill country

of

central Texas,

there

is the

Southwest Regional Fly-In,

in

Ker

rville,

TX

Call Stu McCurdy, 512.388-7399.

For more fly-ins, take a look at the Fly

In Calendar on page 29.


5/36

Antique/Classic

cor

this

year were greeted with a few

the lower left of

t he

photo

, you

the two new Information

and

booths

built

this past spring

, and

new

welcoming

arch

over the newly

If you re a volun

, that small building to the

far

right is the

eer break shack, were you can

get

a

to drink and a snack

to

mu

nch

. The volunteers

who

take care of such

n essent ial

area

of the

Antique

/

Cla

ssic

rea are featured in this

month

s Volunteer

rticle,

st

ar t

ing on pa

ge

6.

) The Grand Champion Anti

qu

e, Tom

ights Beech 0-175

5taggerwing.

(Above) The Grand

Champion

Cla

ss

ic, Joe Flee

man

and

Ken

Browns

Pi

pe

r PA-22

Tri-Pacer

.

EAA Oshkosh '97

Top

le

Award W innners

(Right) The Grand Champ i

on

Contemporary,

Dave Cummings

Howard 500.

ANTIQUE/CLASSIC

ELECTION

RESULTS

In elections held during EAA Oshkosh

the following were elected:

Vice President - George Daubner

Treasurer - Charles Harris

Directors:

Bob Brauer

Stan Gomoll

John

"Jack" Copeland

Dale Gustafson

Eugene Morris

Phillip Coulson

R.J. "Dobby" Lickteig

OSHKOSH AREA CODE

CHANGE

The 414 area code has been shrunk to

the Milwaukee metro area.

the local area code for Oshkosh

s now 920. That change is effective im

iately. Calls made to EAA Headquar

ers using the 414 area code will go through

25, 1997 at which time the

area code of

920 must be used.

EAA

MEMBERSHIP DUES

INCREASE

Through the efforts of volunteers and

s

taff

alike, the cost of EAA membershi p

has remai ned constant for members for

over 7 years. Becoming more efficient and

cost effec tive in business practices does

have

its

limitation

s,

and

inflation

inex-

orably

marches on .

During

these pa s t

seve

n years, a numb

er

of initiatives

and

programs have been added whi le holding

the line on costs, including the Flight Advi

sors an d

Flying Start programs.

Time

seems

to have its price, though, and the

costs of doing business ,

outside

services

and the like have

increased

to the

point

where a dues increase is required.

Beginning January

1

1998 , EAA's annual

membership dues will increase to $40.00 per

year. International EAA memberships will

increase to $52.00. Youth memberships for

those under age 19 wi

ll

cost $23.00. Re

newal notices mailed in September for mem

berships scheduled to expire in January 1998

will reflect the new dues rates.

TAXING SKYDIVERS?

File this one under the heading "I

can't

believe they even need a law for that!."

In one of those stories you can't help

but laugh about, except they used to be se

rious, the new Taxpayer Relief Act recently

voted and approved by Congress provides

relief from the

10

% passenger ticket tax for

skydivers.

It seems that in 1993 an IRS inspector

decided that skydi ving centers who flew

larger a ircraft such as a DC-3 for use as

jump planes would have to collect the pas

senger tax from each skydiver, since they

were flying on an

"airliner." The U.S

. Para

chuting Association protested, and happily,

Congress and the IRS agreed to specifically

exclude skydivers from the tax. In a fit of

common sense, even the IRS commissioner

agreed that signing on to the new interpreta

tion of the law was a "no brainer."

He was quoted as saying something to

the effect of "They

don't

even finish the

flight - they jump out halfway

,"

as he

agreed to the new law.

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3


6/36

tAA

OJHKOJH

'97

Antique/Classic

Awards

AIiTIQUE.

GRAliD CI=IAMPIOIi:

Thomas

Vright,

RU55ell. KY

1944

E:>eechcraft

Jtaggerving. li40t)

Rt/E.RVE. GRAliD

CI=IAMPIOIi

:

Jtephen Dyer and Jim Dyer. E:>righton. CO

1944

E:>eechcraftJtaggerving (liC9290M)

CI=IAMPIOIiJiLVE.R

AGE.:

Mark

KilbeyJouth

E:>end. II'i

1930

Vaco

ATO

(1'i11211)

RUliliE.R UPJlLVE.R

AGE.:

Greg Merrick. Jackson. VY

1929 E:>uhVport Airsedan

(I iC8451)

P.>ROliZE. AGE. CI=IAMPIOIi:

Tim Talen.Jpringfield.

OR

1939Jtinson MV75 (I iC22548)

P.>ROliZE. AGE. RUliliE.R-UP:

Geo

R.

Mindall. tnglewood.

FL

1937 Fairchild 24GT (1'iC19173)

P.>ROliZE.

AGE. OUVTAliDlliG

OPE./i

COCKPIT

P.>IPLAliE.

:

Roy

Redman. Faribault.

MI'i

1940 Vaco

UPF-7

(1'i30143)

P.>ROliZE. AGE.

OUVTAliDlliG CLOftD

COCKPIT

P >IPLAIiE.:

Greg

Merrick. Jackson. VY

1938 Cunningham-Mall PT-6F (1'iC444)

P.>ROliZE. AGE.

OUVTAliDlliG CLOftD

COCKPIT

MOliOPLAIiE.:

Kent

andJandy

P.>lankenburg. Groveland. CA

1939Jpartan Executive (I iC17667)

ClifTOMIZE.D AIRCRAfT

OUVTAliDlliG

:

PeterJhervin.Jt. Louis. MO

1940 VacoJRt (I iC20961)

TRAliJPORT CATE.GORY CI=IAMP IOIi:

Continental

Airlines. Mickory

Creek.

TX

1940

Douglas DC-3 (1'i25673)

TRAliJPORT CATE.GORY RUliliE.R-UP:

Villiam Rme.Jouth P.>arrington. IL

1944 Grumman Gome (1 i600Zt)

VV-

II E.RA

MILITARY

TRAlliE.R/LlAJIOIi

CI=IAMPIOIi

:

\.1\.1

MILITARY

TRAlliE.R/LlAJlOIi RUliliE.R-UP:

Dennis

E:>lunt. Rockford.

IL

1943 Fairchild PT-23 (1'i60418)

\.1\.1 MILITARY TRAlliE.R/LlAJIOIi

OUVTAliDlliG:

John Friling.

Lombard. IL

1944 Taylorcraft (1'iC46211)

\.IV-II E.RA

CI=IAMPIOIi

:

Jtephen Johnson. E:>loomington. IL

1943 E:>eechcraft l J

Jtaggerving

(I'iC17985)

\.1\.1

E.RA

RUliliE.R-

UP:

David fagman . Lawrence.

tV

1944 E:>eechcraftJtaggerving (1'i4417J)

VV-II E.RA

OUVTAliDlliG OPE./i COCKPIT

P.>IPLAliE.:

Curt

Drumm.

Manitowoc. VI

1943 E:>oeingJtearman (I iC 10661 i)

\.1\.1 11 E.RA

OUVTAliDlliG

CLOftD COCKPIT

MOliOPLAliE.:

James

E:>ennett. Crescent City. FL

1943 Moward

DG

A-15P

(1'i1335M)

ClifTOMIZE.D AIRCRAfT CI=IAMPIOIi

Loel Crawford. LaFollett.

TI'i

1941

Vaco

UPF-7

(1'iC32084)

ClifTOMIZE.D AIRCRAfT RUliliE.R-UP:

Tom Flock. Rockville. II'i

1941 Vaco

UPF-7

(1'i32029)

CI=IAMPIOIi AliTIQUE. ClifTOM P.>UILT:

Jim M055

. Graham. VA

1938 MG2Jpeciai (1'i222MG)

CL fflC

GRAliD CI=IAMPIOIi:

Kenneth E rownlJoe

Fleeman.

Lawrenceburg

. T i

Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer.1 i2848P

Rt/E.RVE. GRAliD

CI=IAMPIOIi

:

J. FFisher III.Jenoia.

GA

Piper PA-12 (1'i7885M)

CLAff I (0-80 I=IP :

Larry Johnson. Anoka.

MI'i

Aeronca Chief (I iC9756t)

CLAff

II

(81-150

I=IP

:

D Vogernese. tau

Claire.

VI

Alan and JackieJowell. tvergreen. CO

1943 Fair

child PT-23 (1 i60629)

Funk F2E:>

(I iC16251'i)

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CLAJJ III (1511=lP & UP):

Valerie and

jimJlocum

, Mosco,

T/ I

Ce55na 195b (/'I2158C)

ClifTOM

CLAJJ A

(0-80

I=lP):

james butler, batesville, AR

Piper

j-3

(/'I6493H)

ClifTOM CLAJJ

~

(81-150 I=lP):

Mark and

judy

Ohl inger, Akron, OH

bellanca Cruisair (/'186937)

ClifTOM

CLAff

C

(1511=lP

&

UP):

Gary black, Vero beach,

FL

bellanca Cruisemmter (/'I524A)

ClifTOM CLAff D:

Kenneth Kinne,Jisters,

OR

Ce55na 19

5

(/ I2171C)

Best

o

Type

Aeronca

Champ:

7bCM, Richard Charette, Wadsworth,

IL

, (/'184405)

Aeronca

Chief:

Duane Huff, Lawrenceville,

GA

(/'I3420t)

~ e e c h c r a f t ~ o n a n z a

Richard Komn,Jan Francisco,

CA

(/'I5204C)

~ e l l a n c a :

14-13-2.

jeff Plantz, Madison, WI, (/'174424)

Cessna

120/140:

140A

David Lowe,Jacremento, KY (/'I9499A)

Cessna 170/180:

170, William Goebel,

Hurst,

TX, (/'114645)

Cessna 190/195:

195b, Charles Webb, Ft. Worth, TX (/'I195CW)

ercoupe:

415C,

Jhawn

jennings, Columbus, 1/ 1 (/'I3530H)

Luscombe:

8A james b . Zazas, Carthage, /'IC (/'145504)

/'Iavion: /'Iavion A.

Pete,

Kelli and Clay

Heins

, Arcanum, OH (/ I75PM)

Piper

j-3:

Howard brandon, Murray, KY (/ I7158H)

Piper

(Others):

PA-12

Dan trnst

, Maplewood, M/ I

(/ 15301

M)

PA-20

William Cumberland, Woodbine, MD (/'I7403K)

Jtinson:

108-3, joseph

jacobi

, Mexico, MO (/'IC6521M)

Jwift: GlobeJwift

,

Virgil Vetter, Plattsburg, MO

(/ 178184)

Taylorcraft: ~ 12D,

james Zangger, Cedar

Rapids,

IA (/'194953)

Limited Productions:

Mooney

Mite,

Robert bone,

Ft.

Wayne,

1/ 1 (/ 14173)

~ f J T

A M P I = l I ~ I A / I :

Grumman Mallard, William

R. Rose,

Jouth barrington,

IL

(/'Il00bR)

COtiTE MPORARY

GRA/'ID CI=lAMPIO/'l:

/ 10. Pacific Management Corp., Dave Cummings,

Portland, OR

1960

Howard

500

(/'I5004P)

~ e

GRA/'ID CI=lAMPIO/'l:

joel Miller,Jolor, IA

1956 Ce55na 172 (/'I6910A)

OUVTA/'IDI/'IG

ClifTOMIZeD:

Darwin Terpstra, Phoenix, AZ

1960

Piper

PA-

24

(/'I6650P)

ClifTOM

CLAff I

(fingle engine

0-160 hp):

john Van

Lieshout, Toronto, Ont., Canada

1958 Ce55na 172 (CF-DGf)

ClifTOM

CLAJJ

II

(161-230

hp):

Paul Fulierton,Jt. Ignace, MI

1959 Piper PA-24 180 (/'I6014P)

ClifTOM

CLAff III (231

and

Up):

jimJteier

, Omaha,

/ It

1960

beechcraft bonanza (/'I30Yj)

ClifTOM

MULTI-E./'IGI/'Ie:

Jummit Aviation, Middletown, D t

1957

beech t V

(/ I57PF)

Outstanding in Type

~ e e c h (fingle

engine):

Don Gaynor, tnglewood, FL

1959 bonanza (/'I5337t)

~ e e c h (Multi-engine):

Ronald Hyde,

Kenedy,

TX

1959

t-185-9700

(/ I317MH)

~ e l l a n c a

/'lone

Cessna 150:

/ lone

Cessna 170/172/175:

JheldonJoldwisch, bensenville,

IL

1959

175

(/'I6702t)

Cessna 180/182/210:

DaveJeymour, Plano, TX

1959 Ce55na 182b

(/ 17161 t)

Cessna 310:

Dean Calian/HowardJchenck,Jouthlake, TX

958

310 Riley

Rocket

(/ I6644b)

Champion:

19597tC Mike

Foote, Olathe,

V

(/'I8539t)

Mooney:

/'lone

Piper PA-18-

/ lone

Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer:

1956 PA-22 (/'I4408A) Doug Galioway,Jandusky, OH

Piper PA-24:

1960 PA-24 (/'I47028P) Robert

McGraw,

Chalfont,

PA

Piper PA-23 Apache/Aztec:

1959 Apache (/'I4150P) james Craycraft, Amherts, OH

Limited

Production:

1956 Chipmunk (/'118048) William

R. Rose,

Jouth barrington,

IL

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5


8/36

VOLUNTEER

HOSTESSES

attd

SALLY'S

ALLEY

...JII_

When I think

of

hospitality

and

relax

ation at Oshkosh, I think about the L ittle

Volunteer Building" behind the Red Barn .

The greatest thing about this place is not

just that volunteers in the Antique Classic

division can go there for food and drink. It

is not just that it is a great place in the dead

of summer with

its

wonderful

air condi-

tioner. ..something I have not yet convinced

my husband is a necessity in our tent. The

best thing about our little place is that this

is the

place

to

visit and relax with other

volunteers, especially Lorraine Eberle, Sue

Eichman, and Lorraine Schram. These fine

ladies are the three primary workers in this

building. There are others who fill in from

time to time and their work is greatly ap

preciated as well. These ladies make sure

this "rest area" is operational practically all

day every day during the convention. Not

only do they make sure that we have coffee

first thing in the morning, they also keep us

supplied with cold drinks and sandwiches

from Operation Thirst. As

if

that were not

enough, I

think

they

plant

extra rows in

their gardens earmarked Oshkosh

as

they also bring in their own fresh vegeta

bles, wonderful home-baked goodies, and

other assorted treats designed to spoil us

Judi Wyrembeck is the "Volunteer Host

ess" chairman and has been a full time vol

unteer for about

fi

fteen years. She is a co

chairman at EAA Convention Headquarters

and works during the Convention distribut

ing vehicle passes and handling complaints

and requests. She has been the Chairman

of

this classy hangout we volunteers like

to

frequent since its first year. She prepares

the volunteer lounge ahead of time, clean

ing and hanging up pictures and banners.

Art Morgan approached Judi more than ten

years ago when he came up with the idea

of

a place for the volunteers to sit and rest, get

away from the crowds and heat, and enjoy

6 SEPTEMBER 997

*

y

Patricia Trish Dorlac

Lorraine Eberle, Lorraine Schramm and Sue

Eichman help feed the volunteers by running

l l the Antique/Classic "Little Volunteer Building"

during the Convention. What a deal - you can

o spend time volunteering for the Division, and

.:;:. ;lL.o;

u

I get a free lunch in air-conditioned comfort

Seaplane judges and longtime volunteers

ill

Schlapman and Owen Russell enjoy a

break and a snack in the comfort of the Volunteer Break shack.

a cold drink and food before returning to

their duties. Like everything

else

at

Oshkosh, this became a team effort for the

Antique Classic volunteers. Buck Hilbert

donated the air conditioner and refrigerator.

Bob Lumley did the carpeting

and many

others helped with cleaning the building.

Formerly the Flight Line Operations build

ing, there was some work required to trans

form it into the cozy place we have now

The benches were added and cushions were

donated by the University of Wisconsin at

Oshkosh Stan Gomoll did the electrical

wiring and Bob Lumley put in the sink and

built the countertops.

Judi

says that the

biggest challenge was trying to get the win

dow covering applied, but with much per

severance, this was done as well

I love

learning about

the way

things

have come about at Oshkosh. One person,

or a group of people have a vision and

everyone

pitches

in to

make

it reality.

gain greater respect and admiration for the

men and

women

who have donated years

of their life to our division to make it better

for all of us. I am so proud to be a part of

it. I am also very grateful that I can enjoy

these wonderful benefits

when I volun-

teer

Judi

,

Sue and Lorraine each told

me

how much they enjoy being a part of the

convention every year because of the peo

I


9/36

Mark Boles, Kyle Cooper, Eric Presten and Walter Bowe relax

while watching the E aviation world go by. Stan Thomas

(inset) demonstrates how relaxing a visit to "Sally's Woods"

can be t the end of the Convention day

pie They are well placed as volunteer

hostesses." Every person I have ever met

working n this building is

outgoing

and

friendly, willing to listen and visit with all

of us This building has been a place for

people to gather themselves

if

there is an

emergency and even became an unofficial

first aid station one

of

the very hot years.

People were taken n to cool down and re-

lax because of the building ' s proximity.

This group of volunteers happily slipped

into the role

of nurse very

well Judi can personally tes-

tify to the medical expertise

of

this group One year she in-

jured

herself and

hobbled

to

the Volunteer center. She was

cared for by the volunteers, including Jean-

nie Hill who iced her injury while Karl

Swig ley called for an ambulance , Don

Toeppen helped her into it, and George

York directed traffic so she could be taken

to the hospital Talk about cooperation I

become more convinced every time I visit

with

someone

about our volunteers that

there are none like them What an awe-

some group

of

people

Lorraine Eberle was originally recruited

off the golf course to sew flags for the Con-

vention. She started

out

cutting but was

quickly recruited by the folks who work on

the flower and plant displays around the

convention. Judi asked her to work n the

volunteer building and she has been there

ever since. Besides her work during the

Convention, Lorraine

s

a docent at the mu-

seum, still does the flowers, and helps dec-

orate

the

EAA museum every year for

Christmas. Some of the

job

benefits she

enjoys include driving around in the John

Deere "green machine" it reminds her

of growing up on the farm . . . and being

with a ll the people every year. Sue Eich-

man was a student

of

Lorraine's, and later

taught with her Now they both work at

Sally Ryan (left) watches as (right to left)

Max Barbee, Bob Ziegenhals and Logan

Boles

get the

portable grills ready for

cooking fresh trout for the masses in the

"Oaken Alley."

VINTAGE AIRPLANE


10/36

Here,

Sally

and Brian

stand behind

Walt

and

Trish

Dorlac,

active

Antique/Classic volun-

teers

from

Enid, OK.

The

Division lost Brian

just prior

to

Convention

in an aircraft

accident

in Europe, but

with the

help of her many

Antique/Classic friends,

Sally

continues the tra-

ditions started with

her

late husband.

With Sally's tent

anchoring the

corner,

the

open

air kitchen

and a

variety of

tents fill

in

the shade

that

bisects the

AlC camping area. Sally's Woods and

the

service she unselvishly gives to all

who ask

, most of whom are volunteers,

has

become

a

beloved

fixture in the

Antique/Classic area

during the

annual

EAA Convention.

(Below)

Longtime

camp host and

friend, Brian Ryan

, Sally's husband,

pauses

for

a

moment during

cleanup

at

his last Oshkosh in 1996. Friends from

all over the world

have

camped sur-

rounded by the

hospitality

Sally and

Brian gave to each.

the Museum, with the flowers, and in the

vo

lunt

ee r building.

Lorraine

Sch ram is

from Madison an d has been a part of this

group for many years as well . Next time

you are enjoying the company

of

these won-

derful ladies, let them know how much we

appreciate them

SALLY RYAN

is

another great reason to

keep coming back to Oshkosh For 27 years

she has

been

located

in

the same spot

at

Oshkosh, affectionately referred to by many

as Sally's Oaken Alley. Because

of

the ex-

tended hours many of us work on the f ight

line, Sally's has become the late night hang

out for those

of

us who are hungry for food

or great company. Both of these needs are

taken care of in the Oaken Alley Although

Sally is not an "official " chairman, she has

been the

chief cook for 27 years. Her hus-

band Brian has been the supervisor

of

clean

up until this year when he died in an air-

plane crash shortly before Oshkosh, leaving

us to mourn his loss. Although he is not

here with us, we all feel his presence.

Sally usually arrives two weeks ahead

of

time to get things organized ..

if

you stop

by, you can easily see why this might take

two weeks She makes a run home for

food

abo

ut

midway through

the

week

to

pick up more

of

the wonderful things she

has prepared

in

advance. Some nights she

might feed 50 people Many of us who re-

side with Sally make frequent stops for

snacks all day long This

is

a place where

you really feel as

if

you are at home. The

easy chair has been

replaced

with lawn

chairs and picnic benches, the refrigerator

is an ice chest, and the lights flicker and '

smell like c itronella, but the atmosphere

cannot be beat. I have spoke to many peo-

ple who have been welcomed into Sally's

Alley and the comment I hear most often

is

how Sally makes everyone feel at home

and as

if

she has known them a long time.

What a

great gift. Sally has created

a

place that we can call our home away from

home We think you are great, Sally

8 SEPTEMBER 1997


11/36

N4J8JC S 409

. y .

Nancle ummmgs

The

two place tandem tail wheel

aircraft

, the 7EC, was first

Aeronca ; however,

N4383C

was built by CHAMPION

of Oceola, Wisconsin in 1956. In all, a

of 776 7ECs were built, with 96 built by Aeronca and the re

Champion. N4383C was SIN 409. The 7EC was de

the first

of

the Champion 7 series with an electrical

.

The

airplane was

equipped

at the factory with a 90 hp

radio and auxiliary fuel tanks. The 7EC was

the Traveler and the Champion Deluxe. The

predecessor to the tandem two place aerobatic air

, the 7ECA, commonly referred to as the CIT ABRIA.

Production on

N4383C was

completed

on April 26, 1956 in

Wisconsin. The airplane spent her first year of life, 1956,

training aircraft in Quartz Hill , California at the Ritter Flying

N4383C s first owner was Mr. Hank Coffin . During this

year, N4383C was flown about 850 hours.

In 1957, N4383C was purchased by Mr. Ken Johnson of Braw

California who

owned

an agricultural flying service. The

family owned N4383C from 1957 through 1992, using the

ly for pleasure with 4383C being flown by the daugh

, Denise, and also by Ken Johnson s wife. The aircraft was also

over fly many of the clients fields to check out

condition. While in the ownership

of

the Johnsons, the cur

of N4383C was begun in 1984. The aircraft was

recovered using Stits fabric, finished in white paint, a

gray headliner installed, a new McCauley 7345 cruise

and the engine overhauled . The recover was

at the Salton Sea Airport and the engi ne overhaul by Kuhn

. The aircraft was maintained as original from the fac

additions or modifications to the airframe

or

power

. A pull-to-engage type crank starter is used to start the en

The 7EC, the first

of

the Champ ser ies to have an electrical

fitted with Grimes navigation lights; the present ones

functional. During these 36 years, about 750 more

airframe and powerplant.

In 1992,

N4383C

was

purchased

by Mr.

Les

Deline

of

San

California who had restored many antique biplanes previ

, especially Stearmans and Travel Airs. During this time,

in

stripes,

with the numbers on the wings in blue. The original paint scheme

used by the factory was straw and red.

The

pilot and passenger

seat upholstery was replaced, a new radio (Val Com) and transpon

der (Narco AT50) installed (as the airplane was being operated out

of

a field

with

a

tower)

,

and

the

original

wheel pants were

in

stalled, trimmed in blue to match the wings.

In 1994, N4383C was purchased by Nancie Cummings of Mi

ami , Florida (a fisheries biologist and student pilot with about 32

hours of time) for the purpose of completing her Private License.

The aircraft was flown from California to its present home in Mi

ami by Nancie and an instructor, Mr. Pete Mason of Santa Paula,

California. During 1996, new Hooker Sport Shoulder Harnesses

and seat belt restraints, blue with orange trim, were installed on the

passenger and pilot seats , interior side panels removed and re

painted original gray as from the factory, passenger and pilot seat

frames removed, sanded, primed and repainted flat black, interior

floors were removed and varnished, and the glare shield removed

and recovered in a flat black upholstery material. Baffles were re

moved and replaced new, and the original heater that had been re-

moved was replaced new

(it

does get chilly in

Miami).

Since

N4383C moved from her original home in southern California to

south Florida in 1994, about 350 hours have been put on the air

frame and powerplant. During Apri l

of

this year, N4383C reached

the 2000 TT hour mark on the airframe while on a cross-country

from Richards Field in Miami to Winter Haven on the west coast

of Florida.

N4383C burns a little more than five gallons

of

fuel per hour I

usually flight plan for 5.5) with the

90

hp engine and cruises at

about 95-100 mph, although on a good calm day,

if

trimmed up ,

one can get close to 1 5 mph . There are also many of those days

when we see the tractors just pass the little Champ with a big

smi le.

Today N4383C spends

her days

in

a big hangar keeping

company

with lots of other Aeronca Champs, Piper J-3 and J-5

C ub

s,

a

Cessna

1

70,

a Ryan PT-22 , and

even

a

clipped

wing

Monocoupe , just waiting to fly above the little grass strip at

Richard s Field in Homestead, Florida.

VINTAGE AIRPLANE


12/36

Vintage

eaplanes

by

Norm Petersen

Our roving VINTAGE AIRPLANE

am b

assador, Buck

Hilb

ert,

recent ly

spe nt some time in Alaska and among

hjs many adventures was a trip around

the

world s

busiest seap lane base at

Anchorage. The base is made up of

Lake Hood and Lake Spenard with a

large, man-made canal between. This

barbell-shaped seap lane base is h

ome

to the world s largest co llection

of

sea

planes and aircraft movements are di

rected by the Anchorage contro l tower,

as the

entire seaplane

b

ase

is

wit

hin

Coming in

for a

landing at

the

Anchora

ge

Seap

l

ane Base

is a

DeHaviliand Beaver

,

the control area.

N62197, S N 56-0419, registered to Richard Guttis of Wasilla, Alaska. This Beaver uses

The waiting list for a spot to park a

the two-bladed propeller and

has

the flaps and ailerons well

down

for

landing.

You

can

seaplane is

very

lengthy, w ith esti-

easily see

the

canoe paddle mounted on

the right

hand float - a floatplane

pilot's

best

mated waiting time presently being 2

friend. Note the ropes hanging from

the floats

and

the wing struts

for dock handlers to

grab.

to 20 years

Climbing

onto

the step for takeoff is this

De

Havilland of

Canada DHC-2 Beaver ,

N340KA,

S N

1127, registered to

Ketchum

Air Service, Inc,. Anchorage, AK. The pilot

is just about ready

to

rol l

the

Beaver

forward

on

the

step

as

the bow wave

has

moved aft , almost to the po int where

forward pressure on the yoke

will put

the

f loats on the step. Note the flaps are

deployed for takeoff

(about 20 degrees)

and

the ai lerons

are

drooped about

ten

degrees to help the takeoff. This Beaver

has

a

three-bladed

propel ler and the

baggage compartment mod with the long

window.

There are

presently 253 Beavers

on the

U.S.

register of which about

105 are

registered in Alaska.

On

t he shore of the lake , this nice

look ing

Grumman G-44 Widgeon with

or

iginal

200

hp Ranger six

-

cylinder

,

in

li ne engines

and

controllable Hartzell

props is being washed.

In

addition

to

the

fancy polished spinners, the

Wi

dgeon

features a

one-piece

w i ndshield

and

a George Pappas

designed anti-splash

rail

around the

nose

. The FAA records

ind

icate there

are sti l l

about

26 Widgeons with the

original Ranger engines out

of

a

total of

7

stil l on the register. It would be

interesting

to

know the

origin of

the

really large airplane float on

the lot next

door

on

the extreme right of the photo.

10 SEPTEMBER 1997


13/36

It is difficult to imagine

the number

of sets of floats that are used in

the

Anchorage area. These float

racks

are nearly

full and the

picture

was taken when

most floats were in

service on

their

respective

airplanes

These photos, taken in 1936, were sent in by Holland Redfield of Cutchogue NY, who owned this Waco QCF-2, NC11469,

S N

3554, mounted on a set of Edo L-2260 floats. According to Juptner Volume 5,

this

particular QCF-2

was

the prototype

airplane beefed up for Edo L-2260 floats and went

into

service in

the upstate New York

lake region. When these pictures

were taken, Holland (whose nickname

was

Dutch) had only a few

flights under

his

belt

and learned

later about

retracting

the water

rudders (See aerial photo.)

The photo of

the same Waco

QCF-2 on

wheels

was taken when the plane was

chartered from

Holland to

photograph

a

flood

in

lower

New York

State. One can see

from

the picture

it

was

a lousy day for flying

and Holland

was sweating

out

the

return of

the two company pilots attired in

coveralls

and

his precious Waco. Note the deluxe

appointments - Grimes navigation lights

Townend

ring

cowling on the

Continental

A

70

engine of

165 hp

and the

beautiful

metal

wheel

pants.

A very special thank you is extended to Dutch Redfield for contributing the beautiful photos. Besides authoring

two fine books on aviation, he was a Senior Check Pilot on the Boeing 747 for Pan American Airlines before retirement

twenty years back. His interest in aviation is as keen as it was when he started flying at the age of 19

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The June Mystery Plane brought back a lot

of

memories

for

many readers, especially those

of you from the South. One of

our

first re

sponses was from the far northwest, our regular

participant Ralph Nortell

of

Spokane, WA:

In

the u s Civil Aircraft Register for Jan.

I, 1964, NR2950

is

listed

as:

Huff-Daland Pe

trel, '

SIN

54

, mamljactured

in

1

925

. As

of

June,

1946, the owner was listed as Delta Airlines,

1nc., Dusting Division, Monroe, LA. Probably

originallyjitted with a 200 hp Wright J-4 radial,

the

photo shows NR2950

with

the improved 220

hp

J-5 installed.

As early as 1922 experiments had be

gun using airplanes

for

dusting boll-weevil

infested col/on areas

o

the south.

The

HuffDaland

Aero Corp ., Ogdensburg, NY

is acknowledged to be the first aircraft

mamljacturer to show interest in the com

mercial

jield

ofaerial crop dusting, a jield

that was

almost unlimited at

the time. 1n

the robust

Duster

biplane

of

1924, HufJ

Daland had

a very suitable airplane for

crop

dusting.

But

a dependable engine

had

to be found to

provide

enough power

for the necessary

maneuverability and

safety.

After

various motors were tried, it

was decided that the Wright 'Whirlwind' J

4 200 hp radial was best for the job.

After

months of

service under

less than favor-

able conditions, the J-4s were

reported

to

be

pel/arming

well with a minimum

o

maintenance.

Two versions of the 'Petrel ' were pro

duced along with the 'Duster' in

1924.

Th e

Duster and the Pe trel Mod. 4 had tapered

wings, while the Petrel Mod. 5 had straight

wings. The

tail

assembly

incorporated

a

small verticaljin with balanced rudder. So,

the large rudder with no

jin

must be a later

modification on the Petrel.

In 1926, the HufJ-Dalandjirm became the

Keystone Aircraft Corp., Bristol,

PA.

The Huff-

Daland dusting operations continued on, even

tually extending into South America

..

From Larry Beidleman of Granada Hills,

CA we can add this:

..

. . . The logo on the side of the fuselage

gives the whole mystery away. It is a most

famous

sy

mbol. It is a large triangle with a

face illustrated in the center. The face is

bearded, wearing a winged helmet and the

mouth is

blowing

blasts

of

wind

-

or

dust.

The words letter

ed

on the left side of the tri

angle are 'Delta

Air.

The word 'Corpora

tion ' is lettered on the right side leg. Across

2 SEPTEMBER 997

This

month's

Mystery

Plane is from the

co ll ection of Boardman

C.

Reed,

Brown

sv

ille, CA. R.S. Stan Staples took

the

photo at

Callies Flyers

Airport

in south

ern California

back in 1928.

Answers need

to be here

at EAA HQ

no later than

October

25, 1997 so they can be

included

in the De-

cember issue of Vintage Airplane.

George Townson, Willingboro, NJ sent us these two shots of our June Mystery Plane,

the Huff-Daland Puffer , which he took one afternoon in 1938 in Homestead, lo The

Dusters were flown all over the South, and later, in a effort to keep the company busy

during the off season, operations were expanded into Mexico and South America.

George took the photos while in Florida when he was dusting with a Pitcairn PCA-2

autogiro. He is

an

indispensible resource when it comes to autogiros, and Pitcairns

in

particular, having

worked for Pitcairn,

Kellett and Piasecki

among others. His ex

pertise with regard

to

rotary wing flight made

it

possible for

him

to

author one of the best

books

written on

the

subject,

Autogiro

-

The Story of the Wind

mill Plane.

the

base leg

of

the

triangle are

the

words

'Monroe, LA . ' Afamous logo indeed. ..

. The Delta Laboratory in Tallulah,

LA was influential in

convincing

HufFDa

land to from the

HuffDaland Crop Dusting

Co. in Monroe,

LA

That started their air

craft development that lasted into the 1940s.

Ray Dyson, Vero Beach, FL, pointed out

that Delta maintained its dusting division un

til 1966, long after it had become a major ai r

line. Brian Baker of Farmington, NM men

tioned

in his note that he wrote his Master's

thesis on ea

rl

y developments in agricultural

aviation, and he continues to collect material

on the subject for a book on the subject. You

can write him at 1522 Santiago Av., Farm

ington, NM 87401.

Brian Bri stol, Inver Grove Heights, MN,

Continued on page 28


15/36

by

H G

r

a

ut

sc

hy

ichael Sowell keeps the Funk shining for his dad. Hes

is his , just ask hi

m

Restorations of certain airplanes seem to get completed in

In the past, Piper Cubs had their fling, and Super Cruisers,

lately, the Aeronca Chief has been high on the lists of nice

, the Funk series of two-place cabin monoplanes

to be

getting

its

due

. Just a couple

of years ago we saw,

others, Orlo Maxfield ' s beautiful Funk restoration. Now,

to the fleet

of

great looking Funks

we have Alan

Sowell's

Oshkosh Class Il (81-ISO hp) Champion Funk F2B.

This particular Funk F2BC started out its aviation career as one of

of the Funk factory - it was the factory demonstrator.

of the last Customaires to come off the factory line, it is SIN

40S and they went up to about No. 438 .

The

Customaire was the

most deluxe model Funk built,

and

according to Joseph

Juptner

in

U

.

S

Civil Aircraft,"

it

sold for $400 more than the standard Cessna

140 of 1947.

With a Continental C-8S-12F spinning a wood prop at 23S rpm,

you could expect a Funk to zip along at

lOS

mph . The

Funk's

looks

belie its speed. Too many have judged their rather portly appearance

incorrectly, and they expect them to perform slovenly. But the little

monoplane with the big airplane feel has a maximum speed in level

flight of 117 mph, and can climb around 800 fpm at sea level. Per

formance like that has meant those who are fortunate enough to al

ready have Funks have developed a reverence for the aircraft that

borders on being positively zealous These guys and gals really love

their Funks, and

they're

happy to tell you all about them, provided

you don ' t point and laugh at its "chubby" belly.

Alan's

Funk F2B, NCI62SN, is one of the classy models, a Cus

tomaire that was completed in

the Coffeyville, KS Funk factory on

January IS, 1947, just a few short months before the bottom fell out

of the post-war light plane market. For several months, it stayed at

the factory, being used by the factory pilots to give demonstration

rides. Eventually, it was bought by the Chicago area Funk distribu

tor. On the way there, Flying magazine did a feature article on the

airplane written by Max Karant, Flying's "Check Pilot" at that time.

He seemed to really enjoy his

S9

mile flight in the Funk. t is un

fortunate

that

no

more than

308 Funks

have

been

built since

the

brothers started business in Akron, later moving to Coffeyville. This

extremely rugged, very safe, conventional light plane should be bet

ter known," he

is

quoted as writing.

Fl

ying's

article would be something that would prove invaluable

later on. Can you imagine how neat it would be to find out that the

airplane you're restoring was depicted in photos splashed all over the

pages of a major magazine? What luck

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16/36

NC1625N was flown by Flyi

ng

magazine columnist Max Karant from the

Coffeyville S

factory to the Chicago Funk distributor Ray Barber and

was

written

up

in a fly ing review in

th

e April

947

issue of the

magazine.

Alan Sowell demonstrates the plug-in landing light

included with the Funk. If you planned

on

flying at

night you could plug a pa ir of these in and see

where you were landing and then when you were

done pull them out and put them in the baggage

compartment. A clever electrical plug connected

when

you

pushed the mount tube in and locked it in

place with a

tw

ist.

The backlit instrument panel

and dual

yoke

controls

are

complimented by wool upholstery and a new headliner.

Unfortunately, those could be tough times for light plane dealers,

and the Chicago area Funk dealer, Ray Barber, wound giving the air-

plane to his bank, and the LaSalle National Bank got to try to sell the

airplane. A fellow from Washington, D.C . bought the yellow and

maroon Funk. He

didn't

keep it too long, and by the 1950s it was

registered with the McKenzie family and later their Resort Air Ser-

vice. t stayed in the family well into the early 1980s, when Alan

saw the plane sitting in the back

of

the hangar. For years it sat in the

hangar in Southern Pines, North Carolina, and Alan finally got up

the gumption to ask for a ride the next time he saw the owner. She

gave the young Alan a ride, and he really liked

it

Keeping his eye on it, the Funk was sold to another member of

the owner's fam ily, but it sti ll didn't see much time in the air. Alan

was a frequent visitor, so he kept looking after the tired looking

Funk, and when he saw the owner one day, he gave him the standard

if you ever think of se ll ing it, would you please give me a call?

The steerable Funk tail wheel can become

full swivel for ground handling by pulling

request. Alan didn ' t let it just drop with that one request. He was

the locking pin and lowering the yoke.

earnest in his pursuit, and sure enough, after six months of would

4 SEPTEMBER 997


17/36

you consider

. .

. the owner called one Sunday night and asked

ifhe was still interested.

The next day, he went out, bought it the next day and rinsed

about an inch of accumulated dirt

off

of it. A check of the en

gine, new fuel and a good solid prime and the Continental was

off and running, and running well. Happily, the Funk was in

good shape, good enough that Alan flew it for the next seven

years. He had a ton

of

fun with the airplane, but as the years

passed, it was obvious the time was getting near when the Funk

would need a restoration. The covering was a rather heavy Ra

zorbackjob, and while it was holding up well, the wood formers

underneath were not holding up their part

of

the structural bar

gain. It was time to do a rebuild.

The Funk was stripped of the fiberglass covering, and a close

inspection of the wood revealed plenty of work to be done.

n

fact, except for the wing spars, all

of

the wood in the airplane has

been replaced, including the wing ribs . Getting to see the air

plane uncovered gave Alan a real appreciation for the ingenuity

built into the Funk, not to mention its strength. The sheet metal

was also due for some work. The nose bowl and lower cowling

were good, and could be reused , and so were the fairings for the

tail. A new se t

of

cow

l

door

s

were made

, and the

crowning

touch, an original pair of Funk wheel pants . In fact, as is typical

of many restorations that result in very accurate airplanes, the

more Alan

re

searched, the more he realized he had a very origi

nal airplane on his hands. He even had a pair

of

original Funk

landing

li

ghts that can be plugged into sockets bolted to the for

ward spar.

The interior of the Funk was also a lot of fun. The airplane

originally came with a wool interior, complete with sunburst

style stitching on the seat back cushion. Alan took great pains to

be sure and have the original sty le cotton batting used to stuff the

cushions as well, so they would have the same appearance as

they did in 1947. Foam rubber, while easie r to work with, can

give an overstuffed look

to

the cushions. A new headliner, glass

and a couple

of

new instruments helped finish it off. Thi s a ir

plane is Al

an s

first airplane and his first restoration, and for his

efforts, he was awarded the Best Restored Classic (0-100 hp) tro

phy at Sun n Fun '97, and later the previously mentioned Classic

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19/36


20/36

Jim Koepnick

The

Old

Rhinebeck Aerodrome's

Nieuport 11 Debe

by H.C. Frautschy

The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome

and Museum

are

located

in

Rhinebeck,

NY, north of New

York City in the Hudson river val

ley.

For

information you can call

914/758-8610. Weekend air shows

are held from mid-June through

mid-October

,

and the

Museum

s

open

from

May 15 -October 31.

Saturday

shows fea

ture

the Pio

neer and

Lindbergh

era

aircraft,

Sunday's

show stars the a irplanes

of WW I. It 's one

of the

neatest

places in the world to sit and enjoy

the sights and sounds of early avi

ation , so if you live in the

North

east or are planning a vacation in

that area , I 'd put it in your

itinerary. New

grading

for the

spectator

viewing area

means

there isn ' t a

bad

seat in the house,

and

a newly reworked runway

gives th e

pilots

quite a

bit

more

room.

It 's

certainly gratifying to

see

so

many people

are

working to

keep the heritage

and

vision of

Cole

Palen alive and

well

in

Rhinebeck.

One of the neat

est surp rises for at

tendees of

Sun

'n

Fun this past Spring

was the display put

on by Cole

Palen

' s

Old Rhinebeck

Aerodrome. As part

of

their

program

to

reach more people

with the excitement

the Aerodrome and

Museum have to of

fer, they've taken a

couple

of

airplanes

and displays "on the

road for

the

first

time in many years.

Aero

dr

ome opera

tions director/pilot

small feat , and there

were many volun

teers

who made

it

happen. Larry Potter

and John Barker

drove the airplanes

south from

New

York in a rented Ry

der truck, where me

chanic

Tim Moore,

Gene and local (Zell

wood

, FL) mechan

The cockpit of the Nieuport

is

spartan

ics and restorers Jim

everything you need is there. In

the far

and Kevin Kimball

right

are

both

instruments a

tachometer

assembled the air

and

a

altimeter. The

two

silver tubes

planes and put them

extending

from

the tee in the center are

on display. Manning

the engine air intake tubes and the fuel

the display tent were

tank

can be seen just above it Engine

controls

are on

the far

left

Aerodrome Director

Gene

DeMarco

and

a

few volunteers

brought

a

Fokker

DR. I Trip lane replica

and a Nieuport

II

replica to the Fly-In, and

they took the time and made the effort to

fly the Nieuport for our photo staff. It was

the first time a rotary-engined airplane had

flown at Sun 'n Fun, and Gene's flight in

the airplan

e

had everybody spell bound.

The whoosh

of

the w

hirlin

g

engine

as it

spun n concert with the big oak propeller

as it flew by made more than one

fly-

in

ner" stop and drop his jaw

n

amazement

Getting the biplane to Florida was no

Jim Hare , Museum

staff member Karen Suchar, volunteer Lon

nie Sue

Johnson

and

Rotary Ramblings

newsletter editor Lori Robishaw. Through

out the week they spoke with EAA mem

bers and the public about the Aerodrome

and the

unusual aircraft

you can see fly

during their weekend shows, as well as n

the museum.

In

addition to a

ll

of

that effort, the team

was able, though the courtesy of the U.S.

Air Force,

to participate in the 50th An

niversary ce l

ebration

at Nellis AFB in

Nevada

after Sun 'n Fun. This time, the

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The markings of

the

Nieuport are

those

of Vi

ctor

Chapman, an American volunteer who flew

for France during WW I as one of

the

fi r

st

seven

members

of

the famed

Lafayette Escadrille.

A local native

of the

Rhinebeck area, he

was the

first

American

killed in aerial combat in WW I.

Ryder truck wasn t needed , as the Air

Force brought the airplanes to Las Vegas n

a C-5 The airplanes were able to be left

almost completely assembled (the rudders

were removed) while

n

the belly

of

the big

cargo plane.

Both

airplanes were flown

during the Saturday show, off asphalt, no

mean feat battling a crosswind with a fixed

tail skid and no brakes All the Aerodrome

staff and volunteers expressed their appre

ciation to the Air

Force

personnel at AF

HQ,

and

McDill , Nellis

and

Stewart Air

Force bases for their invitation and help to

show the public what Cole Palen had been

presenting for over 40 years - the extraordi

nary aircraft and people who flew the early

airplanes of early aviation.

The Nieuport replica flown at the Aero

drome was originally a 1930 s era home

built project that Cole picked

up

as he col

lected items for the Aerodrome.

It

was first

built to have a LeBlond radial engine for

power,

but

when Gordon and Kay Bain-

bridge started work on it n 1989, they built

a new fuselage

out of

square steel tubing,

braced with wire. (The original Nieuport

fuselage was built

out

of wood.) Cole

and Andy Keefer had done some work on

the project n Florida in 1984, Andy work

ing on the wings n particular. Later, Gor

don and Kay reworked those wings as the

entire airplane came together, including a

new landing gear, an 80 hp

LeRhone and

an engine mount. All the instruments (both

of them ) are original, and so are the wheels

(no brakes ) and the cowl.

The Aerodrome staff decided to use the

aircraft markings of Victor

Chapman,

the

first

American

to

die

in

aerial combat

in

WW I.

Chapman was

one of

the original

seven members

of what was to

become

known as the "Lafayette Escadrille." His

family still owns the estate where he grew

up on the Hudson

River

, not far from the

Rhinebeck Aerodrome.

Originally

an

American serving in the French Foreign

Legion as a machine gunner, he later was

able to transfer to a aviation section as an

observer, and later,

n

the fall of 1915, he

started pilot training. Awarded his wings

and posted to the newly-formed Escadrille

N.124, he

started flying

his

Nieuport

"Bebe." His brief but brave career came to

an end on June 23 , 1916 when he was shot

down when confronted

by

five enemy

planes. The Aerodrome's Nieuport will fly

as a tribute

to

their local hero, and n honor

of all

those

who

flew

for

France

as the

Lafayette Flying Corps.

By the way, if you happen to have any

spare LeRhone parts , the Aerodrome

staff

would certainly like to hear from you - they

are

n

need of a crankshaft for an 80 hp Le

Rhone, as well as other spares. Call Gene

DeMarco at the number listed at the begin

ning

of

this article

if

you can help.

(Above) Gene DeMarco , the Old

Rhinebeck Aerodrome ' s

operations

director/pilot, after

his

photo

flight. You

can see the

castor

oil streaming back

from the 80

hp

LeRhone

rotary engine.

The

engine is lubricated with castor

oil

in a

fu

loss system - whatever oil is

pumped into

the

engine will either be

burned

or slung off

the

engine as it

rotates.

With the

rotary

turning 1250 rpm,

the Nieuport Bebe

takes off

from

the grass

and

sand

runway at

Lakeland. Gene's

flight demonstrations were captivating for most

people in

the

crowd,

many of whom

had

never

seen a

rotary

engine

running

.

VIN

T

AGE AIR

P

LANE 9


22/36

snNSONffRSCONVfNfAT

SSF

Brian Launder's 1937 SR9E, NC17144. It

wa

s the Grand Champion

y

John

Underwood

The Southwest Stinson Club's four day

(May 1-4) "Aerodrome Reunion" at Stin

son Municipal Airport, San Antonio, may

have been something

of

a disappointment

to its organizers this year. They were pre

pared to feed, clothe (with massive stocks

ofT-shirts) and otherwise cater

to

500 Stin

soneers, but only about 50 aircraft showed

up There were 200 registered attendees.

Undoubtedly, weather kept many away

who would have otherwise flown in, and,

as a consequence, a whole lot of food was

passed on to the needy and homeless shel

ters. Not everybody was kept away , for

there was even a pilot who flew in

from

Alaska.

Gene McMillan of Kodiak was

present with his Stinson, and Kent Travis

flew in from Portland, OR. From overseas,

Heinz Bitterman of Germany was on hand,

but since

he flew in using an Airbus, he

wasn't eligible for the longest distance

flown award presented by the

Stinson

Greg Herrick's venerable

S

-6000B, NC11153.

Now back

in Anoka,

N

for a total

Flight of the Order of Daedalians . Fortu

restoration, including a return

to

a fabric covered fuselage, it was judged the Best

nately, there was plenty of enthusiasm on

Prewar airplane.

behalfof the participants who did attend,

as

all

of

the polo and T-shirts were sold out and wine to me.

t

was al

so

a

marvelous

To

some

of

us that word is almost sacred.

From this writer's point of view, it was

opportunity to rap with and pick the brains Hey, when you ask the man who owns one,

a big success. The local weather was great.

of a whole

lot

of friendly folk kindred be prepared for a long discourse.

The airplanes that participated, including

spirits who get charged up and turned on Stinson Municipal

Airport

is large

the only active

L-l

Vigilant, were as bread

by the mere mention of the Stinson name. enough to accommodate all the Stinsons

2 SEPTEMBER 1997


23/36

on

thi s

planet. It date

s

from

1915 and the FAA identifier code, SSF, re

upon

it s

beginnings,

namely ,

the

of Flying. Incidentally, the

of

manufacturing Stinson airplanes

It may well have been

am of the visionary Emma Stinson,

man

age

d

the

business ,

than

th

at

of

- Katherine, Eddie,

Marjorie

Jack .

SSF is on the banks

of

the San Antonio

er which meanders north and south. It

adjacent

to the

Old Mission Cemetery

,

likely the place where Eddie is said to

scrounged up an ornate coffin bolt to

temporary repairs

to

his

disabled

. One can easily imagine the young

abandoning

his

tasks

as

one of

his

's

grease monkeys and slipping

off

wile

away

a

sultry afternoon fishing

the shaded riverbank.

It was a

distinct pleasure

to

meet and

hosted by Col. Bill Stew

USAF Ret. , with one

of

the few direct

of

the

Flying

Stinsons.

Stinson Burton, the granddaughter of

Stinson,

was on

hand with her hus

.

Both

are

physicians. Mary

a

brother who

flies,

so

the tradition

Mary's father was Eddie Stinson's name

nephew, Edward

A

Stinson,

111

a

sea near Yon

in

the

early

days

of

that struggle.

a strafing mission. He was back in the

in

another

F -51

that

same

afternoon,

his morning dip

in

the sea.

Jack Stinson, the youngest and least vis

ble

of

the famous

siblings, co-produced

he Stinson Greyhound biplane with Eddie

Dayton

in

1920. It was a good airplane

ut a financial bust; only a few were sold.

Stinson School

of

viation at Detroit which operated a fleet

Waco

lOs

Branches were established at

the

of the Great Depression. An engineer

inventor, as well as a flying instructor,

once had Igor Sikorsky for a pupil.

Greg Herrick brought the most venera

le, and by far the largest, aircraft bearing

he

Stinson

label. His

SM-6000B,

, built

in

1931, spent its first year

lying the airways for E.

L. Cord's

Century

i r

l

ines

out

of

Chicago.

Three seasons

American followed and

two

with

Thereafter it was in

he business of

barnstorming

and hauling

reight, which inc luded airlifting horses

in

he High Sierras.

With only a few hours experience in the

rimotor, one can imagine the level of anxi

that prevai led

in

the cockpit after one

of

he outboards quit over inhospitable terrain

the trip south. Something in the carbu

retor came adrift. It could easily have re

in a

fi

re, but the crew was able to get

Dave

Smith

's 1941 L-1 F Vigilant, NL1ZS, is

the only

L-1 active.

John

A.

Gronemeyer

's L-

SE

-1.

John

bought

it

as

teenager

in

1980.

He

intends

to

keep

it

the rest of

his

natura

l life. N7618B.

Richard

and

Shirley Martin

's AT 19 (V77)

in

Royal Navy

colors.

It

was picked

as

the

Best Military

Stinson.

back on the ground safely and the problem

was soon resolved.

Marcia Gietz and Chu

ck

G

ru

by were the

chief organizers

of

the

event, with

help

from

EAA Chapter

35, the

Natio

nal St in

son Club and the Antique Airplane Assoc

i-

ation, and sponsors Univair and the South

west

Stinson

Cl

ub

(their

web

s ite is at:

http:

// www.aeromar.com

/

swsc.html).It

was good

to

chat

w ith former

USN Red

Ripper-cum-B lue

Ange

l

Jonsey

Paul, an

old St inson hand, even though he was un-

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24/36

(Left) Here's the Best Custom 108

Voyager , NC108WW. Familiar to

Vintage readers, it belongs to

the

Bill Whiting family.

(Ri

ght

William

Gross

of

McAllen, TX V- , painted red

with

a charcoal stripe was

the winner

of

the People

's

Choice Award.

able to conduct his program due to recent

surgery. 10nsey was honored with the An

tique Airplane

Association's Lifetime

Achievement award for his years

of

dedica

tion to the historical preservation

of

Stin

son information a

nd

aircraft.

The Brook

s AFB

Officers

C lub

was

made available for

th

e Saturday

ni

ght din

ner/dance, thanks to Col. Bill Stewart who

also rounded up several fellow Daedalians

to provide ground transportation . Bill is

an all -aro und

goo

d fellow who did his

tours

in

B- 17s and B-29s . He 's a Stinson

buff

, too , and has traced the clan back to

the Civil War.

25 speakers gave 24 forums and work

shops on everything from Stinson history

to rebuilding an oleo strut. Lindsey Sam

mons, who was an AAF pilot

in

the Pacific

theatre during WW

II

,

showed film footage

of Stinson

L-5's

,

including

the "

Guinea

Short Lines."

There are still historical photograph ic

prints available, printed on Kodak acid-free

paper. These prints feature early scenes

of

the

Stinsons

. Each

are pr

i

ced at $4.50.

There are also to

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